Electronic Structure and the Properties of Solids：The Physics of the Chemical Bond

"Shouldbewidelyreadbypracticingphysicists，chemistsandmaterialsscientists."—PhilosophicalMagazine
Inthiscomprehensiveandinnovativetext，ProfessorHarrison(StanfordUniversity)offersabasicunderstandingoftheelectronicstructureofcovalentandionicsolids，simplemetals，transitionmetals，andtheircompounds.Thebookilluminatestherelationshipsoftheelectronicstructuresofthesematerialsandshowshowtocalculatedielectric，conducting，andbondingpropertiesforeach.Alsodescribedarevariousmethodsofapproximatingelectronicstructure，providinginsightandevenquantitativeresultsfromthecomparisons.Dr.Harrisonhasalsoincludedanespeciallyhelpful"SolidStateTableoftheElements"thatprovidesalltheparametersneededtoestimatealmostanypropertyofanysolid，withahand-heldcalculator，usingthetechniquesdevelopedinthebook.
Designedforgraduateoradvancedundergraduatestudentswhohavecompletedanundergraduatecourseinquantummechanicsoratomicandmodernphysics，thetexttreatstherelationbetweenstructureandpropertiescomprehensivelyforallsolidsratherthanforsmallclassesofsolids.Thismakesitanindispensablereferenceforallwhomakeuseofapproximativemethodsforelectronic-structureengineering，semiconductordevelopmentandmaterialsscience.
Theproblemsattheendsofthechaptersareanimportantaspectofthebook.Theyclearlyshowthatthecalculationsforsystemsandpropertiesofgenuineandcurrentinterestareactuallyquiteelementary.Prefaces.Problems.Tables.Appendixes.SolidStateTableoftheElements.Bibliography.AuthorandSubjectIndexes.
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