This textbook concentrates on modern topics in statistical physics with an emphasis on strongly interacting condensed matter systems. The book is self-contained

This is a textbook which gradually introduces the student to the statistical mechanical study of the different phases of matter and to the phase transitions bet

Key features include an elementary introduction to probability, distribution functions, and uncertainty; a review of the concept and significance of energy; and

A self-contained, mathematical introduction to the driving ideas in equilibrium statistical mechanics, studying important models in detail.

Groundbreaking monograph by Nobel Prize winner for researchers and graduate students covers Liouville equation, anharmonic solids, Brownian motion, weakly coupl