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Acoustics

Vibro-Acoustics, Volume 1. A. Nilsson, B. Liu. Science Press Beijing and Springer, 2015. $99.00 (373 pp.). ISBN 978-3-662-47806-6 Buy at Amazon

Astronomy and astrophysics

Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics. Vol. 53. S. M. Faber, E. van Dishoeck, eds. Annual Reviews, 2015. $99.00 (699 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8243-0953-4 Buy at Amazon

Dynamics of Young Star Clusters and Associations. C. J. Clarke, R. D. Mathieu, I. N. Reid. Springer, 2015. $99.00 (348 pp.). ISBN 978-3-662-47289-7 Buy at Amazon

Galactic Bulges. E. Laurikainen, R. Peletier, D. Gadotti, eds. Springer, 2016. $179.00 (481 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-19377-9 Buy at Amazon

The History of the Universe. D. H. Lyth. Springer, 2016. $29.99 paper (120 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-22743-6 Buy at Amazon

Introduction to Stellar Structure. W. J. Maciel. Springer, 2016. $49.99 (215 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-16141-9 Buy at Amazon

Living Together: Planets, Host Stars, and Binaries. S. M. Rucinski, G. Torres, M. Zejda, eds. Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2015. $77.00 (418 pp.). ISBN 978-1-58381-876-3 Buy at Amazon

Patrick Moore’s Observer’s Year: 366 Nights of the Universe. 3rd ed. M. Inglis. Springer, 2015. $44.00 paper (392 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-18677-1 Buy at Amazon

Star Formation in Galaxy Evolution: Connecting Numerical Models to Reality. N. Y. Gnedin, S. C. O. Glover, R. S. Klessen, V. Springel. Springer, 2016. $179.00 (365 pp.). ISBN 978-3-662-47889-9 Buy at Amazon

The Vixen Star Book User Guide: How to Use the Star Book TEN and the Original Star Book. J. L. Chen, A. Chen. Springer, 2016. $29.00 paper (292 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-21592-1 Buy at Amazon

Why Galaxies Care about AGB Stars III: A Closer Look in Space and Time. F. Kerschbaum, R. F. Wing, J. Hron, eds. Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2015. $77.00 (564 pp.). ISBN 978-1-58381-878-7 Buy at Amazon

Biological and medical physics

Advances in Bioprocess Technology. P. Ravindra, ed. Springer, 2015. $229.00 (533 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-17914-8 Buy at Amazon

Biophysics of DNA. A. Vologodskii. Cambridge U. Press, 2015. $120.00 (254 pp.). ISBN 978-1-107-03493-8 Buy at Amazon

Cavitation in Biomedicine: Principles and Techniques. M. Wan, Y. Feng, G. ter Haar, eds. Springer, 2015. $239.00 (503 pp.). ISBN 978-94-017-7254-9 Buy at Amazon

Computational Radiology for Orthopaedic Interventions. G. Zheng, S. Li, eds. Springer, 2016. $129.00 (376 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-23481-6 Buy at Amazon

Design of Polymeric Platforms for Selective Biorecognition. J. Rodríguez-Hernández, A. L. Cortajarena, eds. Springer, 2015. $179.00 (389 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-17060-2 Buy at Amazon

Dielectric Relaxation in Biological Systems: Physical Principles, Methods, and Applications. V. Raicu, Y. Feldman, eds. Oxford U. Press, 2015. $115.00 (429 pp.). ISBN 978-0-19-968651-3 Buy at Amazon

Life—as a Matter of Fat: Lipids in a Membrane Biophysics Perspective. 2nd ed. O. G. Mouritsen, L. A. Bagatolli. Springer, 2016. $59.99 (298 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-22613-2 Buy at Amazon

Mathematical Analysis of Complex Cellular Activity. R. Bertram et al. Springer, 2015. $59.99 paper (107 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-18113-4 Buy at Amazon

Parabolic Equations in Biology: Growth, Reaction, Movement and Diffusion. B. Perthame. Springer, 2015. $60.00 paper (199 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-19499-8 Buy at Amazon

Quantum Biological Information Theory. I. B. Djordjevic. Springer, 2016. $129.00 (269 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-22815-0 Buy at Amazon

Chemical physics

Density-Functional Methods for Excited States. N. Ferré, M. Filatov, M. Huix-Rotllant, eds. Springer, 2016. $259.00 (481 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-22080-2 Buy at Amazon

