The Physics of Solids Essentials and Beyond /

• Main Author: Economou, Eleftherios N. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2010.
• Series: Graduate Texts in Physics,
• Subjects: Physics.; Condensed matter.; Engineering.; Metals.; Materials > Surfaces.; Thin films.; Condensed Matter Physics.; Engineering, general.; Metallic Materials.; Surfaces and Interfaces, Thin Films.

This textbook 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 absolute minimum of formal tools, emphasizes the basic princip...