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Scale Invariance
Lesne, Annick; Lagues, Michel
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Description for Scale Invariance
Hardcover. This book presents a complete tour of formal advances and experimental results associated with the notion of scaling, in physics, chemistry and biology. The text offers a thorough conceptual background and a simple account of a wide range of applications. Num Pages: 416 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PHFC; PHU; TGM; TJFD5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 163 x 27. Weight in Grams: 750.
During a century, from the Van der Waals mean field description (1874) of gases to the introduction of renormalization group (RG techniques 1970), thermodynamics and statistical physics were just unable to account for the incredible universality which was observed in numerous critical phenomena. The great success of RG techniques is not only to solve perfectly this challenge of critical behaviour in thermal transitions but to introduce extremely useful tools in a wide field of daily situations where a system exhibits scale invariance. The introduction of scaling, scale invariance and universality concepts has been a significant turn in modern physics and ... Read more
During a century, from the Van der Waals mean field description (1874) of gases to the introduction of renormalization group (RG techniques 1970), thermodynamics and statistical physics were just unable to account for the incredible universality which was observed in numerous critical phenomena. The great success of RG techniques is not only to solve perfectly this challenge of critical behaviour in thermal transitions but to introduce extremely useful tools in a wide field of daily situations where a system exhibits scale invariance. The introduction of scaling, scale invariance and universality concepts has been a significant turn in modern physics and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Number of pages
370
Condition
New
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
Berlin, Germany
ISBN
9783642151224
SKU
V9783642151224
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-15
Reviews for Scale Invariance
From the reviews: “The book begins with an introduction to scale invariance in the context of critical behaviors. … In addition to the high quality of its numerous diagrams and plots and the admirable readability of its equations and fonts, Scale Invariance is well written and surprisingly engaging. … The authors also do an excellent job of including the ... Read more