Publisher's Synopsis
This graduate text was first published in hardback in l984, and could form the basis for an advanced course on the physics of amorphous materials.;The study of the glassy state is one of the newest branches of solid state science. Many properties unique to the amorphous state are described here and presented within a comprehensive synthesis of this rapidly expanding field. Numerous problems and exercises are included in the text, as are many tables of experimental data.;The work should be of interest to students of physics, physical chemistry, electrical engineering and materials science, as well as those professionally involved with the industrial applications of amorphous materials.
