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 Vol. 10 of the Course of Theoretical Physics (3rd Ed). Translated by J.B. Sykes and R.N. Franklin (1981) London: Pergamon ,

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

List of textbooks on classical mechanics and quantum mechanics List of textbooks in electromagnetism List of books on general relativity

Further reading

References

External links Statistical Mechanics and Thermodynamics Texts Clark University curriculum development project