Author | : Richard Chace Tolman |
Publisher | : Courier Corporation |
Total Pages | : 700 |
Release | : 1979-01-01 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9780486638966 |
This is the definitive treatise on the fundamentals of statistical mechanics. A concise exposition of classical statistical mechanics is followed by a thorough elucidation of quantum statistical mechanics: postulates, theorems, statistical ensembles, changes in quantum mechanical systems with time, and more. The final two chapters discuss applications of statistical mechanics to thermodynamic behavior. 1930 edition.