<i>The Critical Point: A Historical Introduction to the Modern Theory of Critical Phenomena</i>
Abstract
1. Preface 2. Historical Survey 3. Fluids: Classical Theory 4. Light Scattering and Correlations: Classical Theory 5. The Onsager Revolution 6. Reconciliation 7. Renormalization Group 8. Appendix: Related Topics 9. References 10. Index Contents Preface Foreword: About the Author and the Subject 1 Historical Survey 1.1 The Development of Statistical Mechanics 1.2 Gibbs Ensembles 1.3 Non-interacting and Interacting Systems 1.4 The Classical Period 1.5 The Onsager Revolution 1.6 Reconciliation 1.7 Renormalization Group: Respectability General Notation References 2 Fluids: Classical Theory 2.1 Thermodynamic Background 2.2 Stability of a Phase: First-order Transitions 2.3 Theory of van der Waals 2.4 Critical Behaviour of a van der Waals Fluid (T > Tc) 2.5 Critical Behaviour of a van der Waals Fluid (T