Richard Chace Tolman byl americký matematický fyzik a fyzikální chemik, který se stal autoritou v oblasti statistické mechaniky. Svými příspěvky ovlivnil teoretickou kosmologii v letech bezprostředně po objevu obecné teorie relativity Albertem Einsteinem. Jeho práce se zaměřovala na propojení teoretických principů s empirickým světem a zanechala trvalou stopu v moderní fyzice.
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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