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Texts

The textbook for this class is:

Kittel, Charles. Introduction to Solid State Physics. 8th ed. New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons, 2004. ISBN: 9780471415268.

A useful reference is:

Ashcroft, Neil W., and N. David Mermin. Solid State Physics. New York, NY: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1976. ISBN: 9780030839931.

Readings

The readings in this class are linked to specific problem sets. In the table below, the readings are listed by the problem set with which they are associated.