New books: August 2022

Categories:

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

Acoustics

• Movement of Acoustic Energy in the Ocean, V. A. Shchurov (Springer, 2022) $119.99
• Slopes and Levels: Spice Models to Simulate Vintage Op-Amp Noise, B. Vogel (Springer, 2022) $149.99

Astronomy and astrophysics

• Deep Learning in Solar Astronomy, L. Xu, Y. Yan, X. Huang (Springer, 2022) $54.99
• Pulsar Astronomy, A. Lyne, F. Graham-Smith, B. Stappers (Cambridge U. Press, 2022) $155.00
• Supernovae, Neutron Star Physics and Nucleosynthesis, D. Bandyopadhyay, K. Kar (Springer, 2022) $119.99
• Universal Relations for Binary Neutron Star Mergers with Long-lived Remnants, P. Manoharan (Springer Spektrum, 2022) $69.99
• What Is Dark Matter?, P. Fisher (Princeton U. Press, 2022) $35.00

Biological and medical physics

• The Call of the Cranes: Expeditions into a Mysterious World, B. Wessling (Springer, 2022) $29.99
• True Tales of Medical Physics: Insights into Life-Saving Specialty, J. Van Dyk, ed. (Springer, 2022) $37.99
• Ultrafast Imaging and Spectroscopy for Biomedicine: Theory and Applications, T.-M. Liu (AIP, 2022) $135.00
• When Words Betray Us: Language, the Brain, and Aphasia, S. E. Blumstein (Springer, 2022) $49.99

Chemical physics

• Making Ammonia: Fritz Haber, Walther Nernst, and the Nature of Scientific Discovery, B. Johnson (Springer, 2022) $59.99

Computers and computational physics

• The Complete Guide to SCION: From Design Principles to Formal Verification, L. Chuat et al. (Springer, 2022) $139.99
• Deep Learning to See: Towards New Foundations of Computer Vision, A. Betti, M. Gori, S. Melacci (Springer, 2022) $69.99
• Introduction to Quantum Computing with Q# and QDK, F. Wojcieszyn (Springer, 2022) $74.99
• Protecting Privacy through Homomorphic Encryption, K. Lauter, W. Dai, K. Laine, eds. (Springer, 2022) $109.99

Condensed-matter physics

• Active Particles, Volume 3: Advances in Theory, Models, and Applications, N. Bellomo, J. A. Carrillo, E. Tadmor, eds. (Birkhäuser, 2022) $139.99
• Molecules in Superfluid Helium Nanodroplets: Spectroscopy, Structure, and Dynamics, A. Slenczka, J. P. Toennies, eds. (Springer, 2022) $59.99
• Superconductivity: An Introduction, R. Combescot (Cambridge U. Press, 2022) $69.99
• Liquid Crystals and their Computer Simulations, C. Zannoni (Cambridge U. Press, 2022) $99.99

Cosmology and relativity

• Fundamental Ideas in Cosmology, M. López-Corredoira (IOP, 2022) $190.00
• The Theory of Direct Dark Matter Detection: A Guide to Computations, E. Del Nobile (Springer, 2022) $79.99

Device physics

• Electromigration in Metals: Fundamentals to Nano-Interconnects, P. S. Ho et al. (Cambridge U. Press, 2022) $99.99
• Modelling and Design of Nanostructured Optoelectronic Devices: Solar Cells and Photodetectors, J. A. Krishnaswamy et al. (Springer, 2022) $139.99
• Smart Grid Sensors: Principles and Applications, H. Mohsenian-Rad (Cambridge U. Press, 2022) $120.00

Energy and environment

• Durham Weather and Climate since 1841, S. Burt, T. Burt (Oxford U. Press, 2022) $45.95
• Future Distribution Networks: Planning, Operation and Control, G. Mokryani (AIP, 2022) $135.00
• Liquid Metals for Advanced Energy Applications, Y. Deng, J. Liu (AIP, 2022) $135.00
• Water: A Visual and Scientific History, J. Challoner (MIT Press, 2022) $39.95

