Statistical physics

Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring Until the middle of the nineteenth century entropy and energy were confused with one another.

Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring Until the middle of the nineteenth century entropy and energy were confused with one another.

The successful calculation of critical exponents for continuous phase transitions is one of the main achievements of theoretical physics over the last quarter-century.

Disorder is everywhere - in alloys, in thermal fluctuations, and in the amorphous structures of glasses.

The miniaturization of electronics has driven a huge innovation in medical instruments.

The miniaturization of electronics has driven a huge innovation in medical instruments.

This book presents theoretical analyses and numerical simulations of fluctuations and crystallization in simple active matter systems.

This book presents theoretical analyses and numerical simulations of fluctuations and crystallization in simple active matter systems.

This book investigates in detail the draw theory, physical testing, and numerical simulation analysis technology pertaining to gravity flow.

This book investigates in detail the draw theory, physical testing, and numerical simulation analysis technology pertaining to gravity flow.

This book presents mathematical methods and tools which are useful for physicists and engineers: response functions, Kramers-Kronig relations, Green's functions, saddle point approximation.

This book presents mathematical methods and tools which are useful for physicists and engineers: response functions, Kramers-Kronig relations, Green's functions, saddle point approximation.

This work dealing with percolation theory clustering, criticallity, diffusion, fractals and phase transitions takes a broad approach to the subject, covering basic theory and also specialized fields like disordered systems and renormalization groups.

After the first demonstration of Bose Einstein condensation in the solid state in 2006 and the establishment of exciton polariton condensates in the wider scientific community, an intense interest has been attracted by this phenomenon at both theoretical and experimental level.

This book presents in a pedagogical yet complete way correlated systems in one dimension.

This book-the first of two companion volumes, together with a third dedicated entirely to exercises-is devoted to introducing the standard techniques of statistical mechanics; presenting a practical, operative, and attentive approach to the recurring structures that link different areas of statistical physics.

Urbanization is a fundamental process in human history and is increasingly affecting our environment and society.

The Nature of Complex Networks provides a systematic introduction to the statistical mechanics of complex networks and the different theoretical achievements in the field that are now finding strands in common.

The response of materials and the functioning of devices is often associated with noise.

The role of thermodynamics in modern physics is not just to provide an approximate treatment of large thermal systems, but, more importantly, to provide an organising set of ideas.

Scientists are increasingly finding themselves engaged in research problems that cross the traditional disciplinary lines of physics, chemistry, biology, materials science, and engineering.

Rare events such as earthquakes, tsunamis, and floods fortunately do not occur every day, but when they do, their effects are devastating.

Based on only elementary mathematics, this engaging account of chaos theory bridges the gap between introductions for the layman and college-level texts.

The theory of statistical mechanics is the best link we have between the imperceptible world of atoms and molecules and our common macroscopic experience.

Quantum theory (QT) is the best, most useful physics theory ever invented.

Since the early 1990s the atomic pair distribution function (PDF) analysis of powder diffraction data has undergone something of a revolution in its ability to do just that: yield important structural information beyond the average crystal structure of a material.

From physics to information theory and cosmology, from the structure of animal societies to the linguistic analysis of human writing, systems consisting of many interacting constituents often show a collective behaviour not predictable from the interaction of the individual constituents.

From molecular motors to bacteria, from crawling cells to large animals, active entities are found at all scales in the biological world.

Quantum information- the subject- is a new and exciting area of science, which brings together physics, information theory, computer science and mathematics.

The Minority Game is a physicist's attempt to explain market behaviour by the interaction between traders.

The study of most scientific fields now relies on an ever-increasing amount of data, due to instrumental and experimental progress in monitoring and manipulating complex systems made of many microscopic constituents.

Random process analysis (RPA) is used as a mathematical model in physics, chemistry, biology, computer science, information theory, economics, environmental science, and many other disciplines.

This book explores how thermodynamics, together with its statistical rationalization in terms of constituent atoms, provides a coherent framework for understanding contemporary developments in our increasingly digital world.

This book explores how thermodynamics, together with its statistical rationalization in terms of constituent atoms, provides a coherent framework for understanding contemporary developments in our increasingly digital world.

This volume presents insights into the mathematics of movement with a focus on applications to animal ecology and cell biology.

This volume presents insights into the mathematics of movement with a focus on applications to animal ecology and cell biology.

This book examines how predicting the future based on analytical and empirical models is essential for our species' survival, stable organization, and well-being.

Presenting a look at the modern evolution of statistical thermodynamics, this book provides a detailed overview of the statistical principles used to obtain the physical and thermodynamic properties of macroscopic systems.

Written by a world-renowned theoretical physicist, Introduction to Statistical Physics, Second Edition clarifies the properties of matter collectively in terms of the physical laws governing atomic motion.

This book examines how predicting the future based on analytical and empirical models is essential for our species' survival, stable organization, and well-being.

The book is the result of some years of teaching a course in Physics Modeling in Economics and Finance to M.

The book is the result of some years of teaching a course in Physics Modeling in Economics and Finance to M.

Fundamentals of Mean Field Theories of Liquid Crystals offers a clear and comprehensive introduction to mean field approaches for understanding liquid crystalline systems, with a focus on rod-like molecules and polymeric liquid crystals.

Fundamentals of Mean Field Theories of Liquid Crystals offers a clear and comprehensive introduction to mean field approaches for understanding liquid crystalline systems, with a focus on rod-like molecules and polymeric liquid crystals.

Questo libro offre un'introduzione alla meccanica statistica, alla relativita ristretta e alla fisica quantistica, sviluppata a partire dagli appunti del corso di "e;Fisica Quantistica"e; presso l'Universita di Padova.

Questo libro offre un'introduzione alla meccanica statistica, alla relativita ristretta e alla fisica quantistica, sviluppata a partire dagli appunti del corso di "e;Fisica Quantistica"e; presso l'Universita di Padova.

This book presents a thorough discussion of the role of entropy in thermodynamic systems, with particular emphasis on its influence on the stability of matter.