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history and philosophy

Churchill’s Bomb: How the United States Overtook Britain in the First Nuclear Arms Race. G. Farmelo. Basic Books, 2013. $29.99 (554 pp.). ISBN 978-0-465-02195-6 Buy at Amazon

Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety. E. Schlosser. Penguin Press, 2013. $36.00 (632 pp.). ISBN 978-1-59420-227-8 Buy at Amazon

A History of the Work Concept: From Physics to Economics. A. R. E. Oliveira. Springer, 2014. $109.00 (239 pp.). ISBN 978-94-007-7704-0 Buy at Amazon

Leonid Isaakovich Mandelstam: Research, Teaching, Life. A. Pechenkin. Springer, 2014. $109.00 (240 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-00571-3 Buy at Amazon

Madame Wu Chien-Shiung: The First Lady of Physics Research. T.-C. Chiang. World Scientific, 2014. $48.00 paper (264 pp.). ISBN 978-981-4368-92-6 Buy at Amazon

Orrery: A Story of Mechanical Solar Systems, Clocks, and English Nobility. T. Buick. Springer, 2014. $34.99 paper (299 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4614-7042-7 Buy at Amazon

Partnership in Space: The Mid to Late Nineties. B. Evans. Springer, 2014. $44.99 paper (497 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4614-3277-7 Buy at Amazon

Schrödinger’s Killer App: Race to Build the World’s First Quantum Computer. J. P. Dowling. CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, 2013. $39.95 paper (441 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4398-9673-0 Buy at Amazon

Solar System Maps: From Antiquity to the Space Age. N. Kanas. Springer, 2014. $44.99 paper (331 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4614-0895-6 Buy at Amazon

Trespassing on Einstein’s Lawn: A Father, a Daughter, the Meaning of Nothing, and the Beginning of Everything. A. Gefter. Bantam, 2014. $28.00 (418 pp.). ISBN 978-0-345-53143-8 Buy at Amazon

instrumentation and techniques

Calorimetry and Thermal Methods in Catalysis. A. Auroux, ed. Springer, 2013. $179.00 (561 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-11953-8 Buy at Amazon

Capture Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy and Related Topics. P. E. Garrett, B. Hadinia, eds. World Scientific, 2013. $245.00 (653 pp.). ISBN 978-981-4383-63-9 Buy at Amazon

Magnetic Resonance Detection of Explosives and Illicit Materials. T. Apih, B. Rameev, G. Mozzhukhin, J. Barras, eds. Springer, 2014. $189.00 (168 pp.). ISBN 978-94-007-7264-9 Buy at Amazon

Structure Determination by X-Ray Crystallography: Analysis by X-Rays and Neutrons. 5th ed. M. Ladd, R. Palmer. Springer, 2013. $99.00 paper (756 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4614-3956-1 Buy at Amazon

Towards a Compact Thin-Disk-Based Femtosecond XUV Source. O. Pronin. Springer, 2014. $129.00 (127 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-01510-1 Buy at Amazon

The X-Ray Standing Wave Technique: Principles and Applications. J. Zegenhagen, A. Kazimirov, eds. World Scientific, 2013. $148.00 (534 pp.). ISBN 978-981-277-900-7 Buy at Amazon

materials science

Computational Characterisation of Gold Nanocluster Structures. A. J. Logsdail. Springer, 2013. $179.00 (209 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-01492-0 Buy at Amazon

Functional Nanostructures Fabricated by Focused Electron/Ion Beam Induced Deposition. R. Córdoba Castillo. Springer, 2014. $129.00 (143 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-02080-8 Buy at Amazon

Nanoscale Thermoelectrics. X. Wang, Z. M. Wang, eds. Springer, 2014. $229.00 (519 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-02011-2 Buy at Amazon

Novel Synthesis and Characterization of Nanostructured Materials. A. K. Alves, C. P. Bergmann, F. A. Berutti. Springer, 2013. $129.00 (85 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-41274-5 Buy at Amazon

Proceedings of International Conference on Advances in Tribology and Engineering Systems: ICATES 2013. H. C. Patel, G. Deheri, H. S. Patel, S. M. Mehta, eds. Springer, 2014. $199.00 (502 pp.). ISBN 978-81-322-1655-1 Buy at Amazon

Quantum Dot Solar Cells. J. Wu, Z. M. Wang, eds. Springer, 2014. $179.00 (387 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4614-8147-8 Buy at Amazon

Silicon-Based Nanomaterials. H. Li, J. Wu, Z. M. Wang, eds. Springer, 2013. $179.00 (409 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4614-8168-3 Buy at Amazon

Smart Hydrogel Functional Materials. L.-Y. Chu, R. Xie, X.-J. Ju, W. Wang. Springer, 2013. $179.00 (381 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-39537-6 Buy at Amazon

miscellaneous

The Design of Everyday Things. Rev. ed. D. Norman. Basic Books, 2013. $17.99 paper (347 pp.). ISBN 978-0-465-05065-9 Buy at Amazon

nonlinear science and chaos

Complexity in Financial Markets: Modeling Psychological Behavior in Agent-Based Models and Order Book Models. M. Cristelli. Springer, 2014. $129.00 (216 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-00722-9 Buy at Amazon

Delay Systems: From Theory to Numerics and Applications. T. Vyhlídal, J.-F. Lafay, R. Sipahi, eds. Springer, 2014. $179.00 (404 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-01694-8 Buy at Amazon

Econophysics of Agent-Based Models. F. Abergel et al., eds. Springer, 2014. $199.00 (302 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-00022-0 Buy at Amazon

