New books: January 2023

Categories:

• Astronomy and astrophysics
• Atomic and molecular physics
• Biological and medical physics
• Condensed-matter physics
• Cosmology and relativity
• Energy and environment
• Fluids
• Geophysics
• History and philosophy
• Instrumentation and techniques
• Materials science
• Nuclear physics
• Optics and photonics
• Popularizations
• Quantum physics
• Space and planetary science
• Statistical physics and thermodynamics
• Texts and education
• Theory and mathematical methods

Astronomy and astrophysics

• A Deep Sky Astrophotography Primer: Creating Stunning Images Is Easier Than You Think!, M. O’Brien (Springer, 2023) $39.99
• Improving the Resolving Power of Ultraviolet to Near-Infrared Microwave Kinetic Inductance Detectors, N. Zobrist (Springer, 2023) $179.99
• An Introduction to Space Weather (2nd ed.), M. Moldwin (Cambridge U. Press, 2023) $39.99
• Observational Imprints of Binary Evolution on B- and Be-star Populations, J. Bodensteiner (Springer, 2022) $149.99

Atomic and molecular physics

• Asymmetric Dual Core Waveguides: Dynamics of Self-Similar Waves, S. R. Thokala (Springer, 2023) $159.99
• Computing Atomic Quantum Dynamics in Laser Fields, L. A. A. Nikolopoulos (AIP, 2022) $135.00
• Self-Assembled Water Chains, B. I. Kim (Springer, 2023) $149.99
• Storage Ring-Based Inverse Compton X-ray Sources: Cavity Design, Beamline Development and X-ray Applications, B. S. Günther (Springer, 2023) $219.99

Biological and medical physics

• Introduction to Bioelectronics: Materials, Devices, and Applications, E. Stavrinidou, C. M. Proctor (AIP, 2022) $135.00

Condensed-matter physics

• Downfolding Methods in Many-Electron Theory, F. Aryasetiawan, F. Nilsson (AIP, 2022) $135.00
• Mass Term Effect on Fractional Quantum Hall States of Dirac Particles, K. Yonaga (Springer, 2023) $169.99
• Recent Advances in Rheology: Theory, Biorheology, Suspension and Interfacial Rheology, D. De Kee, A. Ramachandran, eds. (AIP, 2022) $135.00
• Structures and Dynamics of Interfacial Water, D. Cao (Springer, 2023) $179.99

Cosmology and relativity

• Dark Energy, F. Cunillera (Springer, 2023) $179.99
• The de Sitter (dS) Group and its Representations, M. Enayati et al. (Springer, 2022) $49.99
• The First Law of Mechanics in General Relativity and Isochrone Orbits in Newtonian Gravity, P. Ramond (Springer, 2023) $219.99
• Galaxy Formation, M. S. Longair (Springer, 2023) $109.99
• Understanding Relativity, W. Schmitz (Springer, 2023) $59.99

Energy and environment

• Advanced Sensors and Sensing Technologies for Electric Vehicles, W. Cao, S. Lu (AIP, 2022) $135.00
• Artificial Intelligence for Smart Photovoltaic Technologies, J. Ren, Y. Man, eds. (AIP, 2022) $135.00
• The Climate Book: The Facts and the Solutions, G. Thunberg (Penguin Press, 2023) $30.00
• Climate Change Impacts on Natural Resources, Ecosystems and Agricultural Systems, C. Pande et al. (Springer, 2023) $219.99
• Climate Obstruction: How Denial, Delay and Inaction are Heating the Planet, K. Ekberg et al. (Routledge, 2022) $22.95
• Cold Breath of Sleeping Volcanoes, H. Pfanz (Springer, 2023) $34.99
• The Flight of a Relativistic Charge in Matter: Insights, Calculations and Practical Applications of Classical Electromagnetism, W. Allison (Springer, 2023) $74.99
• Fundamentals of Distributed Generation Systems, Z. Zabar (AIP, 2022) $135.00
• The Global Circulation of the Atmosphere, T. Schneider, A. H. Sobel, eds. (Princeton University Press, 2022) $85.00
• Inside Energy Storage Materials: Diffraction and Spectroscopic Methods for Battery Research, N. Reeves-McLaren (AIP, 2022) $135.00
• Intelligent Methods with Applications in Volcanology and Seismology, A. Hajian, G. Nunnari, R. Kimiaefar (Springer, 2023) $199.99
• Renewable Energy: Analysis, Resources, Applications, Management, and Policy, Y. Al-Douri, ed. (AIP, 2022) $135.00
• Scale: Understanding the Environment, C. Suteanu (Springer, 2023) $199.99
• Wind Turbine Aerodynamics Modeling Using CFD Approaches, G. Bangga (AIP, 2022) $135.00

