New books: February 2020

Categories:

• Acoustics
• Astronomy and astrophysics
• 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
• Popularizations
• Space and planetary science
• Statistical physics and thermodynamics
• Texts and education
• Theory and mathematical methods

Acoustics

• Ocean Acoustics, A. Kistovich, K. Pokazeev, T. Chaplina (Springer, 2020) $149.99

Astronomy and astrophysics

• The Globular Star Clusters of the Andromeda Galaxy, C. M. Sakari (Morgan & Claypool, 2019) $49.95

Biological and medical physics

• Bone Cement: From Simple Cement Concepts to Complex Biomimetic Design, H. R. Rezaie, M. H. Esnaashary, M. Karfarma, A. Öchsner (Springer, 2020) $59.99
• Introduction to Cellular Biophysics, Volume 2: From Membrane Transport to Neural Signaling, A. Kargol (Morgan & Claypool, 2019) $39.95
• Morphogenesis Deconstructed: An Integrated View of the Generation of Forms, L. Pismen (Springer, 2020) $84.99
• Multiscale Modeling of Vascular Dynamics of Micro- and Nano-particles: Application to Drug Delivery System, H. Ye, Z. Shen, Y. Li (Morgan & Claypool, 2019) $39.95

Chemical physics

• Fundamental Polymer Science, U. W. Gedde, M. S. Hedenqvist (Springer, 2019) $89.99

Computers and computational physics

• Computational Statics and Dynamics: An Introduction Based on the Finite Element Method, A. Öchsner (Springer, 2020) $119.99
• Understanding Downhole Microseismic Data Analysis: With Applications in Hydraulic Fracture Monitoring, J. Akram (Springer, 2020) $84.99

Cosmology and relativity

• Einstein Equations: Physical and Mathematical Aspects of General Relativity, S. Cacciatori, B. Güneysu, S. Pigola, eds (Springer, 2019) $139.99
• Special Relativity: An Introduction with 200 Problems and Solutions, M. Tsamparlis (Springer, 2019) $109.00

Device physics

• DIY MEMS: Fabricating Microelectromechanical Systems in Open Use Labs, D. Munro (Springer, 2019) $119.99
• High-Efficient Low-Cost Photovoltaics: Recent Developments, V. Petrova-Koch, R. Hezel, A. Goetzberger, eds (Springer, 2020) $149.99

Energy and environment

• Hybrid Intelligent Technologies in Energy Demand Forecasting, W.-C. Hong (Springer, 2020) $149.99
• Plutonium: How Nuclear Power’s Dream Fuel Became a Nightmare, F. von Hippel, M. Takubo, J. Kang (Springer, 2019) $59.00

Fluids

• Applied Computational Fluid Dynamics and Turbulence Modeling: Practical Tools, Tips and Techniques, S. Rodriguez (Springer, 2019) $109.99
• An Introduction to Compressible Flows with Applications: Quasi-One-Dimensional Approximation and General Formulation for Subsonic, Transonic and Supersonic Flows, J. Pontes, N. Mangiavacchi, G. R. Anjos (Springer, 2019) $59.99
• Ocular Fluid Dynamics: Anatomy, Physiology, Imaging Techniques, and Mathematical Modeling, G. Guidoboni, A. Harris, R. Sacco, eds (Birkhäuser, 2019) $139.99

Geophysics

• Beyond Global Warming: How Numerical Models Revealed the Secrets of Climate Change, S. Manabe, A. J. Broccoli (Princeton U. Press, 2020) $35.00
• Geochemical Processes and Their Assessment in the Rock Massifs in Central Kazakhstan, K.-K. Kassymkanova et al. (Springer, 2020) $59.99

History and philosophy

• Benjamin Lax – Interviews on a Life in Physics at MIT: Understanding and Exploiting the Effects of Magnetic Fields on Matter, D. T. Stevenson, M. B. Reine, R. L. Aggarwal, eds (CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, 2020) $59.95
• The Evolution of Knowledge: Rethinking Science for the Anthropocene, J. Renn (Princeton U. Press, 2020) $35.00
• From Cave Art to Hubble: A History of Astronomical Record Keeping, J. Powell (Springer, 2019) $29.99
• Giving the Devil His Due: Reflections of a Scientific Humanist, M. Shermer (Cambridge U. Press, 2020) $24.95
• Laws and Explanations; Theories and Modal Possibilities, A. Koslow (Springer, 2019) $99.99
• Learning the Physics of Einstein with Georges Lemaître: Before the Big Bang Theory, G. Lemaître, J. Govaerts, J.-F. Stoffel, eds (Springer, 2019) $99.99
• Leibniz and the Structure of Sciences: Modern Perspectives on the History of Logic, Mathematics, Epistemology, V. De Risi, ed (Springer, 2019) $119.00
• Measuring Nothing, Repeatedly: Null Experiments in Physics, A. Franklin, R. Laymon (Morgan & Claypool, 2019) $69.95
• Nico Bloembergen: Master of Light, R. Herber (Springer, 2019) $49.99
• Reality and Its Order, W. Heisenberg, K. Kleinknecht, ed (Springer, 2019) $139.99
• The Scientific Method: An Evolution of Thinking from Darwin to Dewey, H. M. Cowles (Harvard U. Press, 2020) $35.00
• Some Forgotten Chemists, B. Halton (Springer, 2020) $139.99
• Stealth: The Secret Contest to Invent Invisible Aircraft, P. Westwick (Oxford U. Press, 2020) $27.95
• WITTGENSTEINIAN (adj.): Looking at the World from the Viewpoint of Wittgenstein’s Philosophy, S. Wuppuluri, N. da Costa, eds (Springer, 2020) $99.99

