The comprehensive sourcebook for modern NIR spectroscopy: A commentary on “Near-Infrared Spectroscopy Theory, Spectral Analysis, Instrumentation, and Applications”

The instrumentation, methods and applications of near-infrared spectroscopy has advanced remarkably in the last decade, in which near-infrared spectroscopy has successfully progressed at multiple directions and faced new challenges. Thus, gaps inevitably appeared in the coverage provided by renowned and handy cornerstone textbooks focused on near-infrared spectroscopy that were published in the past. A demand grew in near-infrared spectroscopy community for a new state-of-the-art textbook. With aim to satisfy such need, a go-to-book for background theory, applications and tutorial “Near-Infrared Spectroscopy Theory, Spectral Analysis, Instrumentation, and Applications” was prepared. That full-scale project, edited by Yukihiro Ozaki, Christian Huck, Satoru Tsuchikawa and Søren B. Engelsen, comprises of 23 chapters contributed by scholars and practitioners pushing the frontier of near-infrared spectroscopy. The chapters scope on newly opened pathways, major breakthroughs in basic science and applications as well as revisit several other topics. The sourcebook is intended for a wide range of readers from graduate students to scientists and engineers in both academia and industry. In this article, we sketch the main features of the newly released sourcebook with aim to help the community members in deciding whether this book should find its place in their library.