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020 _a9783030045425
040 _cIIT Kanpur
041 _aeng
082 _a519.2
_bL43p
100 _aLawrence, Andy
245 _aProbability in physics
_ban introductory guide
_cAndy Lawrence
260 _bSpringer
_c2019
_aSwitzerland
300 _axxiv, 347p
440 _aUndergraduate lecture notes in physics
490 _a/ edited by Neil Ashby
520 _aThis textbook presents an introduction to the use of probability in physics, treating introductory ideas of both statistical physics and of statistical inference, as well the importance of probability in information theory, quantum mechanics, and stochastic processes, in a unified manner. The book also presents a harmonised view of frequentist and Bayesian approaches to inference, emphasising their complementary value. The aim is to steer a middle course between the "cookbook" style and an overly dry mathematical statistics style. The treatment is driven by real physics examples throughout, but developed with a level of mathematical clarity and rigour appropriate to mid-career physics undergraduates. Exercises and solutions are included.
650 _aMathematical physics
650 _aProbabilities
650 _aStatistics.
942 _cBK
999 _c560924
_d560924