Glassy Materials And Disordered Solids: An Introduction To Their Statistical Mechanics - Hardcover

Binder, Kurt; Kob, Walter

 
9789812565105: Glassy Materials And Disordered Solids: An Introduction To Their Statistical Mechanics
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 9812565108 ISBN 13: 9789812565105
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd, 2005

Synopsis

The physics of glassy materials and disordered solids presents students with an area of study much more challenging than the physics of crystalline solids. Written by two recognized experts in the field, this highly readable book tackles the subject with the student firmly in mind, beginning with a pedagogical introduction to important concepts such as percolation, fractals, spin glasses, and glasses. Making use of these concepts, the authors show that such systems share many common aspects that can be described within the framework of statistical mechanics. The book is also an essential standard text for researchers on amorphous materials, equally accessible for theorists and experimentalists.

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Review

?The book's clear introduction helps readers feel comfortable with various complex mathematical models of disordered systems ..."

About the Author

Kurt Binder is Professor Emeritus of Theoretical Physics and Gutenberg Fellow at the Institut fur Physik, Johannes Gutenberg Universitat, Mainz, Germany.

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Publisher
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
Publication date
2005
Language
English
ISBN 10 
9812565108
ISBN 13 
9789812565105
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
452