这是第一本系统介绍量子相变理论的专著,其中部分内容也可作研究生教材。本书内容新颖,涉及凝聚态物理学中广泛关注的许多重要问题。本书叙述简明，将理论模型的阐述与最新实验结果的介绍密切结合。书中着重描写和阐述存在量子相变的一些最简单的相互作用系统的物理性质。全书大部分均忽略了无序效应，而把注意力集中在这样一些系统在非零温度下的动力学性质，深入讨论了以非弹性碰撞为主的量子动力学及输运过程。
本书为英文版！

Leo Kadanoff is a theoretical physicist who has done research on chaos theory, superconductivity, phase transitions, fluid flow, the sociology of urban areas, heat transfer in missiles and elementary particle physics, During the last twenty-five years, he has devoted considerable effort to the development of teaching programs for underaduates based upon the use of small computers. Much of this teaching program has been an outgrowth of his interest in the description of chaos in physical systems.
此书为英文版。