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Archaeoastronomy: Introduction to the Science of Stars and Stones. G. Magli. Springer, 2016. $59.99 paper (246 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-22881-5 Buy at Amazon

Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems: XXIV. A. R. Taylor, E. Rosolowsky, eds. Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2015. $88.00 (594 pp.). ISBN 978-1-58381-874-9 Buy at Amazon

Astrophysical Black Holes. F. Haardt et al., eds. Springer, 2016. $59.99 paper (314 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-19415-8 Buy at Amazon

Atomic Diffusion in Stars. G. Michaud, G. Alecian, J. Richer. Springer, 2015. $99.00 (327 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-19853-8 Buy at Amazon

Breakthrough! 100 Astronomical Images That Changed the World. R. Gendler, R. J. GaBany. Springer, 2015. $34.99 (171 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-20972-2 Buy at Amazon

Building a Roll-Off Roof or Dome Observatory: A Complete Guide for Design and Construction. 2nd ed. J. S. Hicks. Springer, 2016. $34.99 paper (248 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4939-3010-4 Buy at Amazon

Deep Sky Observing: An Astronomical Tour. 2nd ed. S. R. Coe. Springer, 2016. $44.99 paper (339 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-22529-6 Buy at Amazon

The Interstellar Medium, Expanding Nebulae and Triggered Star Formation: Theory and Simulations. T. G. Bisbas. Springer, 2016. $54.99 paper (71 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-26140-9 Buy at Amazon

An Introduction to Observational Astrophysics. M. Gallaway. Springer, 2016. $39.99 paper (204 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-23376-5 Buy at Amazon

Revolution in Astronomy with ALMA: The Third Year. D. Iono, K. Tatematsu, A. Wootten, L. Testi, eds. Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2015. $88.00 (364 pp.). ISBN 978-1-58381-882-4 Buy at Amazon

A Stargazing Program for Beginners: A Pocket Field Guide. J. Carter. Springer, 2015. $44.99 paper (419 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-22071-0 Buy at Amazon

Tidal Streams in the Local Group and Beyond: Observations and Implications. H. J. Newberg, J. L. Carlin, eds. Springer, 2016. $129.00 (250 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-19335-9 Buy at Amazon

Weird Astronomical Theories of the Solar System and Beyond. D. Seargent. Springer, 2016. $34.99 paper (270 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-25293-3 Buy at Amazon

Atomic and molecular physics

Spectroscopy and Optical Diagnostics for Gases. R. K. Hanson, R. M. Spearrin, C. S. Goldenstein. Springer, 2016. $89.99 (279 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-23251-5 Buy at Amazon

Biological and medical physics

II Latin American Conference on Bioimpedance. F. Simini, P. Bertemes-Filho, eds. Springer, 2016. $199.00 paper (83 pp.). ISBN 978-981-287-926-4 Buy at Amazon

Advances in Nanotheranostics I: Design and Fabrication of Theranosic Nanoparticles. Z. Dai, ed. Springer, 2016. $179.00 (336 pp.). ISBN 978-3-662-48542-2 Buy at Amazon

Electrophysiology of Unconventional Channels and Pores. A. H. Delcour, ed. Springer, 2015. $179.00 (385 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-20148-1 Buy at Amazon

Fundamentals of Protein Structure and Function. 2nd ed. E. Buxbaum. Springer, 2015. $119.00 (521 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-19919-1 Buy at Amazon

Lasers in Cardiovascular Interventions. O. Topaz, ed. Springer, 2015. $159.00 (363 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4471-5219-4 Buy at Amazon

Physical Models of Cell Motility. I. S. Aranson, ed. Springer, 2016. $129.00 (201 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-24446-4 Buy at Amazon

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Physiology for Engineers: Applying Engineering Methods to Physiological Systems. M. Chappell, S. Payne. Springer, 2016. $89.99 (167 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-26195-9 Buy at Amazon

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Rare-Earths and Actinides in High Energy Spectroscopy. C. Bonnelle, N. Spector. Springer, 2015. $259.00 (380 pp.). ISBN 978-90-481-2878-5 Buy at Amazon

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Isogeometric Analysis and Applications 2014. B. Jüttler, B. Simeon, eds. Springer, 2015. $119.00 (281 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-23314-7 Buy at Amazon

Multimedia Signals and Systems: Basic and Advanced Algorithms for Signal Processing. 2nd ed. S. Stanković, I. Orović, E. Sejdić. Springer, 2016. $159.00 (391 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-23948-4 Buy at Amazon

