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Statistical Mechanics
James Sethna
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Description for Statistical Mechanics
Paperback. Sethna's book distills the core ideas of statistical mechanics to make room for new advances important to information theory, complexity, and modern biology. Aimed at advanced undergraduates and early graduate students, Sethna's text explores everything from chaos through information theory to life at the end of the universe. Series: Oxford Master Series in Physics. Num Pages: 384 pages, 210 line drawings. BIC Classification: PBT; PDE; PHS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 190 x 20. Weight in Grams: 818.
In each generation, scientists must redefine their fields: abstracting, simplifying and distilling the previous standard topics to make room for new advances and methods. Sethna's book takes this step for statistical mechanics - a field rooted in physics and chemistry whose ideas and methods are now central to information theory, complexity, and modern biology. Aimed at advanced undergraduates and early graduate students in all of these fields, Sethna limits his main presentation to the topics that future mathematicians and biologists, as well as physicists and chemists, will find fascinating and central to their work. The amazing breadth of the ... Read more
In each generation, scientists must redefine their fields: abstracting, simplifying and distilling the previous standard topics to make room for new advances and methods. Sethna's book takes this step for statistical mechanics - a field rooted in physics and chemistry whose ideas and methods are now central to information theory, complexity, and modern biology. Aimed at advanced undergraduates and early graduate students in all of these fields, Sethna limits his main presentation to the topics that future mathematicians and biologists, as well as physicists and chemists, will find fascinating and central to their work. The amazing breadth of the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
376
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Series
Oxford Master Series in Physics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780198566779
SKU
V9780198566779
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About James Sethna
Prof. James P. Sethna is Professor of Physics, Laboratory of Atomic and Solid State Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.
Reviews for Statistical Mechanics
Since the book treats intersections of mathematics, biology, engineering, computer science and social sciences, it will be of a great help to researchers in these fields in making statistical mechanics useful and comprehensible. At the same time, the book will enrich the subject for researchers-physicists who'd like to apply their skills in other disciplines.
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