TY - BOOK AU - Muller-Kirsten, Herald J.W. TI - Basics of statistical physics: A bachelor of degree introduction SN - 139789814287227 AV - QC174.8.M85 PY - 2010/// CY - London PB - World Scientific N1 - Includes index; Contents: 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 ER -