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Preprint typeset in JHEP style - HYPER VERSIONLent Term, 2011 and 2012 Statistical PhysicsUniversity of Cambridge Part II Mathematical TriposDr David TongDepartment of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics ,Centre for Mathematical Sciences,Wilberforce Road,Cambridge, CB3 OBA, 1 Recommended Books and Resources Reif,Fundamentals of Statistical and Thermal PhysicsA comprehensive and detailed account of the subject. It s solid. It s good. It isn tquirky. Kardar, Statistical Physics of ParticlesA modern view on the subject which offers many insights. It s superbly written, if alittle brief in places. A companion volume, The Statistical Physics of Fields coversaspects of critical phenomena. Both are available to download as lecture notes. Linksare given on the course webpage Landau and Lifshitz, Statistical PhysicsRussian style: terse, encyclopedic, magnificent.
Both are available to download as lecture notes. Links are given on the course webpage Landau and Lifshitz, Statistical Physics ... 1.1 Introduction 1 1.2 The Microcanonical Ensemble 2 1.2.1 Entropy and the Second Law of Thermodynamics 5 ...
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