Constitutions of Matter

Mathematically Modeling the Most Everyday of Physical Phenomena

By: Martin H. Krieger

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Hardcover | 1 January 1997 | Edition Number 1

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In this insightful work, Martin H. Krieger shows what physicists are really doing when they employ mathematical models as research tools. He argues that the technical details of these complex calculations serve not only as a means to an end, but also reveal key aspects of the physical properties they model.
Krieger's lucid discussions will help readers to appreciate the larger physical issues behind the mathematical detail of modern physics and gain deeper insights into how theoretical physicists work. "Constitutions of Matter" is a rare, behind-the-scenes glimpse into the world of modern physics.
" Krieger] provides students of physics and applied mathematics with a view of the physical forest behind the mathematical trees, historians and philosophers of science with insights into how theoretical physicists go about their work, and technically advanced general readers with a glimpse into the discipline."--"Scitech Book News"

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List of Figures
Preface
Modeling the Constitutions of Matter
Analysis: The Stability of Bulk Matter
Mathematics: Infinite Volume Limits and Thermodynamics
Formalism: Constituting Bulk Matter: Solutions to the Ising Model, and Duality in Those Solutions
Analysis: Generic, Formal, Model-Independent Accounts of the Constitution of Matter as Philosophical
Formalism: Technical Devices Doing the Work of Physics
Physics and Mathematics: Finding the Right Mechanism and Choosing the Right Functions
The Physics and the Mathematics
Appendix: Two Papers by Lars Onsager
Electrostatic Interaction of Molecules (1939)
Crystal Statistics
A Two-Dimensional Model with an Order-Disorder Transition (1944)
Notes
References
Index
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