THE MATERIALS P H Y S I C S COMPANION 2ND EDITION ANTHONY C. FISCHER-CRIPPS

Preface---

This book aims to present the minimum of “what you need to

know” about materials physics in a semi-introductory manner.

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The book is a companion to more detailed books in solid state

and materials physics. I hope that the book will provide answers

to some difficult questions faced by undergraduate students of

physics, as well as serve as a handy reminder for professional

scientists who need to have just a brief refreshment of a

particular subject area studied long ago.

Those readers who have had a science education at the

University of Technology, Sydney, will recognise the hands of

Geoff Anstis, Bob Cheary, Walter Kalceff, Les Kirkup, John

Milledge, Tony Moon, Geoff Smith and Ray Woolcott in this Milledge, Tony Moon, Geoff Smith and Ray Woolcott in this

book. To them, my former teachers, I express my gratitude for a

very fine education in materials physics, even if at the time I did

not appreciate their efforts. As well, I was greatly assisted by the

knowledgeable and helpful staff at the CSIRO Division of

Industrial Physics, especially Howard Lovatt and Karl-Heinz

Muller, who answered my many questions with kindness and

authority.

Finally, I thank Tom Spicer for his sponsorship of the first

edition at the Institute of Physics Publishing, and John Navas and

Francesca McGowan at Taylor & Francis for their continued Francesca McGowan at Taylor & Francis for their continued

support for this second edition.

Tony Fischer-Cripps,

Killarney Heights, Australia

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