Physics of Ferromagnetism (International Series of Monographs on Physics)

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This book is intended as a textbook for graduate students and researchers interested in the physical aspects of ferromagnetism. The level of presentation assumes only a basic knowledge of electromagnetic theory and atomic physics and a general familiarity with rather elementary mathematics. Throughout the book the emphasis is primarily on explanations of physical concepts rather than on rigorous theoretical treatments which require a background in quantum mechanics and high level mathematics.

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The book on Ferromagnetics.......2000-06-09

As an MSEE working as an assistant professor at a university, it is vital to be able to anwser a broad range of questions. These questions beeing your own or your students. This requires that you have ascess to a wide range of text-books. I have found Chikazumi's book very usefull as a reference, AND it is written in the SI-system of units!

Key to finishing my doctoral thesis!.......1999-12-16

Writing a doctoral thesis on the subject is not easy, especially after seeing books from the past 30 years which seem to present only a patchy display of topics known very well by the author.

Chikazumi seems to tie together so many physical concepts from a standpoint of someone analyzing the entire field. This clear unpresumptious writing style may be a credit to the assistance of the University of Pennsylvania Professor Graham, whose preference appears to be more pragmatic and practical than boasting, (as so many other Physics books) I have been fairly confused by many other older textbooks which cover the same materials, but was enlightened on the first pass of Chikazumi's method of presentation.

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Theory of Magnetism is an important subfield of the theory of solids, and has guided a long history of research into the phenomenon of magnetism. This book provides the foundation for further development in this field. Its contents are divided into four parts. In Part I, Magnetic Ions in Crystals, the electron states of magnetic ions in crystals and the exchange interactions between them are explained. Part II, Magnetism of Spin Systems, treats problems of ferromagnetism and antiferromagnetism shown by exchange-coupled localized spin systems. In Part III, Magnetism of Metals, magnetic properties of itinerant electron systems are discussed in relation to 3d electrons in iron-group metals. Part IV, Magnetism of Dilute Alloys, is devoted to an explanation of the Kondo effect and related topics.

The Random-Cluster Model (Grundlehren der mathematischen Wissenschaften)

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The Random-Cluster Model (Grundlehren der mathematischen Wissenschaften)
Geoffrey Grimmett
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The random-cluster model has emerged in recent years as a key tool in the mathematical study of ferromagnetism. It may be viewed as an extension of percolation to include Ising and Potts models, and its analysis is a mix of arguments from probability and geometry. This systematic study includes accounts of the subcritical and supercritical phases, together with clear statements of important open problems. There is an extensive treatment of the first-order (discontinuous) phase transition, as well as a chapter devoted to applications of the random-cluster method to other models of statistical physics.

Fundamentals of Solid-State Phase Transitions, Ferromagnetism and Ferroelectricity

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Fundamentals of Solid-State Phase Transitions, Ferromagnetism and Ferroelectricity
Yuri Mnyukh
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Principles and Applications of Ferroelectrics and Related Materials (Oxford Classic Text in the Physical Sciences)

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Excellent book.......2001-09-23

Dr. Mnyukh, known by his discoveries in crystal phase transitions, put forward the unified account for three areas of solid-state physics. As a part, the "lambda-anomalies" that besieged science for 70 years were explained. The book represents a significant achievement.

There are many separate books on phase transitions, ferromagnetism and ferroelectricity. Neither adequately accounted for their phenomena. Inconsistencies were profound: "critical points" were "rounded" and subjected to hysteresis; "lambda-anomalies" were observed upon first-order transitions; exchange integral had wrong sign; domain structure of antiferromagnetics and ferroelectrics had no reason to exist; "critical phenomena" concept was applied to rearrangements at interfaces ...

In contrast, Mnyukh's monograph provides unexpectedly simple, consistent and unified account for all three scientific areas, clarifying everything. How this became possible? The key is his experimental discoveries, which allowed deduce the universal molecular mechanism of phase transitions in solids.

Chapter 1 "Critical Survey" reveals failures of different theories and lays out fundamental principles. There are only two ways a phase transition can occur -by infinitesimal qualitative changes (second-order) or infinitesimal quantitative changes (first-order). The only way the latter can occur is nucleation and growth. This prohibits approximation of first-order transitions by second-order ones. The second principle, well substantiated, further simplifies the picture: only nucleation and growth materializes.