Fluids

• Physics of Wave Turbulence, S. Galtier (Cambridge U. Press, 2022) $74.99

Geophysics

• Archean Evolution of the Pilbara Craton and Fortescue Basin, A. H. Hickman (Springer, 2023) $169.99
• Climatology in Cold Regions, C. Wang (Wiley-Blackwell, 2023) $185.00
• Continuum Micromechanics: Theory and Application to Multiscale Tectonics, D. Jiang (Springer, 2023) $179.99
• Interdisciplinary Environmental Solutions: Using Geospatial Technologies For Bridging Disciplines, Scale and Data, B. Dixon (Palgrave Macmillan, 2023) $84.99
• Our Dynamic Earth: A Primer, M. R. Bennett (Springer, 2023) $74.99
• Practical Time Series Analysis in Natural Sciences: Applications to Natural Sciences and Engineering, V. Privalsky (Springer, 2023) $159.99

History and philosophy

• Albert Einstein, Boris Podolsky, Nathan Rosen: Can Quantum-Mechanical Description of Physical Reality Be Considered Complete?, C. Kiefer, ed. (Birkhäuser, 2023) $119.99
• Anaximander: And the Birth of Science, C. Rovelli (Riverhead Books, 2023) $18.00
• Astrotopia: The Dangerous Religion of the Corporate Space Race, M.-J. Rubenstein (U. Chicago Press, 2022) $24.00
• Bound by Muscle: Biological Science, Humanism, and the Lives of A. V. Hill and Otto Meyerhof, A. Brown (Oxford U. Press, 2022) $34.95
• A Brief History of Nuclear Reactor Accidents: From Leipzig to Fukushima, S. Marguet (Springer, 2023) $29.99
• Code: From Information Theory to French Theory, B. D. Geoghegan (Duke University Press, 2023) $26.95
• The Dynamics of Science: Computational Frontiers in History and Philosophy of Science, G. Ramsey, A. De Block, eds. (U. Pittsburgh Press, 2022) $60.00
• Einstein’s Elevator and Other Marvels: Great Physicists and Their Achievements, H. Kastrup, J. V. Mallow (AIP, 2022) $135.00
• From Geocentric to Heliocentric: How Discoveries Are Made, Y. Ge (Springer, 2023) $149.99
• How the Victorians Took Us to the Moon, I. R. Morus (Pegasus Books, 2022) $29.95
• The Last Writings of Thomas S. Kuhn: Incommensurability in Science, T. S. Kuhn; B. Mladenovic, ed. (U. Chicago Press, 2022) $27.50
• Narrative Science: Reasoning, Representing and Knowing since 1800, M. S. Morgan, K. M. Hajek, D. J. Berry, eds. (Cambridge U. Press, 2022) $34.99
• New Energies: A History of Energy Transitions in Europe and North America, A. Needham, S. Gross, eds. (U. Pittsburgh Press, 2023) $60.00
• Of Ice and Men, F. Hogge (Pegasus Books, 2022) $27.95
• The One: How an Ancient Idea Holds the Future of Physics, H. Päs (Basic Books, 2023) $32.00
• Profit: An Environmental History, M. Stoll (Polity, 2023) $35.00
• Scientific Testimony: Its Roles in Science and Society, M. Gerken (Oxford U. Press, 2022) $85.00
• Scientific Visual Representations in History, M. Valleriani, G. Giannini, E. Gianetto, eds. (Springer, 2023) $109.99
• Theory and Practice in the Interdisciplinary Production and Reproduction of Scientific Knowledge: ID in the XXI Century, O. Pombo, K. Gärtner, J. Jesuíno, eds. (Springer, 2023) $139.99
• To The Stars: Women Spacefarers’ Legacy (2nd ed.), U. Cavallaro (Springer, 2023) $49.99
• The Travel Diaries of Albert Einstein, Z. Rosenkranz, ed. (Princeton University Press, 2023) $35.00

Instrumentation and techniques

• Mass Spectrometry in Food and Environmental Chemistry, Y. Picó, J. Campo (Springer, 2023) $349.99

Materials science

• Diffusive Spreading in Nature, Technology and Society (2nd ed.), A. Bunde et al., eds. (Springer, 2023) $219.99
• Trends in Applications of Polymers and Polymer Composites, V. K. Patel et al. (AIP, 2022) $135.00

