New books: October 2022

Categories:

• 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
• Energy and environment
• Fluids
• Geophysics
• History and philosophy
• Instrumentation and techniques
• Materials science
• Nuclear physics
• Optics and photonics
• Popularizations
• Quantum physics
• Society and government
• Space and planetary science
• Statistical physics and thermodynamics
• Texts and education
• Theory and mathematical methods

Astronomy and astrophysics

• Accreting Binaries: Nature, Formation, and Evolution, S. Chaty (IOP, 2022) $190.00

Atomic and molecular physics

• Foundations of Molecular Quantum Electrodynamics, R. G. Woolley (Cambridge U. Press, 2022) $89.99
• Niels Bohr: On the Constitution of Atoms and Molecules, H. Kragh, ed. (Birkhäuser, 2022) $139.99

Biological and medical physics

• Annual Reviews of Biophysics, K. A. Dill, eds. (Annual Reviews, 2022) $118.00
• Blood, I. Foskolou, M. Jones (Cambridge U. Press, 2022) $19.99
• Computer Methods, Imaging and Visualization in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering II, J. M. R. S. Tavares et al., eds. (Springer, 2023) $149.99
• The Cortex and the Critical Point: Understanding the Power of Emergence, J. M. Beggs (MIT Press, 2022) $50.00
• From Biological to Artificial Consciousness: Neuroscientific Insights and Progress, M. Watanabe (Springer, 2022) $49.99
• Monte Carlo Calculations in Nuclear Medicine: Therapeutic Applications (2nd ed.), H. Zaidi, ed. (IOP, 2022) $190.00
• The Physics of Clinical MR Taught Through Images, V. M. Runge, J. T. Heverhagen (Springer, 2022) $119.99

Chemical physics

• Annual Reviews of Physical Chemistry, M. A. Johnson, T. J. Martínez, eds. (Annual Reviews, 2022) $118.00
• A Non-Traditional Guide to Physical Chemistry: Insights Using Hydrogen, R. Schiller (Springer, 2022) $49.99

Computers and computational physics

• Blockchain in Life Sciences, W. Charles, ed. (Springer, 2022) $69.99
• Foundations of Computational Imaging: A Model-Based Approach, C. A. Bouman (SIAM, 2022) $84.00

Condensed-matter physics

• Combined Theoretical and Experimental Study of Ice Behavior Under Shock and Explosive Loads, M. Y. Orlov, Y. N. Orlova (Springer, 2022) $54.99
• Liquid Crystals and Their Computer Simulations, C. Zannoni (Cambridge U. Press, 2022) $99.99
• Rigid Body Dynamics: A Lagrangian Approach, H. M. Yehia (Birkhäuser, 2022) $149.99
• The Physics of Organic Electronics, L. Alcácer (IOP, 2022) $190.00

Cosmology and relativity

• Cosmology and the Scientific Self in the Nineteenth Century, H. Carlton (Palgrave Macmillan, 2022) $139.99
• How Einstein Found His Field Equations: Sources and Interpretation, M. Janssen, J. Renn (Birkhäuser, 2022) $149.99

Device physics

• Surface Structure Determination by LEED and X-rays, W. Moritz, M. A. Van Hove (Cambridge U. Press, 2022) $140.00

Energy and environment

• SeaOasis: Floating Aquaculture for Smallholders’ Global Food Security, J. Baumeister, I. C. Giurgiu (Springer, 2022) $37.99

Fluids

• Computational Multiscale Modeling of Fluids and Solids: Theory and Applications, M. O. Steinhauser (Springer, 2022) $159.99
• Fluid Mechanics: An Introduction to the Theory of Fluid Flows, F. Durst (Springer, 2022) $119.99
• Nanoscale Hydrodynamics of Simple Systems, J. S. Hansen (Cambridge U. Press, 2022) $69.99

Geophysics

• Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences, R. Jeanloz, K. H. Freeman, eds. (Annual Reviews, 2022) $118.00
• Past, Present and Future of a Habitable Earth: The Development Strategy of Earth Science 2021 to 2020, The Research Group on Development Strategy of Earth Science in China (Springer, 2023) $37.99

