New books: November 2018

Categories:

• Acoustics
• 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
• Fluids
• Geophysics
• History and philosophy
• Instrumentation and techniques
• Materials science
• Miscellaneous
• Nonlinear science and chaos
• Optics and photonics
• Popularizations
• Quantum physics
• Society and government
• Space and planetary science
• Statistical physics and thermodynamics
• Texts and education
• Theory and mathematical methods

Acoustics

• Acoustical Analysis of the Tanpura: Indian Plucked String Instruments, A. K. Datta, R. Sengupta, K. Banerjee, D. Ghosh (Springer, 2019) $149.99
• The Science of Musical Sound. Volume 1: Stringed Instruments, Pipe Organs, and the Human Voice, W. R. Bennett, A. C. H. Morrison, ed (Springer, 2018) $79.99

Astronomy and astrophysics

• Accretion Flows in Astrophysics, N. Shakura, ed (Springer, 2018) $149.99
• Biosignatures for Astrobiology, B. Cavalazzi, F. Westall, eds (Springer, 2019) $159.99
• Exploring the Universe. From Near Space to Extra-Galactic: A Collection of Research Reviews on Contemporary Astrophysics and Space Science, B. Mukhopadhyay, S. Sasmal, eds (Springer, 2018) $249.99
• Planetary Habitability and Stellar Activity, A. Hanslmeier (World Scientific, 2018) $118.00
• Rare Astronomical Sights and Sounds, J. Powell (Springer, 2018) $27.99
• Stargazing Under Suburban Skies: A Star-Hopper’s Guide, M. Zack, A. Gannon, J. McRoberts (Springer, 2018) $29.00

Atomic and molecular physics

• Fundamentals of van der Waals and Casimir Interactions, B. E. Sernelius (Springer, 2018) $159.99

Biological and medical physics

• Stepping Stones to Synthetic Biology, S. Carr (Springer, 2018) $84.99

Chemical physics

• Ionic Liquids II, B. Kirchner, E. Perlt, eds (Springer, 2018) $169.99
• Metrology in Chemistry, E. Bulska (Springer, 2018) $139.99

Computers and computational physics

• Advances in Neural Computation, Machine Learning, and Cognitive Research II, B. Kryzhanovsky, W. Dunin-Barkowski, V. Redko, Y. Tiumentsev, eds (Springer, 2019) $279.99
• Computational Uncertainty Quantification for Inverse Problems, J. M. Bardsley (SIAM, 2018) $59.00
• Computer Simulations in Science and Engineering: Concepts-Practices-Perspectives, J. M. Durn (Springer, 2018) $39.99
• A First Introduction to Quantum Computing and Information, B. Zygelman (Springer, 2018) $59.00
• Numerical Analysis of Partial Difference Equations Using Maple and MATLAB, M. J. Gander, F. Kwok (SIAM, 2018) $64.00
• Understanding Modern Dive Computers and Operation: Protocols, Models, Tests, Data, Risk and Applications, B. R. Wienke, T. R. O’Leary (Springer, 2018) $69.99

Condensed-matter physics

• Topology in Magnetism, J. Zang, V. Cros, A. Hoffmann, eds (Springer, 2018) $159.99

Cosmology and relativity

• Relativity in Modern Physics, N. Deruelle, J.-P. Uzan (Oxford U. Press, 2018) $70.00

Device physics

• Automated road and Narrow Band Impedance Matching for RF and Microwave Circuits, A. Banerjee (Springer, 2019) $139.99
• Fundamentals of Spherical Array Processing, B. Rafaely (Springer, 2019) $169.99
• Principles and Structures of FPGAs, H. Amano, ed (Springer, 2018) $149.99

Fluids

• Fluid and Thermodynamics. Vol. 3: Structured and Multiphase Fluids, K. Hutter, Y. Wang (Springer, 2018) $179.99
• Fluid Mechanics: A Geometrical Point of View, S. G. Rajeev (Oxford U. Press, 2018) $75.00
• Microhydrodynamics, Brownian Motion, and Complex Fluids, M. D. Graham (Cambridge U. Press, 2018) $39.99

Geophysics

• Atmospheres and Oceans on Computers: Fundamental Numerical Methods for Geophysical Fluid Dynamics, L. P. R¯ed (Springer, 2019) $99.99
• Atmospheric Aerosols: Characteristics and Radiative Effects, S. Ramachandran (CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, 2018) $129.06
• The Geology of the Arab World–An Overview, A. Bendaoud et al., eds (Springer, 2019) $219.99
• Mine Seismology. Seismic Response to the Caving Process: A Case Study from Four Mines, S. N. Glazer (Springer, 2019) $119.00

