Title: Not as helpful as I would have liked
Product review: This book isn't helpful to a beginning grad student trying to get a better grasp on solid state. Maybe someone a little more advanced, like a postdoc or very advanced grad student, would benefit from this book.The questions in each topic area start with a very basic question (for which there is a limited solution) and then skip right to much more difficult questions (for which there are still limited worked-out solutions). I have not found the book helpful, and I'm a 2nd year grad student w/a strong math background. I think it tries to cover too much in too little space, rather than (what I need) focusing on the basics (at a graduate level) and expanding a little on the main topics.Basically, it's going to end up being a waste of my money.
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