Intro; Contents; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; Introduction. What Is Solid State Physics and Why Does It Matter?; 1. The Pure Science Ideal and Its Malcontents; 2. How Physics Became "What Physicists Do"; 3. Balkanizing Physics; 4. The Publication Problem; 5. Big Solid State Physics at the National Magnet Laboratory; 6. Solid State and Materials Science; 7. Responses to the Reductionist Worldview; 8. Becoming Condensed Matter Physics; 9. Mobilizing against Megascience; Conclusions; Notes; Bibliography; Index