Dr. Lino Costa

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Book Details

Title

Introduction to solid state physics

Author

Charles Kittel

Award Year
ISBN
9780471415268

Honoree Information

Dr. Lino Costa

Position

Research Associate Professor

Department

Mechanical, Aerospace, & Biomedical Engineering- UTSI

Occasion

On the occasion of Dr. Lino Costa's promotion to Research Associate Professor

Why Chosen

I became a materials scientist partially due to this seminal book. Not always easy to love at first sight, this book has a lot to offer the reader interested in the physics governing various materials phenomena. This book is a classic by all measures.