Sufficiently rigorous for introductory or intermediate graduate courses, this text helps students acquire valuable investigative tools, presenting a comprehensive scope of the techniques and limitations of statistical mechanics. Clear and readable, the treatment follows a logical development from ele... read more
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Sufficiently rigorous for introductory or intermediate graduate courses, this text helps students acquire valuable investigative tools, presenting a comprehensive scope of the techniques and limitations of statistical mechanics. Clear and readable, the treatment follows a logical development from elementary to advanced theories. 82 figures. 15 tables. 1962 edition.
Unabridged republication of the edition published by McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York, 1962.
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