![]() The free-electron theory of metals is introduced in Chapter 9 and applied to electronemission processes. Wave-mechanical concepts are not used, and subjects treated in this part of the book are accordingly not treated so deeply as those in the later chapters. Prerequisite to these discussions is a knowledge of statistical thermodynamics and of the quantized harmonic oscillator. DEKKER’S book present the classical theory of crystals and include discussions of dislocations, alloys, ionic conductivity and diffusion, and ferroelectrics. It is intended for senior undergraduate and beginning graduate students in engineering, physics, chemistry, and metallurgy. The book reviewed here belongs to the same class as KITTEL and should contribute to the broadening of interest and competence in solidstate physics. An analytical understanding of the physics of solids became possible by a much wider spectrum of students with the appearance in 1953 of KITTEL’S introductory text and the subsequent publication of several similar books. Prior to SEITZ’S monumental book in 1940, the student had to extract an understanding of the behavior of solids from a handful of distinguished but highly specialized monographs. ![]() THE present generation of students studying the physical properties of solids has the advantage over students of a few years ago that excellent introductory textbooks are now available. Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffi, New Jersey, 1957. ![]()
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