Download or read book Dynamical Theory of Crystal Lattices written by Max Born and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1985 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although Born and Huang's classic work on the dynamics of crystal lattices was published over thirty years ago, the book remains the definitive treatment of the subject. It begins with a brief introduction to atomic forces, lattice vibrations and elasticity, and then breaks off into four sections. The first section deals with the general statistical mechanics of ideal lattices, leading to the electric polarizability and to the scattering of light. The second section deals with the properties of long lattice waves, the third with thermal properties, and the fourth with optical properties.