INTRODUCTION TO STATISTICAL MECHANICS

Focusing on equilibrium statistical mechanics, this book begins with Boltzmann's statistical assumptions and explores thermodynamic properties through microscopic systems. It offers a logical and self-contained approach, enriched by a variety of applications and accessible problems. An appendix introduces non-equilibrium statistical mechanics via the Boltzmann equation. Aimed at first-year graduate students and advanced undergraduates in physics and chemistry, it assumes prior knowledge of classical and quantum mechanics, multi-variable calculus, and thermodynamics.