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Product Identifiers
PublisherOxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-100198505914
ISBN-139780198505914
eBay Product ID (ePID)1886279
Product Key Features
Number of Pages256 Pages
Publication NameMagnetism in Condensed Matter
LanguageEnglish
SubjectPhysics / Condensed Matter, Physics / Magnetism, Physics / General
Publication Year2001
TypeTextbook
AuthorStephen Blundell
Subject AreaScience
SeriesOxford Master Series in Physics Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight16.6 Oz
Item Length9.7 in
Item Width7.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
LCCN2001-045164
Dewey Edition21
ReviewsI can warmly recommend this book to anyone considering giving a course on magnetism and for those students of condensed matter physics, who have no access to such a course ... it is also very useful and enjoyable reading for those who have been working in magnetism for some time and have felt the lack of a systematic review of the subject., "Written for undergraduates who have knowledge of basic quantum mechanics, electromagnetism, and some atomic physics, this clearly organized text introduces magnetism in condensed matter systems. The chapters are laid out with tables, annotation, and some of the figures incorporated into the wide outside margins. Lists of reading and exercises conclude each chapter but the last, which is devoted to new topics and unanswered problems in the field."--SciTech Book News, ... the reader or student obtains a very thorough and systematic background in which to place the large variety of subject matter.
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal530.412
Table Of Content1. Introduction2. Isolated magnetic moments3. Environments4. Interactions5. Order and magnetic structures6. Order and broken symmetry7. Magnetism in metals8. Competing interactions and low dimensionalityAppendix A: Units in electromagnetismAppendix B: ElectromagnetismAppendix C: Quantum and atomic physicsAppendix D: Energy in magnetism and demagnetismAppendix E: Statistical mechanicsAppendix F: List of symbolsIndex
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LC Classification NumberQC173.458
