To read the latest information on my undergraduate textbook 'Understanding Solid State Physics' which was published by Taylor and Francis in December 2009, please click here. This page includes excerpts from the reviews, a list of contents, and links to a promotional video and supplementary material for readers including further reading, interesting web links, and an online video quiz.

Book cover image © Taylor and Francis.
Reproduced with permission.

Please click here to find out more about 'The Way Science Works', which I co-authored with Robin Kerrod, and was published by Dorling Kindersley in April 2002.  In 2003, The Way Science Works was shortlisted for the Junior Prize in the Aventis Prizes for Science Books.  This page includes excerpts from the reviews, and pictures from the Aventis Prizes for Science Books awards ceremony at the Science Museum.

All text and photo copyright: Sharon Ann Holgate, unless otherwise stated.