Download or read book Introduction to Phase Transitions and Critical Phenomena written by Harry Eugene Stanley and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1987 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1971, this highly popular text is devoted to the interdisciplinary area of critical phenomena, with an emphasis on liquid-gas and ferromagnetic transitions. Advanced undergraduate and graduate students in thermodynamics, statistical mechanics, and solid state physics, as well as researchers in physics, mathematics, chemistry, and materials science, will welcome this paperback edition of Stanley's acclaimed text.