Einführung in die Festkörperphysik für Studenten der Werkstofftechnik, Materialwissenschaften und verwandter technischer Fachrichtungen. Dieses zugängliche Lehrbuch ist ausreichend detailliert, ohne dabei zu theorielastig zu sein, und stellt die Verbindung zu heutigen Technologien her.

Emil Zolotoyabko is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology. He was awarded the 2001 Henry Taub Prize for Academic Excellence and held the Abraham Tulin Academic Chair. Emil Zolotoyabko has authored more than 200 scientific publications, four books, and four chapters in books devoted to the development of new X-ray diffraction methods and their applications for studying the structure and dynamical characteristics of different materials systems.