Fundamentals of statistical and thermal physics /
Frederick Reif.
- International edition.
- Auckland : McGraw-Hill, 1965.
- 578 p. ; 23 cm. + pbk.
Bibliography: (pages 631-635) and index.
Introduction to statistical methods -- Statistical description of systems of particles -- Statistical thermodynamics -- Macroscopic parameters and their measurement -- Simple applications of macroscopic thermodynamics -- Basic methods and results of statistical mechanics -- Simple applications of statistical mechanics -- Equilibrium between phases or chemical species -- Quantum statistics of ideal gases -- Systems of interacting particles -- Magnetism and low temperatures -- Elementary kinetic theory of transport processes -- Transport theory using the relaxation time approximation -- Near-exact formulation of transport theory -- Irreversible processes and fluctuations.