a long-overdue volume edited by two academic researchers with extensive and reputable experience in this field. emphasis will be given to the underlying science of the method of auger microscopy, and its instrumental realization, the visualization and interpretation of the data in the sets of the images that form the output of the measurements and the methods used to quantify the images. imaging artefacts in auger microscopy and methods to correct them will be detailed. the authors will also describe the technique of multi-spectral auger microscopy (mulsam) and demonstrate its advantages in mapping complex multi-component surfaces. the book will conclude with an outlook for the future of auger microscopy. the proposed book will bring up-to-date the material in the only other book in this area, by reporting on developments in the last 15-20 years, as well as looking to the future. although, the subject is partially covered in sections of briggs and seahs book (see below) that book does not extend to detailed consideration of the analysis and quantification of auger images or to the variety of the applications of this microscopy.