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Theory Of Magnetism Made Simple, The: An Introduction To Physical Concepts And To Some Useful Mathematical Methods (Paperback)
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This new version of a classic updates much of the material in
earlier editions, including the first chapter, on the history of
the field. Important modifications reflect major discoveries of the
past decades. A historical perspective is maintained throughout.
The reader is drawn into the process of discovery: starting with a
phenomenon, finding plausible explanations and competing theories -
and finally, the solution.The theory of magnetism is practically a
metaphor for theoretical physics. The very first quantum many-body
theory (Bethe's ansatz) was devised for magnetic chains, just as
mean-field theory was invented a century ago by Weiss to explain
Curie's Law.The first two chapters of this book are immensely
readable, taking us from prehistory to the "spin valves" of the
most recent past. Topics in subsequent chapters include: angular
momenta and spin (Chapter 3), quantum theory of simple systems,
followed by increasingly technical insights into ordered and random
systems, thermal fluctuations, phase transitions, chaos and the
like. Contemporary developments in nanotechnology now seek to take
advantage of the electron's spin as well as of its charge. The time
is not far off when nano-circuits made entirely of silicon exhibit
such many-body properties as superconductivity or ferromagnetism -
without any superconducting materials or magnetic ions being
present. The reader of this book will be prepared for such exotic
twenty-first century applications.Daniel C Mattis, BS, MS, PhD,
Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS), is a frequent
lecturer at research institutions and the author of several
textbooks and numerous research articles. His expertise includes
many-body theory, electrical conductivity, quantum theory of
magnetism and most recently, nanotechnology. Prof. Mattis is on the
editorial panel for high-temperature superconductivity of the
International Journal of Modern Physics B and Modern Physics
Letters B, both published by World Scientific. Currently serving as
Professor in the Physics department at the University of Utah in
Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, at various times he has been visiting
Professor at Yale University (New Haven), State University of New
York (Buffalo), Temple University (Philadelphia), and served as
"Wei-Lun Visiting Professor" at the Chinese University of Hong
Kong. A founding member of the "Few-Body Physics" section of the
APS, he has also served as Chair of the standing committee of the
APS for the "International Freedom of Scientists."
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