New books: January 2018

Categories:

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

Astronomy and astrophysics

• Astrobiology and Society in Europe Today, K. A. Capova, E. Persson, T. Milligan, D. Duner, eds (Springer, 2018) $69.99
• The Exoplanet Handbook, M. Perryman (Cambridge U. Press, 2018) $84.99
• High Time-Resolution Astrophysics, T. Shahbaz, J. Casares Vel·zquez, T. MuÒoz Darias (Cambridge University Press, 2018) $140.00

Biological and medical physics

• Biological Magnetic Materials and Applications, T. Matsunaga, T. Tanaka, D. Kisailus, eds (Springer, 2018) $169.00
• Biological Small Angle Scattering: Theory and Practice, E. E. Lattman, T. D. Grant, E. H. Snell (Oxford U. Press, 2018) $85.00
• Functional Hydrogels as Biomaterials, J. Li, Y. Osada, U. Cooper-White, eds (Springer, 2018) $139.00
• Mathematical Modeling of Protein Complexes, T. Koshlan, K. Kulikov (Springer, 2018) $159.99
• Multiscale Mechanobiology in Tissue Engineering, D. Lacroix et al (Springer, 2019) $169.99
• Plant Structural Biology: Hormonal Regulations, J. Hejátko T. Hakoshima, eds (Springer, 2018) $179.99
• Trends in Biomathematics: Modeling, Optimization and Computational Problems, R. P. Mondaini, ed (Springer, 2018) $119.99

Computers and computational physics

• Beyond-CMOS Technologies for Next Generation Computer Design, R. O. Topaloglu H.-S. P. Wong, eds (Springer, 2019) $149.99
• Computational EEG Analysis: Methods and Applications, C.-H. Im, ed (Springer, 2018) $149.99
• Energy Limits in Computation: A Review of Landauer’s Principle, Theory and Experiments, C. S. Lent, A. O. Orlov, W. Porod, G. L. Snider, eds (Springer, 2019) $169.99
• A Tutorial Introduction to VHDL Programming, O. Gazi (Springer, 2019) $99.99

Device physics

• Optical Communications: Advanced Sysems and Devices for Next Genearation Networks, A. Paradisi, R. C. Figueiredo, A. Chiuchiarelli, E. de Souza Rosa, eds (Springer, 2019) $169.99

Energy and environment

• Dew Water, D. Beysens (River Publishers, 2018) $100.15
• Next Generation Multilayer Graded Bandgap Solar Cells, A. A. Ojo, W. M. Cranton, I. M. Dharmadasa (Springer, 2019) $149.99

Fluids

• Uncertainty Management for Robust Industrial Design in Aeronautics, C. Hirsch et al., eds (Springer, 2019) $249.99

Geophysics

• Fission-Track Thermochronology and Its Application to Geology, M. G. Malus, P. G. Fitzgerald, eds (Springer, 2019) $99.00

History and philosophy

• The Age of Innocence: Nuclear Physics between the First and Second World Wars, R. H. Stuewer (Oxford U. Press, 2018) $55.00
• Edward Condon’s Cooperative Vision: Science, Industry, and Innovation in Modern America, T. C. Lassman (U. Pittsburgh Press, 2018) $45.00
• Galileo Unbound: A Path Across Life, the Universe and Everything, D. D. Nolte (Oxford U. Press, 2018) $32.95
• Helmholtz: A Life in Science, D. Cahan (U.Chicago Press, 2018) $55.00
• The History of Research on Chemical Periodic Processes, A. Pechenkin (Springer, 2018) $69.99
• Photons: The History and Mental Models of Light Quanta, K. Hentschel (Springer, 2018) $884.99
• Sam Goudsmit: And the Hunt for Hitler’s Atom Bomb, M. van Calmthout (Prometheus, 2018) $24.00
• The Scientific Correspondence of H. A. Lorentz. Vol. 2: the Dutch Correspondents, A. J. Kox, ed (Springer, 2018) $169.99
• Solid State Insurrection: How the Science of Substance Made American Physics Matter, J. D. Martin (U. of Pittsburgh Press, 2018) $45.00
• Towards Digital Enlightenment: Essays on the Dark and Light Sides of the Digital Revolution, D. Helbing, ed (Springer, 2019) $27.99
• The Workshop and the World: What Ten Thinkers Can Teach Us about Science and Authority, R. P. Crease (W. W. Norton, 2019) $26.95

Instrumentation and techniques

• Foundations of Radio for Scientists and Technologists, C. J. Coleman (Cambridge U. Press, 2018) $89.99
• Sensing of Non-Volatile Memory Demystified, S. Ghosh, ed (Springer, 2019) $99.00

