Fundamentals of Statistical and Thermal Physics, Volume 10This book is devoted to a discussion of some of the basic physical concepts and methods useful in the description of situations involving systems which consist of very many particulars. It attempts, in particular, to introduce the reader to the disciplines of thermodynamics, statistical mechanics, and kinetic theory from a unified and modern point of view. The presentation emphasizes the essential unity of the subject matter and develops physical insight by stressing the microscopic content of the theory. |
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Page 80
... macrostate of a macroscopic system can be specified by the values of its external parameters ( e.g. , of its volume V ) and of its mean energy E ; other quantities , such as its mean pressure p , are then determined . Alternatively ...
... macrostate of a macroscopic system can be specified by the values of its external parameters ( e.g. , of its volume V ) and of its mean energy E ; other quantities , such as its mean pressure p , are then determined . Alternatively ...
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... macrostate i to some neighboring final macrostate f . In general dW = Xa dxa is not the difference between two numbers referring to the two neighboring macrostates , but is merely an infinitesimal quantity characteristic of the process ...
... macrostate i to some neighboring final macrostate f . In general dW = Xa dxa is not the difference between two numbers referring to the two neighboring macrostates , but is merely an infinitesimal quantity characteristic of the process ...
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... macrostate a to macrostate b . Only such energy differences are of physical significance ; i.e. , the mean energy is defined only to within an arbitrary additive constant ( just as potential energy in mechanics is defined only to within ...
... macrostate a to macrostate b . Only such energy differences are of physical significance ; i.e. , the mean energy is defined only to within an arbitrary additive constant ( just as potential energy in mechanics is defined only to within ...
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Introduction to statistical methods | 1 |
GENERAL DISCUSSION OF THE RANDOM WALK | 24 |
Statistical description of systems of particles | 47 |
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