New books: September 2018

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
• Miscellaneous
• Nonlinear science and chaos
• Nuclear physics
• Optics and photonics
• Plasmas and fusion
• Popularizations
• Society and government
• Space and planetary science
• Texts and education
• Theory and mathematical methods

Astronomy and astrophysics

• Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems XXV, N. P. F. Lorente, K. Shortridge, R. Wayth, eds (Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2017) $88.00
• Astrophysics of Exoplanetary Atmospheres, V. Bozza, L. Mancini, A. Sozzetti, eds (Springer, 2018) $139.00
• Characterizing Space Plasmas: A Data Driven Approach, G. K. Parks (Springer, 2018) $99.99
• Introduction to Particle and Astroparticle Physics: Multimessenger Astronomy and Its Particle Physics Foundations, A. De Angelis, M. Pimenta (Springer, 2018) $74.99
• Millimeter Astronomy, T. L. Wilson, S. Guilloteau (Springer, 2018) $139.99
• Serendipities in the Solar System and Beyond, C.-M. Ko, P.-C. Yu, C.-K. Chang, eds (Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2018) $88.00
• Workshop on Astrophysical Opacities, C. Mendoza, S. Turck-Chieze, J. Colgan, eds (Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2018) $88.00

Atomic and molecular physics

• Atomic Particles and Atom Systems: Data for Properties of Atomic Objects and Processes, B. M. Smirnov (Springer, 2018) $119.99

Biological and medical physics

• Advances in Cognitive Neurodynamics (VI), J. M. Delgago-GarcÌa, X. Pan, R. S·nchez-Campusano, R. Wang, eds (Springer, 2018) $279.00
• Annual Review of Biophysics, K. A. Dill, ed (Annual Reviews, 2018) $112.00
• HSP70 in Human Diseases and Disorders, A. A. A. Asea, P. Kaur, eds (Springer, 2018) $179.00
• Laser Interaction with Heterogeneous Biological Tissue: Mathematical Modeling, K. Kulikov, T. Koshlan (Springer, 2018) $139.99
• Photochemistry for Biomedical Applications: From Device Fabrication to Diagnosis and Therapy, Y. Ito, ed (Springer, 2018) $149.99
• Plant Biomechanics: From Structure to Function at Multiple Scales, A. Geitmann, J. Gril, eds (Springer, 2018) $179.00

Chemical physics

• Physical Organic Chemistry of Quinodimethanes, Y. Tobe, T. Kubo, eds (Springer, 2018) $279.99
• Polymer Synthesis Based on Triple-bond Building Blocks, B. Z. Tang, R. Hu, eds (Springer, 2018) $249.99
• The Scaling of Relaxation Processes, F. Kremer, A. Loidl, Eds (Springer, 2018) $159.99
• Theory of Sum Frequency Generation Spectroscopy, A. Morita (Springer, 2018) $149.99
• Ultrasound Technology in Dairy Processing, J. Chandrapala, B. Zisu (Springer, 2018) $69.99

Computers and computational physics

• Applied Physics, System Science and Computers II, K. Ntalianis, A. Croitoru, eds (Springer, 2018) $249.99
• Cell Mapping Methods: Algorithmic Approaches and Applications, J.-Q. Sun, F.-R. Xiong, O. Schutze, C. Hernandez (Springer, 2019) $139.00
• Computational Methods in Physics: Compendium for Students, S. Sirca, M. Horvat (Springer, 2018) $139.99
• Honeypot Frameworks and Their Applications: A New Framework, C. K. Ng, L. Pan, Y. Xiang (Springer, 2018) $69.00
• Simulation Science, M. Baum et al., eds (Springer, 2018) $84.99
• Sound Analysis and Synthesis with R, J. Sueur (Springer, 2018) $69.99

Condensed-matter physics

• Introducton to Solid State Physics, A. Aharony, O. Entin-Wohlman (World Scientific, 2019) $148.00

Cosmology and relativity

• Beyond Einstein: Perspectives on Geometry, Gravitation, and Cosmology in the Twentieth Century, D. E. Rowe, T. Sauer, S. A. Walter, eds (Birkh‰user, 2018) $129.00

Device physics

• Co-phase Traction Power Supply with Railway Hybrid Power Quality Conditioner, K.-W. Lao, M.-C. Wong, N. Dai (Springer, 2019) $169.99
• Data and Energy Integrated Communication Networks: A Brief Introductino, J. Hu, K. Yang (Springer, 2018) $69.99
• Functional Nanostructures and Metamaterials for Superconducting Spintronics: From Superconducting Quibits to Self-Organized Nanostructures, A. Sidorenko, eds (Springer, 2018) $139.99
• Inside Solid State Drives (SSDs), R. Micheloni, A. Marelli, K. Eshghi, eds (Springer, 2018) $159.00
• Label-Free Biosensing: Advanced Materials, Devices and Applications, M. J. Schˆning, A. Poghossian, ed (Springer, 2018) $299.59
• Transients for Electrical Engineers: Elementary Switched-Circuit Analysis in the Time and Laplace Transform Domains (with a Touch of MATLAB), P. J. Nahin (Springer, 2018) $89.99