Lithium Batteries: Science and Technology. C. Julien, A. Mauger, A. Vijh, K. Zaghib. Springer, 2016. $179.00 (619 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-19107-2 Buy at Amazon

Computers and computational physics

The Finite Volume Method in Computational Fluid Dynamics: An Advanced Introduction with OpenFOAM and Matlab. F. Moukalled, L. Mangani, M. Darwish. Springer, 2016. $129.00 (791 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-16873-9 Buy at Amazon

Granular Dynamics, Contact Mechanics and Particle System Simulations: A DEM Study. C. Thornton. Springer, 2015. $129.00 (195 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-18710-5 Buy at Amazon

Machine Vision: Automated Visual Inspection: Theory, Practice and Applications. J. Beyerer, F. Puente León, C. Frese. Springer, 2016. $249.00 (798 pp.). ISBN 978-3-662-47793-9 Buy at Amazon

Multicomponent and Multiscale Systems: Theory, Methods, and Applications in Engineering. J. Geiser. Springer, 2016. $129.00 (325 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-15116-8 Buy at Amazon

A Student’s Guide to Python for Physical Modeling. J. M. Kinder, P. Nelson. Princeton U. Press, 2015. $24.95 paper (139 pp.). ISBN 978-0-691-17050-3 Buy at Amazon

Condensed-matter physics

Introduction to the Theory of Soft Matter: From Ideal Gases to Liquid Crystals. J. V. Selinger. Springer, 2016. $99.00 (185 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-21053-7 Buy at Amazon

Non-equilibrium Phenomena in Confined Soft Matter: Irreversible Adsorption, Physical Aging and Glass Transition at the Nanoscale. S. Napolitano, ed. Springer, 2015. $179.00 (300 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-21947-9 Buy at Amazon

Physics of Soft Impact and Cratering. H. Katsuragi. Springer, 2016. $49.99 paper (307 pp.). ISBN 978-4-431-55647-3 Buy at Amazon

Cosmology and relativity

Equations of Motion in Relativistic Gravity. D. Puetzfeld, C. Lämmerzahl, B. Schutz, eds. Springer, 2015. $189.00 (840 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-18334-3 Buy at Amazon

Relativity for Everyone: How Space-Time Bends. 2nd ed. K. Fischer. Springer, 2015. $49.99 paper (137 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-17890-5 Buy at Amazon

Device physics

Silicon Analog Components: Device Design, Process Integration, Characterization, and Reliability. B. El-Kareh, L. N. Hutter. Springer, 2015. $199.00 (607 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4939-2750-0 Buy at Amazon

Fluids

Convection with Local Thermal Non-Equilibrium and Microfluidic Effects. B. Straughan. Springer, 2015. $169.00 (314 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-13529-8 Buy at Amazon

Critical Heat Flux in Flow Boiling in Microchannels. S. K. Saha, G. P. Celata. Springer, 2015. $54.99 paper (53 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-17734-2 Buy at Amazon

Heat Transfer and Pressure Drop in Flow Boiling in Microchannels. S. K. Saha, G. P. Celata. Springer, 2016. $54.99 paper (55 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-20284-6 Buy at Amazon

Oscillating Heat Pipes. H. Ma. Springer, 2015. $179.00 (427 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4939-2503-2 Buy at Amazon

Vortical Flows. J.-Z. Wu, H.-Y. Ma, M.-D. Zhou. Springer, 2015. $179.00 (446 pp.). ISBN 978-3-662-47060-2 Buy at Amazon

Geophysics

Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences. Vol. 43. R. Jeanloz, K. H. Freeman, eds. Annual Reviews, 2015. $105.00 (649 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8243-2043-0 Buy at Amazon

Darwin, Geodynamics and Extreme Waves. S. U. Galiev. Springer, 2015. $129.00 (352 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-16993-4 Buy at Amazon

Internal Gravity Waves in the Shallow Seas. S. R. Massel. Springer, 2015. $129.00 (163 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-18907-9 Buy at Amazon

A Method of Fundamental Solutions in Poroelasticity to Model the Stress Field in Geothermal Reservoirs. M. A. Augustin. Birkhäuser, 2015. $109.00 paper (235 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-17078-7 Buy at Amazon

