George Kattawar’s review (Physics Today, Physics Today 0031-9228 61 2 2008 64 https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2883914 February 2008, page 64 ) of the book Iridescences: The Physical Colors of Insects by Serge Berthier (Springer, 2007) may have set a record for the number of negative comments. After a brief review of the author’s previously published French version, Kattawar goes on to point out that “Berthier’s book could have been a very nice piece of work if it had been proofread to correct the plethora of errors in grammar, history, and references to figures.” And that is only the first sentence of about 15 column inches of critical comments.
One wonders if there should be a lemon law for books.
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