TY  - BOOK
AU  - Yeomans,J.M.
TI  - Statistical mechanics of phase transitions
T2  - Oxford science publications
SN  - 9780198517306
U1  - 530.13 20
PY  - 2002///
CY  - Oxford
PB  - Clarendon Press
KW  - Phase transformations (Statistical physics)
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 1. Introduction --
2. Statistical mechanics and thermodynamics --
3. Models --
4. Mean-field theories --
5. The transfer matrix --
6. Series expansions --
7. Monte Carlo simulations --
8. The renormalization group --
9. Implementations of the renormalization group
N2  - "Recent developments have led to a good understanding of universality: why phase transitions in systems as diverse as magnets, fluids, liquid crystals, and superconductors can be brought under the same theoretical umbrella and well described by simple models. This book describes the physics underlying universality and then lays out the theoretical approaches now available for studying phase transitions."--
ER  -