List Of Notable Textbooks In Statistical Mechanics

A list of notable textbooks in thermodynamics and statistical mechanics, arranged by category and date.

Only or mainly thermodynamics

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*Hanson, Robert M.; Green, Susan (2008). Introduction to Molecular Thermodynamics. University Science Books. .
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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
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* (1990) New York: Dover
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*Stephen G. Brush (1976) ''The Kind of Motion We Call Heat I-II'' North-Holland

Statistical mechanics

* . 2e (1936) Cambridge: University Press; (1980) Cambridge University Press.
* ; (1979) New York: Dover
* Vol. 5 of the Course of Theoretical Physics. 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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Specialized topics

Kinetic theory

* Vol. 10 of the Course of Theoretical Physics (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

* Translated by 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

*List of textbooks on classical mechanics and quantum mechanics
* List of textbooks in electromagnetism
* List of books on general relativity

Further reading

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References

External links

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