The Critical Point - A Historical Introduction To The Modern Theory Of Critical Phenomena (Paperback)

The relationship between liquids and gases engaged the attention of a number of distinguished scientists in the mid 19th Century. In a definitive paper published in 1869, Thomas Andrews described experiments he performed on carbon dioxide and from which he concluded that a critical temperature exists below which liquids and gases are distinct phases of matter, but above which they merge into a single fluid phase. During the years which followed, other natural phenomena were discovered to which the same critical point description can be applied - such as ferromagnetism and solutions. This book provides an historical account of theoretical explanations of critical phenomena which ultimately led to a major triumph of statistical mechanics in the 20th Century - with the award of the Nobel Prize for Physics

General

Imprint:	Crc Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	September 2019
First published:	1996
Authors:	C. Domb
Dimensions:	234 x 156mm (L x W)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	394
ISBN-13:	978-0-367-40138-2
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > History of ideas, intellectual history Books > Science & Mathematics > Physics > States of matter > Condensed matter physics (liquids & solids)
LSN:	0-367-40138-X
Barcode:	9780367401382

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