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050 00 $aQC174.8$b.A43 1996
082 00 $a530.1/592$220
100 1 $aAmbegaokar, Vinay.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n95106170
245 10 $aReasoning about luck :$bprobability and its uses in physics /$cVinay Ambegaokar.
260 $aCambridge ;$aNew York :$bCambridge University Press,$c1996.
300 $axv, 231 pages :$billustrations ;$c26 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 201) and index.
505 00 $g1.$tIntroduction --$g2.$tThe likely, the unlikely, and the incomprehensible --$g3.$tNormality and large numbers --$g4.$tExamples --$g5.$tA little mathematics --$g6.$tForces, motion, and energy --$g7.$tAtoms, molecules, and molecular motion --$g8.$tDisorder, entropy, energy, and temperature --$g9.$tHeat, work, and putting heat to work --$g10.$tFluctuations and the arrow of time --$g11.$tChaos --$g12.$tQuantum jumps: the ultimate gamble.
520 $aThis book introduces the reader to statistical reasoning and its use in physics. It is based on a course developed for non-science majors at Cornell University, and differs from other treatments by its wide-ranging use of quantitative methods, which are built up in a constructive way and assume only that the reader can add, subtract, multiply, and divide with confidence.
520 8 $aThe main application for this volume will be as a text for non-science students. However, the originality of the ideas and approach will also make this a valuable book for a public ranging from physics undergraduates to general readers.
650 0 $aStatistical physics.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85127573
650 0 $aProbability measures.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh92001869
852 00 $boff,phy$hQC174.8$i.A43 1996