First published in 1957, this classic study has been reissued in a paperback version that includes an additional chapter bringing the material up to date. The author formulates the physical properties of crystals systematically in tensor notation, presenting tensor properties in terms of their common mathematical basis and the thermodynamic relations between them. The mathematical groundwork is laid in a discussion of tensors of the first and second ranks. Tensors of higher ranks and matrix methods are then introduced as natural developments of the theory. A similar pattern is followed in discussing thermodynamic and optical aspects.
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This review is from: Physical Properties of Crystals: Their Representation by Tensors and Matrices (Paperback)
The book by Nye is considered by many people in the relevant scientific societies as the "bible" of crystal physics. In scientific terms, it is a rigorously written book on tensor algedra which which is the mathematical formalism essential to describe the physical properties of crystals. The mathematical complexity of the book is rather elementary and hence could be used for a senior level advanced undergraduate course as well (typically it is used as a first your graduate course text). The first half of the book discusses equilibrium properties of crystals (permittivity, piezoelectricity, elasticity etc.), therefore a rather modest background in physics is needed. The second half of the book that is devoted to transport properties may require some "general" background on the basic principles of transport phenomena and irreversible thermodynamics. This book, in my opinion, is a very well written book that places the physical properties of crystals in an "easy to comprehend" mathematical framework eloquently. It is an excellent text book. I highly recommend it.
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This is a book easy to read and to follow from the beginning until the end. It is worth to get it if you are interested in the relationship between symmetry and properties of any crystalline material.
It is broadly explained the derivation of the 32 point groups and they relation with the piezoelectricity, strain, thermal conductivity, etc. It's an essential book for both, Materials scientists and students.
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better know the space groups,
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This book is good for people who has some idea about space groups and point groups in crystallography. Knowledge of those is not necessary but makes it much easier for people who does have that knowledge. Being from mechanical background I have not studied symmetry groups yet. Also, determining properties of second rank tensors by comparing them to quadrics was a little confusing for me since my math background is not that strong. It's an excellent book otherwise for understanding how crystal properties depend on the inherent symmetries present in a crystal and how by reducing the number of independent constants the math can be simplified to a great extent. The book was recommended to me to study wave propagation in anisotropic media. Hearmon's book An Introduction to Applied Anisotropic Elasticity. was more suited towards that once you know the number of independent elastic constants for a particular crystal lattice. If you are interested in knowing how to determine the independent constants, Love's book A Treatise on the Mathematical Theory of Elasticity (Dover Books on Engineering) has a good account of that.
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