Drahomír Hnyk of the CAS Institute of Inorganic Chemistry is one of the editors of this book, the other being Michael L. McKee. The book reviews the recent developments in boron chemistry, emphasizing in particular the contribution of computational chemistry. Chemists from Europe, the USA and Asia have contributed to this 239page book. Sixty percent concentrates on theoretical and computational themes with 40 percent on topics of interest to experimental chemists. Specific themes covered include structure, topology, modelling and prediction, the role of boron clusters in synthetic chemistry and catalysis, as medical agents when acting as inhibitors of HIV protease and carbonic anhydrases. and [autor recenze] Drahomír Hnyk.