Smart Card Handbook- 3rd Edition Description:

Smart Card Handbook, 3rd Edition review:
5 stars (SmartCard Bible) - This is really a bible. It includes everthing you need to know about smart cards. If you can read German order the new edition of "Handbuch der Chipkarten" that was published in September 2002. However if you are new to that field or starting to develop or maintain desktop applications that use smartcards and you need quick introduction to smartcards' inner details you should buy "SmartCards, the Developer's Toolkit, 2nd edition".
5 stars (Superb) - Extremely broad and deep review of smart card technology. This is an essential item on the bookshelf of any engineer, designer or architect of smart card systems. Exhaustive material on card technology, security applications, production.
4 stars (It is a kind of worth to buy book in spite of its price.) - Buying a book without having a glance in it is a high risk for me. But I found this book worth to buy. I would recommend it for all interested people in all categories. The negative site is, you have to order free SW by filling and posting a form given in this book. I did it. Publishing house sent me the URL address instead of a CD or diskette. I had to DL from there. I did it again. But unfortunately, I had to format my PC without backing it up urgently. So, I've lost everything, even the URL address. It is not possible to find it again. I'll do the same what I did before, or somebody will send me the simulation SW by mail.