Magnetism: from fundamentals to nanoscale dynamics

With the present book we intend to give an account of the historical development, the physical foundations and the continuing research underlying the field of magnetism, one of the oldest and still vital field of physics. Our book is written as a text book for students on the late undergraduate and the graduate levels. It should also be of interest to scientists in academia and research laboratories. Throughout history, magnetism has played an important role in the development of civilization, starting with the loadstone compass. Our modern society would be unthinkable without the generation and utilization of electricity, wireless communication at the speed of light and the modern hightech…