The contributions are by many of the foremost researchers in the field of condensed matter and statistical physics. In particular, contributions by such prominent scientists as M E Fisher, A A Maradudin, M F Thorpe, M Balkanski, T Fujiwara, and of course Sir Roger Elliott himself make this book a rewarding read.

Contents:

• Disorder and Dynamical Systems:
• Reflections on the Beguiling but Wayward Spherical Model (M E Fisher)
• Phase Transitions in Vector Spin Glasses (A P Young)
• Transitions, Dynamics and Disorder: From Equilibrium to Non-Equilibrium Systems (R Stinchcombe)
• Two-Dimensional Growth in a Three Component Mixture with Competing Interactions (C Varea)
• Glassy Dynamics at the Edge of Chaos (A Robledo)
• Structures and Glasses:
• Flexibility in Biomolecules (M F Thorpe et al.)
• Lattice Dynamics of Carbon Nanotubes (V N Popov & M Balkanski)
• Glassy Behavior Due to Kinetic Constraints: From Topological Foam to Backgammon (D Sherrington)
• On Glass Transition with Rapid Cooling Effects (R Kerner & O Mares)
• The Dielectric Loss Function and the Search for Simple Models for Relaxation in Glass Formers (A P Vieira et al.)
• The Theory of Turing Pattern Formation (T Leppänen)
• The Dioctadecylamine Monolayer: Non-Equilibrium Phase Domains (A Flores et al.)
• Electrical and Magnetic Properties:
• Multiple Scattering Effects in the Second Harmonic Generation of Light Reflection from Randomly Rough Metal Surface (A A Maradudin et al.)
• Theory for Large Scale Electronic Structure Calculations (T Fujiwara et al.)
• Symmetric Magnetic Clusters (J B Parkinson et al.)
• Optical and Fermi-Edge Singularities in One-Dimensional Semiconductor Quantum Wires (K P Jain)
• Probing the Magnetic Coupling in Multilayers Using Domain Wall Excitations (A S Carriço & A L Dantas)
• Density of Electronic States in the Quantum Percolation Problem (G G Naumis & R A Barrio)
• Power Terms in the Construction of Thermodynamic Functions for Melting Description (F L Castillo-Alvarado et al.)

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