Adrian Doicu is Research Scientist at the Remote Sensing Technology Institute, DLR Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft- und Raumfahrt e. V., Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany, prior to this he was Research Scientists at the Department of Chemical and Process Engineering, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany. Thomas Wriedt is Head of the Particle Technology and Particle Characterization Department of the Institut fur Werkstofftechnik, Bremen, Germany. Yuri Eremin is Research Professor at the Applied Mathematics and Computer Science Faculty, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia.

From the reviews: "The well-written book is devoted to the light scattering of diverse particles encountered in practical applications. ... the book is written for physics and engineering students, and for practical researchers ... . The development of the subject of the monograph is well-documented by a comprehensive bibliography. An Index contains the most important terms used in the book." (Georg Hebermehl, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1163, 2009)

• Basic Theory of Electromagnetic Scattering.- Null-Field Method.- Simulation Results.- Spherical Functions.- Wave Functions.- Computational Aspects in Effective Medium Theory.- Completeness of Vector Spherical Wave Functions.