Further suggested reading
Fall 99 - Suggested Reading
The Cenntenial Issue of the Reviews of Modern Physics (Rev. Mod. Phys. vol. 71, (1999)) offers a nice review of the history of Condensed Matter Physics throughout this century. Several articles from this volume can be found on this page. They will help the interested the reader get a better idea on some of the most interesting research topics at this day and age, and indicate several promising directions for the future. While some of these topics are well beyond the scope of this course, reading them is strongly encouraged in order to get the "big picture" of today's Condensed Matter Physics
An essay on the condensed matter physics in the twentieth century (an overview) , by W. Kohn
In touch with atoms (discovery of scanning tunneling microscopy), by G. Binning and H. Rohrer
The invention of the transistor, By Riordan, L. Hoddeson, and C. Herring
Superconductivity, by J. R. Schrieffer and M. Tinkham
Superfluidity, by A. J. Leggett
The fractional quantum Hall effect, by H. Stormer, D. C. Tsui, and A. C. Gossard
Microscopic simulations in physics, by D. M. Ceperlley
Statistical mechanics: A selective review of two central issues, by J. L. Lebowitz
Scaling, Universality and renormalization: Three pillars of modern critical phenomena, by H. E. Stanley
Fluid turbulence, by K. R. Sreenisvasan
Pattern formation in nonequilibrium physics, by J. P. Gollub and J. S. Langer
Insights from soft condensed matter, by T. A. Witten
Biological Physics, by H. Frauenfelder, P. G. Wolynes, and R. H. Austin
Chemical physics: Molecular clouds, clusters, and corrals, by D. Herschbach
Brain, neural networks, and computation, by J. J. Hopfield