1. B with the notion of temperature ( statistical mechanics and thermodynamics ). 2. This dependence on microscopic variables is the central point of statistical mechanics . 3. Statistical mechanics is a physical theory which explains thermodynamics in microscopic terms.4. This opened up avenues of research linking knot theory and statistical mechanics . 5. Classical here is to be understood in opposition to quantum statistical mechanics . 6. The levels of SVE and RVE link continuum mechanics to statistical mechanics . 7. For most of Cohen's career he has focused on nonequilibrium statistical mechanics . 8. In analogy with statistical mechanics it is also called the partition function. 9. Statistical mechanics reproduces thermodynamics when the number of particles is large.10. The a priori probability has an important application in statistical mechanics .