2., corrected Edition - March 2005
112.- Euro
2005. XIII, 336 Pages, Softcover
142 Fig.
- Textbook -
ISBN-10: 3-527-40598-4
ISBN-13: 978-3-527-40598-5 - Wiley-VCH, Berlin






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Short description
This highly original book about the kinetic properties of the microparticles constituting gases, liquids, and solids as well as light is an updated version of a very popular Russian text. Dealing with areas of molecular physics, this edition updates all information, covering elementary statistical mechanics and kinetic theory, and expanding the Russian text to include thermodynamics.
Particularly innovative are the methods - exclusive to this book - for calculating surface structure within quasi-thermodynamics. Also unique is the comparison between rarefied and condensed matter, which is not offered in any other text.
Addressing both students and advanced researchers, the book assumes only a general mathematics and classical mechanics background, allowing the reader to progress quickly from the introductory material to complex topics.



From the contents
Gases.

Radiation.

Crystals.

Liquids.

Thermodynamics.

Bibliography.

Index.