Publisher's Synopsis
An edited work covering topics from the prehistory of solid state physics, diffraction and electrons at the Fermi surface, superconductivity, solid state optics and microelectronics. It traces the history and achievements of the science of the solid state. It provides a balanced overview of the subject accessible in part or in whole to a wide readership.
Of interest to professional physicists, engineers and scientists in condensed matter physics and the related areas of metallurgy, solid state physics and chemistry, electronics and materials science and historians of science.
