New books: October 2019

Categories:

• Astronomy and astrophysics
• Atomic and molecular physics
• Biological and medical physics
• Chemical physics
• Computers and computational physics
• Device physics
• Energy and environment
• Fluids
• History and philosophy
• Instrumentation and techniques
• Materials science
• Optics and photonics
• Popularizations
• Society and government
• Space and planetary science
• Texts and education
• Theory and mathematical methods

Astronomy and astrophysics

• An Anthology of Visual Double Stars, B. Argyle, M. Swan, A. James (Cambridge U. Press, 2019) $44.99
• From Astrophysics to Unconventional Computation: Essays Presented to Susan Stepney on the Occasion of Her 60th Birthday, A. Adamatzky, V. Kendon, eds (Springer, 2020) $139.99
• An Introduction to Radio Astronomy, B. F. Burke, F. Graham-Smith, P. N. Wilkinson (Cambridge U. Press, 2019) $79.99

Atomic and molecular physics

• Symmetries in Atomic Nuclei: From Isospin to Supersymmetry, A. Frank, J. Jolie, P. Van Isacker (Springer, 2019) $149.99

Biological and medical physics

• Biomechanics of the Brain, K. Miller, ed (Springer, 2019) $149.99
• Run in the Light: Exploring Exercise and Photobiomodulation in Parkinson’s Disease, J. Mitrofanis (Morgan & Claypool, 2019) $69.95

Chemical physics

• Chemical Equilibria in Analytical Chemistry: The Theory of Acid–Base, Complex, Precipitation and Redox Equilibria, F. Scholz, H. Kahlert (Springer, 2019) $99.99
• Physical Chemistry of Cold Gas-Phase Functional Molecules and Clusters, T. Ebata, M. Fujii, eds (Springer, 2019) $139.99

Computers and computational physics

• Computational Methods for Fluid Dynamics, J. H. Ferzinger, M. Perić, R. L. Street (Springer, 2020) $79.99
• Deep Learning Applications for Cyber Security, M. Alazab, M. Tang, eds (Springer, 2019) $149.00
• Design and Testing of Reversible Logic, A. K. Singh, M. Fujita, A. Mohan, eds (Springer, 2020) $149.00
• Numerical Methods for Processes in Fractured Porous Media, A. Fumagalli et al., eds (Birkhäuser, 2019) $84.99
• Quantum Computing: An Applied Approach, J. D. Hidary (Springer, 2019) $39.99

Device physics

• Silicon Analog Components: Device Design, Process Integration, Characterization, and Reliability, B. El-Kareh, L. N. Hutter (Springer, 2020) $119.99

Energy and environment

• Introducing CTS (Copper-Tin-Sulphide) as a Solar Cell by Using Solar Cell Capacitance Simulator (SCAPS), I. S. Amiri, M. Ariannejad (Springer, 2019) $59.99

Fluids

• Computatoinal Fluid Dynamics for Built and Natural Environments, Z. Zhai (Springer, 2020) $99.99
• Open-Channel Microfluidics: Fundamentals and Applications, J. Berthier, A. B. Theberge, E. Berthier (Morgan & Claypool, 2019) $69.95

History and philosophy

• Mechanistic Explanations in Physics and Beyond, B. Falkenburg, G. Schiemann, eds (Springer, 2019) $119.99
• Paracelsus: An Alchemical Life, B. T. Moran (Reaktion Books, 2019) $22.50
• Philosophers Look at Quantum Mechanics, A. Cordero, ed (Springer, 2019) $119.99
• Star Maps: History, Artistry, and Cartography, N. Kanas (Praxis/Springer, 2019) $54.00
• Swinging and Rolling: Unveiling Galileo’s Unorthodox Path from a Challenging Problem to a New Science, J. Büttner (Springer, 2019) $109.99

