New books: August 2018

Categories:

• Astronomy and astrophysics
• Atomic and molecular physics
• Biological and medical physics
• Chemical physics
• Computers and computational physics
• Cosmology and relativity
• Device physics
• Energy and environment
• Fluids
• Geophysics
• History and philosophy
• Instrumentation and techniques
• Materials science
• Miscellaneous
• Nonlinear science and chaos
• Optics and photonics
• Particle physics
• Plasmas and fusion
• Popularizations
• Quantum physics
• Society and government
• Space and planetary science
• Statistical physics and thermodynamics
• Texts and education
• Theory and mathematical methods

Astronomy and astrophysics

• Astronomy of the Milky Way: The Observer’s Guide to the Southern Sky, M. Inglis (Springer, 2018) $39.00
• Bayesian Astrophysics, A. Asensio Ramos, I. Arregui, eds (Cambridge U. Press, 2018) $140.00
• Cosmic Magnetic Fields, J. Sánchez Almeida, M. Martínez González, eds (Cambridge U. Press, 2018) $140.00
• Gamma-Ray Bursts: A Tool to Explore the Young Universe, D. Gotz et al., eds (Springer, 2018) $139.99
• Imaging the Messier Objects Remotely from Your Laptop, L. Adam (Springer, 2018) $44.00
• Jets and Winds in Pulsar Wind Nebulae, Gamma-Ray Bursts and Blazars, A. Bykov, et al., eds (Springer, 2018) $159.00
• Magnetic Helicity, Spheromaks, Solar Corona Loops, and Astrophysical Jets, P. M. Bellan (World Scientific, 2018) $168.00
• Solar Magnetic Fields: From Measurements Towards Understanding, A. Balogh et al., eds (Springer, 2018) $159.00

Biological and medical physics

• Biological, Physical and Technical Basics of Cell Engineering, G. M. Artmann, A. Artmann, A. A. Zhubanova, I. Digel, eds (Springer, 2018) $219.99
• Computational Biomechanics for Medicine: Measurements, Models, and Predictions, P. M. F. Nielsen et al., eds (Springer, 2018) $219.99
• Emerging Electromagnetic Technologies for Brain Diseases Diagnostics, Monitoring and Therapy, L. Crocco, I. Karanasiou, M. L. James, R. C. Conceição, eds (Springer, 2018) $129.99
• Membrane Dynamics and Calcium Signaling, J. Krebs, ed (Springer, 2018) $209.00
• Membrane Proteins in Aqueous Solutions: From Detergents to Amphipols, J.-L. Popot (Springer, 2018) $219.90
• Radionanomedicine: Combined Nuclear and Nanomedicine, D. S. Lee, ed (Springer, 2018) $159.99
• The Role of Water in ATP Hydrolysis Energy Transduction by Protein Machinery, M. Suzuki, ed (Springer, 2018) $159.99

Chemical physics

• Annual Review of Physical Chemistry, M. A. Johnson, T. J. Martinez (Annual Reviews, 2018) $112.00
• Modeling of Column Apparatus Processes, C. Boyadjiev, M. Doichinova, B. Boyadjiev, P. Popova-Krumova (Springer, 2018) $189.00
• Modern Ylide Chemistry: Applications in Ligand Design, Organic and Catalytic Transformations, V. H. Gessner, ed (Springer, 2018) $279.99
• Photochemistry: A Modern Theoretical Perspective, M. Persico, G. Granuuci (Springer, 2018) $84.00
• Physical Chemistry Essentials, A. Hofmann (Springer, 2018) $59.99
• The Semiclassical Way to Dynamics and Spectroscopy, E. J. Heller (Princeton U. Press, 2018) $99.50
• Titration Calorimetry: From Concept to Application, L. D. Hansen, M. K. Transtrum, C. F. Quinn (Springer, 2018) $69.99