Chapter 2 "The Molecular Mechanism of Solid-State Phase Transitions" describes the author's experimental findings. The most impressive is observation of beautifully shaped single crystals growing in different orientations during phase transitions. It is a crystal growth, and not a "critical phenomenon", "displacement", "shift", "deformation" or "distortion". Investigation in depth led to other discoveries and allowed deduce the contact model of phase transitions. All aspects of this crystal growth were studied. Clarification of the notion "temperature of phase transition" and the conclusion that nucleation is impossible without microcavities of a specific size led to explanation of heterophase state, range of transition, hysteresis and "lambda-anomalies".

Two more consequential results: 1.Transitions CRYSTAL-ODC (orientation-disordered crystal) occur also by crystal growth. 2. Frequently observed lattice orientation relationship originates from epitaxial nucleation and growth which was erroneously classified as second-order transition. The whole classification of solid-state phase transitions is thus reduced to only non-oriented and epitaxial crystal growth.

Chapter 3 "Lambda-Anomalies and Other Apparent Anomalies" reveals the true nature of the phenomenon that mystified scientists for so long: the peaks of some properties vs. temperature observed during phase transitions. Anderson wrote [Science, # 4574]: "Landau...nominated [the anomalies] as the most important as yet unsolved problem in theoretical physics". Feynman regarded them "one of the challenges of theoretical physics today". But an experimentalist now explains them.

Chapter 4 "Fundamentals of Ferromagnetism and Ferroelectricity" is based on the findings of previous chapters. The phenomena and their manifestations are explained in straightforward way without Weiss/Heisenberg molecular/exchange field. The account for ferroelectricity is actually the same.

The solutions presented in this book are well substantiated, logically monolithic, answering all questions left by conventional theories; they are destined to prevail.

Excellent book.......2001-09-23

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The present book is the second edition of Amikam Aharoni's Introduction to the Theory of Ferromagnetism, based on a popular lecture course. Like its predecessor, it serves a two-fold purpose: First, it is a textbook for first-year graduate and advanced undergraduate students in both physics and engineering. Second, it explains the basic theoretical principles on which the work is based for practising engineers and experimental physicists who work in the field of magnetism, thus also serving to a certain extent as a reference book. For both professionals and students the emphasis is on introducing the foundations of the different subfields, highlighting the direction and tendency of the most recent research. For this new edition, the author has thoroughly updated the material especially of chapters 9 ('The Nucleation Problem') and 11 ('Numerical Micromagnetics'), which now contain the state of the art required by students and professionals who work on advanced topics of ferromagnetism. From reviews on the 1/e: '... a much needed, thorough introduction and guide to the literature. It is full of wisdom and commentary. Even more, it is Amikam Aharoni at his best - telling a story... He is fun to read... The extensive references provide an advanced review of micromagnetics and supply sources for suitable exercises... there is much for the student to do with the guidance provided by Introduction to the Theory of Ferromagnetism.' A. Arrott, Physics Today, September 1997

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Band-Ferromagnetism

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Written by leading experts in the field of band-ferromagnetism, this book is intended to give a status report on our understanding of this complicated and fascinating problem of solid state physics. Modern developments are presented and explained in a tutorial style, emphasizing the decisive ideas and the hot topics of current and future research on band-ferromagnetism. The authors include experimentalists and theoreticians working on different aspects of magnetism and employing a variety of techniques. In particular, they treat the following five central themes: Ground-State Properties, Finite-Temperature Electronic Structure, Models of Band-Ferromagnetism, Low-Dimensional Systems, Understanding Spectroscopies. The book will be of benefit to students and researchers alike.

Bosons, Ferromagnetism And Crystal Growth Research (Horizons in World Physics, V. 257)

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Bosons, Ferromagnetism And Crystal Growth Research (Horizons in World Physics, V. 257)

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Encyclopedia of Physics [Handbuch Der Physick]: Volume XVIII/2 - Ferromagnetism [Ferromagnetismus]

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Encyclopedia of Physics [Handbuch Der Physick]: Volume XVIII/2 - Ferromagnetism [Ferromagnetismus]
S. Flugge
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Handbook of Magnetic Materials : Volume 5 (Handbook on Ferromagnetic Materials)

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Handbook of Magnetic Materials : Volume 5 (Handbook on Ferromagnetic Materials)

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Since the publication of volume 3 in 1982 there has been a revival of research on magnetism and a pronounced increase in interest from both the scientific and the technological side. Volume 5 therefore contains chapters that provide the reader with an insight into modern trends in magnetism and new achievements in this area. The topics dealt with here include the increased activity and investigations of the magnetism of magnetic superconductors and investigations of the magnetic properties of hydrides, the understanding of first-order magnetic processes and of quadrupolar interactions in 4f systems and their role in magnetic ordering and magneto-elastic effects, and the magnetism of strongly enhanced itinerant alloys and compounds and the magnetism of Invar alloys.

