statistical mechanics
TED, and Steven Strogatz
This is a very interesting website: TED. A collection of interesting talks, all of them downloadable and in the public domain (CC license). There isn’t much on physics yet, and certainly not in my area. There is a very nice talk, though, by Steven Strogatz on synchronization. Strogatz is a remarkable speaker, I had the [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )La movida superficie de un líquido
(Yet another post in Spanish, since the news article is in this language! ). Se insiste mucho en esto, y por fin nos hemos decidido a tenerlo en cuenta: la divulgación de los resultados de la investigación. Aqui está La movida superficie de un líquido, que divulga nuestro último artículo en el JCP: [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Atomic dance drives melting
From APS Focus, exciting new insights on crystal melting. Melting is found to be due “to increasingly complex motions of groups of atoms acting in concert, rather than to vibrations of individual atoms or to particular atomic arrangements invoked by previous researchers.”
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )SklogWiki
SklogWiki is a wiki for people interested in simple liquids, complex fluids, and soft condensed matter. SklogWiki is particularly oriented towards theoretical and computational studies.
That seems to wrap it up. Speciallized wikis are a great idea (see wikia), and this one was created for topics that interest me a lot. The name comes from the [...]
Statistical Mechanics, by Ben Widom
I love Dr. Benjamin Widom’s writing style. This recent book by him is an excellent introduction to the topic of statistical mechanics. The subtitle, A Concise Introduction for Chemists, makes clear some previous knowledge of quantum mechanics, thermodynamics is needed. And some spectroscopy, not much. A new classic, to shelve along Molecular Theory of Capillarity [...]
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