A list of notable textbooks in thermodynamics and statistical mechanics, arranged by category and date.
Only or mainly thermodynamics
- Hanson, Robert M.; Green, Susan (2008). Introduction to Molecular Thermodynamics. University Science Books. .
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
- Stephen G. Brush (1976) The Kind of Motion We Call Heat I-II North-Holland
Statistical mechanics
- . 2e (1936) Cambridge: University Press; (1980) Cambridge University Press.
- ; (1979) New York: Dover
- Vol. 5 of the Course of Theoretical Physics. 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
- S. R. De Groot, P. Mazur (2011) Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics, Dover Books on Physics, .
Specialized topics
Kinetic theory
Quantum statistical mechanics
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
See also
Further reading
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