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Foundations of statistical mechanics

By Oliver Penrose

Book information

Publisher
Pergamon
Year
1970
ISBN
9780080133140, 0080133142
LCC
QC174.8 .P46 1970
Open Library ID
OL5695636M
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
3 MB (3448891 bytes)
Series
Monographs in Natural Philosophy
Pages
253\253
Topic
Physics
Library
Kolxo3
DPI
600
Time added
2010-07-29 05:14:56

Description

Starting with primary physical assumptions and their idealization in the form of postulates, this text examines the consequences of these postulates, culminating in the derivation of the fundamental formulas for calculating probabilities in terms of dynamical quantities and concluding with an analysis of the notion of entropy.В Solutions. 1970 edition.

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