„Speleothem Science sets high standards for any successor. It is a must-have for researchers working on karst geology andterrestrial Quaternary palaeoclimatology. For all those who alwayswanted to know how dripstones “grow„, why speleothemsrival ice cores as top climate archives, or just want to learn thedifference between a stalagmite and a stalactite: get your hands onthis book.“ (Zeitschrift fürGeomorphologie, 1 December 2013) „The book is comprehensive; it brings together all therelevant disciplines (geology, biology, hydrology, chemistry...) and, whichever way you cut it, Fairchild andBaker have succeeded in bringing an important subject to a widerreadership. Speleothem Science is highlyrecommended.“ (Descent, 1 August 2013) „The target readership of Speleothem Science isthreefold. First, researchers who are already working withthe stalagmite archive can widen and considerably deepen theirknowledge in sub-disciplines not already covered in their owntraining. Second, climate researchers who are not yet workingon speleothem should be catapulted to the front-end once they willhave studied the book together with the relating bench markpapers. Third, graduate students who are looking for a topicfor their PhD dissertation. They might have found theirtextbook.“ (Computers & Geosciences, 27January 2013) „The volume will no doubt serve as a fine textbook andreference volume. A companion website provides access toslides of all figures and tables. Summing Up: Essential. Upper-division undergraduates throughprofessionals.“ (Choice, 1 December 2012) „I highly recommend the landmark and very thorough book SpeleothemScience: From Process to Past Environments by Ian J. Fairchild, Ph. D., and Andy Baker, Ph. D., to any students andprofessional scientists from a wide range of disciplines, who areseeking a holistic and comprehensive examination of the many topicsand areas of research and study surrounding speleothems, climate, caves, and Quaternary science.“ (Blog BusinessWorld, 8 May 2012)