A suprise handbag essential!, 28 Apr 2008
I've always been concerned about the huge list of E-numbers on the back of some food products. What actually are E-numbers and what are they doing to my body?

This handy pocket sized book (which fits nicely in a handbag) turned out to be a great buy which tells you all about E numbers used in food and cosmetics.

Using a simple 'traffic-light' colour coded system, safe E numbers are highlighted in green, with more questionable ones in yellow and red.

Full names and descriptions also help to give a great insight into what is really in your basket!

A suprise handbag essential!, 28 Apr 2008
I've always been concerned about the huge list of E-numbers on the back of some food products. What actually are E-numbers and what are they doing to my body?

This handy pocket sized book (which fits nicely in a handbag) turned out to be a great buy which tells you all about E numbers used in food and cosmetics.

Using a simple 'traffic-light' colour coded system, safe E numbers are highlighted in green, with more questionable ones in yellow and red.

Full names and descriptions also help to give a great insight into what is really in your basket!


If you control food, you control people (H. Kissinger), 09 Nov 2008
After his remarkable book, `A Century of War', about the fierce battle for world energy (oil) control, F.W. Engdahl examines here a second extremely important world power instrument: food.
He integrates carefully this power line in a much bigger framework concocted by the world power elite in order to control world demographics and even eugenics.
The world power elite (see Daniel Estulin's shocking book `The true Story of the Bilderberg Group') created a transnational agribusiness in order to open new markets for energy products (petro-chemical fertilizers). This agribusiness, however, developed a more effective weapon for worldwide food control: genetically modified organisms (GMO), thereby creating through patent registration a world oligopoly of 4 transnational companies: Monsanto, Dow Chemical, DuPont and Novartis.

Risk assessment of GMO
Risk data remain mostly hidden behind the veil of `confidential business information'. However, certain experiments on rats showed that GMO food could be responsible for lower body, liver and heart, but also brain size. Possible effects on birth defects are also a big question mark.
The scientific policies of these companies seem to be `don't tell, don't ask'. In this context, they seem to use the whole world population as guinea pigs.
Another risk constitutes the reduced genetic plant diversity (monocultures).
One blatant lie was the statement that GMO would lead to a lower use of herbicides, but, in fact, more herbicides were necessary to combat herbicide-resistant weed.

Seed serfs
Farmers became totally dependent on the members of the oligopoly. Each year they had to pay a fee and were forbidden to re-use seeds from previous year.
As it became extremely difficult, even with an army of Pinkertons, to control the re-use, more effective technologies were developed: `Terminator food', whereby GMO plants `commit suicide' after one harvest season and `contraceptive corn' where the genes of antibodies in women with immune fertility were used.
Besides the plant seed patents, other ones will be introduced for animals (semen of pigs and bulls).

Politics
One of the goals of the world power elite is the drastic reduction of the world population (the author uses the term `genocide') through control of the human reproductive process. Genetically engineered crops are part of this strategy. As one member of the military stated: `GMO-based biological weapons are `cost-effective' weapons of mass destruction.'

WTO
The transnational corporations tried to force their seeds patents into all national and international markets during the WTO negotiations. They played it very hard, as they stipulated that `food standards and measures aimed at protecting people from pests can be potentially used as a deliberate barrier for trade'; in other words, `Free market über Alles', even health.

F. William Engdahl wrote a frightening book. It is a must read for all those interested in the future of mankind.

A suprise handbag essential!, 28 Apr 2008
I've always been concerned about the huge list of E-numbers on the back of some food products. What actually are E-numbers and what are they doing to my body?

This handy pocket sized book (which fits nicely in a handbag) turned out to be a great buy which tells you all about E numbers used in food and cosmetics.

Using a simple 'traffic-light' colour coded system, safe E numbers are highlighted in green, with more questionable ones in yellow and red.

Full names and descriptions also help to give a great insight into what is really in your basket!


If you control food, you control people (H. Kissinger), 09 Nov 2008
After his remarkable book, `A Century of War', about the fierce battle for world energy (oil) control, F.W. Engdahl examines here a second extremely important world power instrument: food.
He integrates carefully this power line in a much bigger framework concocted by the world power elite in order to control world demographics and even eugenics.
The world power elite (see Daniel Estulin's shocking book `The true Story of the Bilderberg Group') created a transnational agribusiness in order to open new markets for energy products (petro-chemical fertilizers). This agribusiness, however, developed a more effective weapon for worldwide food control: genetically modified organisms (GMO), thereby creating through patent registration a world oligopoly of 4 transnational companies: Monsanto, Dow Chemical, DuPont and Novartis.

Risk assessment of GMO
Risk data remain mostly hidden behind the veil of `confidential business information'. However, certain experiments on rats showed that GMO food could be responsible for lower body, liver and heart, but also brain size. Possible effects on birth defects are also a big question mark.
The scientific policies of these companies seem to be `don't tell, don't ask'. In this context, they seem to use the whole world population as guinea pigs.
Another risk constitutes the reduced genetic plant diversity (monocultures).
One blatant lie was the statement that GMO would lead to a lower use of herbicides, but, in fact, more herbicides were necessary to combat herbicide-resistant weed.

Seed serfs
Farmers became totally dependent on the members of the oligopoly. Each year they had to pay a fee and were forbidden to re-use seeds from previous year.
As it became extremely difficult, even with an army of Pinkertons, to control the re-use, more effective technologies were developed: `Terminator food', whereby GMO plants `commit suicide' after one harvest season and `contraceptive corn' where the genes of antibodies in women with immune fertility were used.
Besides the plant seed patents, other ones will be introduced for animals (semen of pigs and bulls).

Politics
One of the goals of the world power elite is the drastic reduction of the world population (the author uses the term `genocide') through control of the human reproductive process. Genetically engineered crops are part of this strategy. As one member of the military stated: `GMO-based biological weapons are `cost-effective' weapons of mass destruction.'

WTO
The transnational corporations tried to force their seeds patents into all national and international markets during the WTO negotiations. They played it very hard, as they stipulated that `food standards and measures aimed at protecting people from pests can be potentially used as a deliberate barrier for trade'; in other words, `Free market über Alles', even health.

F. William Engdahl wrote a frightening book. It is a must read for all those interested in the future of mankind.


Great book with high quality illustrations, 16 Jul 2007
A great book for background information on car body painting. Very high quality COLOUR illustrations. Only backside is the american bias on products and cars ;-( - seen from an european point of view... But very informative and clear in text and layout.

the best book on painting cars i have found, 24 Mar 1999
this book is by far the best book on painting cars that i have found. it does not get much more complete than this book does, and i would recomend it to anyone either interested in painting their own car, or even having their car painted at a shop so they know what to do or how it should be done

Great info!, 20 Jun 1998
HOW TO PAINT YOUR CAR tells you how to paint your car. It tells people exactly what they need to to a professional job! Its not as hard as you think painting your own vehicle. This book TELLS YOU! A great buy. Well worth the money if you are thinking of trying to accomplish the task of painting your own car!

-Jeff

A suprise handbag essential!, 28 Apr 2008
I've always been concerned about the huge list of E-numbers on the back of some food products. What actually are E-numbers and what are they doing to my body?

This handy pocket sized book (which fits nicely in a handbag) turned out to be a great buy which tells you all about E numbers used in food and cosmetics.

Using a simple 'traffic-light' colour coded system, safe E numbers are highlighted in green, with more questionable ones in yellow and red.

Full names and descriptions also help to give a great insight into what is really in your basket!


