This book is currently the only one that covers the entire topic of laser-cooling; a topic which is at the forefront of experimental science and has been essentially won two Nobel Prizes in the last few years.
Essentially starting at graduate level, it covers theory, experimental concepts and applications in a well organised fashion, breaking the book in three segments.
In the theory section, the introduction is fleeting. It points out what it assumes the reader knows and then carries on from this advance level. So while it is an introductory book, it requires a good background in physics to get the most from it.
As in all books covering so much detail there are errors and some potential in misunderstanding of fundamental points. As this is an early edition, it is hoped that these are removed: things such as a fundamental convolution in the explanation of the nature of pi-transitions. However this is an excellent book on an interesting topic. The appendices are very good and in combination with the list of references at the finish it gives a near total insight into aser cooling.
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