Paul D. Beale and R. K. Pathria have published the third edition “Statistical Mechanics.” The classic graduate-level textbook has been a leader in the field since Pathria published the first edition ...

ABSTRACT dynamical theory, classical or quantum-mechanical, deals always in the first instance with comparatively simple systems such as planetary systems or atoms, finding even there complications ...

NOT so long ago, statistical mechanics was almost synonymous with the somewhat arid topic of the dynamical theory of gases, but the development of the quantum theory has vastly increased the number of ...