This book presents the major elements of the condensed matter theory, with the aim of giving a simple, clear and convincing picture. The approach is based on the cohesion theory of condensed matter, specifically the metallic binding, Landau’s theory of elementary excitations and normal Fermi liquid, with a minimum of mathematics. The book is addressed to students, researchers and everybody who wants to gain a clear understanding of bodies like liquids and solids, and their physical properties and behaviour. As fitted for a Guide, many references are given to original works (author’s mainly) concerning the non-ideal gases, gas condensation to liquids, effects of matter polarization, low-dimensional solids, solid deformations, solid junctions, plasmas, colloids and electrolytes, electron motion in magnetic field, and electromagnetism in matter. The book may serve as an incentive to further studies in condensed matter.
This book presents a unified, accessible approach to the physics of the liquid state, in and out of equilibrium. It covers statistical mechanics and complex fluids, making it an indispensable reference for graduate students and researchers in physics and chemistry.
