Chirality in liquid crystals. Edited by Heinz‐Siegfried Kitzerow and Christian Bahr. Pp. xiv + 501. Heidelberg: Springer Verlag, 2001. Price DM 259.00, US $119.00. ISBN 0‐387‐98679‐0. A collection of 15 papers collected to honor the 60th birthday of Professor Gerd Heppke of the Technical University of Berlin. The editors hope that the work gives `a representative impression of the interesting questions that are being investigated in the field of chiral liquid crystals, even if some pieces are missing.'.