Kantorovich Lev. Quantum Theory of the Solid State: An Introduction

Springer Netherlands, 2004. — 643 p. — (Fundamental Theories of Physics 136). — ISBN 13 9781402021541.If only this book had been available when I was starting out in science! It would
have saved me countless hours of struggle in trying to apply the general ideas of the standard solid-state text-books to solve real problems. The fact is that most of the texts stop at the point where the real difficulties begin. The great merit of this book is that it describes in an honest and detailed way what one really has to do in order to understand the multifarious properties of solids in terms of the fundamental physical theory of quantum mechanics.Structures
The reciprocal lattice and X-ray diffraction
Binding in Crystals
Atomic vibrations
Electrons in a periodic potential
Magnetism
Superconductivity
Dielectric materials
Modern methods of electronic structure calculations