Updated translation from the French of a work first published in 1987, and intended as a sequel to the principal author's The structure of matter: from the blue

This primer is aimed at elevating graduate students of condensed matter theory to a level where they can engage in independent research. Topics covered include

This book is devoted to the development of the local gradient theory of dielectrics. It presents a brief description of the known approaches to the construction

Many of the observed electronic properties of condensed matter systems such as clusters of atoms, solids with long or short range order (amorphous and liquid me

Universality is the property that systems of radically different composition and structure exhibit similar behavior. The appearance of universal laws in simple