Table of contents Chapter 1: Characteristic Features of Macroscopic System
Chapter 2: Basic Probability Concepts
Chapter 3: Statistical Description of Systems of Particles
Chapter 4: Thermal Interaction
Chapter 5: Microscopic Theory and Macroscopic Measurements
Chapter 6: Canonical Distribution in the Classical Approximation
Summary Definitions
Important Relations
Suggestions for Supplementary Reading
Problems
New Features
? Explanations are through simple examples making it easy for the students to grasp a considerably tough physics course.
? Language is easy and the examples are very well framed and pedagogically very effective.
? More rigorous and advanced questions have been introduced at the end of the book. End-of-chapter problems are graded in levels of difficulty.