New books: August 2019

Categories:

• Acoustics
• Astronomy and astrophysics
• Atomic and molecular physics
• Biological and medical physics
• Chemical physics
• Computers and computational physics
• Condensed-matter physics
• Cosmology and relativity
• Device physics
• Geophysics
• History and philosophy
• Instrumentation and techniques
• Materials science
• Optics and photonics
• Plasmas and fusion
• Popularizations
• Quantum physics
• Society and government
• Space and planetary science
• Statistical physics and thermodynamics
• Texts and education
• Theory and mathematical methods

Acoustics

• Acoustics: An Introduction to Its Physical Principles and Applications, A. D. Pierce (Springer, 2019) $59.99

Astronomy and astrophysics

• Cherenkov Reflections: Gamma-Ray Imaging and the Evolution of TeV Astronomy, D. Fegan (World Scientific, 2019) $118.00
• The Cosmos: Astronomy in the New Millennium, J. M. Pasachoff, A. Filippenko (Cambridge U. Press, 2019) $79.99
• More Things in the Heavens: How Infrared Astronomy is Expanding Our View of the Universe, M. Werner, P. Eisenhardt (Princeton U. Press, 2019) $35.00
• Physics of Magnetic Stars, I. I. Romanyuk, I. A. Yakunin, D. O. Kudryavtsev, eds (Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2019) $88.00

Atomic and molecular physics

• Current Trends in Atomic Physics, A. Browaeys et al., eds (Oxford U. Press, 2019) $55.00

Biological and medical physics

• Annual Review of Biophysics, K. A. Dill, ed (Annual Reviews, 2019) $116.00
• Stimuli-Responsive Polymers: Nano-dimension, N. Rabiee, M. Rabiee, M. Bagherzadeh, M. R. Hamblin (Morgan & Claypool, 2019) $35.00
• Wavefront Shaping for Biomedical Imaging, J. Kubby, S. Gigan, M. Cui, eds (Cambridge U. Press, 2019) $175.00

Chemical physics

• Annual Review of Physical Chemistry, M. A. Johnson, T. J. Martínez, eds (Annual Reviews, 2019) $116.00

Computers and computational physics

• Advanced Finite Element Methods with Applications, T. Apel, U. Langer, A. Meyer, O. Steinbach, eds (Springer, 2019) $139.99
• Maple: A Primer, B. V. Liengme (Morgan & Claypool, 2019) $73.47

Condensed-matter physics

• Introduction to Soft Matter Physics, L. Zhou (World Scientific, 2019) $98.00

Cosmology and relativity

• Formation of the First Black Holes, M. Latif, D. Schleicher, eds (World Scientific, 2019) $118.00
• Scaler Field Cosmology, S. Chervon, I. Fomin, V. Yurov, A. Yurov (World Scientific, 2019) $98.00

Device physics

• Millimeter-Wave Circuits for 5G and Radar, G. Hueber, A. M. Niknejad, eds (Cambridge U. Press, 2019) $115.00

Geophysics

• Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences, R. Jeanloz, K. H. Freeman, eds (Annual Reviews, 2019) $116.00
• Diffusion in Random Fields: Applications to Transport in Groundwater, N. Suciu (Birkhäuser, 2019) $109.99
• Mysterious Ocean: Physical Processes and Geological Evolution, P. T. Harris (Springer, 2020) $49.00
• Oxford Weather and Climate Since 1767, S. Burt, T. Burt (Oxford U. Press, 2019) $45.95

History and philosophy

• Leonhard Euler’s Letters to a German Princess: A Milestone in the History of Physics Textbooks and More, R. S. Calinger, E. Denisova, E. N. Polyakhova (Morgan & Claypool, 2019) $79.95
• The Physics of Emergence, R. C. Bishop (Morgan & Claypool, 2019) $54.85
• Simon Marius and His Research, H. Gaab, P. Leich, eds (Springer, 2018) $149.99
• Studies in Indian Mathematics and Astronomy: Selected Articles of Kripa Shankar Shukla, A. Kolachana, K. Mahesh, K. Ramasubramanian, eds (Hindustan Book Agency and Springer, 2019) $79.99
• Zwicky: The Outcast Genius Who Unmasked the Universe, J. Johnson (Harvard U. Press, 2019) $35.00

Instrumentation and techniques

• Calorimetry for Collider Physics, an Introduction, M. Livan, R. Wigmans (Springer, 2019) $84.99
• Freshman Lectures on Nanotechnology, H. Raza (Springer, 2019) $49.99
• Superconductor Levitation: Concepts and Experiments, C.-J. Kim (Springer, 2019) $149.00

