Statistical Physics

This book continues to provide the most readable, concise, and easy-to-follow introduction to thermal physics. While maintaining the style of the original work, this new edition now covers statistical mechanics and incorporates worked examples systematically throughout the text. It also includes mor..

Providing a comprehensive introduction with the necessary background material to make it accessible for a wide scientific audience, this text is a timely discussion of current developments in domain-growth kinetics. The book combines pedagogical chapters from various leading experts in this area and..

Liquid-Vapor Phase-Change Phenomena presents the basic thermophysics and transport principles that underlie the mechanisms of condensation and vaporization processes. This second edition has been updated to provide additional coverage on nano- and microscale thermophysics of boiling and condensation..

This book presents a comprehensive account of the modern theory of glasses, from basic principles to Maxwell relations. After introducing general theoretical concepts and historical developments, it thoroughly describes glassy phenomenology and the established theory. The core of the book surveys th..