TY - BOOK AU - Chandler, David TI - Introduction to Modern Statistical Mechanics SN - 9780195042771 U1 - 530.13 PY - 1987/// CY - Oxford PB - Oxford University Press KW - Statistical mechanics KW - Statistical thermodynamics KW - Chemistry, Physical and theoretical N1 - Description: Leading physical chemist David Chandler takes a new approach to statistical mechanics to provide the only introductory-level work on the modern topics of renormalization group theory, Monte Carlo simulations, time correlation functions, and liquid structure. The author provides compact summaries of the fundamentals of this branch of physics and discussions of many of its traditional elementary applications, interspersed with over 150 exercises and microcomputer programs UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0602/86017950-d.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0602/86017950-t.html ER -