This 4^th edition of “Modern Ceramic Engineering”—Properties, Processing and Use in Design—written by David W. Richardson and William E. Lee, has evolved notably from the previous editions published in 1982, 1992, and 2006.

Almost all of the chapters (organized in four parts: i) Ceramics as Engineering Materials, ii) Structure and Properties, iii) Processing of Ceramics and iv) Design with Ceramics) have been updated, and two new chapters dealing with case histories and future challenges and trends in the field, respectively, have been incorporated in this last edition as Part v (Applying Ceramics to Real-world Challenges).