"... an excellent background and literature review for each topic. The topics themselves are a good mix of experimental and theoretical ... viewed as an introductory text, this is an excellent book, with something for anyone about to start working in the general area of high pressure science. I can strongly recommend it to all new Ph.D. students who should be encouraged to read it all ... as there are many useful insights to be gained by studying a subject like this 'in the round.'" -Matt Probert, Contemporary Physics, 2013 "... a very readable book. containing very good technical descriptions, data, graphs on material properties, and some theory with a focus on providing the reader with useful and relevant information on high*pressure physics. This is an outstanding book for someone new to this research area." -IEEE Electrical Insulation Magazine

• High-Pressure Devices. Instrumentation Development for High-Pressure Research. Electrical Transport Experiments at High Pressure. Advances in Customized Diamond Anvils. Equations of State for Solids in Wide Ranges of Pressure and Temperature. High Pressure Crystallography. Optical Spectroscopy at High Pressure. Inelastic X-ray Scattering. Optical Spectroscopy in the Diamond Anvil Cell. Magnetism and High Pressure. The Deep Earth. Planetary Interiors. Temperature Measurement and Control in High-Pressure Experiments. Solid State and Materials Chemistry at High Pressure. Liquids and Amorphous Materials. Dense Hydrogen.