| View Larger Image | Solid State Physics | Hardcoverby Neil W. Ashcroft (Author), N. David Mermin (Author)
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| | Binding: | Hardcover | | Publisher: | Brooks Cole | | Edition: | 1st Edition | | Page Count: | 848 Pages | | Publication Date: | January 02, 1976 | | Sales Rank: | 104,454th |
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Product Description
This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the field of solid state physics for undergraduate students in physics, chemistry, engineering, and materials science. |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.0 based on 17 reviews)
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Very Clear, Sound, and Solid by Youcef Hamida (Berkeley)  5 Stars
April 01, 2009
I am interested in Magnetic Properties of Materials. I first read most of Kittel. I had to read it about 4 or 5 times to really know what he means. Then, I started reading A&M. I started with chapters 31,32, and 33. I really liked them so much and found them very insightful. Then I found myself reading chapters 1-9, and kept going on.
Yes, this book is a little more advanced than Kittel as far as the math is concerned, but, in my opinion, no familiarity with solid state is required.
The thing I really dislike about Kittel is his wording. It is just too concise and precise that if one misses one word he finds himself lost.
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ashcroft and mermin by H. Arham  4 Stars
February 27, 2009
when i become the king of the world i will make it compulsory on everyone to study physics and then people will know about this book.
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Old book, but the physics is the same by Reviewer (Near Columbus, OH United States) 5 Stars
August 06, 2007
The Ashcroft text is superior to other Solid State texts because of its readbility. It is not over-written like some texts, and its presentation of fundamentals is appropriate for a graduate course in solid state physics. It is not fair to under-rate the book simply because it is "old". Despite having several decades to write a better book, few authors have.
There are advanced chapters toward the end of the book that lay the foundations for superconductivity and vibrations in solids, among other things. Like most physics books, the direct application of the physics to real world tools is an afterthought, as it took me 5 years of experience to finally realize that Ashcroft's treatment of phonons in later chapters could be used to describe the piezoelectric efficiency of acoustic sensors. Perhaps this is because the book is dated, or perhaps it is because many physics texts fail to make the link between consumer technologies and fundamental breakthroughs in understanding, as if it is beneath the moral integrity of physics to worry about the engineering that follows. The work in superconductivity is advanced for a typical solid state course and might be better for a special topics series, as it was when I was a graduate student.
Ashcroft will serve as a good primer for most solid state topics, and it is well augmented with Kittel. A lesser book by Ibach and Luth, while it has just a few positive qualities, will fail a student unless they have Ashcroft on hand. Between Ashcroft and Kittel, a student would have a strong reference library.
As a side note, while it seems to be par for the course for most solid state texts, little is done to address the findamentals of crystalline structure that have led to the growth and evolution of the field of materials science. One of Ashcroft's introductory chapters summarizes a fundamental MSE text (such as Callister) very well by describing different crystalline structures and calculating packing fractions. However, it requires a leap of understanding to see that solid state physics is not just about semiconductors, but it is also about strength of materials and the fundamentals of transmission electron microscopy, among other things. Ashcroft is not to blame for this oversight - perhaps publishers would rather separate these topics for diversification and an overall increase in sales.
In short, if you are an instructor considering a text for you upcoming course, I strongly recommend Ashcroft. The physics hasn't changed since the book was introduced, though the applications have.
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Bible for Solid State Physics by Gregory Mogilevsky (Chapel Hill, NC, USA) 4 Stars
January 09, 2007
Unfortunately this is the only solid fundamental Solid State physics book available. The problems at the ends of chapters have very little to do with the reading and there is no solution manual available. As a source for reading the book works very well, as concepts are explained throughly. However I do not recommend using this book as a source for homework since the problems are more concerned with mindless algebra rather than physical concepts. A lot of "make this expression look like this" type problems.
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science has marched on... by RPG (Timbuktu)  2 Stars
June 28, 2006
This is a very well-written book, but it is OVER THIRTY YEARS OLD. The selection of topics was excellent for the time, but it is now a different time. If you are not yet brain-dead, i.e. not content with teaching only what you learned as a grad student, try something more current, such as Chaikin and Lubensky.
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