Fluids

• Flow Noise: Theory, C. Doolan, D. Moreau (Springer, 2022) $149.99
• Intermittency Equation for Transitional Flow, E. Juntasaro (Springer, 2022) $54.99

History and philosophy

• Knowledge Flows in a Global Age: A Transnational Approach, J. Krige, ed. (U. Chicago Press, 2022) $135.00
• Limits of the Numerical: The Abuses and Uses of Quantification, C. Newfield, A. Alexandrova, S. John, eds. (U. Chicago Press, 2022) $95.00
• Max von Laue: Intrepid and True; A Biography of the Physics Nobel Laureate, J. Lemmerich (Springer, 2022) $74.99
• Philosophical Perspectives in Quantum Chemistry, O. Lombardi, J. C. Martínez González, S. Fortin, eds. (Springer, 2022) $119.99
• The Philosophy and Physics of Noether’s Theorems: A Centenary Volume, J. Read, N. J. Teh, eds. (Cambridge U. Press, 2022) $155.00
• The Two Lives of Cheng Maolan: From the “French Silk Road to Astronomy” to the Meanders of Mao’s China, T. Montmerle, Y. Zhou, Y. Gomas (Springer, 2022) $49.99
• What We Owe the Future, W. MacAskill (Basic Books, 2022) $32.00

Instrumentation and techniques

• Raman Spectroscopy Under Liquid Nitrogen (RUN), R. N. Compton et al. (Springer, 2022) $149.99
• Wireless Discrete-Time Receivers, M. Tohidian et al. (Cambridge U. Press, 2022) $140.00

Materials science

• Composites Science, Technology, and Engineering, F. R. Jones (Cambridge U. Press, 2022) $89.99
• A Materials Science Guide to Superconductors: And How to Make Them Super, S. Speller (Oxford U. Press, 2022) $65.00
• Non-Destructive Testing and Testability of Materials and Structures, G. Corneloup, C. Gueudré, M.-A. Ploix (EPFL Press, 2022) $90.00
• Reconfigurable Circuits and Technologies for Smart Millimeter-Wave Systems, P. Ferrari (Cambridge U. Press, 2022) $140.00

Miscellaneous

• Just Like Being There: A Collection of Science Fiction Short Stories, E. Choi (Springer, 2022) $34.99
• Radiation: An Energy Carrier, T. Tanabe (Springer, 2022) $99.99
• Terahertz Wireless Communication Components and System Technologies, M. El Ghzaoui et al., eds. (Springer, 2022) $149.99

Optics and photonics

• Classical and Quantum Optics, P. P. Mondal (AIP, 2022) $135.00
• Halide Perovskite Lasers, Y. K. E. Tay et al. (Springer, 2022) $99.99
• Optical Nanomanipulation, D. L. Andrews, D. S. Bradshaw (IOP, 2022) $190.00
• Waves in Complex Media, L. Dal Negro (Cambridge U. Press, 2022) $99.99

