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Series: Dover Books on Physics | Publication Date: February 11, 2005

Starting with primary physical assumptions and their idealization in the form of postulates, this text examines the consequences of these postulates, culminating in the derivation of the fundamental formulas for calculating probabilities in terms of dynamical quantities and concluding with an analysis of the notion of entropy. Solutions. 1970 edition.

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Paperback: 272 pages
Publisher: Dover Publications (February 11, 2005)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0486438708
ISBN-13: 978-0486438702
Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.6 inches
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