Contents

List of textbooks in thermodynamics and statistical mechanics

Statistical mechanics
Thermodynamics Kinetic theory
Particle statistics Spin–statistics theorem Indistinguishable particles Maxwell–Boltzmann Bose–Einstein Fermi–Dirac Parastatistics Anyonic statistics Braid statistics
Thermodynamic ensembles NVE Microcanonical NVT Canonical µVT Grand canonical NPH Isoenthalpic–isobaric NPT Isothermal–isobaric
Models Debye Einstein Ising Potts
Potentials Internal energy Enthalpy Helmholtz free energy Gibbs free energy Grand potential / Landau free energy
Scientists Maxwell Boltzmann Bose Gibbs Einstein Ehrenfest von Neumann Tolman Debye Fermi
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A list of notable textbooks in thermodynamics and statistical mechanics, arranged by category and date.

Only or mainly thermodynamics[edit]

• Fermi, Enrico (1956). Thermodynamics (New ed.). Dover Publications. ISBN 978-0486603612.^[1]
• Van Ness, H. C. (1983). Understanding Thermodynamics. Dover Publications. ISBN 978-0486632773.^[2]
• Callen, Herbert (1985). Thermodynamics and an Introduction to Themostatistics (2nd ed.). New York: John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 0-471-86256-8.^[3][4][5][6]
• Finn, C. B. P. (1993). Thermal Physics (2nd ed.). United States of America: CRC Press. ISBN 0-7487-4379-0.^[7][8][9]
• Zemansky, Mark W.; Dittman, Richard (1996). Heat and Thermodynamics (7th ed.). McGraw-Hill. ISBN 978-0070170599.^{[10][11][12][13][14][15][16]}
• Pokrovskii, Vladimir (2020). Thermodynamics of Complex Systems: Principles and applications. IOP Publishing, Bristol, UK. ISBN 978-0-7503-3451-8.^[17]

Both thermodynamics and statistical mechanics[edit]

• Reif, Frederick (1965). Fundamentals of Statistical and Thermal Physics. McGraw-Hill. ISBN 0-07-051800-9.^[18][19]
• Sears, Francis W. (1975). Thermodynamics, Kinetic Theory, and Statistical Thermodynamics. Addison Wesley. ISBN 020106894X.^[20][21][22]
• Kittel, Charles (1969). Thermal Physics. Chichester: Wiley. ISBN 0-471-49030-X. 2e Kittel, Charles; and Kroemer, Herbert (1980) New York: W.H. Freeman ISBN 0-7167-1088-9^{[23][24][25][26]}
• Mandl, Franz (1971). Statistical physics. Chichester: Wiley. ISBN 0-471-56658-6. 2e (1988) Chichester: Wiley ISBN 0-471-91532-7, ISBN 0-471-91533-5.^[27][28]
• Landsberg, P. T. (1978). Thermodynamics and statistical mechanics. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-851142-6. (1990) New York: Dover ISBN 0-486-66493-7^[29][30][31]
• Stowe, Keith (1983). Introduction to Statistical Mechanics and Thermodynamics (1st ed.). John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 0-471-87058-7.^[32]
• Waldram, J. R. (1985). The theory of thermodynamics. Cambridge: University Press. ISBN 0-521-28796-0.^[33][34]
• Schroeder, Daniel (2000). An Introduction to Thermal Physics. United States of America: Addison Wesley Longman. ISBN 0-201-38027-7.^[35][36][37]

• Blundell, Stephen; Blundell, Katherine (2006). Concepts in Thermal Physics. United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-856769-1.^[38]
• Gould, Harvey and Tobochnik, Jan (2010). Statistical and Thermal Physics. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-13744-5.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)^{[39][40][41][42][43]}
• Swendsen, Robert (2012). An Introduction to Statistical Mechanics and Thermodynamics. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-964694-4.^[44][45]

Statistical mechanics[edit]

• Fowler, R. H. (1929). Statistical mechanics : the theory of the properties of matter in equilibrium. Cambridge: University Press.. 2e (1936) Cambridge: University Press; (1980) Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-09377-5^[46]
• Tolman, Richard C. (1938). The principles of statistical mechanics. Oxford: Clarendon Press.; (1979) New York: Dover ISBN 0-486-63896-0^[47]
• Landau, Lev Davidovich; and Lifshitz, Evgeny Mikhailovich (1969). Statistical Physics. Internet Archive.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) Vol. 5 of the Course of Theoretical Physics. 3e (1976) Translated by J.B. Sykes and M.J. Kearsley (1980) Oxford : Pergamon Press. ISBN 0-7506-3372-7^{[48][49][50][51][52][53][54][55]}
• ter Haar, Dirk (1954). Elements of statistical mechanics. London: Constable.. 3e (1995) Oxford: Butterworth-Heinemann ISBN 0-7506-2347-0^{[56][57][58][59]}
• Huang, Kerson (1963). Statistical mechanics. New York: Wiley. ISBN 0-471-41760-2.. 2e (1987) New York: Wiley ISBN 0-471-81518-7^{[60][61][62][63]}
• Kubo, Ryogo; et al. (1965). Statistical mechanics. Amsterdam: North-Holland. ISBN 0-444-10637-5.. 2e (1988) Amsterdam: North-Holland ISBN 0-444-87103-9. 2e (1991) Berlin: Springer Verlag ISBN 0-387-53662-0, ISBN 3-540-53662-0^[64][65][66]
• 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^[67][68]
• McQuarrie, Donald A. (1975). Statistical mechanics. New York: Harper & Row. ISBN 0-06-044366-9.^[69][70][71]

