Condensed concepts

 Last week I enjoyed following the Nobel Prize announcements in Physiology or Medicine, Physics, and Chemistry. Reading the popular accounts...

 An example of emergent entities in condensed matter physics are quasiparticles. The concept can be described with the following analogue. W...

Every person is unique. No two people are identical. We differ in physical appearance, personality, fingerprints, heartbeat, gait, and DNA. ...

 There are two aspects to this question concerning the future of condensed matter physics. First, are there big things to be discovered? If ...

Earlier I suggested that the founders of condensed matter physics were Onnes, Landau, Bardeen, Anderson, and Wilson. I might also add  Bria...

I have just rewritten chapter 1 of Condensed Matter Physics: A Very Short Introduction.  I obtained very helpful feedback on my first versio...

Mean- field theory (self-consistent field theory) is incredibly valuable. It  gives significant insights into what is possible with a partic...

Expert readers: please note this post is written for the general audience of a Very Short Introduction . General comments welcome. Condens...

In my last post, I asked a number of questions about Condensed Matter Physics (CMP) that my son asked me. On reflection, my title ``basic qu...

One of the simplest examples of a first-order phase transition is occurs in a ferromagnet at a temperature below the critical temperature an...

Last week I gave a single lecture on Fermi liquids to the honours year undergraduate course PHYS4030 Condensed Matter Physics. The slides ...

I have decided I should start incorporating a little more history and biographies into my lectures. It is important that students learn some...