Complete with reference tables and sample problems, this volume serves as a textbook or reference for solid-state physics and chemistry, materials science, and

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This book deals with the effect of crystal symmetry in determining the tensor properties of crystals. Although this is a well-established subject, the author pr

An eminently readable book on the symmetry of crystals and molecules, starting from first principles

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