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We live in a time when access to ceramic information from experienced, authoritativesources is ubiquitous. But, when it comes to actually choosing a book, it’s hard toknow justhow good, how meaningful, any particular book will turn out to be. For anyone with curiosity about what ceramics is all about, this isa book that delivers. It’s the book that the “gurus” all know aboutand refer to.
The amount of information for each entry is well considered. Someare short and concise, othersrun pages longif importantsubjects arebeing explained. After the A-Z section there is a 24-page appendixof very useful tablesincluding cone charts, conversions and material compositions. This454-page 6th edition by Frank & Janet Hameris somuch more than a dictionary;read it like a book andit will send you off in surprising new directions.