''Statistical Physics of Particles'' and ''Statistical Physics of Fields'' are a two-volume series of textbooks by

Mehran Kardar Mehran Kardar ( fa, مهران کاردار; August 1957) is an Iranian born physicist and professor of physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and co-faculty at the New England Complex Systems Institute (USA). He received hi ...

. Each book is based on a semester-long course taught by Kardar at the

Massachusetts Institute of Technology The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a Private university, private Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Established in 1861, MIT has played a key role in the development of modern t ...

. They cover

statistical physics Statistical physics is a branch of physics that evolved from a foundation of statistical mechanics, which uses methods of probability theory and statistics, and particularly the mathematical tools for dealing with large populations and approxi ...

and

thermodynamics Thermodynamics is a branch of physics that deals with heat, work, and temperature, and their relation to energy, entropy, and the physical properties of matter and radiation. The behavior of these quantities is governed by the four laws o ...

at the graduate level.

Editions

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External links

Statistical Mechanics I
at

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Statistical Mechanics II
at MIT OpenCourseWare
Publisher's website for ''Particles''

Publisher's website for ''Fields''

References

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