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Discover hundreds of extraordinary places to work--law firms, corporations, government agencies, advocacy groups and much more!
Customer Reviews:
Great If Your Interested in Working at a Traditional Firm..........2006-02-25
I found that this book focused mainly on traditional law firms across the country rather than non-traditional aspects of the practice of law. If your willing to pick up and move across the country for a specific firm then this is the book for you. If your looking for something less traditional, keep looking...
Beware . . . ........2004-03-24
I actually worked at one of the places she suggests (a government agency), and it was the worst place I have ever worked. It had a very high turnover rate, especially for a non-firm employer. I got the impression that the recruiter was a friend of Kimm's. Employers can simply schmooze the author into putting them into her book--this how many attorneys get on those "Best attorneys under 40" type lists.
The view from the West.......2004-02-26
I agree with the reviewer from Il that this is not a helpful book, and that it was written in such a way that it would become outdated quickly. Culling information from "administrators" is all fine and good, but the book would greatly benefit from having been authored by a lawyer who had been in the trenches in more ways than as a mere summer associate--Ms. Walton's experience with practicing law. I am thinking, for example, of D. Aron's classic book on alternatives to practicing law, a book which benefits greatly from the author's experience of having practiced law. Such a perspective would allow one to more carefully explore firm politics and how a new associate might deal with them, for example. I also agree with the other reviewer's underscoring the impact of regionalism. In California, for example, we routinely hire prospects from California law schools that are not highly ranked. This is because we know that such schools turn out fine lawyers by having come against them or worked beside them. (I'd like to think it is not because we feel inferior to applicants from better ranked schools elsewhere, a problem the other reviewer hinted at as far as his experience in the South.)
The View From a West Coast Litigator.......2004-02-26
I agree with the reviewer from Il. who criticized the book as out of date and not helpful. There definitely is a middle America bias to the book. It is not for someone who seriously wants to explore 'radical' public interest careers, for example. It is also not, like Aron's classic book, about a wide variety of things one can do with a law degree besides practicing law. Sure, there are some examples, but not many. There is regionalism all over the country, as the other reviewer pointed out, not just in the South. (His example.) In California, for example, California schools--even those that are not high pedigree--win out over higher ranked schools from other areas of the country besides legal employers tend to choose people whom they can identify with in terms of education and other things. Ms. Walton's book might have been more helpful if she had ever practiced law besides in the capacity of a summer associate. Asking "adminitrators" for data is a good start, but they often can't advise in terms of firm politics etc.
Very good resource.......2004-02-01
I read this book before I went to law school and during my recruiting season, and found it to be a very helpful and comprehensive resource. The book discusses many different employers, ranging from law firms, companies, clerkships, government jobs (including some agencies that people may not be aware of), small firms, public interest jobs, trade associations and law school administration jobs. Most of the companies/firms, etc. listed contain a brief factual description of the workplace, comments by lawyers and a description of the workplace environment. There is also advice on how to obtain some of the more unusual positions.
Although I usually do not like to comment on reviews written by other people, there are a few things written about this book that I believe are unfair to the author. First of all, yes some of the salary numbers and hiring numbers are out of date - this is to be expected when these numbers change yearly. That information is easily found on the internet. Second, please do not let people's political agendas distract you from a wonderful resource. The DOJ is still a great place to work in terms of legal jobs - any lawyer who wants a job where they only take on cases they fully support will probably be disappointed in the profession. Next, Ms. Walton made a strong effort to find firms all around the country to profile - she explicitly says that she could not find many NYC firms that fit her criteria (and to the person who complained about the ethics of Texas firms - you might want to check out the ethics of NYC firms!). Finally, Ms. Walton's point about the foreign service is not that it is the "best job" for lawyers wanting to work internationally, but rather one that many law students don't consider. She specifically recognizes the fact that American law students can work outside the U.S. in law firms, but mentions the Foreign Service as another excellent option (and it is absolutely true that many students who say they want to practice "international law" discover that they don't really like "international business law" in a firm). Finally, having worked at CEELI just two summers ago, I can verify that their expansion into nations other than Eastern Europe and the NIS states is very recent and therefore could not have been published in the book when it went to press. Again, the book was meant to be used as a resource and jumping-off point, and updated information can easily be found on the internet.
