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Cosmology and relativity

Inertia and Gravitation: The Fundamental Nature and Structure of Space-Time. H. Pfister, M. King. Springer, 2015. $49.99 paper (180 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-15035-2 Buy at Amazon

Device physics

The Art of Electronics. 3rd ed. P. Horowitz, W. Hill. Cambridge U. Press, 2015. $120.00 (1192 pp.). ISBN 978-0-521-80926-9 Buy at Amazon

Progress in High-Efficient Solution Process Organic Photovoltaic Devices: Fundamentals, Materials, Devices and Fabrication. Y. Yang, G. Li, eds. Springer, 2015. $199.00 (417 pp.). ISBN 978-3-662-45508-1 Buy at Amazon

Surface Plasmon Resonance Sensors: A Materials Guide to Design and Optimization. L. C. Oliveira, A. M. N. Lima, C. Thirstrup, H. F. Neff. Springer, 2015. $54.99 paper (183 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-14925-7 Buy at Amazon

Energy and environment

Combined Cycle Driven Efficiency for Next Generation Nuclear Power Plants: An Innovative Design Approach. B. Zohuri. Springer, 2015. $179.00 (359 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-15559-3 Buy at Amazon

Geological Storage of CO₂—Long Term Security Aspects. A. Liebscher, U. Münch, eds. Springer, 2015. $129.00 (245 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-13929-6 Buy at Amazon

Mathematical Modelling and Numerical Simulation of Oil Pollution Problems. M. Ehrhardt, ed. Springer, 2015. $69.99 paper (166 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-16458-8 Buy at Amazon

Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conversion. G. H. Bauer. Springer, 2015. $89.99 paper (227 pp.). ISBN 978-3-662-46683-4 Buy at Amazon

Radioactive Waste Engineering and Management. S. Nagasaki, S. Nakayama, eds. Springer, 2015. $179.00 (296 pp.). ISBN 978-4-431-55416-5 Buy at Amazon

Sand and Gravel Spits. G. Randazzo, D. W. T. Jackson, J. A. G. Cooper, eds. Springer, 2015. $129.00 (344 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-13715-5 Buy at Amazon

Fluids

Aerodynamic and Aerothermodynamic Analysis of Space Mission Vehicles. A. Viviani, G. Pezzella. Springer, 2015. $279.00 (898 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-13926-5 Buy at Amazon

Differential Reynolds Stress Modeling for Separating Flows in Industrial Aerodynamics. B. Eisfeld, ed. Springer, 2015. $99.00 (101 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-15638-5 Buy at Amazon

Fundamentals of Turbomachines. E. Dick. Springer, 2015. $229.00 (564 pp.). ISBN 978-94-017-9626-2 Buy at Amazon

Magnetoconvection. N. O. Weiss, M. R. E. Proctor. Cambridge U. Press, 2014. $120.00 (397 pp.). ISBN 978-0-521-19055-8 Buy at Amazon

Multiphase Flow Dynamics 1: Nuclear Thermal Hydraulics. 5th ed. N. I. Kolev. Springer, 2015. $279.00 (840 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-15295-0 Buy at Amazon

Multiphase Flow Dynamics 5: Nuclear Thermal Hydraulics. 3rd ed. N. I. Kolev. Springer, 2015. $279.00 (886 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-15155-7 Buy at Amazon

Submarine Hydrodynamics. M. Renilson. Springer, 2015. $54.99 paper (150 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-16183-9 Buy at Amazon

Theoretical and Applied Aerodynamics: And Related Numerical Methods. J. J. Chattot, M. M. Hafez. Springer, 2015. $119.00 (620 pp.). ISBN 978-94-017-9824-2 Buy at Amazon

Transport Phenomena in Multiphase Flows. R. Mauri. Springer, 2015. $99.00 (459 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-15792-4 Buy at Amazon

Turbulence. C. Bailly, G. Comte-Bellot. Springer, 2015. $99.00 (360 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-16159-4 Buy at Amazon

Uncertainty Quantification in Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aircraft Engines. F. Montomoli et al. Springer, 2015. $54.99 paper (90 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-14680-5 Buy at Amazon

Vortex Rings and Jets: Recent Developments in Near-Field Dynamics. D. T. H. New, S. C. M. Yu, eds. Springer, 2015. $129.00 (225 pp.). ISBN 978-981-287-395-8 Buy at Amazon

Geophysics

Active Volcanoes of Chiapas (Mexico): El Chichón and Tacaná. T. Scolamacchia, J. L. Macías, eds. Springer, 2015. $129.00 (180 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-25889-3 Buy at Amazon

Earthquake-Induced Structural Pounding. R. Jankowski, S. Mahmoud. Springer, 2015. $99.00 (156 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-16323-9 Buy at Amazon

