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Condensed matter physics : a very short introduction / Ross H. McKenzie.
Van Pelt Library QC173.454 .M45 2023
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McKenzie, Ross H., author.
- Series:
- Very short introductions ; 722.
- Very short introductions ; 722
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Condensed matter.
- Physical Description:
- xxiii, 145 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2023
- Summary:
- "Solid, liquid, and gas are not the only states of matter. Others include liquid crystal, magnet, glass, and superconductor. New states are continually, and unexpectedly, being discovered. Condensed matter physics seeks to understand how states of matter and their distinct physical properties emerge from the atoms that compose a material"--Publisher's description.
- Contents:
- What is condensed matter physics?
- A multitude of states of matter
- Symmetry matters
- The order of things
- Adventures in Flatland
- The critical point
- Quantum matter
- Topology matters
- Emergence: more is different
- An endless frontier.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780198845423
- 0198845421
- OCLC:
- 1348994973
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