Features
- Cover Type: Paperback with 720 pages
- Published by: Cambridge University Press
- Edition: 1st Edition March 19, 2001
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 0521793572
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-0521793575
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Book Dimensions:
9.6 x 6.8 x 1.3 inches
- Weighs: 3.5 pounds
Product Review
'It covers an extremely wide range of topics including good case studies of new systems such as nanotubes. It succeeds in convening modelling ideas from both a physics and materials science point of view. This book's distinct feature, which makes it attractive as a general reference book, is the inclusion of a lot of the author's personal opinions, and makes it stand out from most classroom or course textbooks. To support this, the style of writing is informal, easy to read, and sometimes fun.' Dr Wei Sha, Materials World ' a timely and relevant postgraduate level text covering an unusual and exciting new topic '. Joan Halfpenny, Chemistry in Britain 'I would recommend it to anyone wishing to get both a broad overview of the intersection of theoretical condensed matter physics with modern materials science, and some good pointers toward future research directions.' Nigel Goldenfeld, Physics Today
Product Review
"This discussion is an exercise in consciousness-raising, which many readers will find rather thought-provoking I would recommend it to anyone wishing to get both a broad overview of the intersection of theoretical condensed matter physics with modern materials science, and some good pointers toward future research directionsa nicely-written, self-contained course on material physics." Physics Today
"the writing style makes reading most enjoyable. The interesting aspect of the style is the author's readiness to stand back from the details to communicate to the reader an important message." Optics & Photonics News
Reader ReviewsThe publication of this book is very timely since it appears right before the happening of the first "International Conference on Multiscale Materials Model(l)ing", which has been held in June 2002 at the Queen Mary University of London. But it is the subtitle (Modeling Across Scales), not the title, that conveys you what the book's content is about. In other words, the author engages himself in the (difficult) task of showing you how real materials can be modeled (or thought of) by mean of a multiscale approach bridging the atomistic to the macroscopic structure & behavior. As you can well imagine, this is an outstanding task! The book is organized in four parts and it contains 13 chapters: Part I: Thinking about the Material World 1. Idealizing Material Response 2. Continuum Mechanics Revisited 3. Quantum and Statistical Mechanics Revisited Part II: Energetics of Crystalline Solids 4. Energetic Description of Crystalline Solids 5. Thermal and Elastic Properties of Crystals 6. Structural Energies and Phase Diagrams Part III: Geometric Structures in Solids: Defects and Microstructures 7. Point Defects in Solids 8. Line Defects in Solids 9. Wall Defects in Solids 10. Microstructure and its Evolution Part IV: Facing the Multiscale Challenge in Real Material Behavior 11. Points, Lines and Walls: Defect Interactions and Material Response 12. Bridging Scales: Effective Theory Construction 13. Universality and Specificity in Materials Considering the difficulty of the subject and how it has been presented throughout the book, the clarity of language and the good quality of both graphs and figures, this book deserves five stars.
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