A Primer on Radial Basis Functions with Applications to the Geosciences. B. Fornberg, N. Flyer. SIAM, 2015. $79.00 paper (221 pp.). ISBN 978-1-611974-02-7 Buy at Amazon

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Fluctuation Mechanisms in Superconductors: Nanowire Single-Photon Counters, Enabled by Effective Top-Down Manufacturing. H. Bartolf. Springer Spektrum, 2016. $89.99 (328 pp.). ISBN 978-3-658-12245-4 Buy at Amazon

Soft Matter at Aqueous Interfaces. P. R. Lang, Y. Liu, eds. Springer, 2016. $119.00 paper (555 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-24500-3 Buy at Amazon

Cosmology and relativity

Understanding the Epoch of Cosmic Reionization: Challenges and Progress. A. Mesinger, ed. Springer, 2016. $129.00 (280 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-21956-1 Buy at Amazon

Device physics

Design of Organic Complementary Circuits and Systems on Foil. S. Abdinia, A. H. M. van Roermund, E. Cantatore. Springer, 2015. $99.00 (131 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-21187-9 Buy at Amazon

Feedback in Analog Circuits. A. Ochoa. Springer, 2016. $94.99 (164 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-26250-5 Buy at Amazon

Lattices of Dielectric Resonators. A. Trubin. Springer, 2016. $99.00 (171 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-25146-2 Buy at Amazon

Sinusoidal Oscillators and Waveform Generators Using Modern Electronic Circuit Building Blocks. R. Senani, D. R. Bhaskar, V. K. Singh, R. K. Sharma. Springer, 2016. $149.00 (622 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-23711-4 Buy at Amazon

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Production of Hydrogen from Renewable Resources. Z. Fang, R. L. Smith Jr, X. Qi, eds. Springer, 2015. $159.00 (368 pp.). ISBN 978-94-017-7329-4 Buy at Amazon

Fluids

Fundamentals of Modern Unsteady Aerodynamics. 2nd ed. Ü. Gülçat. Springer, 2016. $179.00 (395 pp.). ISBN 978-981-10-0016-4 Buy at Amazon

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The Modes of Gaseous Combustion. N. M. Rubtsov. Springer, 2016. $179.00 (297 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-25932-1 Buy at Amazon

Stratification, Rollover and Handling of LNG, LPG and Other Cryogenic Liquid Mixtures. R. G. Scurlock. Springer, 2016. $54.99 paper (134 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-20695-0 Buy at Amazon

Visualization of Conventional and Combusting Subsonic Jet Instabilities. V. V. Kozlov, G. R. Grek, Y. A. Litvinenko. Springer, 2016. $54.99 paper (126 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-26957-3 Buy at Amazon

Geophysics

Acoustic, Electromagnetic, Neutron Emissions from Fracture and Earthquakes. A. Carpinteri, G. Lacidogna, A. Manuello, eds. Springer, 2015. $179.00 (264 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-16954-5 Buy at Amazon

Current Topics on Deformation Monitoring and Modelling, Geodynamics and Natural Hazards. P. J. González, G. Herrera, F. Luzón, P. Tizzani, eds. Birkhäuser, 2016. $74.99 paper (303 pp.). ISBN 978-3-0348-0956-6 Buy at Amazon

Instrumentation in Earthquake Seismology. 2nd ed. J. Havskov, G. Alguacil. Springer, 2016. $129.00 (413 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-21313-2 Buy at Amazon

The Making of India: Geodynamic Evolution. 2nd ed. K. S. Valdiya. Springer, 2016. $279.00 (924 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-25027-4 Buy at Amazon

History and philosophy

Breaking the Chains of Gravity: The Story of Spaceflight before NASA. A. S. Teitel. Bloomsbury Sigma, 2016. $27.00 (304 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4729-1117-9 Buy at Amazon

Chaos Imagined: Literature, Art, Science. M. Meisel. Columbia U. Press, 2016. $45.00 (585 pp.). ISBN 978-0-231-16632-4 Buy at Amazon

Continuum Mechanics Through the Ages—From the Renaissance to the Twentieth Century: From Hydraulics to Plasticity. G. A. Maugin. Springer, 2016. $129.00 (306 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-26591-9 Buy at Amazon

