Statistical Physics

<p><b>A groundbreaking textbook on twenty-first-century statistical physics and its applications</b><br><br>Kip Thorne and Roger Blandford&#146;s monumental <i>Modern Classical Physics</i> is now available in five stand-alone volumes that make ideal textbooks for individual graduate or advanced undergraduate courses on statistical physics; optics; elasticity and fluid dynamics; plasma physics; and relativity and cosmology. Each volume teaches the fundamental concepts emphasizes modern real-world applications and gives students a physical and intuitive understanding of the subject.<br><br><i>Statistical Physics</i> is an essential introduction that is different from others on the subject because of its unique approach which is coordinate-independent and geometric; embraces and elucidates the close quantum-classical connection and the relativistic and Newtonian domains; and demonstrates the power of statistical techniques&#151;particularly statistical mechanics&#151;by presenting applications not only to the usual kinds of things such as gases liquids solids and magnetic materials but also to a much wider range of phenomena including black holes the universe information and communication and signal processing amid noise.<br></p><ul><li>Includes many exercise problems</li><li>Features color figures suggestions for further reading extensive cross-references and a detailed index</li><li>Optional &#147;Track 2&#148; sections make this an ideal book for a one-quarter half-semester or full-semester course</li><li>An online illustration package is available to professors</li></ul><p>The five volumes which are available individually as paperbacks and ebooks are <i>Statistical Physics</i>; <i>Optics</i>; <i>Elasticity and Fluid Dynamics</i>;<i> Plasma Physics</i>; and<i> Relativity and Cosmology.</i></p>