Verulam (readers' letters – October 2016)

Ian May finds this to be a useful book for undergraduate students in certain respects – its key points, conceptual questions and clear layout in particular – but feels it is let down by a lack of rigour.

This is an excellent general technical introduction to the issues facing the shipping and offshore industries, concludes Paul Frieze, but not detailed enough for more serious insights into the multifarious technological challenges that really exist.

Peter Bullman finds this to be an excellent book in which concepts are presented with admirable simplicity and clarity. However, it is let down by poor production, with low-quality illustrations and numerous typographical errors.