Fundamentals of ceramics
By: Michel W. Barsoum.
Series: McGraw-Hill series in materials science and engineering
Publisher: McGraw Hill
Published: 1997
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 668
Subjects: Ceramic engineering
Description: Nearly ten meticulous, painstaking years in the making, this carefully crafted new book presents readers with an outstanding introduction to the fundamentals of ceramics, with a distinct focus on solid-state physics and chemistry. Author Michel Barsoum offers introductory coverage that presents equations derived from first principles with an emphasis on the physics of the problem.

While keeping the mathematics fairly simple (there's nothing more complicated than differentiation and integration), he covers enough of the fundamentals to a level deep enough to allow readers to continue their education by delving - without too much difficulty - into the most recent literature.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.