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Statistical Mechanics

Entropy, Order Parameters and Complexity

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Paperback, 384 blz. | Engels
| e druk, 2006
ISBN13: 9780198566779
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e druk, 2006 9780198566779
Onderdeel van serie Oxford Master Series in Physics
Verwachte levertijd ongeveer 11 werkdagen

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In each generation, scientists must redefine their fields: abstracting, simplifying and distilling the previous standard topics to make room for new advances and methods. Sethna's book takes this step for statistical mechanics - a field rooted in physics and chemistry whose ideas and methods are now central to information theory, complexity, and modern biology. Aimed at advanced undergraduates and early graduate students in all of these fields, Sethna limits his main presentation to the topics that future mathematicians and biologists, as well as physicists and chemists, will find fascinating and central to their work. The amazing breadth of the field is reflected in the author's large supply of carefully crafted exercises, each an introduction to a whole field of study: everything from chaos through information theory to life at the end of the universe.

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ISBN13:9780198566779
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:Paperback
Aantal pagina's:384

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