Energy and environment

• Advanced Wind Turbine Technology, W. Hu, ed (Springer, 2018) $169.00

Fluids

• Computational Modelling of Bifurcations and Instabilities in Fluid Dynamics, A. Gelfgat, ed (Springer, 2019) $219.99
• Flinovia–Flow Induced Noise and Vibration Issues and Aspects-II: A Focus on Measurement, Modeling, Simulation and Reproduction of the Low Excitation and Flow Induced Response, E. Ciappi et al., eds (Springer, 2019) $279.00
• Heat Transfer Due to Laminar Natural Convection of Nanofluids: Theory and Calculation, D.-Y. Shang, L.-C. Zhong (Springer, 2019) $149.99
• Lectures on Visco-Plastic Fluid Mechanics, G. Ovarlez, S. Hormozi, eds (Springer, 2019) $169.99
• Uncertainty Quantification in Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aircraft Engines, F. Montomoli (Springer, 2018) $169.00

Geophysics

• Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences, R. Jeanloz, K. H. Freeman, eds (Annual Reviews, 2018) $112.00
• Comprehensive Seismic Zonation Schemes for Regions at Different Scales, T. G. Sitharam, N. James, S. Kolathayar (Springer, 2018) $139.99
• Darwinian Evolution of Molecules: Physical and Earth-Historical Perspective of the Origin of Life, H. Nakazawa (Springer, 2018) $139.00
• Geologic Structures of the Arctic Basin, A. Piskarev, V. Poselov, V. Kaminsky, eds (Springer, 2018) $139.00
• Handbook of Mathematical Geosciences: Fifty Years of IAMG, B. S. Daya Sager, Q. Cheng, F. Agterberg, eds (SpringerOpen, 2018) $59.00
• Hydrogeology, B. Hˆlting, W. G. Coldewey (Springer, 2018) $84.00
• Recent Advances in Rock Magnetism, Environmental Magnetism and Paleomagnetism, D. Nurgaliev, V. Shcherbakov, A. Kosterov, S. Spassov, eds (Springer, 2019) $179.99

History and philosophy

• The American Lab: An Insider’s History of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, C. B. Tarter (Johns Hopkins U. Press, 2018) $79.95
• Apollo Mission Control: The Making of a National Historic Landmark, M. von Ehrenfried (Springer, 2018) $39.00
• A Brief History of Astronomy and Astrophysisc, K. R. Lang (World Scientific, 2018) $48.00
• Causation in Science, Y. Ben-Menahem (Princeton U. Press, 2018) $39.95
• The Correspondence of John Tyndall. Vol. 4: The Correspondence, January 1853-December 1854, I. Hesketh, E. Sera-Shriar, eds (U. Pittsburgh Press, 2018) $125.00
• Fallout: Conspiracy, Cover Up and the Making of the Atomic Bomb, P. Watson (PublicAffairs, 2018) $28.00
• Galileo Galilei: At the Threshold of the Scientific Age, W. W. Osterhage (Springer, 2018) $74.99
• The Great Silence: Science and Philosophy of Fermi’s Paradox, M. M. Cirkovic (Oxford U. Press, 2018) $33.95
• History of the Calcutta School of Physical Sciences, P. Mukherji, A. Mukhopadhyay (Springer, 2018) $119.99
• The Innovators Behind Leonardo: The True Story of the Scientific and Technological Renaissance, P. Innocenzi (Springer, 2019) $49.99
• Isaac Newton: The Asshole Who Reinvented the Universe, F. Freistetter (Prometheus Books, 2018) $24.00
• The Philosophy of Quantum Physics, C. Friebe et al (Springer, 2018) $59.00
• Science and Humanity: A Humane Philosophy of Science and Religion, A. Steane (Oxford U. Press, 2018) $32.95
• The Scientific Journal: Authorship and the Politics of Knowledge in the Nineteenth Century, A.Csiszar (U. Chicago Press, 2018) $45.00
• The Shape and Size of the Earth: A Historical Journey from Homer to Artificial Satellites, D. Boccaletti (Springer, 2019) $139.99
• The Soviet Atomic Project: How the Soviet Union Obtained the Atomic Bomb, L. G. Pondrom (World Scientific, 2018) $128.00
• The Soviet Atomic Project: How the Soviet Union Obtained the Atomic Bomb, L. G. Pondrom (World Scientific, 2018) $128.00
• Time and Time Again: Determination of Longitude at Sea in the 17th Century, R. de Grijs (IOP, 2017) $150.00
• Vladmir I. Arnold: Collected Works. Singularities in Symplectic and Contact Geometry 1980-1985, A. B. Givental et al., eds (Springer, 2018) $149.00

