Fundamentals of Condensed Matter and Crystalline Physics: An Introduction for Students of Physics and Materials Science
"Fundamentals of Condensed Matter and Crystalline Physicssucceeds at covering many fundamental concepts of solid-state and soft-matter physics and at combining them in an approachable manner. If only one undergraduate elective course slot is available for solid-state  and soft matter, this text is clearly the best available option. It will also serve another important purpose: as a starting point for people who do not take such an undergraduate course."Ivan Smalyukh, University of Colorado, Boulder for Physics Today"This book provides a superb and much needed introduction to contemporary condensed matter physics, emphasizing that the solid phase covers much more than the perfect crystals of traditional textbooks. Liquids and selected topics of soft matter are also covered. In a pedagogical tour-de-force Sidebottom explains the concepts in the simplest possible terms, without compromising accuracy. I highly recommended this book."Jeppe Dyre, Professor of Physics, Roskilde University"Sidebottom presents the key concepts of condensed matter physics at an introductory level, and does a great job of relating different areas of condensed matter to one another, notably electronic properties of solids, and statistical mechanics of hard and soft materials.  This book is an excellent choice for a senior-level introduction to condensed matter physics."John F. Marko, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Northwestern University"Like the wind sweeping across the prairie, Sidebottom's "Fundamentals of Condensed Matter and Crystalline Physics" refreshes the entire landscape of solid state physics with a much needed paradigm shift away from the past 50 years. Here we find a holistic approach to contemporary condensed matter physics which seamlessly integrates the crystalline and amorphous states. Sidebottom's style is engaging, straightforward and lucid. The book will serve our students very well and deserves a prominent place on all our bookshelves as a ready reference."Chris Sorensen, Cortelyou-Rust University Distinguished Professor, Kansas State University"Fundamentals of Condensed Matter and Crystalline Physics succeeds at covering many fundamental concepts of solid-state and soft-matter physics and at combining them in an approachable manner. If only one undergraduate elective course slot is available for solid-state and soft matter, this text is clearly the best available option. It will also serve another important purpose: as a starting point for people who do not take such an undergraduate course."Ivan Smalyukh, University of Colorado, Boulder for Physics Today