vol. 2 (Wiley, New York, 1963), pp. 493-579.

Rapoport’s own account of his life, and his life’s work, is: ⋆ Rapoport, A.

Certainties and Doubts: A Philosophy of Life (Black Rose Press, Montreal, 2000). (5) دور الفيزيائيين

The classic text on the theory of critical phenomena is: • Stanley, H. E.

Introduction to Phase Transitions and Critical

(Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1971).

A more contemporary version is: • Sornette, D.

Critical

(Springer, Berlin, 2000).

A detailed discussion of spin systems and phase transitions is given in: • Palmer, R. Broken ergodicity. In Stein, D. L. (ed.),

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