To conclude, Demographic Methods is an outstanding work. Solutions are provided at the end of the book. In addition, the exercises are available on the Internet as spreadsheet "les on Quattro or in Excel. The su$cient number of practical exercises after each chapter enables testing of understanding and the further development of each topic. Frequently, textbooks are structural similarly. Spective of the teaching of demography is to divide the course into two parts: lectures and practical training. Stereology is the body of knowledge concerning estimation of quantitative geometric features of objects, Vedel Jensen, World Scienti"c, Singapore, 1998.
[ D JITKA RYCHTARID KOVA Department of Demography and Geodemography Faculty of Science, Charles University Albertov 6 128 43 Praha 2 Czech Republic Eva B. In summarizing the book's qualities, Demographic Methods deserves to be recognized as modern, topically well balanced, comprehensive, reasonably sized, and clearly written. The scope of the book is not limited to English-speaking countries, but in regard to its content and linguistic level, is easily understood by all. This publication can be used for teaching demographic principles in di!erent scienti"c branches. Vedel Jensen, World Scientific, Singapore, 1998.
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