Statistical Physics
Volume 5

L D Landau (Author), E.M. Lifshitz (Author)

9780750633727, Elsevier Science

Paperback, published 6 August 1996

564 pages
24.4 x 17.1 x 3.5 cm, 1.206 kg

"Stimulating reading" --New Scientist

A lucid presentation of statistical physics and thermodynamics which develops from the general principles to give a large number of applications of the theory.

Fundamental principles of theoretical physics
The Gibbs distribution
Ideal gases
Solids
Non-ideal gases
Solutions
Chemical reactions
Fluctuations
Surfaces.

Subject Areas: Statistical physics [PHS], Physics [PH], Probability & statistics [PBT]