The editor of this book has been working in the field of optical metrology for most of his career, so it is no surprise that he has edited a well-balanced and up-to-date picture of the most important optical measurement techniques used for microcomponents inspections. The book describes the basic principles of image correlation, light scattering, atomic force microscopy, moiré methods, grating interferometry, interference microscopy, laser Doppler vibrometry, digital holography, speckle metrology, and spectroscopic techniques, and also their major application for Microsystems testing. Each chapter includes a reasonable number of references. This book is a welcome addition to the literature on optical inspection. It is an excellent value for any graduate student, application engineer, research laboratory and group working in this field, and also for those who are contemplating using these techniques to solve a specific problem. Guillermo H. Kaufmann, Instituto de Fisica Rosario, Argentina, in OPN Optics & Photonics News, Vol. 18, No.3, March 2007