" Here is the completely revised and expanded second edition of a reference that has become a standard of excellence in its field. It gives you instant access to the basic physical data so frequently needed in scientific, engineering, and research endeavors. The changes in this second edition reflect recent advances and discoveries in contemporary physics. Although this second edition is approximately one-third larger than the previous edition, it remains the easy-to-use tabular style that makes the data readily available when you need it. Here you'll find a wide range of tables, graphs, and summaries of formulas in all fields of physics- data otherwise available only in a wide range of scattered reference works and research reports. Among the many new features of this second edition is a special section devoted to solid-state physics. Covered in this section and not readily available elsewhere in such concise, up-to-date form, are the energy gaps of inorganic compounds, a list of ferroelectrics and antiferroelectric, tensor properties of crystals, and the energy band structure of metals and semiconductors. In addition, the handbook contains two new subsections on the use of analog and digital computers in physical research and the latest data from rocket and satellite soundings which have been incorporated into the description of an improved model atmosphere. Included also are low-temperature thermoelectric data; new seismological and geodetic data; and material on luminescent and phosphorescent materials, diamagnetic and paramagnetic properties, propagation of sound, thermodynamic properties of helium, and many other topics."- Publisher