Computers and computational physics

• Advanced Monitoring in P2P Botnets: A Dual Perspective, S. Karuppayah (Springer, 2018) $69.99
• Beams and Accelerators with Matlab: WIth Companion Media Pack, D. Green (World Scientific, 2018) $88.00
• Computer Simulations of Molecules and Condensed Matter: From Electronic Structures to Molecular Dynamics, X.-Z. Li, E.-G. Wang (World Scientific, 2018) $98.00
• Fault Tolerant Architectures for Cryptography and Hardware Security, S. Patranabis, D. Mukhopadhyay, eds (Springer, 2017) $169.99
• Fundamentals of Optical Computing Technology: Forward the Next Generation Supercomputer, X. Li, Hui Jia, Z. Shao, M. Zhu, J.Yang (Springer, 2017) $149.99
• Physical Perspectives on Computation, Computational Perspectives on Physics, M. E. Cuffaro, S. C. Fletcher, eds (Cambridge U. Press, 2018) $99.99
• Scientific Computing in Electrical Engineering, U. Langer, W. Amrhein, W. Zulehner, eds (Springer, 2018) $169.00
• Wireless Communication Networks and Internet of Things, A. M. Zungeru, S. Subashini, P. Vetrivelan, eds (Springer, 2018) $219.99

Cosmology and relativity

• Back-In-Time and Faster-Than-Light Travel in General Relativity, S. Krasnikov (Springer, 2018) $139.99
• Gravitational Waves: Volume 2: Astrophysics and Cosmology, M. Maggiore (Oxford U. Press, 2018) $75.00
• Relativity Without Spacetime, J. K. Cosgrove (Palgrave MacMillan, 2018) $99.00

Device physics

• Gallium Nitride-enabled High Frequency and High Efficiency Power Conversion, G. Meneghesso, M. Meneghini, E. Zanoni, eds (Springer, 2018) $149.99
• Microwave and RF Vacuum Electronic Power Sources, R. G. Carter (Cambridge U. Press, 2018) $195.00
• Sensors and Image Processing: Proceedings of CSI 2015, S. Urooj, J. Virmani, eds (Springer, 2018) $199.99

Energy and environment

• Entropy and Sustainable Growth, G. Deutscher (World Scientific, 2018) $48.00
• Nuclear Energy, N. Tsoulfanidis, ed (Springer, 2018) $299.00
• Numerical Simulation for Next Generation Thermal Power Plants, F. Alobaid (Springer, 2018) $179.99
• Practices in Power System Management in India, J. Raja, P.Ajay-D-Vimal Raj, S. Rajasekar (Springer, 2017) $149.99
• Principles of Solar Gas Turbines for Electricity Generation, A. Madhlopa (Springer, 2018) $139.99
• Simulation-Based Analysis of Energy and Carbon Emissions in the Housing Sector: A System Dynamics Approach, M. G. Oladokun, C. O. Aigbavboa (Springer, 2018) $159.99

Fluids

• Buoyancy-Driven Flow in Fluid-Saturated Porous Media Near a Bounding Surface, H. Sakamoto, F. A. Kulacki (Springer, 2018) $69.99
• DNS of Wall-Bounded Turbulent Flows: A First Principle Approach, T. K. Sengupta, S. Bhaumik (Springer, 2019) $109.99
• Flow and Transport in Subsurface Environment, N. Narayanan, B. Mohanadhas, V. Mangottiri, eds (Springer, 2018) $179.99
• Fluid Mechanics, G. Falkovich (Cambridge U. Press, 2018) $49.99
• Fluid-Structure-Sound Interactions and Control, Y. Zhou et al., eds (Springer, 2019) $249.99
• Micro- and Nanoflows: Modeling and Experiments, V. Y. Rudyak et al (Springer, 2018) $149.00
• Noise and Vibration Mitigation for Rail Transportation Systems, D. Anderson, et al., eds (Springer, 2018) $159.00
• Numerical Simulation of the Aerodynamics of High-Lift Configurations, O. D. López Mejia, J. A. Escobar Gomez, eds (Springer, 2018) $149.00
• Shock Focusing Phenomena: High Energy Density Phenomena and Dynamics of Converging Shocks, N. Apazidis, V. Eliasson (Springer, 2018) $169.99
• Submarine Hydrodynamics, M. Renilson (Springer, 2018) $49.99

