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256[C#1] This book surprisingly is very good. While most books of this ilk(technology introductions), in their effort to give cursory treatment to manytopics, do not have sufficient depth in any topic to be useful, this one providesexcellent coverage for chemists or other scientists or technologists notspecifically schooled in testing and characterization of polymers. (...)This bookhas wide appeal, yet depth sufficient to be quite useful.[C#2] This book reflects the varied research interests of the author. Its limitationfor use as a textbook, in my opinion, is some lack of depth and rigor.In linguistics and economics, “in-depth” and “detailed” along with related termssuch as “complete” also define those books that bring an authoritative voice in thetreatment:[L#3] This book is a thoroughly researched and thoughtfully prepared account oflanguage development in six young children growing up in Western Samoa.[E#18]... Bamford’s careful and extremely detailed study does not lend itself toeasy and simple conclusions...and terms such as “cursory” and “elementary” are used to blame books as not totally“scientific”:[L#4] This is not the only instance where a complex issue is treated in overlysimplified terms in the body of the monograph only to be restated at the end.[E#13] But the reader in search of serious applied economic analysis andultimately a convincing and plausible measure of the potential welfare effects ofcompleting the internal market in Europe will find himself or herself greatlydisappointed.