Statistical Mechanics

by Donald A. McQuarrie

Statistical Mechanics is the extended version of McQuarrie's earlier text - Statistical Thermodynamics (USB 1984). This text (previously published by Longman Education) is an accessible introduction to the subject. It contains a large number of problems at the end of each chapter to help students understand the material and to introduce them to selected extensions.

Genres: Science, Physics, Chemistry, Nonfiction

640 pages, Hardcover

First published July 1, 1976

Reviews

[Scott Bembenek · Rating 5 out of 5]

If you do stat mech then this book is a must have. Yes, it's old but most of the problems are timeless as well as many of the topics covered. It is still a foundational book in my opinion.

[Carlos · Rating 2 out of 5]

I found this book to be extremely useful, though I do feel that reading the related chapters in McQuqarrie’s “Physical Chemistry: A Molecular Approach” was necessary. He goes quite in depth in the derivations and sometimes loses the conceptual aspect of the material, this is balanced by the P-chem book which, though targeted to undergraduates, is sophisticated enough to give a deeper understanding of the subjects treated in the Stat Mech book.

[Jeffrey Sung · Rating 4 out of 5]

The classic Statistical Mechanics textbook. Definitely missing some derivations that would be nice (they are left as an exercise to the reader), but what can one do, right?