C. Domb

The Critical Point (eBook, ePUB)

A Historical Introduction To The Modern Theory Of Critical Phenomena

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

.The relationship between liquids and gases engaged the attention of a number of distinguished scientists in the mid 19th Century. In a definitive paper published in 1869, Thomas Andrews described experiments he performed on carbon dioxide and from which he concluded that a critical temperature exists below which liquids and gases are distinct phases of matter, but above which they merge into a single fluid phase. During the years which followed, other natural phenomena were discovered to which the same critical point description can be applied - such as ferromagnetism and solutions. This book provides an historical account of theoretical explanations of critical phenomena which ultimately led to a major triumph of statistical mechanics in the 20th Century - with the award of the Nobel Prize for Physics

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Februar 1996
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040076088
• Artikelnr.: 73154160

Autorenporträt

Domb, C

Inhaltsangabe

"1. Preface 2. Historical Survey 3. Fluids: Classical Theory 4. Light
Scattering and Correlations: Classical Theory 5. The Onsager Revolution 6.
Reconciliation 7. Renormalization Group 8. Appendix: Related Topics 9.
References 10. Index Contents Preface Foreword: About the Author and the
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