Statistical Mechanics: A Set Of Lectures 1st Edition by Richard P. Feynman (PDF)

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This classic graduate lecture note volume on statistical mechanics focuses on Physics, rather than mathematics. It provides a concise introduction to basic concepts and a clear presentation of difficult topics, while challenging the student to reflect upon as yet unanswered questions.

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⭐Dear ReadersEverything you need is in this one very compact volume. Not that it contains all of physics. No. What it does contain and does convey is the sense of adventure and daring one needs to proceed in theoretical physics calculations.Of course there are Feynman diagrams.He treats systems at first simply but then progresses at a very leisurely pace to give the total picture. That is First Classically then progressing to The Quantum Mechanical picture which has the hidden traps which contradict human intuition.The Ising problem as well as Onsager’s 2-D solution.Spin Waves in a crystal lattice……………..!!!Precursor or basis for the formulation of the dynamics of the genetic programing “engine” of the DNA crystal.That’s the problem in physics I am currently “nibbling on”.I like his metaphor “to nibble at problems”. This is a great book.!Other phrases he uses are also great and you can tell that the words in the book are almost verbatim. Like the Feynman lectures you get the drama here as well.They should have filmed it….if they didn’t….it would be marvelous to watch.!!Best RegardsSouthern Jameson West

⭐This old textbook of Statistical Mechanics has a historical value to me. Some definitions can be misleading. We have to keep in mind that in 1972, the process of printing textbooks, and even writing textbooks, was very difficult and time consuming. The same information today should be presented with more illustrations and examples.I bought the book to compare the presentation of statistical application described by Feynman to the method of presenting similar information in Statistical Physics by Landau and Lifshitz.

⭐when i was undergrad, i read Prof. Kerson Huang’s stat mech. i think that book is good. everything is covered systematically, but everything is explained ‘evenly’. if u r a careful reader, u still get the ideas of the essence, like partition function plays the central role of stat mech, etc.now, i am reading feynman’s book. it’s totally diff from huang’s. it’s full of excitement. he put the principle of stat mech which is the relation b/w partition function and probability at the very beginning. all the other aspects in stat mech follow so straight forword and there are endless novel derivations in this book. i feel many of my previous understandings are interconnected by reading this book.it’s simply great, just like the other books written by feynman.

⭐This not one of Feynman’s best, but I will read anything by him.

⭐The Feynman Lectures on Statistical Mechanics contain a great deal of very useful information, and each page is full of solid work without bothering too much with unnecessary details. The book also covers all the bases very well, hitting plenty of good examples, such as spin waves, and the obligatory superconductivity chapter is a solid introduction.My only complaint is that the ordering of the book is a little haphazard. I understand that it is difficult to include quantum and classical statistical mechanics in one continuous run, but the book seems to jump around a bit.All this considered, the book is probably a must-buy for people interested in statistical physics, as it is one of the better general overview books available (I despise the Reif; it needs to be updated and completely rearranged), and, as an added bonus, you get to see the Onsager solution to the 2-D Ising model. Cheers!

⭐Not the best of Feynman. Celebrity status aside, the book is an eclectic collection of vague and sometime undeveloped arguments.The book is an appeal to a broad readership, not to those who intends to study the subject.

⭐Nothing against Feynman, but this is an OCR version which is dreadful regarding formulas and symbols. Pretty much unreadable. Someone has to re-typeset it and I am sure it would be great.

⭐useful.

⭐A fantastic book by the legend !!!!!!

⭐Las obras de Feynman siempre tienen algo original. Mi calificación no hace alusión al trabajo de Feynman, si no a la calidad de este libro. Papel barato, empastado con cartón barato, no está cocido, etc. Por esta razón esta edición no está pensada en un libro de consulta que probablemente volverás a consultar en un futuro o leerás muchas veces, si no como si fuese una novela que después de una lectura fueses a desechar, lo cual es absurdo para este tipo de libros.

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⭐The material in this is Feynman at his best: he uses his outstanding physical intuition to really explain statistical mechanics, a subject which is usually presented in such a way as to make it completely incomprehensible. However, the mathematical formulae are very difficult to read: in-line formulae in the text are OK, and scale as the text size is changed, but any displayed formulae do not scale and are usually almost impossible to read. So, if you want this book, my advice is to buy the paper edition.

⭐LIKE OTHER FEYNMAN BOOKS, A VERY CLEAR AND VALUABLE PRESENTATION

⭐すごくいい本なんですけど、記号が普通の本とは違って変な読みにくさがあります。例えば日本では分配関数は主にZを使いますがこの本ではなぜかQを使い、分配関数を計算する時にポテンシャルから計算される項をZと書いています。あと、英語版には誤植が多いです…日本語版ではほぼ直ってるみたいですが。これらの欠点を除けば、この本はすごくいい本だと思います。普通の統計力学の本とは一味違う感じですし、扱っている内容もかなり広いです。統計力学が好きな人にとってはとても読んでて楽しい本だと思います。最後に1つだけ、この本を統計力学の勉強の1冊目には選ぶべきではありません。

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