This book provides a self-contained introduction to magnetohydrodynamics
(MHD), with emphasis on nonlinear processes. The book outlines the
conventional aspects of MHD theory, magnetostatic equilibrium and linear
stability theory. It concentrates on nonlinear theory, starting with the
evolution and saturation of individual ideal and resistive
instabilities, continuing with a detailed analysis of magnetic
reconnection and concluding with a study of the most complex nonlinear
behavior, that of MHD turbulence. The last chapters describe three
important applications of the theory: disruptive processes in tokomaks,
MHD effects in the reversed field pinch, and solar flares.