seprewnen 0) nical Engine PR! eA ea. Pen Tce a) Lae . eT pr Lt) 1 ENBINEEAS Ml 3 a Bioprocess Engineering: Kinetics, Sustainability, and Reactor Design ‘SHUIE LIU: $0, 9700444697009. ELSEVIER, 1,1726P: £115 ‘adress all the main areas of biochemical and bioprocess ‘engineering in one printed volume, The book is physically ‘humongous, making reading It cumbersome in any other setting than an office space or a library, It is comprised of 18 chapters covering in a rather brief and often overly succinct way a wide array of subjects relevant to chemical, biochemical and blopro~ ‘cess engineering. Regardless of the title of the book, references to bioprocesses relevant to chemical engineers, for example biological wastewater treatment, ae limited ach chapter has been written as a stand-alone document rather as a part of a complete book (there is a DO for each chapter), The author often guides the reader to information stated in other chapters. studying the book is tedious as there are breaks in flow and continuity, Practical examples (solved problems) are limited and in certain chapters even absent. ‘There are plenty of "check your understanding” questions atthe end of each chapter plus a comprehensive summary but there are no solutions given, There= fore the book could not be easily used as an acadernic textbook not Ad while preparing teaching material. The book is pethaps trying, toaddress more specialised, experienced and seasoned profession Als inthe field, Overall this book could better serve its purpose if it was reduced in size, focussing predominantly in bioprocess engi neering rather than expanding massively to all the relevant areas. a ivan interesting but arduous effort af a single author to Myrto-Panagiota Zacharf, research assstant, Institute of Life Sciences, ‘Swansea University, Uk BEST FEATURE: PROBLEM SOLVING STEP BY STEP IN EXCEL IWCLUDING SCREENSHOTS THAT COULD HELP PROFESSIONALS WORST FEATURE: WAITTEN IN A DENSE EXPANSIVE MANNER ON A