I highly recommend this book to anyone thinking of entering law school, in law school, or practicing law. It is an excellent career resource and may open your eyes to possibilities you did not realize were out there.
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Universities and colleges are in a unique position to take a leadership role on global warming. As communities, they can strategize and organize effective action. As laboratories for learning and centers of research, they can reduce their own emissions of greenhouse gases, educate students about global warming, and direct scholarly attention to issues related to climate change and energy. Degrees That Matter offers practical guidance for those who want to harness the power of universities and other institutions, and provides perspectives on how to motivate change and inspire action within complex organizations.
The authors, drawing on almost a decade of experience leading the Tufts Climate Initiative and other institutional "greening" efforts, provide both the basic facts and more detailed information about climate issues. Some chapters can be used as stand-alone action guides for specific areas, while others put climate action in scientific, economic, and political contexts. The authors discuss the major sources of greenhouse gas emissions on campus and the importance of an emissions inventory for setting goals and strategies. They consider decision making (and decision makers), costs, budgets, and institutional priorities, and describe different emission reduction projects. They look at the importance of master planning for the university and the value of action by individual community members. Finally, they suggest climate action projects for the classroom and offer guidance for tapping student energy. Their aim is to inspire others to take on global warming regardless of organizational setting.
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Step aside old farts, the debate is over, at least for college students.......2007-09-13
I'd love this book if I was a college student eager to see my campus act responsibly. While the old, conservative farts are busy waging verbal wars over whether carbon is responsible for planetary warming, I'd use this book as the basis of a pro-active campus-wide green revolution. Much more interesting and worthwhile than being a university internet 'eco-warrior'.
Every university campus adminstrator should be given a copy of this release.
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- disappointing, after all the hype
- A bit of a slow starter - really three and a half stars.
- Move over Dan Brown
- Too many conspiracies
- The Best One Yet! Simply fantastic!
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"Alex Marcoux ... trumps The DaVinci Code" —Inside Out Hudson Valley
Conspiracy theorists, murder-mystery fans, sci-fi or fantasy devotees, paranormal prac- titioners, and armchair Egyptologists, have I got a book for you! In A Matter of Degrees, author Alex Marcoux—who has been called the "lesbian Dan Brown"— trumps The Da Vinci Code because she doesn't just take on the Vatican and the Sacred Feminine, but builds on the anti-Biblical and the seemingly interconnected world of fraternal organizations, including the oldest and largest: the Freemasons. Marcoux challenges the powers that be through her recurring character, the precognitive novelist Jessie Mercer, whom readers might have met in FaÁades and/or Back to Salem—but it's not necessary to have read either of these previous novels to get caught up in this one. (Jessie's lover, the singer Taylor Andrews, spends most of the book off on a world tour.) The book allows us a glimpse into the secretive world of the Masons: the ritual of arcane handshakes; the progression through different degrees, leading to the knowledge of "the light"; and the strong bonding among Masons. Marcoux does leave out some of the more interesting facts, such as the teachings of the Kabbalah being a source of many of the Masonic mystical and philosophical beliefs. But she doesn't flinch when writing about some of the more controversial aspects of the Masons—that the order is likened to a religion, and that some have called the Masons anti-Christian. Marcoux's story is premised on the horrific oaths taken by the Masons not to reveal any of their secrets as they progress through each degree toward the 33rd, the highest degree of enlightenment. From this premise, the author weaves a tale of control of world power from the beginning of civilization to current times, which Jessie unravels as she investigates the murder of her brother, a Mason who was about to reveal the order's secrets to his colleague and soon-to-be love interest, Rachel. Marcoux does a brilliant job of snagging even the most reluctant reader in the intrigue, in ancient myths and history, in the grand-conspiracy theory of world control that, even after nearly 300 pages, you hate to have her wrap up. — JoAnne Myers It's the ULTIMATE CONSPIRACY . . . and it's about to unfold . . .
