`The book will be relevant and useful to both engineers conversantwith this field and engineers who are becoming acquainted with runawayreaction hazards. The editors have done a good job in integrating thedifferent chapters into a cohesive book, and they and the publishersare to be congratulated for publishing it so quickly after the lecturecourse was presented.' Bretherick's Handbook of Reactive Chemical Hazards (4th edition)