"Version: 20170401"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1. The impact of materials on progress -- 1.2. A possible classification of physical metallurgy -- 1.3. Electrons to components2. Crystal structures -- 2.1. Platonic solids -- 2.2. The crystal, lattice and mo…