Instrumentation and techniques

• Application of Lasers in Manufacturing, U. S. Dixit, S. N. Joshi, J. P. Davim, eds (Springer, 2019) $219.00
• Classical and Quantum Molecular Dynamics in NMR Spectra, S. Szymanski, P. Bernatowicz (Springer, 2018) $149.00
• Computational Photonic Sensors, M. F. O. Hameed, S. Obayya, eds (Springer, 2018) $179.99
• Research on Ship Design and Optimization Based on Simulation-Based Design (SBD) Technique, B.-J. Zhang, S.-L. Zhang (Springer, 2018) $169.99
• VLSI Design and Test for Systems Dependability, S. Asai, ed (Springer, 2018) $279.99

Materials science

• Advances in Materials Processing, Y. Han, ed (Springer, 2018) $279.00
• Annual Review of Materials Research, D. R. Clarke, V. Gopalan, R. LeSar, eds (Annual Reviews, 2018) $88.00
• Chemical Thermodynamics in Materials Science: From Basics to Practical Applications, T. Matsushitam, K. Mukai (Springer, 2018) $84.99
• A Compendium of Solid State Theory, L. A. B·nyai (Springer, 2018) $79.99
• Computer Algebra and Materials Physics: A Practical Guidebook to Group Theoretical Computations in Materials Science, A. Kikuchi (Springer, 2018) $139.99
• Cosserata Continuum Mechanics: With Applications to Granular Media, I. Vardoulakis (Springer, 2019) $74.99
• Dynamics of Coupled Structures, Volume 4, A. Linderholt, M. S. Allen R. L. Mayes, D. Rixen, eds (Springer, 2018) $279.00
• Introduction to Linear Elasticity, P. L. Gould, Y. Feng (Springer, 2018) $109.99
• Nanostructured Materials for the Detection of CBRN, J. Bonca, S. Kruchinin, eds (Springer, 2018) $169.99
• Out-of-Equilibrium Physics of Correlated Electron Systems, R. Citro, F. Mancini, eds (Springer, 2018) $139.99
• Piezo-Active Composites: Microgeometry–Sensitivity Relations, V. Y. Topolov, C. R. Bowen, P. Bisegna (Springer, 2018) $139.99
• Printing of Graphene and Related 2D Materials: Technology, Formulation and Applications, L. W. T. Ng et al (Springer, 2019) $149.99
• Semiconductor Nanotechnology: Advances in Information and Energy Processing and Storage, S. M. Goodnick, A. Korkin, R. Nemanich, eds (Springer, 2018) $159.99
• Tellurite Glass Smart Materials: Applications in Optics and Beyond, R. El-Mallawany, ed (Springer, 2018) $159.99

Miscellaneous

• History and Measurement of the Base and Derived Units, S. A. Treese (Springer, 2018) $179.00

Nonlinear science and chaos

• Advances in Synchronization of Coupled Fractional Order Systems: Fundamentals and Methods, R. MartÌnez-Guerra, C. A. PÈrez-Pinacho (Springer, 2018) $119.00
• Analysis of Chaotic Behavior in Non-linear Dynamical Systems: Models and Algorithms for Quaternions, M. PiÛrek (Springer, 2019) $149.99
• Analytical Methods in Nonlinear Oscillations: Approach and Applications, E. Esmailzadeh, D. Younesian, H. Askari (Springer, 2019) $169.00
• Complex Spreading Phenomena in Social Systems: Influence and Contagion in Real-World Social Networks, S. Lehmann, Y.-Y. Ahn, eds (Springer, 2018) $159.99
• A Mathematical Modeling Approach from Nonlinear Dynamics to Complex Systems, E. E. N. Macau, ed (Springer, 2018) $169.00
• Multiplex Networks: Basic Formalism and Structural Properties, E. Cozzo, G. F. de Arruda, F. A. Rodrigues, Y. Moreno (Springer, 2018) $69.99
• Networks, M. Newman (Oxford U. Press, 2018) $65.00
• Nonlinear Dielectric Spectroscopy, R. Richert, ed (Springer, 2018) $159.99
• Nonlinear Dynamics in Computational Neuroscience, F. Corinto, A. Torcini, eds (Springer, 2018) $149.00

Nuclear physics

• Polarization Phenomena in Physics: Applications to Nuclear Reactions, M. Tanifuji (World Scientific, 2018) $58.00

Optics and photonics

• Advanced Optical Methods for Brain Imaging, F.-J. Kao, G. Keiser, A. Gogoi, eds (Springer, 2019) $179.00

