Table of Contents

Foreword.- Preface.- Acknowledgements.- Magnetism, from the dawn of civilization to today.- Magnetostatics.- Phenomenology of magnetism at the macroscopic scale; Phenomenology of magnetism at the microscopic scale.- Ferromagnetism of an ideal system.- Irreversibility of magnetization processes, and hysteresis in real ferromagnetic materials: the role of defects.- Magnetism in the localixed electron model.- Magnetism in the itinerant electron model.- Exchange interactions.- Thermodynamic aspects of magnetism.- Magnetocaloric coupling and related effects.- Magnetoelastic effects.- Magneto-optical effects.- Magnetic resistivity, magnetoresistance, and the Hall effect.- Appendices.- General references.- Index by materials.- Index by subject.