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Principles of Condensed Matter Physics P. M. Chaikin, T. C. Lubensky
Publisher: Cambridge University Press

In this post I'd like to focus on recent applications of the variational principle in physics, in particular in condensed matter physics, and isolate what features these successful applications are exploiting. Coolest Class: Advanced Principles of Physics III (PHYS163). For some idea of what this is all about, On general principles, this looks a bit more promising than the heavy-ion case, since there are many different kinds of systems one might look at, and the connections are more to QFT than to string theory. Benedek's research bridges materials science, solid-state chemistry and condensed matter physics. The main point of the story is to tell about what is probably the hottest topic in hep-th these days, attempts to use AdS/CFT to say something about some models in condensed matter physics. Marder, Condensed matter physics, Wiley, New York, 2000. Binghamton University physicist Michael Lawler and his colleagues have made a breakthrough that could lead to advances in superconductors. Posted by Interference and diffraction of waves, special relativity, quantum mechanics, atomic physics, condensed matter physics, elementary particles. Such phenomena occur widely across the natural sciences, from biochemistry to condensed matter physics. The notion of complexity itself, however, is perhaps on firmest ground within the framework of computation. Lubensky, Principles of Condensed Matter Physics, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2000.