First published in 1971, this highly popular text is devoted to the interdisciplinary area of critical phenomena, with an emphasis on liquid-gas and ferromagnet

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 t

The successful calculation of critical exponents for continuous phase transitions is one of the main achievements of theoretical physics over the last quarter-c

Covering the elementary aspects of the physics of phases transitions and the renormalization group, this popular book is widely used both for core graduate stat

The book provides an introduction to the physics which underlies phase transitions and to the theoretical techniques currently at our disposal for understanding