New books: November 2020

Categories:

• Acoustics
• Biological and medical physics
• Chemical physics
• Computers and computational physics
• Condensed-matter physics
• Cosmology and relativity
• Device physics
• Fluids
• 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
• Texts and education
• Theory and mathematical methods

Acoustics

• Acoustic and Non-Acoustic Performance Coal Bottom Ash Concrete, S. Shahidan, N. Izzati Raihan Ramzi Hannan (Springer, 2020) $59.99
• Auralization: Fundamentals of Acoustics, Modelling, Simulation, Algorithms and Acoustic Virtual Reality, M. Vorländer (Springer, 2020) $139.99
• Filter Banks and Audio Coding: Compressing Audio Signals Using Python, G. Schuller (Springer, 2020) $79.99
• Fundamental Physics of Sound, S. Y. Lee (World Scientific, 2020) $98.00

Biological and medical physics

• Novel Coronavirus 2019: In-silico Vaccine Design and Drug Discovery, A. Kumar et al (Springer, 2020) $59.99

Chemical physics

• Nucleation of Gas Hydrates, N. Maeda (Springer, 2020) $149.99
• Theoretical Chemistry for Experimental Chemists: Pragmatics and Fundamentals, K. Tanaka (Springer, 2020) $149.99

Computers and computational physics

• Mining Imperfect Data: With Examples in R and Python, R. K. Pearson (SIAM, 2020) $94.00
• Practical Numerical C Programming: Finance, Engineering, and Physics Applications, P. Joyce (Apress, 2020) $44.99
• Statistical Field Theory for Neural Networks, M. Helias, D. Dahmen (Springer, 2020) $74.99

Condensed-matter physics

• Introduction to Crystallography, F. Hoffman (Springer, 2020) $84.00
• Time Crystals, K. Sacha (Springer, 2020) $149.99

Cosmology and relativity

• Gravitational Waves: A History of Discovery, H. Grote (CRC Press, 2020) $39.95
• Gravitational Waves: A New Window to the Universe, A. Kembhavi, P. Khare (Springer, 2020) $29.99
• Superradiance: New Frontiers in Black Holes Physics, R. Brito, V. Cardoso, P. Pani (Springer, 2020) $74.99
• Thinking about Space and Time: 100 Years of Applying and Interpreting General Relativity, C. Beisbart, T. Sauer, C. Wüthrich, eds (Birkhäuser, 2020) $119.99

Device physics

• BioMEMS: Biosensing Applications, S. Hosseini et al (Springer, 2021) $139.99
• IIII-Nitrides Light Emitting Diodes: Technology and Applications, J. Li et al (Science Press Beijing and Springer, 2020) $119.99
• Multipactor in Accelerating Cavities, V. D. Shemelin, S. A. Belomestnykh (Springer, 2020) $149.99
• Optoelectronic Gyroscopes: Design and Applications, K. N. Chopra (Springer, 2021) $149.99

Fluids

• Non-perturbative Methods in Statistical Descriptions of Turbulence, J. Friedrich (Springer, 2021) $149.99
• Progress in Mathematical Fluid Dynamics, T. Buckmaster, S. Čanić, P. Constantin, A. A. Kiselev (Springer, 2020) $49.99

History and philosophy

• Bedeviled: A Shadow History of Demons in Science, J. Canales (Princeton U. Press, 2020) $29.95
• Believing in Dawkins: The New Spiritual Atheism, E. Steinhart (Palgrave Macmillan, 2020) $27.99
• The Birth of Science, A. E. Kossovsky (Praxis/Springer, 2020) $29.99
• Cosmic Odyssey: How Intrepid Astronomers at Palomar Observatory Changed our View of the Universe, L. Schweizer (The MIT Press, 2020) $39.95
• History of Particle Theory: Between Darwin and Shakespeare, P. H. Frampton, J. E. Kim (World Scientific, 2020) $86.00
• The Light Ages: The Surprising Story of Medieval Science, S. Falk (W. W. Norton, 2020) $30.00
• Making Art Work: How Cold War Engineers and Artists Forged a New Creative Culture, W. P. McCray (The MIT Press, 2020) $45.00
• Modelling Nature: An Opinionated Introduction to Scientific Representation, R. Frigg, J. Nguyen (Springer, 2020) $109.99
• Quantum Reality: The Quest for the Real Meaning of Quantum Mechanics – a Game of Theories, J. Baggott (Oxford U. Press, 2020) $25.95
• The Relativity of Theory: Key Positions and Arguments in the Contemporary Scientific Realism/Antirealism Debate, M. Mizrahi (Springer, 2020) $99.99
• The Renaissance of General Relativity in Context, A. S. Blum, R. Lalli, J. Renn, eds (Birkhäuser, 2020) $119.99
• The Universe Today: Our Current Understanding and How It was Achieved, C. Martins (Springer, 2020) $29.99

