This work explains the ideas and techniques of statistical mechanics - the theory of condensed matter - in a simple and progressive way.

Suitable for advanced undergraduates and graduate students of physics, this uniquely comprehensive overview provides a rigorous, integrated treatment of physica

In this clear and concise introduction to thermodynamics and statistical mechanics the reader, who will have some previous exposure to thermodynamics, will be g

This concise introduction is geared toward those concerned with solid state or low temperature physics. It presents the principles with simplicity and clarity,

This book is an introduction to statistical mechanics, intended for advanced undergraduate or beginning graduate students.