Textbook
This is our 2018 textbook:
An Introduction to Statistical Mechanics and Thermodynamics
Oxford University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0199646944
2012 Edition
Robert H. Swendsen
This text presents the two complementary aspects of thermal physics as an integrated theory of the properties of matter. Conceptual understanding is promoted by thorough development of basic concepts. In contrast to many texts, statistical mechanics, including discussion of the required probability theory, is presented first. This provides a statistical foundation for the concept of entropy, which is central to thermal physics. A unique feature of the book is the development of entropy based on Boltzmann's 1877 definition; this avoids contradictions or ad hoc corrections found in other texts. Detailed fundamentals provide a natural grounding for advanced topics, such as black-body radiation and quantum gases.
Table of Contents
| Preface | |
| 1. | Introduction |
| Part I: Entropy | |
| 2. | The Classical Ideal Gas |
| 3. | Discrete Probability Theory |
| 4. | The Classical Ideal Gas: Configurational Entropy |
| 5. | Continuous Random Numbers |
| 6. | The Classical Ideal Gas: Energy Dependence of Entropy |
| 7. | Classical Gases: Ideal and Otherwise |
| 8. | Temperature, Pressure, Chemical Potential, and All That |
| Part II: Thermodynamics | |
| 9. | The Postulates and Laws of Thermodynamics |
| 10. | Perturbations of Thermodynamic State Functions |
| 11. | Thermodynamic Processes |
| 12. | Thermodynamic Potentials |
| 13. | The Consequences of Extensivity |
| 14. | Thermodynamic Identities |
| 15. | Extremum Principles |
| 16. | Stability Conditions |
| 17. | Phase Transitions |
| 18. | The Nernst Postulate: The Third Law of Thermodynamics |
| Part III: Classical Statistical Mechanics | |
| 19. | Ensembles in Classical Statistical Mechanics |
| 20. | Classical Ensembles: Grand and Otherwise |
| 21. | Irreversibility |
| Part IV: Quantum Statistical Mechanics | |
| 22. | Quantum Ensembles |
| 23. | Quantum Canonical Ensemble |
| 24. | Black-Body Radiation |
| 25. | The Harmonic Solid |
| 26. | Ideal Quantum Gases |
| 27. | Bose-Einstein Statistics |
| 28. | Fermi-Dirac Statistics |
| 29. | Insulators and Semiconductors |
| 30. | Phase Transitions and the Ising Model |
Robert Swendsen, author of our Textbook. Not the lecturer, I'm afraid.
You have to make do with Deserno.