01473cam a2200241 a 45000010006000000050017000060080041000230100017000640200025000810200018001060400028001240500023001520820015001751000019001902450058002092500013002672600084002803000035003645040064003995050722004636500027011857000019012122733620150131111454.0130729r2011 ne a b 001 0 eng  a 2010048955 a9780123821881 (pbk.) a9780123821881 aDLCcDLCdDLCdBD-DhAAL00aQC174.8b.P38 201100a530.132221 aPathria, R. K.10aStatistical mechanics /cR.K. Pathria, Paul D. Beale. a3rd ed.  aAmsterdam ;aBoston ;aNew Delhi :bElsevier/Academic Press,c2011. [Reprinted] axxvi, 718 p. :bill. ;c24 cm. aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 687-705) and index.0 aThe statistical basis of thermodynamics -- Elements of the ensemble theory -- The canonical ensemble -- The grand canonical ensemble -- Formulation of quantum statistics -- The theory of simple gases -- Ideal Bose systems -- Ideal Fermi systems -- Thermodynamics of the early universe -- Statistical mechanics of interacting systems : the method of cluster expansions -- Statistical mechanics of interacting systems : the method of quantized fields -- Phase transitions : criticality, universality, and scaling -- Phase transitions : exact (or almost exact) results for models -- Phase transitions : the renormalization group approach -- Fluctuations and nonequilibrium statistical mechanics -- Computer simulations. 0aStatistical mechanics.1 aBeale, Paul D.