This third updated edition fills the gap between a general solid-state
physics textbook and research articles by providing detailed
explanations of the electronic, vibrational, transport, and optical
properties of semiconductors. The approach is physical and intuitive
rather than formal and pedantic. The textbook emphasizes understanding
the physical properties of Si and similar tetrahedrally coordinated
semiconductors. Each chapter is enriched by an extensive collection of
tables of material parameters, figures, and problems. Many of these
problems "lead the student by the hand" to arrive at the results.