<strong>Solid State Physics</strong> opens with the adiabatic approximation to the manybodyproblem of a system of ions and valence electrons. After chapters on ... » 

Solid State Physics opens with the adiabatic approximation to the manybodyproblem of a system of ions and valence electrons. After chapters on latticesymmetry structure and dynamics it then proceeds with four chapters devotedto the singleelectron theory of the solid state. Semiconductors anddielectrics are covered in depth and chapters on magnetism andsuperconductivity follow. The book concludes with a chapter on solid surfaces.Every section is followed by solved problems some of them illustrating areasof current interest in solid state physics to give the student a practicalworking knowledge of the subject and the text is illustrated by manysupplementary examples. «