Introduction to Applied Solid State Physics: Topics in the Applications of Semiconductors, Superconductors, Ferromagnetism, and the Nonlinear Optical Properties of Solids

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Introduction to Applied Solid State Physics: Topics in the Applications of Semiconductors, Superconductors, Ferromagnetism, and the Nonlinear Optical Properties of Solids
R. Dalven
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A Good Collection of Philosophical Writings

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The European Philosophers from Descartes to Nietzsche (Modern Library Classics)

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A History of Western Philosophy

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“Between the earliest and the latest of the works included here, we have two hundred and fifty years of vigorous and adventurous philosophizing,” Monroe Beardsley writes in his Introduction to this collection. “If the modern period can be only vaguely or arbitrarily bounded, it can at least be studied, and we can ask whether any dominant themes, overall patterns of movement, or notable achievements can be found within it. This question is one that is best asked by the reader after he has read, or read around in, these works.”

This Modern Library Paperback Classic also includes a newly updated Bibliography.

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A worthwhile collection..........2004-04-07

The volume 'The European Philosophers: from Descartes to Nietzsche', edited by Monroe C. Beardsley, together with its companion volume from the Modern Library, 'The English Philosophers: from Bacon to Mill', edited by Edwin A. Burtt, provides a good basic collection of the major philosophical writings of the post-Renaissance to the immediate pre-Modern period -- in essence, that period that many people think of as being 'our cultural history' in intellectual terms.

The text on the European Philosophers includes many of the major philosophers from the late sixteenth century to the nineteenth century. Each of the philosophers is introduced with a brief one-to-two page biography, but by and large the editor allows the philosophers' own writings to speak for themselves. Each biographical section ends with a supplemental/suggested reading section that is worthwhile if now a bit out of date. Where possible, Beardsley has opted to include whole texts, or at least major portions of them, and the selections are much more generous than the typical survey would be. The large sections of majors works are supplemented by briefer passages that help clarify key points along the way. The translations are standard and accessible.

This survey shows the breadth of thinking that concerned the European philosophers - metaphysics and epistemology are high on the list of important topics throughout the period, as is philosophical methodology (from Descartes beginnings to Liebniz to Nietzsche, many of the Europeans seemed to be concerned to 'reinvent' philosophy in major ways). Ethics and politics take more of a back seat in many respects, particularly when compared to the English philosophers over the same period, but there are major contributions to this field, particularly near the
end.

Beardsley's essay of introduction is an interesting discussion of the development of European philosophy, showing the individuality of each of the twelve major thinkers presented here, as well as the overall trends and underlying worldview they share. Beardsley traces three primary ways in which European philosophy of this period can be considered - an expressionistic approach, an historical approach, and a progressive approach. Beardsley's compilation of texts here requires no particular approach to the exclusion of others, but the reader will be well advised to
consider how each of the approaches applies to the overall pattern in the collection.

This is not a book about philosophy as much as it is a book of philosophy -- there are few guides or notes or explanatory pieces here, save the actual texts themselves from the major philosophers. Both volumes from the Modern Library are worthy of a place on the shelf of anyone with an interest in politics, philosophy, or the history of ideas.

