Incluye índice: páginas 657-661.

Part 1.The classical statistical mechanics: 1.Introduction -- 2.The elements of classical mechanics -- 3.Statisticalensemble in the classical mechanics -- 4.The Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution law -- 5.Collisions as a mechanicsm of change with time -- 6.Boltzmann's H-theorem -- Part 2.The quantum satistical mechanics: 7.The elements of quantum statistical mechanics -- 8.Some simple applications of quantum mechanics -- 9.Statistical ensembles in the quantum mechanics -- 10.The Maxwell-Boltzmann, Einstein-Bose, and Fermi-Dirac distributions -- 11.The change in quantum mechanical systems with time -- 12.The quantum mechanical H-theorem -- Part 3.Statistical mechanics and thermodynamics: 12.Statistical explanation of the principles of thermodynamics -- 14.Further applications to thermodynamics