This successful and widely-reviewed book covering the physics of condensed matter systems is now available in paperback.

What chaotic dynamics was to classical mechanics, this book is to condensed matter physics. The book establishes a general framework for describing all known co

This undergraduate textbook merges traditional solid state physics with contemporary condensed matter physics, providing an up-to-date introduction to the major

"...an admirable book. Indeed, it scarcely needs my commendation: It is already being widely used as a graduate text on both sides of the Atlantic." Nature