The contributions in the book are devoted to the memory of Michael E Fisher, and hence include many personal memories from people whose work was influenced by him. Also, the book is a collection of articles from leaders in the field of phase transitions and critical phenomena, to celebrate 50 years of the renormalization group and the 1972 paper by Wilson and Fisher. Many of the articles review, in tutorial form, the progress in the fields of phase transitions and the renormalization group.

Contents:

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  Preface

  
  


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  Michael Fisher Memories:

  
  
  
  
  • Personal History with MEF and Some Related Topics (H Au-Yang and J H H Perk)
  
  
  • Michael Fisher and Critical Phenomena in the 1970s (J M Kosterlitz)
  
  
  • My Memories of Michael Fisher (J S Langer)
  
  
  • Some Memories from a 60-Year Friendship with Michael E Fisher (J L Lebowitz)
  
  
  • My Life with Michael E Fisher (N D Mermin)
  
  
  • Michael E Fisher: Teacher, Mentor, Colleague and Friend: A (Very) Personal Account (E Domany)
  
  
  • Michael Fisher as a Role Model (B I Halperin)
  
  
  • Some Reminiscences of Michael E Fisher (A J Liu)
  
  
  
  


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  Phase Transitions and Critical Phenomena:

  
  
  
  
  • Fluctuation-Dominated Phase Ordering (M Barma)
  
  
  • Mixed-Order Phase Transitions (D Mukamel)
  
  
  • Bounds on the Superconducting Transition Temperature (M Randeria)
  
  
  • Critical Fluctuations in Polymer Solutions: Crossover from Criticality to Tricriticality (M A Anisimov, T J Longo, and J V Sengers)
  
  
  • Series Expansions in Statistical Physics: Large Dimensionality, Quenched Randomness and Griffiths Singularities (R R P Singh)
  
  
  • Deconfined Quantum Critical Points: A Review (T Senthil)
  
  
  • Experimental Studies of the Critical Casimir Effect (M H W Chan)
  
  
  
  


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  Renormalization Group:

  
  
  
  
  • Fisher Renormalization and Fisher Reminiscences (D R Nelson)
  
  
  • 50 Years of Correlations with Michael Fisher and the Renormalization Group (Amnon Aharony)
  
  
  • The Yang–Lee Edge Singularity and Related Problems (J Cardy)
  
  
  • There's Plenty of Room in the Middle: The Unsung Revolution of the Renormalization Group (Nigel Goldenfeld)
  
  
  • Knots from a Random Matrix Theory with Replicas (S Hikami)
  
  
  • Wilson-Fisher Fixed Points in the Presence of Dirac Fermions (I F Herbut)
  
  
  • Strong-Randomness Renormalization Groups (David A Huse)
  
  
  • Line Defects and the Renormalization Group (Z Komargodski)
  
  
  • Theories and Mysteries of theNormal-Metal-to-Superconductor and Nematic-to-Smectic-A Phase Transitions (T Lubensky)
  
  
  • Beyond the Bulk: An Appreciation of the Enduring Influence of Michael E. Fisher (D Jasnow and J Rudnick)
  
  
  • Normal Forms, Universal Scaling Functions, and Extending the Validity of the RG (J P Sethna, D Hathcock, J Kent-Dobias, and A Raju)
  
  
  • Scaling Behaviors at Quantum and Classical First-Order Transitions (A Pelissetto and E Vicari)
  
  
  • Michael Fisher and Localization (F J Wegner)
  
  
  • Fermi Surface Renormalization Group (R Shankar)
  
  
  • Critical Matter (L Radzihovsky)
  
  
  
  


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  Finite Size Scaling, Monte Carlo:

  
  
  
  
  • Multiparameter Universality and Intrinsic Diversity in Weakly Anisotropic Bulk and Confined Systems (V Dohm)
  
  
  • Michael Fisher's Relationship to Monte Carlo (D P Landau and W Selke)
  
  
  • Finite-Size Scaling (A P Young)
  
  
  
  


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  Field Theory:

  
  
  
  
  • Should We Worry about Renormalons in the ∊-expansion? (E Brézin)
  
  
  • Field-Theoretic Renormalization Group in Models of Critical Behavior, Turbulence and Non-equilibrium Dynamics (L Adzhemyan, N Antonov, M Hnatič, J Honkonen, P Kakin, D Kazakov, M Komarova, M Kompaniets, A Kudlis, T Lučivjanský, M Nalimov)
  
  
  • Critical Phenomena and the Bootstrap (D Poland and D Simmons-Duffin)
  
  
  • Quantum Statistical Mechanics of the Sachdev–Ye–Kitaev Model and Charged Black Holes (S. Sachdev)
  
  
  
  


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  Soft Matter, Complex Matter and Biological Physics:

  
  
  
  
  • Topological Transformations of Biomembranes and Vesicles via Fission and Fusion (R Lipowsky)
  
  
  • Universal Scaling Function Ansatz for Finite Temperature Jamming (S A Ridout, J P Sethna, and A J Liu)
  
  
  • How I Met Michael Fisher and Started Working in Biophysics (A B Kolomeisky)
  
  
  • Topological Defects in Living Matter (J M Yeomans)
  
  
  • Critical Casimir Forces in Soft Matter (A Gambassi and S Dietrich)
  
  
  
  


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  Michael E Fisher — Publications Until 2017

  
  


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  Index

  
  

Readership: Condensed matter physicists and in related fields.