If you control food, you control people (H. Kissinger), 09 Nov 2008
After his remarkable book, `A Century of War', about the fierce battle for world energy (oil) control, F.W. Engdahl examines here a second extremely important world power instrument: food.
He integrates carefully this power line in a much bigger framework concocted by the world power elite in order to control world demographics and even eugenics.
The world power elite (see Daniel Estulin's shocking book `The true Story of the Bilderberg Group') created a transnational agribusiness in order to open new markets for energy products (petro-chemical fertilizers). This agribusiness, however, developed a more effective weapon for worldwide food control: genetically modified organisms (GMO), thereby creating through patent registration a world oligopoly of 4 transnational companies: Monsanto, Dow Chemical, DuPont and Novartis.

Risk assessment of GMO
Risk data remain mostly hidden behind the veil of `confidential business information'. However, certain experiments on rats showed that GMO food could be responsible for lower body, liver and heart, but also brain size. Possible effects on birth defects are also a big question mark.
The scientific policies of these companies seem to be `don't tell, don't ask'. In this context, they seem to use the whole world population as guinea pigs.
Another risk constitutes the reduced genetic plant diversity (monocultures).
One blatant lie was the statement that GMO would lead to a lower use of herbicides, but, in fact, more herbicides were necessary to combat herbicide-resistant weed.

Seed serfs
Farmers became totally dependent on the members of the oligopoly. Each year they had to pay a fee and were forbidden to re-use seeds from previous year.
As it became extremely difficult, even with an army of Pinkertons, to control the re-use, more effective technologies were developed: `Terminator food', whereby GMO plants `commit suicide' after one harvest season and `contraceptive corn' where the genes of antibodies in women with immune fertility were used.
Besides the plant seed patents, other ones will be introduced for animals (semen of pigs and bulls).

Politics
One of the goals of the world power elite is the drastic reduction of the world population (the author uses the term `genocide') through control of the human reproductive process. Genetically engineered crops are part of this strategy. As one member of the military stated: `GMO-based biological weapons are `cost-effective' weapons of mass destruction.'

WTO
The transnational corporations tried to force their seeds patents into all national and international markets during the WTO negotiations. They played it very hard, as they stipulated that `food standards and measures aimed at protecting people from pests can be potentially used as a deliberate barrier for trade'; in other words, `Free market über Alles', even health.

F. William Engdahl wrote a frightening book. It is a must read for all those interested in the future of mankind.


Great book with high quality illustrations, 16 Jul 2007
A great book for background information on car body painting. Very high quality COLOUR illustrations. Only backside is the american bias on products and cars ;-( - seen from an european point of view... But very informative and clear in text and layout.

the best book on painting cars i have found, 24 Mar 1999
this book is by far the best book on painting cars that i have found. it does not get much more complete than this book does, and i would recomend it to anyone either interested in painting their own car, or even having their car painted at a shop so they know what to do or how it should be done

Great info!, 20 Jun 1998
HOW TO PAINT YOUR CAR tells you how to paint your car. It tells people exactly what they need to to a professional job! Its not as hard as you think painting your own vehicle. This book TELLS YOU! A great buy. Well worth the money if you are thinking of trying to accomplish the task of painting your own car!

-Jeff

A glorious fusion of art and science, 28 Aug 2008
Philip Ball takes you on a fascinating journey of colour through the ages, from the ancient grinding of pigments to the digital creation of hues. You learn how paints and dyes were made and new colours discovered; how printing and photography evolved; the cultural and economic climate in which artists worked; and many more aspects of this ambitious theme. The book is full of quotes, facts, anecdotes, diagrams and copies of artwork. It is for anyone interested in art history, colour theory, chemistry, and materials. A very enjoyable read.

A fascinating History Of Pigments., 05 Dec 2002
This book describes colour in detail. Beginning with the earliest works of painting - cave pictures - and going up to the present day with synthetic pigments and mediums, it covers huge depths of information in an accessible and fascinating way. Did you know, for instance, that the Greeks only had four words for names of colours, and that Democritus was sure that pale green could be mixed from red and white? There is a detailed history of how Alchemy, the father of modern Chemistry, affected the production of pigments, and even a rather complicated section with actual chemical processes and formulae for the production of modern colour. However, the book can be enjoyed without the slightest knowledge of science and the artistic among us can revel in the glorious language of colour without worrying too much about the technicalities.

Fascinating, 09 Jan 2002
I don't know about "no greater tale", but this book is a fascinating tale about the science of colour and how colours have been used in art. Its strength is when it talks about the technology and development of colours for paints. Hence the sections on naturally occurring dyes and the development of man-made colours are the best. The final chapters are less interesting, reading at times like lists of art movements. I would have liked to have seen many more colour illustrations, but I suppose the cost would have been prohibitive. I wondered about the organisation, too: the book seemed to jump about a bit, and I found myself referring to the index a great deal to remind myself, say, exactly what Prussian blue was (I think this one was mentioned several times before it was first properly explained). But these are quibbles.

A suprise handbag essential!, 28 Apr 2008
I've always been concerned about the huge list of E-numbers on the back of some food products. What actually are E-numbers and what are they doing to my body?

This handy pocket sized book (which fits nicely in a handbag) turned out to be a great buy which tells you all about E numbers used in food and cosmetics.

Using a simple 'traffic-light' colour coded system, safe E numbers are highlighted in green, with more questionable ones in yellow and red.

Full names and descriptions also help to give a great insight into what is really in your basket!


If you control food, you control people (H. Kissinger), 09 Nov 2008
After his remarkable book, `A Century of War', about the fierce battle for world energy (oil) control, F.W. Engdahl examines here a second extremely important world power instrument: food.
He integrates carefully this power line in a much bigger framework concocted by the world power elite in order to control world demographics and even eugenics.
The world power elite (see Daniel Estulin's shocking book `The true Story of the Bilderberg Group') created a transnational agribusiness in order to open new markets for energy products (petro-chemical fertilizers). This agribusiness, however, developed a more effective weapon for worldwide food control: genetically modified organisms (GMO), thereby creating through patent registration a world oligopoly of 4 transnational companies: Monsanto, Dow Chemical, DuPont and Novartis.

Risk assessment of GMO
Risk data remain mostly hidden behind the veil of `confidential business information'. However, certain experiments on rats showed that GMO food could be responsible for lower body, liver and heart, but also brain size. Possible effects on birth defects are also a big question mark.
The scientific policies of these companies seem to be `don't tell, don't ask'. In this context, they seem to use the whole world population as guinea pigs.
Another risk constitutes the reduced genetic plant diversity (monocultures).
One blatant lie was the statement that GMO would lead to a lower use of herbicides, but, in fact, more herbicides were necessary to combat herbicide-resistant weed.

Seed serfs
Farmers became totally dependent on the members of the oligopoly. Each year they had to pay a fee and were forbidden to re-use seeds from previous year.
As it became extremely difficult, even with an army of Pinkertons, to control the re-use, more effective technologies were developed: `Terminator food', whereby GMO plants `commit suicide' after one harvest season and `contraceptive corn' where the genes of antibodies in women with immune fertility were used.
Besides the plant seed patents, other ones will be introduced for animals (semen of pigs and bulls).

Politics
One of the goals of the world power elite is the drastic reduction of the world population (the author uses the term `genocide') through control of the human reproductive process. Genetically engineered crops are part of this strategy. As one member of the military stated: `GMO-based biological weapons are `cost-effective' weapons of mass destruction.'

WTO
The transnational corporations tried to force their seeds patents into all national and international markets during the WTO negotiations. They played it very hard, as they stipulated that `food standards and measures aimed at protecting people from pests can be potentially used as a deliberate barrier for trade'; in other words, `Free market über Alles', even health.

