"Version: 20180501"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 2. Many-body relativistic mechanics and gauge theory -- 2.1. The classical two-body problem -- 2.2. The classical N-body problem -- 2.3. Electromagnetism3. Quantum mechanical two-body problem and consequences for many-bod…
"Version: 20250401"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references and index.part I. Basic concepts. 1. From Brownian motion to the Langevin equation -- 1.1. From the surprising behaviour of pollen grains to the existence of atoms -- 1.2. Toward a mathematical theory -- 1.3. Again about the Langevin equation -- 1.4. Further remarks2. The Boltzmann equation -- 2.1. Boltzmann equation in a…
"Version: 20140901"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- Author biography -- Introduction -- Background and nomenclature : the ideal gas -- van der Waals intermolecular interaction parametersThermodynamic variables and properties in terms of the van der Waals interaction parameters -- Helmholtz free energy -- Critical pressure, temperature and volume -- Entropy, inte…
"Version: 20230401"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Entropy counts : universal nature of the statistical entropy -- 1.1. Entropy, weight, probability, and information -- 1.2. A combinatorial example -- 1.3. Entropy and the Second Law -- 1.4. Nature of probability and randomness2. Variational formulation of equilibrium thermodynamics via entropy and free energy -- 2.1. E…
"Version: 20190701"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Review of thermodynamics -- 1.1. Introduction : statistical physics and thermodynamics -- 1.2. The 2nd law of thermodynamics, entropy, and temperature -- 1.3. The 1st and 3rd laws of thermodynamics, and heat capacity -- 1.4. Thermodynamic potentials -- 1.5. Systems with variable number of particles -- 1.6. Thermal mach…
"Version: 20180501"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Entropy counts -- 1.1. Entropy, weight, probability, and information -- 1.2. A combinatorial example -- 1.3. Entropy and the second law -- 1.4. Nature of probability and randomness2. Entropy varies -- 2.1. Entropy of an isolated system -- 2.2. Heat reservoir and the Helmholtz free energy -- 2.3. Various reservoirs -- 2…
"Version: 20210601"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.section I. Classical thermodynamics. 1. Introduction and background -- 1.1. Thermodynamics : what is it all about? -- 1.2. Thermodynamics : a very brief introduction -- 1.3. Dimensions and units -- 1.4. Thermodynamic systems -- 1.5. Temperature -- 1.6. Temperature scales -- 1.7. Zeroth law of thermodynamics -- 1.8. Therma…
"Version: 20151001"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- Author biography -- 1 Probability operator and statistical averages -- 1.1 Expectation, density operator and averages -- 1.2 Uniform weight density of wave space -- 1.3 Canonical equilibrium system -- 1.4 Environmental selection -- 1.5 Wave function collapse and the classical universe2 Examples and applications…
"Version: 20151201"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- 1. Introduction : geometrically confined magnetic systems -- 1.1. Magnetic order, dipoles and fields -- 1.2. Effects due to geometry -- 1.3. Exchange interactions -- 1.4. Anisotropic exchange couplings -- 1.5. Local anisotropies -- 1.6. Theory for linear and nonlinear magnetism -- 1.7. Simulations in magnetismp…