Statistical Mechanics: A Survival Guide by A. M. Glazer (PDF)

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The present book is a teaching text designed to introduce the fundamentals of the subject of statistical mechanics at a level suitable for students who meet the subject for the first time. The treatment given is designed to give the student a feeling for the topic of statistical mechanics without being held back by the need to understand complex mathematics. The text is concise and concentrates on the understanding of fundamental aspects. Numerous questions with worked solutions are given throughout.

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Editorial Reviews: Review “This undergraduate text introduces fundamentals of statistical mechanics. Treatment given here is designed to give students an understanding of the topic without being held back by the need to understand complex mathematics. Chapters cover the statistics of distinguishable particles, paramagnets and oscillators, indistinguishable particles and monatomic ideal gases, diatomic ideal gases, quantum statistics, photons and phonons, and Bose-Einstein condensation. The text includes problems and worked solutions. Basic knowledge of quantum mechanics is helpful but not essential.”–SciTech Book News About the Author Professor A.M. Glazer, Department of Physics, Clarendon Laboratory, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PU, Tel.: 01865/272290, Fax: 01865/272290, Email: m.glazer@physics.ox.ac.uk Professor J.S. Wark, Department of Physics, Clarendon Laboratory, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PU, Tel.: 01865/272251, Fax: 01865/272400, Email: justin.wark@physics.ox.ac.uk

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⭐A thin and handy volume that is an ideal reference. As the title suggests, it is not a comprehensive tome. It is, however, very good at explaining material that may be confusing to a first time student of statistical mechanics. It is best read along with a more traditional comprehensive text, such as that by Reif.

⭐I’m an Electronic Engineer, but when I took my Physcal Electronics course, my teacher just gave us the formula for the Statistics (Fermi-Dirac & Bose-Einstein), but I was allways wondering where they came from, with this book you will learn how to calculate them (using the Combinatorial Method, yes, there are several methods to calculate them, in Chapter 10 the Gibbs’ Method is explained) and other interesting examples where to apply them, specially the Electrons in Metals & Black Body Radiation Problem which its solution started the Quantum Epoch.

⭐Well put together and very readable, It makes a nice addition to my small library of undergrad and grad Stat Mech books. My main criticism is why is it so EXPENSIVE….its getting on $1/page.

⭐A great overview and intro to stat mech. Helped a lot in my physics class.

⭐After obtaining a physics degree from Oxford in the 1980’s, I crossed the Atlantic to begin graduate study in America. The only notes I deemed valuable enough to take with me (space was at a premium in my backpack) were Mike Glazer’s 29 typewritten pages on statistical mechanics. I’m delighted to see that those 29 pages have been expanded into this short (142 pages) book.This book is a good example of how undergraduate physics texts SHOULD be written. It can be read, cover to cover, in a finite amount of time – furthermore, all the problems can also be completed in a finite amount of time. If you do so, you will understand undergraduate statistical mechanics, and you will have obtained that understanding in just about the most efficient way possible.What we need now is “survival guides” for electromagnetism, quantum mechanics, etc etc.

⭐A surprisingly good book on the introductory statistical mechanics, however it covers free particle systems only. But itgives a lucid explanation on the key concepts, e.g., Boltzmann distribution, distinguishable and indistinguishable particles.A good refresher for folks who had the course years ago.

⭐This book is 100 pages or so but covers about 80% of my undergraduate statistical mechanics course. The text is very clear and well organized.A must have book for every one who studies SM for the first time.

⭐I study Physics at Oxford and for my 2nd year course on Statistical Mechanics it gives a great cover of the key ideas and results and makes the maths quite accessible. This would be best suited to accompany another more mathematical approach which uses ensembles but if ideal for a revision guide and to explain the key ideas and results.

⭐Ma, a mio parere, merita solo 3 stelle perché nella figura 11.1 ( p.117), che riassume tutta la materia e quindi utilissima agli studenti, le formule che vi compaiono sono rese quasi illeggibili (cluttered) da una stampa pasticciata. Da un libro costoso (0,20€/pag) come questo c’era da aspettarsi da Oxford U. P. o dagli autori una ristampa (2009) corretta della prima edizione (2001).

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⭐I have no particular background to form a solid judgment, but I was happy that the book made sense and wasn’t overburdened with technicalities.

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