Recommend a Statistical Mechanics Textbook

[Junaid456]

Hi,

Although I'll be taking a course on statistical mechanics next term, I'm looking to work through the details of statistical mechanics on my own in the summer. Which textbook would one recommended. I have heard that Schrdoder's and Kerson Huang's books are good.

Any suggestions? And how do the aforementioned books compare?

 

[mpresic]

Kerson Huang is good but many graduate departments do not use it and tend to use Pathria and Beale which is also very good. Huang and Pathria/Beale are both definitely graduate level. I do not have Schroeder but I believe this one is more upper level undergraduate level. I have heard Huang treats the Ising model in depth, but I have never studied that section.

 

[atyy]

I like Kardar's https://www.amazon.com/dp/0521873428/?tag=pfamazon01-20

A free version is in the lecture notes at http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/physics/...statistical-mechanics-of-particles-fall-2013/