Statistical thermodynamics

Erwin Schrödinger, who shared the 1933 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work in wave mechanics, set out to build one consistent framework for statistical thermodynamics. The approach applies to every major case: classical systems, quantum systems, and the Bose-Einstein and Fermi-Dirac statistics that govern particles of different kinds.

The book works through a range of specific topics. These include the Nernst heat theorem, Planck's oscillator, the behavior of fluctuations, the problem of n particles, and the problem of radiation.

It is written for readers who already have a background in physics and want a single method that connects these separate areas of statistical mechanics.