Rivers—Physical, Fluvial and Environmental Processes. P. Rowiński, A. Radecki-Pawlik, eds. Springer, 2015. $179.00 (613 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-17718-2 Buy at Amazon

Stochastic Flood Forecasting System: The Middle River Vistula Case Study. R. J. Romanowicz, M. Osuch, eds. Springer, 2015. $99.00 (198 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-18853-9 Buy at Amazon

Tectonic Inheritance in Continental Rifts and Passive Margins. A. A. Misra, S. Mukherjee. Springer, 2015. $54.99 paper (88 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-20575-5 Buy at Amazon

History and philosophy

The Atom of the Universe: The Life and Work of Georges Lemaître. D. Lambert. Copernicus Center Press, 2015. $65.35 (464 pp.). ISBN 978-83-7886-071-6 Buy at Amazon

A Bridge between Conceptual Frameworks: Sciences, Society and Technology Studies. R. Pisano, ed. Springer, 2015. $119.00 (582 pp.). ISBN 978-94-017-9644-6 Buy at Amazon

The Bumpy Road: Max Planck from Radiation Theory to the Quantum (1896–1906). M. Badino. Springer, 2015. $54.99 paper (164 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-20030-9 Buy at Amazon

Philosophy and Cognitive Science II: Western and Eastern Studies. L. Magnani, P. Li, W. Park, eds. Springer, 2015. $249.00 (221 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-18478-4 Buy at Amazon

Rocket Ranch: The Nuts and Bolts of the Apollo Moon Program at Kennedy Space Center. J. H. Ward. Praxis/Springer, 2015. $39.99 paper (331 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-17788-5 Buy at Amazon

The Unknown as an Engine for Science: An Essay on the Definite and the Indefinite. H. J. Pirner. Springer, 2015. $69.99 (146 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-18508-8 Buy at Amazon

Instrumentation and techniques

Advanced Transmission Electron Microscopy: Applications to Nanomaterials. F. L. Deepak, A. Mayoral, R. Arenal, eds. Springer, 2015. $179.00 (272 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-15176-2 Buy at Amazon

Materials science

Anisotropic Nanomaterials: Preparation, Properties, and Applications. Q. Li, ed. Springer, 2015. $229.00 (500 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-18292-6 Buy at Amazon

Electrochemically Engineered Nanoporous Materials: Methods, Properties and Applications. D. Losic, A. Santos, eds. Springer, 2015. $179.00 (364 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-20345-4 Buy at Amazon

Graphene for Transparent Conductors: Synthesis, Properties, and Applications. Q. Zheng, J.-K. Kim. Springer, 2015. $129.00 (220 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4939-2768-5 Buy at Amazon

Introduction to Nano: Basics to Nanoscience and Nanotechnology. A. Sengupta, C. K. Sarkar, eds. Springer, 2015. $179.00 (226 pp.). ISBN 978-3-662-47313-9 Buy at Amazon

Nanoplasmonics, Nano-Optics, Nanocomposites, and Surface Studies. O. Fesenko, L. Yatsenko, eds. Springer, 2015. $259.00 (489 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-18542-2 Buy at Amazon

Nanoporous Alumina: Fabrication, Structure, Properties and Applications. D. Losic, A. Santos, eds. Springer, 2015. $179.00 (362 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-20333-1 Buy at Amazon

Organic Optoelectronic Materials. Y. Li, ed. Springer, 2015. $129.00 (392 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-16861-6 Buy at Amazon

Rechargeable Batteries: Materials, Technologies and New Trends. Z. Zhang, S. S. Zhang, eds. Springer, 2015. $279.00 (712 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-15457-2 Buy at Amazon

Miscellaneous

Mathematics of Planet Earth: Mathematicians Reflect on How to Discover, Organize, and Protect Our Planet. H. Kaper, C. Rousseau, eds. SIAM, 2015. $39.00 paper (206 pp.). ISBN 978-1-61197-370-9 Buy at Amazon

Road to Reality with Roger Penrose. J. Ladyman et al., eds. Copernicus Center Press, 2015. $69.90 (279 pp.). ISBN 978-83-7886-169-0 Buy at Amazon

A Solar Car Primer: A Guide to the Design and Construction of Solar-Powered Racing Vehicles. E. F. Thacher. Springer, 2015. $139.00 (466 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-17493-8 Buy at Amazon

