Statistical Physics in and out of Equilibrium - Literature

[0]	Michel Le Bellac, Fabrice Mortessagne & George Batrouni	Equilibrium and Non-equilibrium Statistical Thermodynamics	2004
	The textbook of the course, for many good reasons. Nice pedagogical approach.
[1]	Paul M. Chaikin & Tom C. Lubensky	Principles of Condensed Matter Physics	1995
	An extensive reference source in modern statistical mechanics. Recommended by: 1, 2.
[2]	Nigel Goldenfeld	Lectures on Phase Transitions and the Renormalization Group	1992
	A practical introduction to renormalization ideas in and out of equilibrium. This book covers most of the topics of the course (excluding (liquid) hydrodynamics).
[3]	Michael Plischke & Birger Bergersen	Equilibrium Statistical Physics (2nd edition)	1994
	Accessible (with many intermediate steps of calculations given) textbook on equilibrium statistical mechanics. Covers ideas of more than half of the course.
[4]	Linda E. Reichl	Modern Course in Statistical Physics (2nd edition)	1992
	Detailed, understandable presentation of the fundamentals of statistical mechanics. Expensive, unfortunately not available as paperback.
[5]	M. Le Bellac, F. Mortessagne, G. Batrouni	Equilibrium and non-equilibrium statistical thermodynamics	2004
	A new very readable textbook, covers many subjects of the course. Not available as paperback.
[6]	Jouko Arponen ja Juha Honkonen	Statistinen fysiikka	2000
	Lecture notes on statistical physics in Finnish (published by Limes). Not bad.
[7]	Julia Yeomans	Statistical Mechanics of Phase Transitions	1992
	Compact easy-to-read introduction to the theory of phase transitions. A book to take to the beach with you.
[8]	John Cardy	Scaling and Renormalization in Statistical Physics	1997
	Mathematically oriented compact presentation of the ideas of the modern theory. Note: discussion of conformal invariance.
[9]	Jean Pierre Hansen & Ian R. McDonald	Theory of Simple Liquids (2nd edition)	1986
	Statistical mechanics of liquids, very detailed discussion of the calculation of transport coefficients. Already a classic.
[10]	Dieter Forster	Hydrodynamic Fluctuations, Broken Symmetry and Correlation Functions	1975
	A classic, still a useful and popular reference.
[11]	Samuel A. Safran	Statistical Thermodynamics of Surfaces, Interfaces, and Membranes	1994
	Modern applications of statistical mechanics.
[12]	Setsuo Ichimaru	Basic Principles of Plasma Physics	1980
	In the course this subject is discussed as an application of the general theory.
[13]	Lev D. Landau & Evgeni M. Lifshitz	Statistical Physics I (second edition)	1980
	A classic. You might learn some Physics from this one.
[14]	Peter Egelstaff	Introduction to the Liquid State	1967
	A classic reference. Easy to read.
[15]	Grigory I. Barenblatt	Scaling, Self-similarity, and Intermediate Asymptotics	1996
	Scaling (classical and modern) from a mathematician's point of view. Born to be a classic.
[16]	David Ruelle	Statistical Mechanics: Rigorous Results	1969
	Mathematics of lattice models, detailed proofs of central theoretical results for phase transitions.
[17]	David Ruelle	Thermodynamic Formalism (Encyclopedia of Mathematics Vol.5)	1970
	Theorem, proof, theorem,...
[18]	A. I. Khinchin	Mathematical Foundations of Statistical Mechnanics	1949
	"Elementary" statistical mechanics rigorously.
[19]	N. G. van Kampen	Stochastic Processes in Physics and Chemistry	1981
	Physics from the point of view of elementary stochastics. Lots of examples from many areas of physics.
[20]	Giorgio Parisi	Statistical Field Theory	1988
	Statistical mechanics and field theory. Many theoretical approaches covered.
[21]	Michel le Bellac	Quantum and Statistical Field Theory	1991
	Statistical mechanics = quantum field theory (almost). Try this one.
[22]	Jorge Lopez & Claudio Dorso	Phase Transformations in Nuclear Matter	2000
	Equations of state for nuclear matter
[23]	Paul Meakin	Fractals, scaling and growth far from equilibrium	1998
	Review of pattern formation and scaling in nature and growth models
[24]	Tamas Vicsek	Fluctuations and scaling in biology	2001
	"Are fluctuations an inherent ingredient of life?"
[25]	Pierre-Gilles de Gennes	Hauraat esineet (Fragile objects)	1998
	A book translated to Finnish in the Terra Cognita series.
[26]	J. Willard Gibbs	Elementary priciples in statistical mechanics	1902
	Still amazingly readable, after more than hundred years.

Books [0-6] are most useful for following the course. Sources [0-12] have been used in writing the lectures. Some of the books are available in lecturer's bookshelf, of many there are only 1-2 copies at jyfl. During the course we try to keep many of them in the shelf in fys4 so they will be available to everyone.