Instrumentation and techniques

• Breath Figures: Mechanisms of Multi-Scale Patterning and Strategies for Fabrication and Applications of Microstructured Functional Porous Surfaces, J. Rodríguez-Hernández, E. Bormashenko (Springer, 2020) $119.00
• Cognitive Underwater Acoustic Networking Techniques, D. Sotnik, M. Goetz, I. Nissen, eds (Springer, 2020) $89.99
• Efficient Integration of 5G and Beyond Heterogeneous Networks, Z.-Y. Wu et al (Springer, 2020) $59.99
• Life Support Systems for Humans in Space, E. Seedhouse (Springer, 2020) $59.99
• Low-Complexity Arithmetic Circuit Design in Carbon Nanotube Field Effect Transistor Technology, K. Sridharan, B. Srinivasu, V. Pudi (Springer, 2020) $139.99
• Memristor Emulator Circuits, A. G. Alharbi, M. H. Chowdhury (Springer, 2021) $149.99
• Natural Language Processing for Electronic Design Automation, M. Soeke, R. Drechsler, eds (Springer, 2020) $99.99

Materials science

• Advances in Nanotechnology and its Applications, A. T. Jameel, A. Z. Yaser, eds (Springer, 2020) $84.99
• Carbon-Related Materials, C. Miron, P. Mele, S. Kaneko, T. Endo, eds (Springer, 2020) $129.99
• Electro-Chemo-Mechanical Properties of Solid Electrode Surfaces, M. Seo (Springer, 2020) $139.99
• Microbially Induced Corrosion and its Mitigation, A. K. Singh (Springer, 2020) $59.99

Miscellaneous

• The Coupling of Safety and Security: Exploring Interrelations in Theory and Practice, C. Bieder, K. P. Gould, eds (Springer Open, 2020) $24.99

Optics and photonics

• Azimuthal Walsh Filters: A Tool to Produce 2D and 3D Light Structures, I. Bhattacharya, L. Hazra (Springer, 2020) $139.99
• Introducing Photonics, B. Culshaw (Cambridge U. Press, 2020) $24.99

Particle physics

• Particle Physics Reference Library. Vol. 1: Theory and Experiments, H. Schopper, ed (Springer Open, 2020) $59.99
• Particle Physics Reference Library. Vol. 2: Detectors and Particles and Radiation, C. W. Fabjan, H. Schopper, eds (Springer Open, 2020) $59.99

Plasmas and fusion

• The Physics of Laser Plasmas and Applications‒Volume 1: Physics of Laser Matter Interaction, H. Takabe (Springer, 2020) $109.99

Popularizations

• Bones: Inside and Out, R. A. Meals (W. W. Norton, 2020) $27.95
• The Dark Energy Survey: The Story of a Cosmological Experiment, O. Lahav, L. Calder, J. Mayers, J. Friedman, eds (World Scientific, 2020) $128.00
• A Day at CERN: Guided Tour Through the Heart of Particle Physics, G. Depambour (World Scientific, 2020) $28.00
• Deep Time Reckoning: How Future Thinking Can Help Earth Now, V. Ialenti (The MIT Press, 2020) $25.00
• Ever Smaller: Nature’s Elementary Particles, From the Atom to the Neutrino and Beyond, A. Ereditato (The MIT Press, 2020) $39.95
• Everyday Chaos: The Mathematics of Unpredictability, from the Weather to the Stock Market, B. Clegg (The MIT Press, 2020) $29.95
• Hidden Wonders: The Subtle Dialogue Between Physics and Elegance, E. Guyon, J. Bico, É. Reyssat, B. Roman (The MIT Press, 2021) $29.95
• The Janus Point: A New Theory of Time, J. Barbour (Basic Books, 2020) $32.00
• The Mythology of the Night Sky: Greek, Roman, and Other Celestial Lore, D. E. Falkner (Springer, 2020) $29.99
• A New History of the Future in 100 Objects: A Fiction, A. Hon (The MIT Press, 2020) $21.95
• Not Necessarily Rocket Science: A Beginner’s Guide to Life in the Space Age, K. Gerardi (Mango, 2020) $19.95
• Origin and Evolution of the Universe: From Big Bang to ExoBiology, M. Malkan, B. Zuckerman, eds (World Scientific, 2020) $48.00
• Space Stations in Action: An Augmented Reality Experience, R. E. Hirsch (Lerner, 2020) $31.99
• The Spacefarer’s Handbook: Science and Life Beyond Earth, B. Ganse, U. Ganse (Praxis/Springer, 2020) $27.99
• Understanding Evolution, K. Kampourakis (Cambridge U. Press, 2020) $14.95

