Statistical Mechanics: Entropy, Order Parameters And Complexity

Sethna's book distills the core ideas of statistical mechanics to make room for new advances important to information theory, complexity, and modern biology. Aimed at advanced undergraduates and early graduate students, Sethna's text explores everything from chaos through information theory to life at the end of the universe.

• | By (Author): James (Laboratory of Atomic and Solid State Physics, Cornell University) Sethna
• | Series: Oxford Master Series in Physics
• | Publisher: Oxford University Press
• | Publication Date: Apr 06, 2006
• | Country of Publication: United Kingdom
• | Number of Pages: 384 pages
• | Language: Not available
• | Binding: Paperback|Softback
• | ISBN-10: 0007233485
• | ISBN-13: 9780198566779