List of textbooks in statistical mechanics

Khinchin, Aleksandr Ya. (1943). Mathematical

Foundations of Statistical Mechanics.

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

translated by G. Gamow (1949) New York:

Dover ISBN 0-486-60147-1

Equilibrium statistical mechanics, and statistical mechanics as a

whole

Sommerfeld, Arnold; ed: F. Bopp, J. Meixner

(1952). Thermodynamics and statistical mechanics.
translated by J. Kestin (1956) New York:
Academic Press.

Gibbs, Josiah Willard (1902). Elementary Principles

in Statistical Mechanics, developed with especial reference to the rational foundation of thermodynamics.
New York: Charles Scribners Sons.

ter Haar, Dirk (1954). Elements of statistical mechanics. London: Constable.

Ehrenfest, Paul and Tatiana (1912). The conceptual

foundations of the statistical approach in mechanics.
German Encyclopedia of Mathematical Sciences

2e (1966) New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston

3e (1995) Oxford: Butterworth-Heinemann
ISBN 0-7506-2347-0

translated by Michael J. Moravcsik (1959)

Ithaca: Cornell University Press; (1990) New
York: Dover ISBN 0-486-66250-0

Huang, Kerson (1963). Statistical mechanics. New

York: Wiley. ISBN 0-471-41760-2.

Fowler, R. H. (1929). Statistical mechanics : the theory of the properties of matter in equilibrium. Cambridge: University Press.

2e (1987) New York: Wiley ISBN 0-47181518-7

Kubo, Ryogo; et al. (1965). Statistical mechanics.
Amsterdam: North-Holland. ISBN 0-444-106375.

2e (1936) Cambridge: University Press;

(1980) Cambridge University Press ISBN 0521-09377-5

2e (1988) Amsterdam: North-Holland ISBN

0-444-87103-9

Tolman, Richard C. (1938). The principles of statistical mechanics. Oxford: Clarendon Press.; (1979)
New York: Dover ISBN 0-486-63896-0

2e (1991) Berlin: Springer Verlag ISBN 0387-53662-0, ISBN 3-540-53662-0

Landau, Lev Davidovich; and Lifshitz, Evgeny

Mikhailovich. Statistical Physics. Vol. 5 of the
Course of Theoretical Physics.

Reif, Frederick (1965). Fundamentals of Statistical

and Thermal Physics. McGraw-Hill. ISBN 0-07051800-9.

translated by D. Shoenberg (1938) Oxford:

Clarendon Press.

Kittel, Charles (1969). Thermal Physics. Chichester: Wiley. ISBN 0-471-49030-X.

translated by E. Peierls and R.F. Peierls (1958)

Oxford: Pergamon Press.

2e Kittel, Charles; and Kroemer, Herbert

(1980) New York: W.H. Freeman ISBN 07167-1088-9

2e (1951) Translated by J.B. Sykes and M.J.

Kearsley (1968) Oxford : Pergamon Press.
ISBN 0-08-009103-2

Ruelle, David (1969). Statistical Mechanics: Rigorous Results. New York: Benjamin. ISBN 0-80538361-1

3e (1976) Translated by J.B. Sykes and M.J.