F. William Engdahl wrote a frightening book. It is a must read for all those interested in the future of mankind.


Great book with high quality illustrations, 16 Jul 2007
A great book for background information on car body painting. Very high quality COLOUR illustrations. Only backside is the american bias on products and cars ;-( - seen from an european point of view... But very informative and clear in text and layout.

the best book on painting cars i have found, 24 Mar 1999
this book is by far the best book on painting cars that i have found. it does not get much more complete than this book does, and i would recomend it to anyone either interested in painting their own car, or even having their car painted at a shop so they know what to do or how it should be done

Great info!, 20 Jun 1998
HOW TO PAINT YOUR CAR tells you how to paint your car. It tells people exactly what they need to to a professional job! Its not as hard as you think painting your own vehicle. This book TELLS YOU! A great buy. Well worth the money if you are thinking of trying to accomplish the task of painting your own car!

-Jeff

A glorious fusion of art and science, 28 Aug 2008
Philip Ball takes you on a fascinating journey of colour through the ages, from the ancient grinding of pigments to the digital creation of hues. You learn how paints and dyes were made and new colours discovered; how printing and photography evolved; the cultural and economic climate in which artists worked; and many more aspects of this ambitious theme. The book is full of quotes, facts, anecdotes, diagrams and copies of artwork. It is for anyone interested in art history, colour theory, chemistry, and materials. A very enjoyable read.

A fascinating History Of Pigments., 05 Dec 2002
This book describes colour in detail. Beginning with the earliest works of painting - cave pictures - and going up to the present day with synthetic pigments and mediums, it covers huge depths of information in an accessible and fascinating way. Did you know, for instance, that the Greeks only had four words for names of colours, and that Democritus was sure that pale green could be mixed from red and white? There is a detailed history of how Alchemy, the father of modern Chemistry, affected the production of pigments, and even a rather complicated section with actual chemical processes and formulae for the production of modern colour. However, the book can be enjoyed without the slightest knowledge of science and the artistic among us can revel in the glorious language of colour without worrying too much about the technicalities.

Fascinating, 09 Jan 2002
I don't know about "no greater tale", but this book is a fascinating tale about the science of colour and how colours have been used in art. Its strength is when it talks about the technology and development of colours for paints. Hence the sections on naturally occurring dyes and the development of man-made colours are the best. The final chapters are less interesting, reading at times like lists of art movements. I would have liked to have seen many more colour illustrations, but I suppose the cost would have been prohibitive. I wondered about the organisation, too: the book seemed to jump about a bit, and I found myself referring to the index a great deal to remind myself, say, exactly what Prussian blue was (I think this one was mentioned several times before it was first properly explained). But these are quibbles.

Excellent: clear and useful., 12 Dec 2007
I've only just bought this book but already it's incredibly useful. Everything is set out well and the text is clear, so that you understand every step of a calculation. Solutions to the given problems are fully explained.

The tone is excellent - far less dry than many textbooks. There's even a Buzz Lightyear quote in there. The book and accompanying CD-ROM also include information about the real world and how the theoretical work covered in the text applies to actual engineering.

I definitely recommend this textbook to anyone doing reaction engineering, particularly if you're having trouble grasping the subject.

A great buy for any serious chemical enginering student, 01 Nov 2000
Well thought out and put together, Fogler introduces the basic concepts first and gradually builds up to more advanced topics. Structured very well with lots of problems to help creative thinking.

Even for a duch student it is easy to understand, 26 Dec 1999
This book is used for several (duch)classes in Amsterdam. I can say that, even in English, it is very helpfull for solving problems in chemical engeneering.

Simply excellent!, 03 Apr 1998
This book is so well presented it's simply a dream. Fogler makes learning this stuff (which is pretty hard) really easy. The book is very logical and easy to follow. It covers practically all aspects of reaction kinetics and reactor design. It's an absolute must for any Chemical Engineer who has to pass exams!

The most lucid chemical engineering book there is, 20 Jun 1997
This is probably the best book you will find in chemical engineering. It is very well-written and concisely explains the basics of reactor engineering. This book is a necessity for a chemical engineer for its ability to elucidate the important concepts of kinetics.

A suprise handbag essential!, 28 Apr 2008
I've always been concerned about the huge list of E-numbers on the back of some food products. What actually are E-numbers and what are they doing to my body?

This handy pocket sized book (which fits nicely in a handbag) turned out to be a great buy which tells you all about E numbers used in food and cosmetics.

Using a simple 'traffic-light' colour coded system, safe E numbers are highlighted in green, with more questionable ones in yellow and red.

Full names and descriptions also help to give a great insight into what is really in your basket!


If you control food, you control people (H. Kissinger), 09 Nov 2008
After his remarkable book, `A Century of War', about the fierce battle for world energy (oil) control, F.W. Engdahl examines here a second extremely important world power instrument: food.
He integrates carefully this power line in a much bigger framework concocted by the world power elite in order to control world demographics and even eugenics.
The world power elite (see Daniel Estulin's shocking book `The true Story of the Bilderberg Group') created a transnational agribusiness in order to open new markets for energy products (petro-chemical fertilizers). This agribusiness, however, developed a more effective weapon for worldwide food control: genetically modified organisms (GMO), thereby creating through patent registration a world oligopoly of 4 transnational companies: Monsanto, Dow Chemical, DuPont and Novartis.

Risk assessment of GMO
Risk data remain mostly hidden behind the veil of `confidential business information'. However, certain experiments on rats showed that GMO food could be responsible for lower body, liver and heart, but also brain size. Possible effects on birth defects are also a big question mark.
The scientific policies of these companies seem to be `don't tell, don't ask'. In this context, they seem to use the whole world population as guinea pigs.
Another risk constitutes the reduced genetic plant diversity (monocultures).
One blatant lie was the statement that GMO would lead to a lower use of herbicides, but, in fact, more herbicides were necessary to combat herbicide-resistant weed.

Seed serfs
Farmers became totally dependent on the members of the oligopoly. Each year they had to pay a fee and were forbidden to re-use seeds from previous year.
As it became extremely difficult, even with an army of Pinkertons, to control the re-use, more effective technologies were developed: `Terminator food', whereby GMO plants `commit suicide' after one harvest season and `contraceptive corn' where the genes of antibodies in women with immune fertility were used.
Besides the plant seed patents, other ones will be introduced for animals (semen of pigs and bulls).

Politics
One of the goals of the world power elite is the drastic reduction of the world population (the author uses the term `genocide') through control of the human reproductive process. Genetically engineered crops are part of this strategy. As one member of the military stated: `GMO-based biological weapons are `cost-effective' weapons of mass destruction.'

WTO
The transnational corporations tried to force their seeds patents into all national and international markets during the WTO negotiations. They played it very hard, as they stipulated that `food standards and measures aimed at protecting people from pests can be potentially used as a deliberate barrier for trade'; in other words, `Free market über Alles', even health.

F. William Engdahl wrote a frightening book. It is a must read for all those interested in the future of mankind.


Great book with high quality illustrations, 16 Jul 2007
A great book for background information on car body painting. Very high quality COLOUR illustrations. Only backside is the american bias on products and cars ;-( - seen from an european point of view... But very informative and clear in text and layout.

the best book on painting cars i have found, 24 Mar 1999
this book is by far the best book on painting cars that i have found. it does not get much more complete than this book does, and i would recomend it to anyone either interested in painting their own car, or even having their car painted at a shop so they know what to do or how it should be done

Great info!, 20 Jun 1998
HOW TO PAINT YOUR CAR tells you how to paint your car. It tells people exactly what they need to to a professional job! Its not as hard as you think painting your own vehicle. This book TELLS YOU! A great buy. Well worth the money if you are thinking of trying to accomplish the task of painting your own car!

