A review of Quantum Many-Particle Systems. By John W. Negele and Henri Orland. (Addison Wesley, 1988.) [Pp. xviii +459] £38·65 hbk. ISBN 0 201 12593 5. Scope: Textbook. Level: Postgraduate.
"Singlemindedly devoted to its job of educating potential many-particle theorists…deserves to become the standard text in the field." - Physics Today"The most comprehensive textbook yet published in its field and every postgraduate student or teacher in this field should own or have access to a copy." - EndeavorA self-contained, unified treatment of nonrelativistic many-particle systems, this text offers a solid introduction to procedures in a manner that enables students to adopt techniques for their own use. Its discussions of formalism and applications move easily between general theo