New books: July 2020

Categories:

• Astronomy and astrophysics
• Atomic and molecular physics
• Biological and medical physics
• Chemical physics
• Computers and computational physics
• Condensed-matter 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
• Particle physics
• Popularizations
• Quantum physics
• Society and government
• Space and planetary science
• Statistical physics and thermodynamics
• Texts and education
• Theory and mathematical methods

Astronomy and astrophysics

• Choosing and Using a New CAT: Getting the Most from Your Schmidt Cassegrain or Any Catadioptric Telescope, R. Mollise (Springer, 2020) $34.99
• Gravitational Few-Body Dynamics: A Numerical Approach, S. Mikkola (Cambridge U. Press, 2020) $140.00
• An Introduction to Observational Astrophysics, M. Gallaway (Springer, 2020) $54.99

Atomic and molecular physics

• Structure of Multielectron Atoms, A. Kastberg (Springer, 2020) $149.99

Biological and medical physics

• The Annual Review of Biophysics, K. A. Dill, ed (Annual Reviews, 2020) $118.00
• Clinical Vision Science: A Concise Guide to Numbers, Laws, and Formulas, G. Schmidtmann (Springer, 2020) $79.00
• From Signals to Image: A Basic Course on Medical Imaging for Engineers, H. Azhari, J. A. Kennedy, N. Weiss, L. Volokh (Springer, 2020) $109.99
• Leadership and Challenges in Medical Physics: A Strategic and Robust Approach, C. J. Caruana (IOP Publishing, 2020) $159.00

Chemical physics

• Catalysis and the Mechanism of Methane Conversion to Chemicals, T. Baba, A. Miyaji (Springer, 2020) $139.99
• Circularly Polarized Luminescence of Isolated Small Organic Molecules, T. Mori, ed (Springer, 2020) $139.99
• Nanoscale Redox Reaction at Metal/Oxide Interface: A Case Study on Schottky Contact and ReRAM, T. Nagata (Springer, 2020) $99.99

Computers and computational physics

• Computational Aerodynamics and Aeroacoustics, T. K. Sengupta, Y. G. Bhumkar (Springer, 2020) $109.99
• The Design of Rijndael: The Advanced Encryption Standard (AES), J. Daemen, V. Rijmen (Springer, 2020) $149.99
• Essential Python for the Physicist, G. Moruzzi (Springer, 2020) $99.99

Condensed-matter physics

• The Quantum Internet: Ultrafast and Safe from Hackers, G. Fürnkranz (Springer, 2020) $24.99

Cosmology and relativity

• Cosmology’s Century: An Inside History of Our Modern Understanding of the Universe, P. J. E. Peebles (Princeton U. Press, 2020) $35.00

Device physics

• Nanosensors for Environmental Applications, S. K. Tuteja, D. Arora, N. Dilbaghi, E. Lichtfouse, eds (Springer, 2020) $149.99
• Noise in Nanoscale Semiconductor Devices, T. Grasser, ed (Springer, 2020) $139.99

Energy and environment

• Energy-Smart Buildings: Design, Construction, and Monitoring of Buildings for Improved Energy Efficiency, J. Lamb, B. Pollet (IOP Publishing, 2020) $190.00
• The Future of Atmospheric Oxygen, V. N. Livina, T. M. Vaz Martins (Springer, 2020) $59.99
• Risk Assessment of Dams, A. Güven, A. Aydemir (Springer, 2020) $149.99

Fluids

• Fluids Under Pressure, T. Bodnár, G. P. Galdi, Š. Nečasová (Birkhauser, 2020) $149.99
• Immersed Boundary Method: Development and Applications, S. Roy, A. De, E. Balaras, eds (Springer, 2020) $59.99

Geophysics

• Seismic Inversion Methods: A Practical Approach, S. P. Maurya, N. P. Singh, K. H. Singh (Springer, 2020) $419.99

