New books: September 2020

Categories:

• Astronomy and astrophysics
• Biological and medical physics
• Chemical physics
• Computers and computational physics
• Cosmology and relativity
• Device physics
• Fluids
• Geophysics
• History and philosophy
• Instrumentation and techniques
• Materials science
• Miscellaneous
• Nonlinear science and chaos
• Optics and photonics
• Popularizations
• Quantum physics
• Society and government
• Space and planetary science
• Texts and education
• Theory and mathematical methods

Astronomy and astrophysics

• Astrobiology and Cuatro Ciénegas Basin as an Analog of Early Earth, V. Souza, A. Segura, J. S. Foster, eds (Springer, 2020) $49.99
• Descriptive Archaeoastronomy and Ancient Indian Chronology, A. Ghosh (Springer, 2020) $39.99
• Reviews in Frontiers of Modern Astrophysics: From Space Debris to Cosmology, P. Kabáth, D. Jones, M. Skarka, eds (Springer, 2020) $149.99

Biological and medical physics

• Fish Analysis for Drug and Chemicals Mediated Cellular Toxicity, A. K. Saxena, A. Kumar (Springer, 2020) $59.99
• Mare Plasticum – The Plastic Sea: Combatting Plastic Pollution through Science and Art, M. Streit-Bianchi, M. Cimadevila, W. Trettnak, eds (Springer, 2020) $39.99
• The Molecular Switch: Signaling and Allostery, R. Phillips (Princeton U. Press, 2020) $85.00
• Polarizable Embedding for the Algebraic-Diagrammatic Construction Scheme: Investigating Photoexcitations in Large Biomolecular Systems, M. Scheurer (Springer Spektrum, 2020) $79.99
• Understanding Innovation through Exaptation, C. A. M. La Porta, S. Zapperi, L. Pilotti, eds (Springer, 2020) $99.99

Chemical physics

• Annual Review of Physical Chemistry, M. A. Johnson, T. J. Martínez, eds (Annual Reviews, 2020) $118.00
• Hydrogen and Hydrogen-Containing Molecules on Metal Surfaces: Towards the Realization of Sustainable Hydrogen Economy, H. Kasai, A. A. B. Padama, B. Chantaramolee, R. L. Arevalo (Springer, 2020) $119.99

Computers and computational physics

• Algorithms from the Book, K. Lange (SIAM, 2020) $69.00
• Computer Meets Theoretical Physics: The New Frontier of Molecular Simulation, G. Battimelli, G. Ciccotti, P. Greco (Springer, 2020) $49.99
• Large-Scale Graph Analysis: System, Algorithm and Optimization, Y. Shao, B. Cui, L. Chen (Springer, 2020) $139.99
• Open Source Intelligence and Cyber Crime: Social Media Analytics, M. A. Tayebi, U. Glässer, D. B. Skillicorn, eds (Springer, 2020) $110.68
• Practical Methods for Optimal Control Using Nonlinear Programming, J. T. Betts (SIAM, 2020) $119.00
• Software for Exascale Computing – SPPEXA 2016-2019, H.-J. Bungartz et al., eds (Springer Open, 2020) $59.99

Cosmology and relativity

• Cosmological Theories of Value: Science, Philosophy, and Meaning in Cosmic Evolution, M. Lupisella (Springer, 2020) $109.99
• A Philosophical Approach to MOND: Assessing the Milgromian Research Program in Cosmology, D. Merritt (Cambridge U. Press, 2020) $64.99
• A Short Course in General Relativity and Cosmology, R. Hentschke, C. Hölbling (Springer, 2020) $59.99

Device physics

• Core/Shell Quantum Dots: Synthesis, Properties and Devices, X. Tong, Z. M. Wang, eds (Springer, 2020) $119.99
• NANO-CHIPS 2030. On-Chip AI for an Efficient Data-Driven World, B. Murmann, B. Hoefflinger, eds (Springer, 2020) $109.99
• Shortcut to Superconductivity: Superconducting Electronics via COMSOL Modeling, A. Guilan (Springer, 2020) $84.99

Fluids

• Fundamentals of Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics: Hydrodynamics, Magnetohydrodynamics, and Radiation Hydrodynamics, S. Kato, J. Fukue (Springer, 2020) $109.99
• Think Before You Compute: A Prelude to Computational Fluid Dynamics, E. J. Hinch (Cambridge U. Press, 2020) $39.99

Geophysics

• Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences, R. Jeanloz, K. H. Freeman, eds (Annual Reviews, 2020) $118.00
• Atmospheric Rivers, F. M. Ralph, M. D. Dettinger, J. J. Rutz, D. E. Waliser, eds (Springer, 2020) $99.99
• Hadean Earth, T. M. Harrison (Springer, 2020) $149.99