Enhancing Hubble’s Vision: Service Missions That Expanded Our View of the Universe. D. J. Shayler, D. M. Harland. Springer, 2016. $44.99 paper (333 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-22643-9 Buy at Amazon

Essays on the History of Mechanical Engineering. F. Sorge, G. Genchi, eds. Springer, 2016. $109.00 (409 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-22679-8 Buy at Amazon

Exploring the History of New Zealand Astronomy: Trials, Tribulations, Telescopes and Transits. W. Orchiston. Springer, 2016. $179.00 (688 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-22565-4 Buy at Amazon

The Hubble Space Telescope: From Concept to Success. D. J. Shayler, D. M. Harland. Praxis/ Springer, 2016. $39.99 paper (414 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4939-2826-2 Buy at Amazon

The Human Side of Science: Edison and Tesla, Watson and Crick, and Other Personal Stories behind Science’s Big Ideas. A. W. Wiggins, C. M. Wynn Sr. Prometheus Books, 2016. $25.00 (360 pp.). ISBN 978-1-63388-156-3 Buy at Amazon

Interkosmos: The Eastern Bloc’s Early Space Program. C. Burgess, B. Vis. Praxis/Springer, 2016. $39.99 paper (321 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-24161-6 Buy at Amazon

Philosophy of Science for Scientists. L.-G. Johansson. Springer, 2016. $69.99 (257 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-26549-0 Buy at Amazon

Wisdom of the Martians of Science: In Their Own Words with Commentaries. B. Hargittai, I. Hargittai. World Scientific, 2016. $34.00 paper (252 pp.). ISBN 978-981-4723-81-7 Buy at Amazon

Instrumentation and techniques

Coordinate Metrology: Accuracy of Systems and Measurements. J. A. Sładek. Springer, 2016. $149.00 (471 pp.). ISBN 978-3-662-48463-0 Buy at Amazon

Experimental Methods of Shock Wave Research. O. Igra, F. Seiler, eds. Springer, 2016. $179.00 (478 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-23744-2 Buy at Amazon

Hard X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (HAXPES). J. C. Woicik, ed. Springer, 2016. $229.00 (571 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-24041-1 Buy at Amazon

Reviews in Fluorescence 2015. C. D. Geddes, ed. Springer, 2016. $179.00 (380 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-24607-9 Buy at Amazon

Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy: Bioanalytical, Biomolecular and Medical Applications. M. Procházka. Springer, 2016. $129.00 (221 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-23990-3 Buy at Amazon

Understanding Phase Contrast MR Angiography: A Practical Approach with MATLAB Examples. J. Suresh Paul, S. Gouri Raveendran. Springer, 2016. $54.99 paper (92 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-25481-4 Buy at Amazon

Materials science

Carbon Nanomaterials for Biomedical Applications. M. Zhang, R. R. Naik, L. Dai, eds. Springer, 2016. $179.00 (576 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-22860-0 Buy at Amazon

Extreme States of Matter: High Energy Density Physics. 2nd ed. V. E. Fortov. Springer, 2016. $229.00 (700 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-18952-9 Buy at Amazon

Fundamentals of the Mechanics of Solids. P. M. Mariano, L. Galano. Birkhäuser, 2015. $79.99 (422 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4939-3132-3 Buy at Amazon

Information Science for Materials Discovery and Design. T. Lookman, F. J. Alexander, K. Rajan, eds. Springer, 2016. $149.00 (307 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-23870-8 Buy at Amazon

Low-Dimensional and Nanostructured Materials and Devices: Properties, Synthesis, Characterization, Modelling and Applications. H. Ünlü, N. J. M. Horing, J. Daboswki, eds. Springer, 2016. $179.00 (674 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-25338-1 Buy at Amazon

Multiscale Paradigms in Integrated Computational Materials Science and Engineering: Materials Theory, Modeling, and Simulation for Predictive Design. P. A. Deymier, K. Runge, K. Muralidharan, eds. Springer, 2016. $179.00 (300 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-24527-0 Buy at Amazon

Nanomaterials in Extreme Environments: Fundamentals and Applications. R. A. Andrievski, A. V. Khatchoyan. Springer, 2016. $99.00 (107 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-25329-9 Buy at Amazon

Photonic Materials for Sensing, Biosensing and Display Devices. M. J. Serpe, Y. Kang, Q. M. Zhang, eds. Springer, 2016. $179.00 (364 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-24988-9 Buy at Amazon

