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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... physical situations . ENSEMBLES REPRESENTATIVE OF SITUATIONS OF PHYSICAL INTEREST 6.1 Isolated system In giving a statistical description of a system , one always has some information available about the physical situation under ...
... physical situations . ENSEMBLES REPRESENTATIVE OF SITUATIONS OF PHYSICAL INTEREST 6.1 Isolated system In giving a statistical description of a system , one always has some information available about the physical situation under ...
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... physical quantities could be expressed in terms of ln . The physical consequence ( the validity of the second law in the form ( 6 6 4 ) ) is the same in both cases . ! Z ( B , x ) and can write for 214 SECTION 6.6 Connection with ...
... physical quantities could be expressed in terms of ln . The physical consequence ( the validity of the second law in the form ( 6 6 4 ) ) is the same in both cases . ! Z ( B , x ) and can write for 214 SECTION 6.6 Connection with ...
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... physical sense . The root of the difficulty embodied in the Gibbs paradox is that we treated the gas molecules as individually distinguisha- ble , as though interchanging the positions of two like molecules would lead to a physically ...
... physical sense . The root of the difficulty embodied in the Gibbs paradox is that we treated the gas molecules as individually distinguisha- ble , as though interchanging the positions of two like molecules would lead to a physically ...
Contents
Introduction to statistical methods | 1 |
GENERAL DISCUSSION OF THE RANDOM WALK | 24 |
Statistical description of systems of particles | 47 |
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