Carlo Heissenberg is a postdoctoral scholar at the Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics (Nordita) in Stockholm, and Uppsala University. He received his Ph.D. from Scuola Normale Superiore in Pisa, with a thesis on asymptotic symmetries and higher spin theories, and his research is now focused on the interface between scattering amplitudes and gravitational waves. Augusto Sagnotti is Professor of Theoretical Physics at Scuola Normale Superiore and has taught the statistical physics course there since 2017. His research is focused on gravitational physics and conformal field theory, and his pioneering contribution led to the introduction of orientifold vacua in string theory. He is a recipient of the prestigious Humboldt Research Award.

• Preface; Acknowledgements; Part I: 1. Elements of thermodynamics; 2. The classical ensembles; 3. Aspects of quantum mechanics; 4. Systems of quantum oscillators; 5. Vacuum fluctuations; 6. The van der Waals theory; 7. The grand canonical ensemble; 8. Quantum statistics; 9. Magnetism in matter, I; 10. Magnetism in matter, II. Part II: 11. The 2D Ising model; 12. The Heisenberg spin chain; 13. Conformal invariance and the renormalization group; 14. The approach of equilibrium; Appendices; References; Index.

The concepts and methods of Statistical Physics play a key role, not always fully perceived, in all branches of Physics. With this textbook, aimed primarily at advanced undergraduates but useful also for experienced researchers, Heissenberg and Sagnotti explain clearly and convincingly why it is so. Besides presenting a modern exposition of the basic facts of Statistical Physics well equipped with problems, a stimulating and broad range of advanced topics is introduced, whetting the appetite of the determined reader and pushing them to go farther to Quantum Field Theory and Mathematical Physics.' Prof. Roberto Raimondi, Università Roma Tre