1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. CRYSTAL CLEAR -- Bonding and Crystal Structures -- 3. THE REJECTION OF PERFECTION -- Defects, Amorphous Materials and Polymers -- 4. STRESSED OUT -- The Mechanical Properties of Solids -- 5. IN, OUT, SHAKE IT ALL ABOUT -- Diffraction, Phonons and Thermal Properties of Solids -- 6. UNABLE TO RESIST -- Metals, Semiconductors and Superconductors -- 7. CHIPS WITH EVERYTHING -- Semiconductor Devices and Dielectrics -- 8. LIVING IN A MAGNETIC WORLD -- Magnetism and its Applications -- APPENDIXES -- INDEX.
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This is an accessible elementary level undergraduate course text in solid state physics for not only physics students, but materials science and electrical engineering students as well.