00891nam a22001457a 450000500170000000800410001702000200005805000160007810000320009424500990012626000380022530000340026350000200029750504280031720210414113941.0120517t        xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a139789814287227  aQC174.8.M85  aMuller-Kirsten, Herald J.W.  aBasics of statistical physics: A bachelor of degree introduction /cHerald J.W. Muller-Kirsten  aLondon:bWorld Scientific,c2010.  ax, 211 p. :bill. ;c25.4 cm.  aIncludes index.  aContents: Introduction -- Statistical mechanics of an ideal gas -- The a priori probability -- Clasical statistics -- Entropy -- Quantum statistics-- Exact form of distribution functions -- Application to radiation -- Debye theory of specific heat of solids -- Electrons in metals -- Limitations of the preceding theory - Improvement with ensemble method -- Averaging instead of maximization and Bose-Einstein condensation.