1. Theory and principles of polymorphic systems / Harry G. Brittain -- 2. Application of the phase rule to the characterization of polymorphic and solvatomorphic systems / Harry G. Brittain -- 3. Computational methodologies : towards crystal structure and polymorph prediction / Sarah (Sally) L. Price -- 4. Classical methods of preparation of polymorphs and alternative solid forms / Peter W. Cains -- 5. Approaches to high-throughput physical form screening and discovery / Alastair J. Florence -- 6. Structural aspects of polymorphism / Harry G. Brittain, Stephen R. Byrn, and Eunhee Lee -- 7. Structural aspects of solvatomorphic systems / Harry G. Brittain, Kenneth R. Morris, and Stephan X.M. Boerrigter -- 8. Pharmaceutical co-crystals : a new opportunity in pharmaceutical science for a long-known but little-studied class of compounds / Kapildev K. Arora and Michael J. Zaworotko -- 9. Thermoanalytical and crystallographic methods / Sisir Bhattacharya, Harry G. Brittain, and Raj Suryanarayanan -- 10. Vibrational spectroscopy / Harry G. Brittain -- 11. Solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy / Patrick A. Tishmack -- 12. Effects of polymorphism and solid-state solvation on solubility and dissolution rate / Harry G. Brittain, David J.R. Grant, and Paul B. Myrdal -- 13. Solid-state phase transformations / Harry G. Brittain -- 14. Effects of pharmaceutical processing on the solid form of drug and excipient materials / Peter L.D. Wildfong -- 15. Structural aspects of molecular dissymmetry / Harry G. Brittain -- 16. Amorphous solids / Lynne S. Taylor and Sheri L. Shamblin.