A list of notable textbooks in thermodynamics and

statistical mechanics In physics, statistical mechanics is a mathematical framework that applies statistical methods and probability theory to large assemblies of microscopic entities. It does not assume or postulate any natural laws, but explains the macroscopic b ...

, arranged by category and date.

Only or mainly thermodynamics

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Both thermodynamics and statistical mechanics

* * * 2e Kittel, Charles; and Kroemer, Herbert (1980) New York: W.H. Freeman * 2e (1988) Chichester: Wiley , . * (1990) New York: Dover * * * * * *

Statistical mechanics

* . 2e (1936) Cambridge: University Press; (1980) Cambridge University Press. * ; (1979) New York: Dover * Vol. 5 of the

Course of Theoretical Physics The ''Course of Theoretical Physics'' is a ten-volume series of books covering theoretical physics that was initiated by Lev Landau and written in collaboration with his student Evgeny Lifshitz starting in the late 1930s. It is said that Land ...

. 3e (1976) Translated by J.B. Sykes and M.J. Kearsley (1980) Oxford : Pergamon Press. * . 3e (1995) Oxford: Butterworth-Heinemann * . 2e (1987) New York: Wiley * . 2e (1988) Amsterdam: North-Holland . 2e (1991) Berlin: Springer Verlag , * ; (2005) New York: Dover * :2e (2000) Sausalito, Calif.: University Science * :2e (1998) Chichester: Wiley * * * * * * * *

Specialized topics

Kinetic theory

* Vol. 10 of the

(3rd Ed). Translated by J.B. Sykes and R.N. Franklin (1981) London: Pergamon , * * *

Quantum statistical mechanics

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Mathematics of statistical mechanics

* Translated by G. Gamow (1949) New York: Dover * . Reissued (1974), (1989); (1999) Singapore: World Scientific *; (1984) Cambridge: University Press . 2e (2004) Cambridge: University Press * *

Miscellaneous

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Historical

* (1896, 1898) Translated by Stephen G. Brush (1964) Berkeley: University of California Press; (1995) New York: Dover * * Translated by J. Kestin (1956) New York: Academic Press. * German Encyclopedia of Mathematical Sciences. Translated by Michael J. Moravcsik (1959) Ithaca: Cornell University Press; (1990) New York: Dover

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