  The book includes all main physical properties of d- and f-transition-metal
systems and corresponding theoretical concepts. Especial attention is paid to
the theory of magnetism and transport phenomena. Some examples of
non-traditional questions which are treated in detail in the book: the
influence of density of states singularities on electron properties;
many-electron description of strong itinerant magnetism; mechanisms of magnetic
anisotropy; microscopic theory of anomalous transport phenomena in
ferromagnets. Besides considering classical problems of solid state physics as
applied to transition metals, modern developments in the theory of correlation
effects in d- and f-compounds are considered within many-electron models. The
book contains, where possible, a simple physical discussion. More difficult
questions are considered in Appendices.
