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Fundamentals of Semiconductor Fabrication

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I'm a student at Georgia Tech, and for some reason the professors there think that they know how to write textbooks. I've seen a lot of bad textbooks, but this one takes the cake. I can easily label this the worst textbook I've ever used. The book is full of errors, and the homework problems are poorly designed as most of the times you have to consult third party sources to solve them (my entire class agrees). Gary May, if you're reading this (and I hope you are), I want to thank you for writing the most disgusting textbook I've ever read. You clearly know what you are talking about, but you clearly don't know how to talk about it or how to teach it. I honestly don't understand how you expect students to learn from this garbage. I understand most people looking to buy this don't have an option as it is class material, but if you do have any option in this purchase I highly recommend you look elsewhere. I'd give this 0 stars if I could.

I don't even understand how a textbook like this can be printed with so many errors in it. Even some key equations are riddled with errors that have to be tracked down. It is a major waste of time trying to find where the author went wrong in the example problems. If you can't get the basic algebra correct consistently, why should I trust what you say about anything in this book? If you get stuck with this book for a course I really pity you.

Extremely poor teaching tool. Not only are the majority of methods outdated (albeit that is not the authors fault), but the ones that are still being used today are poorly written. The 300 pages of material should have been 600. Gary May should not be writing books; his style is confusing and indirect. I am also very disappointed that Sze's name is on the book. A waste of money.

I bought this book in a hurry when browsing in a textbook store with limited time. I took it because I saw Sze's name on it. Then I regret...

The materials covered in this book is far from extensive (the book only weighs in 352 pages.) The writing and presentation was mid-level at best. There is hardly anything that you cannot learn or cannot learn better from other process textbooks than from this one. And this book is pricy, a common for all Sze's books.

I think Sze abused his reputation a bit in recent years by coauthoring and publishing a few textbooks. Those books are only of mid-quality and bear very little "Sze's style," which makes me wonder how much time did Sze actually spend in authoring those books. I have become cautious when buying Sze's books now.