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1 online resource. "This undergraduate textbook provides students with a statistical mechanical foundation to the classical laws of thermodynamics through a comprehensive treatment of the basics of classical thermodynamics, equilibrium statistical mechanics, irreversible thermodynamics, and statistical mechanics of non-equilibrium phenomena. The concept of entropy is studied starting from the ideal gas law, known to every undergraduate. By considering various thermodynamic processes, it then explores the concept's generality. An accessible style enables undergraduates to easily follow the presentation without much prior knowledge. The focus on entropy distinguishes the book from many other treatments of this subject"-- "Focuses from the beginning on entropy as the important quantity and introduces it thoroughly in the context of classical thermodynamics"-- 1. Disorder or uncertainty? -- 2. Classical thermodynamics -- 3. Applications of classical thermodynamics -- 4. Core ideas of statistical thermodynamics -- 5. Statistical thermodynamics of a system of harmonic oscillators -- 6. The Boltzmann factor and the canonical partition function -- 7. The grand canonical ensemble and grand partition function -- 8. Statistical models of entropy -- 9. Statistical thermodynamics of the classical ideal gas -- 10. Quantum gases -- 11. Boson gas -- 12. Fermion gas -- 13. Photon gas -- 14. Statistical thermodynamics of interacting particles -- 15. Thermodynamics away from equilibrium -- 16. The dynamics of probability -- 17. Fluctuation relations -- 18. Final remarks. Ian Ford. Includes index. Includes bibliographical references and index. Statistical thermodynamics Textbooks SCIENCE Mechanics Dynamics Thermodynamics Statistical thermodynamics Statistical thermodynamics Textbooks SCIENCE Mechanics Dynamics Thermodynamics Statistical thermodynamics QC311.5 536/.7015195 SCI065000 Ford, Ian, 1962- Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom : John Wiley & Sons Inc., 2013 (DLC) 2012051177 9781118597491 1118597494 9781118597514 1118597516 9781118597521 1118597524 9781118597507 1118597508 2013008600 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781118597507 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781118597507 DLC 130228 20171107091841.0 ocn828776024 eng