Statistical Physics: Statics, Dynamics and Renormalization - Softcover

Leo P. Kadanoff

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9810237642 ISBN 13: 9789810237646

Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company, 2000

Synopsis

The material presented in this invaluable textbook has been tested in two courses. One of these is a graduate-level survey of statistical physics; the other, a rather personal perspective on critical behavior. Thus, this book defines a progression starting at the book-learning part of graduate education and ending in the midst of topics at the research level. To supplement the research-level side the book includes some research papers. Several of these are classics in the field, including a suite of six works on self-organized criticality and complexity, a pair on diffusion-limited aggregation, some papers on correlations near critical points, a few of the basic sources on the development of the real-space renormalization group, and several papers on magnetic behavior in a plain geometry. In addition, the author has included a few of his own papers.

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Review

Statistical Physics is a collection of valuable essays and papers. Both the text and the reprints display Kadanoff's ingenuity, imagination, and clarity. They're worth having and reading. -- Physics Today

This is a wonderful book by one of the leading contemporary masters of the field. It excels not only in the topics covered but also in the author's unique approach to these topics. -- Journal of Statistical Physics

...this masterfully written book on modern statistical physics by an old master in the field can be highly recommended as an excellent graduate textbook on statistical physics as well as a source on research in this very active field of nonlinear science. -- Mathematical Reviews

Edition details

• Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9810237642
• ISBN 13: 9789810237646
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 500