New books: May 2019

Categories:

• Astronomy and astrophysics
• Atomic and molecular physics
• Biological and medical physics
• Chemical physics
• Computers and computational physics
• Condensed-matter physics
• Cosmology and relativity
• Fluids
• Geophysics
• History and philosophy
• Instrumentation and techniques
• Materials science
• Miscellaneous
• Optics and photonics
• Particle physics
• 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

• Classifying the Cosmos: How We Can Make Sense of the Celestial Landscape, S. J. Dick (Springer, 2019) $34.00
• Cosmic Discovery: The Search, Scope, and Heritage of Astronomy, M. Harwit (Cambridge U. Press, 2019) $44.99

Atomic and molecular physics

• Atomic Physics, P. Ewart (Morgan & Claypool, 2019) $39.95

Biological and medical physics

• Cold Plasma Cancer Therapy, M. Keidar, D. Yan, J. H. Sherman (Morgan & Claypool, 2019) $39.95
• Introduction to Cellular Biophysics, Volume 1: Membrane Transport Mechanisms, A. Kargol (Morgan & Claypool, 2049) $39.95
• Introduction to Nanomaterials in Medicine, M. Rabiee, N. Rabiee, R. Salarian, G. Rabiee (Morgan & Claypool, 2019) $49.95
• Signals and Systems in Biomedical Engineering: Physiological Systems Modeling and Signal Processing, S. R. Devasahayam (Springer, 2019) $119.99

Chemical physics

• Non-equilibrium Evaporation and Condensation Processes: Analytical Solutions, Y. B. Zudin (Springer, 2019) $119.00
• The Structure Dependent Energy of Organic Compounds, Á. Furka (Springer, 2019) $69.99

Computers and computational physics

• Celestial Calculations: A Gentle Introduction to Computational Astronomy, J. L. Lawrence (MIT Press, 2019) $39.95
• Data-Driven Science and Engineering: Machine Learning, Dynamical Systems, and Control, S. L. Brunton, J. N. Kutz (Cambridge U. Press, 2019) $64.99

Condensed-matter physics

• A Brief Introduction to Topology and Differential Geometry in Condensed Matter Physics, A. S. T. Pires (Morgan & Claypool, 2019) $64.95
• Modern Condensed Matter Physics, S. M. Girvin, K. Yang (Cambridge U. Press, 2019) $79.99

Cosmology and relativity

• The Oxford Handbook of the History of Modern Cosmology, H. Kragh, M. S. Longair, eds (Oxford U. Press, 2019) $125.00

Fluids

• IUTAM Symposium on Recent Advances in Moving Boundary Problems in Mechanics, S. Gutschmidt, J. N. Hewett, M. Sellier, eds (Springer, 2019) $149.00
• Ocean Circulation in Three Dimensions, B. A. Klinger, T. W. N. Haine (Cambridge U. Press, 2019) $59.99

Geophysics

• Can Physics Save Miami (and Shanghai and Venice, by Lowering the Sea)?, E. Wolf (Morgan & Claypool, 2019) $39.95
• Seismic Wave Theory, E. S. Krebes (Cambridge U. Press, 2019) $49.99
• Wave-Forced Sediment Erosion and Resuspension in the Yellow River Delta, Y. Jia et al (Shanghai Jiao Tong U. Press and Springer, 2020) $119.00

History and philosophy

• Archaeoastronomy in the Roman World, G.Magli, A. C. González-García, J. B. Aviles, E. Antonello, eds (Springer, 2019) $119.99
• Dante and the Early Astronomer: Science, Adventure, and a Victorian Woman Who Opened the Heavens, T. Daugherty (Yale U. Press, 2019) $26.00
• Escape from Earth: A Secret History of the Space Rocket, F. MacDonald (PublicAffairs, 2019) $30.00
• Finding Our Place in the Solar System: The Scientific Story of the Copernican Revolution, T. Timberlake, P. Wallace (Cambridge U. Press, 2019) $39.99
• Heroes of the Space Age: Incredible Stories of the Famous and Forgotten Men and Women Who Took Humanity to the Stars, R. Pyle (Prometheus Books, 2019) $18.00
• Murray Gell-Mann and the Physics of Quarks, H. Fritzsch (Birkhäuser, 2019) $119.00
• No Shadow of a Doubt: The 1919 Eclipse that Confirmed Einstein’s Theory of Relativity, D. Kennefick (Princeton U. Press, 2019) $29.95
• Quantum Reality and Theory of Sunya, S. R. Bhatt, ed (Springer, 2019) $139.99
• Rocks, Radio and Radar: The Extraordinary Scientific Social and Military Life of Elizabeth Alexander, M. Harris (World Scientific, 2019) $88.00
• Sanskrit Astronomical Tables, C. Montelle, K. Plofker (Springer, 2018) $119.99
• Taking Nazi Technology: Allied Exploitation of German Science after the Second World War, D. M. O’Reagan (Johns Hopkins U. Press, 2019) $54.95
• What is Fundamental?, A. Aguirre, B. Foster, Z. Merali, eds (Springer, 2019) $84.00
• Why Trust a Theory?: Epistemology of Fundamental Physics, R. Dardashti, R. Dawid, K. Thebault, eds (Cambridge U. Press, 2019) $89.99

