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182[C#18] (Sub-function 9) There are two items which would have beenstrengthened the book if they had been included. First, I think a chapter onnumerical methods for solving matrix eigenvalue/eigenvector problems would bequite useful since few realistic problems have analytic solutions. ...My secondcriticism addresses the way in which the applications are presented in the book.More specifically, why not give some illustrative references at the end of eachapplications chapter?...[L#16] (Sub-function 9) From this American English instructor's viewpoint, thedictionary has only a couple of disadvantages. One is that the British spelling,terminology, and accent predominate (take, for example, “tyre” and “boot” in thecar illustration on page 108). ...The second disadvantage will be remedied in thenear future—that is a distribution source a little closer to home than London. ...[E#20] (Sub-function 9) Unfortunately, as the reader will soon discover, thevolume is faulty on a number of crucial points. First, despite claims that thebook represents the state of the research in the late 1980s, long delays since thevolume’s inception in the mid-sixties have meant that it is sadly out of touchwith recent work in the field. ...Second, the volume is very poorly edited. Contradictory views among thecontributors abound. ...Third, the book lacks balance. Owing to contributors dropping out, the editorended up writing nearly half of the chapters himself. ...Finally, one almost feels that this book should carry some sort of academichealth warning. It is not a volume that one can easily recommend to readers notthoroughly versed in the field, most crucially students. ...(ii) Explicit lexemes that indicate the special status of certain parts of the book,e.g., ‘special’, ‘distinguish’:[C#12] The illustrations section has grown in size compared with the firstedition, as Dietrich Hahn has chosen to include some photographs relevant to theperiod. (Sub-function 9) Some of these are of great interest, such as the''Sofabild" of 1920 (p. 88), showing Lise Meitner and Otto Hahn with their circleof friends — Herta Sponer, Einstein, Grotrian, Westphal, the Francks, Otto vonBaeyer, Peter Pringsheim, Haber, Hertz.