Nuclear physics

• Beam Test Calorimeter Prototypes for the CMS Calorimeter Endcap Upgrade: Qualification, Performance Validation and Fast Generative Modelling, T. Quast (Springer, 2023) $179.99
• A Beauty-ful Boson, G. Di Gregorio (Springer, 2023) $199.99
• Boundary Plasma Physics, F. Militello (Springer, 2023) $169.99
• Electroweak Gauginos with Highly Boosted Hadronically Decaying Bosons at the LHC, Y. Okazaki (Springer, 2023) $199.99
• Exploring Electron-Neutrino-Argon Interactions, K. V. J. Mistry (Springer, 2023) $199.99
• Lorentz Symmetry Breaking, T. Mariz, J. R. Nascimento, A. Petrov (Springer, 2023) $54.99
• Polarized Beam Dynamics and Instrumentation in Particle Accelerators: USPAS Summer 2021 Spin Class Lectures, F. Méot et al., eds. (Springer, 2023) $59.99
• Single-Particle Structure of ²⁹Mg on the Approach to the N = 20 Island of Inversion, P. T. MacGregor (Springer, 2023) $179.99
• Statistical Properties of Undulator Radiation: Classical and Quantum Effects, I. Lobach (Springer, 2023) $179.99
• Systems Approaches to Nuclear Fusion Reactors, F. B. Marcus (Springer, 2023) $179.99
• What is the Iε for the S-Matrix?, H. S. Hannesdottir, S. Mizera (Springer, 2023) $54.99

Optics and photonics

• Fundamentals of Optical Waves and Lasers, S. Yoshida (Springer, 2023) $99.99
• Modern Information Optics with MATLAB, Y. Zhang, T.-C. Poon (Cambridge U. Press, 2023) $89.99
• Multidimensional Solitons, B. A. Malomed (AIP, 2022) $135.00
• Passive Silicon Photonic Devices: Design, Fabrication, and Testing, Y. Su, Y. Zhang (AIP, 2022) $135.00
• Semiconductor Laser Photonics (2nd ed.), M. Nisoli (Cambridge U. Press, 2022) $64.99
• Ultrafast Laser Nanostructuring, R. Stoian, J. Bonse (Springer, 2023) $169.99

Popularizations

• Firmament: The Hidden Science of Weather, Climate Change and the Air That Surrounds Us, S. Clark (Hodder & Stoughton, 2022) $28.99
• General Relativity: The Theoretical Minimum, L. Susskind, A. Cabannes (Basic Books, 2023) $32.00
• Ghost Particle: In Search of the Elusive and Mysterious Neutrino, A. Chodos, J. Riordon (MIT Press, 2023) $32.95
• Great Mysteries in Astrophysics: A Guide to What We Don’t Know, N. M. Lloyd-Ronning (IOP, 2022) $50.00
• The Invisible Universe: Why There’s More to Reality than Meets the Eye, M. Bothwell (Oneworld Publications, 2023) $18.95
• The Joy of Abstraction: An Exploration of Math, Category Theory, and Life, E. Cheng (Cambridge U. Press, 2022) $25.99
• The Matter of Everything: How Curiosity, Physics, and Improbable Experiments Changed the World, S. Sheehy (Knopf, 2023) $30.00
• Quantum Field Theory, as Simply as Possible, A. Zee (Princeton University Press, 2023) $39.95
• The Sky at Night: Easy Enjoyment from Your Backyard, T. Hunter (U. Arizona Press, 2023) $22.95
• The Sounds of the Cosmos: Gravitational Waves and the Birth of Multi-Messenger Astronomy, M. Diaz, G. Gonzalez, J. Pullin (MIT Press, 2023) $40.00
• Uranus and Neptune, C. Kennett (Reaktion Books, 2023) $40.00
• What’s Gotten Into You: The Story of Your Body’s Atoms, from the Big Bang Through Last Night’s Dinner, D. Levitt (Harper, 2023) $32.00

Quantum physics

• Coherent States: New Insights into Quantum Mechanics with Applications, C.-F. Kam, W.-M. Zhang, D.-H. Feng (Springer, 2023) $89.99
• Fundamentals of Quantum Entanglement (2nd ed.), F. J. Duarte (IOP, 2022) $190.00
• Learning and Robust Control in Quantum Technology, D. Dong, I. R. Petersen (Springer, 2023) $169.99
• Long Distance Entanglement Between Quantum Memories, Y. Yu (Springer, 2023) $179.99
• Nonclassical Effects and Dynamics of Quantum Observables, S. Lakshmibala, V. Balakrishnan (Springer, 2022) $54.99
• Quantum Computers: Theory and Algorithms, B. E. Baaquie, L.-C. Kwek (Springer, 2023) $149.99
• Relativistic Quantum Invariance, C. Ji (Springer, 2023) $89.99

