Wolfgang E. Krumbein, formerly at Oldenburg University in Germany, is counted among the founders of geomicrobiology and biogeochemistry, new scientific fields especially relevant to global climate and planetary biology. Peter Brimblecombe is the editor of Durability and Change: The Science, Responsibility, and Cost of Sustaining Cultural Heritage, published by Wiley.

• Partial table of contents: Preservation of Books and the Electronic Storage of Information (F.Westheimer). Durability and Change: A Biochemist's View (F. Cramer). The Value of Age and Decay (D. Lowenthal). The Nature of Changes Caused by Physical Factors (W. Ginell). Microbiological Impacts on the Cultural Heritage (C. Urzi & W.Krumbein). The Role of the Conservation Scientist in Enhancing the Practice ofPreventive Conservation and the Conservation Treatment of Artifacts(N. Tennent). The Architect's Role in Conservation (M. Schuller). Selling Cultural Heritage: Conflicts and Possibilities (B.Goodey). Appendices. Indexes.

Wolfgang E. Krumbein, formerly at Oldenburg University in Germany, is counted among the founders of geomicrobiology and biogeochemistry, new scientific fields especially relevant to global climate and planetary biology. Peter Brimblecombe is the editor of Durability and Change: The Science, Responsibility, and Cost of Sustaining Cultural Heritage, published by Wiley.

• Partial table of contents: Preservation of Books and the Electronic Storage of Information (F.Westheimer). Durability and Change: A Biochemist's View (F. Cramer). The Value of Age and Decay (D. Lowenthal). The Nature of Changes Caused by Physical Factors (W. Ginell). Microbiological Impacts on the Cultural Heritage (C. Urzi & W.Krumbein). The Role of the Conservation Scientist in Enhancing the Practice ofPreventive Conservation and the Conservation Treatment of Artifacts(N. Tennent). The Architect's Role in Conservation (M. Schuller). Selling Cultural Heritage: Conflicts and Possibilities (B.Goodey). Appendices. Indexes.

Wolfgang E. Krumbein, formerly at Oldenburg University in Germany, is counted among the founders of geomicrobiology and biogeochemistry, new scientific fields especially relevant to global climate and planetary biology. Peter Brimblecombe is the editor of Durability and Change: The Science, Responsibility, and Cost of Sustaining Cultural Heritage, published by Wiley.

• Partial table of contents: Preservation of Books and the Electronic Storage of Information (F.Westheimer). Durability and Change: A Biochemist's View (F. Cramer). The Value of Age and Decay (D. Lowenthal). The Nature of Changes Caused by Physical Factors (W. Ginell). Microbiological Impacts on the Cultural Heritage (C. Urzi & W.Krumbein). The Role of the Conservation Scientist in Enhancing the Practice ofPreventive Conservation and the Conservation Treatment of Artifacts(N. Tennent). The Architect's Role in Conservation (M. Schuller). Selling Cultural Heritage: Conflicts and Possibilities (B.Goodey). Appendices. Indexes.