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Zbl 0997.82505
Balescu, Radu
Statistical dynamics: matter out of equilibrium. (English)
[B] London: Imperial College Press. 340 p. \sterling 33.00; \$ 48.00/hbk; \sterling 16.00; \$ 24.00/pbk (1997). ISBN 1-86094-045-5/hbk; ISBN 0-86094-046-3/pbk

Publisher's description: In the first part of this book, classical nonequilibrium statistical mechanics is developed. Starting from the Hamiltonian dynamics of the molecules, it leads through the irreversible kinetic equations to the level of fluid mechanics. For simple systems, all the transport coefficients are determined by the molecular properties. The second part of the book treats complex systems that require a more extensive use of statistical concepts. Such problems, which are at the forefront of research, include: continuous time random walks, non-Markovian diffusion processes, percolation and related critical phenomena, transport on fractal structures, transport and deterministic chaos. These "strange transport processes" differ significantly from the usual (diffusive) transport. Their inclusion in a general treatise on statistical mechanics is a special feature of this invaluable book.

MSC 2000:: *82-01 Textbooks (statistical mechanics)
82Cxx Time-dependent statistical mechanics (dynamic and non-equilibrium)
00A79 Physics

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