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I'm reading Statistical Mechanics 3rd Edition by Pathria and I found his discussion some very confusing, it's like he discussed a lot of things but I still end up asking, "so what now?" I've looked into Kardar's book but found it too terse. Can anybody recommend some books that fits my situation or that can REPLACE Pathria? Based on my searches, graduate books are:
Introduction to Modern Statistical Mechanics by Chandler (Can anyone clarify if this is a graduate books at the same level as Pathria)
Statistical Mechanics: Entropy, Order Parameters and Complexity by Sethna (I heard great things about this book, can anyone with experience comment on this?)
Statistical Mechanics in a Nutshell by Peliti
Statistical Mechanics 2nd Edition by Huang (Hated by most)
Statistical Physics 3rd Edition by Landau (Why don't I see universities use this book as the main text? I thought Landau's books are graduate level and very famous?)
Introduction to Modern Statistical Mechanics by Chandler (Can anyone clarify if this is a graduate books at the same level as Pathria)
Statistical Mechanics: Entropy, Order Parameters and Complexity by Sethna (I heard great things about this book, can anyone with experience comment on this?)
Statistical Mechanics in a Nutshell by Peliti
Statistical Mechanics 2nd Edition by Huang (Hated by most)
Statistical Physics 3rd Edition by Landau (Why don't I see universities use this book as the main text? I thought Landau's books are graduate level and very famous?)
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