Ashcroft and Mermin

Solid State Physics
Cover of the textbook
EditorDorothy Garbose Crane
AuthorNeil Ashcroft and N. David Mermin
IllustratorEric G. Hieber Associates, Inc.
LanguageEnglish
Subject
Genre
  • Non-fiction
  • Textbook
PublisherSaunders College Publishing
Publication date
1976
Publication placeUnited States
Pages833
ISBN0-03-083993-9 College edition
OCLC934604
530.41
LC ClassQC176.A83
Websitewww.cengage.com/c/solid-state-physics-1e-ashcroft/9780030839931/

Solid State Physics, better known by its colloquial name Ashcroft and Mermin, is an introductory condensed matter physics textbook written by Neil Ashcroft and N. David Mermin.[1] Published in 1976 by Saunders College Publishing and designed by Scott Olelius, the book has been translated into over half a dozen languages and it and its competitor, Introduction to Solid State Physics (often shortened to Kittel), are considered the standard introductory textbooks of condensed matter physics.

  1. ^ Matthews, Jermey N. A. (26 July 2013). "A look back at the birth of Ashcroft and Mermin". Physics Today. doi:10.1063/PT.4.2517.