Slow Relaxations and Nonequilibrium Dynamics in Condensed Matter - Les Houches Session LXXVII, 1-26 July, 2002 (Paperback, Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2003)

Intended for graduate students in physics and chemistry, this book touches on granular matter, protein folding, phase separating and evolution kinetics. Taking glasses as a central theme, it presents the problem of slow dynamics from several angles, a ubiquitous feature in condensed matter, mechanics and biological physics. Some of the best established workers in the field present different theoretical and experimental approaches to the subject.