Review of: Pyrotechnic Chemistry

Pyrotechnic Chemistry

Reviewed by John R. Steinberg, M. D.

This is a collaborative work by many authors, resulting in many distinct writing styles between the various chapters; nevertheless the book provides a superb overview of the chemistry of pyrotechnics and various tangentially related topics. Given the stellar curricula vitae of the contributors, it is no surprise that this work is both technically excellent and extremely interesting to anyone with any degree of curiosity regarding pyrotechnic chemistry. While the preface discloses that this text is written at “an introductory to intermediate level” the more extensive one’s background in the field, the greater the appreciation for the material will be. It is, indeed, as promised, accessible to both novices and appreciated by fairly advanced students of this subject. The book consists of nineteen  chapters and is extensively, if not exhaustively referenced, providing a guide to further source material for those readers desirous of more advanced treatments of the various topics discussed in each chapter.

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Ref: JPyro, Issue 21, 2005, pp 75-78
(J21_75)

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