History and philosophy

• A History of the Italian Space Adventure: Pioneers and Achievements from the XIVth Century to the Present, G. Caprara (Springer, 2020) $59.99
• Jean-Charles Houzeau’s Escape from Texas: A Belgian Astronomer Caught in the American Civil War, C. Sterken, A. A. King (Springer, 2020) $84.99
• The Making of Modern Physics in Colonial India, S. Banerjee (Routledge, 2020) $155.00
• The Moon: A Translation of Der Mond, J. F. J. Schmidt (Springer, 2020) $139.99
• NASA’s First Space Shuttle Astronaut Selection: Redefining the Right Stuff, D. J. Shayler, C. Burgess (Praxis/Springer, 2020) $37.99
• Open Skies: The National Radio Astronomy Observatory and Its Impact on US Radio Astronomy, K. I. Kellermann, E. N. Bouton, S. S. Brandt (Springer, 2020) $59.99
• Phenomenological Approaches to Physics, H. A. Wiltsche, P. Berghofer, eds (Springer, 2020) $119.99
• A Pioneer of Connection: Recovering the Life and Work of Oliver Lodge, J. Mussell, G. Gooday, eds (U. Pittsburgh Press, 2020) $50.00
• Sacred Landscapes of Imperial China: Astronomy, Feng Shui, and the Mandate of Heaven, G. Magli (Springer, 2020) $39.99
• Tycho Brahe and the Measure of the Heavens, J. R. Christianson (Reaktion Books, 2020) $22.50
• When Maps Become the World, R. G. Winther (U. Chicago Press, 2020) $37.50

Instrumentation and techniques

• Advanced Fiber Sensing Technologies, L. Wei, ed (Springer, 2020) $139.99
• Application of Polarization Modulation Infrared Reflection Absorption Spectroscopy in Electrochemistry, I. Brand (Springer, 2020) $139.99
• Efficient Material Laser Beam Ablation with a Picosecond Laser, J. P. Calderón Urbina (Springer, 2021) $84.99
• In-situ Mechanics of Materials: Principles, Tools, Techniques and Applications, P. Nautiyal, B. Bosel, A. Agarwal (Springer, 2020) $99.00
• Laser Doppler Vibrometry: A Multimedia Guide to Its Features and Usage, E. P. Tomasini, P. Castellini, eds (Springer, 2020) $109.99
• Nanoscale Photonic Imaging, T. Salditt, A. Egner, D. R. Luke, eds (Springer Open, 2020) $59.99
• Particle Detectors: Fundamentals and Applications, H. Kolanoski, N. Wermes (Oxford U. Press, 2020) $100.00

Materials science

• Annual Review of Materials Research, D. R. Clarke, D. Lipkin, R. Seshadri, eds (Annual Reviews, 2020) $118.00
• Between Making and Knowing: Tools in the History of Materials Research, J. D. Martin, C. C. M. Mody, eds (World Scientific, 2020) $198.00
• How Transistor Area Shrank by 1 Million Fold, H. Tigelaar (Springer, 2020) $49.99
• Terminal Ballistics, Z. Rosenberg, E. Dekel (Springer, 2020) $149.99
• The World of Materials, R. A. Wesolowski, A. P. Wesolowski, R. S. Petrova (Springer, 2020) $149.99

Miscellaneous

• Henri Poincaré. Electrons to Special Relativity: Translation of Selected Papers and Discussion, B. D. Popp (Springer, 2020) $139.99

Nonlinear science and chaos

• Chaos: The World of Nonperiodic Oscillations, O. E. Rössler, C. Letellier (Springer, 2020) $109.00
• Fractal Dimensions of Networks, E. Rosenberg (Springer, 2020) $109.99

Optics and photonics

• Laser Doppler Vibrometry for Non-Contact Diagnostics, K. Kroschel, ed (Springer, 2020) $149.99
• Micro-Optics and Energy: Sensors for Energy Devices, J. J. Lamb, B. G. Pollet, eds (Springer, 2020) $139.99
• Progress in Ultrafast Intense Laser Science XV, K. Yamanouchi, D. Charalambidis, eds (Springer, 2020) $139.99

Popularizations

• The Beauty and Fascination of Science, A. L. Buchachenko (Springer, 2020) $39.99
• Celestial Tapestry: The Warp and Weft of Art and Mathematics, N. Mee (Oxford U. Press, 2020) $21.95
• Every Life is on Fire: How Thermodynamics Explains the Origins of Living Things, J. England (Basic Books, 2020) $17.99
• How to Astronaut: An Insider’s Guide to Leaving Planet Earth, T. Virts (Workman Publishing, 2020) $27.95
• Lumen Naturae: Visions of the Abstract in Art and Mathematics, M. Marcolli (The MIT Press, 2020) $31.99
• Meteorite: How Stones from Outer Space Made Our World, T. Gregory (Basic Books, 2020) $30.00
• Operation Moonglow: A Political History of Project Apollo, T. Muir-Harmony (Basic Books, 2020) $30.00
• Science and Cooking: Physics Meets Food, from Homemade to Haute Cuisine, M. Brenner, P. Sörensen, D. Weitz (W. W. Norton, 2020) $35.00
• The Science of Sci-Fi Music, A. May (Springer, 2020) $24.99
• Stephen Hawking: A Memoir of Friendship and Physics, L. Mlodinow (Pantheon Books, 2020) $25.00
• A Walk Around the Block: Stoplight Secrets, Mischievous Squirrels, Manhole Mysteries & Other Stuff You See Every Day (And Know Nothing About), S. Carlsen (Harper Collins, 2020) $19.99
• x + y: A Mathematician’s Manifesto for Rethinking Gender, E. Cheng (Basic Books, 2020) $28.00

