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Spring 2023 – Books on Statistical Mechanics
Cited in the Lecture Notes

Our Textbook
Malcolm P. Kennett, Essential Statistical Physics, Cambridge University Press 2020

Other Books Cited in the Lecture Notes
R K Pathria & P D Beale Statistical Mechanics 3rd Edition (Elsevier / Butterworth-Heinemann 2011)
C Sackett Statistical Mechanics and Thermodynamics: A Practical Approach Zero K Press 2018
D Chandler Introduction to Modern Statistical Mechanics Oxford University Press 1987
M Kardar Statistical Mechanics of Particles Cambridge University Press 2007
D C Mattis & R H Swendsen Statistical Mechanics Made Simple 2nd ed, World Scientific 2008
M Plischke and B Bergersen Equilibrium Statistical Physics World Scientific 2006
L F Reichl A Modern Course in Statistical Physics 3rd ed, Wiley-VCH 2009
F Reif Statistical and Thermal Physics McGraw-Hill 1965
F Schwabl Statistical Mechanics 2nd ed, Springer 2006

Some Useful Graduate Books on Thermodynamics
M.J. de Oliveira Equilibrium Thermodynamics Springer 2013

Some Useful Undergraduate Books on Statistical Mechanics
H Gould & J Tobochnik Introduction to Thermal Physics Princeton University Press 2010 [+ programs]
K Huang Introduction to Statistical Physics 2nd edition, CRC Press 2010
D V Schroeder An Introduction to Thermal Physics Addison Wesley Longman 2000

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