History and philosophy

• Hedwig Conrad-Martius’ Ontological Phenomenology, J. G. Hart, R. K. B. Parker, ed (Springer, 2020) $109.99
• How Humankind Created Science: From Early Astronomy to Our Modern Scientific Worldview, F. Chen, F.-T. Hsu (Springer, 2020) $34.99
• Jayme Tiomno: A Life for Science, a Life for Brazil, W. D. Brewer, A. T. Tolmasquim (Springer, 2020) $84.99
• Johannes Kepler: The Order of Things, W. Osterhage (Springer, 2020) $84.99
• The Manhattan Project: The Story of the Century, B. C. Reed (Springer, 2020) $49.99
• Scientific Papers of Ettore Majorana: A New Expanded Edition, L. Cifarelli, ed (Societa Italiana di Fisica and Springer, 2020) $139.99
• Spinach on the Ceiling: The Multifaceted Life of a Theoretical Chemist, M. Karplus (World Scientific, 2020) $38.00
• Synchronicity: The Epic Quest to Understand the Quantum Nature of Cause and Effect, P. Halpern (Basic Books, 2020) $30.00

Instrumentation and techniques

• The Fourth Terminal: Benefits of Body-Biasing Techniques for FDSOI Circuits and Systems, S. Clerc, T. Di Gilio, A. Cathelin, eds (Springer, 2020) $139.99
• Multiband Dual-Function CMOS RFIC Filter-Switches, C. Nguyen, Y. Um (Springer, 2020) $59.99
• Nanoscale Energy Transport: Emerging Phenomena, Methods and Applications, B. Liao, ed. (IOP Publishing, 2020) $160.00
• Pipelined Analog to Digital Converter and Fault Diagnosis, A. Barua, ed. (IOP Publishing, 2020) $190.00
• A Practical Guide for Advanced Methods in Solar Photovoltaic Systems, A. Mellit, M. Benghanem, eds (Springer, 2020) $149.99
• Thermoacoustic Tomography: Principles and Applications, H. Jiang (IOP Publishing, 2020) $190.00

Materials science

• Conceptual Theories in Structural Dynamics, F. Hejazi, T. K. Chun (Springer, 2020) $99.99
• Handbook of Nanocomposite Supercapacitor Materials I: Characteristics, K. K. Kar, ed (Springer, 2020) $59.99
• Lectures on Kinetic Processes in Materials, H.-I. Yoo (Springer, 2020) $109.99
• Nanostructured Metal Oxides and Devices: Optical and Electrical Properties, M. K. Jayaraj, ed (Springer, 2020) $149.99
• Natural Quasicrystals: The Solar System’s Hidden Secrets, L. Bindi (Springer, 2020) $59.99
• Thermal Conductivity Measurements in Atomically Thin Materials and Devices, T. S. Kasirga (Springer, 2020) $59.99
• Transport of Energetic Electrons in Solids: Computer Simulation with Applications to Materials Analysis and Characterization, M. Dapor (Springer, 2020) $159.00

Miscellaneous

• Effective Science Communication: A Practical Guide to Surviving as a Scientist, S. Illingworth, G. Allen (IOP Publishing, 2020) $50.00

Nonlinear science and chaos

• Chaos: The World of Nonperiodic Oscillations, O. E. Rössler, C. Letellier (Springer, 2020) $149.99
• Performing Complexity: Building Foundations for the Practice of Complex Thinking, A. Teixeira de Melo (Springer, 2020) $59.99

Optics and photonics

• Analytical Lens Design, R. Gonzalez-Acuna, H. Chaparro-Romo, J. Gutierrez-Vega (IOP Publishing, 2020) $190.00
• Nanophotonic Chemical Reactions: New Photochemical Reactions and Their Applications, T. Yatsui (Springer, 2020) $149.00
• Precision Lens Molding of Glass: A Process Perspective, J. J. Nelson (Springer, 2020) $139.99

Particle physics

• Particle Physics Reference Library. Volume 3: Accelerators and Colliders, S. Myers, H. Schopper, eds (Springer Open, 2020) $59.99

