Abstract
THE electron theory of metals is now so far developed that it can provide adequate explanations of a very large number of the experimental facts concerning the electrical, magnetic and thermal properties of normal metals, and can help us considerably in our understanding of the behaviour of abnormal ones. It is therefore essential for a physicist to have at hand an authoritative and up-to-date survey of the subject. Dr. Fröhlich provides such a survey, starting with a discussion of the fundamental principles of wave mechanics and leading on to a discussion of problems in the emission of electrons, photo-electricity, optical and magnetic properties, the latter being set forth with pleasing clarity. Then follows a sound treatment of electrical conduction and allied phenomena, succeeded by articles on semi-conductors and on the metallic state in general. The last two chapters, which give an account of ferromagnetism and a systematic examination of the properties of individual metals, are well worth reading.
Elektronentheorie der Metalle
Von Dr. Herbert Fröhlich. (Struktur und Eigenschaften der Materie: eine Monographiensammlung, herausgegeben von F. Hund und H. Mark, Band 18.) Pp. vii + 386. (Berlin: Julius Springer, 1936.) 28.80 gold marks.
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Elektronentheorie der Metalle. Nature 140, 953 (1937). https://doi.org/10.1038/140953b0
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