Disperse systems. By Makoto Takeo, Pp. xi + 317. Weinheim: Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH, 1999. Price £85.00. ISBN 3-527-29458-9.

The book discusses the nature and physical properties of disperse systems, including colloids, sols, micelles, vesicles, bilayers, emulsions, gels and aerosols. It is intended for use in `graduate courses in physics, physical chemistry, and chemical engineering and as a reference for those doing academic or industrial research'.