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'''''Introduction to Solid State Physics''''', known colloquially as '''''Kittel''''', is a classic [[condensed matter physics]] textbook written by American physicist [[Charles Kittel]] in 1953.<ref name=chambersAlt /> The book has been highly influential and has seen widespread adoption; [[Marvin L. Cohen]] remarked in 2019 that Kittel's content choices in the original edition played a large role in defining the field of [[solid-state physics]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Cohen|first1=Marvin L.|last2=Cohen|author1-link=Marvin L. Cohen|first2=Morrel H.|author2-link=Morrel H. Cohen|date=2019-10-01|title=Charles Kittel|url=https://physicstoday.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/PT.3.4326|journal=[[Physics Today]]|volume=72|issue=10|pages=73|doi=10.1063/PT.3.4326|bibcode=2019PhT....72j..73C|issn=0031-9228|quote=…was not only the dominant text for teaching in the field, it was on the bookshelf of researchers in academia and industry throughout the world. In many ways, his choice of content defined solid-state physics.|doi-access=free}}</ref> It was also the first proper textbook covering this new field of physics.<ref name=Ehrenreich /> The book is published by [[John Wiley and Sons]] and, as of 2018, it is in its ninth edition and has been reprinted many times as well as translated into over a dozen languages, including Chinese, French, German, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, and Turkish. In some later editions, the eighteenth chapter, titled ''Nanostructures'', was written by [[Paul McEuen]]. Along with its rival ''[[Ashcroft and Mermin]]'', the book is considered a standard textbook in condensed matter physics.

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== Reception ==

[[Marvin L. Cohen]] and [[Morrel H. Cohen]], in an obituary for Kittel in 2019, remarked that the original book "was not only the dominant text for teaching in the field, it was on the bookshelf of researchers in academia and industry throughout the world",<ref name=cohenObit>{{Cite journal|last1=Cohen|first1=Marvin L.|last2=Cohen|author1-link=Marvin L. Cohen|first2=Morrel H.|author2-link=Morrel H. Cohen|date=2019-10-01|title=Charles Kittel|url=https://physicstoday.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/PT.3.4326|journal=[[Physics Today]]|volume=72|issue=10|pages=73|doi=10.1063/PT.3.4326|bibcode=2019PhT....72j..73C|issn=0031-9228|doi-access=free}}</ref> though they did not provide any time frame on when it may have been surpassed as the dominant text. They also noted that Kittel's content choices played a large role in defining the field of [[solid-state physics]].<ref name=cohenObit />

The book is a classic textbook in the subject and has seen use as a comparative benchmark in the reviews of other books in condensed matter physics.<ref name=chambersAlt>{{Cite journal|last=Chambers|first=R. G.|author-link=Robert G. Chambers|date=12 June 1969|title=Alternative to Kittel|url=https://www.nature.com/articles/224983b0|journal=[[Nature (journal)|Nature]]|language=en|volume=224|issue=5223|pages=983|doi=10.1038/224983b0|bibcode=1969Natur.224..983C|s2cid=41544342|issn=1476-4687}}</ref><ref name=Ehrenreich>{{Cite journal|last=Ehrenreich|first=Henry|author-link=Henry Ehrenreich|date=19 August 1977|title=Solid State: A New Exposition|url=https://science.sciencemag.org/content/197/4305/753.1|journal=[[Science (journal)|Science]]|language=en|volume=197|issue=4305|pages=753|doi=10.1126/science.197.4305.753|issn=0036-8075|pmid=17790767}}</ref> In a 1969 review of another book, [[Robert G. Chambers]] noted that there were not many textbooks covering these topics, as "since 1953, Kittel's classic ''Introduction to Solid State Physics'' has dominated the field so effectively that few competitors have appeared", noting that the third edition continues that legacy. Before continuing, the reviewer noted that the book was too long for some uses and that less thorough works would be welcome.<ref name=chambersAlt />

