I am a great admirer of Schroeder's book. While writing a graduate textbook in the subject, I studied many books in statistical mechanics, at various levels of sophistication. Of these, Schroeder's text stood out. Indeed, it was the only one I envied -- his sense of fun, his vivid explanations, and his deep insights into conceptual issues.

Autorentext

Daniel V. Schroeder is Professor of Physics at Weber State University in Ogden, Utah, USA. He earned his PhD in Physics at Stanford University, then taught briefly at Pomona College and Grinnell College before coming to Weber State in 1993. He is the coauthor, with Michael E. Peskin, of An Introduction to Quantum Field Theory. From 2012 through 2016 he served as Associate Editor of the American Journal of Physics.

Klappentext

This is a textbook for the standard undergraduate-level course in thermal physics. The book explores applications to engineering, chemistry, biology, geology, atmospheric science, astrophysics, cosmology, and everyday life.

Inhalt

• Preface

• Part I: Fundamentals

• 1: Energy in Thermal Physics

• 2: The Second Law

• 3: Interactions and Implications

• Part II: Thermodynamics

• 4: Engines and Refrigerators

• 5: Free Energy and Chemical Thermodynamics

• Part III: Statistical Mechanics

• 6: Boltzmann Statistics

• 7: Quantum Statistics

• 8: Systems of Interacting Particles

• Appendix A: Elements of Quantum Mechanics

• Appendix B: Mathematical Results

• Suggested Reading

• Reference Data

• Index