The basis of our theoretical understanding of statistical mechanics of dilute gases dates
back to the nineteenth century. The atomistic description of crystalline solids originated in …

There exist in the market many excellent textbooks covering equilibrium statistical
mechanics of liquids and dense gases. Why, then, yet another addition to the shelf? Is there …

" Excellent… a welcome addition to the literature on the subject."—Science Before the
publication of this standard, oft-cited book, there were few if any statistical-mechanics texts …

Building on the material learned by students in their first few years of study, Topics in
Statistical Mechanics (Second Edition) presents an advanced level course on statistical and …

Clear and readable, this fine text assists students in achieving a grasp of the techniques and
limitations of statistical mechanics. The treatment follows a logical progression from …

This is now the third edition of a well established and highly successful undergraduate text.
The content of the second edition has been reworked and added to where necessary, and …

This chapter contains sections titled: Introduction Some Exact Relations Specialization to
Hard Spheres; Particle Scaling The Equation of State of Hard Spheres Systematic Extension …

By extending the ideas previously applied to the statistical mechanical theory of hard sphere
fluids of Reiss, Frisch, and Lebowitz, an approximate expression has been determined for …

" A large number of exercises of a broad range of difficulty make this book even more
useful… a good addition to the literature on thermodynamics at the undergraduate level." …

This book grew out of the senior level lecture course I teach at Delft Univer sity and which I
have taught in recent years at Eindhoven University and the University of Utrecht. Numerous …