Statistical Mechanics A Short Treatise

This book presents a critical and modern analysis of the conceptual foundations of statistical mechanics as laid down in Boltzmann's works. The author emphasizes the relation between microscopic reversibility and macroscopic irreversibility. Students will

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H. Grosse

E. H. Lieb

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg GmbH

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Giovanni Gallavotti

Statistical Mechanics A Short Treatise

With 21 Figures

Springer

Professor Giovanni Gallavotti Dipartimento di Fisica Universita degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza" Piazzale Aldo Moro, 2 1-00185 Roma, Italy E-mail: [email protected]. infn. it

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Nicolai Reshetikhin

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