-Jeff

A glorious fusion of art and science, 28 Aug 2008
Philip Ball takes you on a fascinating journey of colour through the ages, from the ancient grinding of pigments to the digital creation of hues. You learn how paints and dyes were made and new colours discovered; how printing and photography evolved; the cultural and economic climate in which artists worked; and many more aspects of this ambitious theme. The book is full of quotes, facts, anecdotes, diagrams and copies of artwork. It is for anyone interested in art history, colour theory, chemistry, and materials. A very enjoyable read.

A fascinating History Of Pigments., 05 Dec 2002
This book describes colour in detail. Beginning with the earliest works of painting - cave pictures - and going up to the present day with synthetic pigments and mediums, it covers huge depths of information in an accessible and fascinating way. Did you know, for instance, that the Greeks only had four words for names of colours, and that Democritus was sure that pale green could be mixed from red and white? There is a detailed history of how Alchemy, the father of modern Chemistry, affected the production of pigments, and even a rather complicated section with actual chemical processes and formulae for the production of modern colour. However, the book can be enjoyed without the slightest knowledge of science and the artistic among us can revel in the glorious language of colour without worrying too much about the technicalities.

Fascinating, 09 Jan 2002
I don't know about "no greater tale", but this book is a fascinating tale about the science of colour and how colours have been used in art. Its strength is when it talks about the technology and development of colours for paints. Hence the sections on naturally occurring dyes and the development of man-made colours are the best. The final chapters are less interesting, reading at times like lists of art movements. I would have liked to have seen many more colour illustrations, but I suppose the cost would have been prohibitive. I wondered about the organisation, too: the book seemed to jump about a bit, and I found myself referring to the index a great deal to remind myself, say, exactly what Prussian blue was (I think this one was mentioned several times before it was first properly explained). But these are quibbles.

Excellent: clear and useful., 12 Dec 2007
I've only just bought this book but already it's incredibly useful. Everything is set out well and the text is clear, so that you understand every step of a calculation. Solutions to the given problems are fully explained.

The tone is excellent - far less dry than many textbooks. There's even a Buzz Lightyear quote in there. The book and accompanying CD-ROM also include information about the real world and how the theoretical work covered in the text applies to actual engineering.

I definitely recommend this textbook to anyone doing reaction engineering, particularly if you're having trouble grasping the subject.

A great buy for any serious chemical enginering student, 01 Nov 2000
Well thought out and put together, Fogler introduces the basic concepts first and gradually builds up to more advanced topics. Structured very well with lots of problems to help creative thinking.

Even for a duch student it is easy to understand, 26 Dec 1999
This book is used for several (duch)classes in Amsterdam. I can say that, even in English, it is very helpfull for solving problems in chemical engeneering.

Simply excellent!, 03 Apr 1998
This book is so well presented it's simply a dream. Fogler makes learning this stuff (which is pretty hard) really easy. The book is very logical and easy to follow. It covers practically all aspects of reaction kinetics and reactor design. It's an absolute must for any Chemical Engineer who has to pass exams!

The most lucid chemical engineering book there is, 20 Jun 1997
This is probably the best book you will find in chemical engineering. It is very well-written and concisely explains the basics of reactor engineering. This book is a necessity for a chemical engineer for its ability to elucidate the important concepts of kinetics.

Superb., 04 Sep 2000
What made this book such an enjoyable read, was the fact that no big chunks of prior knowledge were assumed. It was therefore very accessible. A fascinating read enlightening me to the minor changes required in our genetic makeup to cause disease.

A suprise handbag essential!, 28 Apr 2008
I've always been concerned about the huge list of E-numbers on the back of some food products. What actually are E-numbers and what are they doing to my body?

This handy pocket sized book (which fits nicely in a handbag) turned out to be a great buy which tells you all about E numbers used in food and cosmetics.

Using a simple 'traffic-light' colour coded system, safe E numbers are highlighted in green, with more questionable ones in yellow and red.

Full names and descriptions also help to give a great insight into what is really in your basket!


If you control food, you control people (H. Kissinger), 09 Nov 2008
After his remarkable book, `A Century of War', about the fierce battle for world energy (oil) control, F.W. Engdahl examines here a second extremely important world power instrument: food.
He integrates carefully this power line in a much bigger framework concocted by the world power elite in order to control world demographics and even eugenics.
The world power elite (see Daniel Estulin's shocking book `The true Story of the Bilderberg Group') created a transnational agribusiness in order to open new markets for energy products (petro-chemical fertilizers). This agribusiness, however, developed a more effective weapon for worldwide food control: genetically modified organisms (GMO), thereby creating through patent registration a world oligopoly of 4 transnational companies: Monsanto, Dow Chemical, DuPont and Novartis.

Risk assessment of GMO
Risk data remain mostly hidden behind the veil of `confidential business information'. However, certain experiments on rats showed that GMO food could be responsible for lower body, liver and heart, but also brain size. Possible effects on birth defects are also a big question mark.
The scientific policies of these companies seem to be `don't tell, don't ask'. In this context, they seem to use the whole world population as guinea pigs.
Another risk constitutes the reduced genetic plant diversity (monocultures).
One blatant lie was the statement that GMO would lead to a lower use of herbicides, but, in fact, more herbicides were necessary to combat herbicide-resistant weed.

Seed serfs
Farmers became totally dependent on the members of the oligopoly. Each year they had to pay a fee and were forbidden to re-use seeds from previous year.
As it became extremely difficult, even with an army of Pinkertons, to control the re-use, more effective technologies were developed: `Terminator food', whereby GMO plants `commit suicide' after one harvest season and `contraceptive corn' where the genes of antibodies in women with immune fertility were used.
Besides the plant seed patents, other ones will be introduced for animals (semen of pigs and bulls).

Politics
One of the goals of the world power elite is the drastic reduction of the world population (the author uses the term `genocide') through control of the human reproductive process. Genetically engineered crops are part of this strategy. As one member of the military stated: `GMO-based biological weapons are `cost-effective' weapons of mass destruction.'

WTO
The transnational corporations tried to force their seeds patents into all national and international markets during the WTO negotiations. They played it very hard, as they stipulated that `food standards and measures aimed at protecting people from pests can be potentially used as a deliberate barrier for trade'; in other words, `Free market über Alles', even health.

F. William Engdahl wrote a frightening book. It is a must read for all those interested in the future of mankind.


Great book with high quality illustrations, 16 Jul 2007
A great book for background information on car body painting. Very high quality COLOUR illustrations. Only backside is the american bias on products and cars ;-( - seen from an european point of view... But very informative and clear in text and layout.

the best book on painting cars i have found, 24 Mar 1999
this book is by far the best book on painting cars that i have found. it does not get much more complete than this book does, and i would recomend it to anyone either interested in painting their own car, or even having their car painted at a shop so they know what to do or how it should be done

Great info!, 20 Jun 1998
HOW TO PAINT YOUR CAR tells you how to paint your car. It tells people exactly what they need to to a professional job! Its not as hard as you think painting your own vehicle. This book TELLS YOU! A great buy. Well worth the money if you are thinking of trying to accomplish the task of painting your own car!

-Jeff

A glorious fusion of art and science, 28 Aug 2008
Philip Ball takes you on a fascinating journey of colour through the ages, from the ancient grinding of pigments to the digital creation of hues. You learn how paints and dyes were made and new colours discovered; how printing and photography evolved; the cultural and economic climate in which artists worked; and many more aspects of this ambitious theme. The book is full of quotes, facts, anecdotes, diagrams and copies of artwork. It is for anyone interested in art history, colour theory, chemistry, and materials. A very enjoyable read.

