Beschreibung:
1. Fundamental Principles of Statistical Mechanics2. Fluctuations, Noise, and Irreversible Thermodynamics
3. Kinetic Methods and Transport Theory
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Graduate-level text covers properties of the Fermi-Dirac and Bose-Einstein distributions; the interrelated subjects of fluctuations, thermal noise, and Brownian movement; and the thermodynamics of irreversible processes. 1958 edition.