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Elementary Solid State Physics: Principles and Applications

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Elementary Solid State Physics: Principles and Applications

M. Ali. Omar, "Elementary Solid State Physics: Principles and Applications"
1975 | ISBN-10: 0201054825 | 544 pages | Djvu| 14 MB

PREFACE
This volume is intended to serve as a general text in solid state physics for undergraduates in physics, applied physics, engineering, and other related scientific disciplines. I also hope that it will serve as a useful reference tool for the many workers engaged in one type of solid state research activity or another, who may be without formal training in the subject.
Since there are now many books on solid state physics available, some justification is needed for the introduction of yet another at this time. This I can perhaps do best by stating the goals I strove to achieve in the writing of it, and let the reader judge for himself how successful the effort may have been.
First, I have attempted to cover a wide range of topics, which is consistent with my purpose in writing a general and complete text which may also serve as an effective general reference work. The wide coverage also reflects the immensely wide scope of curent research in solid state physics. But despite this, I have made a determined effort to
underline the close interrelationships between the disparate parts, and bring the unity and coherence of the whole subject into perspective.
Second, I have tried to present as many practical applications as possible within the limits of this single volume. In this not only have I taken into consideration those readers whose primary interest lies in the applications rather than in physics per se, but I have also encouraged prospective physics majors to think in terms of the practical implications of the physical results; this is particularly vital at the present time, when great emphasis is placed on the contribution of science and technology to the solution of social and economic problems.
Third, this book adheres to an interdisciplinary philosophy; thus, in addition to the areas covered in traditional solid state texts in the first ten chapters, the last three chapters introduce additional material to which solid state physicists have made many significant contributions. The subjects include metallurgy, defects in solids, new materials, and biophysics and are of great contemporary importance and practical interest.
Fourth, I have made every effort to produce a modem, up-to-date text. Solid state physics has progressed very rapidly in the past two or three decades, and yet many advances have thus far failed to make their way into elementary texts, and
remain scattered haphazardly throughout many different sources in the literature. Yet it is clear that early and thorough assimilation of the concepts underlying these advances, particularly by the young student, is essential to the growth and development in this field which await us in the future.
Fifth, and of greatest importance, this book is elementary in nature, and I have made every effort to ensure that it is thoroughly understandable to the well-prepared undergraduate student. I have attempted to introduce new concepts gradually, and to supply the necessary mathematical details for the various steps along the way. I have then discussed the final results in terms of their physical meaning, and their relation to other more familiar situations whenever this seems helpful. The book is liberally illustrated with figures, and a fairly complete list of references is supplied for those readers interested in further pursuit of the subjects discussed here…