Introduction to Solid State Physics

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 047141526X ISBN 13: 9780471415268

Publisher: Wiley, 2004

Since the publication of the first edition over 50 years ago,Introduction to Solid State Physics has been the standard solidstate physics text for physics students. The author's goal from thebeginning has been to write a book that is accessible toundergraduates and consistently teachable. The emphasis in the bookhas always been on physics rather than formal mathematics. Witheach new edition, the author has attempted to add important newdevelopments in the field without sacrificing the book'saccessibility and teachability.

* A very important chapter on nanophysics has been written by anactive worker in the field. This field is the liveliest addition tosolid state science during the past ten years
* The text uses the simplifications made possible by the wideavailability of computer technology. Searches using keywords on asearch engine (such as Google) easily generate many fresh anduseful references

About the Author:

Charles Kittel did his undergraduate work in physics at M.I.T andat the Cavendish Laboratory of Cambridge University. He receivedhis Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin. He worked in the solidstate group at Bell Laboratories, along with Bardeen and Shockley,leaving to start the theoretical solid state physics group atBerkeley in 1951. His research has been largely in magnetismand in semiconductors. In magnetism he developed the theories offerromagnetic and antiferromagnetic resonance and the theory ofsingle ferromagnetic domains, and extended the Bloch theory ofmagnons. In semiconductor physics he participated in the firstcyclotron and plasma resonance experiments and extended the resultsto the theory of impurity states and to electron-hole drops.

He has been awarded three Guggenheim fellowships, the OliverBuckley Prize for Solid State Physics, and, for contributions toteaching, the Oersted Medal of the American Association of PhysicsTeachers, He is a member of the National Academy of Science and ofthe American Academy of Arts and Sciences.