Statistical physics : statics, dynamics and renormalization / Leo P. Kadanoff.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The Lectures: A Survey -- One Particle and Many -- Gaussian Distributions -- Quantum Mechanics and Lattices -- Random Dynamics -- Diffusion and Hopping -- From Hops to Statistical Mechanics -- Correlations and Response -- More Statistical Mechanics -- Statistical Thermodynamics -- Fermi, Bose, and Other -- Phase Transitions -- Overview of Phase Transitions -- Mean Field Theory of Critical Behavior -- Continuous Phase Transitions -- Renormalization in One Dimension -- Real Space Renormalization Techniques -- Duality -- Planar Model and Coulomb Systems -- XY Model, Renormalization, and Duality.

The material presented in this invaluable textbook has been tested in two courses. One of these is a graduate-level survey of statistical physics; the other, a rather personal perspective on critical behavior. Thus, this book defines a progression starting at the book-learning part of graduate education and ending in the midst of topics at the research level. To supplement the research-level side the book includes some research papers, several of these are classics in the field.

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