Landmark study discusses Einstein's theory, extends thermodynamics to special and general relativity, and also develops the applications of relativistic mechanics and thermodynamics to cosmological models.
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Richard Chace Tolman was an American mathematical physicist and physical chemist renowned as an authority on statistical mechanics. He significantly contributed to theoretical cosmology in the period following Einstein's groundbreaking discovery of general relativity. His work explored the intricate connections between theoretical frameworks and the observable universe, leaving a lasting impact on the field of modern physics.
This is the definitive treatise on the fundamentals of statistical mechanics. A concise exposition of classical statistical mechanics is followed by a thorough elucidation of quantum statistical mechanics: postulates, theorems, statistical ensembles, changes in quantum mechanical systems with time, and more. The final two chapters discuss applications of statistical mechanics to thermodynamic behavior. 1930 edition.