Elementary Statistical Physics

by Charles Kittel

Book Overview

Noteworthy for the philosophical subtlety of its foundations and the elegance of its problem-solving methods, statistical mechanics can be employed in a broad range of applications -- among them, astrophysics, biology, chemistry, nuclear and solid state physics, communications engineering, metallurgy, and mathematics. Geared toward graduate students in physics, this text covers such important topics as stochastic processes and transport theory in...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0471490059
• ISBN13: 9780471490050
• Release Date: January 1958
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.