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Title: book suggestion: statistical thermodynamics
Post by: sgojja on April 23, 2020, 10:04:42 AM

hello all,
i have started studying statistical mechanics all by myself. i started with B. Widom, i find it useful but i am looking for alternative suggestions. i think the book on statistical mechanics by Horia Metiu can be useful but i can't find the book on the internet, neither i can purchase it till the end of this semester (due to lockdown).
your suggestions will be appreciated.
thank you!

Title: Re: book suggestion: statistical thermodynamics
Post by: Enthalpy on April 27, 2020, 09:35:33 AM

Horia Metiu's book is available in English at Amazon.

You mean, microscopic thermodynamics? It's the topic of one volume of Landau & Lifschitz called "statistical physics". Not exactly simple, intuitive nor concrete.

Title: Re: book suggestion: statistical thermodynamics
Post by: sgojja on May 06, 2020, 08:15:13 AM

thanks!
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Title: Re: book suggestion: statistical thermodynamics
Post by: pm133 on May 10, 2020, 07:05:40 PM

Molecular Thermodynamics by McQuarrie is very good.
Much better than Atkins.