Introduction to Solid State Physics

The most book that I read during 3 months is 'Introduction to Solid State Physics' eighth edition by Charles Kittel. This book contain normal subject that you should know about material science, crystal structure, wave diffraction and the reciprocal lattice, crystal binding and elastic constants, crystal vibrations (phonon), thermal properties (phonons), free electron Fermi gas, Energy bands, semiconductor crystals, Fermi surfaces and metals, superconductivity, diamagnetism and paramagnetism, ferromagnetism and antiferromagnetism, magnetic resonance, plasmons, polaritons, and polarons, optical processes and excitons, dielectrics and ferroelectrics, surface and interface physics, nanostructures, noncrystalline solids, point defects, dislocations, and the last one is alloys. First time, I saw this book and I thing I must use around 5 years to finish this book. But when I have started to study in material science course, I finishes this book only 4 months along Condense Matter course. It's too much to finish book which have 640 pages (not include appendix).

However; it's pretty good book, easy to understand, clean picture. Although I finish it in Condense Matter course already, I still read this book to remind something.