Novelist Jessie Mercer has always had the gift of precognition. Shortly after she conjures up the idea for her newest book, The Ultimate Conspiracy, she is drawn into a web of conspiracy, intrigue, and murder. Bits of a previous life in the far-distant past are slowly revealed, uncovering ancient secrets that connect Egyptian pharaohs, the Freemasons, the Knights Templar, Mary Magdalene, the Sumerians, the Roman Catholic Church, the devil, and even God. For Jessie's story, it turns out, began in ancient Egypt and has woven its thread through the tapestry of human history—only to come to an astonishing climax in modern America.
In A Matter of Degrees, Jessie meets Rachel Addison, field reporter for a respectable television newsmagazine. Rachel, involved in a controversial project that connects secret societies with well-known politicians, receives a warning in no uncertain terms to drop the project and forget the story. Then her car's brakes are sabotaged and she is nearly killed. And Jessie's brother Steve—another reporter on Rachel's show—is murdered, yet the police seem determined to rule his death a suicide. Rachel wants to back away from the deadly mystery, but for Jessie the desire to investigate is impossible to overcome.
Now Jessie must utterly change her appearance to infiltrate the all-male ranks of Freemasonry. Once inside, she finds elaborate arcane rituals, cloaked meetings, and clues to an ancient royal secret—which is the ultimate conspiracy! And people all around her—good people—are dying under mysterious circumstances as the Masonic circle closes. Not only that, but the seemingly unshakeable love between Jessie and songstress Taylor Andrews is threatened.
As Jessie struggles to solve the riddle and blow the conspiracy apart, the ancient secrets she discovers draw her further and further into a trap set centuries ago. The answers are there—it's up to her to uncover them in A Matter of Degrees.
Fans of Alex Marcoux's previous novels Façades and Back to Salem will be enthralled by this spellbinding new novel, which heralds the return of her well-loved characters Jessie and Taylor, along with high-powered talent agent Sidney Marcum. And readers unfamiliar with her work, especially those whose interest was piqued by Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code, will revel in A Matter of Degrees, which takes the story of world control by secret societies and the Catholic Church to a whole new level.
Customer Reviews:
disappointing, after all the hype.......2006-10-17
All in all, this book was dull and devoid of energy. The plot was convoluted, unnecessarily so in my opinion, and by the end felt like it was made so complex to cover up the lack of character development and growth. I felt no compulsion to keep reading because I pretty much knew how it would end. The characters felt like puppets being frogmarched through the plot-- there was no symbiosis between plot and character, no connection.
Part of this is because characterization is so poor: characters' motivation are all either altruistic (in the case of the protagonists) or entirely dastardly (in the case of the conspiricists). The leads are too perfect-- too attractive, too clever, too talented. Their relationship is too perfect, as well, an idyllic little dynamic that doesn't feel remotely realistic when tensions are high and the pressure is on. And the antagonists are all evil bad guys without any redeeming or at least human qualities whatsoever. I almost expected them to start twirling the ends of their moustaches, a la Snidely Whiplash.
Both narration and dialogue are wooden, and description of setting is either rote and dull-- reading like a decor magazine-- or nonexistent altogether. There's little blocking (telling us what people are doing with their bodies as they speak, body language, etc). There's too much "telling" instead of "showing", and characters' introspection lacks a sense of authentic emotion. We don't get the feeling that we're granted access to the person's thoughts, so much as we're being informed what they're thinking. It's a subtle but dramatic and important difference.
