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toponium on May 4, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Electron Band Structure In Germanium, My Ass

Amen to Ashcroft & Mermin. I found it much easier to use over Kittels solid state text. Or, more accurately, Shittels solid state physics

starwed on May 4, 2011 [–]

Indeed, the one solid-state class I took used Kittels, and I quickly ended up borrowing Ashcroft from someone. Kittels was the least "physics-y" physics textbook I ever came across.

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