02148nam a2200433 a 4500 ebr10229938 CaPaEBR 20260707194053.0 m u cr cn||||||||| 060825s2006 enka sb 001 0 eng d 2006298188 GBA614105 bnb 013380323 Uk 019856676X (hbk.) 0198566778 (pbk.) 9780198566762 9780198566779 CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)560589420 QC174.8 .S48 2006eb 530.13 22 Sethna, James P. 152482 Statistical mechanics [electronic resource] : entropy, order parameters, and complexity / James P. Sethna. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006. xix, 349 p. : ill. Oxford master series in statistical, computational, and theoretical physics Oxford master series in physics ; 14 Includes bibliographical references (p. [313]-321) and index. What is statistical mechanics? -- Random walks with emergent properties. -- Temperature and equilibrium. -- Phase-space dynamics and ergodicity. -- Entropy. -- Free energies. -- Quantum statistical mechanics. -- Calculation and computation. -- Order parameters, broken symmetry, and topology. -- Correlations, response, and dissipation. -- Abrupt phase transitions. -- Continuous phase transitions. -- Appendix: Fourier methods. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Statistical mechanics. 28569 Electronic books. local 190 ebrary, Inc. 191 Oxford master series in statistical, computational, and theoretical physics. 137031 Oxford master series in physics ; 14. 137030 http://site.ebrary.com/lib/strathmore/Doc?id=10229938 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view EBK 238778 210030