"... 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."

"This new book is very comprehensive and the authors emphasize that the book includes the latest contributions from outstanding researchers ... the readers can find a good overview of some fundamental problems of tribology in this book."

"This book could appeal to applied mathematicians or very mathematically inclined A&O scientists interested in A&O predictability in general, as well as in certain of its aspects ... Overall, the exposition is clear, careful, and thorough."

"This book is primarily interesting because it is also a history of much of 20th-century physics, since much of this was developed by people closely tied to Physikalisch-Technishe Reichsanstalt."

"Even the shorter contributions, written by masters of their fields, are penetrating."

"This book is interesting for both its contents and approach ... Such a multidisciplinary and holistic approach combined with the apparent eagerness of the editors to finally solve the Striga problem makes this a highly recommendable book."

"A noteworthy feature of the book is that eleven of the chapter authors work in mainland China ... The edited collection is a significant contribution to the research literature and provides an important resource in the field."

"I recommend this book for everybody starting to apply, learn or teach Lie theory, and also for researchers whose work is related to Lie theory. Anybody who has anything to do with Lie theory should place this book on his/her bookshelf."

"This book brings together expert contributions from experimentalists and theorists in the field of plasmonic waveguides and devices who steer readers through the underlying physical principles of plasmonic circuitry to specific designs and applications. Comprehensive description of possible plasmonic waveguide geometries, their advantages and drawbacks are clearly discussed with various uses in mind, ranging from optical communication components, on-chip interconnects and electronic-photonic hybrid circuits. It makes fascinating reading and gives food for thought equally to nanophotonics practitioners and students alike."

"This book brings together expert contributions from experimentalists and theorists in the field of plasmonic waveguides and devices who steer readers through the underlying physical principles of plasmonic circuitry to specific designs and applications. Comprehensive description of possible plasmonic waveguide geometries, their advantages and drawbacks are clearly discussed with various uses in mind, ranging from optical communication components, on-chip interconnects and electronic-photonic hybrid circuits. It makes fascinating reading and gives food for thought equally to nanophotonics practitioners and students alike."

"Taking a unique, systems perspective, this book not only covers fundamental information on nanomedicine, but also provides an account of modeling, simulation, and experimental tools for dealing with challenges at the interface between nanotechnology and medicine. It is an excellent reference for researchers and students in this burgeoning field."

"Following an extensive motivating introduction laced with gentle humor, Hsu guides the reader of 'Nano Computing' on a journey through the realms of the Nanoworld. Addressing primarily students and Scientists knowledgeable in Quantum Mechanics and some level of programming, he uses sample MATLAB programs to let the engaged reader experience and quantitatively reproduce many nanoscale phenomena explored by current frontier research in Physics, Chemistry and Biology."

"The writing is clear, sophisticated and professional, but at the same time personal and accessible ... this book really is comprehensive, presenting basic background information, detailed descriptions of the systems and of the techniques used to study them, and challenges and opportunities for future directions of research and study."

"This is a very good and very well written book ... it provides the essential background needed to understand this field, which is rapidly advancing due to the availability of modern observing facilities both on the round and in space. The material is accessible for advanced undergraduates and postgraduates, and provides an essential resource for researchers in the field."

"I greatly enjoyed reading this book, which covers a new, vigorously developing part of magnetism. Demokritov has managed to encourage the leading players in the field to give their views of the current status quo and to share with us their visions of the future development of the spin-wave studies in nanostructures. The book not only explains the physics of spin waves to the young students, but it also brings a lot of valuable facts and ideas to the experts in magnetic dynamics."

"Numerous sections of the book can be studied (and are really worth studying) like a textbook and without the necessity of going through the rest of the volume ... certainly, everyone who works through the book will be rewarded by an enhanced comprehension of orthodox quantum theory ... there are many solid reasons for recommending this book to the whole community of physicists and mathematicians ¡ª from graduate students to researchers ¡ª interested in a fresh description of the microscopic and macroscopic quantum worlds."

"The authors, both established researchers, present a review of black hole physics in one of the simplest and most efficient ways ... The book will be useful for students of physics and for everyone interested in understanding ways in which knowledge is generated theoretically."

"This book is likely to be of interest mainly to historians of science ... one thing was done rather well was the relativistic treatment of the spectrum of the hydrogen atom, which is found algebraically and, rather elegantly and efficiently. The treatment of fluctuations in fields had some nice points ..."

"My judgement of this book is favourable ... (Maxwell¡¯s) heart is in the right place, as he casts a friendly but highly critical eye on the Enlightenment Movement. ¡®We suffer, not from too much scientific rationality, but from not enough¡¯ he says ... recommending a massive cooperation between science and the humanities ... The book's style is refreshingly simple, clear."

"Professor Dutfield's book well deserves an updated edition. Everybody who knows about intellectual property rights ¡ª except those with a vested interest in keeping them as they are ¡ª accepts that the system is a mess, and is not doing what it is meant to. He shows with clarity and in detail how this has come about in the life sciences through legislation shaped by interests more than by any vision of the public good. Keynes believed that 'soon or late, it is ideas rather than vested interests, that are dangerous for good or ill'. Intellecual Property Rights and the Life Science Industries is a valuable reinforcement to the 'ideas' side in this particular battle."

"... it would make an excellent present for a chemist, giving hours of enjoyment over the holiday period."

Juergen Kleiner's 'Diplomatic Practice' has all the ingredients to become the reference book for a generation. Only a lifelong practitioner of diplomacy turned university professor could produce such a vivid, authoritative and well articulated portrait of his profession ... Kleiner's definitions are crystal clear, his judgement is always balanced, his language is that of a trained lawyer. The book thereby also covers a large segment of current international law ... In fact, it is three things in one: It is at the same time a tool-box for practitioners, a handbook for scholars and a textbook for students and applicants. A tremendous amount of work has gone into it."