Intro; Preface; Contents; 1. Basic principles of statistics; 2. Gibbs distribution; 3. Classical ideal gas; 4. Quantum ideal gases; 5. Condensed matter; 6. Superconductivity; 7. Fluctuations; 8. Phase transitions and critical phenomena; 9. Linear response; 10. Kinetic equations; 11. Basics of the modern theory of many-particle systems; A. Motion in phase space, ergodicity and mixing; B. Statistical mechanics and information theory; C. Nonequilibrium statistical operators; Bibliography; Index