Materials science

• Advances in Lead-Free Piezoelectric Materials, J. Wu (Springer, 2018) $199.99
• Fractal Approach to Tribology of Elastomers, A. K. Janahmadov, M. Javadov (Springer, 2019) $169.99
• Metal Impurities in Silicon- and Germanium-Based Technologies: Origin, Characterization, Control, and Device Impact, C. Claeys, E. Simoen (Springer, 2018) $169.99
• Problems of Nonlinear Mechanics and Physics of Materials, I. V. Andrianov, A. I. Manevich, Y. V. Mikhlin, O. V. Gendelman, eds (Springer, 2019) $179.99

Miscellaneous

• The Scientific Method: Reflections from a Practitioner, M. Di Ventra (Oxford U. Press, 2018) $19.95
• Scientifically Thinking: How to Liberate Your Mind, Solve the World’s Problems, and Embrace the Beauty of Science, S. A. Rice (Prometheus, 2018) $25.00

Nonlinear science and chaos

• Resonant Scattering and Generation of Waves: Cubically Polarizable Layers, L. Angermann, V. V. Yatsyk (Springer, 2019) $139.99

Optics and photonics

• LED-Based Visible Light Communications, N. Chi (Tsinghua U. Press and Springer, 2018) $59.99
• Spectroscopy of Semiconductors: Numerical Analysis Bridging Quantum Mechanics and Experiments, W. Lu, Y. Fu (Springer, 2018) $149.99

Popularizations

• Breakfast with Einstein: The Exotic Physics of Everyday Objects, C. Orzel (BenBella, 2018) $16.95
• Enjoy Our Universe: You Have No Other Choice, A. de Rújula (Oxford U. Press, 2018) $25.95
• Exoplanets: Hidden Worlds and the Quest for Extraterrestrial Life, D. Goldsmith (Harvard U. Press, 2018) $24.95
• The Formula: The Universal Laws of Success, A-L. Barabási (Little, Brown and Company, 2018) $29.00
• The Laser that’s Changing the World: The Amazing Stories Behind LIDAR, from 3D Mapping to Self-Driving Cars, T. Neff (Prometheus, 2018) $19.00
• The Second Kind of Impossible: The Extraordinary Quest for a New Form of Matter, P. J. Steinhardt (Simon & Schuster, 2019) $27.00
• The Wondrous Workings of Planet Earth: Understanding Our World and Its Ecosystems, R. Ignotofsky (Ten Speed Press, 2018) $19.99

Quantum physics

• Introduction to Quantum Mechanics, D. J. Griffiths, D. F. Schroeter (Cambridge U. Press, 2018) $74.99
• Multi-photon Quantum Secure Communication, P. K. Verma, M. El Rifai, K. W. C. Chan (Springer, 2019) $109.99
• Quantum Walks and Search Algorithms, R. Portugal (Springer, 2018) $159.99

Society and government

• Security by Design: Innovative Perspectives on Complex Problems, A. J. Masys, ed (Springer, 2018) $149.99

Space and planetary science

• Guidance and Control Technology of Spacecraft on Elliptical Orbit, F. Liu, S. Lu, Y. Sun (National Defense Industry Press and Springer, 2019) $149.99

Statistical physics and thermodynamics

• Approaches to Entropy, J. R. H. Tame (Springer, 2019) $169.99
• Statistical Physics of Nanoparticles in the Gas Phase, K. Hansen (Springer, 2018) $159.99

Texts and education

• Analytical Mechanics, N. A. Lemos (Cambridge U. Press, 2018) $79.99
• Classical Mechanics with Mathematica, A. Romano, A. Marasco (Birkhäuser, 2018) $89.99
• Solved Problems in Classical Electromagnetism: Analytical and Numerical Solutions with Comments, J. Pierrus (Oxford U. Press, 2018) $38.95
• A Student’s Guide to Analytical Mechanics, J. L. Bohn (Cambridge U. Press, 2018) $24.99

Theory and mathematical methods

• Advanced Boundary Element Methods: Treatment of Boundary Value, Transmission and Contact Problems, J. Gwimmer, E. P. Stephan (Springer, 2018) $149.99
• Electromagnetic Fields Excited in Volumes with Spherical Boundaries, Y. M. Penkin (Springer, 2019) $169.99
• Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Numerical Modelling in Engineering. Vol. 1: Numerical Modelling in Civil Engineering, M. A. Wahab, ed (Springer, 2019) $219.99
• Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Numerical Modelling in Engineering. Vol. 2: Numerical Modelling in Mechanical and Materials Engineering, M. A. Wahab, ed (Springer, 2019) $249.99
• Quantum Field Theory for Economics and Finance, B. E. Baaquie (Cambridge U. Press, 2018) $195.00
• Topological and Non-Topological Solitons in Scalar Field Theories, Y. M. Shnir (Cambridge U. Press, 2018) $145.00