Careful attention to creating a more visceral experience-- making the reader *feel* the danger, the heightened emotions-- would have made this story come alive. But as so often happens in mystery series written by a less-deft hand, situations and characters feel artificial, created to give the protagonist(s) something to do, rather than having the entire situation arise in a more organic and natural-feeling way.
A bit of a slow starter - really three and a half stars........2006-09-12
Marcoux is an excellent writer, but the setup on this one was a bit slow. It did keep me reading, although I didn't find it a page-turner. About one third of the way in, the pace picked up and I found it harder to put down. Jessie Mercer is a complex and interesting writer/woman with some paranormal talents and the ability to tap into other levels of being; this makes her life complicated when her novels and research foreshadow events in her life. In this book she meeets many beings from her past lives and becomes entangled in their machinations. Hard to believe? Yes, but fascinating reading. One more look at the Merovingian 'heresy', but it isn't the focus of the book. It will be interesting to see where Marcoux takes Mercer from here.
Move over Dan Brown.......2006-08-03
This is so much better than the "DaVinci Code".
Jessie Mercer knows her brother, Steve wouldn't kill himself. Rachel Addison knows Steve was murdered just like her father. But how do you prove it.
What would you say to a 10th planet located between Mars and Earth? This planet revolves around the sun in a strange pattern and runs parallel to Earth every 3600 years. When the 3600th year arrives, aliens from this 10th planet come to Earth to change our ways of life.
What would you say if all Noah had on his ark was DNA from all the species of the world?
What would you say if our creator wasn't God, but an alien named Kek?
If I was doing was Jessie and Rachel did in this book, I'd be scared to death.
This is a magnificently written and researched novel. The best yet from Marcoux and her other stuff is great also.
Too many conspiracies.......2006-07-12
How many conspiracy theories can one story accommodate? It seems that answering that question was one of Alex Marcoux's major objectives in writing the book.
A Matter of Degrees brings back Marcoux's heroine Jessie Mercer, a novelist who has the gift of precognition. Jessie often finds that she writes a story and then it comes true, with her in a starring role. This time, Jessie's brother Steve, a news reporter, is working with a colleague on a story about the Freemasons and their connections to other secret societies supposedly cooperating for world domination when he suddenly dies. The police believe it is suicide, but Jessie isn't sure about that, especially when incidents from her brother's life begin to mimic what is in her most recent story. She decides to assume a disguise as a man and find out what happened to her brother by becoming a Thirty-third Degree Mason. As the story unfolds, Jessie finds herself dealing with the Freemasons, the Council on Foreign Relations, the Trilateral Commission, the Bilderbergers, the Roman Catholic Church, a story similar to the premise of The DaVinci Code, and flashbacks to a previous life in ancient Egypt. Even the Secret Service is portrayed as a surreptitious hit squad used to enforce the leader's wishes. She has to contend with all of this while she disappears from her own life for almost a year and keeps her lover songstress Taylor Andrews, who is on a world tour, from finding out what she is doing. The ending of the story culminates with a totally different conspiracy and puts Jessie in danger of losing her life.
A Matter of Degrees however stretches creditability well beyond the breaking point. The book has a slow start, perhaps because Marcoux lays a foundation based on the idea that all of the conspiracy theories in world history, including various assassinations, are not only true, but connected in a confusing pattern created by the people who really control the world. One conspiracy might seem logical; maybe two if the reader chooses to believe the current theory that says secret societies are linked in the New World Order. After a while though there are so many theories and suspicious circumstances that occur with no one being the wiser that it becomes impossible to accept the premise of the book. The end of the book is somewhat flat and predictable. A character that has been omniscient for thousands of years doesn't have the ability to see what is going to happen next. A Matter of Degrees is proof that more complex does not mean the story is better.
