Professor Phillips provides an accurate exploration and solid foundation for students and researchers of this fast-growing field.
Solid state physics continues to be the fastest-growing sub-discipline in physics. This much anticipated new book provides ample background that underpins the principles of solid state physics, and moves quickly to an overview of current research in this fast-moving field. Upper division undergraduates and graduate students in physics who wish to pursue solid state physics research must master old topics, as well as problems of current interest. This book serves that purpose, and fills students' needs.
Author Biography: Phil Phillips received his bachelor's degree in chemistry and mathematics from Walla Walla College in 1979 and his Ph.D. in physical chemistry from the University of Washington in 1982. After a Miller Fellowship at Berkeley, he joined the faculty in the Department of Chemistry at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (19841993). Professor Phillips came to the University of Illinios Department of Physics in 1993. He is the recipient of the Edward A. Bouchet Award of the American Physcial Society (2000), Beckman Associate at Center for Advanced Study (1999), Senir Xerox Faculty Research Award (1998), Miller Postdoctoral Fellowship at University of California, Berkeley (19814). He is the author of numerous scientific papers. This is his first book.