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Nonlinear science and chaos

Advances in Complex Societal, Environmental and Engineered Systems. M. Nemiche, M. Essaaidi, eds. Springer, 2017. $129.00 (297 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-46163-2 Buy at Amazon

Bifurcation in Autonomous and Nonautonomous Differential Equations with Discontinuities. M. Akhmet, A. Kashkynbayev. Springer, 2017. $89.99 (166 pp.). ISBN 978-981-10-3179-3 Buy at Amazon

Complex Dynamics and Morphogenesis: An Introduction to Nonlinear Science. C. Misbah. Springer, 2017. $79.99 (463 pp.). ISBN 978-94-024-1018-1 Buy at Amazon

Complex Networks and Their Applications V. H. Cherifi, S. Gaito, W. Quattrociocchi, A. Sala, eds. Springer, 2017. $279.00 (833 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-50900-6 Buy at Amazon

First Complex Systems Digital Campus World E-Conference 2015. P. Parrend, P. Bourgine, P. Collet, eds. Springer, 2017. $139.00 (424 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-45900-4 Buy at Amazon

An Introduction to Complex Systems: Society, Ecology, and Nonlinear Dynamics. P. Fieguth. Springer, 2017. $59.99 (346 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-44605-9 Buy at Amazon

Microwave RF Antennas and Circuits: Nonlinearity Applications in Engineering. O. Aluf. Springer, 2017. $299.00 (1052 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-45425-2 Buy at Amazon

Network Analysis Literacy: A Practical Approach to the Analysis of Networks. K. A. Zweig. Springer, 2016. $129.00 (535 pp.). ISBN 978-3-7091-0740-9 Buy at Amazon

Network-Oriented Modeling: Addressing Complexity of Cognitive, Affective and Social Interactions. J. Treur. Springer, 2016. $129.00 (499 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-45211-1 Buy at Amazon

New Advances on Chaotic Intermittency and Its Applications. S. Elaskar, E. del Río. Springer, 2017. $129.00 (197 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-47836-4 Buy at Amazon

Physics of the Human Mind. I. Lubashevsky. Springer, 2017. $129.00 (380 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-51705-6 Buy at Amazon

Traffic and Granular Flow ’15. V. L. Knoop, W. Daamen, eds. Springer, 2016. $229.00 (639 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-33481-3 Buy at Amazon

Nuclear physics

Fundamentals of Nuclear Physics. N. Takigawa, K. Washiyama. Springer, 2017. $109.00 (269 pp.). ISBN 978-4-431-55377-9 Buy at Amazon

Superphenix: Technical and Scientific Achievements. J. Guidez, G. Prêle. Atlantis Press, 2017. $179.00 (342 pp.). ISBN 978-94-6239-245-8 Buy at Amazon

Tritium: Fuel of Fusion Reactors. T. Tanabe, ed. Springer, 2017. $179.00 (365 pp.). ISBN 978-4-431-56458-4 Buy at Amazon

Optics and photonics

Fibre Optic Communication: Key Devices. 2nd ed. H. Venghaus, N. Grote, eds. Springer, 2017. $279.00 (847 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-42365-4 Buy at Amazon

Photon Management Assisted by Surface Waves on Photonic Crystals. A. Angelini. Springer, 2017. $99.99 (64 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-50133-8 Buy at Amazon

Quantum Plasmonics. S. I. Bozhevolnyi, L. Martin-Moreno, F. Garcia-Vidal, eds. Springer, 2017. $179.00 (320 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-45819-9 Buy at Amazon

Particle physics

Geometrodynamics of Gauge Fields: On the Geometry of Yang–Mills and Gravitational Gauge Theories. 2nd ed. E. W. Mielke. Springer, 2017. $129.00 (373 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-29732-3 Buy at Amazon

Light Cone 2015. G. Salmè, B. Pasquini, eds. Springer, 2017. $169.00 (358 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-50698-2 Buy at Amazon

The Standard Model in a Nutshell. D. Goldberg. Princeton U. Press, 2017. $85.00 (295 pp.). ISBN 978-0-691-16759-6 Buy at Amazon

Plasmas and fusion

Inertial Confinement Fusion Driven Thermonuclear Energy. B. Zohuri. Springer, 2017. $179.00 (313 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-50906-8 Buy at Amazon