A fascinating History Of Pigments., 05 Dec 2002
This book describes colour in detail. Beginning with the earliest works of painting - cave pictures - and going up to the present day with synthetic pigments and mediums, it covers huge depths of information in an accessible and fascinating way. Did you know, for instance, that the Greeks only had four words for names of colours, and that Democritus was sure that pale green could be mixed from red and white? There is a detailed history of how Alchemy, the father of modern Chemistry, affected the production of pigments, and even a rather complicated section with actual chemical processes and formulae for the production of modern colour. However, the book can be enjoyed without the slightest knowledge of science and the artistic among us can revel in the glorious language of colour without worrying too much about the technicalities.

Fascinating, 09 Jan 2002
I don't know about "no greater tale", but this book is a fascinating tale about the science of colour and how colours have been used in art. Its strength is when it talks about the technology and development of colours for paints. Hence the sections on naturally occurring dyes and the development of man-made colours are the best. The final chapters are less interesting, reading at times like lists of art movements. I would have liked to have seen many more colour illustrations, but I suppose the cost would have been prohibitive. I wondered about the organisation, too: the book seemed to jump about a bit, and I found myself referring to the index a great deal to remind myself, say, exactly what Prussian blue was (I think this one was mentioned several times before it was first properly explained). But these are quibbles.

Excellent: clear and useful., 12 Dec 2007
I've only just bought this book but already it's incredibly useful. Everything is set out well and the text is clear, so that you understand every step of a calculation. Solutions to the given problems are fully explained.

The tone is excellent - far less dry than many textbooks. There's even a Buzz Lightyear quote in there. The book and accompanying CD-ROM also include information about the real world and how the theoretical work covered in the text applies to actual engineering.

I definitely recommend this textbook to anyone doing reaction engineering, particularly if you're having trouble grasping the subject.

A great buy for any serious chemical enginering student, 01 Nov 2000
Well thought out and put together, Fogler introduces the basic concepts first and gradually builds up to more advanced topics. Structured very well with lots of problems to help creative thinking.

Even for a duch student it is easy to understand, 26 Dec 1999
This book is used for several (duch)classes in Amsterdam. I can say that, even in English, it is very helpfull for solving problems in chemical engeneering.

Simply excellent!, 03 Apr 1998
This book is so well presented it's simply a dream. Fogler makes learning this stuff (which is pretty hard) really easy. The book is very logical and easy to follow. It covers practically all aspects of reaction kinetics and reactor design. It's an absolute must for any Chemical Engineer who has to pass exams!

The most lucid chemical engineering book there is, 20 Jun 1997
This is probably the best book you will find in chemical engineering. It is very well-written and concisely explains the basics of reactor engineering. This book is a necessity for a chemical engineer for its ability to elucidate the important concepts of kinetics.

Superb., 04 Sep 2000
What made this book such an enjoyable read, was the fact that no big chunks of prior knowledge were assumed. It was therefore very accessible. A fascinating read enlightening me to the minor changes required in our genetic makeup to cause disease.

Too small, too dear, little real instruction., 23 Feb 2008
Disappointed is the word that springs to mind. Poor quality printing, even the dust jacket looks like a poor colour photocopy. Indistinct and badly exposed images. I could forgive all of this but the content is slim and on a very narrow focus. No help with mounting horn handles, V sticks, alpen points, finishing etc etc. If you only want to make a wrist length walking stick with a wooden handle then this may do you, otherwise look further.

This book is nicely written........., 11 Sep 2000
The subject is fairly esoteric and at first glance may appear of interest to a comparatively narrow section of the population. However, that is not to say it will not be of interest to many who like to know what is going on inthe world. The narrative is nicely put together with many (black and white) photographs which clearly illustrate the ideas the author is getting across. Starting with a history of the subject the book deals with variations on the theme and describes alternative methods employed by craftsman, to produce the same article. The author's love of the subject is quickly apparent and his enthusiasm comes across. The book was so interesting and such a joy to read that I could not put it down until I had read it cover to cover!

Mauve? Not the butchest of colours perhaps; you might be forgiven for wondering whether, if a Longitude-style book had to be written about hues, Red, Blue or Yellow might not be the place to start instead. But Garfield has chosen his colour well: mauve and its 19th-century inventor William Perkin constitute a fascinating story. This book convincingly argues that Perkin's invention of this chemical dye became a major turning point in the history of Western science and industry. Purple had always been a royal colour, in part because it was so difficult (and hence expensive) to achieve a good shade out of the animal, mineral or plant raw materials from which all dyes were derived; it took 17,000 dried and crushed cactus insects to make one ounce of cochineal. Perkin found a cheap way to produce a synthetic purple; he made a fortune and prompted a craze for the colour in the fashion industry of his day. But more than this, Garfield argues, he kick-started chemistry from being a gentleman-amateur pastime into becoming the major world industry it is today. Mauve (the Victorians pronounced it "morv", apparently) really did change the world. Just as Perkins's colour was something wholly new, Garfield's Mauve represents a new sort of book, a more varied synthesis than the run-of-the-mill animal, mineral or plant books. In part it is a biography, in part a social and cultural history, and partly it is a meditation on the roles chemistry (and colour) play in our world. It even manages to function as a primer in inorganic chemistry. Garfield achieves this last without being either baffling or condescending; he breaks us in gently to the subject of, for instance, benzene rings by relating Friedrich Kekule's 1858 dream, dozing in front of the fire, "gambolling atoms in snake-like motion, one of the snakes had seized hold of its own tail: his benzene structure consisted of six carbon atoms, each attached to a hydrogen atom C6H6". The model for this integration of chemistry into everyday life is taken from the period itself--at one point we're told that "William Perkins Jnr wrote again, enquiring about the atomic structures of various synthetic perfumes and wishing his father a happy birthday". Presumably in that order. Garfield's book draws you into this world of dyes and dyers; the reader emerges a little mauver than when they started. --Adam Roberts

A suprise handbag essential!, 28 Apr 2008
I've always been concerned about the huge list of E-numbers on the back of some food products. What actually are E-numbers and what are they doing to my body?

This handy pocket sized book (which fits nicely in a handbag) turned out to be a great buy which tells you all about E numbers used in food and cosmetics.

Using a simple 'traffic-light' colour coded system, safe E numbers are highlighted in green, with more questionable ones in yellow and red.

Full names and descriptions also help to give a great insight into what is really in your basket!


If you control food, you control people (H. Kissinger), 09 Nov 2008
After his remarkable book, `A Century of War', about the fierce battle for world energy (oil) control, F.W. Engdahl examines here a second extremely important world power instrument: food.
He integrates carefully this power line in a much bigger framework concocted by the world power elite in order to control world demographics and even eugenics.
The world power elite (see Daniel Estulin's shocking book `The true Story of the Bilderberg Group') created a transnational agribusiness in order to open new markets for energy products (petro-chemical fertilizers). This agribusiness, however, developed a more effective weapon for worldwide food control: genetically modified organisms (GMO), thereby creating through patent registration a world oligopoly of 4 transnational companies: Monsanto, Dow Chemical, DuPont and Novartis.

Risk assessment of GMO
Risk data remain mostly hidden behind the veil of `confidential business information'. However, certain experiments on rats showed that GMO food could be responsible for lower body, liver and heart, but also brain size. Possible effects on birth defects are also a big question mark.
The scientific policies of these companies seem to be `don't tell, don't ask'. In this context, they seem to use the whole world population as guinea pigs.
Another risk constitutes the reduced genetic plant diversity (monocultures).
One blatant lie was the statement that GMO would lead to a lower use of herbicides, but, in fact, more herbicides were necessary to combat herbicide-resistant weed.

