Elementary Lectures in Statistical Mechanics (Graduate Texts in Contemporary Physics)

the long version

"This textbook for graduate and advanced undergraduate students in physics and physical chemistry covers the major areas of statistical mechanics, concluding with a demonstration of applications of statistical mechanics at the level of current research.". "Intended for a one-semester course, the text includes several "asides" on topics usually omitted from introductory courses, such as the Kirkwood-Wigner theorem and Gibbs' demonstration that the canonical partition function determines the Helmholtz free energy. Numerous problems close the chapters."--BOOK JACKET.