Introduction to Solid State Physics Second Edition

The First Paragraph of the Preface: This volume is intended as an introductory textbook in solid state physics for students of physics, chemistry, and engineering. My object has been to write an elementary and short account of representative aspects of the physics of solids. The level of presentation supposes that the reader will have a good general familiarity with modem atomic physics to the extent of the undergraduate courses offered under this title in many universities. A course in quantum mechanics is not prerequisite to understanding most of the book, but the reader should be familiar with the Planck radiation law, the de Broglie relation, the Bohr theory of the hydrogen atom, the Zeeman effect, and the wave equation for free particles. Several advanced topics requiring a formal background of quantum mechanics are developed in appendices.