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Anonymous
Posted March 4, 2009
This book does an extremely poor job of explaining important concepts of solid state physics. There are only a few examples and even those do not flow well within the text. Many of the exercises at the end of the chapter were poorly related to the material. I had to reference other books and professors to get the required information.
The only redeeming quality of this book was that it covered a fairly large range of topics. However, it is no help to someone that would like to learn the material. There are large jumps and gaps in the flow of the information.
A text that I briefly referenced was Aschroft and Mermin. I did not read the text as completely as I did this one because Kittel was the text assigned for the class, so I can only say that I found it useful. I would recommend to purchase the Aschroft and Mermin Solid State Physics textbook instead of this one.
Anonymous
Posted August 12, 2002
i personally didnt like this book at all.. the only positive thing that i can say for this book is that it covers all the modern topics.. (which book doesnt?) however, it makes huge jumps in conclusions that have little explanations to go with them.. it does not explain important concepts in a coherent fashion.. it's possible to cite many instances of blunt statements and formulae with hardly any context at all! in fact in certain sections it looks almost like a handbook for standard formulae in solid state physics.. to top it off there is the use of the almost extinct CGS units with the occasional SI equivalent formulae thrown in... there is no consistency even in the use of these SI unit formulae.. therefore, it would not be an understatement to say that this important subject is treated in a very offhand fashion by the author... i would recommend that the serious student read the book by Ashcroft and Mermin instead of this rather shallow book..
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