Geophysics

• Moment Tensor Solutions: A Useful Tool for Seismotectonics, S. D’Amico, ed (Springer, 2018) $249.99
• The Tectonic Plates are Moving!, R. Livermore (Oxford U. Press, 2018) $32.95

History and philosophy

• Anxiety and the Equation: Understanding Boltzmann’s Entropy, E. Johnson (MIT Press, 2018) $19.95
• Chernobyl: The History of a Nuclear Catastrophe, S. Plokhy (Basic Books, 2018) $32.00
• Emerging Dynamics: Science, Energy, Society and Values, L. G. Christophorou (Springer, 2018) $34.99
• Galileo Galilei, the Tuscan Artist, P. Greco (Springer, 2018) $44.99
• Gemini Flies!: Unmanned Flights and the First Manned Mission, D. J. Shayler (Springer, 2018) $39.00
• General Systemology: Transdisciplinarity for Discovery, Insight, and Innovation, D. Rousseau, J. Wilby, J. Billingham, S. Blachfellner (Springer, 2018) $129.00
• The Immense Journey: From the Birth of the Universe to the Rise of Intelligence, G. E. Marsh (World Scientific, 2018) $88.00
• The Man Who Saw Tomorrow: The Life and Inventions of Stanford R. Ovshinsky, L. Hoddeson, P. Garrett (MIT Press, 2018) $29.95
• Marcel Grossmann: For the Love of Mathematics, C. E. Graf-Grossmann (Springer, 2018) $34.99
• Nothing to Come: A Defence of the Growing Block Theory of Time, F. Correia, S. Rosenkranz (Springer, 2018) $99.99
• Reassessing Rieman’s Paper: On the Number of Primes Less than a Given Magnitude, W. Dittrich (Springer, 2018) $69.99
• Rockets and Ray Guns: The Sci-Fi Science of the Cold War, A. May (Springer, 2018) $27.99
• The Travel Diaries of Albert Einstein: The Far East, Palestine, and Spain, 1922-1923, A. Einstein, Z. Rosenkranz, ed (Princeton U. Press, 2018) $29.95
• Wandering Towards a Goal: How Can Mindless Mathematical Laws Give Rise to Aims and Intention?, A. Aguirre, B.Foster, Z. Merali, eds (Springer, 2018) $84.99

Instrumentation and techniques

• Coastal Ocean Observing: Platforms, Sensors and Systems, J. E. Corredor (Springer, 2018) $139.99
• Elastic Scattering of Electromagnetic Radiation: Analytic Solutions in Diverse Backgrounds, S. K. Sharma (CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, 2017) $119.96
• Electromagnetic Performance Analysis of Graded Dielectric Inhomogeneous Radomes, P. Mahima et al (Springer, 2018) $79.99
• Optical Phenomenology and Applications: Health Monitoring for Infrastructure Materials and the Environment, M. Ghandehari (Springer, 2018) $129.00
• Radio Monitoring: Automated Systems and Their Components, A. M. Rembovsky, A. V. Ashikhmin, V. A. Kozmin, S. M. Smolskiy (Springer, 2018) $179.00
• Rotating Machinery, Vibro-Acoustics & Laser Vibrometry, D. Di Maio, ed (Springer, 2018) $279.00
• Target Scattering Mechanism in Polarimetric Synthetic Aperture Radar: Interpretation and Application, S.-W. Chen, X.-S. Wang, S.-P. Xiao, M. Sato (Springer, 2018) $99.00