History and philosophy

• Albertus Magnus and the World of Nature, I. M. Resnick, K. F. Kitchell Jr (Reaktion Books, 2022) $22.50
• An Applied Mathematician’s Apology, L. N. Trefethen (SIAM, 2022) $36.00
• Casanova’s Lottery: The History of a Revolutionary Game of Chance, S. M. Stigler (Reaktion Books, 2022) $95.00
• Curious Devices and Mighty Machines: Exploring Science Museums, S. J. M. M. Alberti (Reaktion Books, 2022) $27.50
• Desert Edens: Colonial Climate Engineering in the Age of Anxiety, P. Lehmann (Princeton U. Press, 2022) $39.95
• Dialogue on the Two Chief World Systems, Galileo; M. Davie, W. R. Shea, trans. (Oxford U. Press, 2022) $18.95
• Emergence in Context: A Treatise in Twenty-First Century Natural Philosophy, R. C. Bishop, M. Silberstein, M. Pexton (Oxford U. Press, 2022) $105.00
• The History of Computing: A Very Short Introduction, D. Swade (Oxford U. Press, 2022) $11.95
• Natural Philosophy: On Retrieving a Lost Disciplinary Imaginary, A. E. McGrath (Oxford U. Press, 2022) $39.95
• On the Trail of Blackbody Radiation: Max Planck and the Physics of his Era, D. S. Lemons, W. R. Shanahan, L. J. Buchholtz (MIT Press, 2022) $30.00
• The Pentagon, Climate Change, and War: Charting the Rise and Fall of U.S. Military Emissions, N. C. Crawford (MIT Press, 2022) $32.95
• Realism for Realistic People: A New Pragmatist Philosophy of Science, H. Chang (Cambridge U. Press, 2022) $99.99
• Reversing the Arrow of Time, B. W. Roberts (Cambridge U. Press, 2022) $39.99
• Scientific Representation, J. Nguyen, R. Frigg (Cambridge U. Press, 2022) $20.00
• Soviets in Space: Russia’s Cosmonauts and the Space Frontier, C. Burgess (Reaktion Books, 2022) $35.00
• Underground Mathematics: Craft Culture and Knowledge Production in Early Modern Europe, T. Morel (Cambridge U. Press, 2022) $99.99
• “Well, Doc, You’re In": Freeman Dyson’s Journey through the Universe, D. Kaiser, ed. (MIT Press, 2022) $29.95

Instrumentation and techniques

• Contactless System for Measurement and Evaluation of Machined Surfaces, J. Ružbarský (Springer, 2022) $54.99
• Laser Communication with Constellation Satellites, UAVs, HAPs and Balloons: Fundamentals and Systems Analysis for Global Connectivity, A. K. Majumdar (Springer, 2022) $139.00
• Ultrananocrystalline Diamond Coatings for Next-Generation High-Tech and Medical Devices, O. Auciello, ed. (Cambridge U. Press, 2022) $140.00

Materials science

• Annual Review of Materials Research, D. R. Clarke, D. Lipkin, R. Seshadri, eds. (Annual Reviews, 2022) $118.00
• Explicit Symmetry Breaking in Electrodynamic Systems and Electromagnetic Radiation (2nd ed.), D. Sinha, G. A. J. Amaratunga (IOP, 2022) $190.00
• Tribology of Elastomers, F. Hakami, A. Pramanik, A. K. Basak (Springer, 2022) $54.99

Nuclear physics

• Nuclear Power (2nd ed.), D. Elliott (IOP, 2022) $190.00
• Pre-equilibrium Emission in Nuclear Reactions: Fundamentals, Measurements and Analysis, B. P. Singh, M. K. Sharma, R. Prasad (IOP, 2022) $190.00

Optics and photonics

• Flexible OLEDs: Fundamental and Novel Practical Technologies, M. Koden (Springer, 2022) $54.99
• Optical Nonlinearities in Nanostructured Systems, C. Torres-Torres, G. García-Beltrán (Springer, 2022) $149.99
• Optical Path Theory: Fundamentals to Freeform Adaptive Optics, R. G. González-Acuña, H. A. Chaparro-Romo (IOP, 2022) $190.00

