From the 300 papers presented at what used to be called the Grinding and Machining Conference, some 130 were selected for publication because of their quality and to make sure that the main themes of the conference were covered adequately. Those themes are abrasives and tooling technology; grinding; lapping, polishing, and honing; machine and automation; and other abrasive processes. Among the topics are the mechanics and control and modeling and simulation of abrasive processes, measurement and surface quality assessment, cooling and coolants, polishing, wheel truing and dressing, and novel abrasive and machining techniques. Distributed in the US by Enfield. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)