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Morikazu Toda
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Yokohama National University, Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama 240, Japan
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Ryogo Kubo
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Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University, Kohoku-ku, Yokohama 223, Japan
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Nobuhiko Saitô
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Department of Applied Physics, Waseda University, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160, Japan
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Table of contents (5 chapters)
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- Morikazu Toda, Ryogo Kubo, Nobuhiko Saitô
Pages 1-27
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- Morikazu Toda, Ryogo Kubo, Nobuhiko Saitô
Pages 28-71
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- Morikazu Toda, Ryogo Kubo, Nobuhiko Saitô
Pages 72-117
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- Morikazu Toda, Ryogo Kubo, Nobuhiko Saitô
Pages 118-176
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- Morikazu Toda, Ryogo Kubo, Nobuhiko Saitô
Pages 177-238
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Back Matter
Pages 239-252
About this book
This first volume of Statistical Physics is an introduction to the theories of equilibrium statistical mechanics, whereas the second volume (Springer Ser. Solid-State Sci., Vol. 31) is devoted to non equilibrium theories. Particular emphasis is placed on fundamental principles and basic con cepts and ideas. We start with physical examples of probability and kinetics, and then describe the general principles of statistical mechanics, with appli cations to quantum statistics, imperfect gases, electrolytes, and phase tran sitions, including critical phenomena. Finally, ergodic problems, the me chanical basis of statistical mechanics, are presented. The original text was written in Japanese as a volume of the Iwanami Series in Fundamental Physics, supervised by Professor H. Yukawa. The first edition was published in 1973 and the second in 1978. The English edition has been divided into two volumes at the request of the publisher, and the chapter on ergodic problems, which was at the end of the original book, is included here as Chapter 5. Chapters 1,2,3 and part of Chapter 4 were written by M. Toda, and Chapters 4 and 5 by N. Saito. More extensive references have been added for further reading, and some parts of the final chapters have been revised to bring the text up to date. It is a pleasure to express my gratitude to Professor P. Fulde for his detailed improvements in the manuscript, and to Dr. H. Lotsch of Springer Verlag for his continued cooperation.
Authors and Affiliations
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Yokohama National University, Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama 240, Japan
Morikazu Toda
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Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University, Kohoku-ku, Yokohama 223, Japan
Ryogo Kubo
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Department of Applied Physics, Waseda University, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160, Japan
Nobuhiko Saitô
