Richard Chace Tolman était un physicien mathématique et chimiste physicien américain, reconnu comme une autorité en mécanique statistique. Il a apporté des contributions significatives à la cosmologie théorique dans les années suivant la découverte de la relativité générale par Einstein. Son travail a exploré les liens complexes entre les cadres théoriques et l'univers observable, laissant un impact durable dans le domaine de la physique moderne.
This is the definitive treatise on the fundamentals of statistical mechanics. A concise exposition of classical statistical mechanics is followed by a thorough elucidation of quantum statistical mechanics: postulates, theorems, statistical ensembles, changes in quantum mechanical systems with time, and more. The final two chapters discuss applications of statistical mechanics to thermodynamic behavior. 1930 edition.
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