Solid State Physics Textbooks

I wrote this book for the course, Principles of Solid State Physics, developed at Brigham Young University. The course was specifically intended for non-physics majors. The prerequisites are two semesters of introductory physics that cover mechanics and electric and magnetic fields. A course in modern physics is not a prerequisite. Thus, many topics of modern physics, such as quantum mechanics, are included in this course to the extent that they are needed to understand the aspects of solid state physics covered.

 Solid State Physics was published by Allyn and Bacon in 1987. A few years later, Prentice Hall acquired Allyn and Bacon. In 1992 they decided to discontinue my book and transferred the copyright to me. In 2000, I contracted with Creative Works at BYU to print my book.

I wrote this book for an advanced undergraduate course in solid state physics. I included in this book most of the material in Solid State Physics plus some additional more advanced material.

You may order these books from Creative Works, Brigham Young University, either by phone (1-800-962-8061) or over the internet, creativeworks.byu.edu/catalog.

Bookstores may order these books wholesale either by phone (1-800-962-8061) or over the internet, creativeworks.byu.edu/catalog/resellers.

Instructors who are considering adopting this textbook for a course may contact me at stokesh@byu.edu for an examination copy and solutions manual.

I have developed some teaching resources to accompany these textbooks. These are available over the internet. Click here for more information.