Richard Chace Tolman fu un fisico matematico e chimico fisico americano, riconosciuto come un'autorità nella meccanica statistica. Diede contributi significativi alla cosmologia teorica nel periodo successivo alla scoperta della relatività generale da parte di Einstein. Il suo lavoro esplorò le intricate connessioni tra i quadri teorici e l'universo osservabile, lasciando un impatto duraturo nel campo della fisica moderna.
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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