Popularizations

• Algebra the Beautiful: An Ode to Math’s Least-Loved Subject, G. A. Williams (Basic Books, 2022) $30.00
• Anticipatory Ethics and the Use of CRISPR in Humans, M. W. Nestor, R. L. Wilson (Springer, 2022) $139.99
• The Biggest Ideas in the Universe: Space, Time, and Motion, S. Carroll (Dutton, 2022) $23.00
• Cosmic Origins: Science’s Long Quest to Understand How Our Universe Began, M. M. Waldrop (Springer, 2022) $39.99
• Existential Physics: A Scientist’s Guide to Life’s Biggest Questions, S. Hossenfelder (Viking, 2022) $28.00
• First Dawn: From the Big Bang to Our Future in Space, R. Battiston (MIT Press, 2022) $32.95
• Fluid Mechanics: A Very Short Introduction, E. Lauga (Oxford U. Press, 2022) $11.95
• Force: What It Means to Push and Pull, Slip and Grip, Start and Stop, H. Petroski (Yale U. Press, 2022) $30.00
• Greenhouse Planet: How Rising CO2 Changes Plants and Life as We Know It, L. H. Ziska (Columbia U. Press, 2022) $25.00
• The History of Computing: A Very Short Introduction, D. Swade (Oxford U. Press, 2023) $11.95
• Hunting the Faster than Light Tachyon: And Finding Three Unicorns and a Herd of Elephants, R. Ehrlich (CRC Press, 2022) $34.95
• The Infinite, P. Greenberg, M. Brassard, eds. (Hirmer, 2022) $40.00
• The Milky Way: An Autobiography of our Galaxy, M. McTier (Grand Central, 2022) $27.00
• More than the Sum of the Parts: Complexity in Physics and Beyond, H. Satz (Oxford U. Press, 2022) $25.00
• Pentagons and Pentagrams: An Illustrated History, E. Maor (Princeton U. Press, 2022) $24.95
• The Skeptics’ Guide to the Future: What Yesterday’s Science and Science Fiction Tell Us About the World of Tomorrow, S. Novella (Grand Central, 2022) $30.00
• Transformer: The Deep Chemistry of Life and Death, N. Lane (W. W. Norton, 2022) $27.00
• What If? 2: Additional Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions, R. Munroe (Riverhead Books, 2022) $30.00

Quantum physics

• Advanced Topics in Quantum Field Theory: A Lecture Course, M. Shifman (Cambridge U. Press, 2022) $99.99
• Historical Roots of Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking: Steps Towards an Analogy, R. Gaudenzi (Springer, 2022) $54.99
• Quantum Computing Environments, S. S. Iyengar, M. Mastriani, K. J. L. Kumar, eds. (Springer, 2022) $149.99
• Quantum Information and Quantum Optics with Superconducting Circuits, J. J. G. Ripoll (Cambridge U. Press, 2022) $59.99

Society and government

• Space Fostering Latin American Societies: Developing the Latin American Continent Through Space, Part 3, A. Froehlich, ed. (Springer, 2022) $119.99

Space and planetary science

• China’s Space Programme: From the Era of Mao Zedong to Xi Jinping, S. Chandrashekar (National Institute of Advanced Studies and Springer, 2022) $39.99
• Multi-scale (Time and Mass) Dynamics of Space Objects, A. Celletti et al., eds. (Cambridge U. Press, 2022) $130.00
• SpaceX: Starship to Mars—The First 20 Years (2nd ed.), E. Seedhouse (Springer Praxis, 2022) $34.99

Statistical physics and thermodynamics

• Crackling Noise: Statistical Physics of Avalanche Phenomena, S. Zapperi (Oxford U. Press, 2022) $85.00
• An Inductive Approach to Engineering Thermodynamics, G. Sidebotham (Springer, 2022) $149.99
• Percolation in Spatial Networks: Spatial Network Models Beyond Nearest Neighbours Structures, B. Gross, S. Havlin (Cambridge U. Press, 2022) $20.00
• The Statistical Mechanics of Irreversible Phenomena, P. Gaspard (Cambridge U. Press, 2022) $99.99
• Statistical Methods for Climate Scientists, T. M. Delsole, M. K. Tippett (Cambridge U. Press, 2022) $69.99
• The Statistical Physics of Data Assimilation and Machine Learning, H. D. I. Abarbanel (Cambridge U. Press, 2022) $69.99