Instrumentation and techniques

• Coherent Multidimensional Spectroscopy, M. Cho, ed (Springer, 2019) $149.99
• Heat Transfer Enhancement in Plate and Fin Extended Surfaces, S. K. Saha, H. Ranjan, M. S. Emani, A. K. Bharti (Springer, 2020) $59.99

Materials science

• The Sol-to-Gel Transition, P. Innocenzi (Springer, 2019) $59.99
• Superconductivity: From Materials Science to Practical Applications, P. Mele et al., eds (Springer, 2020) $139.99

Optics and photonics

• Lasers and Their Application to the Observation of Bose–Einstein Condensates, R. A. Dunlop (Morgan & Claypool, 2019) $44.95

Popularizations

• Einstein’s Monsters: The Life and Times of Black Holes, C. Impey (W. W. Norton, 2019) $16.95
• Heaven on Earth: How Copernicus, Brahe, Kepler, and Galileo Discovered the Modern World, J. S. Fauber (Pegasus Books, 2019) $29.95
• In Search of Ultimate Reality: Inside the Cosmologist’s Abyss, H. C. Ransford (Ibidem, 2019) $20.00
• A Nightwatchman’s Journey: The Road Not Taken, D. H. Levy (The Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, 2019) $34.95
• Proving Einstein Right: The Daring Expeditions that Changed How We Look at the Universe, S. J. Gates Jr., C. Pelletier (PublicAffairs, 2019) $30.00
• Real Scientists Don’t Wear Ties: When Science Meets Culture, S. Perkowitz (Springer, 2020) $26.81
• Six Impossible Things: The Mystery of the Quantum World, J. Gribbin (MIT Press, 2019) $19.95

Society and government

• Outer Space and Popular Culture: Influences and Interrelations, A. Froehlich, ed (Springer, 2020) $149.99
• The United Nations and Space Security: Conflicting Mandates between UNCOPUOS and the CD, A. Froehlich, V. Seffinga, eds (Springer, 2020) $149.99

Space and planetary science

• Magnetohydrodynamic Modeling of the Solar Corona and Heliosphere, X. Feng (Springer, 2020) $149.99

Texts and education

• Basic Quantum Mechanics, K. Tamvakis (Springer, 2019) $74.99
• Classical Mechanics, Volume 4: The Universal Law of Gravitation, G. A. DiLisi (Morgan & Claypool, 2019) $59.95
• Classical Mechanics, Volume 5: Conservation Laws and Rotational Motion, G. A. DiLisi (Morgan & Claypool, 2019) $59.95
• Differential Equations: For Scientists and Engineers, A. Struthers, M. Potter (Springer, 2019) $59.99
• Physical Chemistry from a Different Angle Workbook: Exercises and Solutions, G. Job, R. Rüffler (Springer, 2019) $69.99

Theory and mathematical methods

• Active Particles, Volume 2: Advances in Theory, Models and Applications, N. Bellomo, P. Degond, E. Tadmor, eds (Birkhäuser, 2019) $109.99
• Distributions in the Physical and Engineering Sciences, Volume 1: Distributional and Fractal Calculus, Integral Transforms and Wavelets, A. I. Saichev, W. Woyczynski (Springer, 2018) $84.99
• Fuzzy Collaborative Forecasting and Clustering: Methodology, System Architecture, and Applications, T.-C. T. Chen, K. Honda (Springer, 2020) $59.99
• Geometry of Surfaces: A Practical Guide for Mechanical Engineers, S. P. Radzevich (Springer, 2020) $149.00
• Introduction to Lagrangian Dynamics, A. W. Pila (Springer, 2020) $94.00
• Multidimensional Periodic Schrödinger Operator: Perturbation Theory and Applications, O. Veliev (Springer, 2019) $149.99
• Quantised Vortices: A Handbook of Topological Excitations, T. Simula (Morgan & Claypool, 2019) $69.95
• Supergeometry, Super Riemann Surfaces and the Superconformal Action Functional, E. Keßler (Springer, 2019) $54.99