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Saito Kazuya.
    Chemical physics of molecular condensed matter / K. Saito. - Germany : Springer, 2020. - 220 p. : ill. - ISBN 978-981-15-9025-2

This book gives a coherent description starting from intermolecular interaction up to properties of condensed matter ranging from the isotropic liquid to molecular crystals in terms of molecular language. The contents should serve as a starting point based on the current status for further study. It may be useful to give some comments about the adoption of subjects. The book highlights the effects of molecular properties, i.e., the presence of the shape and its deformation, on structure and properties. However, I omitted details for specific subjects for which a comprehensive monograph is available. Linear and branched polymers correspond to the case though they well fit the category. Many specialized textbooks are available. Besides, they need specific treatment as a string or ribbon. This coarse-grained treatment mostly throws the identity of molecules away. It is a kind of idealization of a higher order. On the other hand, even if the subject remains, the topic non-relevant to molecular nature is excluded. The continuum theory of liquid crystals is an example.