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American Institute of Physics Highlights In Condensed Matter Physics by Adolfo Avella , Roberta Citro , C. Noce , Mario Salerno
Contains articles written by leading experts in the field of condensed matter physics. The book is intended to give a status report of hot topics of solid state physics. 1. Introduction * 2. Geometry and Kinematics * 3. Conservation Laws * 4. Continuum with Singularity * 5. Thermo-Viscous Fluids * 6. Thermo-Viscous Solids * 7. Solids with Dry Micro-Cracks * 8. Conclusion * App. A. Mathematical Preliminaries * App. B. Invariance Group and Physical Laws * App. C Affinely Connected Manifolds * App. D Bianchi's identities * App. E Theorem of Cauchy-Weyl * References * Index