Proceedings of the III Advanced Ceramics and Applications Conference. W. E. Lee, R. Gadow, V. Mitic, N. Obradovic, eds. Atlantis Press, 2016. $199.00 (383 pp.). ISBN 978-94-6239-156-7 Buy at Amazon

Production, Handling and Characterization of Particulate Materials. H. G. Merkus, G. M. H. Meesters, eds. Springer, 2016. $139.00 (548 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-20948-7 Buy at Amazon

A Second-Order EΔ ADC Using Sputtered IGZO TFTs. A. P. P. Correia, P. M. C. Barquinha, J. C. da Palma Goes. Springer, 2016. $54.99 paper (75 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-27190-3 Buy at Amazon

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Buildings for Advanced Technology. A. Soueid, E. C. Teague, J. Murday, eds. Springer, 2015. $94.99 (185 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-24890-5 Buy at Amazon

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Nonlinear science and chaos

Markov Chain Aggregation for Agent-Based Models. S. Banisch. Springer, 2016. $89.99 (195 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-24875-2 Buy at Amazon

Nonlinear Resonances. S. Rajasekar, M. A. F. Sanjuan. Springer, 2016. $129.00 (409 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-24884-4 Buy at Amazon

The Physics of Stocks and Flows of Energy Systems: Applications in Energy Policy. H. Qudrat-Ullah. Springer, 2016. $54.99 paper (77 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-24827-1 Buy at Amazon

Selforganization in Complex Systems: The Past, Present, and Future of Synergetics. A. Pelster, G. Wunner, eds. Springer, 2016. $259.00 (364 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-27633-5 Buy at Amazon

The Unity of Science and Economics: A New Foundation of Economic Theory. J. Chen. Springer, 2016. $89.99 (136 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4939-3464-5 Buy at Amazon

Optics and photonics

Diffractive Optics and Nanophotonics: Resolution Below the Diffraction Limit. I. Minin, O. Minin. Springer, 2016. $54.99 paper (65 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-24251-4 Buy at Amazon

Nuclear-Pumped Lasers. M. Prelas. Springer, 2016. $199.00 (417 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-19844-6 Buy at Amazon

Quantum States of Light. A. Furusawa. Springer, 2015. $54.99 paper (104 pp.). ISBN 978-4-431-55958-0 Buy at Amazon

Particle physics

Effective Field Theories. A. A. Petrov, A. E. Blechman. World Scientific, 2016. $118.00 (303 pp.). ISBN 978-981-4434-92-8 Buy at Amazon

New Dualities of Supersymmetric Gauge Theories. J. Teschner, ed. Springer, 2016. $129.00 (467 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-18768-6 Buy at Amazon

Particles and the Universe: From the Ionian School to the Higgs Boson and Beyond. S. Narison. World Scientific, 2016. $38.00 paper (369 pp.). ISBN 978-981-4644-69-3 Buy at Amazon

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Elements of Plasma Technology. C. S. Wong, R. Mongkolnavin. Springer, 2016. $54.99 paper (123 pp.). ISBN 978-981-10-0115-4 Buy at Amazon

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Introduction to Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion. 3rd ed. F. F. Chen. Springer, 2016. $99.00 (490 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-22308-7 Buy at Amazon

Numerical Modeling of Space Plasma Flows ASTRONUM-2014. N. V. Pogorelov, E. Audit, G. P. Zank, eds. Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2015. $77.00 (252 pp.). ISBN 978-1-58381-880-0 Buy at Amazon

Relativistic Nonlinear Electrodynamics: The QED Vacuum and Matter in Super-Strong Radiation Fields. 2nd ed. H. K. Avetissian. Springer, 2016. $179.00 (506 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-26382-3 Buy at Amazon

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Quantum physics

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Introduction to Information Retrieval and Quantum Mechanics. M. Melucci. Springer, 2015. $109.00 (232 pp.). ISBN 978-3-662-48312-1 Buy at Amazon

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Principles and Methods of Quantum Information Technologies. Y. Yamamoto, K. Semba, eds. Springer, 2016. $89.99 paper (624 pp.). ISBN 978-4-431-55755-5 Buy at Amazon

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Human Missions to Mars: Enabling Technologies for Exploring the Red Planet. 2nd ed. D. Rapp. Springer, 2016. $229.00 (582 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-22248-6 Buy at Amazon

Imaging Convection and Magnetism in the Sun. S. Hanasoge. Springer, 2015. $54.99 paper (131 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-27328-0 Buy at Amazon

