TY - BOOK AU - Pathria,R.K. TI - Statistical mechanics SN - 9780123821881 (pbk) U1 - 530.13 PY - 2011/// CY - Amsterdam PB - Elsevier/Academic Press KW - Statistical mechanics KW - Physics KW - Thermodynamics KW - Ensemble theory KW - Quantum statistics KW - Interacting systems KW - Computer simulations KW - FEAS KW - RICAS N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; The 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 ER -