Huang (South China U. of Technology, Guangzhou) introduces numerical calculation programs for lubrication, which are rarely mentioned in most books on tribology. He focuses mainly on numerical solutions to the Reynolds equation, energy equation, elastic deformation equation, and combinations of the three. The lubrication problems he analyzes include line, surface, and point contacts, which correspond to thrust bearings, journal bearings, and rolling contact bearings. Among the working conditions he considers are compressible and incompressible, thermal and non-thermal, isoviscosity and variable viscosity, Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluid, and rigid and elastic deformation situations. Annotation 2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)