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 Excellent introduction September 16, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The writting style of this book is very informal, much like Griffiths's books, making the material in the book accesible to anyone particularly for self-study; plus it's relatively cheap. The problems in the book were a highlight. There were many that were fun and had really cool results. The only problem was it was too short. The book didn't showcase all the great things to know about statistical mechanics. I highly recommend this book as an introduction to thermal physics followed by a more comprehensive book on statistical physics.
About Dan Schroeder and His Thermal Physics August 31, 2008
This is probably the one book you wish to look at if you need a quick and phenomenal introduction to Thermal Physics and Statistical Mechanics, and you wish not to pour over the mammoth volumes of Landaus's legendary teatises; I have already been aware of Dan Schroeder through his Field Theory text with Michael Peskin, which made jump to get this one without hesitation for my qualifying exams. The text is lucid and written in a narrative style, which takes away all formidable fears one may have in approaching Statistical Mechanics; the techniques are intuitive and the organization if perfect!
 The answers are not always in the Questions!! July 13, 2008
As a physics major going back to school after a long hiatus, I needed this book to review for a thermal physics class. I wanted to study on my own in preparation for the course, but I am having trouble with the subject, only because I don't know if my solutions are correct or not. specially the applied problems which have numerical answers, but the book does not provide a way to check them. It reads ok, it could use more examples; I think the author took the easy way out by omitting many examples that could clear up some of the confusions. Answers are a must for any textbook at this level,or any level for that matter.
Mmmmm, Thermal Physics February 29, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Great book, scratch that, fantastic book. Compared to my HJ Pain Waves and Vibrations book, it's absolutely incredible. The author goes through each step clearly, and as well as explaining how he does it, explains why he does it. So many books today just give derivations(HJ Pain) and never actually explain why they do them. A must have if your into thermal physics, or if you need it for a class. Probably the latter.
good buy February 15, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
the time arrived on time, and was in the condition that the seller stated.
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