Title Equilibrium Statistical Physics : Phases of Matter and Phase Transitions Author(s) Baus, M;Tejero, Carlos F Publication Berlin, Heidelberg, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2008. Description XIV, 364 p : online resource Abstract Note This is a textbook which gradually introduces the student to the statistical mechanical study of the different phases of matter and to the phase transitions between them. Throughout, only simple models of both ordinary and soft matter are used but these are studied in full detail. The subject is developed in a pedagogical manner, starting from the basics, going from the simple ideal systems to the interacting systems, and ending with the more modern topics. The latter include the renormalisation group approach to critical phenomena, the density functional theory of interfaces, the topological defects of nematic liquid crystals and the kinematic aspects of the phase transformation process. This textbook provides the student with a complete overview, intentionally at an introductory level, of the theory of phase transitions. References include suggestions for more detailed treatments and four appendices supply overviews of the mathematical tools employed in the text ISBN,Price 9783540746324 Keyword(s) 1. Amorphous substances 2. Complex fluids 3. COMPLEX SYSTEMS 4. CONDENSED MATTER 5. CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS 6. DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS 7. EBOOK 8. EBOOK - SPRINGER 9. Soft and Granular Matter, Complex Fluids and Microfluidics 10. STATISTICAL PHYSICS 11. Statistical Physics and Dynamical Systems 12. Statistics for Engineering, Physics, Computer Science, Chemistry and Earth Sciences 13. Statistics?? 14. THERMODYNAMICS Item Type eBook Multi-Media Links Please Click here for eBook Circulation Data Accession#   Call# Status Issued To Return Due On Physical Location I06367     On Shelf