01270cam a2200145 a 4500020002400000020002400024082001600048100003400064245002600098260004600124300003500170500005100205505072200256650014600978  a9780123821881 (pbk)  a9789380931890 (pbk)00a530.13bPAT1 aPathria, R. K.aPaul D. Beale10aStatistical mechanics  aAmsterdam bElsevier/Academic Pressc2011  axxvi, 718 p.b: ill.c; 24 cm.  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.0 aThe statistical basis of thermodynamics --  Elements of the ensemble theory -- The canonical ensemble -- The grand canonical ensemble -- Formulation of quantum statistics -- The theory of simple gases -- Ideal Bose systems -- Ideal Fermi systems -- Thermodynamics of the early universe -- Statistical mechanics of interacting systems : the method of cluster expansions -- Statistical mechanics of interacting systems : the method of quantized fields -- Phase transitions : criticality, universality, and scaling -- Phase transitions : exact (or almost exact) results for models -- Phase transitions : the renormalization group approach -- Fluctuations and nonequilibrium statistical mechanics -- Computer simulations. 0aStatistical mechanicsaPhysics vThermodynamics vEnsemble theoryvQuantum statisticsvInteracting systemsvComputer simulationsvFEASvRICAS