Theoretical Physics Second Edition

ThisauthoritativevolumebyarenownedRussianscientistoffersadvancedstudentsathoroughbackgroundintheoreticalphysics.Thetreatment'sreviewofbasicmethodstakesanapproachthat'sasrigorousandsystematicasitispractical.
Chieflydevotedtomechanics，electrodynamics，quantummechanics，andstatisticalmechanics，thisbookstressesatomic，nuclear，andmicroscopicmatters.Subjectsincludethequantumtheoriesofradiation，dispersal，andscatteringandtheapplicationofstatisticalmechanicstoelectromagneticfieldsandcrystallinebodies.Particularlystronginitscoverageofstatisticalphysics，thetextexaminesBoltzmannstatistics，BoseandFermidistributions，Gibbsstatistics，thermodynamicquantities，thermodynamicpropertiesofidealgasesinBoltzmannstatistics，fluctuations，phaseequilibrium，weaksolutions，chemicalequilibria，andsurfacephenomena.Manyofthe137exercisesfeaturecompletesolutions.TranslatedbyGeorgeYankovskyundertheauthor'ssupervision.