Elements of phase transitions and critical phenomena [electronic resource] / Hidetoshi Nishimori, Gerardo Ortiz. Nishimori, Hidetoshi. Ortiz, Gerardo. Phase transformations (Statistical physics) Critical phenomena (Physics) QC175.16.P5 530.414 22 Includes bibliographical references and index. Description based on print version record. An introductory account of the theory of phase transitions and critical phenomena, this book reflects lectures given by the authors to graduate students at their departments and is thus classroom-tested to help beginners enter the field. Oxford : Oxford University Press, c2011. c2011. 2011 Text 1 online resource (xiii, 358 p.) : http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199577224.001.0001 eng