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

In this edition the book has been considerably augmented and revised,with the assistance of L.P.Potaevskil throughout. New xections have been added on the magnetic properties of gases,the thermodynamics of a degenerate plasma,liquid crystals,the fluctuation theory of phase transitions of the second kind,and critical phenomena.…… 　　此书为英文版。