``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 Magazine Although written on an introductory level, this wide-ranging text provides extensive coverage of topics of current interest in equilibrium Statistical 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..
Readers are assumed to have studied thermodynamics, calculus, elementary differential equations and elementary quantum mechanics.
In addition, supplementary reading lists for each chapter invite students to pursue the subject at a more advanced level.
Each chapter includes problems varying in difficulty ranging from simple numerical exercises to small-scale ``research`` propositions.
Part IV covers quantum statistics and includes sections on Fermi-Dirac and Bose-Einstein statistics, photon gas and free-volume theories of quantum liquids.
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.
Topics range from ideal monatomic gas and monatomic crystals to polyatomic gas and configuration of polymer molecules and rubber elasticity.
Part II examines systems composed of independent molecules or of other independent subsystems.
Part I deals with the principles of quantum Statistical mechanics and includes discussions of energy levels, states and eigenfunctions, degeneracy and other topics.
The book is divided into four major sections.
Indeed, certain traditional topics are given somewhat condensed treatment to allow room for a survey of more recent advances. ``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 Magazine Although written on an introductory level, this wide-ranging text provides extensive coverage of topics of current interest in equilibrium Statistical mechanics