Instrumentation and techniques

• A Practical Guide to Surface Metrology, M. Quinten (Springer, 2019) $119.99
• X-Ray Microscopy, C. Jacobsen (Cambridge U. Press, 2020) $135.00

Materials science

• Mechanics of Materials, A. Bedford, K. M. Liechti (Springer, 2020) $119.00
• Theoretical Thermotics: Transformation Thermotics and Extended Theories for Thermal Metamaterials, J.-P. Huang (Springer, 2020) $59.99
• Thermophysical Properties and Measure Technique of Ge-Sb-Te Alloys for Phase Change Memory, R. Lan (Xi’an Jiaotong U. Press and Springer, 2020) $139.99

Miscellaneous

• Handbook of Writing for the Mathematical Sciences, N. J. Higham (SIAM, 2020) $69.00

Nonlinear science and chaos

• Challenges in Social Network Research: Methods and Applications, G. Ragozini, M. P. Vitale, eds (Springer, 2020) $149.99
• Chaos, Synchronization and Structures in Dynamics of Systems with Cylindrical Phase Space, N. Verichev, S. Verichev, V. Erofeev (Springer, 2020) $149.99
• Dynamics with Chaos and Fractals, M. Akhmet, M. O. Fen, E. M. Alejaily (Springer, 2020) $149.99

Optics and photonics

• Introduction to Semiconductor Lasers for Optical Communications: An Applied Approach, D. J. Klotzkin (Springer, 2020) $99.99
• Light Science: Physics and the Visual Arts, T. D. Rossing, C. J. Chiaverina (Springer, 2019) $84.99
• Photonic Waveguide Components on Silicon Substrate: Modeling and Experiments, S. Samanta, P. Banerji, P. Ganguly (Springer, 202) $59.99

Popularizations

• The Cosmic Revolutionary’s Handbook: (Or: How to Beat the Big Bang), L. A. Barnes, G. F. Lewis (Cambridge U. Press, 2020) $22.95
• Cryptography: The Keys to Digital Security, How It Works, and Why It Matters, K. Martin (W. W. Norton, 2020) $27.95
• Exploding Stars and Invisible Planets: The Science of What’s Out There, F. Watson (Columbia U. Press, 2020) $28.00
• A Furious Sky: The Five-Hundred-Year History of America’s Hurricanes, E. J. Dolin (Liveright/W. W. Norton, 2020) $29.95
• Georgia’s Terrific, Colorific Experiment, Z. Persico (Running Press Kids, 2019) $27.95
• The Little Book of Cosmology, L. Page (Princeton U. Press, 2020) $19.95
• Mars, S. J. O’Meara (Reaktion Books, 2020) $40.00
• Spacefarers: How Humans Will Settle the Moon, Mars, and Beyond, C. Wanjek (Harvard U. Press, 2020) $29.95
• The True Creator of Everything: How the Human Brain Shaped the Universe As We Know It, M. Nicolelis (Yale U. Press, 2020) $28.00

Space and planetary science

• The Ringed Planet: Cassini’s Voyage of Discovery at Saturn, J. Colwell (Morgan & Claypool, 2019) $55.00
• Space Mining and Manufacturing: Off-World Resources and Revolutionary Engineering Techniques, D. Sivolella (Praxis/Springer, 2019) $34.99

Statistical physics and thermodynamics

• Thermodynamics: Basic Principles and Engineering Applications, A. M. Whitman (Springer, 2020) $89.99

Texts and education

• The Art of Electronics: The X-Chapters, P. Horowitz, W. Hill (Cambridge U. Press, 2020) $59.99
• Nano and Quantum Optics: An Introduction to Basic Principles and Theory, U. Hohenester (Springer, 2020) $109.99
• Navier-Stokes Turbulence: Theory and Analysis, W. Kollmann (Springer, 2019) $109.00
• Teaching Surrounded by Smart Phones, D. K. Kumar, P. Radcliffe (Springer, 2019) $59.99
• A Treatise of Heat and Energy, L.-S. Wang (Springer, 2020) $84.00

Theory and mathematical methods

• Approximation Theory and Approximation Practice, L. N. Trefethen (SIAM, 2020) $64.00
• Complex Variables and Analytic Functions: An Illustrated Introduction, B. Fornberg, C. Piret (SIAM, 2020) $84.00
• Fast Direct Solvers for Elliptic PDEs, P.-G. Martinsson (SIAM, 2020) $84.00
• Fractional Equations and Models: Theory and Applications, T. Sandev, Ž. Tomovski (Springer, 2019) $139.99
• Geometric Multiplication of Vectors: An Introduction to Geometric Algebra in Physics, M. Josipovic (Birkhäuser, 2019) $49.99
• An Introduction to Compressed Sensing, M. Vidyasagar (SIAM, 2020) $89.00
• Introduction to Optimization and Hadamard Semidifferential Calculus, M. C. Delfour (SIAM, 2020) $99.00
• The Large Flux Problem to the Navier-Stokes Equations: Global Strong Solutions in Cylindrical Domains, J. Renclawowicz, W. M. Zajaczkowski (Birkhäuser, 2019) $74.99
• New Trends in One-Dimensional Dynamics, M. J. Pacifico, P. Guarino, eds (Springer, 2019) $59.99
• Numerical Methods for Diffusion Phenomena in Building Physics: A Practical Introduction, N. Mendes, M. Chhay, J. Berger, D. Dutykh (Springer, 2019) $109.99
• Piecewise Affine Control: Continuous-Time, Sampled-Data, and Networked Systems, L. Rodrigues, B. Samadi, M. Moarref (SIAM, 2020) $89.00
• Power Laws: A Statistical Trek, I. Eliazar (Springer, 2020) $119.99
• Practical Optimization, P. E. Gill, W. Murray, M. H. Wright (SIAM, 2020) $74.00