Advanced Condensed Matter Physics Leonard M. Sander This graduate textbook includes coverage of important topics that are not commonly featured in other textbooks on condensed matter physics, such as treatments of surfaces, the quantum Hall effect and superfluidity. It avoids complex formalism, such as Green's functions, which can obscure the underlying physics, and instead emphasizes fundamental physical reasoning. Intended for classroom use, it features plenty of references and extensive problems for solution based on the author's many years of teaching in the Physics Department at the University of Michigan. This textbook is suitable for physics, chemistry and engineering graduate students, and as a reference for research students in condensed matter physics. Engineering students in particular, will find the treatment of the fundamentals of semiconductor devices and the optics of solids of particular interest. Leonard M. Sander is Professor of Physics at the University of Michigan. His research interests are in theoretical condensed matter physics and non-equilibrium statistical physics, especially the study of growth patterns.