New to this edition are:
* Extensive material on industrial and warm dense matter plasmas, energetic particle measurements and instrumentation and techniques,
* Expanded discussion on relativistic theory,
* Coverage of experimental advances such as the application to high density plasmas of inertial fusion,
* Computing techniques for solving basic equations to help researchers compare data to actual experiments, with an appendix dedicated to computation,
* Worked out examples, problem sets and answers for easier comprehension of the area.