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+Copyright TU Delft 2016-2018.
+
+Contents are available under CC-BY-SA-NC 4.0.
+
+Source code is available under BSD license.
+
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+# Solid state lectures
+
+Lecture notes and teaching material used for the Delft University of Technology course Solid State Physics (Vaste Stof Fysica, TN2844).
+
+The compiled materials are available at http://solidstate.quantumtinkerer.tudelft.nl
+