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Title: This book ranks as one of the worst physics texts.
Review: This is a so called "minimalist textbook" where derivations and discussions are brief outlines. Great frustration descends upon the individual who seeks to labor through every derivation and develop a meaningful understanding of the subject. Such a difficult subject deserves more careful and thorough treatment than that which Huang gives. The book is almost completely devoid of examples and worked out problems. The only positive aspect of this book is the range of topics covered. I suspect this is the reason Huang is used as a text at many graduate programs. Statistical mechanics is a discipline desperately in need of a good text book. I would however recomend a book by Greiner. Greiner does not cover all of the topics that Huang does but it is an excellent text.
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