Now in paperback, this book provides an overview of the physics of condensed matter systems. Assuming a familiarity with the basics of quantum mechanics and statistical mechanics, the book establishes a general framework for describing condensed phases of matter based on symmetries and conservation laws. After surveying the structure and properties of materials with different symmetries, it explores the role of spatial dimensionality and microscopic interactions in determining the nature of phase transitions. Particular attention is given to critical phenomena and renormalization group methods. The properties of liquids, liquid crystals, quasicrystals, crystalline solids, magnetically ordered systems and amorphous solids are investigated in terms of their symmetry, generalized rigidity, hydrodynamics and topological defect structure. In addition to serving as a course text, this book is an essential reference for students and researchers in physics, applied physics, chemistry, materials science and engineering, who are interested in modern condensed matter physics.
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"...an important achievement...it will strengthen the understanding by students and researchers for a long time to come." Physics Today
"...an important achievement...among the book's pedagogical features are a wealth of daunting problems, a pithy glossary of intimidating terms and concrete descriptions of experiments and technological applications...it will strengthen the understanding by students and researchers for a long time to come." Physics Today
"...an excellent introduction to the processes by which atoms and molecules become materials and how materials acquire their properties. It is beautifully organized to form the basis of a lecture course." Science
"The present book is especially welcome at a time when we are witnessing vigorous activity in all fields concerned with ^soft matter....It contains a thorough and detailed treatment of all the subjects and is intended also to be suitable as a reference text for active researchers....This book presents a most fortunate blend of theoretical depth and encyclopedic grasp of phenomenology, while being written in a pedagogically sound and elegant manner....this monograph is a well-written, thorough, modern book on soft condensed matter physics that I wholeheartedly recommend to everybody with an interest in this subject." Rudolf Podgornik, Journal of Statistical Physics
"For the interested researcher, the self-contained chapters provide succint overviews of the topics and more than enough information for going it alone into this exciting and evolving field." Science
"The classic textbook for soft condensed matter..." Physics Today
"...an important achievement...among the book's pedagogical features are a wealth of daunting problems, a pithy glossary of intimidating terms and concrete descriptions of experiments and technological applications...it will strengthen the understanding by students and researchers for a long time to come." Physics Today
"...an excellent introduction to the processes by which atoms and molecules become materials and how materials acquire their properties. It is beautifully organized to form the basis of a lecture course." Science
"The present book is especially welcome at a time when we are witnessing vigorous activity in all fields concerned with ^soft matter....It contains a thorough and detailed treatment of all the subjects and is intended also to be suitable as a reference text for active researchers....This book presents a most fortunate blend of theoretical depth and encyclopedic grasp of phenomenology, while being written in a pedagogically sound and elegant manner....this monograph is a well-written, thorough, modern book on soft condensed matter physics that I wholeheartedly recommend to everybody with an interest in this subject." Rudolf Podgornik, Journal of Statistical Physics
"For the interested researcher, the self-contained chapters provide succint overviews of the topics and more than enough information for going it alone into this exciting and evolving field." Science
"The classic textbook for soft condensed matter..." Physics Today
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Now in paperback, this book provides an overview of the physics of condensed matter systems. Assuming a familiarity with the basics of quantum mechanics and statistical mechanics, the book establishes a general framework for describing condensed phases of matter, based on symmetries and conservation laws. Particular attention is given to critical phenomena and renormalization group methods. In addition to serving as a course text, this book is an essential reference for students and researchers in physics, chemistry, materials science and engineering, who are interested in modern condensed matter physics.
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For most researchers, this book will be used as a reference when they seek a rigorous treatment of one of the many aspects of condensed matter physics. Many familiar topics such as Debye-Hückel theory or elasticity are framed in a broader context that includes not only treatments of differeing degrees of exactness but also greater generality. A reader interested in a narrow topic may find it necessary to read an entire chapter rather than a certain narrow section to gain a reasonable understanding of the subject matter. In the reviewer's view, this is a good thing.What makes this book a good reference is that the individual chapters are usually self contained - requiring some but not excessive familiarity with chapters that have gone before. This allows the reader to gain insight into the various aspects of the subject one at a time as needed. As a text, this book is written so as to be accessable to the student encountering the subject matter for the first time but assumes a reasonable familiarity with thermodynamics, statistical mechanics and quantum mechanics. A strong course in physical chemistry would certainly provide sufficient background. Overall, this is a fine book for those who wish to pursue the various topics in condensed matter physics thoughtfully and in earnest.
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Wonderful and deep approach to soft condensed matter physics,
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This review is from: Principles of Condensed Matter Physics (Paperback)
This textbook's main originality is its unusual mixture of latest experimental facts and observations in soft condensed matter with deep theoretical concepts and tools.Exactly solved models of statistical physics pervades the text which also contains a good discussion on real-space renormalization methods and field-theoretical approaches to condensed matter problems. The chapter on topological defects and excitations is particularly welcomed. May not be particularly suited for self-study as some results are not always carefully derived and the exercises can prove quite hard to solve. A prior exposure to phase transition phenomena is recommended.
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incorrectly labelled a "soft matter" book,
By RPG "RPG" (Timbuktu) - See all my reviews
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This is simply a modern presentation of condensed matter physics, and thus includes some soft matter examples, but it is not in any sense a "soft matter book".To those still mired in traditional solid state physics, where electronic properties are topics 1 through 987 and understanding how a semiconductor works is still a primary goal, it may appear that this is a strange book. Indeed it is: it is a condensed matter text rather than a solid state text. Take a look at your Ashcroft and Mermin flyleaf some time---it is over 30 years old. What have you learned since then? What have your students learned? Do they really get turned on by LAPW and FLAPW? Are you sure? This book is a good place to start bringing yourself, and your students, up to date.
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- Electrodynamics of Continuous Media, Second Edition: Volume 8 (Course of Theoretical Physics) by L D Landau on page 208, and page 347
- The Chemistry and Physics of One-Dimensional Metals (NATO Advanced Study Institutes Series: Series B, Physics) by H. Keller on page 81, and page 102
- Solid State Physics by Neil W. Ashcroft on page 102, and page 319
- Introduction to Phase Transitions and Critical Phenomena (International Series of Monographs on Physics) by H. Eugene Stanley on page 208, and page 283
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- Phase Transition Dynamics by Akira Onuki on page 31, page 121, and page 183
- Chirality in Liquid Crystals (Partially Ordered Systems) by Heinz Kitzerow on page 155, and page 430
- Soft Matter Physics: An Introduction by Maurice Kleman on page 111, and page 141
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