Nonlinear Dynamics and Complexity. V. Afraimovich, A. C. J. Luo, X. Fu, eds. Springer, 2014. $119.00 (292 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-02352-6 Buy at Amazon

optics and photonics

Laser–Surface Interactions. R. A. Ganeev. Springer, 2014. $129.00 (264 pp.). ISBN 978-94-007-7340-0 Buy at Amazon

Low Threshold Organic Semiconductor Lasers: Hybrid Optoelectronics and Applications as Explosive Sensors. Y. Wang. Springer, 2014. $129.00 (164 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-01266-7 Buy at Amazon

Nano-photonics in III–V Semiconductors for Integrated Quantum Optical Circuits. N. A. Wasley. Springer, 2014. $129.00 (129 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-01513-2 Buy at Amazon

Structure Determination by X-Ray Crystallography: Analysis by X-Rays and Neutrons. 5th ed. M. Ladd, R. Palmer. Springer, 2013. $99.00 paper (756 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4614-3956-1 Buy at Amazon

Theoretical Concepts of X-Ray Nanoscale Analysis: Theory and Applications. A. Benediktovitch, I. Feranchuk, A. Ulyanenkov. Springer, 2014. $179.00 (318 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-38176-8 Buy at Amazon

particle physics

Measurement of the pep and CNO Solar Neutrino Interaction Rates in Borexino. S. Davini. Springer, 2014. $129.00 (137 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-01212-4 Buy at Amazon

Observation of CP Violation in B^± → DK^± Decays. P. Gandini. Springer, 2014. $129.00 (167 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-01028-1 Buy at Amazon

popularizations

Alien Universe: Extraterrestrial Life in Our Minds and in the Cosmos. D. Lincoln. Johns Hopkins U. Press, 2013. $29.95 (194 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4214-1072-2 Buy at Amazon

Dangerous Neighbors: Volcanoes and Cities. G. Heiken. Cambridge U. Press, 2013. $30.00 (185 pp.). ISBN 978-1-107-03923-0 Buy at Amazon

Exploring Science Through Science Fiction. B. B. Luokkala. Springer, 2014. $29.99 paper (210 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4614-7890-4 Buy at Amazon

Love and Math: The Heart of Hidden Reality. E. Frenkel. Basic Books, 2013. $27.99 (292 pp.). ISBN 978-0-465-05074-1 Buy at Amazon

Neutrino Hunters: The Thrilling Chase for a Ghostly Particle to Unlock the Secrets of the Universe. R. Jayawardhana. Scientific American/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2013. $27.00 (243 pp.). ISBN 978-0-374-22063-1 Buy at Amazon

The Physics of War: From Arrows to Atoms. B. Parker. Prometheus Books, 2014. $25.95 (320 pp.). ISBN 978-1-61614-803-4 Buy at Amazon

quantum physics

An Introduction to the Functional Formulation of Quantum Mechanics. H. O. Girotti. World Scientific, 2013. $58.00 (185 pp.). ISBN 978-981-4520-49-2 Buy at Amazon

Physical Implementation of Quantum Walks. K. Manouchehri, J. Wang. Springer, 2014. $129.00 (230 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-36013-8 Buy at Amazon

space and planetary science

The Hatfield SCT Lunar Atlas: Photographic Atlas for Meade, Celestron, and Other SCT Telescopes; A Digitally Re-Mastered Edition. A. C. Cook, ed. Springer, 2014. $69.99 (219 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4614-8638-1 Buy at Amazon

Ionospheric Prediction and Forecasting. B. Zolesi, L. R. Cander. Springer, 2014. $129.00 (240 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-38429-5 Buy at Amazon

statistical physics and thermodynamics

Advances in Transport Phenomena 2011. L. Wang, ed. Springer, 2014. $129.00 (169 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-01792-1 Buy at Amazon

Phase Transition Dynamics. T. Ma, S. Wang. Springer, 2014. $149.00 (555 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4614-8962-7 Buy at Amazon

Phase Transitions in Solids Under High Pressure. V. D. Blank, E. I. Estrin. CRC Press/ Taylor & Francis, 2014. $159.95 (441 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4665-9424-1 Buy at Amazon

Quasi-Dimensional Simulation of Spark Ignition Engines: From Thermodynamic Optimization to Cyclic Variability. A. Medina et al. Springer, 2014. $129.00 (195 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4471-5288-0 Buy at Amazon

texts and education

2014 Graduate Programs in Physics, Astronomy, and Related Fields. AIP, 2013. $82.00 paper (728 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7354-1177-7 Buy at Amazon

Communicating Science: A National Conference on Science Education and Public Outreach. J. Barnes, C. Shupla, J. G. Manning, M. G. Gibbs, eds. Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2013. $77.00 (411 pp.). ISBN 978-1-58381-830-5 Buy at Amazon

Diffusion: Formalism and Applications. S. Dattagupta. CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, 2014. $89.95 (292 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4398-9557-3 Buy at Amazon

Engineering Mechanics 1: Statics. 2nd ed. D. Gross et al. Springer, 2013. $49.95 paper (301 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-30318-0 Buy at Amazon

From Aristotle to Schrödinger: The Curiosity of Physics. A. Modinos. Springer, 2014. $69.99 paper (517 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-00749-6 Buy at Amazon

Incompressible Flow. 4th ed. R. L. Panton. Wiley, 2013. $165.00 (878 pp.). ISBN 978-1-118-01343-4 Buy at Amazon

Introduction to Modeling Convection in Planets and Stars: Magnetic Field, Density Stratification, Rotation. G. A. Glatzmaier. Princeton U. Press, 2014. $65.00 paper (311 pp.). ISBN 978-0-691-14173-2 Buy at Amazon