Seed serfs
Farmers became totally dependent on the members of the oligopoly. Each year they had to pay a fee and were forbidden to re-use seeds from previous year.
As it became extremely difficult, even with an army of Pinkertons, to control the re-use, more effective technologies were developed: `Terminator food', whereby GMO plants `commit suicide' after one harvest season and `contraceptive corn' where the genes of antibodies in women with immune fertility were used.
Besides the plant seed patents, other ones will be introduced for animals (semen of pigs and bulls).

Politics
One of the goals of the world power elite is the drastic reduction of the world population (the author uses the term `genocide') through control of the human reproductive process. Genetically engineered crops are part of this strategy. As one member of the military stated: `GMO-based biological weapons are `cost-effective' weapons of mass destruction.'

WTO
The transnational corporations tried to force their seeds patents into all national and international markets during the WTO negotiations. They played it very hard, as they stipulated that `food standards and measures aimed at protecting people from pests can be potentially used as a deliberate barrier for trade'; in other words, `Free market über Alles', even health.

F. William Engdahl wrote a frightening book. It is a must read for all those interested in the future of mankind.


Great book with high quality illustrations, 16 Jul 2007
A great book for background information on car body painting. Very high quality COLOUR illustrations. Only backside is the american bias on products and cars ;-( - seen from an european point of view... But very informative and clear in text and layout.

the best book on painting cars i have found, 24 Mar 1999
this book is by far the best book on painting cars that i have found. it does not get much more complete than this book does, and i would recomend it to anyone either interested in painting their own car, or even having their car painted at a shop so they know what to do or how it should be done

Great info!, 20 Jun 1998
HOW TO PAINT YOUR CAR tells you how to paint your car. It tells people exactly what they need to to a professional job! Its not as hard as you think painting your own vehicle. This book TELLS YOU! A great buy. Well worth the money if you are thinking of trying to accomplish the task of painting your own car!

-Jeff

A glorious fusion of art and science, 28 Aug 2008
Philip Ball takes you on a fascinating journey of colour through the ages, from the ancient grinding of pigments to the digital creation of hues. You learn how paints and dyes were made and new colours discovered; how printing and photography evolved; the cultural and economic climate in which artists worked; and many more aspects of this ambitious theme. The book is full of quotes, facts, anecdotes, diagrams and copies of artwork. It is for anyone interested in art history, colour theory, chemistry, and materials. A very enjoyable read.

A fascinating History Of Pigments., 05 Dec 2002
This book describes colour in detail. Beginning with the earliest works of painting - cave pictures - and going up to the present day with synthetic pigments and mediums, it covers huge depths of information in an accessible and fascinating way. Did you know, for instance, that the Greeks only had four words for names of colours, and that Democritus was sure that pale green could be mixed from red and white? There is a detailed history of how Alchemy, the father of modern Chemistry, affected the production of pigments, and even a rather complicated section with actual chemical processes and formulae for the production of modern colour. However, the book can be enjoyed without the slightest knowledge of science and the artistic among us can revel in the glorious language of colour without worrying too much about the technicalities.

Fascinating, 09 Jan 2002
I don't know about "no greater tale", but this book is a fascinating tale about the science of colour and how colours have been used in art. Its strength is when it talks about the technology and development of colours for paints. Hence the sections on naturally occurring dyes and the development of man-made colours are the best. The final chapters are less interesting, reading at times like lists of art movements. I would have liked to have seen many more colour illustrations, but I suppose the cost would have been prohibitive. I wondered about the organisation, too: the book seemed to jump about a bit, and I found myself referring to the index a great deal to remind myself, say, exactly what Prussian blue was (I think this one was mentioned several times before it was first properly explained). But these are quibbles.

Excellent: clear and useful., 12 Dec 2007
I've only just bought this book but already it's incredibly useful. Everything is set out well and the text is clear, so that you understand every step of a calculation. Solutions to the given problems are fully explained.

The tone is excellent - far less dry than many textbooks. There's even a Buzz Lightyear quote in there. The book and accompanying CD-ROM also include information about the real world and how the theoretical work covered in the text applies to actual engineering.

I definitely recommend this textbook to anyone doing reaction engineering, particularly if you're having trouble grasping the subject.

A great buy for any serious chemical enginering student, 01 Nov 2000
Well thought out and put together, Fogler introduces the basic concepts first and gradually builds up to more advanced topics. Structured very well with lots of problems to help creative thinking.

Even for a duch student it is easy to understand, 26 Dec 1999
This book is used for several (duch)classes in Amsterdam. I can say that, even in English, it is very helpfull for solving problems in chemical engeneering.

Simply excellent!, 03 Apr 1998
This book is so well presented it's simply a dream. Fogler makes learning this stuff (which is pretty hard) really easy. The book is very logical and easy to follow. It covers practically all aspects of reaction kinetics and reactor design. It's an absolute must for any Chemical Engineer who has to pass exams!

The most lucid chemical engineering book there is, 20 Jun 1997
This is probably the best book you will find in chemical engineering. It is very well-written and concisely explains the basics of reactor engineering. This book is a necessity for a chemical engineer for its ability to elucidate the important concepts of kinetics.

Superb., 04 Sep 2000
What made this book such an enjoyable read, was the fact that no big chunks of prior knowledge were assumed. It was therefore very accessible. A fascinating read enlightening me to the minor changes required in our genetic makeup to cause disease.

Too small, too dear, little real instruction., 23 Feb 2008
Disappointed is the word that springs to mind. Poor quality printing, even the dust jacket looks like a poor colour photocopy. Indistinct and badly exposed images. I could forgive all of this but the content is slim and on a very narrow focus. No help with mounting horn handles, V sticks, alpen points, finishing etc etc. If you only want to make a wrist length walking stick with a wooden handle then this may do you, otherwise look further.

This book is nicely written........., 11 Sep 2000
The subject is fairly esoteric and at first glance may appear of interest to a comparatively narrow section of the population. However, that is not to say it will not be of interest to many who like to know what is going on inthe world. The narrative is nicely put together with many (black and white) photographs which clearly illustrate the ideas the author is getting across. Starting with a history of the subject the book deals with variations on the theme and describes alternative methods employed by craftsman, to produce the same article. The author's love of the subject is quickly apparent and his enthusiasm comes across. The book was so interesting and such a joy to read that I could not put it down until I had read it cover to cover!

Fascinating look at the history of organic chemistry, 09 Oct 2001
If, like me, you always thought chemistry was boring, think again! This book manages to make the subject of manufactured dyes interesting: describing the competition to invent new dyes, and the developments following on from Perkin's discovery in vivid prose.
"Mauve" follows on from the ground best trod by Sobel with "Longitude", and may not be as gripping, but "Mauve" is certainly one of the better popular science books I've read.

An amazing story of Mauve's impact on 20th Century Britain, 13 Dec 2000
I found "Mauve" absolutely fascinating, not least for the remarkable chain of events that followed Sir William Henry Perkin's work on aniline dyes. Having been absorbed by this excellent book, I found it rather sad that even now, with so many 20th Century developments arising from Sir William's discoveries, such an unsung hero should still be relatively anonymous and even his final resting place cannot be found.

By a rather nice coincidence, though not related to Sir William, my father, Philip Perkin, worked in colour chemistry and industrial pigment production for over forty years in the North of England and would often return home with clothes spattered with every hue imaginable, just like his namesake !!

Mauve is a must-read for those intrigued to know how an apparently innocuous laboratory development led to the establishment of today's global chemical industry and changed our world, in so many ways, forever.

