Fluctuations Order & Defects
Edition: 1st edition
Publisher: Wiley-Interscience
Published: December 13, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 540
ISBN-13: 9780471328407
Subjects: Atomic & molecular physics; Chemistry; Electronics engineering; Materials science; Global Analysis; Science; Science/Mathematics; Engineering - Mechanical; Mechanics - Dynamics - Thermodynamics; Solid State Physics; Science / Thermodynamics; Functional Analysis; Hamiltonian systems; Phase transformations (Statist; Phase transformations (Statistical physics)
First sentence: One of the most intriguing phenomena in condensed-matter physics is that a given material can exist in qualitatively different phases.