The Best One Yet! Simply fantastic!.......2006-06-24
Mix a little Dan Brown conspiracy with a little Philip K. Dick sci-fi and what do you get? A Matter of Degrees, the new blockbuster mystery thriller by Alex Marcoux! Weaving a genre-bending tale of conspiracy, cover-ups, and murder, Marcoux returns to the game with beloved characters from Façades and Back to Salem, bringing them together in an explosive mix of spine-tingling action! Devastated by her brother's unexplained suicide, Jessie Mercer launches a no-holds-barred investigation leading to a centuries-old conspiracy that threatens the very foundations of the world -- and Jessie's life! A Matter of Degrees is definitely an out-of-this-world read and should not be missed! --Sherry L. Stinson, outlookpress.com
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Length and mass are measurements we understand intuitively, but temperature is fleeting and elusive. Why is it so hard to measure compared with other fundamentals? Why do living things require such a narrow range of temperatures to go about their business? How cold is deep space, anyway? Physicist Gino Segre knows how to keep interest flowing along; even when he's explaining the intricacies of small-scale physics, he takes time to ground it in real life. His scope is wide--from the beginning (and ending) of the universe to the history of life on Earth, little falls outside his purview. Yet the book touches on so many subjects of immediate interest to 21st-century humans (high fevers, sports medicine, and the next scheduled Ice Age, to name a few) that it's compelling even to those who don't care about the Big Questions. --Rob Lightner
Book Description
In a wonderful synthesis of science, history, and imagination, Gino Segrè, an internationally renowned theoretical physicist, embarks on a wide-ranging exploration of how the fundamental scientific concept of temperature is bound up with the very essence of both life and matter. Why is the internal temperature of most mammals fixed near 98.6š? How do geologists use temperature to track the history of our planet? Why is the quest for absolute zero and its quantum mechanical significance the key to understanding superconductivity? And what can we learn from neutrinos, the subatomic "messages from the sun" that may hold the key to understanding the birth-and death-of our solar system? In answering these and hundreds of other temperature-sensitive questions, Segrè presents an uncanny view of the world around us.
Customer Reviews:
temperature explained.. and the effects it has.......2006-06-16
As someone who barely made it through thermodynamics at the U getting a title of mechanical engineer, I'm glad of reading this wonderful book. It puts you in a special perspective about how this property relates to our earth and our living world.
be prepared to take a grand tour. Temperature is a property of mater and as suchm reveals what is happing to an active systems such as the earth. Science is all about connections; at least to me, thats where the beauty comes in. To be able to connect atmospheric events, form geology, to living systems, wisdom resides on how you can weave the threads that are loose
A fascinating and lucid book!.......2006-04-09
For me this was an excellent book and recommend it to everyone interested in always learning new things. Segre's easy way of explaining tough matters is admirable. In this book you learn lots of stuff, like the average internal temperature of humans, earth temperature, what is absolute zero and quantum dynamics, all of them sauced with lots of history.
A Journey From the Discovery of Aspirin to Hydrothermal Vents.......2006-02-16
An entertaining read about the discovery and history of temperature. Along with the usual suspects like Galileo, Copernicus, Newton and others, you are also introduced to many other somewhat less heralded scientific figures that have made great contributions to science. Some of the more interesting sections of the book were, the discovery of aspirin, invention of the thermometer, hydrothermal vents, to temperature shift extinctions. Overall, a very quick read with lasting anecdotal impressions. Why read this book? To quote Steven Weinberg "The effort to understand the universe is one of the very few things that lifts human life above the level of farce, and gives it some of the grace of tragedy". This book opens new insights into and of the world we live in.
Science for the curious.......2006-01-05
This book is a fantastic read for any of us who has gone through their science courses in school and wondered if there is more to science than the cut and dry information they got from their BORING(!!!!)textbooks.
Who would have ever thought that such a prestigious family of physicists who can pride themselves of a Nobel prize trace back to a enterprising grand-father who built a paper mill on top of Roman temple in Italy?
Science is indeed a human story.
