 1 The Fundamentals of Statistical Mechanics

Chapter of Statistical Physics by David Tong, by David Tong. No chapter publication year is inferred from its HTML generation date.

Online text: davidtong.org/teaching/statistical-physics/statmechhtml/S1

Cited passages: Statistical Physics, §1.2.1, equation (1.2) and the independent-system entropy addition argument; §1.4: chemical potential differential; §1.4.3 Extensive and Intensive Quantities, equations (1.46)–(1.48) and the scaling discussion.

Chapter PDF: davidtong.org/pdfs/teaching/statistical-physics/statphys1.pdf

The whole-work byline is David Tong, University of Cambridge Part II Mathematical Tripos. No separately contributed chapter author, initial publication date or revision date is established.

Additional cited passages: §§1.2.1–1.2.2, printed pp. 5–10; §1.3, printed pp. 17–18, equation (1.19).