Jean-Philippe Ansermet is Professor Emeritus at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), where he pioneered experiments on giant magnetoresistance, current-induced magnetization switching, heat-driven spin torque, and nuclear magnetic resonance. He taught mechanics, thermodynamics, and spin dynamics for more than twenty years. A fellow of the American Physical Society and recipient of the 2022 Credit Suisse Teaching Award, he was an executive board member of the European Physical Society, president of the Swiss Physical Society, and teaching director at EPFL. He has authored or co-authored textbooks on mechanics and thermodynamics and published more than two hundred articles.

Chapter 1: Magnetoresistance. Chapter 2: Exchange. Chapter 3: Crystal Field Effects. Chapter 4: Magnetic Anisotropies. Chapter 5: Indirect Exchange. Chapter 6: Moments in Metals. Chapter 7: Magnetization Dynamics. Chapter 8: Thermodynamics of Spin-Dependent Transport. Chapter 9: Boltzmann Description of Transport. Chapter 10: Perpendicular Transport Phenomena. Chapter 11: Anomalous Transport. Chapter 12: Principles of Spin Relaxation. Chapter 13: Mechanisms of Spin Flip. Chapter 14: Magnetic Relaxation. Chapter 15: Magnetic Resonance. Chapter 16: Dynamic Nuclear Polarization. Chapter 17: Ferromagnetic Resonance Spectroscopy. Chapter 18: Antiferromagnetic Resonance and Polaritons. Chapter 19: Coherent Spin Dynamics. List of Abbreviations. Glossary. References. Index.