This book presents a united approach to the statistical physics of systems near equilibrium: it brings out the profound unity of the laws which govern them and gathers together results usually fragmented in the literature. It will be useful both as a textbook about irreversible phenomena and as a reference book for researchers.

Graduate from Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris, 1969. Ph.D. Thesis in Solid State Physics, University of Paris, 1970. 1969: Assistant Professor (maitre de conferences), University Paris Diderot. 1988: Associate Professor (professeur de seconde classe), University Paris Diderot. 1993: Full professor (premiere classe), University Paris Diderot. 2006-present: Full professor (classe exceptionnelle), University Paris Diderot.

1 Random variables and random processes; 2 Linear thermodynamics of irreversible processes; 3 Statistical description of out-of-equilibrium systems; 4 Classical systems: reduced distribution functions; 5 The Boltzmann equation; 6 Transport coefficients; 7 From the Boltzmann equation to the hydrodynamic equations; 8 The Bloch-Boltzmann theory of electronic transport; 9 Master equations; 10 Brownian motion: the Langevin model; 11 Brownian motion: the Fokker-Planck equation; 12 Linear responses and equilibrium correlations; 13 General linear response theory; 14 The fluctuation-dissipation theorem; 15 Quantum theory of electronic transport; 16 Thermal transport coefficients