This book gives a comprehensive and up-to-date treatment of the theory of "simple" liquids. The new second edition has been rearranged and considerably expanded to give a balanced account both of basic theory and of the advances of the past decade. It presents the main ideas of modern liquid state theory in a way that is both pedagogical and self-contained. The book should be accessible to graduate students and research workers, both experimentalists and theorists, who have a good background in elementary mechanics.

Compares theoretical deductions with experimental results
Molecular dynamics
Monte Carlo computations
Covers ionic, metallic, and molecular liquids

Contenu

Statistical Mechanics and Molecular Distribution Functions
Computer "Experiments" on Liquids
Diagrammatic Expansions
Distribution Function Theories
Perturbation Theories
Time-dependent Correlation Functions and Response Functions
Hydrodynamics And Transport Coefficients
Microscopic Theories of Time-Correlation Functions
Ionic Liquids
Simple Liquid Metals
Molecular Liquids