''Statistical Physics of Particles'' and ''Statistical Physics of Fields'' are a two-volume series of textbooks by

Mehran Kardar Mehran Kardar ( fa, مهران کاردار; August 1957) is an Iranian born physicist and professor of physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and co-faculty at the New England Complex Systems Institute (USA). He received his ...

. Each book is based on a semester-long course taught by Kardar at the

Massachusetts Institute of Technology The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private land-grant research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Established in 1861, MIT has played a key role in the development of modern technology and science, and is one of the ...

. They cover

statistical physics Statistical physics is a branch of physics that evolved from a foundation of statistical mechanics, which uses methods of probability theory and statistics, and particularly the Mathematics, mathematical tools for dealing with large populations ...

and

thermodynamics Thermodynamics is a branch of physics that deals with heat, work, and temperature, and their relation to energy, entropy, and the physical properties of matter and radiation. The behavior of these quantities is governed by the four laws of the ...

at the graduate level.

Editions

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External links

Statistical Mechanics I
at

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Statistical Mechanics II
at MIT OpenCourseWare
Publisher's website for ''Particles''

Publisher's website for ''Fields''

References

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