History and philosophy

• Anxiety and the Equation: Understanding Boltzmann’s Entropy, E. Johnson (MIT Press, 2018) $22.95
• Climate in the Age of Empire: Weather Observers in Colonial Canada, V. C. Slonosky (AMS, 2018) $35.00
• A Conceptual History of Space and Symmetry: From Plato to the Superworld, P. G. FrÈ (Springer, 2018) $159.99
• Ether and Modernity: The Recalcitrance of an Epistemic Object in the Early Twentieth Century, J. Navarro, ed (Oxford U. Press, 2018) $85.00
• From Galileo to Modern Economics: The Italian Origins of Econophysics, G. Tusset (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018) $119.99
• It Keeps Me Seeking: The Invitation from Science, Philosophy, and Religion, A. Briggs, H. Halvorson, A. Steane (Oxford U. Press, 2018) $25.95
• Logos: The Mystery of How We Make Sense of the World, R. Tallis (Agenda, 2018) $30.00
• Ludvig Lorenz: A Nineteenth-Century Theoretical Physicist, H. Kragh (The Royal Danish Academy of Science and Letters, 2018) $37.18
• The Perfectionists: How Precision Engineers Created the Modern World, S. Winchester (Harper/HarperCollins, 2018) $29.99
• The Rise of Science: From Prehistory to the Far Future, P. Shaver (Springer, 2018) $34.99
• Willem de Sitter: Einstein’s Friend and Opponent, J. Guichelaar (Springer, 2018) $49.99

Instrumentation and techniques

• High-Voltage Test and Measuring Techniques, W. Hauschild, E. Lemke (Springer, 2019) $159.99
• Infrared Thermography for Building Moisture Inspection, E. Barreira, R. M. S. F. Almeida (Springer, 2019) $69.99

Materials science

• Advances in Manufacturing Processes, K. S. Vijay Sekar, M. Gupta, A. Arockiarajan, eds (Springer, 2019) $279.00
• Advances in the Application of Lasers in Materials Science, P. M. Ossi, ed (Springer, 2018) $159.99
• Challenges in Mechanics of Time-Dependent Materials, Volume 2, A. Arzoumanidis, M. Silberstein, A. Amirkhizi, eds (Springer, 2019) $199.00
• The Complete Works of Gabrio Piola: Volume II, F. dell’Isola et al., eds (Springer, 2018) $279.99
• Handbook of Materials Characterization, S. K. Sharma et al., eds (Springer, 2018) $199.99
• Materials Chemistry, B. D. Fahlman (Springer, 2018) $129.00
• Materials Discovery and Design: By Means of Data Science and Optimal Learning, T. Lookman, S. Eidenbenz, F. Alexander, C. Barnes, eds (Springer, 2018) $149.99
• Processing of Polymer-Based Nanoparticles: Processing-Structure-Property-Performance Relationships, S. Sinha Ray, ed (Springer, 2018) $139.99
• Solidification Processing of Metallic Alloys Under External Fields, D. G. Eskin, J. Mi, eds (Springer, 2018) $169.99
• Spin-Polarized Two-Electron Spectroscopy of Surfaces, S. Samarin, O. Artamonov, J. Williams (Springer, 2018) $149.99
• Structure and Reactivity of Metals in Zeolite Materials, J. Pérez Pariente, M. Sánchez-Sánchez, eds (Springer, 2018) $279.99

Miscellaneous

• Big Jobs Guide: Business, Industry, and Government Careers for Mathematical Scientists, Statisticians, and Operations Researchers, R. Levy, R. Laugesen, F. Santosa (SIAM, 2018) $25.00
• Picturing Science and Engineering, F. C. Frankel (MIT Press, 2018) $39.95

Nonlinear science and chaos

• Emerging Research Challenges and Opportunities in Computational Social Network Analysis and Mining, N. Agarwal, N. Dokoohaki, S. Tokdemir, eds (Springer, 2019) $109.99
• Nonlinear Systems. Vol. 1: Mathematical Theory and Computational Methods, V. Carmona, J. Cuevas-Maraver, F. Fernández-Sánchez, E. García-Medina, eds (Springer, 2018) $159.99
• Statistical Physics of Synchronization, S. Gupta, A. Campa, S. Ruffo (Springer, 2018) $69.99

Optics and photonics

• The Proceedings of the International Conference on Sensing and Imaging, M. Jiang, N. Ida, A. K. Louis, E. T. Quinto, eds (Springer, 2019) $279.99
• Progress in Nanophotonics 5, T. Yatsui, ed (Springer, 2018) $149.99
• Progress in Nanoscale Characterization and Manipulation, R. Wang et al., eds (Peking U. Press and Springer, 2018) $179.99
• Quantum Nano-Photonics, B. Di Bartolo, L. Silvestri, M. Cesaria, J. Collins, eds (Springer, 2018) $119.99

