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Statistical Mechanics: Lectures given at a Summer School of the Centro Internazionale Matematico Estivo (C.I.M.E.) held in Bressanone (Bolzano), … 21-27, 1976: 71 Reprint of the 1st ed. C.I.M.E., Ed. Liguori, Napoli, 1976 Edition
Author(s): Giovanni Gallavotti
- Publisher: Springer
- Publication Date: 30 Nov. 2010
- Edition: Reprint of the 1st ed. C.I.M.E., Ed. Liguori, Napoli, 1976
- Language: English
- Print length: 235 pages
- ISBN-10: 3642111076
- ISBN-13: 9783642111075
Book Description
C. Cercignani: A sketch of the theory of the Boltzmann equation. O.E. Lanford: Qualitative and statistical theory of dissipative systems. E.H. Lieb: many particle Coulomb systems. B. Tirozzi: Report on renormalization group. A. Wehrl: Basic properties of entropy in quantum mechanics.
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“Gallavotti has written a somewhat ideological and quite personal book. Certainly one may disagree with him on some issues. But he has expert knowledge of what he discusses and also of many things he chooses not to discuss. And since he also knows the history of the subject, his opinion must be taken seriously. We may thus thank Gallavotti for giving us a fresh, authorative and readable introduction to a fundamental area of conceptual physics.” (D. Ruelle, “Physics” “Today,” 2001)
“Gallavotti has written a somewhat ideological and quite personal book. Certainly one may disagree with him on some issues. But he has expert knowledge of what he discusses and also of many things he chooses not to discuss. And since he also knows the history of the subject, his opinion must be taken seriously. We may thus thank Gallavotti for giving us a fresh, authorative and readable introduction to a fundamental area of conceptual physics.” (D. Ruelle, “Physics” “Today,” 2001)