Popularizations

A Big Bang in a Little Room: The Quest to Create New Universes. Z. Merali. Basic Books, 2017. $27.99 (236 pp.). ISBN 978-0-465-06591-2 Buy at Amazon

Can the Laws of Physics Be Unified? P. Langacker. Princeton U. Press, 2017. $35.00 (271 pp.). ISBN 978-0-691-16779-4 Buy at Amazon

Drawing Physics: 2,600 Years of Discovery from Thales to Higgs. D. S. Lemons. MIT Press, 2017. $27.95 (246 pp.). ISBN 978-0-262-03590-3 Buy at Amazon

From Bacteria to Bach and Back: The Evolution of Minds. D. C. Dennett. W. W. Norton, 2017. $28.95 (476 pp.). ISBN 978-0-393-24207-2 Buy at Amazon

Light After Dark II: The Large and the Small—Explaining the Unexplainable in Physics. C. Francis. Matador Books, 2017. $18.43 paper (250 pp.). ISBN 978-1-78589-854-9 Buy at Amazon

Making Sense of Weather and Climate: The Science Behind the Forecasts. M. Denny. Columbia U. Press, 2017. $35.00 (292 pp.). ISBN 978-0-231-17492-3 Buy at Amazon

Mask of the Sun: The Science, History, and Forgotten Lore of Eclipses. J. Dvorak. Pegasus Books, 2017. $27.95 (272 pp.). ISBN 978-1-68177-330-8 Buy at Amazon

The Mathematics of Secrets: Cryptography from Caesar Ciphers to Digital Encryption. J. Holden. Princeton U. Press, 2017. $29.95 (373 pp.). ISBN 978-0-691-14175-6 Buy at Amazon

Quantum Fuzz: The Strange True Makeup of Everything Around Us. M. S. Walker. Prometheus Books, 2017. $28.00 (448 pp.). ISBN 978-1-63388-239-3 Buy at Amazon

Quicksand: What It Means to Be a Human Being. H. Mankell. Vintage Books, 2017. $16.95 paper (303 pp.). ISBN 978-0-525-43215-9 Buy at Amazon

Rise of the Rocket Girls: The Women Who Propelled Us, from Missiles to the Moon to Mars. N. Holt. Back Bay Books, 2017. $16.99 paper (337 pp.). ISBN 978-0-316-33890-5 Buy at Amazon

Tales of the Quantum: Understanding Physics’ Most Fundamental Theory. A. Hobson. Oxford U. Press, 2017. $29.95 (287 pp.). ISBN 978-0-19-067963-7 Buy at Amazon

The Traveler’s Guide to Space: For One-Way Settlers and Round-Trip Tourists. N. F. Comins. Columbia U. Press, 2017. $35.00 (288 pp.). ISBN 978-0-231-17754-2 Buy at Amazon

True Genius: The Life and Work of Richard Garwin, the Most Influential Scientist You’ve Never Heard Of. J. N. Shurkin. Prometheus Books, 2017. $25.00 (308 pp.). ISBN 978-1-63388-223-2 Buy at Amazon

You Are the Universe: Discovering Your Cosmic Self and Why It Matters. D. Chopra, M. C. Kafatos. Harmony Books, 2017. $26.00 (276 pp.). ISBN 978-0-307-88916-4 Buy at Amazon

Quantum physics

The Atomic World Spooky? It Ain’t Necessarily So!—Emergent Quantum Mechanics, How the Classical Laws of Nature Can Conspire to Cause Quantum-Like Behaviour. T. van Holten. Atlantis Press, 2017. $149.00 (561 pp.). ISBN 978-94-6239-233-5 Buy at Amazon

Decision Making and Modelling in Cognitive Science. S. Roy. Springer, 2016. $94.00 (165 pp.). ISBN 978-81-322-3620-7 Buy at Amazon

Photoactive Semiconductor Nanocrystal Quantum Dots: Fundamentals and Applications. A. Credi, ed. Springer, 2017. $259.00 (174 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-51191-7 Buy at Amazon

Space and planetary science

Conceptual Shape Optimization of Entry Vehicles: Applied to Capsules and Winged Fuselage Vehicles. D. Dirkx, E. Mooij. Springer, 2017. $129.00 (280 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-46054-3 Buy at Amazon

EChO — Exoplanet Characterisation Observatory. G. Tinetti, P. Drossart, eds. Springer, 2017. $229.00 (514 pp.). ISBN 978-94-024-0836-2 Buy at Amazon

