Book review: Rare earth elements—A new approach to the nexus of supply, demand and use: exemplified along the use of neodymium in permanent magnets

This book is part of the “Springer Theses” published by Springer, a book series designed to highlight and share outstanding Ph.D. research. As explained by Springer (on the second page), this series “brings together a selection of the very best Ph.D. theses from around the world and across the physical sciences.” I admire Springer for this endeavor because a large number of exceptional theses are never published, and thus are difficult to obtain, while most of those that are published are presented only in highly condensed form as journal articles.

Review info: Rare Earth Elements—A New Approach to the Nexus of Supply, Demand and Use: Exemplified Along the Use of Neodymium in Permanent Magnets. By Volker Zerf. 2013. ISBN 978-3-642-35457-1. 157 pp.