Principles of Condensed Matter Physics van P. M. Chaikin and T. C. Lubensky is an English-language textbook about the physics of condensed matter. This reference work is intended for students and researchers in physics, chemistry, materials science, and engineering.
The book covers the theories behind condensed matter physics and describes systems in condensed matter in terms of symmetries and conservation laws. It emphasizes phase transitions, critical phenomena, and renormalization group methods. In addition, among other topics, it discusses fluids, liquid crystals, quasicrystals, magnetically ordered and amorphous materials from the perspective of their symmetry and topological defects.
This edition is a comprehensive and accessible introduction to condensed matter systems, written for those who are familiar with quantum mechanics and statistical mechanics. The book serves both as course material and as an essential reference work for modern condensed matter physics.