This book is a foundation text for the study of the science and engineering of materials for undergraduate students of mechanical, materials, civil, manufacturing and design engineering, who are taking a first course in materials, material science or materials engineering. Preface, Acknowledgements, Introduction: Materials - History and Character, Family Trees: Organizing Materials and Processes, Strategic Thinking: Matching Material to Design, Stiffness and Weight: Density and Elastic Moduli, Flex and Sag and Wobble: Stiffness-Limited Design, Beyond Elasticity: Plasticity and Yielding and Ductility, Bend and Crush: Strength-Limited Design, Fracture and Fracture Toughness, Shake and Rattle and Roll: Cyclic Loading and Damage and Failure, Keeping It All Together: Fracture-Limited Design, Rub and Slither and Seize: Friction and Wear, Agitated Atoms: Materials and Heat, Running Hot: Using Materials at High Temperatures, Conductors and Insulators and Dialectics, Magnetic Materials, Materials for Optical Devices, Durability: Oxidation and Corrosion and Degradation, Heat and Beat and Stick and Polish: Manufacturing Processes, Follow the Recipe: Processing and Properties, Materials and Processes and the Environment, Index.