TY - BOOK AU - Sethna,James P. ED - ProQuest (Firm) TI - Statistical mechanics: entropy, order parameters, and complexity T2 - Oxford master series in statistical, computational, and theoretical physics AV - QC174.8 .S48 2006 U1 - 530.13 22 PY - 2006/// CY - Oxford, New York PB - Oxford University Press KW - Statistical mechanics KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [313]-321) and index; What is statistical mechanics? -- Random walks with emergent properties. -- Temperature and equilibrium. -- Phase-space dynamics and ergodicity. -- Entropy. -- Free energies. -- Quantum statistical mechanics. -- Calculation and computation. -- Order parameters, broken symmetry, and topology. -- Correlations, response, and dissipation. -- Abrupt phase transitions. -- Continuous phase transitions. -- Appendix: Fourier methods; Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/bacm-ebooks/detail.action?docID=422735 ER -