Liquid

This book does a decent job of explaining the basic concepts of introductory solid state physics. The major drawback of the text is its huge collection of typos, incorrect derivations (which may also be typos), and changing notation. The mistakes are bad enough, but the notation at times can make things completely unreadable. For instance, 'i' is used to enumerate an expression and to denote 'sqrt(-1)' in the same expression. Also, the same symbol is used to denote both primitive and nonprimitive lattice volume. With a thorough proofreading, this could be a good text.

The subject has come on, and this I do not deny, but the unique position of liquids in the graduate curriculum still remains the same. It is a wide subject covering atomic liquids, dense plasmas and all sorts of novel nano- and meso-scale soft matter. Does this book address anything new for the graduate? Well, not really. The odd thing is that the classic Hansen and McDonald is still by far the best read and introduction - neither pampering nor being condescending to the reader, and only seeks to inform, without the worry of the pet interests of the authors. You can introduce solid-state physics in a single volume and come away feeling as though you have a comprehensive understanding, but this is not quite the case with liquids. Understand a balanced theoretical and experimental treatment as provided by Hansen and McDonald then look at the specific. Oddly enough, research in this area is quite fluid as of its own right, and subject to change, but certain core principles remain the same ... as do texts.

Despite being published in 1990, many of the contributed chapters are written on typewriters, with low quality illustrations and typesetting. The quality of writing is often not much better, making for a book that is tedious to read. There are a lot of books on liquid crystals, and you can do much better than this set of volumes.

Liquid Metals contains more a description of the author's own work in the area than an overview of the theory of liquid metals. At least one third of the bibliography is work, published elsewhere, by the author and in itself cannot provide a candid description of the subject - being so self-referential. I would advise the reader to approach the theory of liquid metals from the point of view of Hansen and McDonald's 'Theory of Simple liquids' and then move on to the books of Shimoji or Faber, dealing with the topic at hand. The dynamics of the liquid state is also much better described in Balucani and Zoppi. If you have a particular interest in the work of the author then, perhaps, this book would be of interest to you.

Reading this book created mixed feelings.

It is nice to see books of course in the very important
but relatively little studied case of mechanical properties
of solids and liquids (as oposed to elecrical properties).

The book starts promisingly by claiming a first priciples
discussion. However the discussions following are highly
incomplete (sketchy) with continuous references to
a previous book by the author. The level of detail
is dissapointing and the author seems to address experts
in his field rather than students.

I think you can safely go over this book; the Born Huang
book is much more complete and useful.

Overall, the book misses completely its educational purpose;
it might be useful to experts in the field, but then they
can always read a plethora of reviews in research journals
(for free).

i like to read full or enough informations about biofiltration or bioscrubber processes to removal of hydrogen sulfide (or other odorous compounds) from waste water

This book was horrible. It was either too complex, or much too simplistic. There was no measure of explanation on the connections between the various subjects, and no tying in of the various concepts 'learned'... This was bad... DO NOT BUY THIS BOOK!