A historical and theoretical survey of variational principles and their relationship to dynamics and quantum theory. Topics include Hamilton's principle, Hamilton-Jacobi equation, relationship to quan
Focusing on applications relevant to modern physics, this text for advanced undergraduates and graduate students surveys variational principles, examining their relationship to dynamics and quantum th
Extensively revised edition of a much-respected work examines thermodynamics of irreversible processes, general principles of statistical thermodynamics, assemblies of noninteracting structureless par