* Several notable reviews of the first edition were published in 1954, including [[Arthur James Cochran Wilson]],<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Wilson|first=A. J. C.|author-link=Arthur James Cochran Wilson|date=1 February 1954|title=Introduction to Solid-State Physics by C. Kittel|url=http://scripts.iucr.org/cgi-bin/paper?S0365110X54002666|journal=[[Acta Crystallographica]]|volume=7|issue=2|pages=224|doi=10.1107/S0365110X54002666|issn=0365-110X|doi-access=free}}</ref> [[Leslie Fleetwood Bates]],<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Bates|first=L. F.|author-link=Leslie Fleetwood Bates|date=1 January 1954|title=Introduction to Solid State Physics by C. Kittel|url=http://scripts.iucr.org/cgi-bin/paper?S0365110X54000448|journal=[[Acta Crystallographica]]|volume=7|issue=1|pages=144|doi=10.1107/S0365110X54000448|issn=0365-110X|doi-access=free}}</ref> and [[Kenneth Standley]],<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Standley|first=K. J.|author-link=Kenneth Standley|date=April 1954|title=Introduction to solid state physics|url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/0022509654900277|journal=[[Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids]]|language=en|volume=2|issue=3|pages=213|doi=10.1016/0022-5096(54)90027-7}}</ref> among others.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Muldawer|first=Leonard|date=October 1953|title=Introduction to solid state physics|url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/0016003253906243|journal=[[Journal of the Franklin Institute]]|language=en|volume=256|issue=4|pages=387–388|doi=10.1016/0016-0032(53)90624-3}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Dexter|first=David L.|date=November 1953|title=Introduction to Solid State Physics|url=http://aapt.scitation.org/doi/10.1119/1.1933590|journal=[[American Journal of Physics]]|language=en|volume=21|issue=8|pages=650|doi=10.1119/1.1933590|bibcode=1953AmJPh..21..650K|issn=0002-9505}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Masi|first=J. F.|date=1 August 1954|title=Introduction to Solid State Physics|url=http://physicstoday.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/1.3061720|journal=[[Physics Today]]|language=en|volume=7|issue=8|pages=18–19|doi=10.1063/1.3061720|bibcode=1954PhT.....7h..18K|issn=0031-9228}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|author=anonymous|date=14 August 1954|title=Introduction to Solid State Physics by Prof. Charles Kittel. Pp. xiii + 396. (New York: John Wiley and Sons, Inc.; London: Chapman and Hall, Ltd., 1953.) 56s. net.|url=https://www.nature.com/articles/174287a0|journal=[[Nature (journal)|Nature]]|language=en|volume=174|issue=4424|pages=287|doi=10.1038/174287a0|s2cid=5520806|issn=1476-4687}}</ref>

* [[Gwyn Owain Jones]] reviewed the book in 1955.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Jones|first=G. O.|author-link=Gwyn Owain Jones|date=January 1955|title=Review of Introduction to Solid State Physics|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/43423448|journal=Science Progress (1933- )|volume=43|issue=169|pages=129|jstor=43423448|issn=0036-8504}}</ref>

