▲ | kgwgk 4 days ago | |||||||
People have also used “statistical physics” to refer to the former concept since forever. For example Landau. “Statistical mechanics” is also used in a broad sense, just like “quantum mechanics” is often used for anything “quantum”. | ||||||||
▲ | nakamoto_damacy 4 days ago | parent [-] | |||||||
What I'm getting from this discussion is that we use Statistical Physics to refer to anything covered by Statistical Physics AND Statistical Mechanics, while we use Statistical Mechanics in a narrower context, but it is also possible that some use SM loosely. | ||||||||
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