Nonequilibrium Statistical Physics

Praise for the First Edition: ‘The smart organizational choices mean that readers can get a feeling for the physical concepts involved and where to find more information. Committed students can work through the whole book, and less patient readers can concentrate on one or two chapters at a time. Nonequilibrium Statistical Physics will be welcomed both by students and researchers entering the field and by those who are familiar with some recent developments and would like to learn more about others.’ Daan Frenkel, University of Cambridge, UK‘Since the publication of the first edition, the textbook by Livi and Politi has become an indispensable resource for my courses on advanced and nonequilibrium statistical physics. The carefully restructured and expanded second edition covers a wealth of new material, from fundamentals such as the Boltzmann equation and large deviation theory to the emerging field of stochastic thermodynamics and fluctuation relations. It will be highly appreciated by coming generations of students, teachers, and researchers.’ Joachim Krug, University of Cologne, Germany‘This masterful work is a gateway to understanding the dynamic, often chaotic, and always fascinating world of nonequilibrium systems.’ Giorgio Parisi, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy

Roberto Livi is Honorary Professor of Theoretical Physics at the University of Florence and an associate member of the National Institute of Nuclear Physics (INFN) and of the Institute for Complex Systems of the National Research Council (CNR). His research is focused on nonequilibrium statistical physics, and he has extensive experience teaching courses on statistical physics. He is the current President of the Italian Society of Statistical Physics.

Paolo Politi is a Research Director at the Institute for Complex Systems of the National Research Council (CNR), and Fellow of the Marie Curie Association, the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, and the Japan Society for the promotion of Science. He currently teaches a course on stochastic processes and nonequilibrium statistical physics at the University of Florence. He was awarded the Outreach Prize of the Italian Physical Society.