Out of the Crystal Maze: Chapters from The History of Solid State Physics

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Author(s): Lillian Hoddeson, Ernst Braun, Jurgen Teichmann, Spencer Weart
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Year: 1992

Language: English
Pages: 722
Tags: Физика;История физики;Научные статьи и сборники

Contents......Page 22
Abbreviations......Page 24
1. The Roots of Solid-State Physics Before Quantum Mechanics......Page 28
2. The Development of the Quantum Mechanical Electron Theory of Metals, 1926–1933......Page 113
3. The Development of the Band Theory of Solids, 1933–1960......Page 207
4. Point Defects and Ionic Crystals: Color Centers as the Key to Imperfections......Page 261
5. Mechanical Properties of Solids......Page 342
6. Magnetism and Magnetic Materials......Page 384
7. Selected Topics from the History of Semiconductor Physics and Its Applications......Page 468
8. Collective Phenomena......Page 514
9. The Solid Community......Page 642
Contributors......Page 695
A......Page 698
B......Page 699
C......Page 700
D......Page 702
E......Page 703
F......Page 704
G......Page 705
H......Page 706
J......Page 708
L......Page 709
M......Page 710
N......Page 712
P......Page 713
R......Page 715
S......Page 716
T......Page 719
V......Page 720
Z......Page 721