New books: January 2019

Categories:

• Acoustics
• Astronomy and astrophysics
• Biological and medical physics
• Chemical physics
• Computers and computational physics
• Condensed-matter physics
• Cosmology and relativity
• Device physics
• Fluids
• Geophysics
• History and philosophy
• Instrumentation and techniques
• Materials science
• Miscellaneous
• Nonlinear science and chaos
• Optics and photonics
• Particle physics
• Plasmas and fusion
• Popularizations
• Society and government
• Space and planetary science
• Texts and education
• Theory and mathematical methods

Acoustics

• Principles of Forensic Audio Analysis, R. C. Maher (Springer, 2018) $109.99
• Speech Enhancement Techniques for Digital Hearing Aids, K. R. Borisager, R. M. Thanki, B. S. Sedani (Springer, 2019) $149.99

Astronomy and astrophysics

• Probes of Multimessenger Astrophysics: Charged Cosmic Rays, Neutrinos, γ-Rays and Gravitational Waves, M. Spurio (Springer, 2018) $109.99
• Supernovae, A. Bykov at el., eds (Springer, 2019) $159.00

Biological and medical physics

• Articular Cartilage Dynamics, D. W. Smith, B. S. Gardiner, L. Zhang, A. J. Grodzinsky (Springer, 2019) $219.99
• Biomimetics: Bioinspired Hierarchical-Structured Surfaces for Green Science and Technology, B. Bhushan (Springer, 2018) $249.99
• Biophysical Regulation of Vascular Differentiations and Assembly, S. Gerecht, ed (Springer, 2018) $139.99
• Charting the Next Pandemic: Modeling Infectious Disease Spreading in the Data Science Age, A. Pastore y Piontti et al (Springer, 2019) $79.99
• Life in the Universe: Expectations and Constraints, D. Schulze-Makuch, L. N. Irwin (Praxis/Springer, 2018) $84.99
• Minorities and Small Numbers from Molecules to Organisms in Biology: Toward a New Understanding of Biological Phenomena, T. Nagai, Y. Togashi, eds (Springer, 2018) $169.00
• Nanotheranostics for Cancer Applications, P. Rai, S. A. Morris, eds (Springer, 2019) $179.99
• Viruses as Complex Adaptive Systems, R. Solé, S. F. Elena (Princeton U. Press, 2019) $35.00

Chemical physics

• The Chemical Reactor from Laboratory to Industrial Plant: A Modern Approach to Chemical Reaction Engineering with Different Case Histories and Exercises, E. Santacesaria, R. Tesser (Springer, 2018) $109.99
• Deep Eutectic Solvents, Y. Marcus (Springer, 2019) $149.99
• Many-Body Methods for Atoms, Molecules and Clusters, J. Schirmer (Springer, 2018) $159.00
• The Molecule as Meme, J. H. Williams (Morgan & Claypool, 2018) $59.95

Computers and computational physics

• Frontiers in Computational Fluid-Structure Interaction and Flow Simulation, T. E. Tezduyar, ed (Birkhäuser, 2018) $119.00

Condensed-matter physics

• Electronic Structure of Organic Semicondcutors: Polymers and Small Molecules, L. Alcácer (Morgan & Claypool, 2018) $55.00

Cosmology and relativity

• Metamaterial Multiverse, I. I. Smolyaninov (Morgan & Claypool, 2018) $49.95

Device physics

• Physics of Magnetic Flux Tubes, M. Ryutova (Springer, 2018) $219.99

Fluids

• Sonic Thunder: A Discussion of Natural and Artificial Shock Waves, W. R. Matson (Morgan & Claypool, 2018) $35.00

Geophysics

• Hydrological, Geochemical and Geophysical Changes Related to Earthquakes and Slow-Slip Events, C.-Y. King, M. Manga, eds (Birkhäuser, 2019) $89.00
• Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on BioGeoSciences: Modeling Natural Environments, R. C·rdenas, V. Mochalov, O. Parra, O. Martin, eds (Springer, 2019) $199.99

