Solid State Physics

A broad spectrum book, I found it very useful for reading during University module. I would thoroughly recommend this book for condensed matter introduction

The book itself seems pretty decent. This cheap Indian edition, however, is not very good. The pages are super thin and the text is too close to the inner margin.

Without saying the obvious this book is essential reading for all students studying the solid state : particularly metals. The point i wish to communicate is simply to be aware that the Indian Edition of this book has been printed with an exceedingly small margin: Which means that the text can appear to curve into the spine of the book while reading. Bending the pages on the left hand side down sorts this out but its a bit annoying. Otherwise the Indian Edition is fine and i would recommend it.

exactly as described! very fast delivery! couldn't ask for better

Fast delivery, excelent price.

This book was originally published in 1976 and has had many reprints (mostly in India) since. I can't comment on the contents as I am a librarian not a physicist but what was supplied to us, through a seller, is the 2012 reprint. I assume what was listed on Amazon was the 2003 reprint - the same ISBN has been utilised. Other reviewers say the content is good and I don't know how much the world of physics changes so it probably is totally adequate for purpose.

Simply perfect!!

Perfect and in time!

Arrivato nel giro di una settimana dall'ordine. La carta delle pagine è molto sottile e ha la copertina flessibile, ma essendo un'edizione economica è perfetto. Mi è arrivato in ottime condizioni in quanto era impacchettato con cartone e plastiche varie. Contenuto ottimo e molto chiaro!

This is a classic gem available in the market of solid state physics or condensed matter physics. I would recommend it to every learner of the subject. It is better than the popular Kittel’s book.

This is an excellent book. It is highly logical and very carefully worded. If you spend the time following the logic of the arguments, you will be rewarded by a very clear understanding of the subject matter. Pre requisites for this are (1) quantum mechanics [fairly good background] and (2) statistical mechanics. Probably of greatest note, I would HIGHLY RECOMMEND using this book alongside ICTP (Abdus Salam International Center for Theoretical Physics) online video lectures on Solid State Physics by S. Scandalo. Look at website and you will find free access to these lectures. I am a self-studier of physics (not now or ever enrolled in formal degree programs), and Scandalo's lectures are INCREDIBLE. He is also highly logical and moves at a very appropriate pace for learners of the subject. He seems to formulate his arguments and derive his equations on the spot (rather than have preprepared lecture notes that are quickly written down and often makes lecture too fast to fully grasp). Scandalo's superb online video lectures coupled with this outstanding book makes learning Solid State Physics quite approachable and frankly deeply interesting and exciting. Only note that lectures don't fully correlate in sequence (which is okay); for example Scandalo starts from equivalent of Ch 3 of this book. Of note for other self-studiers, you do need good quantum mechanics and statistical mechanics background. For QM, there are good choices, but for books I have found Griffiths to be the best (although I first learned QM from Shankar); online video lectures by Barton Zwiebach (coupled with his great lecture notes) were outstanding and my favorite. For Statistical Mechanics, I did not do any online videos (though this might be worth it), but really enjoyed the presentation of Thermal Physics by Schroeder (which includes a lot of SM but also some classical thermodynamics).

I like it. It deal with a subect with profundity and an easy-to-understand approach

El libro me llegó casi una semana antes de lo esperado; el contenido estaba correcto, sin ninguna página defectuosa ni manchas ni nada. Muy contento con el pedido, la verdad.