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Title: Statistical Thermodynamics
Condition: New
Subtitle: Fundamentals and Applications
Author: Normand M. Laurendeau
Format: Paperback
EAN: 9780521154192
ISBN: 9780521154192
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Genre: Technology & Engineering
Topic: Science Nature & Math
Release Date: 22/11/2010
Description: This 2006 textbook discusses the fundamentals and applications of statistical thermodynamics for beginning graduate students in the physical and engineering sciences. Building on the prototypical Maxwell–Boltzmann method and maintaining a step-by-step development of the subject, this book assumes the reader has no previous exposure to statistics, quantum mechanics or spectroscopy. The book begins with the essentials of statistical thermodynamics, pauses to recover needed knowledge from quantum mechanics and spectroscopy, and then moves on to applications involving ideal gases, the solid state and radiation. A full introduction to kinetic theory is provided, including its applications to transport phenomena and chemical kinetics. A highlight of the textbook is its discussion of modern applications, such as laser-based diagnostics. The book concludes with a thorough presentation of the ensemble method, featuring its use for real gases. Numerous examples and prompted homework problems enrich the text.
Language: English
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Item Height: 254mm
Item Length: 178mm
Item Width: 24mm
Item Weight: 790g
Release Year: 2010

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