edited by Yurij Holovatch, World Scientific. Hardback ISBN 9789812707673 £46 ($85).
This is the second volume of review papers on advanced problems of phase transitions and critical phenomena, following the success of the first volume in 2004. Broadly, it aims to demonstrate that there is still a good deal of work to be done in phase transition theory, both at the fundamental level and with respect to applications. Topics include critical behaviour as explained by the non-perturbative renormalization group; critical dynamics; a space–time approach to phase transitions; self-organized criticality; and exactly solvable models of phase transitions in strongly correlated systems. Like the first volume, this one is based on the review lectures that were given in Lviv (Ukraine) at the Ising Lectures – a traditional annual workshop on phase transitions and critical phenomena that brings together scientists in the field working with university students and others interested in the subject.
