Non-equilibrium critical phenomena have attracted a lot of research interest in the recent
decades. Similar to equilibrium critical phenomena, the concept of universality remains the …

In any medium there are fluctuations due to temperature or due to the quantum nature of its
constituents. If a material body is immersed into such a medium, its shape and the properties …

This book was conceived as a slim monograph, but grew to its present size as I attempted to
set down an account of two-dimensional lattice models in statistical mechanics, and how …

“The career structure and funding of the universities [...] currently strongly discourages
academics and faculties from putting any investment into teaching–there are no career or …

We present a detailed study of the methods of summation based on Borel transformation
and conformal map**, which we have used to calculate critical exponents of the n-vector …

Phase transitions and critical phenomena in liquids and liquid crystals have been the
subject of intensive research since the 1960s. However, books on this fascinating subject …

We present a new calculation of the critical exponents of the n-vector model through field-
theoretical methods. The coefficients of the renormalization functions of the (ϕ→ 2) 2 theory …

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 …

Starting from a master-equation description of dense gases, binary mixtures, etc., we derive
theories for nucleation, coagulation and droplet growth by reformulating the dynamics in …

The following sections are included: Preliminaries Principles of Statistical Mechanics
Thermodynamic limit Equivalence of Gibbs ensembles Phase transitions Order parameter …