Solid state chemistry is becoming increasingly important as its relevance is recognized in subjects as diverse as superconductivity and heterogeneous catalysis. In the two-volume set, of which this work forms the second part, a distinguished group of internationally known experts present an authoritative account of the properties of inorganic solids and the methods for studying them, written at a level suitable for final year undergraduates or for first-year graduate students embarking on research in the field. This second volume deals with the electronic structure and bonding in solids, and...

Making and studying solids is an expanding branch of chemistry as the worldwide search for new and useful materials continues. Solid-state chemistry is becoming more important as its relevance is recognized to subjects such as optoelectronics and heterogenous catalysis.

This collection of Michael Faraday's writings covers such areas as: the beginning; touring the continent, 1813-1815; way of life and work; colleagues and friends; science at the bench; leaves from a laboratory notebook; science in the lecture theatre; and honour and recognition.

Michael Faraday's social origins, his thought processes, his methods of experimentation, and his religion have all been subjects of exhaustive analysis by historians and philosophers of science. One aspect of his work, which provides unique insight into his career path and the way in which his mind worked, has not received much emphasis outside the realm of academic professionals: namely, his writing. The Philosopher's Tree: Michael Faraday's Life and Work in His Own Words is an illustrated anthology of Faraday's writings compiled with commentary by Professor Peter Day, the director of the...