This book deals with modern plasma physics and engineering, focusing on space, laboratory and fusion-oriented plasmas. It is topical and pedagogical in nature.Contents:Double Layers, Sheaths, and Potential Structures: Double LayersSheathsPotential Structures and OscillationsField-Aligned Electric Fields and Related Particle Accelerations:Field-Aligned Potential FormationParticle AccelerationsCross-Field Electric Fields, Velocity Shear, and Vortex Formation:Cross-Field Potential StructuresVelocity ShearVortex FormationSolitons, Shocks, Waves and Instabilities, and Related Nonlinear Phenomena:Solitons and ShocksWaves and InstabilitiesNonlinear PhenomenaReadership: Physicists, engineers and graduate students in physics and engineering.Key Features:offers a unique approach in combining recent advances in the two closely related fieldsprovides future directions of development in these two fields, with suggestions on how and where they may convergeemphasizes the interaction between fair value accounting, market prices and the traditional accounting approaches, creating a unique opportunity to view the same assets and decisions from two different points of view — the pure market approach versus the reporting approach