History and philosophy

• Chronicling the Gold Age of Astronomy: A History of Visual Observing from Harriot to Moore, N. English (Springer, 2018) $219.00
• An Epistemic Foundation for Scientific Realism: Defending Realism without Inference to the Best Explanation, J. Wright (Springer, 2018) $99.99
• Greening the Alliance: The Diplomacy of NATO’s Science and Environmental Initiatives, S. Turchetti (U. Chicago Press, 2019) $37.50
• Henricus Martellus’s World Map at Yale (c. 1491): Multispectral Imaging, Sources, and Influence, C. Van Duzer (Springer, 2019) $109.99
• Idealization and the Aims of Science, A. Potochnik (U. Chicago Press, 2017) $45.00
• Introduction to Formal Philosophy, S. O. Hansson, V. F. Hendricks, eds (Springer, 2018) $89.99
• Meghnad Saha: His Life in Science and Politics, P. V. Naik (Springer, 2017) $89.00
• Metallurgical Design and Industry: Prehistory to the Space Age, B. Kaufman, C. L. Briant, eds (Springer, 2018) $179.99
• Quantum Mechanics between Ontology and Epistemology, F. J. Boge (Springer, 2018) $109.99
• Scientific Philosophy, G. E. Romero (Springer, 2018) $84.99
• The Swings of Science: From Complexity to Simplicity and Back, L. Pismen (Springer, 2018) $59.99

Instrumentation and techniques

• Compact Slot Array Antennas for Wireless Communications, A. J. Sangster (Springer, 2019) $179.99
• Proceedings of the Tiangong-2 Remote Sensing Application Conference: Technology, Method and Application, Y. Gu, M. Gao, G. Zhao, eds (Springer, 2019) $249.99
• Spectral Mixture for Remote Sensing: Linear Model and Applications, Y. E. Shimabukuro, F. J. Ponzoni (Springer, 2019) $149.00
• Vertex-Frequency Analysis of Graph Signals, L. Stankovic, E. Sejdic, eds (Springer, 2019) $179.99

Materials science

• Atomic- and Nanoscale Magnetism, R. Wiesendanger, ed (Springer, 2018) $149.99
• High Speed Catamarans and Multihulls: Technology, Performance, and Applications, L. Yun, A. Bliault, H. Z. Rong (Springer, 2019) $279.99
• Impact Behavior and Pedestrian Protection of Automotive Laminated Windshield: Theories, Experiments and Numerical Simulations, J. Xu, Y. Li (Science Press and Springer, 2019) $179.99
• Introduction to Isotopic Materials Science, V. G. Plekhanov (Springer, 2018) $139.00
• Mesoscale Models: From Micro-Physics to Macro-Interpretation, S. Mesarovic, S. Forest H. Zbib, eds (Springer, 2019) $199.99
• Nanowire Electronics, G. Shen, Y.-L. Chueh, eds (Springer, 2019) $169.99
• Novel Microstructures for Solids, R. A. Dunlap (Morgan & Claypool, 2018) $69.95
• Periodic Mesoporous Organosilicas: Preparation, Properties and Applications, C.-S. Ha, S. S. Park (Springer, 2019) $169.00
• Silicene: Prediction, Synthesis, Application, P. Vogt, G. Le Lay, eds (Springer, 2018) $159.99

Miscellaneous

• Toward a Science Campus in Milan: A Snapshot of Current Research at the Physics Department Aldo Pontremoli, P. F. Bortignon et al., eds (Springer, 2018) $179.99

Nonlinear science and chaos

• Introduction to the Theory of Complex Systems, S. Thurner, R. Hanel, P. Klimek (Oxford U. Press, 2018) $65.00

Optics and photonics

• Double-Prism Multi-mode Scanning: Principles and Technology, A. Li (National Defense Industry Press and Springer, 2018) $139.99
• Fano Resonances in Optics and Microwaves: Physics and Applications, E. Kamenetskii, A. Sadreev, A. Miroshnichenko, eds (Springer, 2018) $179.99
• Lasers: Basics, Advances and Applications, H. J. Eichler, J. Eichler, O. Lux (Springer, 2018) $159.99
• The Physics and Art of Photography, Volume 1: Geometry and the Nature of Light, J. Beaver (Morgan & Claypool, 2018) $64.95
• The Physics and Art of Photography, Volume 2: Energy and Color, J. Beaver (Morgan & Claypool, 2018) $64.95
• Polarized Light and Optical Systems, R. A. Chipman, W.-S. T. Lam, G. Young (CRC Press/Taylor and Francis, 2019) $199.95
• Principles of Gravitational Lensing: Light Deflection as a Probe of Astrophysics and Cosmology, A. B. Congdon, C. R. Keeton (Praxis/Springer, 2018) $99.99
• Quantification of Contrast Kinetics in Clinical Imaging, M. Mischi et al (Springer, 2018) $109.99

