The Physics of Solids
J. B. Ketterson
Reviews and Awards
"Ketterson's book is welcomed as a valuable and fairly successful attempt to expose solid-state physics from todays perspective." - Ernesto Estevez-Rams, Acta Crystallographica
"This is an outstanding book covering fundamental concepts and advanced theories explaining classical and quantum phenomena in solids. Solving the homework problems given at the end of each chapter will provide students with an in-depth understanding of the concepts... I strongly recommend it to all undergraduate, master's level, and research students interested in learning solid-state physics." - K. Kamala Bharathi, MRS Bulletin
"The book will be a great reference for those working in the field and for advanced physics students interested in these areas of physics... Recommended." - CHOICE
"This new book is outstanding in its discussion of fundamental concepts and choice of topics, unlike many current texts, which vary from the too-specialized and advanced, to engineering texts which avoid fundamentals, and the older classics (Kittel, Ashcroft and Mermin, Raimes, Ziman, Omar) which omit modern topics. From elasticity to superconductivity, magnetism, phonons, graphene, DFT ( just the right level for upper level physics), glasses, dislocations, strong correlations, High Tc, quantum devices and multilayers, optical properties, electron transport, Hartree-Fock and band-structure methods, Ketterson gets the physics right, and uses more clearer language in setting up his equations than any text Ive seen. For clarity, coverage, the minimal necessary connection with experiment, and level, this is one of the very best condensed matter texts Ive come across." - John C. H. Spence ForMemRS, Physics, Arizona State University
