TY - BOOK AU - Salinas, Silvio R. A. TI - Introduction to statistical physics SN - 0387951199 (alk. paper) U1 - 530.13 PY - 2001/// CY - New York PB - Springer KW - Statistical physics N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [371]-374) and index; (1) Introduction to statistical methods (2) Statistical description of a physical system (3) Overview of classical thermodynamics (4) Microcanonical ensemble (5) Canonical ensemble (6) The classical gas in the canonical formalism (7) The grand canonical and pressure ensembles (8) The ideal quantum gas (9) The ideal Fermi gas (10) Free bosons: Bose-Einstein condesations; Gas of photons (11) Phonons and magnons (12) Phase transitions and critical phenomena: Classical theories (13) The Ising model (14) Scaling theories and the renormalization group (15) Non-equilibrium phenomena. I. Kinetic methods (16) Non-equilibrium phenomena. II. Stochastic methods ER -