Kearsley (1980) Oxford : Pergamon Press.
ISBN 0-7506-3372-7
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2 KINETIC THEORY
reissued (1974), (1989); (1999) Singapore:
World Scientic ISBN 981-02-3862-2
Penrose, Oliver (1970). Foundations of statistical
mechanics : a deductive treatment. Oxford: Pergamon. ISBN 0-08-013314-2.; (2005) New York:
Dover ISBN 0-486-43870-8
Mandl, Franz (1971). Statistical physics. Chichester: Wiley. ISBN 0-471-56658-6.
2e (1988) Chichester: Wiley ISBN 0-47191532-7, ISBN 0-471-91533-5
Pathria, R. K. (1972). Statistical Mechanics. Oxford: Pergamon. ISBN 0-08-016747-0.
2e (1996) Oxford: Butterworth-Heinemann
(now Elsevier) ISBN 0-7506-2469-8
McQuarrie, Donald A. (1975). Statistical mechanics. New York: Harper & Row. ISBN 0-06044366-9.
2e (2000) Sausalito, Calif.: University Science
ISBN 1-891389-15-7
Landsberg, P. T. (1978). Thermodynamics and statistical mechanics. Oxford University Press. ISBN
0-19-851142-6.; (1990) New York: Dover ISBN 0486-66493-7
Ruelle, David (1978). Thermodynamic formalism :
the mathematical structures of classical equilibrium
statistical mechanics. Addison-Wesley. ISBN 0201-13504-3.; (1984) Cambridge: University Press
ISBN 0-521-30225-0
2e (2004) Cambridge: University Press ISBN
0-521-54649-4
Reichl, Linda E (1980). A modern course in statistical physics. London: Edward Arnold. ISBN
0-7131-2777-5. ISBN 0-7131-3517-4. ISBN 07131-2789-9. ISBN 0-292-75051-X. ISBN 0-29275080-3.
2e (1998) Chichester: Wiley ISBN 0-47159520-9
Ma, Shang-keng (1985). Statistical mechanics. Singapore: World Scientic. ISBN 9971-966-06-9.
ISBN 9971-966-07-7.
Waldram, J. R. (1985). The theory of thermodynamics. Cambridge: University Press. ISBN 0-52128796-0.

Chandler, David (1987). Introduction to Modern Statistical Mechanics. Oxford University Press.
ISBN 0-19-504277-8.
Hoover, Wm. G. (1991). Computational Statistical
Mechanics. Elsevier. ISBN 0-444-88192-1. (available online here)
W.A. Wassam, Jr. (2002). Statistical Mechanics :
Encyclopedia of Physical Science and Technology,
Third Edition, Volume 15. Academic Press. ISBN
978-0-12-227410-7.
Kardar, Mehran (2007). Statistical Physics of Fields.
Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-52187341-3.
Sethna, James (2006). Statistical Mechanics: Entropy, Order Parameters, and Complexity. Oxford
University Press. ISBN 0-19-856677-8.
Bowley, Roger and Sanchez, Mariana (2000). Introductory Statistical Mechanics. Oxford University
Press. ISBN 978-0-19-850576-1.
Van Vliet; Carolyne M. (2008). Equilibrium and
Non-equilibrium Statistical Mechanics. World Scientic Publishing Company. p. 982. ISBN 978981-270-477-1.
Peliti, Luca (2011). Statistical Mechanics in a Nutshell. Princeton University Press. p. 417. ISBN
978-0-691-14529-7.

2 Kinetic theory
Boltzmann, Ludwig (1896, 1898). Lectures on gas
theory. Check date values in: |date= (help)
translated by Stephen G. Brush (1964) Berkeley: University of California Press; (1995)
New York: Dover ISBN 0-486-68455-5
Lifshitz, E. M. & Pitaevskii, L. P. Physical kinetics.
Vol. 10 of the Course of Theoretical Physics (3rd
Ed).
translated by J.B. Sykes and R.N. Franklin
(1981) London: Pergamon ISBN 0-08026480-8, ISBN 0-7506-2635-6
Zubarev, D. N. (1974). Nonequilibrium Statistical
Thermodynamics. New York: Consultants Bureau.
ISBN 978-0-306-10895-2.
Zubarev, D. N.; Morozov V.; Ropke G. (1996). Statistical Mechanics of Nonequilibrium Processes: Basic Concepts, Kinetic Theory. John Wiley & Sons.
ISBN 3-05-501708-0.

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Zubarev, D. N.; Morozov V.; Ropke G. (1997). Statistical Mechanics of Nonequilibrium Processes: Relaxation and Hydrodynamic Processes. John Wiley
& Sons. ISBN 3-527-40084-2.

Statistical mechanics of quantum

systems
Bogoliubov, N. N. (19671970). Lectures on Quantum Statistics. Problems of Statistical Mechanics of
Quantum Systems. New York: Gordon and Breach.
Bogoliubov, N. N.; N. N. Bogolubov, Jnr. (1992).
Introduction to Quantum Statistical Mechanics. New
York: Gordon and Breach. ISBN 2-88124-879-9.

See also
List of textbooks in electromagnetism

External links
Statistical Mechanics and Thermodynamics Texts
Clark University curriculum development project

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