New books: September 2019

Categories:

• Acoustics
• Astronomy and astrophysics
• Biological and medical physics
• Chemical physics
• Computers and computational physics
• Cosmology and relativity
• Device physics
• Energy and environment
• Fluids
• History and philosophy
• Instrumentation and techniques
• Materials science
• Miscellaneous
• Nonlinear science and chaos
• Nuclear physics
• Optics and photonics
• Popularizations
• Quantum physics
• Society and government
• Statistical physics and thermodynamics
• Texts and education
• Theory and mathematical methods

Acoustics

• Neural Modeling of Speech Processing and Speech Learning: An Introduction, B. J. Kröger, T. Bekolay (Springer, 2019) $139.00
• Profiling Humans from Their Voice, R. Singh (Springer, 2019) $139.99

Astronomy and astrophysics

• MHD Waves in the Solar Atmosphere, B. Roberts (Cambridge U. Press, 2019) $175.00
• Ten Equations to Explain the Mysteries of Modern Astrophysics: From Information and Chaos Theory to Ghost Particles and Gravitational Waves, S. Mathew (Brown Walker Press, 2019) $28.95

Biological and medical physics

• Brain-Computer Interface Research: A State-of-the-Art Summary 7, C. Guger, N. Mrachacz-Kersting, B. Z. Allison, eds (Springer, 2019) $59.99
• Radiation Safety in Nuclear Medicine: A Practical, Concise Guide, G. B. Saha (Springer, 2019) $179.99

Chemical physics

• The Chemistry of CO₂ and TiO₂: From Breathing Minerals to Life on Mars, S. Civiš, M. Ferus, A. Knížek (Springer, 2019) $59.99
• Solvation Dynamics: A Notion of Charge Injection, C. Q. Sun (Springer, 2019) $149.99

Computers and computational physics

• Mastering Frequency Domain Techniques for the Stability Analysis of LTI Time Delay Systems, R. Sipahi (SIAM, 2019) $74.00

Cosmology and relativity

• The Potential of Fields in Einstein’s Theory of Gravitation, Z. Ahsan (Springer, 2019) $99.99

Device physics

• Heat Transfer Enhancement in Externally Finned Tubes and Internally Finned Tubes and Annuli, S. K. Saha, H. Ranjan, M. S. Emani, A. K. Bharti (Springer, 2020) $54.99
• Insert Devices and Integral Roughness in Heat Transfer Enhancement, S. K. Saha, H. Ranjan, M. S. Emani, A. K. Bharti (Springer, 2020) $54.99

Energy and environment

• Energy Conversion Efficiency of Solar Cells, T. Kita, Y. Harada, S. Asahi (Springer, 2019) $139.99

Fluids

• Low-Loss Storage and Handling of Cryogenic Liquids: The Application of Cryogenic Fluid Dynamics, T. D. Bostock, R. G. Scurlock (Springer, 2019) $119.99
• Mathematical Modeling of Unsteady Inviscid Flows, J. D. Eldredge (Springer, 2019) $119.99

History and philosophy

• Establishing Quantum Physics in Göttingen: David Hilbert, Max Born, and Peter Debye in Context, 1900-1926, A. Schirrmacher (Springer, 2019) $59.99
• An Instinct for Truth: Curiosity and the Moral Character of Science, R. T. Pennock (MIT Press, 2019) $45.00
• Mario Bunge: A Centenary Festschrift, M. R. Matthews, ed (Springer, 2019) $84.99
• On the Life of Galileo: Viviani’s Historical Account and Other Early Biographies, S. Gattei, ed (Princeton U. Press, 2019) $49.95
• Stealth: The Secret Contest to Invent Invisible Aircraft, P. Westwick (Oxford U. Press, 2020) $27.95
• Women in Their Element: Selected Women’s Contributions to the Periodic System, A. Lykknes, B. Van Tiggelen, eds (World Scientific, 2019) $128.00

Instrumentation and techniques

• Flash Lamp Annealing: From Basics to Applications, L. Rebohle, S. Prucnal, D. Reichel (Springer, 2019) $149.99
• Shielding of Electromagnetic Waves: Theory and Practice, G. M. Kunkel (Springer, 2020) $139.99

Materials science

• Annual Review of Materials Research, D. R. Clarke, R. Seshadri, eds (Annual Reviews, 2019) $116.00
• Thermodynamics of Magnetizing Materials and Superconductors, V. Kozhevnikov (CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, 2019) $65.00
• Thermoelectric Thin Films: Materials and Devices, P. Mele et al., eds (Springer, 2019) $129.99

Miscellaneous

• Outside the Research Lab. Volume 3: Physics in Sport, S. A. Holgate (Morgan & Claypool, 2019) $35.00
• What Science is and How It Really Works, J. C. Zimring (Cambridge U. Press, 2019) $25.99
• Women in Nanotechnology: Contributions from the Atomic Level and Up, P. M. Norris, L. E. Friedersdorf, eds (Springer, 2020) $109.99