Energetic Particles in the Heliosphere. G. M. Simnett. Springer, 2017. $129.00 (241 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-43493-3 Buy at Amazon

Exoplanetary Atmospheres: Theoretical Concepts and Foundations. K. Heng. Princeton U. Press, 2017. $65.00 paper (274 pp.). ISBN 978-0-691-16698-8 Buy at Amazon

Magnetospheric Multiscale: A Mission to Investigate the Physics of Magnetic Reconnection. J. L. Burch, R. B. Torbert, eds. Springer, 2017. $59.00 (745 pp.). ISBN 978-94-024-0860-7 Buy at Amazon

Next Stop Mars: The Why, How, and When of Human Missions. G. Genta. Praxis/Springer, 2017. $44.99 paper (415 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-44310-2 Buy at Amazon

Orbital Data Applications for Space Objects: Conjunction Assessment and Situation Analysis. L. Chen, X.-Z. Bai, Y.-G. Liang, K.-B. Li. National Defense Industry Press and Springer, 2017. $179.00 (318 pp.). ISBN 978-981-10-2962-2 Buy at Amazon

The Politics and Perils of Space Exploration: Who Will Compete, Who Will Dominate? L. Dawson. Springer, 2017. $29.00 paper (199 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-38811-3 Buy at Amazon

Proceedings of the 12th Reinventing Space Conference. S. Hatton, ed. Springer, 2017. $199.00 (242 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-34023-4 Buy at Amazon

Shapes and Dynamics of Granular Minor Planets: The Dynamics of Deformable Bodies Applied to Granular Objects in the Solar System. I. Sharma. Springer, 2017. $179.00 (354 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-40489-9 Buy at Amazon

Solar and Stellar Flares: Observations, Simulations, and Synergies. L. Fletcher, P. Heinzel, eds. Springer, 2017. $179.00 (319 pp.). ISBN 978-94-024-0934-5 Buy at Amazon

Solar Planetary Systems: Stardust to Terrestrial and Extraterrestrial Planetary Sciences. A. B. Bhattacharya, J. M. Lichtman. CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, 2017. $199.95 (540 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4987-6206-9 Buy at Amazon

Space Weather Fundamentals. G. V. Khazanov, ed. CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, 2016. $279.95 (406 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4987-4907-7 Buy at Amazon

Spaceports Around the World, a Global Growth Industry. E. Seedhouse. Springer, 2017. $54.00 paper (129 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-46845-7 Buy at Amazon

Stamping the Earth from Space. R. Dicati. Springer, 2017. $44.00 (429 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-20755-1 Buy at Amazon

Theory and Design Methods of Special Space Orbits. Y. Zhang, Y. Xu, H. Zhou. National Defense Industry Press and Springer, 2017. $129.00 (243 pp.). ISBN 978-981-10-2947-9 Buy at Amazon

Statistical physics and thermodynamics

Electronic Control Fires: A Design, Manufacturing and Forensic Technical Perspective. J. E. Small. Springer, 2017. $54.99 paper (70 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-52844-1 Buy at Amazon

Texts and education

Classical Mechanics: Including an Introduction to the Theory of Elasticity. R. Hentschke. Springer, 2017. $89.99 paper (380 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-48709-0 Buy at Amazon

From Newton to Mandelbrot: A Primer in Theoretical Physics. 3rd ed. D. Stauffer, H. E. Stanley, A. Lesne. Springer, 2017. $79.99 (270 pp.). ISBN 978-3-662-53683-4 Buy at Amazon

Introductory Physics II: On the Duality of Electric and Magnetic Phenomena. S. K. Mtingwa. Triangle Science, Education & Economic Development, 2016. $149.95 (603 pp.). ISBN 978-0-9884346-2-2 Buy at Amazon

Mechanics and Thermodynamics. W. Demtröder. Springer, 2017. $119.00 paper (450 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-27875-9 Buy at Amazon

Mechanics of Materials — Formulas and Problems: Engineering Mechanics 2. D. Gross et al. Springer, 2017. $39.99 paper (212 pp.). ISBN 978-3-662-53879-1 Buy at Amazon

Optics in Our Time. M. D. Al-Amri, M. M. El-Gomati, M. S. Zubairy, eds. Springer, 2016. $54.00 (504 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-31902-5 Buy at Amazon