A fascinating look at science and fashion, 15 Sep 2000
Mauve is almost impossible to categorize. It is part biography, part science history, part medical history and part fashion book. It tells the story of Sir William Perkin, the man who discovered the first artificial dye - mauve - in the 1850s. The colour was a sensation at the time, but was even more remarkable for what it led to - particularly the advances in medicine such as the study of chromosomes and the subsequent conquest of disease such as tuberculosis. Mauve was discovered by Perkin when he was 18 by mistake, when he was looking for a way of making quinine. The book ends with the eventual discovery of articial quinine many years later. I especially liked the way Simon Garfield interweaves the past and present story. It's a remarkable and I think untold tale of how one colour achieved so much, and it will make you think about all colours in a totally different light.

A suprise handbag essential!, 28 Apr 2008
I've always been concerned about the huge list of E-numbers on the back of some food products. What actually are E-numbers and what are they doing to my body?

This handy pocket sized book (which fits nicely in a handbag) turned out to be a great buy which tells you all about E numbers used in food and cosmetics.

Using a simple 'traffic-light' colour coded system, safe E numbers are highlighted in green, with more questionable ones in yellow and red.

Full names and descriptions also help to give a great insight into what is really in your basket!


If you control food, you control people (H. Kissinger), 09 Nov 2008
After his remarkable book, `A Century of War', about the fierce battle for world energy (oil) control, F.W. Engdahl examines here a second extremely important world power instrument: food.
He integrates carefully this power line in a much bigger framework concocted by the world power elite in order to control world demographics and even eugenics.
The world power elite (see Daniel Estulin's shocking book `The true Story of the Bilderberg Group') created a transnational agribusiness in order to open new markets for energy products (petro-chemical fertilizers). This agribusiness, however, developed a more effective weapon for worldwide food control: genetically modified organisms (GMO), thereby creating through patent registration a world oligopoly of 4 transnational companies: Monsanto, Dow Chemical, DuPont and Novartis.

Risk assessment of GMO
Risk data remain mostly hidden behind the veil of `confidential business information'. However, certain experiments on rats showed that GMO food could be responsible for lower body, liver and heart, but also brain size. Possible effects on birth defects are also a big question mark.
The scientific policies of these companies seem to be `don't tell, don't ask'. In this context, they seem to use the whole world population as guinea pigs.
Another risk constitutes the reduced genetic plant diversity (monocultures).
One blatant lie was the statement that GMO would lead to a lower use of herbicides, but, in fact, more herbicides were necessary to combat herbicide-resistant weed.

Seed serfs
Farmers became totally dependent on the members of the oligopoly. Each year they had to pay a fee and were forbidden to re-use seeds from previous year.
As it became extremely difficult, even with an army of Pinkertons, to control the re-use, more effective technologies were developed: `Terminator food', whereby GMO plants `commit suicide' after one harvest season and `contraceptive corn' where the genes of antibodies in women with immune fertility were used.
Besides the plant seed patents, other ones will be introduced for animals (semen of pigs and bulls).

Politics
One of the goals of the world power elite is the drastic reduction of the world population (the author uses the term `genocide') through control of the human reproductive process. Genetically engineered crops are part of this strategy. As one member of the military stated: `GMO-based biological weapons are `cost-effective' weapons of mass destruction.'

WTO
The transnational corporations tried to force their seeds patents into all national and international markets during the WTO negotiations. They played it very hard, as they stipulated that `food standards and measures aimed at protecting people from pests can be potentially used as a deliberate barrier for trade'; in other words, `Free market über Alles', even health.

F. William Engdahl wrote a frightening book. It is a must read for all those interested in the future of mankind.


Great book with high quality illustrations, 16 Jul 2007
A great book for background information on car body painting. Very high quality COLOUR illustrations. Only backside is the american bias on products and cars ;-( - seen from an european point of view... But very informative and clear in text and layout.

the best book on painting cars i have found, 24 Mar 1999
this book is by far the best book on painting cars that i have found. it does not get much more complete than this book does, and i would recomend it to anyone either interested in painting their own car, or even having their car painted at a shop so they know what to do or how it should be done

Great info!, 20 Jun 1998
HOW TO PAINT YOUR CAR tells you how to paint your car. It tells people exactly what they need to to a professional job! Its not as hard as you think painting your own vehicle. This book TELLS YOU! A great buy. Well worth the money if you are thinking of trying to accomplish the task of painting your own car!

-Jeff

A glorious fusion of art and science, 28 Aug 2008
Philip Ball takes you on a fascinating journey of colour through the ages, from the ancient grinding of pigments to the digital creation of hues. You learn how paints and dyes were made and new colours discovered; how printing and photography evolved; the cultural and economic climate in which artists worked; and many more aspects of this ambitious theme. The book is full of quotes, facts, anecdotes, diagrams and copies of artwork. It is for anyone interested in art history, colour theory, chemistry, and materials. A very enjoyable read.

A fascinating History Of Pigments., 05 Dec 2002
This book describes colour in detail. Beginning with the earliest works of painting - cave pictures - and going up to the present day with synthetic pigments and mediums, it covers huge depths of information in an accessible and fascinating way. Did you know, for instance, that the Greeks only had four words for names of colours, and that Democritus was sure that pale green could be mixed from red and white? There is a detailed history of how Alchemy, the father of modern Chemistry, affected the production of pigments, and even a rather complicated section with actual chemical processes and formulae for the production of modern colour. However, the book can be enjoyed without the slightest knowledge of science and the artistic among us can revel in the glorious language of colour without worrying too much about the technicalities.

Fascinating, 09 Jan 2002
I don't know about "no greater tale", but this book is a fascinating tale about the science of colour and how colours have been used in art. Its strength is when it talks about the technology and development of colours for paints. Hence the sections on naturally occurring dyes and the development of man-made colours are the best. The final chapters are less interesting, reading at times like lists of art movements. I would have liked to have seen many more colour illustrations, but I suppose the cost would have been prohibitive. I wondered about the organisation, too: the book seemed to jump about a bit, and I found myself referring to the index a great deal to remind myself, say, exactly what Prussian blue was (I think this one was mentioned several times before it was first properly explained). But these are quibbles.

Excellent: clear and useful., 12 Dec 2007
I've only just bought this book but already it's incredibly useful. Everything is set out well and the text is clear, so that you understand every step of a calculation. Solutions to the given problems are fully explained.

The tone is excellent - far less dry than many textbooks. There's even a Buzz Lightyear quote in there. The book and accompanying CD-ROM also include information about the real world and how the theoretical work covered in the text applies to actual engineering.

I definitely recommend this textbook to anyone doing reaction engineering, particularly if you're having trouble grasping the subject.

A great buy for any serious chemical enginering student, 01 Nov 2000
Well thought out and put together, Fogler introduces the basic concepts first and gradually builds up to more advanced topics. Structured very well with lots of problems to help creative thinking.

Even for a duch student it is easy to understand, 26 Dec 1999
This book is used for several (duch)classes in Amsterdam. I can say that, even in English, it is very helpfull for solving problems in chemical engeneering.

Simply excellent!, 03 Apr 1998
This book is so well presented it's simply a dream. Fogler makes learning this stuff (which is pretty hard) really easy. The book is very logical and easy to follow. It covers practically all aspects of reaction kinetics and reactor design. It's an absolute must for any Chemical Engineer who has to pass exams!

The most lucid chemical engineering book there is, 20 Jun 1997
This is probably the best book you will find in chemical engineering. It is very well-written and concisely explains the basics of reactor engineering. This book is a necessity for a chemical engineer for its ability to elucidate the important concepts of kinetics.

