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Soft Condensed Matter

By Richard A.L. Jones

Book information

Publisher
Oxford University Press
Year
2002
ISBN
0198505906, 0198505892, 9780198505891
LCC
QC173.458.S62 J66 2002
Open Library ID
OL3657830M
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
4 MB (4284539 bytes)
Series
Oxford master series in condensed matter physics 6
Edition
1
Pages
209\209
Time added
2010-02-18 13:16:04

Description

The chapters are written in straightforward language, conveying essential ideas and fundamentals in very readable manner. The book illustrates how one can convey complex ideas in simple words and yet capture all intricacies of the subject. The book is self contained introduction to colloids, polymers, liquid crystals, self-assembly, crystallization, glass transition, phase behavior and gelation. I have not encountered a better book that presents such a rich overview of these vastly different yet interrelated domain of condensed matter physics in less than 200 pages. Since the book was written fairly recently, it presents a very modern understanding of described topics. The book by Chaikin and Lubensky (~700 pages) is the one written for anyone interested in meaty details, and equations in their full grandeur. Strobl's recent book on condensed matter is another excellent text and presents lots of physics in very well written graduate level text. But to taste and tempt into soft matter, Jones book definitely is the one to pick!

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