New books: March 2021

Categories:

• Astronomy and astrophysics
• Biological and medical physics
• Chemical physics
• Computers and computational physics
• Condensed-matter physics
• Cosmology and relativity
• Device physics
• Energy and environment
• Fluids
• History and philosophy
• Instrumentation and techniques
• Materials science
• Miscellaneous
• Nonlinear science and chaos
• 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

• An Introduction to Comets: Post-Rosetta Perspectives, N. Thomas (Springer, 2020) $89.99
• Rosetta: The Remarkable Story of Europe’s Comet Explorer, P. Bond (Praxis/Springer, 2020) $34.99

Biological and medical physics

• Bloodstain Pattern Analysis in Crime Scenarios, K. Choromanski (Springer, 2020) $59.99
• Energy Harvesting for Wearable Sensor Systems: Inductive Architectures for the Swing Excitation of the Leg, K. Ylli, Y. Manoli (Springer, 2021) $139.99
• Exoskeleton Robots for Rehabilitation and Healthcare Devices, M. Cardona, V. K. Solanki, C. E. García Cena (Springer, 2020) $59.99
• The Next 500 Years: Engineering Life to Reach New Worlds, C. Mason (MIT Press, 2021) $29.95
• Paper-Based Medical Diagnostic Devices: As a Part of Bioanalysis-Advanced Materials, Methods, and Devices, J. H. Lee, ed (Springer, 2021) $59.99
• QM/MM Studies of Light-Responsive Biological Systems, T. Andruniów, M. Olivucci, eds (Springer, 2021) $149.99
• Studies in Skin Perfusion Dynamics: Photoplethysmography and its Applications in Medical Diagnostics, V. Blazek, V. J. Kumar, S. Leonhardt, M. M. Rao, eds (Springer, 2021) $139.99
• Transparency in Biology: Making the Invisible Visible, K. Soga, M. Umezawa, K. Okubo, eds (Springer, 2021) $139.99

Chemical physics

• Structure Determination of Organic Compounds: Tables of Spectral Data, E. Pretsch, P. Bühlmann, M. Badertscher (Springer, 2020) $79.99

Computers and computational physics

• Biometric Identification Technologies Based on Modern Data Mining Methods, S. Bilan, M. Elhoseny, D. J. Hermanth, eds (Springer, 2021) $129.99
• An Introduction to the Numerical Simulation of Stochastic Differential Equations, D. J. Higham, P. E. Kloeden (SIAM, 2021) $79.00
• Learning Scientific Programming with Python, C. Hill (Cambridge U. Press, 2020) $44.99
• Mathematics of Data Science: A Computational Approach to Clustering and Classification, D. Calvetti, E. Somersalo (SIAM, 2021) $64.00
• Redesigning Wiretapping: The Digitization of Communications Interception, J. Fitsanakis (Springer, 2020) $149.99
• Security of Ubiquitous Computing Systems: Selected Topics, G. Avoine, J. Hernandez-Castro (Springer, 2021) $59.99
• A Software Repository for Gaussian Quadratures and Christoffel Functions, W. Gautschi (SIAM, 2021) $49.04

Condensed-matter physics

• Frontiers and Progress of Current Soft Matter Research, X.-Y. Liu, ed (Springer, 2021) $139.99
• Multiscaled PVA Bionanocomposite Films: Characterisation and Nanoscale Modelling, M. Mousa, Y. Dong (Springer, 2021) $139.99
• Views on Microstructures in Granular Materials, P. Giovine, P. M. Mariano, G. Mortara, eds (Birkhäuser, 2020) $79.99
• Viscoelastic Waves and Rays in Layered Media, R. D. Borcherdt (Cambridge U. Press, 2020) $140.00

Cosmology and relativity

• The Discovery of Cosmic Voids, L. A. Thompson (Cambridge U. Press, 2021) $49.99
• Fine-Tuning in the Physical Universe, D. Sloan , R. Alves Batista, M. T. Hicks, R. Davies, eds (Cambridge U. Press, 2020) $69.99
• General Relativity and Cosmology: A First Encounter, R. J. Adler (Springer, 2021) $89.99
• The Renaissance of General Relativity in Context, A. S. Blum, R. Lalli, J. Renn, eds (Birkhäuser, 2020) $119.99