Superb., 04 Sep 2000
What made this book such an enjoyable read, was the fact that no big chunks of prior knowledge were assumed. It was therefore very accessible. A fascinating read enlightening me to the minor changes required in our genetic makeup to cause disease.

Too small, too dear, little real instruction., 23 Feb 2008
Disappointed is the word that springs to mind. Poor quality printing, even the dust jacket looks like a poor colour photocopy. Indistinct and badly exposed images. I could forgive all of this but the content is slim and on a very narrow focus. No help with mounting horn handles, V sticks, alpen points, finishing etc etc. If you only want to make a wrist length walking stick with a wooden handle then this may do you, otherwise look further.

This book is nicely written........., 11 Sep 2000
The subject is fairly esoteric and at first glance may appear of interest to a comparatively narrow section of the population. However, that is not to say it will not be of interest to many who like to know what is going on inthe world. The narrative is nicely put together with many (black and white) photographs which clearly illustrate the ideas the author is getting across. Starting with a history of the subject the book deals with variations on the theme and describes alternative methods employed by craftsman, to produce the same article. The author's love of the subject is quickly apparent and his enthusiasm comes across. The book was so interesting and such a joy to read that I could not put it down until I had read it cover to cover!

Fascinating look at the history of organic chemistry, 09 Oct 2001
If, like me, you always thought chemistry was boring, think again! This book manages to make the subject of manufactured dyes interesting: describing the competition to invent new dyes, and the developments following on from Perkin's discovery in vivid prose.
"Mauve" follows on from the ground best trod by Sobel with "Longitude", and may not be as gripping, but "Mauve" is certainly one of the better popular science books I've read.

An amazing story of Mauve's impact on 20th Century Britain, 13 Dec 2000
I found "Mauve" absolutely fascinating, not least for the remarkable chain of events that followed Sir William Henry Perkin's work on aniline dyes. Having been absorbed by this excellent book, I found it rather sad that even now, with so many 20th Century developments arising from Sir William's discoveries, such an unsung hero should still be relatively anonymous and even his final resting place cannot be found.

By a rather nice coincidence, though not related to Sir William, my father, Philip Perkin, worked in colour chemistry and industrial pigment production for over forty years in the North of England and would often return home with clothes spattered with every hue imaginable, just like his namesake !!

Mauve is a must-read for those intrigued to know how an apparently innocuous laboratory development led to the establishment of today's global chemical industry and changed our world, in so many ways, forever.

A fascinating look at science and fashion, 15 Sep 2000
Mauve is almost impossible to categorize. It is part biography, part science history, part medical history and part fashion book. It tells the story of Sir William Perkin, the man who discovered the first artificial dye - mauve - in the 1850s. The colour was a sensation at the time, but was even more remarkable for what it led to - particularly the advances in medicine such as the study of chromosomes and the subsequent conquest of disease such as tuberculosis. Mauve was discovered by Perkin when he was 18 by mistake, when he was looking for a way of making quinine. The book ends with the eventual discovery of articial quinine many years later. I especially liked the way Simon Garfield interweaves the past and present story. It's a remarkable and I think untold tale of how one colour achieved so much, and it will make you think about all colours in a totally different light.

Please read the negative reviews - they say it all, 03 Jan 2009
Finally someone has taken the time to offer a widely available and robust rebuttal to the nonsense on offer from the organic movement, homeopaths, anti-GM NGOs etc. Traverne does a wonderful job of explaining the role of science in society and how without a clear and consistent framework, reliant upon repeatability and peer review, then we would have no way of determining truth from 'whatever the snake-oil salesman says'. Previously, I had never considered how fundamental the concept of truth and the process for determining fact from 'intuition' was to supporting freedom and democracy - the author labours this point a touch, but it is well made.

This is a superb book.


Not scientific or truthful, 13 Nov 2008
Mr Taverne, who many years ago might be experienced as a freedom -loving democratic socialist ,has tried to find the paradigm behind the ecological and environmental movements of today. In an extraordinarily interesting part of his book he tries to find this in the person of Rudolf Steiner(1861-1925) founder of biodynamic agriculture anthroposophical medecine and steiner education, whose london centre is in Park Rd NW1.This seems to me unusual, since Steiners work seems not very well known in Britain except superficially. BUT......
Far from Steiner being unscientific or inclined to vague anti -scientific notions ( which may indeed infect some of the enthusiasts Taverne lambasts) he was in every way extremely scientific in the true sense; even writing books on epistemology and later extending the scientific sense to the spiritual world as well as that of the senses.
Taverne may not know this or doubt it and feel justified in lumping Steiner with what he considers unscientific dreaming;, even he may consider him the source of it .I strongly disagree but he is entitled to his opinion.He even can imply that some Nazis were given to this sort of enthusiasm and unscientific ideas.
But it is really a terrible slur to imply that in some way Anthroposophy is the source of Nazism. almost like blaming Lincoln for the death of John Wilkes Booth . ( I cannot quite find a good analogy) In other words anthroposophy is TOTALY OPPOSED to racism and the idea of "racial thought." In fact it proclaims free thought which comes from the individual spirit and is not tied to race business war or ambition. Unlike some other examples.....
When Mr Taverne links Steiner to the vague elements in the Green aganda , we may demur ; but when he states baldly twice that steiner was a member of the NSDAP we are in the realms either of repetition by heresay of utterly inaccurate information ; and therefore unscientific negligence of a high order ; or of a deliberate lie intended to mislead and confuse a public with interest in these matters. Only Mr Taverne can tell us which.

Read with Caution, 31 Oct 2008
If you intend to buy this book then do so with extreme caution. Margaret Cook in her review in The Guardian observed that much of Taverne's `discussion is rather rant than reason' and pointed to his tendency to declare as absurd any argument he doesn't understand. But more worrying are his gross distortions of history and his total misrepresentation of those individuals involved in the ecological and organic movements in the twentieth century. His attacks, for example, on Rudolf Steiner and the Anthroposophical Movement are a total fabrication and a complete falsification of the facts. Taverne, relies on Anna Bramwell's book Ecology in the 20th Century: A History, to argue that Steiner was a member of the Nazi party in it early days. This is completely untrue and although some of the Nazi leaders were interested in the agricultural methods developed by Steiner, he never embraced any right wing ideology nor joined any political parties. Indeed he was frequently attacked by right wing extremists and at one point in the early 1920s he was forced to call off his lecture tours in fear of his life from right wing groups. Taverne uses no primary source material to support any of his arguments in this book and one can only say that if you decide to buy it then it is a good lesson on how history should NOT be written.

Dr. Kenneth Gibson


Polemical Nonsense, 07 Jul 2008
"The March of Unreason" is an ill-conceived, narrow-minded, badly-argued polemic disguised by just enough rationality to convince those with no understanding of the issues, that anyone with political leanings left of centre, or anyone involved in a green NGO suffers from relativist myopia, and refuses to recognise objective science.
I have two main issues with the book. I basically agree with 80% of what he says, but he argues with the same degree of black&white fundamentalism with which he accuses NGOs such as Greenpeace of being prone to.
My second issue is that his viewpoints are so anthropocentric as to be wholly arrogant. As a result he argues certain points unnecessarily to death, while conveniently glossing over those environmental arguments which are less easy for him to swallow. The review by the FT of this book says everything else which needs to be said.

The Eco-fundamentalists principal goal seems to be the wanton and total annihilation of rational debate. , 05 Jan 2008
An absolutely fantastic book.
In an ideal world, one not controlled by doomsayers, fear-mongers and sensationalist headline grabbers - this excellent book would be on the school science curriculum throughout Europe.
The truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth (which makes a refreshing change!).
Just read it!