The Nature of SolidsUnusually clear, accessible introduction to contemporary theories of solid-state physics. Nonmathematical undergraduate-level treatment of heat, atoms and ions, molecules and metals, atomic motions, particles and waves, electrons in solids, many other topics. "Excellent . . . students will find it a pleasure to read." — Choice. 1965 edition. |
Contents
THEORIES | 1 |
HEAT | 12 |
HEAT CAPACITY | 21 |
ORDER | 32 |
SYMMETRY | 49 |
ATOMS AND IONS | 70 |
MOLECULES AND METALS | 85 |
STRUCTURES | 98 |
PARTICLES AND WAVES | 134 |
ELECTRONS IN ATOMS | 151 |
ELECTRONS IN SOLIDS | 165 |
ELECTRICAL CONDUCTION | 181 |
SEMICONDUCTORS | 200 |
MAGNETS | 220 |
APPENDIX SCALES OF ENERGY | 231 |
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