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008			160408b2011 xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d
020			_a9780199577224
040			_cIIT Kanpur
041			_aeng
082			_a530.474 _bN633e
100			_aNishimori, Hidetoshi
245	0		_aElements of phase transitions and critical phenomena _cHidetoshi Nishimori and Gerardo Ortiz
260			_aOxford _bOxford University Press _c2011
300			_axiii, 358p
520			_aAs an introductory account of the theory of phase transitions and critical phenomena, this book reflects lectures given by the authors to graduate students at their departments and is thus classroom-tested to help beginners enter the field. Most parts are written as self-contained units and every new concept or calculation is explained in detail without assuming prior knowledge of the subject. The book significantly enhances and revises a Japanese version which is a bestseller in the Japanese market and is considered a standard textbook in the field. It contains new pedagogical presentations of field theory methods, including a chapter on conformal field theory, and various modern developments hard to find in a single textbook on phase transitions. Exercises are presented as the topics develop, with solutions found at the end of the book, making the text useful for self-teaching, as well as for classroom learning.
650			_aPhase transformations (Statistical physics)
650			_aCritical phenomena (Physics)
700			_aOrtiz, Gerardo
942			_cBK
999			_c370599 _d370599