Popularizations

• Back to the Moon: The Next Giant Leap for Humankind, J. Silk (Princeton U. Press, 2022) $29.95
• Beyond Measure: The Hidden History of Measurement from Cubits to Quantum Constants, J. Vincent (W. W. Norton, 2022) $32.50
• The Big Bang of Numbers: How to Build the Universe Using Only Math, M. Suri (W. W. Norton, 2022) $32.50
• Climate Change: What Everyone Needs to Know, J. Romm (Oxford U. Press, 2022) $74.00
• Einstein: The Man and His Mind, G. S. Berger, M. DiRuggiero (Damiani, 2022) $70.00
• Force: What It Means to Push and Pull, Slip and Grip, Start and Stop, H. Petroski (Yale U. Press, 2022) $30.00
• Gödel’s Theorem: A Very Short Introduction, A. W. Moore (Oxford U. Press, 2022) $11.95
• Gravity: From Falling Apples to Supermassive Black Holes (2nd ed.), N. Mee (Oxford U. Press, 2022) $27.95
• Pentagons and Pentagrams: An Illustrated History, E. Maor, E. Jost (Princeton U. Press, 2022) $24.95
• The Primacy of Doubt: From Quantum Physics to Climate Change, How the Science of Uncertainty Can Help Us Understand Our Chaotic World, T. Palmer (Basic Books, 2022) $30.00
• The Secrets of Soviet Cosmonauts, M. R. Menzio (Springer, 2022) $34.99
• The Short Story of the Universe: A Pocket Guide to the History, Structure, Theories and Building Blocks of the Cosmos, G. Lavender (Laurence King, 2022) $19.99
• Stars in Your Hand: A Guide to 3D Printing the Cosmos, K. Arcand, M. Watzke (MIT Press, 2022) $21.95
• The Story of Proof: Logic and the History of Mathematics, J. Stillwell (MIT Press, 2022) $45.00
• A Traveler’s Guide to the Stars, L. Johnson (Princeton U. Press, 2022) $27.95
• Uranus and Neptune, C. Kennett (Reaktion Books, 2022) $40.00
• Venus, W. Sheehan, S. S. Limaye (Reaktion Books, 2022) $40.00
• When Galaxies Were Born: The Quest for Cosmic Dawn, R. S. Ellis (Princeton U. Press, 2022) $33.00

Quantum physics

• Calculating with Quanta: Quantum Computer for the Curious, B. M. Ellerhoff (Springer, 2022) $17.99
• Kontsevich’s Deformation Quantization and Quantum Field Theory, N. Moshayedi (Springer, 2022) $74.99
• Quantum Electrodynamics: Atoms, Lasers and Gravity, U. D. Jentschura, G. S. Adkins (World Scientific, 2022) $198.00
• Quantum Mechanics and Fundamentality: Naturalizing Quantum Theory between Scientific Realism and Ontological Indeterminacy, V. Allori, ed. (Springer, 2022) $149.99

Society and government

• Astronomers as Diplomats: When the IAU Builds Bridges Between Nations, T. Montmerle, D. Fauque, eds. (Springer, 2022) $149.99
• The Chernobyl, Fukushima Daiichi and Deepwater Horizon Disasters from a Natural Science and Humanities Perspective, V. Hoensch (Springer, 2022) $84.99
• China and the International Astronomical Union: Divorce, Separation and Reconciliation (1958-1982), T. Montmerle, Y. Zhou (Springer, 2022) $149.99
• Interplanetary Liberty: Building Free Societies in the Cosmos, C. S. Cockell (Oxford U. Press, 2022) $45.00
• The Smart Mission: NASA’s Lessons for Managing Knowledge, People, and Projects, E. J. Hoffman, M. Kohut, L. Prusak (Princeton U. Press, 2022) $26.95

Space and planetary science

• Data-Driven Science and Engineering: Machine Learning, Dynamical Systems, and Control (2nd ed.), S. L. Brunton, J. N. Kutz (Cambridge U. Press, 2022) $64.99
• NASA’s Voyager Missions: Exploring the Outer Solar System and Beyond, B. Evans (Springer Praxis, 2022) $34.99
• Solar Surveyors: Observing the Sun from Space, P. Bond (Springer Praxis, 2022) $39.99

