Robert H. Swendsen (Carnegie Mellon Universi Department of Physics

Broschiertes Buch

An Introduction to Statistical Mechanics and Thermodynamics

Beschreibung

This text presents statistical mechanics and thermodynamics as a theoretically integrated field of study. It stresses deep coverage of fundamentals, providing a natural foundation for advanced topics. The large problem sets (with solutions for teachers) include many computational problems to advance student understanding.

Autor

Robert H. Swendsen is Professor of Physics at Carnegie Mellon University, where he works primarily in computational statistical mechanics. Professor Swendsen is a Fellow of both the American Physical Society and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He was given an IBM Outstanding Achievement Award in 1981 and shared a Forefronts of Large-Scale Computational Problems Award with S. Kumar, J.M. Rosenberg, and P.A. Kollman in 1991.

Produktdetails

• Oxford Graduate Texts
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 496
• Erscheinungstermin: September 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 247mm x 175mm x 35mm
• Gewicht: 846g
• ISBN-13: 9780198907787
• ISBN-10: 0198907788
• Artikelnr.: 69921261