Front Cover; Solid State Physics, Volume 36; Copyright Page; Contents; Contributors to Volume 36; Preface; Supplements; Chapter 1. The Study of Soft-Mode Transitions at High Pressure; I. Introduction; II. Theoretical Background.; III. Displacive Ferroelectric Transitions; IV. Soft Short-Wavelength Optic Phonons; V. Potassium Dihydrogen Phosphate and Its Isomorphs; VI. Other Soft-Mode Systems; VII. Effects of Pressure on Coupled Phonon Modes.; VIII. Concluding Remarks.; Note Added in Proof; Chapter 2. Beyond the Binaries-The Chalcopyrite and Related Semiconducting Compounds; I. Introduction.

II. Ordered Tetrahedral StructuresIII. The Folding Method; IV. Lattice Vibrations; V. Band Structure; VI. Appendix: Character Tables; Chapter 3. Correlations in Electron Liquids; I. Introduction; II. Homogeneous Electron Liquid; III. Approximate Schemes; IV. Some Applications; Note Added in Proof; Author Index; Subject Index.