2e (2000) Sausalito, Calif.: University Science ISBN 1-891389-15-7

• Reichl, Linda E (1980). A modern course in statistical physics. London: Edward Arnold. ISBN 0-7131-2777-5.^[72][73][74]

2e (1998) Chichester: Wiley ISBN 0-471-59520-9

• Ma, Shang-keng (1985). Statistical mechanics. Singapore: World Scientific. ISBN 9971-966-06-9.^[75][76]
• Chandler, David (1987). Introduction to Modern Statistical Mechanics. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-504277-8.^[77][78][79]
• 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.
• Bowley, Roger and Sanchez, Mariana (2000). Introductory Statistical Mechanics. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-850576-1.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)^[80]
• Van Vliet, Carolyne M. (2008). Equilibrium and Non-equilibrium Statistical Mechanics. World Scientific Publishing Company. p. 982. ISBN 978-981-270-477-1.
• Peliti, Luca (2011). Statistical Mechanics in a Nutshell. Princeton University Press. p. 417. ISBN 978-0-691-14529-7.^[81][82][83]
• Pathria, P. K.; Beale, Paul (2021). Statistical Mechanics (4th ed.). United States: Elsevier/Academic Press. ISBN 978-0081026922.
• Müller-Kirsten, Harald J.W. (2022). Basics of Statistical Physics, 3rd ed. World Scientific. ISBN 978-981-125-609-7.^[84]

Specialized topics[edit]

Kinetic theory[edit]

• Lifshitz, E. M. & Pitaevskii, L. P. (1981). 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 0-08-026480-8, ISBN 0-7506-2635-6^[85]
• Zubarev, D. N. (1974). Nonequilibrium Statistical Thermodynamics. New York: Consultants Bureau. ISBN 978-0-306-10895-2.^[86]
• 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.
• 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.

Quantum statistical mechanics[edit]

• Bogoliubov, N. N. (1967–1970). 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.

Mathematics of statistical mechanics[edit]

• Khinchin, Aleksandr Ya. (1943). Mathematical Foundations of Statistical Mechanics. Translated by G. Gamow (1949) New York: Dover ISBN 0-486-60147-1
• Ruelle, David (1969). Statistical Mechanics: Rigorous Results. New York: Benjamin. ISBN 9780805383607. ISBN 0-8053-8361-1. Reissued (1974), (1989); (1999) Singapore: World Scientific ISBN 981-02-3862-2^[87]
• Ruelle, David (1978). Thermodynamic formalism : the mathematical structures of classical equilibrium statistical mechanics. Addison-Wesley. ISBN 0-201-13504-3.; (1984) Cambridge: University Press ISBN 0-521-30225-0. 2e (2004) Cambridge: University Press ISBN 0-521-54649-4^[88][89]
• Minlos, Robert Adol'fovich (2000). Introduction to Mathematical Statistical Mechanics. Providence, RI: American Mathematical Society. ISBN 978-0-8218-1337-9.
• Friedli, Sacha; Velenik, Yvan (2017). Statistical Mechanics of Lattice Systems: a Concrete Mathematical Introduction. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-107-18482-4.

Miscellaneous[edit]

• Hoover, Wm. G. (1991). Computational Statistical Mechanics. Elsevier. ISBN 0-444-88192-1.^[90][91]

(available online here)

• Sethna, James (2006). Statistical Mechanics: Entropy, Order Parameters, and Complexity. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-856677-8.^[92]
• Kardar, Mehran (2007). Statistical Physics of Fields. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-87341-3.^[93]

Historical[edit]

• Boltzmann, Ludwig. Lectures on gas theory. (1896, 1898) Translated by Stephen G. Brush (1964) Berkeley: University of California Press; (1995) New York: Dover ISBN 0-486-68455-5
• Gibbs, Josiah Willard (1902). Elementary Principles in Statistical Mechanics, developed with especial reference to the rational foundation of thermodynamics. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.
• Sommerfeld, Arnold; ed: F. Bopp, J. Meixner (1952). Thermodynamics and statistical mechanics.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) Translated by J. Kestin (1956) New York: Academic Press.
• Ehrenfest, Paul and Tatiana (1912). The conceptual foundations of the statistical approach in mechanics. German Encyclopedia of Mathematical Sciences. Translated by Michael J. Moravcsik (1959) Ithaca: Cornell University Press; (1990) New York: Dover ISBN 0-486-66250-0

See also[edit]

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

Further reading[edit]

• Thorne, Kip S.; Blandford, Roger D. (2017). Modern Classical Physics: Optics, Fluids, Plasmas, Elasticity, Relativity, and Statistical Physics. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0691159027.

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Statistical Mechanics and Thermodynamics Texts Clark University curriculum development project