Materials science

• Basics of Continuum Plasticity, K. Chung, M.-G. Lee (Springer, 2018) $119.99
• Computational Mateials Science: From Ab Initio to Monte Carlo Methods, K. Ohno, K. Esfarjani, Y. Kawazoe (Springer, 2018) $109.99
• Contact Modeling for Solids and Particles, A. Popp, P. Wriggers, eds (Springer, 2018) $169.99
• Controlling Differential Settlement of Highway Soft Soil Subgrade: A New Method and Its Engineering Applications, H. Zhu, Z. Wu, M. Chen, Y. Zhao (Zhejiang U. Press and Springer, 2019) $69.99
• Ellipsometry of Functional Organic Surfaces and Films, K. Hinrichs, K.-J. Eichhorn, eds (Springer, 2018) $179.99
• Epitaxial Growth of III-Nitride Compounds: Computational Approach, T. Matsuoka, Y. Kangawa, eds (Springer, 2018) $59.99
• Experimentation Methodology for Engineers, F. A. Coutelieris, A. Kanavouras (Springer, 2018) $54.99
• Hyperelasticity Primer, R. M. Hackett (Springer, 2018) $89.00
• In-Situ Characterization Techniques for Nanomaterials, C. S. S. R. Kumar, ed (Springer, 2018) $299.00
• The Kolsky-Hopkinson Bar Machine: Selected Topics, R. Othman, ed (Springer, 2018) $169.99
• Micromechanics of Materials, with Applications, M. Kachanov, I. Sevostianov (Springer, 2018) $219.00
• Nantgarw and Swansea Porcelains: An Analytical Perspective, H. G. M. Edwards (Springer, 2018) $139.99
• Phase Equilibria Diagrams of High Temperature Non-Oxide Ceramics, Z. Huang, L. Wu (Springer, 2018) $59.99
• A Primer on the Kinematics of Discrete Elastic Rods, M. K. Jawed, A. Novelia, O. M. O’Reilly (Springer, 2018) $69.99
• Proceedings of the 9th International Symposium on Superalloy 718 & Derivatives: Energy, Aerospace, and Industrial Applications, E. Ott et al., eds (The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society and Springer, 2018) $299.99
• The Role of Topology in Materials, S. Gupta, A. Saxena, eds (Springer, 2018) $149.99
• Spectroscopy of Complex Oxide Interfaces: Photoemission and Related Spectroscopies, C. Cancellieri, V. N. Strocov, eds (Springer, 2018) $179.99

Miscellaneous

• Writing Successful Science Proposals, A. J. Friedland, C. L. Folt, J. L. Mercer (Yale U. Press, 2018) $22.00

Nonlinear science and chaos

• Complex Networks in Software, Knowledge, and Social Systems, M. Savis, M. Ivanociv, L. C. Jain (Springer, 2019) $179.99
• Mathematical Modeling of Social Relationships: What Mathematics Can Tell Us About People, U. Strawinska-Zanko, L. S. Liebovitch, eds (Springer, 2018) $99.99
• Networks, M. Newman (Oxford U. Press, 2018) $65.00
• Nonlinear Waves and Pattern Dynamics, N. Abcha, E. Pelinovsky, I. Mutabazi, eds (Springer, 2018) $149.99
• Social Network Based Big Data Analysis and Applications, M. Kaya, J. Kawash, S. Khoury, M.-Y. Day, eds (Springer, 2018) $99.99
• Synchronization: From Coupled Systems to Complex Networks, S. Boccaletti, A. N. Pisarchik, C. I. Del Genio, A. Amann (Cambridge U. Press, 2018) $69.99

Optics and photonics

• Applications of Lock-In Amplifiers in Optics, G. Kloos (SPIE, 2018) $55.00
• Nanophotonics, A. McGurn (Springer, 2018) $169.99
• Optical Measurements for Scientists and Engineers: A Practical Guide, A. McClelland, M. Mankin (Cambridge U. Press, 2018) $89.99
• Principles of Free Electron Lasers, H. P. Freund, T. M. Antonsen (Springer, 2018) $199.99

Particle physics

• The Black Book of Quantum Chromodynamics: A Primer for the LHC Era, J. Campbell, J. Huston, F. Krauss (Oxford U. Press, 2018) $75.00

