From Microphysics to Macrophysics Methods and Applications of Statis
This text not only provides a thorough introduction to statistical physics and thermodynamics but also exhibits the universality of the chain of ideas that leads from the laws of microphysics to the macroscopic behaviour of matter. A wide range of applica
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W. Beiglbock R. P. Geroch E. H. Lieb T. Regge W. Thirring Series Editors
Roger Balian
From Microphysics to Macrophysics Methods and Appl ications of Statistical Physics Volume I Translated by D. ter Haar and J. F. Gregg With 39 Figures
Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg GmbH
Roger Balian C E A , Direction des Sciences de la Matière, Service de Physique Théorique de Saclay F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France and Ecole Polytechnique, F-91128 Palaiseau, France
Translators: Dirk ter Haar
John F. Gregg
Р. О. Box 10, Petworth, West Sussex GU28 ORY. England
Magdalen College Oxford OX1 4AU, England
Editors:
Elliott H. Lieb Jadwin Hall Princeton University Princeton, NJ 08544-0708, U S A
Wolf Beiglböck
Tullio Regge
Institut für Angewandte Mathematik Universität Heidelberg Im Neuenheimer Feld 294 W-6900 Heidelberg 1, FRG
Istituto di Fisica Teorica Università di Torino C. so M. dAzeglio, 46 1-10125 Torino, Italy
Robert P. Geroch
Walter Thirring
Enrico Fermi Institute University of Chicago, 5640 Ellis Ave. Chicago, IL 60637, U S A
Institut für Theoretische Physik der Universität Wien, Boltzmanngasse 5 A-1090 Wien, Austria
Title of the original French edition: Du microscopique au macroscopique, Cours de l'Ecole Polytechnique © 1982 Edition Marketing S. à. r. L, Paris; published by Ellipses
ISBN 978-3-540-45475-5 (eBook) ISBN 978-3-662-21916-4 DOI 10.1007/978-3-540-45475-5
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Preface
Although it has changed considerably in both coverage and length, this book originated from lecture courses at the Ecole Polytechnique. It is useful to remind non-French readers of the special place this institution occupies in our education system, as it has few features in common with institutes with a similar name in other parts of the world. In fact, its programme corresponds to the intermediate years at a university, while the level of the students is particularly high owing to their strict selection through entrance examinations. The courses put a stress on giving foundations with a
