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Statistical Physics

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  • References and Further Reading

    • Diego A. R. Dalvit, James Frastai and Ian D. Lawrie, Problems on Statistical Mechanics, Institute of Physics Publishing, 1999
    Walter Greiner, Ludwig Neise amd Horst Stöcker, Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics, Springer, 1994
    Kerson Huang, Lectures on Statistical Physics and Protein Folding, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., 2005
    Kerson Huang, Statistical Mechanics, Second Edition, John Wiley & Sons, 1987
    E. T. Jaynes, Bayesian Methods: General Background, An Introductory Tutorial, 1996
    Edwin T. Jaynes, Foundations of Probability Theory and Statistical Mechanics
    E. T. Jaynes, How Does the Brain Do Plausible Reasoning?, Maximum-Entropy and Bayesian Methods in Science and Engineering, Vol. 1, 1-24, 1988
    E. T. Jaynes, Information Theory and Statistical Mechanics, The Physical Review, Vol. 106, No. 4, 620-630, May 15, 1957
    E. T. Jaynes, Information Theory and Statistical Mechanics II, The Physical Review, Vol. 108, No. 2, 171-190, October 15, 1957
    E. T. Jaynes, Information Theory and Statistical Mechanics, 1962 Brandeis Lectures in Theoretical Physics, Volume 3
    E. T. Jaynes, Predictive Statistical Mechanics
    E. T. Jaynes, Prior Information and Ambiguity in Inverse Problems, SIAM-AMS Proceedings, Volume 14, 1984
    E. T. Jaynes, Probability Theory as Logic, The Ninth Annual Workshop on Maximum Entropy and Bayesian Methods, Dartmouth College, New Hampshire, August 14, 1989
    E. T. Jaynes, The Minimum Entropy Production Principle, Ann. Rev. Phys. Chem. 1980. 31:579-601
    E. T. Jaynes, Where Do We Go From Here?, Maximum Entropy and Bayesian Methods in Inverse Problems, 21 - 58, 1985, D. Reidel Publishing Company
    E. T. Jaynes, Where Do We Stand On Maximum Entropy?, The Maximum Entropy Formalism Conference, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, May 2-4, 1978
    L. D. Landau and E. M. Lifshitz, Statistical Physics, Course of Theoretical Physics, Volume 5, Part 1, Third Edition, Revised and Enlarged by E. M. Lifshitz and L. P. Pitaevskii, Pergamon Press, 1980
    E. M. Lifshitz and L. P. Pitaevskii, Statistical Physics, Course of Theoretical Physics, Volume 9, Part 2. Theory of Condensed State, Pergamon Press, 1980
    R. K. Pathria, Statistical Mechanics, Second Edition, Elsevier, 1996