Recommended texts and literature
One motivation for supplying you with detailed notes for this course course is the absence of a single wholly ideal text book. However, it should be stressed that while these notes approach (in places) the detail of a book, the notes are not fully comprehensive and should be regarded as the ‘bare bones’ of the course, to be fleshed out via your own reading and supplementary note taking.
Revision on thermodynamics and statistical mechanics
See your year two Thermal Physics notes. Also
Phase transitions and critical phenomena
A good book at the right level for the phase transitions and critical phenomena part of the course is
A good book covering all aspects of this part of the course including non-equilibrium systems is
You might also wish to dip into the introductory chapters of the following more advanced texts
Stochastic dynamics
Soft matter and glasses
The best overall text for part 2 of the course is:
Additionally, the following more specialised texts (which include information on experimental techniques) might be useful.