Nonlinear science and chaos

Energy Flow Theory of Nonlinear Dynamical Systems with Applications. J. T. Xing. Springer, 2015. $129.00 (299 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-17740-3 Buy at Amazon

A Route to Chaos Using FPGAs. Volume 1: Experimental Observations. B. Muthuswamy, S. Banerjee. Springer, 2015. $89.99 (219 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-18104-2 Buy at Amazon

System Dynamics with Interaction Discontinuity. A. C. J. Luo, D. M. O’Connor. Springer, 2015. $99.00 (257 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-17421-1 Buy at Amazon

Optics and photonics

Far- and Deep-Ultraviolet Spectroscopy. Y. Ozaki, S. Kawata, eds. Springer, 2015. $129.00 (174 pp.). ISBN 978-4-431-55548-3 Buy at Amazon

Frontiers in Biophotonics for Translational Medicine: In the Celebration of Year of Light (2015). M. Olivo, U. S. Dinish, eds. Springer, 2016. $179.00 (354 pp.). ISBN 978-981-287-626-3 Buy at Amazon

Laser and Photonic Systems: Design and Integration. S. Y. Nof, A. M. Weiner, G. J. Cheng, eds. CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, 2014. $174.95 (391 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4665-6950-8 Buy at Amazon

Modern Optical Spectroscopy: With Exercises and Examples from Biophysics and Biochemistry. 2nd ed. W. W. Parson. Springer, 2015. $99.00 (572 pp.). ISBN 978-3-662-46776-3 Buy at Amazon

Particle physics

Physics from Symmetry. J. Schwichtenberg. Springer, 2015. $49.99 (279 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-19200-0 Buy at Amazon

QCD and Heavy Quarks: In Memoriam Nikolai Uraltsev. I. I. Bigi, P. Gambino, T. Mannel, eds. World Scientific, 2015. $68.00 (218 pp.). ISBN 978-981-4602-73-0 Buy at Amazon

Popularizations

Great Calculations: A Surprising Look Behind 50 Scientific Inquiries. C. Pask. Prometheus Books, 2015. $18.00 paper (414 pp.). ISBN 978-1-63388-028-3 Buy at Amazon

The Mystery of the Seven Spheres: How Homo sapiens Will Conquer Space. G. F. Bignami. Springer, 2015. $29.99 paper (118 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-17003-9 Buy at Amazon

Professor Povey’s Perplexing Problems: Pre-university Physics and Maths Puzzles with Solutions. T. Povey. Oneworld, 2015. $26.99 paper (374 pp.). ISBN 978-1-78074-775-0 Buy at Amazon

The Wonders of Light. M. García-Matos, L. Torner. Cambridge U. Press, 2015. $29.99 paper (128 pp.). ISBN 978-1-107-47741-4 Buy at Amazon

Quantum physics

The Functional Analysis of Quantum Information Theory: A Collection of Notes Based on Lectures by Gilles Pisier, K. R. Parthasarathy, Vern Paulsen and Andreas Winter. V. P. Gupta, P. Mandayam, V. S. Sunder. Springer, 2015. $49.99 paper (139 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-16717-6 Buy at Amazon

Lectures on the Mathematics of Quantum Mechanics I. G. Dell’Antonio. Atlantis Press, 2015. $129.00 (459 pp.). ISBN 978-94-6239-117-8 Buy at Amazon

Quantum Physics, Fuzzy Sets and Logic: Steps Towards a Many-Valued Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics. J. Pykacz. Springer, 2015. $54.99 paper (70 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-19383-0 Buy at Amazon

Quantum Physics in the Nanoworld: Schrödinger’s Cat and the Dwarfs. 2nd ed. H. Lüth. Springer, 2015. $79.99 (508 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-14668-3 Buy at Amazon

Quantum Waveguides. P. Exner, H. Kovařík. Springer, 2015. $129.00 (382 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-18575-0 Buy at Amazon

Schwinger’s Quantum Action Principle: From Dirac’s Formulation Through Feynman’s Path Integrals, the Schwinger–Keldysh Method, Quantum Field Theory, to Source Theory. K. A. Milton. Springer, 2015. $54.99 paper (116 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-20127-6 Buy at Amazon

Society and government

Economic Risks of Climate Change: An American Prospectus. T. Houser et al. Columbia U. Press, 2015. $50.00 (360 pp.). ISBN 978-0-231-17456-5 Buy at Amazon

