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The choice of a title for this book presented considerable difficulty. The subject matter, on the other hand, did not, and can be summarized as follows. Measurements of thermal, acoustic and dielectric properties of amorphous or disordered solids below 50 K show a number of unusual features which have no counterpart in corresponding measurements in crystals. Similarly, optical measurements at characteristic frequencies below 1012 Hz show marked differences between amorphous and crystalline solids. It is these differences that provide the subject matter.
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Phillips, W.A. (1981). Introduction. In: Phillips, W.A. (eds) Amorphous Solids. Topics in Current Physics, vol 24. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-81534-8_1
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