"Lee treats the topic in a very systematic way, moving from a detailed description of the issues surrounding Shanghai water supply and waste-water treatment to an outline of the theories used to gain a better understanding of those issues and the reporting of findings through a series of chapters that focus on the main 'players'... the book is thorough and informative."

"This book is a valuable 'hand-on' guide for the manager and the decision maker... the authors combine a long practical experience in the field of decision making within a large multinational company with a deep knowledge of advanced mathematical models... this is a holistic approach that complements the purely financial approach to decision making with the concepts of flexibility, risk, alignment with company strategy... the book provides the reader with a ready-for-use technique for enhancing rigorous decision making."

"A book that provides just the right mix of practical insight and big picture analysis. When it comes to operating in India, Paul Davies is the man to listen to. Davies helps you understand what's going on today whilst also providing a strong feel for what the future will hold."

"Eric Scerri's new book is a most appropriate work to mark the centenary of the death of Dimitri Mendeleev. The title - The Periodic Table: Its Story and Its Significance - gives a fair idea of the book's contents, and the author's approach and perspective are captured by his statement that he is concentrating on 'the fundamental scientific and philosophical ideas that underpinned the evolution of the system.' This, then, is a book about scientific ideas. Scerri does provide brief biographical sketches of each of his scientific protagonists, but biographical, social and cultural context rarely intrude into the narrative."

"The book presents an interesting and pleasant introduction to the topic, which can guide the reader to the knowledge of the existing decomposition methods, and to the choice of those most promising for the problems he has to face."

"The book will be of value to a wide spectrum of readers — academics, policymakers, development institutions, students of economics, and the general public"

"Particularly illuminating is the author's treatment of Nernst's professional relationships, which effectively illustrate his influential position in the German physical chemistry and physics communities... it will be of greatest benefit as a reference for historians already familiar with Nernst's work or those who wish to gain special insight into his process of discovery in developing the Nernst equation and the third law. The primary historical data presented here makes up a valuable picture of the German scientific community, portraying Nernst as an active, respected, prolific, and highly motivated researcher who came to define the scope of electrochemistry in its incipience."

"It is a marvelous book to learn or be reminded of all the structural information that I often want to know. At the same time it is a marvelous teaching book for new grad students or any kind of interested student. It replaces the now much older Branden and Tooze. There have now been quite a few similar kind of books, but this is as complete a book as I have seen, written in simple words, easy to follow with excellent illustrations."

"This book is an interesting contribution to studies of the transformations of scientific, and in particular biological, disciplines, in recent decades."

"Undergraduates and master students focussed on structural bioinformatics will clearly benefit from the breadth of topics covered... PhD students will find chapters in their area extremely helpful in getting a concise overview of the state of play of their field, references to key reviews and the challenges that lie ahead. Finally, post-docs and professors will be able to explore tangential areas of their immediate research and get a firm grasp of the larger field by having such a broad spectrum of material presented that is well written and up-to-date."

"Kupiec is a very successful writer, deservedly so. I enthusiastically recommend this courageous book with its iconoclastic viewpoint. The Origin of Individuals is a pleasure to read, presenting complex ideas clearly and effectively. Whether one agrees with him or not, Kupiec's is an inspiring work, a thought-provoking rollercoaster ride through the history of ideas about the origins of ontogeny."

"Overall, the book is highly readable and suitable for graduate students or advanced undergraduates interested in algebraic combinatorics."

"The selection of the theorems is very nice, making the book quite interesting even to those with no interest in computer-based proofs... Beside being extremely useful to those who would like to benefit from automatic theorem proving and discovering, the book is also of great interest to anyone interested in geometry, thanks to the beautiful selection of topics it covers."

"This book contains good technical depth and requires a basic understanding of quantum mechanics... The author gives clear and concise explanations, making it easier to understand the complex ideas being conveyed. As such, this would be an excellent postgraduate text for learning about quantum mechanics, scanning probe microscopy, and electron transport at nanoscale dimensions."

"This book would be of interest to those in academic or industrial research that model MEMS devices. The book will provide some of the latest methods used to model these devices along with some experimental methods used to characterize MEMS."

"Henley and Garc¨ªa's presentation and style hold the reader's attention right from the start. The treatment is at just the right level to whet the reader's appetite, slake their thirst for understanding and assess the current 'state of the art'... this is a highly enlightening and up-to-date text, rather ambitious in its scope but successful in its aim to provide a comprehensive and comprehensible pedagogic overview of an exciting field of physics."

"The book is written in a concise style, discussing from a theoretical-mathematical standpoint a wealth of systems relevant in physics and chemistry."

"Professor Arjun Saxena has written a most comprehensive treatise on probably the most revolutionary invention of the 20th century. It gives all the details of the relevant patents and the cast of characters involved. There were certainly many who contributed to this effort over the years, as Arjun has well documented in great detail."