1 Introduction. - 1. History. - 2. Scope of Present Book and Review of Past Books. - 3. Name-Calling. - 4. Areas Related to Electron Spectroscopy Not to be Discussed in Detail. - 5. Fields Related to Electron Spectroscopy. - 2 Instrumentation and Experimental Procedures. - 1. Source Volume. - 2. Analyzer. - 3. Detector Systems and Data Analysis. - 4. New Developments. - 5. Review of Commercial Instruments. - 3 Fundamental Concepts. - 1. Photoelectric Effect. - 2. Binding Energy. - 3. Final States and the Sudden Approximation. - 4. Atomic Wave Functions. - 5. Molecular Orbital Theory. - 4 Photoelectron Spectroscopy of the Outer Shells. - 1. Introduction. - 2. Energy Level Scheme. - 3. Identification of the Orbital. - 4. Comparison of PESOS with Other Experimental Data. - 5. Survey of the Literature on PESOS. - 6. Studies on Solids. - 7. Analytical Applications of PESOS. - 5 Photoelectron Spectroscopy of the Inner Shells. - 1. Atomic Structure. - 2. Theoretical Basis of Chemical Shifts of Core Electrons. - 3. Summary of Data on Chemical Shifts as a Function of the Periodic Table. - 4. Special Topics on Shifts in Core Binding Energies. - 5. Other Applications of PESIS. - 6. Use of PESIS for Applied Research. - 6 Auger Electron Spectroscopy. - 1. Theory of the Auger Process. - 2. Comparison of the Auger Phenomenon with the Photoelectric Effect and X-Ray Emission. - 3. Use of Auger Spectroscopy for Gases. - 4. Use of Auger Spectroscopy in the Study of Solids. - Appendixes. - 1. Atomic Binding Energies for Each Subshell for Elements Z = 1106. - 3. Compilation of Data on Shifts in Core Binding Energies. - 4. Acronyms and Definitions of Special Interest in Electron Spectroscopy. - References. Language: English