The Quantum Physics of Solids - I.

SHOCKLEY, W.:

Published by Reprinted from The Bell System Technical Journal, Vol. XVIII, October 1939, pp. 645-723.

About this Item

First separate edition. 79 pp; 35 figs. Original wrappers. Three holes punched in blank vertical margin (probably as issued), ink stamp (of E. R. Piore) on front wrapper. Else Very Good. Bell Telephone System Technical Publications, Mathematical Physics, Monograph B-1184. "Quantum mechanical concepts for isolated atoms are applied to inter-acting atoms, leading to methods of calculating energies and forces binding atoms together in crystals" (from the front wrapper). Shockley: Nobel Prize, Physics (shared with John Bardeen and William Brattain), 1956, "for their researches on semiconductors and their discovery of the transistor effect." Piore = President's Science Advisory Committee and Naval Research Advisory Committee, ca. 1965, and Vice-President of IBM, ca. mid 1960s.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Quantum Physics of Solids - I.
• Publisher: Reprinted from The Bell System Technical Journal, Vol. XVIII, October 1939, pp. 645-723.
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition