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Although I'll be taking a course on statistical mechanics next term, I'm looking to work through the details of statistical mechanics on my own in the summer. Which textbook would one recommended. I have heard that Schroder's and Kerson Huang's books are good.

Any suggestions? And how do the aforementioned books compare?

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    $\begingroup$ See this question. You probably want to be more specific about your level, Schroeder and Huang are very different in difficulty. For a first introduction, you can't go wrong with Schroeder. $\endgroup$
    – knzhou
    Commented Jun 17, 2016 at 22:44
  • $\begingroup$ I still haven't done theormodynamics so I'd like a text that does that as well. In addition, I have had only a brief taste of statistical mechanics; the instructor presented it as a prelude/review to a course on condensed matter physics (yes, my college had the order other way around; they've changed it now though). I was deeply unsatisfied witht he review because I never got comfortable with the concepts, where is one thing coming from etc etc. So I'd like a text that has thermo, explains the concepts well and I'd also like/welcome a text that's mathematical. $\endgroup$
    – Junaid Aftab
    Commented Jun 17, 2016 at 22:48
  • $\begingroup$ Try this? $\endgroup$
    – knzhou
    Commented Jun 17, 2016 at 22:52
  • $\begingroup$ Ask your course tutor or lecturer. The course will have a reading list which will give recommended texts. $\endgroup$
    – sammy gerbil
    Commented Jun 18, 2016 at 21:33
  • $\begingroup$ My college uses Schroder's book, but I wanted to see what's the consensus over here. My particular requirements/tastes for a book can be found above in a comment. $\endgroup$
    – Junaid Aftab
    Commented Jun 18, 2016 at 21:35

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