This text book gives a comprehensive account of magnetism, one of the oldest yet most vibrant fields of physics. It spans the historical development, the physical foundations and the continuing research underlying the subject. The book covers both the classical and quantum mechanical aspects of magnetism and novel experimental techniques. Perhaps uniquely, it discusses spin transport and magnetization dynamics phenomena associated with atomically and spin engineered nano-structures against the backdrop of spintronics and magnetic storage and memory applications. The book is for students, and serves as a reference for scientists in academia and research laboratories.

Fields and Moments.- Electric Fields, Currents, and Magnetic Fields.- Magnetic Moments and their Interactions with Magnetic Fields.- Time Dependent Fields.- Polarized Electromagnetic Waves.- History and Concepts of Magnetic Interactions.- Exchange, Spin¿Orbit, and Zeeman Interactions.- Electronic and Magnetic Interactions in Solids.- Polarized Electron and X-Ray Techniques.- Polarized Electrons and Magnetism.- Interactions of Polarized Photons with Matter.- X-rays and Magnetism: Spectroscopy and Microscopy.- Properties of and Phenomena in the Ferromagnetic Metals.- The Spontaneous Magnetization, Anisotropy, Domains.- Magnetism of Metals.- Topics in Contemporary Magnetism.- Surfaces and Interfaces of Ferromagnetic Metals.- Electron and Spin Transport.- Ultrafast Magnetization Dynamics.