Statistical Mechanics

Sethna's book distills the core ideas of statistical mechanics to make room for new advances important to information theory, complexity, and modern biology. Aimed at advanced undergraduates and early graduate students, Sethna's text explores everything from chaos through information theory to life at the end of the universe.

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Olga K. Dudko, Journal of Statistical Physics, Vol 126 The author's style, although quite concentrated, is simple to understand, and has many lovely visual examples to accompany formal ideas and concepts, which makes the exposition live and intuitvely appealing.

Olga K. Dudko, Journal of Statistical Physics, Vol 126 Since the book treats intersections of mathematics, biology, engineering, computer science and social sciences, it will be of a great help to researchers in these fields in making statistical mechanics useful and comprehensible. At the same time, the book will enrich the subject for researchers-physicists who'd like to apply their skills in other disciplines.

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1. Why Study Statistical Mechanics; 2. Random Walks and Emergent Properties; 3. Temperature and Equilibrium; 4. Deriving the Microcanonical Ensemble; 5. Entropy; 6. Free Energies and Ensembles; 7. Quantum Statistical Mechanics; 8. Computational Statistical Mechanics: Ising and Markov; 9. Order Parameters, Broken Symmetry, and Topology; 10. Deriving New Laws: Landau Theory; 11. Correlations, Response, and Dissipation; 12. Abrupt Phase Transitions; 13. Continuous Transitions; 14. Appendices

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