Overview
- Addresses rigorously selected topics in the physics of matter, covering atoms, molecules, and solids
- Offers detailed understanding based on the fundamental laws of physics
- Highlights all fundamental equations
- Contains more than 160 figures providing a clear visual impression of the main concepts
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics (ULNP)
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The focus is on present-day understanding and especially on phenomena fitting various independent-particle models. The historical development of this understanding, and phenomena such as magnetism and superconductivity, where interparticle interactions and nonadiabatic effects play a crucial role, are mostly omitted. A final outlook section stimulates the curiosity of the reader to pursue the study of such advanced topics in graduate courses.
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“Book … meets perfectly well the scope of being an expert assistant guiding the student across what looks today an intricate jungle, pinpointing what is essential and general and what is less, and providing the basic notions for safely enlarging, or specializing, the study on many other excellent, though ponderous, textbooks … . recommend them as a very useful support to any basic course in atomic, molecular and condensed matter physics, whether for undergraduate students in physics or materials science.” (G. Benedek, Il Nuovo Saggiatore, en.sif.it, Vol. 31 (3-4), 2015)
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Book Title: Introduction to the Physics of Matter
Book Subtitle: Basic atomic, molecular, and solid-state physics
Authors: Nicola Manini
Series Title: Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-14382-8
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-14382-8Published: 14 January 2015
Series ISSN: 2192-4791
Series E-ISSN: 2192-4805
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 276
Number of Illustrations: 106 b/w illustrations, 59 illustrations in colour
Topics: Atomic/Molecular Structure and Spectra, Condensed Matter Physics, Complex Systems, Quantum Physics, Thermodynamics, Statistical Physics and Dynamical Systems