Statistical Mechanics Mcquarrie Solutions Chapter 3
Approaches to study Thermal Physics
- F. Reif, Fundamentals of Statistical and Thermal Physics , Waveland Pr Inc (2008).
From the publisher - M. Plischke and B. Bergersen, Equilibrium Statistical Mechanics , 3rd ed., World Scientific, (2006).
Additional References:
Graduate References:
- F. Reif, Fundamental of Statistical and Thermal Physics , Waveland Pr Inc (2008).
This book was the main standard textbook for many years since its publication in 1965. It presents Thermal Physics (Thermodynamics, Statistical Mechanics, and Kinetic Theory) using a unified non-traditional approach . It is very detailed and contains excellent physics examples and discussions. A simpler version of this text is F. Reif " Statistical Physics ", Berkeley Physics Course-volume 5, (1967). - M. Kardar, Statistical Physics of Particles , Cambridge (2007).
Lectures videos and notes by the Author of this book are available at MIT Open Course Ware - D. A. McQuarrie, Statistical Mechanics , University Science Books (2000). Very thorough on treatment of gases and other chemical systems. Contains many very good problems. Good reference.
- D. Chandler, Introduction to Modern Statistical Mechanics , Oxford University Press, (1987).
Chandler's in pdf format.
D. Wu and D. Chandler, Solutions Manual for Introduction to Modern Statistical Mechanics , Oxford University Press (1988). - W. Greiner, L. Neise, and H. Stoecker, Thermodynamics and statistical mechanics , Springer (2001).
It starts with thermodynamics, then an excellent introduction to statistical mechanics. Explains well why "quantum statistics" is discussed formally using density matrix. - R. Kubo et al., Statistical Physics I: Equilibrium Statistical Mechanics , 2nd ed., Springer (1998).
- R. Kubo, Statistical Mechanics , North Holand (1986). Very good with problems and solutions throughout the text.
- R. K. Pathria and P. D. Beale, Statistical Mechanics , 3rd Edition, Academic Press (2007).
- K. Huang ( Bio ) , Statistical Mechanics , 2nd ed., Wiley (1987).
A thorough and rigorous text book. A bit too advanced but excellent for mathematical details. Very brief on thermodynamics but a good book on statistical physics.
A simpler and very interesting version of this text is K. Huang, Introduction to Statistical Physics , 2009.
A concise and excellent introduction to the key ideas of statistical mechanics. Unfortunately, it lacks of worked out examples. - C. Garrod, Statistical Mechanics and Thermodynamics , Oxford University Press (1995). Contains many examples.
- L. D. Landau and E. M. Lifshitz, Statistical Physics , 3rd edition, Butterworth-Heinemann (1975).
- R. P. Feynman, Statistical Mechanics: A Set of Lectures , CRC Press (1998) (1st printing 1972).
Classic graduate lecture notes. It provides a concise introduction to basic concepts. - Erwin Schrodinger, Statistical Thermodynamics , Dover Publications (1989).
In this concise text (100 pages), Schrodinger attempts to develop a unified standard method of dealing with all cases of statistical thermodynamics: classical, quantum, Bose-Einstein, Fermi-Dirac, etc. - H. B. Callen, Thermodynamics , 1st ed., John Wiley (1959).
One of the excellent seminal books on Macroscopic thermodynamics.
H. B. Callen, Thermodynamics and an Introduction to Thermostatistics , 2nd ed., Wiley (1985).
The 2nd ed covers both thermodynamics and statistical mechanics using traditional approach . The presentation is clear and at a very understandable level. - C. J. Adkins, Equilibrium Thermodynamics , 3rd ed., Cambridge University Press (1984).
A concise exposition of the classical thermodynamics. It does not include any statistical mechanics. , Classical Thermodynamics - A.B. Pippard, Elements Classical Thermodynamics , (1957).
Concise but not easy to read, The text by Adkin (Pippard's student) is easier.
Thermodynamics
- C. Kittel and H. Kroemer, Thermal Physics , 2nd edition, W. H. Freeman (1980). This is a standard undergraduate textbook in the USA universities. It was first written by Kittel in 1969, and co-authored in the 2nd edition (1980) by Kroemer who won the Nobel Prize in 2000.
