New books: July 2019

Categories:

• Acoustics
• Astronomy and astrophysics
• Biological and medical physics
• Computers and computational physics
• Cosmology and relativity
• Device physics
• Fluids
• Geophysics
• History and philosophy
• Instrumentation and techniques
• Optics and photonics
• Particle physics
• Plasmas and fusion
• Popularizations
• Quantum physics
• Space and planetary science
• Statistical physics and thermodynamics
• Texts and education
• Theory and mathematical methods

Acoustics

• Ambisonics: A Practical 3D Audio Theory for Recording, Studio Production, Sound Reinforcement, and Virtual Reality, F. Zotter, M. Frank (Springer, 2019) $59.00

Astronomy and astrophysics

• Celebrating the 2017 Great American Eclipse: Lessons Learned from the Path of Totality, S. R. Buxner, L. Shore, J. B. Jensen, eds (Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2019) $88.00
• Host Stars and Their Effects on Exoplanet Atmospheres: An Introductory Overview, J. Linsky (Springer, 2019) $79.99
• The Sun Today, C. Vita-Finzi (Springer, 2018) $12.99

Biological and medical physics

• Biological Systems: Nonlinear Dynamics Approach, J. Carballido-Landeira, B. Escribano, eds (Springer, 2019) $109.99
• Laser-Tissue Interactions: Fundamentals and Applications, M. H. Niemz (Springer, 2019) $99.99

Computers and computational physics

• Summer of Simulation: 50 Years of Seminal Computer Simulation Research, J. Sokolowski, U. Durak, N. Mustafee, A. Tolk, eds (Springer, 2019) $119.00
• Theory of Power Matching, J. Ladvánszky (Springer, 2019) $59.99

Cosmology and relativity

• Yet Another Introduction to Dark Matter: The Particle Physics Approach, M. Blauer, T. Plehn (Springer, 2019) $59.95

Device physics

• Converter-Interfaced Energy Storage Systems: Context, Modelling and Dynamic Analysis, F. Milano, Á. Ortega Manjavacas (Cambridge U. Press, 2019) $125.00

Fluids

• A Century of Fluid Mechanics in the Netherlands, F. Alkemade (Springer, 2019) $39.00

Geophysics

• Alpine Physics: Science in the Mountain Environment, V. Faraoni (World Scientific, 2019) $98.00
• Lanzarote and Chinijo Islands Geopark: From Earth to Space, E. Mateo, J. Martínez-Frías, J. Vegas, eds (Springer, 2019) $149.00

History and philosophy

• Bhaskara-prabha, K. Ramasubramanian, T. Hayashi, C. Montelle, eds (Hindustan Book Agency and Springer, 2019) $119.00
• Einstein on the Run: How Britain Saved the World’s Greatest Scientist, A. Robinson (Yale U. Press, 2019) $25.00
• Heisenberg’s 1958 Weltformel and the Roots of Post-Empirical Physics, A. S. Blum (Springer, 2019) $59.99
• Reaching for the Moon: A Short History of the Space Race, R. D. Launius (Yale U. Press, 2019) $30.00
• The TVs of Tomorrow: How RCA’s Flat-Screen Dreams Led to the First LCDs, B. Gross (U. Chicago Press, 2018) $40.00

Instrumentation and techniques

• Air Insulation Prediction Theory and Applications, Z. Qiu, J. Ruan, S. Shu (Science Press Beijing and Springer, 2019) $149.99
• Atomic Force Microscopy, B. Voigtländer (Springer, 2019) $149.99
• Mobile Data Mining and Applications, H. Jiang, Q. Chen, Y. Zeng, D. Li (Springer, 2019) $119.00

Optics and photonics

• Optical Effects in Solids, D. B. Tanner (Cambridge U. Press, 2019) $84.99

Particle physics

• Light Cone 2017. Frontiers in Light Front Hadron Physics: Theory and Experiment, A. Misra, J. P. Vary, eds (Springer, 2019) $109.00

Plasmas and fusion

• Imaging Plasma Density Structures in the Soft X-Rays Generated by Solar Wind Charge Exchange with Neutrals, D. G. Sibeck, Soft X-Ray Imaging International Team (Springer, 2019) $59.00

Popularizations

• Adventures in Quantumland: Exploring Our Unseen Reality, R. E. Kastner (World Scientific, 2019) $38.00
• Hot Carbon: Carbon-14 and a Revolution in Science, J. F. Marra (Columbia U. Press, 2019) $35.00
• Human Compatible: Artificial Intelligence and the Problem of Control, S. Russell (Viking, 2019) $28.00
• The Last Butterflies: A Scientist’s Quest to Save a Rare and Vanishing Creature, N. Haddad (Princeton U. Press, 2019) $24.95
• Nikola Tesla for Kids: His Life, Ideas, and Inventions, with 21 Activities, A. M. O’Quinn (Chicago Review Press, 2019) $16.99
• A Polar Affair: Antarctica’s Forgotten Hero and the Secret Love Lives of Penguins, L. S. Davis (Pegasus Books, 2019) $29.95
• The Science of Breaking Bad, D. Trumbore, D. J. Nelson (MIT Press, 2019) $19.95
• Unravelling the Double Helix: The Lost Heroes of DNA, G. Williams (Pegasus Books, 2019) $35.00

Quantum physics

• Quantum Concepts in the Social, Ecological and Biological Sciences, F. Bagarello (Cambridge U. Press, 2019) $79.99
• The Quantum Mechanics Solver: How to Apply Quantum Theory to Modern Physics, J.-L. Basdevant, J. Dalibard (Springer, 2019) $84.99

Space and planetary science

• From Cave Man to Cave Martian: Living in Caves on the Earth, Moon and Mars, M. von Ehrenfried (Springer, 2019) $34.00
• Japanese Missions to the International Space Station: Hope from the East, J. O’Sullivan (Springer, 2019) $34.99
• Space 2.0: Revolutionary Advances in the Space Industry, J. N. Pelton (Springer, 2019) $119.00

Statistical physics and thermodynamics

• Generalized Statistical Thermodynamics: Thermodynamics of Probability Distributions and Stochastic Processes, T. Matsoukas (Springer, 2018) $149.99

Texts and education

• (Almost) Impossible Integrals, Sums, and Series, C. I. Valean (Springer, 2019) $79.00
• Elementary Particle Physics: An Intuitive Introduction, A. J. Larkoski (Cambridge U. Press, 2019) $58.99
• Fundamentals of Physics I: Mechanics, Relativity, and Thermodynamics, R. Shankar (Yale U. Press, 2019) $35.00
• Introducing the Stars: Formation, Structure and Evolution, M. Beech (Springer, 2019) $49.00
• On the Principle of Holographic Scaling: From College Physics to Black Hole Thermodynamics, L. Rodriguez, S. Rodriguez (Morgan & Claypool, 2019) $49.95
• Principles of Mechanics: Fundamental University Physics, S. Alrasheed (Springer, 2019) $59.00
• Solved Problems in Quantum Mechanics, L. Angelini (Springer, 2019) $84.99

Theory and mathematical methods

• Applied Stochastic Analysis, W. E., T. Li, E. Vanden-Eijnden (American Mathematical Society, 2019) $85.00