本书包含热力学和统计物理学两部分内容。全书共七章，分别是热力学的基本规律、均匀物质的热力学性质、相变、化学反应平衡和热力学第三定律、近独立粒子的很概然分布、玻尔兹曼统计、系综理论。本书可作为大学物理专业的教材和相关专业参考书，也可以作为介绍现代热力学和统计物理学的科普书，还可作为一本内容丰富的科技英语阅读参考书。

  
\tChapter 1 The Basic Law of Thermodynamics



\t1.1 Equilibrium state and description of thermodynamic system



\t1.2 Thermal equilibrium and temperature--the zeroth law of thermodynamics



\t1.3 Equation of state



\t1.4 Work



\t1.5 The first law of thermodynamics



\t1.6 Heat capacity and enthalpy



\t1.7 Internal energy of an ideal gas



\t1.8 Adiabatic process of an ideal gas



\t1.9 Carnot cycle of an ideal gas



\t1.10 The second law of thermodynamics



\t1.11 Carnot's theorem and Clausius inequality



\t1.12 Entropy and the central equation of thermodynamics



\t1.13 The free energy and Gibbs function



\tExercises



\tChapter 2 Thermodynamic Properties of the Uniform System



\t2.1 Maxwell's relations



\t2.2 The application of Maxwell's relations



\t2.3 The throttling process and adiabatic expansion of gas



\t2.4 Determination of the basic thermodynamic functions



\t2.5 Specific functions



\tExercises



\tChapter 3 Phase Transitions



\t3.1 The criterion of thermodynamic dynamic equilibrium



\t3.2 Thermodynamic basic equations of open systems



\t3.3 The complex phase equilibrium condition of a single component system



\t3.4 The Clausius-Clapeyron equation



\t3.5 Classification of phase transitions



\tExercises



\tChapter 4 The Equilibrium of Chemical Reactions and the third Law of Thermodynamics



\t4.1 Thermodynamic functions and equations of a multicomponent system



\t4.2 The complex phase equilibrium condition of a multicomponent system



\t4.3 The Gibbs phase rule



\t4.4 Equilibrium of chemical reaction



\t4.5 The law of mass action



\t4.6 The third law of thermodynamics



\tExercises



\tChapter 5 The Most Probable Distribution of Nearly Independent Particles



\t5.1 The classical description of the motion state of particle



\t5.2 The quantum description of the motion state of particle



\t5.3 The description of microstate of system



\t5.4 Distribution and microscopic states



\t5.5 Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution, Bose-Einstein distribution and Fermi-Dirac distribution



\tExercises



\tChapter 6 Boltzmann Statistics



\t6.1 The statistical definitions of thermodynamic quantities



\t6.2 The Maxwell velocity distribution



\t6.3 The equipartition theorem of energy



\t6.4 The internal energy, heat capacity and entropy of an ideal gas



\tExercises



\tBibliography