Nonlinear science and chaos

• Chaos Dynamical Systems, D. P. Feldman (Princeton U. Press, 2019) $35.00

Nuclear physics

• A New Development at the Intersection of Nuclear Structure and Reaction Theory, S. Karataglidis, K. Amos, P. R. Fraser, L. Canton (Springer, 2019) $84.99

Optics and photonics

• Springer Series in Light Scattering. Volume 4: Light Scattering and Radiative Transfer, A. Kokhanovsky, ed (Springer, 2019) $149.99

Popularizations

• Archaeology from Space: How the Future Shapes Our Past, S. Parcak (Henry Holt and Company, 2019) $30.00
• Ball Lightning: A Popular Guide to a Longstanding Mystery in Atmospheric Electricity, H. Boerner (Springer, 2019) $37.99
• Imagination: The Science of Your Mind’s Greatest Power, J. Davies (Pegasus Books, 2019) $28.95

Society and government

• Big-(Wo)men, Tyrants, Chiefs, Dictators, Emperors and Presidents: Towards the Mathematical Understanding of Social Groups, F. dell’Isola (Springer, 2019) $34.99

Statistical physics and thermodynamics

• Electric Fields, Additives and Simultaneous Heat and Mass Transfer in Heat Transfer Enhancement, S. K. Saha, H. Ranjan, M. S. Emani, A. K. Bharti (Springer, 2020) $54.99
• Introduction to Enhanced Heat Transfer, S. K. Saha, H. Ranjan, M. S. Emani, A. K. Bharti (Springer, 2020) $59.99
• Performance Evalution Criteria in Heat Transfer Enhancement, S. K. Saha, H. Ranjan, M. S. Emani, A. K. Bharti (Springer, 2020) $59.99
• Two-Phase Heat Transfer Enhancement, S. K. Saha, H. Ranjan, M. S. Emani, A. K. Bharti (Springer, 2020) $54.99

Texts and education

• Advanced Engineering Mathematics, M. C. Potter, J. L. Lessing, E. F. Aboufadel (Springer, 2019) $119.99
• Classical Mechanics, Volume 1: Tools and Vectors, G. A. DiLisi (Morgan & Claypool, 2019) $39.95
• Classical Mechanics, Volume 2: Kinematics and Uniformly Accelerated Motion, G. A. DiLisi (Morgan & Claypool, 2019) $54.95
• Classical Mechanics, Volume 3: Newton’s Laws and Uniform Circular Motion, G. A. DiLisi (Morgan & Claypool, 2019) $49.95
• Concepts, Strategies and Models to Enhance Physics Teaching and Learning, E. McLoughlin, P. van Kampen, eds (Springer, 2019) $149.99
• Fluid Dynamics and Linear Elasticity: A First Course in Continuum Mechanics, M. S. Ruderman (Springer, 2019) $44.99
• Fundamentals of Physics I: Mechanics, Relativity, and Thermodynamics, R. Shankar (Yale U. Press, 2019) $35.00
• Physical Mathematics, K. Cahill (Cambridge U. Press, 2019) $84.99
• Principles of Continuum Mechanics: A Basic Course for Physicists, Z. Martinec (Birkhäuser, 2019) $49.99
• Probability and Mathematical Statistics: Theory, Applications, and Practice in R, M. C. Meyer (SIAM, 2019) $109.00
• Problems and Solutions in Nuclear and Particle Physics, S. Petrera (Springer, 2019) $79.99
• Spacetime and Geometry: An Introduction to General Relativity, S. M. Carroll (Cambridge U. Press, 2019) $64.99
• Teaching Physics through Ancient Chinese Science and Technology, M. Marone (Morgan & Claypool, 2019) $49.95

Theory and mathematical methods

• Advanced and Optimization Based Sliding Mode Control: Theory and Applications, A. Ferrara, G. P. Incremona, M. Cucuzzella (SIAM, 2019) $89.00
• Contributions to Advanced Dynamics and Continuum Mechanics, H. Altenbach, H. Irschik, V. P. Matveenko, eds (Springer, 2019) $159.99
• Elements of Classical and Quantum Integrable Systems, G. Arutyunov (Springer, 2019) $99.99
• Integrability, Supersymmetry and Coherent States: A Volume in Honour of Professor Véronique Hussin, S. Kuru, J. Negro, L. M. Nieto, eds (Springer, 2019) $139.99
• Mass Dimension One Fermions, D. Ahluwalia (Cambridge U. Press, 2019) $140.00
• A Mathematical Introduction to Electronic Structure Theory, L. Lin, J. Lu (SIAM, 2019) $44.00
• Passive Network Synthesis: An Approach to Classification, A. Morelli, M. C. Smith (SIAM, 2019) $64.00
• Selected Works of A. N. Kolmogorov. Vol. 1: Mathematics and Mechanics, V. M. Tikhomirov, ed (Springer, 2019) $139.99
• Waveguide Propagation of Nonlinear Waves: Impact of Inhomogeneity and Accompanying Effects, S. Leble (Springer, 2019) $119.99