Non-equilibrium Statistical Mechanics (dover Books On Physics)
by Ilya Prigogine /
2017 / English / EPUB
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Ilya Prigogine won the 1977 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his
contributions to non-equilibrium thermodynamics. This
groundbreaking 1962 monograph, written for researchers and
graduate students in this field, was his first book-length
contribution to this subject.
Ilya Prigogine won the 1977 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his
contributions to non-equilibrium thermodynamics. This
groundbreaking 1962 monograph, written for researchers and
graduate students in this field, was his first book-length
contribution to this subject.
Suitable for advanced undergraduates and graduate students in
physics and chemistry, the treatment begins with examinations of
the Liouville equation, anharmonic solids, and Brownian motion.
Subsequent chapters explore weakly coupled gases, scattering
theory and short-range forces, distribution functions and their
diagrammatic representation, the time dependence of diagrams, the
approach to equilibrium in ionized gases, and statistical
hydrodynamics. Additional topics include general kinetic
equations, general H-theorem, quantum mechanics, and
irreversibility and invariants of motion. Appendices, a
bibliography, list of symbols, and an index conclude the text.
Suitable for advanced undergraduates and graduate students in
physics and chemistry, the treatment begins with examinations of
the Liouville equation, anharmonic solids, and Brownian motion.
Subsequent chapters explore weakly coupled gases, scattering
theory and short-range forces, distribution functions and their
diagrammatic representation, the time dependence of diagrams, the
approach to equilibrium in ionized gases, and statistical
hydrodynamics. Additional topics include general kinetic
equations, general H-theorem, quantum mechanics, and
irreversibility and invariants of motion. Appendices, a
bibliography, list of symbols, and an index conclude the text.