Statistical mechanics and the physics of fluids (Publications of the Scuola Normale Superiore / Lecture Notes (Scuola Normale Superiore))

Cover Title Contents Preface 1 Statistical ensembles and Boltzmann's entropy 2 The first principle of thermodynamics and the thermodynamic functions 3 Gases and plasmas at equilibrium 4 The states of matter 5 Thermodynamic fluctuations and liquid structure 6 Critical phenomena 7 Diffusion and brownian motion 8 Viscosity, sound waves, and inelastic scattering from liquids 9 Heat transport 10 Supercooling and the glassy state 11 Non-newtonian fluids: especially liquid crystals and polymers 12 Turbulence References This volume collects the lecture notes of a course on statistical mechanics, held at Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa for third-to-fifth year students in physics and chemistry.