Nuclear Terrorism and National Preparedness. S. Apikyan, D. Diamond, eds. Springer, 2015. $229.00, $119.00 paper (263 pp.). ISBN 978-94-017-9890-7, ISBN 978-94-017-9935-5 paper Buy at Amazon

Nuclear Threats and Security Challenges. S. Apikyan, D. Diamond, eds. Springer, 2015. $229.00, $119.00 paper (285 pp.). ISBN 978-94-017-9893-8, ISBN 978-94-017-9936-2 paper Buy at Amazon

Space and planetary science

How We’ll Live on Mars. S. L. Petranek. Simon & Schuster, 2015. $16.99 (77 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4767-8476-2 Buy at Amazon

Inner Solar System: Prospective Energy and Material Resources. V. Badescu, K. Zacny, eds. Springer, 2015. $179.00 (504 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-19568-1 Buy at Amazon

The Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer Mission (LADEE). R. C. Elphic, C. T. Russell, eds. Springer, 2015. $99.00 (128 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-18716-7 Buy at Amazon

Planetary Vistas: The Landscapes of Other Worlds. P. Murdin. Springer, 2015. $34.99 paper (185 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-15241-7 Buy at Amazon

The Twenty-First Century Commercial pace Imperative. A. Young. Springer, 2015. $54.99 paper (92 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-18928-4 Buy at Amazon

Statistical physics and thermodynamics

Correlated Random Systems: Five Different Methods. V. Gayrard, N. Kistler, eds. Springer, 2015. $59.99 paper (205 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-17673-4 Buy at Amazon

Heat and Mass Transfer in the Melting of Frost. W. F. Mohs, F. A. Kulacki. Springer, 2015. $54.99 paper (97 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-20507-6 Buy at Amazon

Statistical Physics of Non-thermal Phase Transitions: From Foundations to Applications. S. G. Abaimov. Springer, 2015. $129.00 (497 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-12468-1 Buy at Amazon

Texts and education

Biological Materials Science: Biological Materials, Bioinspired Materials, and Biomaterials. M. A. Meyers, P.-Y. Chen. Cambridge U. Press, 2014. $110.00 (628 pp.). ISBN 978-1-107-01045-1 Buy at Amazon

Elementary Mechanics Using Python: A Modern Course Combining Analytical and Numerical Techniques. A. Malthe-Sørenssen. Springer, 2015. $69.99 (590 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-19595-7 Buy at Amazon

Mathematical Methods in Engineering and Physics. G. N. Felder, K. M. Felder. Wiley, 2016. $187.95 paper (811 pp.). ISBN 978-1-118-44960-8 Buy at Amazon

Particles and Nuclei: An Introduction to the Physical Concepts. 7th ed. B. Povh et al. Springer, 2015. $79.99 (458 pp.). ISBN 978-3-662-46320-8 Buy at Amazon

Structure of Matter: An Introductory Course with Problems and Solutions. 3rd ed. A. Rigamonti, P. Carretta. Springer, 2015. $119.00 (605 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-17896-7 Buy at Amazon

Superfluid States of Matter. B. Svistunov, E. Babaev, N. Prokof’ev. CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, 2015. $99.95 (561 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4398-0275-5 Buy at Amazon

Theory and mathematical methods

Asymptotic Methods in Mechanics of Solids. S. M. Bauer et al. Birkhäuser, 2015. $129.00 (325 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-18310-7 Buy at Amazon

Continuous and Distributed Systems II: Theory and Applications. V. A. Sadovnichiy, M. Z. Zgurovsky, eds. Springer, 2015. $179.00 (387 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-19074-7 Buy at Amazon

Global Aspects of Classical Integrable Systems. 2nd ed. R. H. Cushman, L. M. Bates. Birkhäuser, 2015. $129.00 (477 pp.). ISBN 978-3-0348-0917-7 Buy at Amazon

Linear Fractional Diffusion-Wave Equation for Scientists and Engineers. Y. Povstenko. Birkhäuser, 2015. $129.00 (460 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-17953-7 Buy at Amazon

Pole Solutions for Flame Front Propagation. O. Kupervasser. Springer, 2015. $54.99 (118 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-18844-7 Buy at Amazon

Virtual Turning Points. N. Honda, T. Kawai, Y. Takei. Springer, 2015. $54.99 paper (126 pp.). ISBN 978-4-431-55701-2 Buy at Amazon