Today, beet-sugar technologists (operators and problem solvers of the beet-sugar factories) and sugar chemists (operators and problem solvers of the sugar laboratories) need to know advanced beet-sugar technology, which is fi rmly rooted in the basics of science. The fi rst and last chapters are complementary. The fi rst chapter gives the basics of beet-sugar technology, and the last chapter gives the chemistry, mathematics, and statistics that relate to sugar technology. You may fi nd it useful to refer to both chapters while studying the rest of the book.
