TY  - BOOK
AU  - Sethna,James P.
ED  - ebrary, Inc.
TI  - Statistical mechanics: entropy, order parameters, and complexity 
T2  - Oxford master series in physics
SN  - 019856676X (hbk.)
AV  - QC174.8 .S48 2006eb
U1  - 530.13 22
PY  - 2006///
CY  - Oxford, New York
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Statistical mechanics
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - local
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [313]-321) and index; What is statistical mechanics? -- Random walks with emergent properties. -- Temperature and equilibrium. -- Phase-space dynamics and ergodicity. -- Entropy. -- Free energies. -- Quantum statistical mechanics. -- Calculation and computation. -- Order parameters, broken symmetry, and topology. -- Correlations, response, and dissipation. -- Abrupt phase transitions. -- Continuous phase transitions. -- Appendix: Fourier methods; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2013; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries
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ER  -