Quantum physics

• Beyond Spacetime: The Foundations of Quantum Gravity, N. Huggett, K. Matsubara, C. Wüthrich, eds (Cambridge U. Press, 2020) $69.99
• Classical Systems in Quantum Mechanics, P. Bóna (Springer, 2020) $119.99
• Physics and Mathematics of Quantum Many-Body Systems, H. Tasaki (Springer, 2020) $109.99
• Quantum Error Correction: Symmetric, Asymmetric, Synchronizable and Convolutional Codes, G. G. La Guardia (Springer, 2020) $99.99

Society and government

• A Good Time to be Born: How Science and Public Health Gave Children a Future, P. Klass (W. W. Norton, 2020) $28.95
• Income Distribution Dynamics of Economic Systems: An Econophysical Approach, M. Byrro Ribeiro (Cambridge U. Press, 2020) $74.99
• The Reasonable Robot: Artificial Intelligence and the Law, R. Abbott (Cambridge U. Press, 2020) $29.99

Space and planetary science

• Human Enhancements for Space Missions: Lunar, Martian, and Future Missions to the Outer Planets, K. Szocik, ed (Springer, 2020) $139.99

Texts and education

• Differentiable Manifolds: A Theoretical Physics Approach, G. F. Torres del Castillo (Birkhäuser, 2020) $79.99
• Electronic Circuit Design and Application, S. J. G. Gift, B. Maundy (Springer, 2021) $109.99
• Epitaxy of Semiconductors: Physics and Fabrication of Heterostructures, U. W. Pohl (Springer, 2020) $99.00
• Fundamentals of Magnonics, S. M. Rezende (Springer, 2020) $89.99
• The Handy Physics Answer Book, C. Liu (Visible Ink, 2021) $21.95
• Heat and Mass Transfer, R. Karwa (Springer, 2020) $139.99
• Hot Matter from High-Power Lasers: Fundamentals and Phenomena, P. Mulser (Springer, 2020) $119.99
• Inside Interesting Integrals: A Collection of Sneaky Tricks, Sly Substitutions, and Numerous Other Stupendously Clever, Awesomely Wicked, and Devilishly Seductive Maneuvers for Computing Hundreds of Perplexing Definite Integrals from Physics, Engineering, and Mathematics, P. J. Nahin (Springer, 2020) $59.99
• Introducing Photonics, B. Culshaw (Cambridge U. Press, 2020) $24.99
• Light Science: Physics and the Visual Arts, T. D. Rossing, C. J. Chiaverina (Springer, 2020) $84.99
• Physics of Elasticity and Crystal Defects, A. P. Sutton (Oxford U. Press, 2020) $60.00
• A Student’s Guide to Newton’s Laws of Motion, S. Mahajan (Cambridge U. Press, 2020) $23.99
• Tutorial Guide to X-ray and Gamma-ray Astronomy: Data Reduction and Analysis, C. Bambi, ed (Springer, 2020) $149.99
• Understanding Electromagnetic Waves, M.-S. Kao, C.-F. Chang (Springer, 2020) $109.99
• Wooden Façades and Fire Safety: Effects of Joint Type on Ignition Behaviour, L. Makovicka Osvaldova (Springer, 2020) $59.99

Theory and mathematical methods

• Developments in Mathematical and Conceptual Physics: Concepts and Applications for Engineers, H. Parthasarathy (Springer, 2020) $149.99
• Finite Volumes for Complex Applications IX – Methods, Theoretical Aspects, Examples, R. Klöfkorn, E. Keilegavlen, F. A. Radu, J. Fuhrmann, eds (Springer, 2020) $139.00
• Information Fusion in Distributed Sensor Networks with Byzantines, A. Abrardo, M. Barni, K. Kallas, B. Tondi (Springer, 2021) $149.99
• Probability and Stochastic Processes for Physicists, N. C. Petroni (Springer, 2020) $109.99
• Riemann Problems and Jupyter Solutions, D. I. Ketcheson, R. J. LeVeque, M. J. del Razo (SIAM, 2020) $59.00
• Solving Problems in Multiply Connected Domains, D. Crowdy (SIAM, 2020) $89.00
• Strongly Correlated Fermi Systems: A New State of Matter, M. Amusia, V. Shaginyan (Springer, 2020) $139.00
• Synchronization in Infinite-Dimensional Deterministic and Stochastic Systems, I. Chueshov, B. Schmalfuß (Springer, 2020) $109.00
• Unstable Systems, L. Horwitz, Y. Strauss (Springer, 2020) $139.99