Equilibrium Statistical Physics: Phases, Phase Transitions, and Topological Phases - Hardcoverby Marc Baus (Author), Carlos F. Tejero (Author) This is a textbook which gradually introduces the student to the statistical mechanical study of the different phases of matter and to the phase transitions between them. Throughout, only simple models of both ordinary and soft matter are used but these are studied in full detail. The subject is developed in a pedagogical manner, starting from the basics, going from the simple ideal systems to the