2 stars for usefulness, 4 stars for interesting tidbits.......2005-12-10
I read this book after reading John Gribbin's "Deep Simplicity" and "Ice Age". If I hadn't read Gribbin's books I would not have been able to put some of Segre's political bias into context, and filter the good information from the scientific facts. Gribbin writes in a much clearer style and without the blantant political overtones.
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- It Looks Good to Me!
- Great historical account of a sad day in American history.
- Classic 15 minutes of fame
- Fascinating, but...
- REVISIONIST HISTORY OF THE WORST KIND
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A Matter of Degree: The Hartford Circus Fire & The Mystery of Little Miss 1565
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A Matter of Degree is a true story and the definitive account of a renowned fire investigator and the nine-year mission of the heart that led to the discovery of arson and political conspiracy in the 1944 Ringling circus fire, an American tragedy equal in scope to the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing. LT. RICK DAVEY's internationally publicized re-investigation of the celebrated case resolved all of the mysteries swirling around the suspicious blaze that destroyed the Ringling circus and killed 168 people--including a beautiful but unknown 8-year-old girl who was known for 50 years as "Little Miss 1565."
Customer Reviews:
It Looks Good to Me!.......2007-08-26
I haven't opened the plastic covering and read this book because it is destined to be a Christmas gift for someone else but it appears to be in great condition. I am very happy with this hard-to-find purchase.
Great historical account of a sad day in American history........2007-05-13
As a Professor of Fire Science I am constantly seeking out books having to do with great historical fires in American. These books are to be used as course research papers by my students and typically are not available via the library network. I trust many of my students are buying their copies from Amazon.com a name that can be trusted.
Classic 15 minutes of fame.......2005-04-04
for non writers who manipulate everything to suit their conceptions. the FACTS completely debunk this book. Thankfully, these men will fade; the true mysteries remain unanswered waiting, perhaps, for someone without personal gain to cull through, define and present. What a nasty book.
Fascinating, but..........2004-03-27
I hope no one was paid to EDIT this book (I can't believe anyone did.) Facts mentioned in passing in the first half, are "astonishing" when discovered by investigator Davey in the second half. And author Massey is WAY too attached to the word "ironically" (and he bats around .500 when it comes to applying it correctly.) But I'm glad I read it, as I've been interested in the story since seeing a reproduction of a newspaper front page showing Emmett Kelly helping to fight the fire.
I wonder if another book will someday deal with another "lost victim" who's mentioned briefly... the one supposedly carried into a hospital by his uncle... (I think I'll go get "The Circus Fire" for now.)
REVISIONIST HISTORY OF THE WORST KIND.......2002-09-21
This book is poorly written, yet the subject is fascinating. The love Rick Davey has for himself often brings the narrative to an abrupt halt. But the worst part is that Mr. Davey is so intent on finding a solution to the mystery of Little Miss 1565 and proving himself to be a wonderful investigator that he twists the facts to make them fit his theory. I didn't discover this until I read another book on the Hartford Fire. Mr. Davey pronounces the identity of the the mysterious little girl. What he doesn't mention is that dental records disprove his identification. This really is revisionist history of the worst kind because a family was caused to suffer to assauge Mr. Davey's ego. If you are interested in this story, I recommend reading The Circus Fire by Stewart O'Nan. It is better investigated, written and much more comprehensive. It also has the merits of being much more factual than this book.
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This volume explains the fundamental concepts and theoretical techniques used to understand the properties of quantum systems used to understand the properties of quantum systems having large numbers of degrees of freedom. A number of complimentary approaches are developed, including perturbation theory; nonpurturbative approximations based on functional integrals; general arguments based on order parameters; symmetry, and Fermi liquid theory; and stochastic methods. Each approach provides its own insights and quantitative capabilities, and in conjunction provide a powerful framework for understanding a wide variety of physical systems. Written at a level for graduate students with no prior background in manybody theory, this classic text is intended for physicists in solid state physics, field theory, atomic physics, condensed matter physics, quantum chemistry, and nuclear physics.