Statistical physics and thermodynamics

• Multilayer Network Science: From Cells to Societies, O. Artime et al. (Cambridge U. Press, 2022) $20.00
• The Statistical Mechanics of Irreversible Phenomena, P. Gaspard (Cambridge U. Press, 2022) $99.99
• Stochastic Exponential Growth and Lattice Gases: Statistical Mechanics of Stochastic Compounding Processes, D. Pirjol (Springer, 2022) $54.99
• Thermodynamics: For Physicists, Chemists and Materials Scientists, R. Hentschke (Springer, 2022) $59.99

Texts and education

• Astronomy: The Human Quest for Understanding, D. A. Ostlie (Oxford U. Press, 2022) $105.00
• Flight Dynamics (2nd ed.), R. F. Stengel (Princeton U. Press, 2022) $150.00
• Introduction to Mechanics of Solid Materials, L. Anand, K. Kamrin, S. Govindjee (Oxford U. Press, 2022) $50.00
• An Introduction to Python Programming for Scientists and Engineers, J. W-B. Lin et al. (Cambridge U. Press, 2022) $69.99
• Introduction to Quantum Field Theory: Classical Mechanics to Gauge Field Theories, A. G. Williams (Cambridge U. Press, 2022) $89.99
• Machine Learning: A First Course for Engineers and Scientists, A. Lindholm et al. (Cambridge U. Press, 2022) $69.99
• Patterns, Predictions, and Actions: Foundations of Machine Learning, M. Hardt, B. Recht (Princeton U. Press, 2022) $55.00
• Quantum Mechanics for Tomorrow’s Engineers, J. Kono (Cambridge U. Press, 2022) $74.99
• The Science of Deep Learning, I. Drori (Cambridge U. Press, 2022) $59.99

Theory and mathematical methods

• Effective Field Theories, U.-G. Meißner, A. Rusetsky (Cambridge U. Press, 2022) $68.00
• Evaluation Complexity of Algorithms for Nonconvex Optimization: Theory, Computation, and Perspectives, C. Cartis, N. I. M. Gould, P. L. Toint (SIAM, 2022) $105.74
• Groups and Symmetries: From Finite Groups to Lie Groups, Y. Kosmann-Schwarzbach (Springer, 2022) $79.99
• An Introduction to Groups and their Matrices for Science Students, R. Kolenkow (Cambridge U. Press, 2022) $59.99
• Mathematical Foundations of Finite Elements and Iterative Solvers, P. Gatto (SIAM, 2022) $72.58
• Mathematical Modeling of Shock-Wave Processes in Condensed Matter: From Statistical Thermodynamics to Control Theory, T. A. Khantuleva (Springer, 2022) $149.99
• Mathematical Models of Cell-Based Morphogenesis: Passive and Active Remodeling, H. Honda, T. Magai (Springer, 2022) $149.99
• Polyadic Algebraic Structures, S. Duplij (IOP, 2022) $190.00
• Stochastic Elasticity: A Nondeterministic Approach to the Nonlinear Field Theory, L. A. Mihai (Springer, 2022) $149.99
• A Toolbox for Digital Twins: From Model-Based to Data-Driven, M. Asch (SIAM, 2022) $120.00
• A Variational Approach to Optimal Control of ODEs, P. Pedregal (SIAM, 2022) $69.00
• Wave Packet Analysis of Feynman Path Integrals, F. Nicola, S. I. Trapasso (Springer, 2022) $74.99
• Experimental Gravitation, F. Ricci, M. Bassan (Springer, 2022) $99.99
• Fascinating Problems for Young Physicists: Discovering Everyday Physics Phenomena and Solving Them, N. Vukmirović, V. Veljić (Cambridge U. Press, 2022) $34.99
• Feynman Integrals: A Comprehensive Treatment for Students and Researchers, S. Weinzierl (Springer, 2022) $149.99
• How to Be Creative: A Practical Guide for the Mathematical Sciences, N. J. Higham, D. Sherwood (SIAM, 2022) $29.00
• Star Mentor: Hands-On Projects and Lessons in Observational Astronomy for Beginners, D. E. Barth (Springer, 2022) $34.99
• Statistics and Analysis of Scientific Data, M. Bonamente (Springer, 2022) $109.99