Title Quantum Theory of the Solid State : An Introduction Author(s) Kantorovich, Lev Publication Dordrecht, Springer Netherlands, 2004. Description XXVI, 626 p : online resource Abstract Note "Quantum Physics of the Solid State: an Introduction" Draft foreword: 26/09/03 If only this book had been available when I was starting out in science! It would have saved me countless hours of struggle in trying to apply the general ideas of the standard solid-state text-books to solve real problems. The fact is that most of the texts stop at the point where the real difficulties begin. The great merit of this book is that it describes in an honest and detailed way what one really has to do in order to understand the multifarious properties of solids in terms of the fundamental physical theory of quantum mechanics. University students of the physical sciences are taught about the fundamental the?? ories, and know that quantum mechanics, together with relativity, is our basis for understanding the physical world. But the practical difficulties of using quantum mechanics to do anything useful are usually not very well explained. The truth is that the application of quantum theory to achieve our present detailed understand?? ing of solids has required the development of a large array of mathematical tech?? niques. This is closely analogous to the challenge faced long ago by theoretical astronomers in trying to apply Newton's equations of motion to the heavens -they too had to develop a battery of theoretical and computational techniques to do cal?? culations that could be compared with observation ISBN,Price 9781402021541 Keyword(s) 1. Characterization and Evaluation of Materials 2. COMPLEX SYSTEMS 3. CONDENSED MATTER 4. CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS 5. DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS 6. EBOOK 7. EBOOK - SPRINGER 8. MATERIALS SCIENCE 9. MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS 10. PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY 11. STATISTICAL PHYSICS 12. Statistical Physics and Dynamical Systems 13. Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics Item Type eBook Multi-Media Links Please Click here for eBook Circulation Data Accession#   Call# Status Issued To Return Due On Physical Location I10505     On Shelf