ISBN Elements of Phase Transitions and Critical Phenomena book English Hardcover 384 pages

As an introductory account of the theory of phase transitions and critical phenomena this book reflects lectures given by the authors to graduate students at their departments and is thus classroom-tested to help beginners enter the field. Most parts are written as self-contained units and every new concept or calculation is explained in detail without assuming prior knowledge of the subject. The book significantly enhances and revises a Japanese version which is a bestseller in the Japenese market and is considered a standard textbook in the field. It contains new pedagogical presentations of field theory methods including a chapter on conformal field theory and various modern developments hard to find in a single textbook on phase transitions. Exercises are presented as the topics develop with solutions found at the end of the book making the usefil for self-teaching as well as for classroom learning.