Popularizations

• The Human Cosmos: Civilization and the Stars, J. Marchant (Dutton, 2020) $28.00
• Is Einstein Still Right?: Black Holes, Gravitational Waves, and the Quest to Verify Einstein’s Greatest Creation, C. M. Will, N. Yunes (Oxford U. Press, 2020) $21.95
• Neutron Stars: The Quest to Understand the Zombies of the Cosmos, K. Moskvitch (Harvard U. Press, 2020) $29.95
• Quantum Reality, J. Baggott (Oxford U. Press, 2020) $25.95
• Science Fictions: How Fraud, Bias, Negligence, and Hype Undermine the Search for Truth, S. Ritchie (Henry Holt and Company, 2020) $29.99
• The Shadow of the Black Hole, J. W. Moffat (Oxford U. Press, 2020) $29.95

Quantum physics

• Machine Learning Meets Quantum Physics, K. T. Schütt et al., eds (Springer, 2020) $99.99
• Quantum Mechanics for Nuclear Structure, Volume 2: An Intermediate Level View, K. Heyde, J. Wood (IOP Publishing, 2020) $120.00

Society and government

• Global Nuclear Developments: Insights from a Former IAEA Nuclear Inspector, P. F. Ikonomou (Springer, 2020) $99.99

Space and planetary science

• The Artemis Lunar Program: Returning People to the Moon, M. von Ehrenfried (Praxis/Springer, 2020) $34.99
• European Missions to the International Space Station: 2013 to 2019, J. O’Sullivan (Praxis/Springer, 2020) $37.99
• The Search for Life on Mars: The Greatest Detective Story of All Time, E. Howell, N. Booth (Arcade Publishing, 2020) $27.99
• Space Fostering Latin American Societies: Developing the Latin American Continent through Space, Part 1, A. Froehlich, ed (Springer, 2020) $119.99
• Space Supporting Latin America: Latin America’s Emerging Space Middle Powers, A. Froehlich, D. A. Amante Soria, E. De Marchi (Springer, 2020) $119.99

Statistical physics and thermodynamics

• Block by Block: The Historical and Theoretical Foundations of Thermodynamics, R. T. Hanlon (Oxford U. Press, 2020) $55.00

Texts and education

• Basic Electronics Engineering: Including Laboratory Manual, S. S. Srikant, P. K. Chaturvedi (Springer, 2020) $109.99
• Electromagnetics Made Easy, S. Balaji (Springer, 2020) $109.99
• Introduction to Classical Mechanics, J. D. Walecka (World Scientific, 2020) $77.55
• Introduction to Einstein’s Theory of Relativity: From Newton’s Attractive Gravity to the Repulsive Gravity of Vacuum Energy, Ø. Grøn (Springer, 2020) $74.99
• Mathematical Physics: Applications and Problems, V. Balakrishnan (Springer, 2020) $139.00
• Physics Education and Gender: Identity as an Analytic Lens for Research, A. J. Gonsalves, A. T. Danielsson, eds (Springer, 2020) $119.99
• Quantum Mechanics for Beginners, M. Suhail Zubairy (Oxford U. Press, 2020) $65.00

Theory and mathematical methods

• Continuum Thermodynamics and Constitutive Theory, C. Papenfuß (Springer, 2020) $149.99
• Direct and Inverse Scattering for the Matrix Schrödinger Equation, T. Aktosun, R. Weder (Springer, 2021) $139.99
• Geometric Continuum Mechanics, R. Segev, M. Epstein, eds (Birkhauser, 2020) $119.99
• Geometry: from Isometries to Special Relativity, N.-H. Lee (Springer, 2020) $54.99
• Mathematical Analysis of the Navier-Stokes Equations, M. Hieber, J. C. Robinson, Y. Shibata (Springer, 2020) $54.99
• A Mathematical Journey to Relativity: Deriving Special and General Relativity with Basic Mathematics, W.-G. Boskoff, S. Capozziello (Springer, 2020) $109.99
• Maxwell’s Equations: From Current Density Distribution to the Radiation Field of the Hertzian Dipole, J. Donnevert (Springer, 2020) $49.99
• Road Map for Sliding Mode Control Design, V. Utkin, A. Poznyuak, Y. V. Orlov, A. Polyakov (Springer, 2020) $59.99
• Theoretical Concepts in Physics: An Alternate View of Theoretical Reasoning in Physics, M. Longair (Cambridge U. Press, 2020) $59.99