Particle physics

• International Linear Collider (ILC): The Next Mega-Scale Particle Collider, A. Drutskoy (Morgan & Claypool, 2018) $35.00
• Particle Physics, R. A. Dunlop (Morgan & Claypool, 2018) $49.95

Plasmas and fusion

• An Introduction to Plasma Physics and its Space Applications, Volume 1: Fundamentals and Elementary Processes, L. Conde (Morgan & Claypool, 2018) $75.95

Popularizations

• Consciousness and Science Fiction, D. Broderick (Springer, 2018) $27.99
• The Cosmic Mystery Tour: A High-Speed Journey through Space and Time, N. Mee (Oxford U. Press, 2019) $24.95
• Cosmological Koans: A Journey to the Heart of Physical Reality, A. Aguirre (W. W. Norton, 2019) $27.95
• Eco Kids: STEAM Projects to Help Kids Make a Difference, A. and G. Bridgewater (Happy Fox Books, 2019) $14.99
• Quantum Leaps: How Quantum Mechanics Took Over Science, J. Bernstein (World Scientific, 2019) $26.00
• Turn Left at Orion: Hundreds of Night Sky Objects to See in a Home Telescope—And How to Find Them, G. Consolmagno, D. M. Davis (Cambridge U. Press, 2018) $34.95
• Underland: A Deep Time Journey, R. MacFarlane (W. W. Norton, 2019) $27.95
• The Universe Speaks in Numbers: How Modern Math Reveals Nature’s Deepest Secrets, G. Farmelo (Basic Books, 2019) $30.00

Society and government

• Space Security and Legal Aspects of Active Debris Removal, A. Froehlich (Springer, 2019) $119.99

Space and planetary science

• Aerospace Robotics III, J. Sasiadek, ed (Springer, 2019) $169.99
• High-Conductivity Channels in Space, V. Apollonov (Springer, 2018) $159.99
• The Scientific Foundation of Space Weather, D. Baker et al., eds (Springer, 2019) $179.00

Texts and education

• Berry Phases in Electronic Structure Theory, D. Vanderbilt (Cambridge U. Press, 2018) $79.99
• Introduction to Tensor Network Methods: Numerical Simulations of Low-Dimensional Many-Body Quantum Systems, S. Montangero (Springer, 2018) $139.99
• Introductory Physics for Biological Scientists, C. M. Aegerter (Cambridge U. Press, 2018) $74.99
• Lagrangian and Hamiltonian Analytical Mechanics: Forty Exercises Resolved and Explained, V. Pletser (Springer, 2018) $139.99
• Quantum Mechanics for Pedestrians 1: Fundamentals, J. Pade (Springer, 2018) $59.99
• Quantum Mechanics for Pedestrians 2: Applications and Extensions, J. Pade (Springer, 2018) $59.99
• The Robot Factory: Pseudoscience in Education and Its Threat to American Democracy, J. Ganem (Springer, 2018) $34.99
• The Role of Laboratory Work in Improving Physics Teaching and Learning, D. Sokolowska, M. Michelini, eds (Springer, 2018) $149.99
• Theoretical Physics 9: Fundamentals of Many-body Physics, W. Nolting (Springer, 2018) $109.00
• Uncertainty Quantification and Predictive Computational Science: A Foundation for Physical Scientists and Engineers, R. G. McClarren (Springer, 2018) $99.99

Theory and mathematical methods

• Electromagnetic Theory and Plasmonics for Engineers, L. Nickelson (Springer, 2019) $119.99
• The Quantization of Gravity, C. Gerhardt (Springer, 2018) $119.99
• Quantum Theory and Symmetries with Lie Theory and Its Applications in Physics, Volume 1, V. Dobrev, ed (Springer, 2018) $219.99
• Real Spinorial Groups: A Short Mathematical Introduction, S. Xambó-Descamps (Springer, 2018) $69.99
• Stochastic Processes and Applications, S. Silvestrov, A. Malyarenko, M. Rancic, eds (Springer, 2018) $179.99
• Tensor-Valued Random Fields for Continuum Physics, A. Malyarenko, M. Ostoja-Starzewski (Cambridge U. Press, 2019) $145.00