Texts and education

• Assessment in University Physics Education, P. C. Main (IOP, 2022) $50.00
• Atmospheric Lidar Fundamentals: Laser Light Scattering from Atoms and Linear Molecules, C.-Y. She, J. S. Friedman (Cambridge U. Press, 2022) $140.00
• Classical Theory of Electricity and Magnetism: A Course of Lectures, A. K. Raychaudhuri (Hindustan Book Agency and Springer, 2022) $89.99
• Cosmology, D. Baumann (Cambridge U. Press, 2022) $69.99
• Cosmology: The Science of the Universe, E. Harrison (Cambridge U. Press, 2022) $44.99
• Critical Thinking in the Physics Cirriculum, B. Baker (AIP, 2022) $135.00
• Fascinating Problems for Young Physicists: Discovering Everyday Physics Phenomena and Solving Them, N. Vukmirović, V. Veljić (Cambridge U. Press, 2022) $34.99
• Field-based Tests for Soccer Players: Methodological Concerns and Applications, F. M. Clemente et al. (Springer, 2022) $54.99
• A First Course in General Relativity, B. Schutz (Cambridge U. Press, 2022) $69.99
• Introduction to Nanophotonics, H. Benisty, J.-J. Greffet, P. Lalanne (Oxford U. Press, 2022) $80.00
• Life in the Universe, J. Bennett et al. (Princeton U. Press, 2022) $100.00
• Mathematical Methods and Physical Insights: An Integrated Approach, A. J. Schramm (Cambridge U. Press, 2022) $69.99
• Misconceiving Merit: Paradoxes of Excellence and Devotion in Academic Science and Engineering, M. Blair-Loy, E. A. Cech (U. Chicago Press, 2022) $95.00
• The Oxford Linear Algebra for Scientists, A. Lukas (Oxford U. Press, 2022) $70.00
• Physical Kinetics: Classical and Quantum Problem and Solutions, S. N. Burmistrov (Springer, 2022) $99.99
• Quantum Computing: From Alice to Bob, A. Flarend, R. Hilborn (Oxford U. Press, 2022) $80.00
• Quantum Mechanics: A Graduate Course, H. Nastase (Cambridge U. Press, 2022) $99.99
• Quantum Physics of Semiconductor Materials and Devices, D. Jena (Oxford U. Press, 2022) $115.00
• Radio Receivers for Systems of Fixed and Mobile Communications, V. V. Logvinov, S. M. Smolskiy (Springer, 2022) $99.00
• Responsible Conduct of Research, A. E. Shamoo, D. B. Resnik (Oxford U. Press, 2022) $45.95
• Semiconductor Nanophotonics, P. K. Basu, B. Mukhopadhyay, R. Basu (Oxford U. Press, 2022) $85.00

Theory and mathematical methods

• Data Analysis Techniques for Physical Scientists, C. A. Pruneau (Cambridge U. Press, 2022) $49.99
• Extensions and Restrictions of Generalized Probabilistic Theories, J. Steinberg (Springer Spektrum, 2022) $69.99
• Geometry of the Phase Retrieval Problem, A. H. Barnett et al. (Cambridge U. Press, 2022) $125.00
• Higher-Order Systems, F. Battiston, G. Petri, eds. (Springer, 2022) $139.99
• Mathematical Tools for Real-World Applications: A Gentle Introduction for Students and Practitioners, A. Draganov (MIT Press, 2022) $40.00
• Mathematical Topics on Modelling Complex Systems: In Memory of Professor Valentin Afraimovich, J. A. Tenreiro Machado, D. Volchenkov, eds. (Higher Education Press and Springer, 2022) $109.99
• Mathematics for Natural Scientists: Fundamentals and Basics, L. Kantorovich (Springer, 2022) $79.99
• Mathematics of Open Fluid Systems, E. Feireisl, A. Novotný (Birkhäuser, 2022) $89.99
• The Nature of Complex Networks, S. N. Dorogovtsev, J. F. F. Mendes (Oxford U. Press, 2022) $85.00
• The Principles of Deep Learning Theory: An Effective Theory Approach to Understanding Neural Networks, D. A. Roberts, S. Yaida, B. Hanin (Cambridge U. Press, 2022) $79.99
• Regularized System Identification: Learning Dynamic Models from Data, G. Pillonetto et al. (Springer, 2022) $59.99