in 1970, at the u. of colorado, the author delivered a course of lectures on his famous generalization, then just established, relating to roths theorem on rational approxi- mations to algebraic numbers. the present volume is an ex- panded and up-dated version of the original mimeographed notes on the course. as an introduction to the authors own remarkable achievements relating to the thue-siegel-roth theory, the text can hardly be bettered and the tract can already be regarded as a classic in its field.(bull.lms) schmidts work on approximations by algebraic numbers belongs to the deepest and most satisfactory parts of number theory. these notes give the best accessible way to learn the subject. ... this book is highly recommended. (mededelingen van het wiskundig genootschap)