Properties and Processes of Crustal Fault Zones: Volume 1. Y. Ben-Zion, A. Rovelli, eds. Birkhäuser, 2015. $59.99 paper (312 pp.). ISBN 978-3-0348-0876-7 Buy at Amazon

Sensitivity Analysis in Remote Sensing. E. A. Ustinov. Springer, 2015. $54.00 paper (128 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-15840-2 Buy at Amazon

Studies of Historical Earthquakes in Southern Poland: Outer Western Carpathian Earthquake of December 3, 1786, and First Macroseismic Maps in 1858–1901. B. Guterch, J. Kozák, eds. Springer, 2015. $99.00 (179 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-15445-9 Buy at Amazon

Thermodynamics, Kinetics, and Microphysics of Clouds. V. I. Khvorostyanov, J. A. Curry. Cambridge U. Press, 2014. $99.00 (782 pp.). ISBN 978-1-107-01603-3 Buy at Amazon

History and philosophy

50 Years of Quarks. H. Fritzsch, M. Gell-Mann, eds. World Scientific, 2015. $48.00 paper (506 pp.). ISBN 978-981-4618-10-6 Buy at Amazon

Black Hole: How an Idea Abandoned by Newtonians, Hated by Einstein, and Gambled On by Hawking Became Loved. M. Bartusiak. Yale U. Press, 2015. $27.50 (237 pp.). ISBN 978-0-300-21085-9 Buy at Amazon

Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker: Pioneer of Physics, Philosophy, Religion, Politics and Peace Research. U. Bartosch, ed. Springer, 2015. $54.99 paper (166 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-13445-1 Buy at Amazon

Einstein: His Space and Times. S. Gimbel. Yale U. Press, 2015. $25.00 (191 pp.). ISBN 978-0-300-19671-9 Buy at Amazon

Einstein’s Dice and Schrödinger’s Cat: How Two Great Minds Battled Quantum Randomness to Create a Unified Theory of Physics. P. Halpern. Basic Books, 2015. $27.99 (271 pp.). ISBN 978-0-465-07571-3 Buy at Amazon

Friendship 7: The Epic Orbital Flight of John H. Glenn, Jr. C. Burgess. Praxis/Springer, 2015. $34.99 paper (275 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-15653-8 Buy at Amazon

Helium: The Disappearing Element. W. M. Sears, Jr. Springer, 2015. $54.99 paper (138 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-15122-9 Buy at Amazon

Making 20th Century Science: How Theories Became Knowledge. S. G. Brush. Oxford U. Press, 2015. $39.95 (531 pp.). ISBN 978-0-19-997815-1 Buy at Amazon

Neil Armstrong: A Life of Flight. J. Barbree. St. Martin’s Griffin, 2014. $17.99 paper (362 pp.). ISBN 978-1-250-04072-5 Buy at Amazon

Planck: Driven by Vision, Broken by War. B. R. Brown. Oxford U. Press, 2015. $29.95 (258 pp.). ISBN 978-0-19-021947-5 Buy at Amazon

Return to the Far Side of Planet Moore! Rambling Through Observations, Friendships and Antics of Sir Patrick Moore. M. Mobberley. Springer, 2015. $39.99 paper (419 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-15779-5 Buy at Amazon

Why More Is Different: Philosophical Issues in Condensed Matter Physics and Complex Systems. B. Falkenburg, M. Morrison, eds. Springer, 2015. $89.99 (280 pp.). ISBN 978-3-662-43910-4 Buy at Amazon

Women Scientists: Reflections, Challenges, and Breaking Boundaries. M. Hargittai. Oxford U. Press, 2015. $29.95 (363 pp.). ISBN 978-0-19-935998-1 Buy at Amazon

Instrumentation and techniques

Electrospinning for High Performance Sensors. A. Macagnano, E. Zampetti, E. Kny, eds. Springer, 2015. $179.00 (329 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-14405-4 Buy at Amazon

Laser Additive Manufacturing of High- Performance Materials. D. Gu. Springer, 2015. $179.00 (311 pp.). ISBN 978-3-662-46088-7 Buy at Amazon

Microscopic Imaging Through Turbid Media: Monte Carlo Modeling and Applications. M. Gu, X. Gan, X. Deng. Springer, 2015. $99.00 (187 pp.). ISBN 978-3-662-46396-3 Buy at Amazon

Neutron Interferometry: Lessons in Experimental Quantum Mechanics, Wave-Particle Duality, and Entanglement. 2nd ed. H. Rauch, S. A. Werner. Oxford U. Press, 2015. $110.00 (447 pp.). ISBN 978-0-19-871251-0 Buy at Amazon

Scanning Probe Microscopy: Atomic Force Microscopy and Scanning Tunneling Microscopy. B. Voigtländer. Springer, 2015. $179.00 (382 pp.). ISBN 978-3-662-45239-4 Buy at Amazon