Indispensable.......2003-01-08

This generous compilation of major works from the principle players in modern European (non-British) philosophy remains the one-volume sourcebook for every undergrad who has to write a paper and, more substantially, everyone who wants a real nose-to-the-grindstone encounter with the major philosophers. Spinoza, Kant, Rousseau, and Nietzsche are represented by substantial, and judicious, abridgments of major works (the "Ethics", "Critique of Pure Reason", "Social Contract", and "Beyond Good and Evil" respectively), while Descartes' entire "Meditations", the famous "Discourse on Metaphysics" and "Monadology" of Leibnitz, and the Introduction to "The Philosophy of History" of Hegel (which essentially comprises a book unto itself) are complete. Schopenhauer's "The World as Will and Idea" is also given about eighty pages, and the seldom-seen Fichte leaves a powerful mark with the Third Part of the "Vocation of Man". Fleeting but powerful selections from Pascal provide the dissent from the Age of Reason. Comte and Mach are, at least by my prejudices, footnotes today (their offerings, particularly the latter's, remain mostly unthumbed), but appendices of brief selections from Descartes, Spinoza, Leibnitz, Kant, Hegel, and Nietzsche offer further elucidations of some of their key concepts and arguments (this volume makes for a particularly good introduction to Descartes and Kant). The brief editorial prefaces are also noteworthy both for their keen appreciations of each philosopher's contributions (the tone is always sober but generous-- sober indeed largely because of the editors' awareness of just how much we owe to these thinkers) and for very full catalogs of available editions of the philosophers's works in English and of scholarly examinations of their lives and work. To put it banally, this is one-stop shopping for the Descartes-to-Nietzsche block of post-Renaissance thinking. And the spine on my copy has proved surprisingly enduring-- despite being blown off a truck, left in a hostile dormitory for over a month, and constant perusal, it has remained largely intact, though I'm about to lose a few pages of Spinoza. After ten years, this is saying a lot.

A Good Collection of Philosophical Writings.......2000-11-23

This is, of course, a compilation of European philosophers. The book is 870 pages long and contains parts or entire works from famous theologians such as Descartes, Pascal, Spinoza, Leibniz, Kant, Fichte, Hegel, Schopenhauer, Comte, Mach, and Nietzsche. Most of the primary works of these men (at least in part or in their entirety) are present in this work. Each philosopher covered is given a nice introduction describing his life, works, etc. The works are translated quite well. This book would be a great edition to add to anyone's philosophy collection, especially since it is a collection of primary works. Some of the works that are included are Descartes' "Discourse on Method," Pascal's "Thoughts," Spinoza's "Nature of Evil," Leibniz's "Relation Between Soul and Body," Kant's "Critique of Pure Reason," Hegel's "Intro to the Philosophy of History," Comte's "General View of Positivism," Nietzsche's "Beyond Good and Evil," and much, much more. If you are wanting a collection of philosophical writings then this is one of the better texts to add to your library.

"Beneficial Resourse For An Overview of European Thought".......2000-11-08

This book is a wonderful resource for aquiring a much more profound idea of the most renkowned thinkers of the modern era. The contents of this book includes twelve great thinkers, within the span of two-hundred and fifty years, and their ideals of the world around them.

The author has selected these individuals due to the diversity of their philisophical world-views. Just look at the likes of Rene` Descartes in comparison with the eccentricity of Mr. Friedrich Nietzsche. One of course, would see that these two are extreme contraries, thus engendering an induction of pure thought from these contrary opinions, which in turn you as the reader may attain new insights resulting in a possible thesis or anti-thesis of your own. Then their are those who share simalar ideas such as Kant, Hegel, and Descsartes. They all hold that innate thought is to be venerated as the sole good of the world. Whereas an Empericist or Materialist would rather adhere to the product of nature to find the meaning of this chaotic earth. Any way you look at it all of their views are to be reverred and worthy of thought.

With the absence of a few great philosophers of that period, I was left just a little dissapointed, but the intuitiveness and profoundity of this work has left me invigorated. So if you would like to get to know these great thinkers all little more in this miraculous compilement of thought, pick up a copy today.

Excellent survey.......2000-06-12

This volume has two wonderful aspects, it contains the primary philosophical thought of the most important modern European philosophers (excepting the British Empiricists, such as Locke, Berkeley and the incomparable David Hume), and it is published by the Modern Library. This book is hardback, well binded and printed on good paper that stands up to underlining and margin scribbling. For a real hoot, read Kant's serious, calculated, sober and nearly incomprehensible philosophy, and then read Nietzsche with all his ! 's at the end of virtually every sentence. Wonderful.

The European Philosophers from Descartes to Nietzsche

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European Philosophers from Descartes to Nietzsche
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European philosophers from Descartes to Nietzsche

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The European Philosophers From Descartes to Nietzsche

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The EUROPEAN PHILOSOPHERS From Descartes to Nietzsche. Edited, with an Introduction, by Monroe C. Beardsley, Professor of Philosophy, Swarthmore College.

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THE EUROPEAN PHILOSOPHERS FROM DESCARTES TO NIETZSCHE. Modern Library G-16.

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