This book is based on research carried out by the author in close collabora­ tion with a number of colleagues. In particular, I wish to thank Per Bak, A. John Berlinsky, Hans C. Fogedby, Barry Frank, S. 1. Knak Jensen, David Mukamel, David Pink, and Martin Zuckermann for fruitful and extremely stimulating cooperation. It is a pleasure for me to note that active interaction with most of these colleagues is still continuing. The work has been performed at several different institutions, notably the Department of Chemistry, Aarhus University, Denmark, and the Depart­ ment of Physics, University of British Columb | Computer Studies of Phase Transitions and Critical Phenomena by Ole G. University Of Southe, Paperback | Indigo Chapters