From the reviews of the second edition:
"This large, well-produced volume contains everything now needed to work in the fields of atomic, molecular, and optical physics. Hence, it should easily available to every working applied physicist. … Summing Up: Highly recommended. Graduate students through professionals." (A. M. Saperstein, CHOICE, Vol. 43 (10), June, 2006)
"This Handbook comprises a comprehensive reference source that unifies the entire fields of atomic, molecular and optical physics, assembling the principal ideas, techniques and results of the field … . It combines introductory explanations with descriptions of phenomena, discussions of results achieved, and gives a useful selection of references to allow more detailed studies, making the handbook very suitable as a desktop reference. … I can recommend this valuable handbook not only to physicists, but also to professionals … ." (Paul Gerich, Optik, Vol. 117, 2006)
"G.W.F. Drake has marshalled more than 130 authors into contributing 92 articles, organized into seven broad areas … . I have the impression that the entries will be helpful to the physicists for whom they are intended … . The book is beautifully produced, the printing of the mathematics is a pleasure to the eye, the referencing has been standardized … and the pages are nicely formatted. … it will be frequently hauled down from the shelf of any library … ." (P. W. Hawkes, Ultramicroscopy, Vol. 107, 2007)
"The well-received 1996 Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics Handbook … has been updated and reissued, with Springer as the new publisher … . The print is easy to read and illustrations have been generously supplied. … I enthusiastically recommend it for rapid acquisition by AMO groups who missed the first edition altogether" (Prof. J. Eberly, Contemporary Physics, Vol. 48 (1), 2007)
