New books: March 2020

Categories:

• Astronomy and astrophysics
• Biological and medical physics
• Chemical physics
• Cosmology and relativity
• Energy and environment
• Fluids
• Geophysics
• History and philosophy
• Instrumentation and techniques
• Materials science
• Nonlinear science and chaos
• Optics and photonics
• Plasmas and fusion
• Popularizations
• Quantum physics
• Society and government
• Space and planetary science
• Statistical physics and thermodynamics
• Texts and education
• Theory and mathematical methods

Astronomy and astrophysics

• Astrophysics of Planet Formation, P. J. Armitage (Cambridge U. Press, 2020) $79.99
• Lectures on Astrophysics, S. Weinberg (Cambridge U. Press, 2020) $44.99
• Radiative Transfer in Stellar and Planetary Atmospheres, L. Crivellari, S. Simón-Diáz, M. J. Arévalo, eds (Cambridge U. Press, 2020) $130.00

Biological and medical physics

• Flow Control Through Bio-inspired Leading-Edge Tubercles: Morphology, Aerodynamics, Hydrodynamics and Applications, D. T. H. New, B. F. Ng, eds (Springer, 2020) $139.99

Chemical physics

• Spectroscopic Methods in Organic Chemistry, I. Fleming, D. Williams (Springer, 2019) $79.99

Cosmology and relativity

• Space–Time, Yang–Mills Gravity, and Dynamics of Cosmic Expansion: How Quantum Yang–Mills Gravity in the Super-Macroscopic Limit Leads to an Effective G_μν(t) and New Perspectives on Hubble’s Law, the Cosmic Redshift and Dark Energy, J.-P. Hsu, L. Hsu (World Scientific, 2020) $138.00

Energy and environment

• Climate Change Science, J. C. Mutter (Columbia U. Press, 2020) $60.00
• Diagnosis and Robust Control of Complex Building Central Chilling Systems for Enhanced Energy Performance, D.-C. Gao (Springer, 2019) $99.00

Fluids

• Experimental Aerodynamics: An Introductory Guide, B. Chanetz et al (Springer, 2020) $119.00

Geophysics

• Geophysical Fluid Dynamics 1. An Introduction to Atmosphere—Ocean Dynamics: Homogeneous Fluids, E. Özsoy (Springer, 2020) $84.99
• Thermodynamics in Earth and Planetary Sciences, J. Ganguly (Springer, 2020) $109.99

History and philosophy

• Atomic Spy: The Dark Lives of Klaus Fuchs, N. T. Greenspan (Viking, 2020) $30.00
• Too Near for Dreams: The Story of Cleveland Abbe, America’s First Weather Forecaster, S. Potter (American Meteorological Society, 2020) $45.00
• Traveling with the Atom: A Scientific Guide to Europe and Beyond, G. E. Rogers (Royal Society of Chemistry, 2020) $41.99
• What I Do Not Believe, and Other Essays, N. R. Hanson, M. D. Lund, ed (Springer, 2020) $119.99

Instrumentation and techniques

• Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Spectroscopy: Applications, P. Bertrand, ed (Springer, 2020) $99.99
• Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Spectroscopy: Fundamentals, P. Bertrand (Springer, 2020) $99.99
• The Physics of Polarized Targets, T. O. Niinikoski (Cambridge U. Press, 2020) $190.00

Materials science

• A Compendium of Solid State Theory, L. A. Bányai (Springer, 2020) $84.99
• Polymer Composites and Nanocomposites for X-Rays Shielding, I. M. Low, N. Z. N. Azman (Springer, 2020) $99.00
• Theoretical Chemistry for Advanced Nanomaterials: Functional Analysis by Computation and Experiment, T. Onishi, ed (Springer, 2020) $139.99
• Vapor Crystal Growth and Characterization: ZnSe and Related II–VI Compound Semiconductors, C.-H. Su (Springer, 2020) $139.99

Nonlinear science and chaos

• The Evolution of Complexity: Simple Simulations of Major Innovations, L. Bull (Springer, 2020) $149.99
• The Stability of Society, E. W. Aslaksen (Springer, 2020) $109.99

