Thermodynamics and Statistical Physics

Author: Xue Zengquan
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Publish Date: 2000-06-01
Features: At the dawn of an era where scientific and technological advancements have entered a new phase, and with the rapid growth of human knowledge, the reform of courses like Thermodynamics and Statistical Physics, as part of theoretical physics, should focus on streamlining content and refining the theoretical curriculum. Guided by this principle, the thermodynamics section of this book starts with a few fundamental laws to derive the differential equations of thermodynamic laws, then proceeds to derive characteristic functions that fully describe the system, followed by discussions on the determination and application of these functions. In the corresponding statistical physics section, the partition function that fully describes the system is derived from the principle of equal a priori probability, followed by discussions on the application of the partition function and its relationship with the corresponding thermodynamic characteristic functions of the system. The book is divided into two parts, each consisting of five chapters, emphasizing the interconnection and coherence between the two sections. Each chapter includes necessary exercises, with answers provided at the end of the book. This book can serve as a textbook for undergraduate students and a reference for self-learners.