Materials science

• Computational Homogenization of Heterogeneous Materials with Finite Elements, J. Yvonnet (Springer, 2019) $119.99
• Mechanics of Soft Materials, K. Volokh (Springer, 2019) $84.00
• Principles of Classical Thermodynamics: Applied to Materials Science, D. de Fontaine (World Scientific, 2019) $98.00

Optics and photonics

• New Directions in Thin Film Nanophotonics, S. K. V., et al (Springer, 2019) $149.99

Plasmas and fusion

• Physics of Dusty Plasmas: An Introduction, A. Melzer (Springer, 2019) $39.99

Popularizations

• The Artist in the Machine: The World of AI-Powered Creativity, A. I. Miller (The MIT Press, 2019) $29.95
• Cosmos: The Art and Science of the Universe, R. J. M. Olson, J. S. Pasachoff (Reaktion Press, 2019) $49.95
• The Crowd and the Cosmos: Adventures in the Zooniverse, C. Lintott (Oxford U. Press, 2019) $25.95
• Fat Chance: Probability from 0 to 1, B. Gross, J. Harris, E. Riehl (Cambridge U. Press, 2019) $25.59
• Fire, Ice, and Physics: The Science of Game of Thrones, R. C. Thompson (The MIT Press, 2019) $24.95
• How Hidden Webs of Information Are Solving the Mystery of Life, P. Davies (U. Chicago Press, 2019) $27.50
• The Intelligence Trap: Why Smart People Make Dumb Mistakes, D. Robson (W. W. Norton, 2019) $27.95
• Letters from an Astrophysicist, N. D. Tyson (W. W. Norton, 2019) $19.95
• Moon Rush: The New Space Race, L. David (National Geographic, 2019) $26.00
• The Number of the Heavens: A History of the Multiverse and the Quest to Understand the Cosmos, T. Siegfried (Harvard U. Press, 2019) $29.95
• The Physics of Krav Maga, J. E. Goff (Johns Hopkins U. Press, 2019) $28.95
• The Time Machine Hypothesis: Extreme Science Meets Science Fiction, D. Broderick (Springer, 2019) $27.99
• The Trouble with Gravity: Solving the Mystery Beneath Our Feet, R. Panek (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2019) $28.00
• The Women of the Moon: Tales of Science, Love, Sorrow, and Courage, D. R. Altschuler, F. J. Ballesteros (Oxford U. Press, 2019) $26.95
• A World Beyond Physics: The Emergence and Evolution of Life, S. A. Kauffman (Oxford U. Press, ) $24.95

Quantum physics

• Critical Stability of Quantum Few-Body Systems, T. Frederico J.-M. Richard, eds (Springer, 2019) $99.00
• Fundamental Mathematical Structures of Quantum Theory: Spectral Theory, Foundational Issues, Symmetries, Algebraic Formulation, V. Moretti (Springer, 2019) $89.99
• Open Quantum Systems: A Mathematical Perspective, D. Bahns, A. Phol, I. Witt, eds (Birkhäuser, 2019) $109.99
• Practicing the Correspondence Principle in the Old Quantum Theory: A Transformation through Implementation, M. Jähnert (Springer, 2019) $139.99
• Quantum Thermodynamics: An Introduction to the Thermodynamics of Quantum Information, S. Deffner, S. Campbell (Morgan & Claypool, 2019) $59.95

Society and government

• America’s Nuclear Crossroads: A Forward-Looking Anthology, C. Dorminey, E. Gomez, eds (Cato Institute, 2019) $0.00
• The Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, K. Davenport (Morgan & Claypool, 2019) $59.95
• Security and Defence in Europe, J. M. Ramírez, J. Biziewski, eds (Springer, 2020) $109.00

Space and planetary science

• Embedding Space in African Society: The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals 2030 Supported by Space Applications, A. Froehlich, ed (Springer, 2019) $89.00
• Returning People to the Moon after Apollo: Will It Be Another Fifty Years?, P. Norris (Praxis/Springer, 2019) $34.00
• Space Supporting Africa. Vol. 1: A Primary Needs Approach and Africa’s Emerging Space Middle Powers, A. Froehlich, A. Siebreits (Springer, 2019) $109.99

Statistical physics and thermodynamics

• Lecture Notes on Theoretical Mechanics, J. Liu (Metallurgical Industry Press and Springer, 2019) $89.99

Texts and education

• Fundamental Planetary Sciences: Physics, Chemistry and Habitability, J. J. Lissauer, I. de Pater (Cambridge U. Press, 2019) $64.99
• Quantum Field Theory: From Basics to Modern Topics, F. Gelis (Columbia U. Press, 2019) $79.99
• Quantum Theory of Materials, E. Kaxiras, J. D. Joannopoulos (Cambridge U. Press, 2019) $89.99

Theory and mathematical methods

• Non-Inertial Frames and Dirac Observables in Relativity, L. Lusanna (Cambridge U. Press, 2019) $155.00