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Our text has been reviewed by Daniel ben-Avraham, J. Stat. Phys. 140 (5), 1022-1023 (2010), Don S. Lemons, Am. J. Phys. 79, 431-432 (2011), and by A. H. Harker, Contemp. Phys. 52 (5), 492-493 (2011).

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Many of the problems in Chapters 1 and 3-9 make use of simulations. The program names mentioned in the text do not always correspond with the names of the programs in the Launcher. The correspondence is summarized here.

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• Errata. The errors and typos have been corrected in the pdf files, but appear in the published copy. Updated 10 January 2015.
• Corrections to Solutions Manual. Updated 12 January 2015.
• Table of Contents. Updated 22 February 2010.
• Preface. Updated 26 August 2010.
• Chapter 1, "From Microscopic to Macroscopic Behavior." Updated 3 June 2014.
• Chapter 2, "Thermodynamic Concepts and Processes."Updated 3 June 2014.
• Chapter 3, "Concepts of Probability." Updated 3 June 2014.
• Chapter 4, "The Methodology of Statistical Mechanics." Updated 9 January 2015.
• Chapter 5, "Magnetic Systems." Updated 6 January 2015.
• Chapter 6, "Many Particle Systems." Updated 9 January 2015.
• Chapter 7, "The Chemical Potential and Phase Equilibria." Updated 3 June 2014.

The following chapters are more advanced.

• Chapter 8, "Theories of Gases and Liquids." Updated 8 June 2010.
• Chapter 9, "Critical Phenomena and the Renormalization Group." Updated 26 March 2010.
• New chapters are planned on non-thermal statistical processes and time-dependent phenomena.
• Appendix A. Updated 5 February 2010.
• Problem Listing. Updated 27 May 2009.
• Index. Updated 11 February 2010.
• Introduction to Many-Body Perturbation Theory, 10 pages. Updated 2 January 2006. This chapter is not included in the published text.