Device physics

• Analysis and Design Optimization of Micromixers, A. Afzal, K.-Y. Kim (Springer, 2021) $59.99
• Emerging Non-volatile Memory Technologies: Physics, Engineering, and Applications, W. S. Lew, G. J. Lim, P. A. Dananjaya, eds (Springer, 2021) $139.99
• Safety for Particle Accelerators, T. Otto (Springer, 2021) $24.99

Energy and environment

• Application of Coupled CFD-DEM Simulation to Separation Process in Combine Harvester Cleaning Devices, C. Korn (Springer, 2020) $119.99
• An Environmental Life Cycle Approach to Design: LCA for Designers and the Design Market, J. Cays (Springer, 2021) $39.99
• Modal View of Atmospheric Variability: Applications of Normal-Mode Function Decomposition in Weather and Climate Research, N. Žagar, J. Tribbia, eds (Springer, 2020) $99.99
• Motions of Ice Hydrometeors in the Atmosphere: Numerical Studies and Implications, P. K. Wang (Springer, 2021) $139.99
• SeaCities: Urban Tactics for Sea-Level Rise, J. Baumeister, E. Bertone, P. Burton, eds (Springer, 2021) $139.99

Fluids

• Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics, P. Moin, H. A. Stone, eds (Annual Reviews, 2021) $118.00

History and philosophy

• Chasing the Ghost: Nobelist Fred Reines and the Neutrino, L. A. Cole (World Scientific, 2021) $58.00
• Empiricism and Philosophy of Physics, L.-G. Johansson (Springer, 2021) $119.99
• Hawking Hawking: The Selling of a Scientific Celebrity, C. Seife (Basic Books, 2021) $30.00
• Journey to the Edge of Reason: The Life of Kurt Gödel, S. Budiansky (W. W. Norton, 2021) $30.00
• Life After Gravity: Isaac Newton’s London Career, P. Fara (Oxford U. Press, 2021) $32.95
• A Mind Over Matter: Philip Anderson and the Physics of the Very Many, A. Zangwill (Oxford U. Press, 2021) $32.95
• Nuclear Suburbs: Cold War Technoscience and the Pittsburgh Renaissance, P. Vitale (U. Minnesota Press, 2021) $30.00
• The Orphans of Davenport: Eugenics, the Great Depression, and the War over Children’s Intelligence, M. Brookwood (Liveright, 2021) $28.95
• Orreries, Clocks, and London Society: The Evolution of Astronomical Instruments and Their Makers, T. Buick (Springer, 2020) $34.99
• Philosophy in Reality: A New Book of Changes, J. E. Brenner, A. U. Igamberdiev (Springer, 2021) $119.99
• The Physics of the Manhattan Project, B. C. Reed (Springer, 2021) $79.99
• Ravenous: Otto Warburg, the Nazis, and the Search for the Cancer-Diet Connection, S. Apple (Liveright, 2021) $28.95
• Time, Life & Memory: Bergson and Contemporary Science, L. Landeweerd (Springer, 2021) $99.99
• Vera Rubin: A Life, J. Mitton, S. Mitton (Harvard U. Press, 2021) $29.95

Instrumentation and techniques

• Broadbanding Techniques for Radomes, P. S. Mohammed Yazeen et al (Springer, 2020) $59.99
• New Space Systems Engineering, I. Chechile (Springer, 2021) $139.99
• Passive Circuit Analysis with LTspice: An Interactive Approach, C. May (Springer, 2020) $139.99
• Work Function and Band Alignment of Electrode Materials: The Art of Interface Potential for Electronic Devices, Solar Cells, and Batteries, M. Yoshitake (Springer, 2021) $99.99

Materials science

• Characterization of Defects and Deep Levels for GaN Power Devices, T. Narita, T. Kachi, eds (AIP Publishing, 2020) $135.00
• An Introduction to Metamaterials and Nanophotonics, C. Simovski, S. Tretyakov (Cambridge U. Press, 2020) $69.99
• Physical Layer Security, K. N. Le, ed (Springer, 2021) $129.99
• The Science of Brass Instruments, M. Campbell, J. Gilbert, A. Myers (Springer, 2021) $139.99
• Soft-Matter Thin Film Solar Cells: Physical Processes and Device Simulation, J. Ren, Z. Kan (AIP Publishing, 2020) $135.00

Miscellaneous

• Once Can be Enough: Decisive Experiments, No Replication Required, A. Franklin, R. Laymon (Springer, 2021) $109.99
• Physics and Finance, V. Ziemann (Springer, 2021) $79.99

