Statistical mechanics : entropy, order parameters, and complexity / / James P. Sethna.

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Superior document:Oxford master series in statistical, computational, and theoretical physics
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Year of Publication:2006
Language:English
Series:Oxford master series in statistical, computational, and theoretical physics.
Oxford master series in physics ; 14.
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Physical Description:xix, 349 p. :; ill.
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260 |a Oxford ;  |a New York :  |b Oxford University Press,  |c 2006. 
300 |a xix, 349 p. :  |b ill. 
490 1 |a Oxford master series in statistical, computational, and theoretical physics 
490 1 |a Oxford master series in physics ;  |v 14 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. [313]-321) and index. 
505 0 |a 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. 
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