James Livingston has written a highly readable undergraduate text introducing the physics and chemistry underlying the electronic properties of engineering solids. The first half of the text uses a semi-classical approach, while the second half introduces quantum mechanics and applies quantum chemistry and quantum physics to the basic properties of metals, insulators, and semiconductors.
| ISBN: | 9780471316275 |
| Publication date: | 11th January 1999 |
| Author: | James D Livingston |
| Publisher: | John Wiley & Sons, Inc. an imprint of Wiley |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 320 pages |
| Series: | MIT Series in Materials Science & Engineering |
| Genres: |
Mechanical engineering and materials |