Nonlinear science and chaos

• Wave Propagation in Structures, J. F. Doyle (Springer, 2021) $119.99

Particle physics

• Atomic Emission Spectra of Neutral Noble Gases in the Infrared Spectral Range, S. Civiš et al. (Springer, 2020) $139.99

Popularizations

• Antimatter: What It Is and Why It’s Important in Physics and Everyday Life, B. Gato-Rivera (Springer, 2021) $37.99
• The Beauty of Chemistry: Art, Wonder, and Science, P. Ball (The MIT Press, 2020) $49.95
• The Beauty of Space Art: An Illustrated Journey through the Cosmos, J. Ramer, R. Miller, eds (Springer, 2021) $49.99
• The Curie Society, H. Einhorn, A. Staffaroni (The MIT Press, 2021) $18.95
• Don’t Be Afraid of Physics: Quantum Mechanics, Relativity and Cosmology for Everyone, R. Barrett, P. P. Delsanto (Springer, 2021) $29.99
• Einstein’s Fridge: How the Difference Between Hot and Cold Explains the Universe, P. Sen (Scribner, 2021) $28.00
• Genesis: The Story of How Everything Began, G. Tonelli (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2020) $26.00
• The Hidden Spring: A Journey to the Source of Consciousness, M. Solms (W. W. Norton, 2021) $28.95
• Hidden Wonders: The Subtle Dialogue between Physics and Elegance, É. Guyon, J. Bico, É. Reyssat, B. Roman (The MIT Press, 2020) $29.95
• How Space Works: The Facts Visually Explained (DK, 2021) $22.00
• How to Avoid a Climate Disaster: The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need, B. Gates (Knopf, 2021) $26.95
• The Joy of Sweat: The Strange Science of Perspiration, S. Everts (W. W. Norton, 2021) $26.95
• The Mathematical Universe: From Pythagoras to Planck, J. L. Schiff (Praxis/Springer, 2020) $44.99
• The Mission: A True Story, D. W. Brown (Custom House, 2021) $35.00
• Probable Impossibilities: Musings in Beginnings and Endings, A. Lightman (Pantheon, 2021) $25.00
• The Science of Can and Can’t: A Physicist’s Journey Through the Land of Counterfactuals, C. Marletto (Viking, 2021) $27.00
• Shape: The Hidden Geometry of Information, Biology, Strategy, Democracy, and Everything Else, J. Ellenberg (Penguin Press, 2021) $28.00
• Simply Quantum Physics (DK, 2021) $16.99

Quantum physics

• Advanced Quantum Mechanics: Materials and Photons, R. Dick (Springer, 2020) $149.99
• The Copenhagen Network: The Birth of Quantum Mechanics from a Postdoctoral Perspective, A. Kojevnikov (Springer, 2020) $59.99
• Quantum Photonics, T. P. Pearsall (Springer, 2020) $109.99
• The Quantum Universe: Essays on Quantum Mechanics, Quantum Cosmology, and Physics in General, J. B. Hartle (World Scientific, 2020) $158.00

Society and government

• The Disordered Cosmos: A Journey into Dark Matter, Spacetime, and Dreams Deferred, C. Prescod-Weinstein (Bold Type Books, 2021) $28.00
• The Impacts of Racism and Bias on Black People Pursuing Careers in Science, Engineering, and Medicine: Proceedings of a Workshop, C. T. Laurencin, ed (The National Academies Press, 2020) $50.00
• Militarizing Outer Space: Astroculture, Dystopia and the Cold War, A. C. T. Geppert, D. Brandau, T. Siebeneichner, eds (Palgrave Macmillan, 2021) $119.99
• Pathways between Social Science and Computational Social Science: Theories, Methods, and Interpretations, T. Rudas, G. Péli, eds (Springer, 2021) $109.99
• Untying the Gordian Knot: Process, Reality, and Context, T. E. Eastman (Lexington Books, 2020) $120.00

Space and planetary science

• The Chaotic Solar Cycle, A. Hanslmeier (Springer, 2020) $139.99
• The Next 500 Years: Engineering Life to Reach New Worlds, C. E. Mason (The MIT Press, 2021) $29.95
• Physics and Evolution of Supernova Remnants, J. Vink (Springer, 2020) $149.99
• Radiation in Space: Relevance and Risk for Human Missions, C. E. Hellweg, T. Berger, D. Matthiä, C. Baumstark-Khan (Springer, 2020) $59.99

