Geared toward graduate students in physics, this text covers such important topics as the properties of the Fermi-Dirac and Bose-Einstein distributions; the interrelated subjects of fluctuations, thermal noise, and Brownian movement; and the thermodynamics of irreversible processes. Most sections include illustrative problems. 1958 edition. Unabridged republication of the edition published by John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1958.
Noise and Fluctuations: An Introduction by D. K. C. MacDonald This concise study of random processes offers graduate students and research physicists a survey encompassing both relationship of Brownian movement with statistical mechanics and problem of irreversible processes. 1962 edition.
Elements of Chemical Thermodynamics: Second Edition by Leonard K. Nash This survey of purely thermal data in calculating the position of equilibrium in a chemical reaction highlights the physical content of thermodynamics, as distinct from purely mathematical aspects. 1970 edition.