Course Requirements

• Required: Electrical Properties of Materials (6th edition), L.
  Solymar and D. Walsh, Oxford Science Publications 1998
  (paperback!)
• Recommended: Introduction to Solid State Physics (nth edition), C.
  Kittel, Wiley Interscience (1999) (n=7). Good resource, many
  tables, but short on pedagogy.
• On reserve, ascending difficulty: Introductory Solid State
  Physics, H.P. Meyers, Taylor and Francis (1990); Solid State
  Physics, H. Ibach and H. Luth, Springer Verlag, 2nd edition
  (1995); Solid State Physics, N. Ashcroft and R. Mermin,
  Harcourt-Brace (1975).
• Topic-focused resources (not on reserve, but worth checking out):
  statistical mechanics: Thermal Physics, C. Kittel and Kroemer;
  tight-binding theory: Electronic structure and the properties of
  solids, W.A. Harrison; semiconductors: Physics of semiconductor
  devices, S.M. Sze; magnetics: Modern magnetic materials, R.C.
  O'Handley.

GRADING:

Homework 20\%
Midterms 20% and 20%
Final 40%