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Statistical Physics by Manfred Sigrist

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Statistical Physics
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Publisher: ETH Zurich
Number of pages: 130

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From the table of contents: Laws of Thermodynamics; Kinetic approach and Boltzmann transport theory; Classical statistical mechanics; Quantum Statistical Physics; Phase transitions; Linear Response Theory; Renormalization group; etc.

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