Popularizations

• Almanac 2019, National Geographic (National Geographic, 2019) $19.99
• Alice and Bob Meet the Wall of Fire: The Biggest Ideas in Science from Quanta, T. Lin, ed (Quanta Magazine and MIT Press, 2018) $19.95
• Beyond Weird: Why Everything You Thought You Knew about Quantum Physics is Different, P. Ball (U. Chicago Press, 2018) $26.00
• How to Walk on Water and Climb Up Walls: Animal Movement and the Robots of the Future, D. L. Hu (Princeton U. Press, 2018) $24.95
• Lasers, Death Rays, and the Long, Strange Quest for the Ultimate Weapon, J. Hecht (Prometheus, 2019) $25.00
• Liquid: The Delightful and Dangerous Substances that Flow through Our Lives, M. Miodownik (Viking, 2018) $22.09
• Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas that Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries, S. Bahcall (St. Marin’s Press, 2019) $28.99
• Mysteries of Mars, F. V. De Blasio (Praxis/Springer, 2018) $29.99
• Nonsense on Stilts: How to Tell Science from Bunk, M. Pigliucci (U. Chicago Press, 2018) $22.50
• Physics and Dance, E. Coates, S. Demers (Yale U. Press, 2019) $30.00
• The Prime Number Conspiracy: The Biggest Ideas in Math from Quanta, T. Lin, ed (Quanta Magazine and MIT Press, 2018) $19.95
• Solomon’s Code: Humanity in a World of Thinking Machines, O. Groth, M. Nitzberg (Pegasus, 2018) $27.95
• Space Atlas: Mapping the Universe and Beyond, J. Trefil (National Geographic, 2019) $50.00
• Train Wreck: The Forensics of Rail Disasters, G. Bibel (Johns Hopkins U. Press, 2018) $24.95

Quantum physics

• Nonlinear Adiabatic Evolution of Quantum Systems: Geometric Phase and Virtual Magnetic Monopole, J. Liu, S.-C. Li, L-B. Fu, D.-F. Ye (Springer, 2018) $139.99
• Physics of Quantum Rings, V. M. Fomin, ed (Springer, 2018) $179.99
• Quantum Theory and Symmetries with Lie Theory and Its Applications in Physics Vol. 2, V. Dobrev, ed (Springer, 2018) $21.99

Society and government

• The Dilemmas of Wonderland: Decisions in the Age of Innovation, Y. Ben-Haim (Oxford U. Press, 2018) $25.95
• Enhancing CBRNE Safety and Security. Proceedings of the SICC 2017 Conference: Science as the First Countermeasure for CBRNE and Cyber Threats, A. Malizia, M. D’Arienzo, eds (Springer, 2018) $169.99
• Geopolitics of the Outer Space: A European Perspective, B. Doboö (Springer, 2019) $109.99

Space and planetary science

• Exploring the Ocean Worlds of Our Solar System, B. Henin (Springer, 2018) $29.00
• Hayabusa2: Revealing the Evolution of C-Type Asteroid Ryugu, A. Matsuoka, C. T. Russell, eds (Springer, 2018) $159.99
• High Performance Clocks with Special Emphasis on Geodesy and Geophysics and Applications to Other Bodies of the Solar System, R. Rodrigo et al., eds (Springer, 2018) $139.00
• Ionospheric Space Weather, L. R. Cander (Springer, 2019) $149.99
• The Juno Mission, S. Bolton, ed (Springer, 2018) $179.00
• Planetary Spacecraft Navigation, J. Miller (Springer 2019) $109.99

Statistical physics and thermodynamics

• Epistemic Processes: A Basis for Statistics and Quantum Theory, I. S. Helland (Springer, 2018) $109.99
• Kinetics of Evaporation, D. N. Gerasimov, E. I. Yurin (Springer, 2018) $159.99

Texts and education

• Brownian Motion: Elements of Colloid Dynamics, A. P. Philipse (Springer, 2018) $74.99
• Introduction to Electricity and Magnetism, J. D. Walecka (World Scientific, 2019) $48.00
• Physics of Oscillations and Waves: With Use of Matlab and Python, A. I. Vistnes (Springer, 2018) $74.99
• Reaction Kinetics. Exercises, Programs and Theorems: Mathematica for Deterministic and Stochastic Kinetics, J. Toth, A. L. Nagy, D. Papp (Springer, 2018) $84.99
• Theoretical and Mathematical Physics: Problems and Solutions, W.-H. Steeb (World Scientific, 2019) $88.00

Theory and mathematical methods

• Core-Chasing Algorithms for the Eigenvalue Problem, J. L. Aurentz et al (SIAM, 2018) $64.00
• An Introduction to Hamiltonian Mechanics, G. F. Torres del Castillo (Birkhäuser, 2018) $79.00
• Linear Stochastic Systems, P. E. Caines (SIAM, 2018) $89.00
• Mathematical Models and Their Analysis, F. Y. M. Wan (SIAM, 2018) $74.00
• Stochastic Evolution Systems: Linear Theory and Applications to Non-Linear Filtering, B. O. Rozovsky, S. V. Lototsky (Springer, 2018) $119.99
• Structure-Preserving Doubling Algorithms for Nonlinear Matrix Equations, T.-M. Huang, R.-C. Li, W.-W. Lin (SIAM, 2018) $59.00
• Tensor Algebra and Tensor Analysis for Engineers: With Applications to Continuum Mechanics, M. Itskov (Springer, 2019) $99.99
• Theory of Hybrid Systems: Deterministic and Stochastic, M. S. Alwan, X. Liu (Higher Education Press and Springer, 2018) $179.99