<正>The critical properties of the liquid-gas phase transition of hot nuclear matter have been investigated within the finite temperature Brueckner-Hartree-Fook (FTBHF) approach extended by introducing a microscopic three-body force (TBF). In Fig.1 is plotted the calculated equation of state (EOS) of symmetric nuclear matter, where the solid and dashed isothermal curves of pressure (corresponding to T = 0,8,10,12,14,16 MeV from the bottom