Problems in Classical and Quantum Mechanics: Extracting the Underlying Concepts. J. D. Kelley, J. J. Leventhal. Springer, 2017. $99.00 (365 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-46662-0 Buy at Amazon

Statics — Formulas and Problems: Engineering Mechanics 1. D. Gross et al. Springer, 2017. $39.99 paper (236 pp.). ISBN 978-3-662-53853-1 Buy at Amazon

Theoretical Physics 5: Thermodynamics. W. Nolting. Springer, 2017. $79.99 (282 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-47909-5 Buy at Amazon

Wave Motion as Inquiry: The Physics and Applications of Light and Sound. F. Espinoza. Springer, 2017. $59.00 (232 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-45756-7 Buy at Amazon

Theory and mathematical methods

Advances in Disordered Systems, Random Processes and Some Applications. P. Contucci, C. Giardinà, eds. Cambridge U. Press, 2017. $155.00 (371 pp.). ISBN 978-1-107-12410-3 Buy at Amazon

Applied Nonautonomous and Random Dynamical Systems: Applied Dynamical Systems. T. Caraballo, X. Han. Springer, 2016. $54.99 paper (108 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-49246-9 Buy at Amazon

Asymptotic Expansion of a Partition Function Related to the Sinh-Model. G. Borot, A. Guionnet, K. K. Kozlowski. Springer, 2016. $89.99 (220 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-33378-6 Buy at Amazon

Dimensional Analysis for Engineers. V. Simon, B. Weigand, H. Gomaa. Springer, 2017. $99.00 (134 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-52026-1 Buy at Amazon

Directed Polymers in Random Environments. F. Comets. Springer, 2017. $49.99 paper (199 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-50486-5 Buy at Amazon

Electronic Transport Theories: From Weakly to Strongly Correlated Materials. N. Singh. CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, 2017. $169.95 (213 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4987-4359-4 Buy at Amazon

Encyclopedia of Applied and Computational Mathematics. Vols. 1 and 2. B. Engquist, ed. Springer, 2017. $189.00 set paper (1564 pp. set). ISBN 978-3-662-52872-3 Buy at Amazon

Engineering Mathematics II: Algebraic, Stochastic and Analysis Structures for Networks, Data Classification and Optimization. S. Silvestrov, M. Rančić, eds. Springer, 2016. $139.00 (436 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-42104-9 Buy at Amazon

FDTD Modeling of EM Field Inside Microwave Cavities. S. Narayan, K. M. Divya, V. K. Kanth. Springer, 2017. $54.99 paper (71 pp.). ISBN 978-981-10-3414-5 Buy at Amazon

Lieb-Robinson Bounds for Multi-Commutators and Applications to Response Theory. J.-B. Bru, W. de Siqueira Pedra. Springer, 2017. $54.99 paper (109 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-45783-3 Buy at Amazon

Many-Body Methods for Atoms and Molecules. R. K. Chaudhuri, S. K. Chattopadhyay. CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, 2017. $129.95 (219 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4822-1190-0 Buy at Amazon

Methods of Applied Mathematics with a Software Overview. 2nd ed. J. H. Davis. Birkhäuser, 2016. $99.00 (776 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-43369-1 Buy at Amazon

Model-Free Stabilization by Extremum Seeking. A. Scheinker, M. Krstić. Springer, 2017. $54.99 paper (127 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-50789-7 Buy at Amazon

Notes on the Ellipsoidal Function. C.-H. Liang. Science Press and Springer, 2017. $99.00 (97 pp.). ISBN 978-981-10-2907-3 Buy at Amazon

Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Discrete Element Methods. Vols. 1 and 2. X. Li, Y. Feng, G. Mustoe, eds. Springer, 2017. $269.00 set (1455 pp. set). ISBN 978-981-10-1925-8 Buy at Amazon

Quantum Isometry Groups. D. Goswami, J. Bhowmick. Springer, 2016. $109.00 (235 pp.). ISBN 978-81-322-3665-8 Buy at Amazon

Random Matrix Theory with an External Source. E. Brézin, S. Hikami. Springer, 2016. $54.99 paper (138 pp.). ISBN 978-981-10-3315-5 Buy at Amazon

Splitting Methods in Communication, Imaging, Science, and Engineering. R. Glowinski, S. J. Osher, W. Yin, eds. Springer, 2016. $189.00 (820 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-41587-1 Buy at Amazon