Download or read book Basic Concepts for Simple and Complex Liquids written by Jean-Louis Barrat and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2003-03-27 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presenting a unified approach, this book focuses on the theoretical concepts and methods necessary for understanding the physics and chemistry of the fluid state. Important ideas are presented concisely and illustrated with examples from simple molecular liquids and more complex soft condensed matter systems such as polymers, colloids, and liquid crystals.