| Phase Transitions: A Brief Account with Modern Applications Contributor(s): Gitterman, Moshe (Author), Halpern (Author) |
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ISBN: 9812389032 ISBN-13: 9789812389039 Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company OUR PRICE: $73.15 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2004 Annotation: - A short but comprehensive description of the five pillars of the modern theory of phase transitions - A general survey of numerous modern applications of the theory of phase transitions, rather than treatment of a single topic in great detail, as in most textbooks - Suitable for incorporating in a graduate or advanced undergraduate course on statistical physics - Provides a good minimum basis for under-standing current research on the application of statistical mechanics to problems in different fields, such as science, economics and sociology |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Physics - Quantum Theory - Science | Physics - Mathematical & Computational - Science | Physics - Condensed Matter |
| Dewey: 530.474 |
| Physical Information: 0.56" H x 6.04" W x 9.2" (0.82 lbs) 144 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book presents a short, fairly simple course on the basic theory of phase transitions and its modern applications. In physics, these applications include such modern developments as Bose-Einstein condensation of atoms, high temperature superconductivity, and vortices in superconductors, while in other fields they include small world phenomena and scale-free systems (such as stock markets and the Internet). The advantage of treating all these topics together lies in showing their connection with one another and with the general theory of phase transitions. |