This textbook by Nigel Goldenfeld covers the fundamental aspects of phase transitions and the renormalization group. It is intended for both beginning and advanced students in statistical mechanics and provides clear explanations without complex technical details.
Description
The book lays out the basic principles of phase transitions and the renormalization group, with an emphasis on clarity and understanding. Goldenfeld focuses on the question of why methods work, what the results mean, and what pitfalls may exist. This makes it suitable for both theoretical and experimental researchers. The addition of advanced topics on applications of the renormalization group to systems far from equilibrium and partial differential equations sets this work apart.
Product specifications
- Author: Nigel Goldenfeld
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc
- Imprint: Westview Press Inc
- Publication date: 1972-06-30
- Number of pages: 416
- ISBN: 9780201554090
- Subject: Particle and high-energy physics
- BISAC: SCIENCE / Physics / Particle
About the author
Nigel Goldenfeld is a professor of physics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He earned his PhD in 1982 from the University of Cambridge and afterward worked as a postdoc at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Goldenfeld is a member of the American Physical Society and has received numerous honors, including a fellowship from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. His research and teaching connect experimental and theoretical physics.