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Statistical Mechanics is the extended version of McQuarrie's earlier text - Statistical Thermodynamics [USB 1984]. Statistical Mechanics [previously published by Longman Education] is a renowned accessible introduction to the subject. It contains a large number of problems at the end of each chapter to help students understand the material and to introduce them to selected extensions.

Statistical Mechanics

1. Introduction and Review



2. The Canonical Ensemble



3. Other Ensembles and Fluctuations



4. Boltzmann Statistics, Fermi-Dirac Statistics, and Bose-Einstein Statistics



5. Ideal Monatomic Gas



6. Ideal Diatomic Gas



7. Classical Statistical Mechanics



8. Ideal Polyatomic Gas



9. Chemical Equilibrium



10. Quantum Statistics



11. Crystals



12. Imperfect Gases



13. Distribution Functions in Classical Monatomic Liquids



14. Perturbation Theories of Liquids



15. Solutions of Strong Electrolytes



16. Kinetic Theory of Gases and Molecular Collisions



17. Continuum Mechanics



18. Kinetic Theory of Gases and the Boltzmann Equation



19. Transport Processes in Dilute Gases



20. Theory of Brownian Motion



21. The Time-Correlation Function Formalism, I



22. The Time-Correlation Function Formalism, II



Appendix A. Values of Some Physical Constants and Energy Conversion Factors



Appendix B. Fourier Integrals and the Dirac Delta Function



Appendix C. Debye Heat Capacity Function



Appendix D. Hard-Sphere Radial Distribution Function



Appendix E. Tables for the m-6-8 Potential



Appendix F. Derivation of the Golden Rule of Perturbation Theory



Appendix G. The Dirac BRA and KET Notation



Appendix H. The Heisenberg Time-Dependent Representation



Appendix I. The Poynting Flux Vector



Appendix J. The Radiation Emitted by an Oscillating Dipole



Appendix K. Dielectric Constant and Absorption



Index