Statistical Mechanics

Unlike most other texts on the subject, this clear, concise introduction to the theory of microscopic bodies treats the modern theory of critical phenomena. Provides up-to-date coverage of recent major advances, including a self-contained description of thermodynamics and the classical kinetic theory of gases, interesting applications such as superfluids and the quantum Hall ef...

Unlike most other texts on the subject, this clear, concise introduction to the theory of microscopic bodies treats the modern theory of critical phenomena. Provides up-to-date coverage of recent major advances, including a self-contained description of thermodynamics and the classical kinetic theory of gases, interesting applications such as superfluids and the quantum Hall effect, several current research applications, The last three chapters are devoted to the Landau-Wilson approach to critical phenomena. Many new problems and illustrations have been added to this edition.

黄克逊先生系美国麻省理工学院（Massachusetts Institute ofTechnology）荣誉退休教授。美籍华裔理论物理学家。1928年出生于中国南宁市，在菲律宾马尼拉长大。先后于1950年和1953年获得麻省理工学院物理学学士和物理学博士学位，之后在普林斯顿大学（Princeton University）作短暂博士后研究，1957年回到麻省理工学院从事热力学和统计力学的教学和研究工作，并且很快成为统计物理方面的权威。从此之后，黄克逊先生开始做玻色爱因斯坦凝聚（Bose-Einstein condensation）和量子场论（ quantum field theory）方面的工作。