This text for an advanced materials course defines the structure and properties of a range of solids on the basis of the local chemical bonding and atomic order present in the material. Emphasizing the physical and chemical origins of material properties, the book focuses on the most technologically important materials being used and developed by scientists and engineers. Chapters are arranged in sections on the structure of materials, physical properties of materials, classes of materials, synthesis and processing, and surfaces, thin films, interfaces, and multilayers. The authors teach physics at The City College of the City University of New York.