* The second edition of the book was reviewed by [[Robert W. Hellwarth]] in 1957<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Hellwarth|first=R. W.|author-link=Robert W. Hellwarth|date=June 1957|title=Introduction to Solid State Physics|url=http://physicstoday.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/1.3060399|journal=[[Physics Today]]|language=en|volume=10|issue=6|pages=43–44|doi=10.1063/1.3060399|bibcode=1957PhT....10f..43K|issn=0031-9228}}</ref> and [[Leslie Fleetwood Bates]],<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Bates|first=L. F.|author-link=Leslie Fleetwood Bates|date=July 1957|title=Review of Introduction to Solid State Physics Second edition|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/43424566|journal=Science Progress (1933- )|volume=45|issue=179|pages=557–558|jstor=43424566|issn=0036-8504}}</ref> among others.<ref>{{Cite journal|author=anonymous|date=December 1956|title=Introduction to solid state physics|url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/0016003256907037|journal=[[Journal of the Franklin Institute]]|language=en|volume=262|issue=6|pages=517|doi=10.1016/0016-0032(56)90703-7}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Woolley|first=J.C.|date=January 1957|title=Introduction to solid state physics|url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/0022509657900510|journal=[[Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids]]|language=en|volume=6|issue=1|pages=83|doi=10.1016/0022-5096(57)90051-0}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Jones|first=H.|date=1957-05-01|title=Introduction to Solid State Physics by C. Kittel|url=http://scripts.iucr.org/cgi-bin/paper?S0365110X57001280|journal=[[Acta Crystallographica]]|volume=10|issue=5|pages=390|doi=10.1107/S0365110X57001280|issn=0365-110X|doi-access=free}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Fan|first=H. Y.|date=May 1957|title=Introduction to Solid State Physics|url=http://aapt.scitation.org/doi/10.1119/1.1934457|journal=[[American Journal of Physics]]|language=en|volume=25|issue=5|pages=330|doi=10.1119/1.1934457|bibcode=1957AmJPh..25..330K|issn=0002-9505}}</ref>

* The third edition of the book also received reviews,<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Walker|first=Charles T.|date=24 February 1967|editor-last=Kittel|editor-first=Charles|title=Solid State Physics over 13 Years|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/1720868|journal=Science|volume=155|issue=3765|pages=991|jstor=1720868|issn=0036-8075}}</ref> including one by [[Donald F. Holcomb]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Holcomb|first=Donald F.|author-link=Donald F. Holcomb|date=June 1967|title=Introduction to Solid State Physics|url=http://aapt.scitation.org/doi/10.1119/1.1974177|journal=[[American Journal of Physics]]|language=en|volume=35|issue=6|pages=547–548|doi=10.1119/1.1974177|bibcode=1967AmJPh..35..547K|issn=0002-9505}}</ref>

* A German translation of the book has also received several reviews.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Ondracek|first=Gerhard|date=December 1975|title=Einführung in die Festkörperphysik|url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/0022311575901282|journal=Journal of Nuclear Materials|language=de|volume=58|issue=3|pages=363|doi=10.1016/0022-3115(75)90128-2}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|date=1975|title=Einführung in die Festkörperphysik. Von Ch. Kittel. 3. erweiterte und verbesserte Auflage, 519 Bilder, 59 Tabellen, 877 Seiten. R. Oldenbourg Verlag München-Wien, John Wiley u. Sons GmbH Frankfurt 1973, DM 72,-|url=http://doi.wiley.com/10.1002/piuz.19750060409|journal=Physik in unserer Zeit|language=de|volume=6|issue=4|pages=130|doi=10.1002/piuz.19750060409|bibcode=1975PhuZ....6S.130.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Schöpf|first=H.-G.|date=1971|title=Ch. Kittel, Einführung in die Festkörperphysik. 2. verb. Aufl. 744 S. m. 464 Abb. u. 49 Tab. München/Wien 1969. R. Oldenbourg Verlag. Preis geb. DM 65,–|url=http://doi.wiley.com/10.1002/zamm.19710510128|journal=ZAMM - Zeitschrift für Angewandte Mathematik und Mechanik|language=de|volume=51|issue=1|pages=71|doi=10.1002/zamm.19710510128|bibcode=1971ZaMM...51...71S}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Schmidt|first=G.|date=1977|title=Kittel, C., Einführung in die Festkörperphysik, 3. erweiterte und verbesserte Auflage, München-Wien. R. Oldenbourg Verlag. 1973. 877 S., 519 Abb., 59 Tabellen .|url=http://doi.wiley.com/10.1002/zamm.19770570220|journal=ZAMM - Zeitschrift für Angewandte Mathematik und Mechanik|language=de|volume=57|issue=2|pages=128|doi=10.1002/zamm.19770570220|bibcode=1977ZaMM...57..128S}}</ref>