An integrated approach to organometallic chemistry, incorporating many new results. Provides historical background, and develops the subject from first principles to the latest developments. Topics include classification, nomenclature, nontransition- and transition-metal organometallics (preparation, properties, structures, and bonding), and fluxionality and applications. Includes critical analysis of the environmental aspects of main-group and transition-metal organometallic compounds. Contains many illustrative figures and charts.