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In each generation, scientists must redefine their fields: abstracting, simplifying and distilling the previous standard topics to make room for new advances and methods. Sethna's book takes this step for statistical mechanics--a field rooted in physics and chemistry whose ideas and methods are now central to information theory, complexity, and modern biology. Aimed at advanced undergraduates and early graduate students in all of these fields, Sethna limits his main presentation to the topics that future mathematicians and biologists, as well as physicists and chemists, will find fascinating and central to their work. The amazing breadth of the field is reflected in the author's large supply of carefully crafted exercises, each an introduction to a whole field of study: everything from chaos through information theory to life at the end of the universe.

Statistical mechanics --- 531.19 --- Mechanics --- Mechanics, Analytic --- Quantum statistics --- Statistical physics --- Thermodynamics --- 531.19 Statistical mechanics --- Statistical mechanics.

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Fluid dynamics --- Fluides, Dynamique des --- 531.3 --- 532.5 --- Dynamics. Kinetics --- Liquid motion. Hydrodynamics --- 532.5 Liquid motion. Hydrodynamics --- 531.3 Dynamics. Kinetics --- Dynamics --- Fluid mechanics

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History of physics --- Theory of relativity. Unified field theory --- Geophysics --- Zwaartekracht --- 531.5 --- Books before 1840 --- Natuurwetenschappen --- Geschiedenis --- Aristoteles --- Einstein, Albert --- Newton, Isaac --- Copernicus, Nicolaus --- Galileï, Galileo --- Astronomie --- Wetenschappen --- zwaartekracht --- einstein --- 531.5 Gravity. Gravitation. Pendulums. Ballistics --- Gravity. Gravitation. Pendulums. Ballistics --- Galilei, Galileo --- Wetenschap --- Geneeskunde --- Techniek (wetenschap) --- Atlas --- Museum --- Voorlichting --- Onderzoek (wetenschap)

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Gregory's Classical Mechanics is a major new textbook for undergraduates in mathematics and physics. It is a thorough, self-contained and highly readable account of a subject many students find difficult. The author's clear and systematic style promotes a good understanding of the subject: each concept is motivated and illustrated by worked examples, while problem sets provide plenty of practice for understanding and technique. Computer assisted problems, some suitable for projects, are also included. The book is structured to make learning the subject easy; there is a natural progression from core topics to more advanced ones and hard topics are treated with particular care. A theme of the book is the importance of conservation principles. These appear first in vectorial mechanics where they are proved and applied to problem solving. They reappear in analytical mechanics, where they are shown to be related to symmetries of the Lagrangian, culminating in Noether's theorem.

531 --- 531 General mechanics. Mechanics of solid and rigid bodies --- General mechanics. Mechanics of solid and rigid bodies --- Mechanics --- Classical mechanics --- Newtonian mechanics --- Physics --- Dynamics --- Quantum theory --- Classical mechanics. Field theory --- Mechanics. --- Natural philosophy --- Philosophy, Natural --- Physical sciences --- E-books --- Physics. --- Mecanique classique

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From the reviews: "... Besides the fact that the author's treatment of large deviations is a nice contribution to the literature on the subject, his book has the virue that it provides a beautifully unified and mathematically appealing account of certain aspects of statistical mechanics. ... Furthermore, he does not make the mistake of assuming that his mathematical audience will be familiar with the physics and has done an admireable job of explaining the necessary physical background. Finally, it is clear that the author's book is the product of many painstaking hours of work; and the reviewer is confident that its readers will benefit from his efforts." D. Stroock in Mathematical Reviews 1985 "... Each chapter of the book is followed by a notes section and by a problems section. There are over 100 problems, many of which have hints. The book may be recommended as a text, it provides a completly self-contained reading ..." S. Pogosian in