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
(available online here)
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