Illustrates, through examples, the principles and logic used in extending the simple laws of idealized Newtonian physics and quantum physics into the real world of noise and thermal fluctuations. This book incorporates important aspects of many-body theory and of phase transitions.

Illustrates through examples the principles and logic used in extending the simple laws of idealized Newtonian physics and quantum physics into the real world of noise and thermal fluctuations. This book incorporates important aspects of many-body theory and of phase transitions.