Instrumentation and techniques

• The Electrostatic Accelerator: A Versatile Tool, R. Hellborg, H. J. Whitlow (Morgan & Claypool, 2019) $54.95
• From Security to Community Detection in Social Networking Platforms, P. Karampelas, J. Kawash, T. Ozyer, eds (Springer, 2019) $149.99
• Printed Flexible Sensors: Fabrication, Characterization and Implementation, A. Nag, S. C. Mukhopadhyay, J. Kosel (Springer, 2019) $149.99

Materials science

• Deuteride Materials, J. Liu, X. Liu (Springer, 2019) $119.00
• Willemite-Based Glass Ceramic Doped by Different Percentage of Erbium Oxide and Sintered in Temperature of 500-1100C, G. V. Sarrigani, I, S. Amiri (Springer, 2019) $59.99

Miscellaneous

• Metal Soaps in Art: Conservation and Research, F. Casadio et al., eds (Springer, 2019) $119.00
• The Rise of the Scientist-Bureaucrat: Survival Guide for Researchers in the 21st Century, J. L. Perez Velazquez (Springer, 2019) $37.99

Optics and photonics

• Engineering Optics 2.0: A Revolution in Optical Theories, Materials, Devices and Systems, X. Luo (Springer, 2019) $139.99

Particle physics

• B Factories, B. Golob (Morgan & Claypool, 2019) $39.95
• Particles, Fields, Quanta: From Quantum Mechanics to the Standard Model of Particle Physics, G. Ecker (Springer, 2019) $59.99

Plasmas and fusion

• Electric Potential in Toroidal Plasmas, A. V. Melnikov, S. E. Lysenko, ed (Springer, 2019) $139.99

Popularizations

• The Big Ones: How Natural Disasters Have Shaped Us (and What We Can Do about Them), L. Jones (Anchor Books, 2018) $16.95
• Do Dice Play God?: The Mathematics of Uncertainty, I. Stewart (Basic Books, 2019) $28.00
• Math Makers: The Lives and Works of 50 Famous Mathematicians, A. S. Posamentier, C. Spreitzer (Prometheus Books, 2019) $25.00
• Matter: A Very Short Introduction, G. Cottrell (Oxford U. Press, 2019) $11.95
• Our Universe: An Astronomer’s Guide, J. Dunkley (Belknap Press/Harvard U. Press, 2019) $29.95
• Particle Panic!: How Popular Media and Popularized Science Feed Public Fears of Particle Accelerator Experiments, K. Larsen (Springer, 2019) $27.99
• Plate Tectonics and Great Earthquakes: 50 Years of Earth-Shaking Events, L. R. Sykes (Columbia U. Press, 2019) $35.00
• The Science of Breaking Bad, D. Trumbore, D. J. Nelson (MIT Press, 2019) $19.95
• The Science of Marvel: From Infinity Stones to Iron Man’s Armor, the Real Science Behind the MCU Revealed!, S. Alvarado (Adams Media, 2019) $16.99
• Tinkernut Presents Upcycled Technology: Clever Projects You Can Do with Your Discarded Tech, D. Davis (Mango, 2019) $19.95
• The Trouble with Gravity: Solving the Mystery Beneath Our Feet, R. Panek (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2019) $28.00
• A World Beyond Physics: The Emergence and Evolution of Life, S. A. Kauffman (Oxford U. Press, 2019) $24.95

Quantum physics

• Do We Really Understand Quantum Mechanics?, F. Laloe (Cambridge U. Press, 2019) $59.99

Society and government

• The Mathematics of Urban Morphology, L. D’Acci, ed (Birkhäuser, 2019) $119.99
• New Perspectives and Challenges in Econophysics and Sociophysics, F. Abergel et al., eds (Springer, 2019) $149.99

Space and planetary science

• The Case for Space: How the Revolution in Spaceflight Opens Up a Future of Limitless Possibility, R. Zubrin (Prometheus Books, 2019) $25.00
• Legal Aspects around Satellite Constellations, A. Froehlich, ed (Springer, 2019) $149.99

Statistical physics and thermodynamics

• Continuum Thermodynamics, P. Podio-Guidugli (Springer, 2019) $109.00

Texts and education

• Classical Field Theory, H. Nastase (Cambridge U. Press, 2019) $79.99
• How We Teach Science: What’s Changed, and Why It Matters, J. L. Rudolph (Harvard U. Press, 2019) $35.00
• Introduction to Nuclear and Particle Physics, S. D’Auria (Springer, 2018) $49.99
• Quantum Mechanics: A Simplified Approach, S. Siddiqui (CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, 2019) $139.95

Theory and mathematical methods

• Elements of Photoionization Quantum Dynamics Methods, L. A. A. Nikolopoulos (Morgan & Claypool, 2019) $79.95
• Lectures on Selected Topics in Mathematical Physics, W. A. Schwalm (Morgan & Claypool, 2019) $44.95