Statistical physics and thermodynamics

• General and Statistical Thermodynamics, R. Tahir-Kheli (Springer, 2020) $119.99
• Introduction to Statistics in Metrology, S. Crowder, C. Delker, E. Forrest, N. Martin (Springer, 2020) $109.99
• Numerical Problems in Crystallography, M. A. Wahab (Springer, 2021) $99.99
• Statistical Thermodynamics for Pure and Applied Sciences: Statistical Thermodynamics, F. R. W. McCourt (Springer, 2021) $119.99

Texts and education

• AC Electrical Circuit Analysis: Practice Problems, Methods, and Solutions, M. Rahmani-Andebili (Springer, 2021) $59.99
• Innovations in Cybersecurity Education, K. Daimi, G. Francia III, eds (Springer, 2020) $149.99
• Introduction to Lorentz Geometry: Curves and Surfaces, I. T. Couto, A. Lymberopoulos (CRC Press, 2021) $104.00
• Manual of Laser Safety, K. Barat (AIP Publishing, 2020) $135.00
• Multivariable Calculus with Mathematica, R. P. Gilber, M. Shoushani, Y. Ou (CRC Press, 2021) $79.96
• Physics and Finance, V. Ziemann (Springer, 2021) $79.99
• Quantum Photonics: Second Edition, T. P. Pearsall (Springer, 2021) $109.99
• The Science of Learning Physics: Cognitive Strategies for Improving Instruction, J. P. Mestre, J. L. Docktor (World Scientific, 2020) $58.00
• Springer Handbook of Surface Science, M. Rocca, L. Vattuone, T. S. Rahman (Springer, 2021) $399.99
• Teaching About Geometric Optics: Student Edition, J. B. Nelson, J. Nelson (AIP Publishing, 2020) $135.00
• Teaching About Geometric Optics: Teacher’s Notes, J. B. Nelson, J. Nelson (AIP Publishing, 2020) $135.00

Theory and mathematical methods

• Algorithmic and Symbolic Combinatorics: An Invitation to Analytic Combinatorics in Several Variables, S. Melczer (Springer, 2021) $149.99
• The Classical Moment Problem and Some Related Questions in Analysis, N. I. Akhiezer (SIAM, 2021) $18.95
• Combined Vibrator-Slot Structures: Theory and Applications: Theoretical Aspects and Applications, M. V. Nsterenko et al. (Springer, 2020) $149.99
• Data Clustering: Theory, Algorithms, and Applications, G. Gan, C. Ma, J. Wu (SIAM, 2021) $94.00
• Dynamics of Neural Networks: A Mathematical and Clinical Approach, M. J. A. M. van Putten (Springer, 2020) $109.99
• Encyclopedia of Knot Theory, C. Adams et al., eds (CRC Press, 2021) $200.00
• Fractal Functions, Dimensions and Signal Analysis, S. Banerjee, D. Easwaramoorthy, A. Gowrisankar (Springer, 2021) $139.99
• Hypersymmetry: Physics of the Isotopic Field-Charge Spin Conservation, G. Darvas (De Gruyter, 2021) $80.99
• Introduction to Effective Field Theory: Thinking Effectively about Hierarchies of Scale, C. P. Burgess (Cambridge U. Press, 2021) $84.99
• Linear Dynamical Systems, M. D. Grigoriu (Springer, 2021) $59.99
• A New Hypothesis on the Anisotropic Reynolds Stress Tensor for Turbulent Flows, L. Könözsy (Springer, 2021) $159.99
• Nonlinear Dynamics, Chaos, and Complexity: In Memory of Professor Valentin Afraimovich, D. Volchenkov, ed (High Education Press and Springer, 2021) $89.99
• Nonnegative Matrix Factorization, N. Gillis (SIAM, 2021) $87.00
• Numerical Homogenization by Localized Orthogonal Decomposition, A. Målqvist, D. Peterseim (SIAM, 2021) $44.00
• Partition Functions and Automorphic Forms, V. A. Gritsenko, V. P. Spiridonov, eds (Springer, 2020) $99.99
• PETSc for Partial Differential Equations: Numerical Solutions in C and Python, E. Bueler (SIAM, 2021) $94.00
• Thinking Probabilistically: Stochastic Processes, Disordered Systems, and Their Applications, A. Amir (Cambridge U. Press, 2021) $105.00