Studies with a Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber: Addressing Technological Challenges of Large-Scale Detectors. M. Schenk. Springer Spektrum, 2015. $89.99 paper (152 pp.). ISBN 978-3-658-09429-4 Buy at Amazon

Materials science

Exotic Properties of Carbon Nanomatter: Advances in Physics and Chemistry. M. V. Putz, O. Ori, eds. Springer, 2015. $179.00 (394 pp.). ISBN 978-94-017-9566-1 Buy at Amazon

Experimental Stress Analysis for Materials and Structures: Stress Analysis Models for Developing Design Methodologies. A. Freddi, G. Olmi, L. Cristofolini. Springer, 2015. $179.00 (498 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-06085-9 Buy at Amazon

Fractional Thermoelasticity. Y. Povstenko. Springer, 2015. $129.00 (253 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-15334-6 Buy at Amazon

Friction and Wear: Methodologies for Design and Control. G. Straffelini. Springer, 2015. $89.99 (283 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-05893-1 Buy at Amazon

Friction Material Composites: Copper-/Metal-Free Material Design Perspective. 2nd ed. K. L. Sundarkrishnaa. Springer, 2015. $179.00 (372 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-14068-1 Buy at Amazon

Frontiers of Graphene and Carbon Nanotubes: Devices and Applications. K. Matsumoto, ed. Springer, 2015. $129.00 (289 pp.). ISBN 978-4-431-55371-7 Buy at Amazon

Hybrid and Hierarchical Composite Materials. C.-S. Kim, C. Randow, T. Sano, eds. Springer, 2015. $179.00 (356 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-12867-2 Buy at Amazon

Laser Shocking Nano-Crystallization and High-Temperature Modification Technology. X. Ren. Springer, 2015. $99.00 (131 pp.). ISBN 978-3-662-46443-4 Buy at Amazon

Metallic Amorphous Alloy Reinforcements in Light Metal Matrices. S. Jayalakshmi, M. Gupta. Springer, 2015. $54.99 paper (112 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-15015-4 Buy at Amazon

Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Disordered Materials: From Network Glasses to Phase-Change Memory Alloys. C. Massobrio, J. Du, M. Bernasconi, P. S. Salmon, eds. Springer, 2015. $229.00 (529 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-15674-3 Buy at Amazon

Oxide Thin Films, Multilayers, and Nanocomposites. P. Mele et al., eds. Springer, 2015. $179.00 (316 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-14477-1 Buy at Amazon

Plasmonic Effects in Metal–Semiconductor Nanostructures. A. A. Toropov, T. V. Shubina. Oxford U. Press, 2015. $125.00 (369 pp.). ISBN 978-0-19-969931-5 Buy at Amazon

Vertically-Oriented Graphene: PECVD Synthesis and Applications. J. Chen, Z. Bo, G. Lu. Springer, 2015. $119.00 (114 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-15301-8 Buy at Amazon

Miscellaneous

The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein. Vol. 14: The Berlin Years; Writings & Correspondence, April 1923–May 1925. A. Einstein; D. K. Buchwald et al., eds. Princeton U. Press, 2015. $140.00, $45.00 paper (1103 pp.). ISBN 978-0-691-16410-6, ISBN 978-0-691-16422-9 paper Buy at Amazon

Virgin Galactic: The First Ten Years. E. Seedhouse. Springer, 2015. $34.99 paper (203 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-09261-4 Buy at Amazon

Nonlinear science and chaos

Analysis and Control of Complex Dynamical Systems: Robust Bifurcation, Dynamic Attractors, and Network Complexity. K. Aihara, J. Imura, T. Ueta, eds. Springer, 2015. $129.00 (211 pp.). ISBN 978-4-431-55012-9 Buy at Amazon

Complex and Adaptive Dynamical Systems: A Primer. 4th ed. C. Gros. Springer, 2015. $79.99 paper (422 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-16264-5 Buy at Amazon

Dynamic Systems for Everyone: Understanding How Our World Works. A. Ghosh. Springer, 2015. $119.00 (239 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-10734-9 Buy at Amazon

Patterns in Excitable Media: Genesis, Dynamics, and Control. S. Sinha, S. Sridhar. CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, 2015. $89.95 (308 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4665-5283-8 Buy at Amazon

Synchronization of Integral and Fractional Order Chaotic Systems: A Differential Algebraic and Differential Geometric Approach with Selected Applications in Real-Time. R. Martínez-Guerra, C. A. Pérez-Pinacho, G. C. Gómez-Cortés. Springer, 2015. $109.00 (242 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-15283-7 Buy at Amazon

Optics and photonics

Fiber Amplifiers and Fiber Lasers. N. K. Dutta. World Scientific, 2015. $139.00 (434 pp.). ISBN 978-981-4630-38-2 Buy at Amazon

