Landau, L. D. 1908-1968.

Statistical Physics / Part 1. by L.D. Landau and E.M. Lifshitz; translated from the Russian by J.B. Sykes and M.J. Kearsley - 3rd ed. / revised and enlarged by E.M. Lifshitz and L.P. Pitaevskii. - Oxford : Butterworth-Heinemann 1980. - xvi, 544 p. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Fundamental principles of theoretical physics; The Gibbs distribution; Ideal gases; Solids; Non-ideal gases; Solutions; Chemical reactions; Fluctuations; Surfaces.

A lucid presentation of statistical physics and thermodynamics which develops from the general principles to give a large number of applications of the theory.


Translation of: Statisticheskaya fizika, chast'1, 3rd edition. Nauka, Moscow 1976.

0750633727 (pbk)

QC175 / .L32 1980