"... most of the chapters in this book view natural products in a holistic manner from the point of view of their biological activity. This book therefore complements the conventional structure-based natural product texts, providing examples of their diverse biological activities for use in lectures and providing inspiration for synthetic targets."

"The Periodic Table: Its Story and Its Significance should be of great interest and value to chemists and particularly to those chemists who teach about what makes up us, our world, and our science."

"This book provides a very good account of the principles and applications of Inelastic Neutron Scattering (INS) as a vibrational spectroscopic technique, without assuming a high level of background knowledge. It is a piece of work factually novel and done properly, which meets the needs of graduate students as well as both users and potential users of inelastic neutron spectroscopy at academic and research institutions. On the whole the book is quite clearly written, the subject matter rather well developed and the applications of the INS well described in a wide range of materials and problems."

"It probably serves best as supplementary material, either for mathematics students to see how some seemingly abstract mathematics has been applied to physical systems or for science students to appreciate the logical system that underpins familiar physical models."

"Although each chapter is designed to be self-contained, there is detailed cross-referencing between them ... the focused nature of the chapters together with an adequate subject index makes finding particular compounds relatively easy ... the introductory chapters will be of significant interest to upper level undergraduates as well as to graduate students ... The comprehensive listing of reactions and reaction types found in the later chapters will be of more benefit to specialists in the arena of main group chemistry. This modestly priced resource should be a welcome addition to researchers in the field or to those interested in entering the area."

"Catalysis by Gold is a book of great cultural relevance combined with a simple and pleasant reading. Certainly, it is an appropriate time in the remarkable progress of gold catalysis for the first comprehensive review of the subject. This excellent book should be essential reading for all those working in gold catalysis or seeking to exploit it -- research students, industrialists, etc. -- as well as for those working generally in the catalysis field."

"This book nicely covers the application of many experimental and theoretical tools to study the difficult problem of ignition and combustion of many traditional energetic materials. It could be a valuable resource to the researchers in the field."

"This book can be recommended to students in material science who make their first contact with molecular models. It is also a good source to brush up on existing knowledge about reptation models."