Practical Statistical Mechanics: Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics, Volume 1
暫譯: 實用統計力學：熱力學與統計力學，第1卷
Caravelli, Francesco, Dalvit, Diego A. R.
- 出版商: CRC
- 出版日期: 2026-07-29
- 售價: $4,350
- 貴賓價: 9.5 折 $4,132
- 語言: 英文
- 頁數: 468
- 裝訂: Hardcover - also called cloth, retail trade, or trade
- ISBN: 1032982047
- ISBN-13: 9781032982045
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相關分類:
機率統計學 Probability-and-statistics
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商品描述
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.
It strikes a balance between breadth and an accessible walk-through approach to calculations and concepts that students and researchers will encounter across the many corners of modern statistical mechanics. It is a broad, accessible starting point enabling readers to then move on to more focused and advanced treatments. It also touches on topics that have become increasingly relevant in recent years, including applications of machine learning to elements of quantum information and computing.
Chapters include short experimental boxes that connect theoretical concepts with laboratory demonstrations--from critical phenomena in fluids and magnets to frustrated spin systems. To support learning by doing, it also provides simple numerical codes that illustrate several topics throughout the text.
This will serve as an ideal textbook for undergraduate and graduate courses on Statistical Mechanics and Thermodynamics. It can also be used as supplementary reading for courses on Many-Body Physics.
Key Features:
- A one-stop compendium of major results of standard and modern Statistical Mechanics.
- Includes pedagogical boxes containing worked examples, historical perspectives, suggested further activities, and experimental notes and connections to real world systems.
- Each chapter is structured to serve as a two-hour lecture on the topic, with accompanying calculations.
商品描述(中文翻譯)
這本書是兩本伴隨卷的第一本，第三本則專門用於練習，致力於介紹統計力學的標準技術；以實用、操作和細心的方式呈現不同統計物理領域之間的重複結構。
它在廣度和可接近的計算與概念的引導方式之間取得平衡，這些計算與概念是學生和研究人員在現代統計力學的各個角落中會遇到的。這是一本廣泛且易於接觸的起點，使讀者能夠進一步深入更具針對性和高級的處理。它還觸及了近年來越來越相關的主題，包括機器學習在量子信息和計算元素中的應用。
各章節包括短小的實驗框，將理論概念與實驗室演示相連結——從流體和磁體中的臨界現象到挫折自旋系統。為了支持實踐學習，它還提供了簡單的數值程式碼，說明文本中的幾個主題。
這將作為本科生和研究生統計力學及熱力學課程的理想教科書。它也可以作為多體物理課程的補充閱讀材料。
主要特點：
- 一個涵蓋標準和現代統計力學主要結果的一站式彙編。
- 包含教學框，內含已解的範例、歷史觀點、建議的進一步活動以及實驗筆記和與現實系統的聯繫。
- 每章的結構設計為一個兩小時的主題講座，並附有計算。
作者簡介
Francesco Caravelli is a physicist whose research spans equilibrium and non-equilibrium statistical mechanics, dynamical and complex systems, and quantum technologies. He began his scientific career in quantum gravity at the University of Waterloo and the Perimeter Institute, later moving into complex systems during positions at the University of Oxford and University College London, followed by research in the private sector. Since joining Los Alamos National Laboratory in 2017, first as an Oppenheimer Fellow and later as a Staff Scientist in T4, he has investigated the dynamics of memristive and neuromorphic circuits, deriving exact results that link their memory properties to foundational principles of statistical physics. His recent work focuses on collective nonlinear dynamics, neuromorphic computing, low-power analog architectures, and emerging directions in quantum computing.
Diego A. R. Dalvit is a Senior Staff Member at the Theoretical Division of Los Alamos National Laboratory. He is a quantum optics theorist with expertise in Casimir physics, statistical mechanics, quantum sensing, and metamaterials. He received his Ph.D. in Physics from Universidad de Buenos Aires (Argentina) in 1998. He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society and Optica. He has authored more than 110 peer-reviewed papers, with more than 9,800 citations. He has also co- authored two physics textbooks, one a guide to the essence of Casimir physics, and one on problems on statistical mechanics.
作者簡介(中文翻譯)
Francesco Caravelli 是一位物理學家，他的研究涵蓋平衡與非平衡統計力學、動態與複雜系統以及量子技術。他在滑鐵盧大學和邊界研究所開始了他的科學生涯，專注於量子重力，之後在牛津大學和倫敦大學學院的職位中轉向複雜系統，隨後在私營部門進行研究。自2017年加入洛斯阿拉莫斯國家實驗室以來，最初擔任奧本海默研究員，後來成為T4的科學家，他研究了記憶電阻和類神經電路的動態，推導出將其記憶特性與統計物理的基本原則聯繫起來的精確結果。他最近的工作專注於集體非線性動力學、類神經計算、低功耗類比架構以及量子計算的新興方向。
Diego A. R. Dalvit 是洛斯阿拉莫斯國家實驗室理論部門的高級成員。他是一位量子光學理論家，專長於卡西米爾物理、統計力學、量子感測和超材料。他於1998年在布宜諾斯艾利斯大學（阿根廷）獲得物理學博士學位。他是美國物理學會和Optica的會士。他已發表超過110篇經過同行評審的論文，引用次數超過9,800次。他還共同編寫了兩本物理學教科書，一本是關於卡西米爾物理本質的指南，另一本則是關於統計力學問題的書籍。
