This is a thoroughly revised version of the original book published
in 1986. About half of the contents of the previous version remain
essentially unchanged, and one quarter has been rewritten and
updated. The rest consists of completely new and extended material.
Recent research has focussed on new materials made through
"molecular engineering," and computational materials science
through ab initio electron structure calculations. Another trend is
the ever growing interdisciplinary aspect of both basic and applied
materials science. There is an obvious need for reviews that link
well established results to the modern approaches. One purpose of
this book is to provide such an overview in a specific field of
materials science, namely thermophysical phenomena that are
intimately connected with the lattice vibrations of solids. This
includes, e.g., elastic properties and electrical and thermal
transport.
Furthermore, this book attempts to present the results in such a
form that the reader can clearly see their domain of applicability,
for instance if and how they depend on crystal structure, defects,
applied pressure, crystal anisotropy etc. The level and
presentation is such that the results can be immediately used in
research.
Graduate students in condensed matter physics, metallurgy,
inorganic chemistry or geophysical materials will benefit from this
book as will theoretical physicists and scientists in industrial
research laboratories.
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