An Introduction to Statistical Thermodynamics (Dover Books on Physics) by Terrell L. Hill (PDF)

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“A large number of exercises of a broad range of difficulty make this book even more useful…a good addition to the literature on thermodynamics at the undergraduate level.” — Philosophical MagazineAlthough written on an introductory level, this wide-ranging text provides extensive coverage of topics of current interest in equilibrium statistical mechanics. Indeed, certain traditional topics are given somewhat condensed treatment to allow room for a survey of more recent advances.The book is divided into four major sections. Part I deals with the principles of quantum statistical mechanics and includes discussions of energy levels, states and eigenfunctions, degeneracy and other topics. Part II examines systems composed of independent molecules or of other independent subsystems. Topics range from ideal monatomic gas and monatomic crystals to polyatomic gas and configuration of polymer molecules and rubber elasticity. An examination of systems of interacting molecules comprises the nine chapters in Part Ill, reviewing such subjects as lattice statistics, imperfect gases and dilute liquid solutions. Part IV covers quantum statistics and includes sections on Fermi-Dirac and Bose-Einstein statistics, photon gas and free-volume theories of quantum liquids.Each chapter includes problems varying in difficulty — ranging from simple numerical exercises to small-scale “research” propositions. In addition, supplementary reading lists for each chapter invite students to pursue the subject at a more advanced level. Readers are assumed to have studied thermodynamics, calculus, elementary differential equations and elementary quantum mechanics.Because of the flexibility of the chapter arrangements, this book especially lends itself to use in a one-or two-semester graduate course in chemistry, a one-semester senior or graduate course in physics or an introductory course in statistical mechanics.

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⭐I am a devout follower of this book – it’s written by a genius for people who really want to understand stat thermoD, not just to prepare for classes, but to gain a perspective on how to handle the tedious mathematical structure of stat themoD. I am absolutely in love with this book and have found it to be much much more challenging and interesting that other comparable books, which border on spoon feeding its reader with every morbid detail (most of which are often quite basic concepts). It’s to the point, written with authority. He covers quite a large number of topics. Although the book is quite old, its structure is very appealing to me.Those who like succinct equations to try and understand a concept – they would love with this book, right from the very first chapter. This book has another complementary book by the same author (

⭐) which takes things a step further. People who prefer long discussions rather than equations would absolutely hate this book. I would strongly reccommend everybody to take a chance with this book. I am a beginner only and do not have a good idea about the other books out there – but I find this book much more useful than those by Landau or Macquarrie (although I dunno about Chandler or Kardar or Pahtria). People with a decent math background who are looking to learn stat mech should absolutely try this out and it’s so damn cheap – wouldn’t hurt if you don’t like it eventually. But I like this book so much that I would even volunteer to be a spokesperson for it 😛

⭐I bought this book as recommended material for a class, mainly because the cost is very low due to this being a Dover book. Typically I do not read entire text books, I use them more as a reference to revisit material that I did not fully understand in class or as a source for practice problems.Compared to the other text books I had available I found this book not particularly useful. The notation used is not the most intuitive and I found it hard to search this book for specific information. Throughout the entire term I probably got 2 useful pieces of information from this book, and read ~5 pages out of the total, and that was mainly because specific problems on the homework for my class directly referenced to this book. For the remainder of the time I looked for information elsewhere.The reason I still give this book 3 stars is due to how affordable it is compared to other textbooks. Despite the fact that other textbooks are easier to read this book does contain most of the important concepts, if money is a consideration this can be a good buy.

⭐If you are intrested with studing statistical mechanics then start here. Hill starts from the defintions and postulates of thermodynamics and then moves into applications and problems. You will need to understand Diff EQ for this book.The first chapter took me a week to read and work out the math but then I red the rest in 4 weeks. It is a hard start because Hill develops your background before starting with applications of the theory. I really began to grasp the subject after reading this book. Ohter books will not lay the mathout as well as Hill does. It is a hard read because Hill is so thorough, but the rewasd is well worth the struggle. It is a great introduction and I suggest all of Hill’s Stat mech book. Another great bargin from DOVER PRESS.At the price I recomend it to all graduate chemical engineers and chemists

⭐I’m a second year grad student coming from some measure of background in quantum mechanics and thermodynamics, but with no experience in statistical mechanics. I found Hill’s book a fantastic introduction to the topic. Of particular note is his terse but clear writing – he very quickly and accurately conveys requisite information in each of his derivations, making the text easily understandable. I’ve had none of the problems of ambiguities or a lack of clarity that can be encountered in many physics textbooks.I can highly recommend this title, it’s one of the better written physics textbooks I’ve seen.

⭐In my opinion is one of the best introductory book in statistical thermodynamics. As a matter of fact, there are a lot of books and even good books treating this topic, but T.L. Hill has been able to introduce it in a simple and comprehensive way. In particular, I found particularly interesting his manner to treat the liquid state and the distribution functions (Part III). The last part is devoted to quantum statistics, it is an introduction but is well written and for a young student will be enlightening.

⭐An Introduction to Statistical Thermodynamics (Dover Books on Physics)

⭐Terrell Hill addresses the reader as if he were lecturing to me. His style is one of clarity.The book is excellent.What I like least. I would have liked to see solutions to problems.

⭐This was the textbook in the statistical mechanics course I took a few years ago. The single greatest feature of this book compared to so many other texts in statistical mechanics and related fields is its clear presentation of some sort of intuition behind the concepts. That alone makes it worth buying. And it’s so cheap that you may as well just buy it.

⭐I have just ordered it and already checked out only the first two chapters and found that the book is well-written at least in the beginning part. I will give a more detailed review after I have gone through the whole book. With this price, the book is worth buying!

⭐Arrived in a timely matter and in perfect condition. If you have ever bought a Dover publication text, you should know the quality to expect. The title is a bit of a misnomer. I wouldn’t recommend the text for someone first learning statistical thermodynamics. Thankfully I have had previous study on the topic otherwise I feel I would have been quite lost reading this one.

⭐good content, sadly this is for graduate level stuff

⭐This book is wonderful

⭐Éste es uno más de los excelentes textos sobre Termodinámica y Mecánica estadística escritos por el difunto (23 de enero del 2014) Prof. Terrell L. Hill. Éste es un libro imprescindible para una buena formación.

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