Plasmas and fusion

• Plasma Dynamics for Aerospace Engineering, J. J. S. Shang, S. T. Surzhikov (Cambridge U. Press, 2018) $125.00
• Plasma Fluidized Bed, C. Du, R. Qui, J. Ruan (Springer, 2018) $149.99

Popularizations

• Antarctica: Earth’s Own Ice World, M. Carroll, R. Lopes (Springer, 2019) $34.00
• The Art of Logic in an Illogical World, E. Cheng (Basic Books, 2018) $27.00
• Catching Stardust: Comets, Asteroids and the Birth of the Solar System, N. Starkey (Bloomsbury SIGMA, 2018) $27.00
• Dispatches from Planet 3: Thirty-Two (Brief) Tales on the Solar System, the Milky Way, and Beyond, M. Bartusiak (Yale U. Press, 2018) $26.00
• Fireworks in a Dark Universe, A. Levinson (World Scientific, 2018) $78.00
• Geophysics: A Very Short Introduction, W. Lowrie (Oxford U. Press, 2018) $11.95
• How to Fall Slower than Gravity: And Other Everyday (and Not So Everyday) Uses of Mathematics and Physical Reasoning, P. J. Nahin (Princeton U. Press, 2018) $27.95
• Ice: Nature and Culture, K. Dodds (Reaktion Books, 2018) $24.95
• Light of the Stars: Alien Worlds and the Fate of the Earth, A. Frank (W. W. Norton Company, 2018) $26.95
• The Madhouse Effect: How Climate Change Denial is Threatening Our Planet, Destroying Our Politics, and Driving Us Crazy, M. E. Mann, T. Toles (Columbia U. Press, 2018) $18.95
• The Perfectionists: How Precision Engineers Created the Modern World, S. Winchester (Harper, 2018) $29.99
• The Physics Behind…: Discover the Physics of Everyday Life, R. Swan (Firefly Books, 2018) $24.95
• The Robot in the Next Cubicle: What You Need to Know to Adapt and Succeed in the Automation Age, L. Boyer (Prometheus Books, 2018) $19.00
• The Scientific Sublime: Popular Science Unravels the Mysteries of the Universe, A. G. Gross (Oxford U. Press, 2018) $29.95
• The Secret Life of Science: How It Really Works and Why It Matters, J. J. Baumberg (Princeton U. Press, 2018) $29.95
• Third Thoughts, S. Weinberg (Belknap Press/Harvard U. Press, 2018) $25.95
• Through Two Doors at Once: The Elegant Experiment that Captures the Enigma of Our Quantum Reality, A. Ananthaswamy (Dutton, 2018) $27.00
• Totally Random: Why Nobody Understands Quantum Mechanics (A Serious Comic on Entanglement), T. Bub, J. Bub (Princeton U. Press, 2018) $22.95
• Wacky and Wonderful Misconceptions about Our Universe, G. Kirby (Springer, 2018) $34.00
• The Waterless Sea: A Curious History of Mirages, C. Pinney (Reaktion Books, 2018) $29.00
• When the Uncertainty Principle Goes to Eleven: Or How to Explain Quantum Physics with Heavy Metal, P. Moriarty (BenBella Books, 2018) $17.95

Quantum physics

• Collapse of the Wave Function: Models, Ontology, Origin, and Implications, S. Gao, ed (Cambridge U. Press, 2018) $155.00
• Concept and Formalization of Constellatory Self-Unfolding: A Novel Perspective on the Relation between Quantum and Relativistic Physics, A. von Müller, E. Zafiris (Springer, 2018) $149.99
• Concepts, Methods and Applications of Quantum Systems in Chemistry and Physics, Y. A. Wang, M. Thachuk, R. Krems, J. Maruani, eds (Springer, 2018) $219.99
• The Geometry of Quantum Potential: Entropic Information of the Vacuum, D. Fiscaletti (World Scientific, 2018) $118.00
• A Mathematical Primer on Quantum Mechanics, A. Teta (Springer, 2018) $84.99
• Schrödinger’s Mechanics: Interpretation, D. B. Cook (World Scientific, 2018) $78.00

