统计物理学（第1卷）（英文版）

Thesubjectitselfhasprogressedconsiderablyinrecentyears,especiallyinrelationtothetheoryofphasechangesandvariousaspectsoftheergodicproblems.Inordertoincluderecentdevelopmentsofthetheoryofphasechanges,morethanhalfofChap.4hasbeenrewritten.Itishopedthattheinclusionofadditionalmaterialwillelucidatethecurrentpointofviewandthenewmethodsemployedinthisfascinatingbranchofstatisticalphysics.Chapter5,whichisdevotedtotheergodicproblems,hasbeenfullyrevisedtopresentcontemporaryknowledgeoftheergodicbehaviorofmechanicalsystems,whichhasbeenactivelyinvestigatedinthelastfewyearsbymeansofmathematicalanalysis,supportedbynumericalcomputation.Theauthorshavealsotakenadvantageoftheopportunitytocorrecttypographicalerrors,andtorevisesomefigures.