Quantum physics

• Do Wave Functions Jump?: Perspectives of the Work of GianCarlo Ghirardi, V. Allori, A. Bassi, D. Dürr, N. Zanghi, eds (Springer, 2021) $139.99
• Interpretative Aspects of Quantum Mechanics: Matteo Campanella’s Mathematical Studies, M. Campanella, D. Jou, M. S. Mongiovi (Springer, 2020) $109.99

Society and government

• Ableism in Academia: Theorising Experiences of Disabilities and Chronic Illnesses in Higher Education, N. Brown, J. Leigh, eds (UCL Press, 2020) $75.00
• Anti-vaxxers: How to Challenge a Misinformed Movement, J. M. Berman (The MIT Press, 2020) $19.95
• Manipulating Quantum Systems: An Assessment of Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics in the United States, The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (The National Academies Press, 2020) $85.00
• On-Orbit Servicing: Next Generation of Space Activities, A. Froehlich, ed (Springer, 2020) $119.99
• Scientific Journeys: A Physicist Explores the Culture, History and Personalities of Science, H. F. Dylla (Springer, 2020) $27.99
• Space Supporting Africa. Vol. 3: Security, Peace, and Development through Efficient Governance Supported by Space Applications, A. Froehlich, N. Ringas, J. Wilson (Springer, 2020) $119.99

Space and planetary science

• Mathematical Modelling of Meteoroid Streams, G. O. Ryabova (Springer, 2020) $59.99
• Travels with Curiosity: Exploring Mars by Rover, C. J. Byrne (Springer, 2020) $49.99

Texts and education

• Archaeoastronomy: Introduction to the Science of Stars and Stones, G. Magli (Springer, 2020) $69.99
• Astrophotography Is Easy! Basics for Beginners, G. I. Redfern (Springer, 2020) $27.99
• Basic Theory and Laboratory Experiments in Measurement and Instrumentation: A Practice-Oriented Guide, A. Cataldo et al (Springer, 2020) $89.99
• Biophysics: A Student’s Guide to the Physics of the Life Sciences and Medicine, W. C. Parke (Springer, 2020) $139.99
• Introduction to Mechanics of Particles and Systems, C. J. Papachristou (Springer, 2020) $89.99
• An Introduction to Sequential Monte Carlo, N. Chopin, O. Papaspiliopoulos (Springer, 2020) $84.99
• An Invitation to Mathematical Physics and its History, J. Allen (Springer, 2020) $109.99
• Lectures on Accelerator Physics, A. W. Chao (World Scientific, 2020) $228.00
• Many-Body Theory of Condensed Matter Systems: An Introductory Course, M. G. Cottam, Z. Haghshenasfard (Cambridge U. Press, 2020) $64.99
• Methods in Statistical Mechanics: A Modern View, O. Civitarese, M. Gadella (Springer, 2020) $69.99
• A Mirror for Americans: What the East Asian Experience Tells Us about Teaching Students Who Excel, C. N. Grove (Rowman & Littlefield, 2020) $30.00
• Phase Transformation in Metals: Mathematics, Theory and Practice, N. Perez (Springer, 2020) $99.99
• Probability and Statistics in the Physical Sciences, B. P. Roe (Springer, 2020) $69.99
• Research and Innovation in Physics Education: Two Sides of the Same Coin, J. Guisasola, K. Zuza, eds (Springer, 2020) $139.99
• Smooth Manifolds and Observables, J. Nestruev (Springer, 2020) $99.99
• Thermodynamics in Earth and Planetary Sciences, J. Ganguly (Springer, 2020) $109.99
• Thinking Probabilistically: Stochastic Processes, Disordered Systems, and Their Applications, A. Amir (Cambridge U. Press, 2020) $49.99

Theory and mathematical methods

• Advances in Trefftz Methods and Their Applications, C. Alves, A. Karageorghis, V. Leitão, S. Valtchev, eds (Springer, 2020) $119.99
• Fractional-in-Time Semilinear Parabolic Equations and Applications, C. G. Gal, M. Warma (Springer, 2020) $59.99
• An Introduction to the Confinement Problem, J. Greensite (Springer, 2020) $69.99
• Location Estimation from the Ground Up, S. Toledo (SIAM, 2020) $67.00
• Observability: A New Theory Based on the Group of Invariance, A. Martinelli (SIAM, 2020) $84.00
• Spectral Theory of Dynamical Systems, M. Nadkarni (Springer, 2020) $119.99
• Theory of Gyroscopic Effects for Rotating Objects: Gyroscopic Effects and Applications, R. Usubamatov (Springer, 2020) $119.99
• Transient Magnetic Fields, N. R. Sheeley, Jr (Springer, 2020) $139.99
• A Treatise on the Magnetic Vector Potential, K. Ó. Klausen (Springer, 2020) $74.99