This book presents the STATISTICAL formulation of thermal physics with only one chapter that derives the laws of thermodynamics. - R. Bowley and M. Sanchez, Introductory Statistical Mechanics , 2nd ed. (2000).
It assumes knowledge of thermodynamics and the kinetic theory of gases. - Lucien G. Benguigui, Statistical Mechanics for Beginners , World Scientific (2010).
A brief textbook (170 pages) that presents only the basics of Statistical Mechanics and assumes knowledge of thermodynamics. - F. Mandl, Statistical Physics , 2nd edition, Wiley (1988). A standard undergraduate textbook in the British universities.
- D.J. Amit and Y. Verbin, Statistical physics: an introductory course , World Scientific (1999). An excellent text for self-learning. It provides a comprehensive approach to the main ideas of statistical physics at the level of an introductory course, starting from the kinetic theory of gases and proceeding all the way to Bose–Einstein and Fermi–Dirac statistics.
- T. Guenault, Statistical Physics , second (and enlarged 3rd) edition, Springer (2007).
A short book (200 pages) that uses a simplest approach to statistical physics. Quantum approach (rather than the classical one) to statistical averaging is adopted from the outset. Good for students learning the subject for the first time. - Daniel V. Schroeder, An Introduction to Thermal Physics , Pearson (1999). Introduces a unified non-traditional approach of Thermal Physics (thermodynamics and statistical mechanics).
Schroeder's website Book's website Schroeder's course on Thermal physics - W.G.V. Rosser, An introduction to statistical physics , Ellis Horwood (1981).
Excellent discussion on the connections between statistical mechanics and thermodynamics. - Ashley H. Carter, Classical and Statistical Thermodynamics , Prentice Hall (2000).
- Sears and Salinger, Thermodynamics, Kinetic Theory, and Statistical Thermodynamics , 3rd ed, (1975). It is quite similar to Zemansky's.
- P. C. Riedi, Thermal Physics: An Introduction to Thermodynamics, Statistical Mechanics, and Kinetic Theory , 2nd ed, (1988). Covers both thermodynamics and statistical mechanics separately,
- P. M. Morse ( Biography ), Thermal Physics , 2nd edition, W. A. Benjamin (1969).
A preliminary edition (1961) is available at https://archive.org . - M. Glazer and J.S. Wark, Statistical Mechanics: A Survival Guide , Oxford University Press (2001).
A concise (100 pages), bare-bones, textbook that concentrates on the essentials of the statistical mechanics at the introductory level. - M. Zemansky and R. Dittman, Heat and Thermodynamics , 7th edition, McGraw-Hill (1996).
The first edition of this book was published by Zemansky in 1937. It was the standard undergraduate text for many years. In the 7th edition (1996), after Zemansky had died, a second author (Dittman) was added. A traditional-approach text on Thermodynamics and briefly treats statistical mechanics. - A. Rex and C.B.P. Finn, Finn's Thermal Physics , World Scientific (2011).
An updated edition of the Finn's concise introduction to thermal physics (an ideal introduction to thermodynamics). Finn's 2nd edition (1993) - E. Fermi, Thermodynamics , Dover(1956).
A clear text, thoughtful, and thorough treatment of classical thermodynamics. - J. C. Lee, Thermal Physics: Entropy and Free Energies , World Scientific (2011).
This book is an informal introduction to the basic ideas of thermal physics. It can be used as an introductory course in the basics of thermodynamics or a crash course for students who are about start a graduate course. - I. Prigogine, From Being to Becoming: Time and Complexity in the Physical Sciences , Freeman (1981). This book was probably intended for pedestrians, I suppose it is not! An easier-to-read book is Order Out of Chaos (1984) , which opposes the atheists, in particular Darwin's Theory of Evolution: Entropy is considered as one of the fundamental laws of the universe. Evolution says that life proceeds from simple to complex, while entropy says just the opposite!
Another interesting book by Prigogine is The End of Certainty (1997)
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