Mars via the Moon: The Next Giant Leap. E. Seedhouse. Springer, 2016. $34.99 paper (170 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-21887-8 Buy at Amazon

The Moon’s Largest Craters and Basins: Images and Topographic Maps from LRO, GRAIL, and Kaguya. C. J. Byrne. Springer, 2016. $34.99 (246 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-22031-4 Buy at Amazon

SpaceX’s Dragon: America’s Next Generation Spacecraft. E. Seedhouse. Praxis/Springer, 2016. $29.99 paper (188 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-21514-3 Buy at Amazon

Statistical physics and thermodynamics

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Texts and education

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Cell Biology by the Numbers. R. Milo, R. Phillips. Garland Science, 2016. $49.95 paper (356 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8153-4537-4 Buy at Amazon

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From Quarks to the Universe: A Short Physics Course. 2nd ed. E. N. Economou. Springer, 2016. $109.00 (326 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-20653-0 Buy at Amazon

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 978-1-611973-70-9 Buy at Amazon

Ordinary Differential Equations and Linear Algebra: A Systems Approach. T. Kapitula. SIAM, 2015. $79.00 paper (300 pp.). ISBN 978-1-611974-08-9 Buy at Amazon

Principles of Adaptive Optics. 4th ed. R. K. Tyson. CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, 2016. $153.95 (360 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4822-5233-0 Buy at Amazon

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Theory and mathematical methods

Central Configurations, Periodic Orbits, and Hamiltonian Systems. J. Llibre, R. Moeckel, C. Simó. Birkhäuser, 2015. $31.99 paper (232 pp.). ISBN 978-3-0348-0932-0 Buy at Amazon

The Defocusing Nonlinear Schrödinger Equation: From Dark Solitons to Vortices and Vortex Rings. P. G. Kevrekidis, D. J. Frantzeskakis, R. Carretero-González. SIAM, 2015. $98.00 paper (429 pp.). ISBN 978-1-611973-93-8 Buy at Amazon

Error Estimates for Well-Balanced Schemes on Simple Balance Laws: One-Dimensional Position-Dependent Models. D. Amadori, L. Gosse. Springer, 2015. $54.99 paper (110 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-24784-7 Buy at Amazon

Evolution Equations of von Karman Type. P. Cherrier, A. Milani. Springer, 2015. $39.99 paper (140 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-20996-8 Buy at Amazon

Hamiltonian Partial Differential Equations and Applications. P. Guyenne, D. Nicholls, C. Sulem, eds. Springer, 2015. $129.00 (449 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4939-2949-8 Buy at Amazon

Handbook of Mathematics. 6th ed. I. N. Bronshtein, K. A. Semendyayev, G. Musiol, H. Mühlig. Springer, 2015. $129.00 paper (1207 pp.). ISBN 978-3-662-46220-1 Buy at Amazon

Hyperspherical Harmonics Expansion Techniques: Application to Problems in Physics. T. K. Das. Springer, 2016. $89.99 (159 pp.). ISBN 978-81-322-2360-3 Buy at Amazon

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Introduction to Uncertainty Quantification. T. J. Sullivan. Springer, 2015. $79.99 (342 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-23394-9 Buy at Amazon

The Inverse Problem of the Calculus of Variations: Local and Global Theory. D. V. Zenkov, ed. Atlantis Press, 2015. $109.00 (289 pp.). ISBN 978-94-6239-108-6 Buy at Amazon

Linear Canonical Transforms: Theory and Applications. J. J. Healy, M. A. Kutay, H. M. Ozaktas, J. T. Sheridan, eds. Springer, 2016. $179.00 (453 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4939-3027-2 Buy at Amazon

Path Integrals for Pedestrians. E. Gozzi, E. Cattaruzza, C. Pagani. World Scientific, 2016. $34.00 paper (143 pp.). ISBN 978-981-4603-93-5 Buy at Amazon

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Rate-Independent Systems: Theory and Application. A. Mielke, T. Roubíček. Springer, 2015. $149.00 (660 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4939-2705-0 Buy at Amazon

Quantum Lie Theory: A Multilinear Approach. V. Kharchenko. Springer, 2015. $59.99 paper (302 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-22703-0 Buy at Amazon

Wave Dynamics of Generalized Continua. A. G. Bagdoev, V. I. Erofeyev, A. V. Shekoyan. Springer, 2016. $179.00 (274 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-37266-7 Buy at Amazon

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