Solid State Physics emphasizes a few fundamental principles and
extracts from them a wealth of information. This approach also
unifies an enormous and diverse subject which seems to consist of
too many disjoint pieces. The book starts with the absolutely
minimum of formal tools, emphasizes the basic principles, and
employs physical reasoning (" a little thinking and imagination" to
quote R. Feynman) to obtain results. Continuous comparison with
experimental data leads naturally to a gradual refinement of the
concepts and to more sophisticated methods. After the initial
overview with an emphasis on the physical concepts and the
derivation of results by dimensional analysis, The Physics of
Solids deals with the Jellium Model (JM) and the Linear Combination
of Atomic Orbitals (LCAO) approaches to solids and introduces the
basic concepts and information regarding metals and semiconductors.
The remainder, constituting enrichment and elective material,
re-examines the model under more realistic assumptions a well as
new, more advanced subjects, some normally treated on the graduate
level. While prerequisites include quantum mechanics,
electromagnetism, and possibly statistical physics, appendices
summarizing these subjects to make are included to make the book
more self-contained. The basic text is enhanced with worked
problems, copious illustrations, chapter-end exercises and
summaries. The approach, which emphasizes the underlying physical
concepts, unifies to some extent a subject that can seem too
diverse and consisting of too many disjoint pieces, requires from
students less memorizing of facts and formalisms but more
thinking.
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