The proceedings of the 2005 les Houches summer school on Mathematical Statistical Physics give and broad and clear overview on this fast developing area of interest to both physicists and mathematicians.

· introduction to a field of math with many interdisciplinary connections in physics, biology, and computer science
· roadmap to the next decade of mathematical statistical mechanics
· volume for reference years to come

The proceedings of the 2005 les Houches summer school on Mathematical Statistical Physics give and broad and clear overview on this fast developing area of interest to both physicists and mathematicians.

· introduction to a field of math with many interdisciplinary connections in physics, biology, and computer science
· roadmap to the next decade of mathematical statistical mechanics
· volume for reference years to come