Luca Peliti

The essential introduction to modern statistical mechanics, now completely updated and expanded. Statistical mechanics is one of the most exciting areas of physics today and has applications to subjects ranging from economics and social behaviour to algorithmic theory and evolutionary biology. Statistical Mechanics in a Nutshell provides a self-contained introduction to this rapidly developing field. Starting with the basics of...

The first comprehensive graduate-level introduction to stochastic thermodynamics. Stochastic Thermodynamics is a well-defined subfield of statistical physics that aims to interpret thermodynamic concepts for systems ranging in size from a few to hundreds of nanometers. The behaviour of these systems is inherently random due to thermal fluctuations. This growing field, therefore, describes the nonequilibrium dynamics of small systems, such as...