Condensed matter pop science book

m00npirate

I've read a couple (nontehnical) books on cosmology and particle physics, but there seems to be a dearth of these on condensed matter. Anyone know of one out there? Or perhaps a semi-technical book that I could understand most of with 1 year of calc. Thanks in advance

Daverz

How about The Nature of Solids.

ozymandias

Try "Why things are the way they are", by Chandrasekar (hope I've spelled his name right :) ) - yep, the astrophysics guy.

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Assaf
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las3rjock

For a semi-technical book, I recommend The Solid State by Rosenberg. In response to the previous reply, the correct spelling is "Chandrasekhar", and I'm pretty sure it's not the astrophysicist ("Chandrasekhar" is a relatively common Indian last name). Finally, for a non-technical book, The New Science of Strong Materials by Gordon and Ball looks pretty good and is readily available.

ozymandias

I stand corrected :).

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Assaf
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m00npirate

Awesome! Thanks for the suggestions =]

m00npirate

Which one of these did you mean? http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw...enberg&x=0&y=0

las3rjock

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0198518706

Chris Hillman

The author of the book you cited is Bellur Sivaramiah Chandrasekhar (b. 1928); the Nobel Laureate astrophysicist was Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar (1910-1995).