Optics and photonics

• Near-Field-Mediated Photon–Electron Interactions, N. Talebi (Springer, 2019) $149.00
• Principles of Optics, M. Born, E. Wolf (Cambridge U. Press, 2019) $69.99

Plasmas and fusion

• Kinetic Alfvén Waves in Laboratory, Space, and Astrophysical Plasmas, De-Jin Wu, L. Chen (Nanjing U. Press and Springer, 2020) $149.00

Popularizations

• Ghost Road: Beyond the Driverless Car, A. M. Townsend (W. W. Norton, 2020) $27.95
• Hot Molecules, Cold Electrons: From the Mathematics of Heat to the Development of the Trans-Atlantic Telegraph Cable, P. J. Nahin (Princeton U. Press, 2020) $24.95
• How to Drive a Nuclear Reactor, C. Tucker (Praxis/Springer, 2019) $27.99
• How to Find a Higgs Boson—and Other Big Mysteries in the World of the Very Small, I. Van Vulpen (Yale U. Press, 2020) $28.00
• The Periodic Table: A Visual Guide to the Elements, T. Jackson (White Lion/Quarto, 2020) $14.99
• The Sirens of Mars: Searching for Life on Another World, S. S. Johnson (Crown, 2019) $28.99

Quantum physics

• Inequivalent Representations of Canonical Commutation and Anti-Commutation Relations: Representation-theoretical Viewpoint for Quantum Phenomena, A. Arai (Springer, 2020) $119.99
• Quantum Many-Body Physics: A Perspective on Strong Correlations, Y. Kuramoto (Springer, 2020) $74.99
• Tensor Network Contractions: Methods and Applications to Quantum Many-Body Systems, S.-J. Ran et al. (Springer Open, 2020) $59.99

Society and government

• Space in Support of Human Rights, A. Froehlich, C. M. Tăiatu (Springer, 2020) $84.00

Space and planetary science

• Robot Mechanics: A Space Exploration Perspective, W. Truszkowski, C. Rouff, M. Akhavannik, E. Tunstel (Springer, 2020) $59.99
• Theory of Satellite Fragmentation in Orbit, A. Tan, R. C. Reynolds (World Scientific, 2020) $128.00

Statistical physics and thermodynamics

• Theory of Simple Glasses: Exact Solutions in Infinite Dimensions, G. Parisi, P. Urbani, F. Zamponi (Cambridge U. Press, 2020) $79.99

Texts and education

• Lectures in Classical Mechanics: With Solved Problems and Exercises, V. Ilisie (Springer, 2020) $79.99
• Linear and Nonlinear Circuits: Basic and Advanced Concepts, M. Parodi, M. Storace (Springer, 2020) $119.00
• Solid-State Electrochemistry: Essential Course Notes and Solved Exercises, A. Hammou, S. Georges (Springer, 2020) $99.99

Theory and mathematical methods

• Classical and Quantum Dynamics: From Classical Paths to Path Integrals, W. Dittrich, M. Reuter (Springer, 2020) $99.99
• Conical Intersections in Physics: An Introduction to Synthetic Gauge Theories, J. Larson, E. Sjöqvist, P. Öhberg (Springer, 2020) $69.99
• An Eventful Journey to Unification of All the Fundamental Forces, R. Delbourgo (World Scientific, 2020) $68.00
• An Introduction to the Topological Derivative Method, A. A. Novotny, J. Sokołowski (Springer, 2020) $59.99
• Mathematical Methods for Physicists, D. Babusci, G. Dattoli, S. Licciardi, E. Sabia (World Scientific, 2020) $98.00
• Particles in the Early Universe: High-Energy Limit of the Standard Model from the Contraction of Its Gauge Group, N. A. Gromov (World Scientific, 2020) $78.00
• Quantum Riemannian Geometry, E. J. Beggs, S. Majid (Springer, 2020) $109.99
• Tensor Spaces and Numerical Tensor Calculus, W. Hackbusch (Springer, 2019) $149.00