TY - GEN AU - Bagchi, Biman TI - Statistical Mechanics for Chemistry and Materials Science SN - 9781032219493 U1 - 530.13 PY - 2022/// CY - New York PB - CRC Press KW - Statistical Mechanics KW - Thermodynamics KW - Probabilistic Description KW - Quantum Liouville KW - Microscopic Derivation KW - Isothermal Isobaric Ensemble N1 - 1: Preliminaries; 1.1 Why Study Statistical Mechanics?; 1.2 Statistical Mechanics Explains Why and How: Scope with Examples; 1.3 Objectives of Statistical Mechanics; 1.4 Essentials of Thermodynamics; 1.4.1 Laws of Thermodynamics; 1.5 Thermodynamic Response Functions and Stability Conditions; 1.6 Thermodynamics: Configuration Space Description; 1.7 From Intermolecular Potential to Thermodynamic Observables: Shortcomings of Classical Mechanics; 1.8 Towards a Probabilistic Description. 1.9 SummarySuggested Reading ER -