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1、iToRonaldColeman,whosharedaloveofinventionandexperiment.iiPrefaceThisbookcouldnothavebeenwrittenwithouttheinspirationofmyfamily,mentors,friendscolleaguesandstudents,whomIthankfromthebottomofmyheart.Certainfolkdeserveaveryspecialmention.Asakid,mymotherinspiredmewithaloveofmathematicsandsc
2、ience.Myfathertaughtmethattheoryis?ne,butamountstonoughtwithoutdown-to-earthpragmatismandreal-worldexperiment.IowesomuchtoGilLonzarichatCambridgewhoinspiredandintroducedmetothebeautyofcondensedmatterphysics,andtoPhilAnderson,who,asagraduatestudent,introducedmetotheideaofemergenceandtheno
3、tionthatdeepnewphysicsisfoundwithinelegantnewconcepts,butsimplemathematics.IparticularlywanttothankmywifeandphysicscolleagueatRutgers,PremiChandra,whonotonlyencouragedme,butkeptitrealbyconstantlyremindingmetothinkaboutmyaudience.AtRutgers,mycolleagues,ElihuAbraham,NatanAndrei,LevIo?eandG
4、abiKotliarreceivemyspecialappreciation,forovertheyearshavekeptphysicsexcitingandreal,bysharingwithmetheirideas,questionsandlisteningtomyown.IaslowanttoespeciallynotemyRussianfriendsandcollaborators,whohaveprovidedconstantinputandnewinsight,especiallythelateAnatolyLarkin,andmytwoclosefrie
5、nds,AndreyChubukovandAlexeiTsvelikeachofwhomhassharedwithmethewonderfulRussianidealof“kitchentable”physics.Throughoutthebook,therearevariousreferencestothehistoryofmanybodyphysics-hereIhavebene?ttedimmenselyovertheyearsespthroughdiscussionwithDavidPines,DimaKhmelnitski,LevGor'kovandIgorD
6、zalozinsky.Myapologiestoyouforanyinnaccuraciesyou?ndinthisaspectofthetext.IalsowishtothankAndyScho?eld,whohassharedwithmehisideasaboutpresentingbasicmanybodyphysics.Manyothershavereadthebookwithacriticaleye,providingwonderfulsuggestions,includingEranLebanon,AnnaPosazhennikovaandRevazRama
7、zashvili.Finally,mydeepthankstomanystudentsandpostdocswhohavelistenedtomylecturesovertheyears,helpingtoimprovethecourseandpresentation.IparticularlywanttothanktheNationalScienceFoundation,andtheDepartmentofEnergy,whoovertheyearshavesupportedmyresearchatRutgersUniversityin