The phase transition
The following sections are included:
Free energies
Metals: mean field behavior
Examples of non-mean field behavior
The anomalous normal state in the ceramics
Fluctuations
The small grain case
Three-dimensional fluctuations: quasi-mean field treatment
The heat capacity transition in the High Tc: the case of YBCO
The heat capacity transition in high anisotropy cuprates
Condensation energies
Summary
Further reading