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Statistical Thermodynamics Of Surfaces, Interfaces And Membranes (Frontiers in Physics)

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This is the first book you should read about the subject. An intuitive introduction to the field by one of its masters.
Then, you may continue to Chaikin & Lubensky for the heavier,
more mathematical formalism. There is no subsequent for this lucid and joyous book.
Just buy it!

My advisor strongly recommended this book to me. I asked him if this book is good for my current research. He said no. But he told me that the book's advantage is its clear illustration of physics. I find this point after I finished reading two chapters. Many important points that could be easily ignored (at least for me), e.g., MFT, are commented and discussed. Such discussion benefits me a lot. By the way, my advisor said that this book is nice to be read before sleep. Don't think about it from the negative side, but from the aspect that the whole book is written in a pretty clear way!

The authors explain physical concepts very clearly and complicated mathematical approach is avoided. It is a must-have for soft matter scientists.