A list of notable textbooks in thermodynamics and
statistical mechanics
In physics, statistical mechanics is a mathematical framework that applies statistical methods and probability theory to large assemblies of microscopic entities. It does not assume or postulate any natural laws, but explains the macroscopic b ...
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Only or mainly thermodynamics
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Both thermodynamics and statistical mechanics
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* 2e Kittel, Charles; and Kroemer, Herbert (1980) New York: W.H. Freeman
* 2e (1988) Chichester: Wiley , .
* (1990) New York: Dover
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Statistical mechanics
* . 2e (1936) Cambridge: University Press; (1980) Cambridge University Press.
* ; (1979) New York: Dover
* Vol. 5 of the
Course of Theoretical Physics
The ''Course of Theoretical Physics'' is a ten-volume series of books covering theoretical physics that was initiated by Lev Landau and written in collaboration with his student Evgeny Lifshitz starting in the late 1930s.
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. 3e (1976) Translated by J.B. Sykes and M.J. Kearsley (1980) Oxford : Pergamon Press.
* . 3e (1995) Oxford: Butterworth-Heinemann
* . 2e (1987) New York: Wiley
* . 2e (1988) Amsterdam: North-Holland . 2e (1991) Berlin: Springer Verlag ,
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:2e (2000) Sausalito, Calif.: University Science
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Specialized topics
Kinetic theory
* Vol. 10 of the
Course of Theoretical Physics
The ''Course of Theoretical Physics'' is a ten-volume series of books covering theoretical physics that was initiated by Lev Landau and written in collaboration with his student Evgeny Lifshitz starting in the late 1930s.
It is said that Land ...
(3rd Ed). Translated by J.B. Sykes and R.N. Franklin (1981) London: Pergamon ,
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Quantum statistical mechanics
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Mathematics of statistical mechanics
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G. Gamow (1949) New York: Dover
* . Reissued (1974), (1989); (1999) Singapore: World Scientific
*; (1984) Cambridge: University Press . 2e (2004) Cambridge: University Press
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Miscellaneous
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Historical
* (1896, 1898) Translated by Stephen G. Brush (1964) Berkeley: University of California Press; (1995) New York: Dover
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* Translated by J. Kestin (1956) New York: Academic Press.
* German Encyclopedia of Mathematical Sciences. Translated by Michael J. Moravcsik (1959) Ithaca: Cornell University Press; (1990) New York: Dover
See also
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List of textbooks on classical and quantum mechanics
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List of textbooks in electromagnetism
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List of books on general relativity
Further reading
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References
External links
Statistical Mechanics and Thermodynamics TextsClark University curriculum development project
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