Transport Phenomena in Multiphase Systems. By Amir Faghri and Yuwen Zhang. Elsevier, 11830 Westline Industrial Drive, St. Louis, MO 63146. Web: wiley. com. 2006. 1030 pages, $99.95.

Written at a level suitable for a textbook in a graduate engineering course or for researchers in heat transfer with simultaneous phase transformation, this book presents a comprehensive treatment of a variety of phenomena. It includes recent analyses of applications of current interest. The derivations and analyses are accompanied by numerous examples worked out in the text and by several pages of problems at the end of each of the eleven chapters.

In approximately 100 pages, the first chapter provides a summary of basic concepts and equations ranging from kinetic theory and intermolecular forces to nanoscale phenomena to transport phenomena including thermal and multicomponent diffusion. Vectors and tensors are used as...