Plasmas and fusion

• Powerful Pulsed Plasma Generators: Research and Applications, V. Kolikov, A. Bogomaz, A. Budin (Springer, 2018) $149.99

Popularizations

• Baby Loves Gravity!, R. Spiro (Charlesbridge, 2018) $8.99
• Baby Loves Quantum Physics!, R. Spiro (Charlesbridge, 2017) $8.99
• Einstein’s Monsters: The Life and Times of Black Holes, C. Impey (W. W. Norton, 2018) $26.95
• Five Photons: Remarkable Journeys of Light Across Space and Time, J. Geach (U. Chicago Press, 2018) $24.95
• How to Love the Universe: A Scientist’s Ode to the Hidden Beauty Behind the Visible World, S. Klein (The Experiment, 2018) $118.95
• How to Speak Science: Gravity, Relativity, and Other Ideas That Were Crazy Until Proven Brilliant, B. Benamran (The Experiment, 2018) $15.95
• The Laser That’s Changing the World: The Amazing Stories Behind Lidar, from 3D Mapping to Self-Driving Cars, T. Neff (Prometheus Books, 2018) $11.99
• Solomon’s Code: Humanity in a World of Thinking Machines, O. Groth, M. Nitzberg (Pegasus Books, 2018) $27.95
• The Story of Antimatter: Matter’s Vanished Twin, G. Borissov (World Scientific, 2018) $78.00
• Underbug: An Obsessive Tale of Termites and Technology, L. Margonelli (Scientific American / Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2018) $27.00
• The Universe as It Really Is: Earth, Space, Matter, and Time, T. R. Scott (Columbia U. Press, 2018) $35.00
• Your Place in the Universe: Understanding Our Big, Messy Existence, P. M. Sutter (Prometheus Books, 2018) $24.00

Society and government

• Active Interrogation in Nuclear Security: Science, Technology and Systems, I. Jovanovic, A. S. Erickson, eds (Springer, 2018) $159.00
• Counter-Terrorism Technologies: A Critcal Assessment, P. Lehr (Springer, 2019) $109.99
• Game Theory for Managing Security in Chemical Industrial Areas, L. Zhang, G. Reniers (Springer, 2018) $119.99

Space and planetary science

• Computer Simulations of Space Societies, W. S. Bainbridge (Springer, 2018) $149.99

Texts and education

• Attosecond and Strong-Field Physics: Principles and Applications, C. D. Lin, A.-T. Le, C. Jin, H. Wei (Cambridge U. Press, 2018) $79.99
• Essential Classical Mechanics, C. Lee, H. Min (World Scientific, 2018) $148.00
• The Essentials of Power System Dynamics and Control, H. R. Pota (Springer, 2018) $89.00
• A First Introduction to Quantum Physics, P. Kok (Springer, 2018) $54.99
• Introduction to General Relativity: A Course for Undergraduate Students of Physics, C. Bambi (Springer, 2018) $59.99
• Lecture Notes in Cosmology, O. Piattella (Springer, 2018) $99.99
• Microwave, Radar and RF Engineering: With Laboratory Manual, P. K. Chaturvedi (Springer, 2018) $139.00
• A Student’s Guide to Atomic Physics, M.Fox (Cambridge U. Press, 2018) $24.99
• Tools of Radio Astronomy – Problems and Solutions, T. L. Wilson, S. Huttemeister (Springer, 2018) $59.99

Theory and mathematical methods

• Advanced Topics in Nonsmooth Dynamics: Transactions of the European Network for Nonsmooth Dynamics, R. Leine, V. Acary, O. Br¸ls, eds (Springer, 2018) $159.00
• Bayesian Inference and Maximum Entropy Methods in Science and Engineering, A. Polpo et al., eds (Springer, 2018) $219.99
• Coupled Mathematical Models for Physical and Biological Nanoscale Systems and Their Applications, L. L. Bonilla, E. Kaxiras, R. Melnik, eds (Springer, 2018) $129.00
• Covariance and Gauge Invariance in Continuum Physics: Application to Mechanics, Gravitation, and Electromagnetism, L. R. Ravelonarivo (Birkh‰user, 2018) $119.99
• Dynamics ofthe Unicycle: Modelling and Experimental Verifcation, M. Nielaczny, B. Wieslaw, T. Kapitaniak (Springer, 2019) $69.99
• On Graph Approaches to Contextuality and Their Role in Quatum Theory, B. Amaral, M. Terra Cunha (Springer, 2018) $69.99
• Proceedings of DINAME 2017: Selected Papers of the XVII International Symposium on Dynamic Problems of Mechanics, A. d. T. Fleury, D. A. Rade, P. R. G. Kurka, eds (Springer, 2018) $299.99
• The Science of Vehicle Dynamics: Handling, Braking, and Ride of Road and Race Cars, M.Guiggiani (Springer, 2018) $279.00