Space and planetary science

• Behavioral Health and Human Interactions in Space, N. Kanas (Springer, 2023) $99.99
• Dynamics of Planetary Systems, S. Tremaine (Princeton U. Press, 2023) $150.00
• The First City on Mars: An Urban Planner’s Guide to Settling the Red Planet, J. B. Hollander (Springer, 2023) $37.99
• From Statistical Physics to Data-Driven Modelling: With Applications to Quantitative Biology, S. Cocco, R. Monasson, F. Zamponi (Oxford U. Press, 2022) $60.00
• Human Missions to Mars, D. Rapp (Springer, 2023) $219.99
• Oscillatory Processes in Solar and Stellar Coronae, V. M. Nakariakov et al., eds. (Springer, 2023) $149.99
• Solar-Terrestrial Environmental Prediction, K. Kusano (Springer, 2023) $169.99
• Understanding Life in the Universe, W. Arthur (Cambridge U. Press, 2023) $49.99

Statistical physics and thermodynamics

• Complexity Science: The Study of Emergence, H. J. Jensen (Cambridge U. Press, 2023) $49.99
• Introduction to Nonextensive Statistical Mechanics: Approaching a Complex World, C. Tsallis (Springer, 2023) $99.99

Texts and education

• Applications and Calculations in Environmental Physics, D. A. Vallero (AIP, 2022) $135.00
• Creativity for Scientists and Engineers: A Practical Guide, D. Sherwood (IOP, 2022) $50.00
• How to Be a Quantum Mechanic, C. G. Wohl (CRC Press, 2022) $140.00
• Introduction to Advanced Electrodynamics, K. Bhattacharya, S. Mukhopadhyay (Springer, 2023) $99.99
• An Introduction to Special Relativity for Radiation and Plasma Physics, G. Tallents (Cambridge U. Press, 2023) $69.99
• Learn Physics with Functional Programming, S. N. Walck (No Starch Press, 2023) $49.99
• Mathematics for Physicists and Engineers (3rd ed.), K. Weltner et al. (Springer, 2023) $109.99
• Methods and Calculations in Environmental Physics, D. A. Vallero (AIP, 2022) $135.00
• Modern Physics, G. N. Felder, K. M. Felder (Cambridge U. Press, 2022) $89.99
• Physics with Excel and Python, D. Mergel (Springer, 2023) $69.99
• Quantum Mechanics: A Mathematical Introduction, A. J. Larkoski (Cambridge U. Press, 2023) $64.99
• Scientific Publishing and Presentation: A Practical Guide with Advice on Doctoral Studies and Career Planning, C. Ascheron (Springer, 2023) $74.99
• Visible and Dark Matter in the Universe: A Short Primer on Astrophysical Dynamics, G. Bertin (Cambridge U. Press, 2022) $34.99

Theory and mathematical methods

• Dialogues Between Physics and Mathematics: C. N. Yang at 100, M. Ge, Y. He, eds. (Springer, 2023) $149.99
• Einstein Constraints and Ricci Flow: A Geometrical Averaging of Initial Data Sets, M. Carfora, A. Marzuoli (Springer, 2023) $139.99
• Fluctuation Theorems under Divergent Entropy Production and their Applications for Fundamental Problems in Statistical Physics, Y. Murashita (Springer, 2023) $169.99
• An Introduction to Anomalous Diffusion and Relaxation, L. R. Evangelista, E. K. Lenzi (Springer, 2023) $99.99
• Linear Systems, G. Blower (Springer, 2023) $84.99
• Mathematical Methods for Physics: An Introduction to Group Theory, Topology and Geometry, E. Keski-Vakkuri, C. Montonen, M. Panero (Cambridge U. Press, 2022) $59.99
• Mathematics of Particle-Wave Mechanical Systems, J. M. Hill (Springer, 2022) $149.99
• A New Generation of Cosmic Superstring Simulations, J. R. C. C. C. Correira (Springer, 2023) $179.99
• Nonlinear Waves: From Dissipative Solitons to Magnetic Solitons, E. Kengne, W. Liu (Springer, 2023) $179.99
• The nth-Order Comprehensive Adjoint Sensitivity Analysis Methodology, Volume II: Overcoming the Curse of Dimensionality: Large-Scale Application, D. G. Cacuci, R. Fang (Springer, 2023) $179.99
• On Coexistence Patterns: Hierarchies of Intricate Partially Symmetric Solutions to Stuart-Landau Oscillators with Nonlinear Global Coupling, S. W. Haugland (Springer, 2023) $219.99
• On Hilbert’s Sixth Problem, N. C. A. da Costa, F. A. Doria (Springer, 2023) $109.99
• Real Exponential, Logarithmic, and Trigonometric Functions for Physicists, N. A. Pereyra (AIP, 2022) $135.00
• Statistical Methods for Data Analysis: With Applications in Particle Physics (3rd ed.), L. Lista (Springer, 2023) $84.99
• Thermal and Solutal Convection in Some Hydromagnetic Flows, N. Ahmed (Springer, 2023) $159.99
• Variational Principles in Physics (2nd ed.), J. Basdevant (Springer, 2023) $109.99