The relationship between liquids and gases engaged the attention of a number of distinguished scientists in the mid 19th Century. In a definitive paper published in 1869, Thomas Andrews described experiments he performed on carbon dioxide and from which he concluded that a critical temperature exists below which liquids and gases are distinct phases of matter, but above which they merge into a single fluid phase. During the years which followed, other natural phenomena were discovered to which the same critical point description can be applied - such as ferromagnetism and solutions. This book provides an historical account of theoretical explanations of critical phenomena which ultimately led to a major triumph of statistical mechanics in the 20th Century - with the award of the Nobel Prize for Physics
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The idea that any piece of matter consists of a large number of elementary constituent particles is very old, and was the subject of considerable discussion among Greek philosophers. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
coexistence boundary curve, overturned spins, decimation transformation, critical behaviour, finite assembly, dominant singularity, free vertices, mean field solution, primitive surface, initial susceptibility, spontaneous magnetization, critical exponents, specific heat curve, combinatorial factor, coexistence curve, cluster integrals, critical equation, odd vertices, correlation exponents, spherical model, block spin, scaling hypothesis, magnetic models, honeycomb lattice, mean field values Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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The idea that any piece of matter consists of a large number of elementary constituent particles is very old, and was the subject of considerable discussion among Greek philosophers. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
coexistence boundary curve, overturned spins, decimation transformation, critical behaviour, finite assembly, dominant singularity, free vertices, mean field solution, primitive surface, initial susceptibility, spontaneous magnetization, critical exponents, specific heat curve, combinatorial factor, coexistence curve, cluster integrals, critical equation, odd vertices, correlation exponents, spherical model, block spin, scaling hypothesis, magnetic models, honeycomb lattice, mean field values Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Solid State Phys, Academic Press, Kamerlingh Onnes, Pergamon Press, Royal Society, Sir Lawrence, John Wiley, Miscellaneous Publication, Bruria Kaufman, Enrico Fermi School, Longmans Green, Low Temperature Physics, Pierre Weiss, Statistical Physics, Florence Conference, King's College, Mel Green, Qxi Qxj New!
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- Index, Volume 20 (Phase Transitions and Critical Phenomena) by Cyril Domb on 8 pages
- Statistical Physics, Third Edition, Part 1: Volume 5 (Course of Theoretical Physics, Volume 5) by L D Landau in Front Matter, page 36, and page 127
- Solid State Physics by Neil W. Ashcroft on page 94, and page 127
- Solid State Physics: Advances in Research and Applications, Vol. 32 by Henry Ehrenreich on page 94, and page 127
- Molecular Theory of Capillarity (Dover Books on Chemistry) by J. S. Rowlinson on page 76, and page 213
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- Statistical Physics: Statics, Dynamics and Remormalization by Leo P. Kadanoff in Front Matter, page 244, and page 247
- Statistical Physics: Statics, Dynamics and Renormalization by Leo P. Kadanoff in Front Matter, page 244, and page 247
- in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Kinetic theory of gases, the: an anthology of classic papers with historical commentary (History of Modern Physical Sciences, 1) by Stephen G. Brush in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Index, Volume 20 (Phase Transitions and Critical Phenomena) by Cyril Domb on page 9, and page 29
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