Title The Theory of Magnetism II : Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics Author(s) Mattis, Daniel C Publication Berlin, Heidelberg, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 1985. Description XII, 184 p : online resource Abstract Note What is thermodynamics? What does statistical physics teach us? In the pages of this slim book, we confront the answers. The reader will discover that where thermodynami cs provi des a 1 arge scal e, macroscopi c theory of the ef?? fects of temperature on physical systems, statistical mechanics provides the microscopic analysis of these effects which, invariably, are the results of thermal disorder. A number of systems in nature undergo dramatic changes in aspect and in their properties when subjected to changes in ambient temperature or pres?? sure, or when electric or magnetic fields are applied. The ancients already knew that a liquid, a solid, or a gas can represent different states of the same matter. But what is meant by "state"? It is here that the systematic study of magnetic materials has provided one of the best ways of examining this question, which is one of the principal concerns of statistical physics (alias "statistical mechanics") and of modern thermodynamics ISBN,Price 9783642824050 Keyword(s) 1. COMPLEX SYSTEMS 2. DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS 3. EBOOK 4. EBOOK - SPRINGER 5. MAGNETIC MATERIALS 6. MAGNETISM 7. Magnetism, Magnetic Materials 8. Phase transitions (Statistical physics) 9. Phase Transitions and Multiphase Systems 10. STATISTICAL PHYSICS 11. Statistical Physics and Dynamical Systems 12. THERMODYNAMICS Item Type eBook Multi-Media Links Please Click here for eBook Circulation Data Accession#   Call# Status Issued To Return Due On Physical Location I01317     On Shelf