The Modern Theory of Solids

New York: McGraw-Hill, 1940. First edition, fourth printing. Hardcover. Very good(+) copy; cloth is rubbed along the edges of corners; thin, 1" open tear to cloth along the foreedge of the cover board; spine label adhesive residue to tail of spine; light scuffs to cloth; pages are unmarked, clean, bright and free of creases; binding is square; hinges are tight.. Octavo in green cloth; 698 pages : diagrams ; 24 cm. In English. || Association copy from the library of Nobel laureate Dr. Donald A. Glaser, inventor of the bubble chamber; signed "D. A. Glaser 1953" on ffep; NB: search keyword DGLSR for more titles from The Glaser Collection including more signed and other collectibles. Series: International series in physics; Contents: Empirical classification of solid types -- The classical theory of ionic crystals -- The specific heats of simple solids -- The free-electron theory of metals and semi-conductors -- Quantum mechanical foundation -- Approximate treatment of the many-body problem -- Molecular binding -- The band approximation -- Approximational methods -- The cohesive energy -- The work function and the surface barrier -- The excited electronic states of solids -- The electronic structure of the five solid types -- The dynamics of nuclear motion; phase changes -- Theory of conductivity -- The magnetic properties of solids -- The optical properties of solids.
Descriptor: Solids.
Crystallography.