Society and government

• Trades, Quotes and Prices: Financial Markets Under the Microscope, J.-P. Bouchaud, J. Bonart, J. Donier, M. Gould (Cambridge U. Press, 2017) $77.99

Space and planetary science

• The Design and Engineering of Curiosity: How the Mars Rover Performs Its Job, E. Lakdawalla (Springer, 2018) $39.00
• Innovative Design, Manufacturing and Testing of Small Satellites, S. Madry, P. Martinez, R. Laufer (Springer, 2018) $139.00
• Outer Solar System: Prospective Energy and Material Resources, V. Badescu, K. Zacny, eds (Springer, 2018) $279.99
• Proceedings of the 13th Reinventing Space Conference, S. Hatton, ed (Springer, 2017) $259.00
• Space Radiation and Astronaut Safety, E. Seedhouse (Springer, 2018) $54.00

Statistical physics and thermodynamics

• Natural Convective Heat Transfer from Horizontal and Near Horizontal Surfaces, P. H. Oosthuizen, A. Y. Kalendar (Springer, 2018) $69.99
• Thermodynamics and Morphodynamics in Wave Energy, A. Moñino et al (Springer, 2018) $69.99

Texts and education

• Classical Mechanics and Electromagnetism in Accelerator Physics, G. Stupakov, G. Penn (Springer, 2018) $84.00
• Examination Questions and Answers in Basic Anatomy and Physiology: 2400 Multiple Choice Questions, M. Caon (Springer, 2018) $99.99
• Holographic Quantum Matter, S. A. Hartnoll, A. Lucas, S. Sachdev (MIT Press, 2018) $65.00
• Introduction to Dynamics, A. Ghosh (Springer, 2018) $79.99
• Linear Algebra and Analytic Geometry for Physical Sciences, G. Landi, A. Zampini (Springer, 2018) $59.99
• Quantum Physics: An Introduction Based on Photons, A. I. Lvovsky (Springer, 2018) $74.99
• Solid State Quantum Information. An Advanced Textbook: Quantum Aspect of Many-Body Systems, W. Son, V. Vedral (World Scientific, 2017) $88.00
• A Student’s Guide to Infinite Series and Sequences, B. W. Bach Jr (Cambridge U. Press, 2018) $24.99

Theory and mathematical methods

• Asymptotics of Elliptic and Parabolic PDEs: and Their Applications in Statistical Physics, Computational Neuroscience, and Biophysics, D. Holcman, Z. Schuss (Springer, 2018) $129.00
• Foundations of Mathematics and Physics One Century After Hilbert: New Perspectives, J. Kouneiher, ed (Springer, 2018) $159.99
• Fractal Control Theory, S.-T. Liu, P. Wang (Springer, 2018) $169.99
• Lectures on the Infrared Structure of Gravity and Gauge Theory, A. Strominger (Princeton U. Press, 2018) $49.95
• Mathematical Foundations of Computational Electromagnetism, F. Assous, P. Ciarlet, S. Labrunie (Springer, 2018) $139.00
• Numerical Modelling and Experimental Testing of Heat Exchangers, D. Taler (Springer, 2019) $219.99
• Physical Fundamentals of Oscillation Theory: Frequency Analysis of Periodic Motion Stability, L. Chechurin, S. Chechurin (Springer, 2018) $149.99
• Theory and Simulation of Random Phenomena: Mathematical Foundations and Physical Applications, E. Vitali, M. Motta, D. E. Galli (Springer, 2018) $84.99
• Theory Of Groups And Symmetries: Finite Groups, Lie Groups, And Lie Algebras, A. P. Isaev, V. A. Rubakov (World Scientific, 2018) $138.00
• Transfer Operators, Endomorphisms, and Measurable Partitions, S. Bezuglyi, P. E. T. Jorgensen (Springer, 2018) $69.99