Statistical Physics A Prelude and Fugue for Engineers /

• Main Author: Piazza, Roberto (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: UNITEXT for Physics,
• Subjects: Physics.; Chemical engineering.; System theory.; Condensed matter.; Continuum mechanics.; Complex Systems.; Condensed Matter Physics.; Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering.; Continuum Mechanics and Mechanics of Materials.; Statistical Physics and Dynamical Systems.

This book, provides a general introduction to the ideas and methods of statistical mechanics with the principal aim of meeting the needs of Master’s students in chemical, mechanical, and materials science engineering. Extensive introductory information is presented on many general physics topics in...

Table of Contents:

• 1 Playing by ear
• 2 The stave and the treble clef
• 3 Easy rhythms and melodies
• 4 Fluid chords
• 5 Scales in crescendo
• 6 Indistinguishable harmonies
• A Mathematical notes
• B Statistical entropy
• C The Boltzmann equation
• D Brownian motion and diffusion processes.