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Clear, precise, and modern.......2002-09-11
A great physics book for field theory applied to condensed
matter and sometimes nuclear physics problems. The authors
are EXTREMELY careful mathematically and really don't skip
any steps or shove stuff under the rug; in fact, the first
chapter is just all math about how to do integrals and path
integrals and field integrals and deal with Grassman numbers.
A bit unusual for a physics book, but that's their style.
The rest of the book deals with the usual and other material:
zero-temperature Green's functions and perturbation theory
(for energy, Green's function, etc.) The treatment is detailed
and relatively exhaustive. Then there is the same for finite-
temperature. The earlier sections on linear response are
concise and one of the best treatments of the subject I have
seen leading directly to the fluctuation dissipation expression
(after this book I realized this vaunted "fluctuation-dissipation" that no one can explain is just
a straightforward thing about commutators and pert. theory).
The book also has other good stuff: a chapter on mean field theory, Landau-Ginzburg theory, order parameters, and a nice
discussion about spontaneous symmetry breaking that helps
clarify a bunch of stuff. Then there is a whole chapter on
further aspects of one-particle Green's functions (Dyson
equation, solving for poles, quasiparticles, satellites, etc.)
that is pretty good and gets the physical point across. There
is also a chapter on statistical (monte carlo, numerical, etc.)
methods for doing quantum many body problems. While some of
the methods are not the most up to date or modern, the basics
are all there (Monte Carlo, Hubbard-Strataonvich (spelling?),
inverting matrices via Monte Carlo, some stuff about lattice
systems, Langevin equation simulation for Monte Carlo, updating
problems, etc.) There is also a chapter on more advanced
functional integration stuff. Also there is a nice description
of the loop expansion and whatnot.
The book is very well written, has no errors as far as I can
tell, and is exhaustive on what it treats. The problems at
the end of the first few chapters deal with physics problems
and help build intuition whereas the texts in these chapters
are more formal. The book could use some more physical insights
sprinkled throughout, but that is not too much of a drawback.
The book is based on functional integration (Feynman integral)
methods for field theory: this is the modern way folks do it
and it is a powerful way of doing field theory both to
derive results, connect results, do expansions and what not,
and also for certain kinds of monte carl computations. So
having read this, the reader is up to date on a pretty modern
view of field theory in condensed matter (and somewhat on
nuclear physics).
Highly recommended unless you can't stand precise and long
mathematical treatments. My only misgiving is that sometimes
I wish the authors provided more physical insights for certain
concepts and gave some examples rather than "just the math";
but they do this in other parts of the book, so perhaps
my complaint, which is not that serious, is more about the
uneven way this is done. Nevertheless, this is 5/5 and a book
you will read many times and learn from many times.
An important book for beginner cond-mat physicists and more........2000-04-10
A very good introduction to the many particle systems, includes all from the basics of coherent states to very complex parts of theory.
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- another winner for tom philbin!
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A MATTER OF DEGREE #4 (Precinct Siberia, No 4)
Tom Philbin
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another winner for tom philbin!.......1999-09-23
a good book. exciting, defined characters. tho exciting, it is not a "heavy" read. you'll get involved in the satisfying book. way to go tp!
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ASIN: 0521669545 |
Book Description
The Cambridge Starfinder Pack contains three essential items to get you started on the fascinating hobby of astronomy. The Star Chart is an attractive wall chart (approximately 3 feet by 4 feet) showing all the stars visible to the naked eye. The chart is arranged into three maps to cover the whole sky. Fainter clusters and galaxies visible in binoculars are included. Constellations, double stars and variable stars are listed. The Moon Map shows 500 craters and other features on the nearside in beautiful detail. Landing sites of spacecraft, including Apollo, are shown. Finally, the Planisphere is a traditional and practical star finder for locating stars and constellations at any hour of the year. Observers located south of an arc through San Francisco, St Louis and Washington will need this 32° version. Those in states north of this arc require the 42° version (ISBN 052165906X).
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