An Introduction to Practical Laboratory Optics. J. F. James. Cambridge U. Press, 2014. $34.99 paper (187 pp.). ISBN 978-1-107-68793-6 Buy at Amazon

Lasers Based Manufacturing. S. N. Joshi, U. S. Dixit, eds. Springer, 2015. $229.00 (464 pp.). ISBN 978-81-322-2351-1 Buy at Amazon

Light Localisation and Lasing: Random and Quasi-Random Photonic Structures. M. Ghulinyan, L. Pavesi, eds. Cambridge U. Press, 2015. $85.00 (246 pp.). ISBN 978-1-107-03877-6 Buy at Amazon

Nonlinear Optical Systems. L. Lugiato, F. Prati, M. Brambilla. Cambridge U. Press, 2015. $85.00 (454 pp.). ISBN 978-1-107-06267-2 Buy at Amazon

A Practical Guide to Handling Laser Diode Beams. H. Sun. Springer, 2015. $54.99 paper (136 pp.). ISBN 978-94-017-9782-5 Buy at Amazon

Principles and Applications of Fourier Optics. R. K. Tyson. IOP, 2014. $190.00 (106 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7503-1056-7 Buy at Amazon

Simulation of Optical Soliton Control in Micro- and Nanoring Resonator Systems. S. Daud, S. M. Idrus, J. Ali. Springer, 2015. $54.99 paper (100 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-15484-8 Buy at Amazon

Tunable Laser Optics. 2nd ed. F. J. Duarte. CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, 2015. $129.95 (323 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4822-4529-5 Buy at Amazon

Visible Light Communication. S. Arnon, ed. Cambridge U. Press, 2015. $115.00 (210 pp.). ISBN 978-1-107-06155-2 Buy at Amazon

Particle physics

AdS/CFT Duality User Guide. M. Natsuume. Springer, 2015. $59.99 paper (294 pp.). ISBN 978-4-431-55440-0 Buy at Amazon

Neutrino Oscillations: A Practical Guide to Basics and Applications. F. Suekane. Springer, 2015. $49.99 paper (185 pp.). ISBN 978-4-431-55461-5 Buy at Amazon

Theoretical Physics to Face the Challenge of LHC: Lecture Notes of the Les Houches Summer School; Volume 97, August 2011. L. Baulieu et al., eds. Oxford U. Press, 2015. $69.95 (415 pp.). ISBN 978-0-19-872796-5 Buy at Amazon

Popularizations

Atoms Under the Floorboards: The Surprising Science Hidden in Your Home. C. Woodford. Bloomsbury, 2015. $27.00 (336 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4729-1222-0 Buy at Amazon

Birth of a Theorem: A Mathematical Adventure. C. Villani. Faber, Straus and Giroux, 2015. $26.00 (260 pp.). ISBN 978-0-86547-767-4 Buy at Amazon

El telescopio de las estrellas: El Hubble, los enormes observatorios y la astronomía del siglo XXI. G. Golombek. Siglo Veintiuno, 2015. $14.44 paper (173 pp.). ISBN 978-987-629-554-3 Buy at Amazon

Exploring the Invisible Universe: From Black Holes to Superstrings. B. E. Baaquie, F. H. Willeboordse. World Scientific, 2015. $45.00 (471 pp.). ISBN 978-981-4618-67-0 Buy at Amazon

How to Bake π: An Edible Exploration of the Mathematics of Mathematics. E. Cheng. Basic Books, 2015. $27.50 (304 pp.). ISBN 978-0-465-05171-7 Buy at Amazon

Mondo Nano: Fun and Games in the World of Digital Matter. C. Milburn. Duke U. Press, 2015. $28.95 paper (418 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8223-5743-8 Buy at Amazon

Physics Curiosities, Oddities, and Novelties. J. Kimball. CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, 2015. $34.95 paper (362 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4665-7635-3 Buy at Amazon

The Proof and the Pudding: What Mathematicians, Cooks, and You Have in Common. J. Henle. Princeton U. Press, 2015. $26.95 (164 pp.). ISBN 978-0-691-16486-1 Buy at Amazon

Science in Wonderland: The Scientific Fairy Tales of Victorian Britain. M. Keene. Oxford U. Press, 2015. $24.95 (256 pp.). ISBN 978-0-19-966265-4 Buy at Amazon

The Story of Science: From the Writings of Aristotle to the Big Bang Theory. S. W. Bauer. W. W. Norton, 2015. $26.95 (316 pp.). ISBN 978-0-393-24326-0 Buy at Amazon

Quantum physics

Advanced Concepts in Quantum Mechanics. G. Esposito, G. Marmo, G. Miele, G. Sudarshan. Cambridge U. Press, 2015. $85.00 (384 pp.). ISBN 978-1-107-07604-4 Buy at Amazon