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Preface xvii1 Overview 11.1 Condensed matter physics 11.2 An example - H2O 31 Gaseous and liquid states 32 The liquid-gas phase transition 43 Spatial correlations in the liquid state 54 Ice - crystallized water 85 Broken symmetry and rigidity 106 Dislocations - topological defects 127 Universality of the water example 138 Fluctuations and spatial dimension 159 Overview of book 161 .3 Energies and potentials 171 Energy scales 172 Van der Waals attraction 183 Molecular hydrogen - the Heitler-London approach 204 Hard-sphere repulsion 225 Exchange interaction and magnetism 246 The hydrogen molecule, molecular orbitals, and bandsin metals 25Bibliography 28References 282 Structure and scattering 292.1 Elementary scattering theory - Bragg's law 292 .2 Photons, neutrons, or electrons 332 .3 The density Operator and its correlation functions 342 .4 Liquids and gases 381 Hard-sphere liquids 402 .5 Crystalline solids 431 Unit cells and the direct lattice 432 The reciprocal lattice 45vm Contents3 Periodic functions 464 Bragg scattering 472.6 Symmetry and crystal structure 491 Two-dimensional Bravais lattices 502 Three-dimensional Bravais lattices 533 Close packed structures 564 Space groups 572.7 Liquid crystals 581 Isotropic, nematic and cholesteric phases 582 Smectics-A and -C 613 Hexatic phases 654 Discotic phases 685 Lyotropic liquid crystals and micro