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1、PREFACETOTHETHIRDRUSSIANEDITIONINrruseditiontheb.ookhasbeenconsiderablyaugmentedandrevised,withtheassistanceofL.P.Pitaevskilthroughout.Newsectionshavebeenaddedonthemagneticpropertiesofgases,thethermodynamicsofadegenerateplasma,liquidcrystals,thefluctuationtheoryofphasetransitionsofth
2、esecondkind,andcriticalphenomena.Thechaptersonsolidsandonthesymmetryofcrystalshavebeensubstan-tiallyenlarged,inparticularbyafulleraccountofthetheoryofirreduciblerepresentationsofspacegroupsasappliedtothephysicsofthecrystalstate.Thesectionsonthefluctuation-dissipationtheoremhavebeenre
3、visedandextended.Somesections-havebeenremovedfromthebook,dealingwiththetheoryofquantumliquidsandthereIatedtheoryofalmostidealdegenerategases.Thephysicsbfquantumliquids,whichwasfoundedandlargelydevelopedbythepioneeringexperimentsofP.L.KapitzaandthetheoreticalworkofLandauhimself,hasnow
4、becomeawidesubjectwhosesignificancegoesfarbeyonditsoriginalconcern,theliquidheliumisotopes.Anaccountofthetheoryofquantumliquidsmustnowoccupyitsrightfulplaceinevenageneralcourseoftheoreticalphysics,andthefewsectionsgiventoitintheearliereditionsofthisbookareinsufficient.Theywillappear,
5、inaconsiderablyexpandedform,inanothervolumebfthiscourse,nowbeingpreparedbyPitaevskilandmyself,whichwillalsogiveadetailedtreatmentoftheGreensfunctionmethodandthediagramtechnique,whichhavelargelydeterminedthedevelopmentofstatisticalphysicsinthelast20years.Thetransferofthese(andsomeothe
6、r)topicstoaseparatevolumeisdictatednotonlybythefactthattheirinclusioninthepresentonewouldmakeittoolargeandwouldconsiderablyalteritswholecharacter.Thereisalsothereasonthatsuchtopicsareessentiallyakintohydrodynamicsandmacroscopicelectrodynamics;forexample,inpresentingthemicroscopictheo
7、ryofsupercondbctivityitisconvenienttomakeuseoftheknownmacroscopictheoryofthisphenomenon.Forthisreason,thenewvolumewillstandasoneofthecourse,afterMe&&sandElectrodynamicsofContinuousMedia.Thefirstversionofthisbook(whichincludedonlyclassicalstatisticalphysics)appearedin1938.Thereaderoft
8、odaymaybesur