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Let X be a Banach space and A be a subset of X. A is said to be limited (begrenzt) if each \(\sigma (X^*,X)\)-zero sequence from \(X^*\) converges uniformly on A. It is well known that if A is relatively compact, then A is limited, and that the converse is not true in general. The spaces in which the converse is true are refered to as Gelfand- Phillips spaces. The dissertation under review presents a very thorough investigation of the concept of limitedness in Banach spaces. The author mentions the following 4 directions of his investigation. 1) limitedness and compactness, 2) limitedness and geometric properties, 3) limitedness in C(K)-spaces, and 4) limitedness in combinations of Banach spaces. The work is written very lucidly and contains many interesting results. Being a dissertation it includes the complete proofs of (almost) all the results presented (not only of the author's) and it gives a very clear picture of the state of affairs within this subject.