Originally published in 1969‎,‎ volume one of The Physics of Metals is an advanced treatise written by a team of international experts‎.‎ It presents a definitive account of a major field of modern physics and will be of value to both experimental and theoretical solid state physicists and metallurgists seeking a clear explanation of the physical phenomena occurring in metals‎,‎ without recourse to elaborate mathematics‎.‎ The volume is based around the electronic properties of metals and has articles on the calculation of band structures‎,‎ observation of the Fermi surface‎,‎ effects of a magnetic field‎,‎ surface and size effects‎,‎ conduction of heat and electricity‎,‎ liquid metals‎,‎ alloys and special properties of transition metals‎.‎ The work was inspired by the desire to honour Sir Nevill Mott by writing an account of some of the topics treated in Mott and Jones‎'‎ classic work The Theory of the Property of Metals and Alloys‎.‎