This textbook concentrates on modern topics in statistical physics with an emphasis on strongly interacting condensed matter systems. The book is self-contained

This is a textbook which gradually introduces the student to the statistical mechanical study of the different phases of matter and to the phase transitions bet

Key features include an elementary introduction to probability, distribution functions, and uncertainty; a review of the concept and significance of energy; and

A self-contained, mathematical introduction to the driving ideas in equilibrium statistical mechanics, studying important models in detail.

Statistical Physics I discusses the fundamentals of equilibrium statistical mechanics, focussing on basic physical aspects. No previous knowledge of thermodynam