ABSTRACT
In this book we shall encounter several branches of physics, but
the most important one will be statistical physics. Here I present a
short introduction to statistical physics to provide the reader with
the framework necessary to understand later chapters where it is
used extensively. As in the previous chapter I try to be as concise
as possible and only discuss issues that are relevant for this book.
In other words this introduction is far from complete, but hopefully
helps readers not familiar with statistical physics to get a quick idea
of the basic concepts. If you are familiar with this subject, you might
want to skip this chapter altogether.
