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astronomy and astrophysics

Budget Astrophotography: Imaging with Your DSLR or Webcam. T. J. Jensen. Springer, 2015. $29.99 paper (247 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4939-1772-3 Buy at Amazon

The Fundamentals of Modern Astrophysics: A Survey of the Cosmos from the Home Planet to Space Frontiers. M. Y. Marov. Springer, 2015. $129.00 (336 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4614-8729-6 Buy at Amazon

Infrared Astronomy —Seeing the Heat: From William Herschel to the Herschel Space Observatory. D. L. Clements. CRC Press, 2015. $49.95 (266 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4822-3727-6 Buy at Amazon

Magnetic Fields in Diffuse Media. A. Lazarian, E. M. de Gouveia Dal Pino, C. Melioli, eds. Springer, 2015. $229.00 (623 pp.). ISBN 978-3-662-44624-9 Buy at Amazon

Searching for the Long-Duration Gamma-Ray Burst Progenitor. R. A. Mesler III. Springer, 2014. $129.00 (111 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-06625-7 Buy at Amazon

Statistical Methods for Astronomical Data Analysis. A. K. Chattopadhyay, T. Chattopadhyay. Springer, 2014. $109.00 (349 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4939-1506-4 Buy at Amazon

Unlocking the Secrets of White Dwarf Stars. H. M. Van Horn. Springer, 2015. $29.99 paper (324 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-09368-0 Buy at Amazon

biological and medical physics

5th International Conference on Biomedical Engineering in Vietnam. V. Van Toi, T. H. Lien Phuong, eds. Springer, 2015. $259.00 paper (518 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-11775-1 Buy at Amazon

Advance in Structural Bioinformatics. D. Wei, Q. Xu, T. Zhao, H. Dai, eds. Springer and Shanghai Jiao Tong U. Press, 2015. $209.00 (383 pp.). ISBN 978-94-017-9244-8 Buy at Amazon

popularizations

A Ray of Light in a Sea of Dark Matter. C. Keeton. Rutgers U. Press, 2014. $14.95 paper (89 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8135-6534-7 Buy at Amazon

quantum physics

Introduction to Quantum Information Science. M. Hayashi et al. Springer, 2014. $99.00 (332 pp.). ISBN 978-3-662-43501-4 Buy at Amazon

Quantum Fractals: From Heisenberg’s Uncertainty to Barnsley’s Fractality. A. Jadczyk. World Scientific, 2014. $110.00 (345 pp.). ISBN 978-981-4569-86-6 Buy at Amazon

Quantum Machines: Measurement and Control of Engineered Quantum Systems. M. Devoret, B. Huard, R. Schoelkopf, L. F. Cugliandolo, eds. Oxford U. Press, 2014. $74.95 (568 pp.). ISBN 978-0-19-968118-1 Buy at Amazon

society and government

Ensuring STEM Literacy: A National Conference on STEM Education and Public Outreach. J. G. Manning, M. K. Hemenway, J. B. Jensen, M. G. Gibbs, eds. Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2014. $77.00 (461 pp.). ISBN 978-1-58381-850-3 Buy at Amazon

space and planetary science

Interactions of Earth’s Magnetotail Plasma with the Surface, Plasma, and Magnetic Anomalies of the Moon. Y. Harada. Springer, 2014. $129.00 (111 pp.). ISBN 978-4-431-55083-9 Buy at Amazon

The New Moon: Water, Exploration, and Future Habitation. A. Crotts. Cambridge U. Press, 2014. $39.99 (514 pp.). ISBN 978-0-521-76224-3 Buy at Amazon

Outstanding Problems in Heliophysics: From Coronal Heating to the Edge of the Heliosphere. Q. Hu, G. P. Zank, eds. Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2014. $77.00 (272 pp.). ISBN 978-1-58381-852-7 Buy at Amazon

statistical physics and thermodynamics

Nonequilibrium Statistical Physics: Linear Irreversible Processes. N. Pottier. Oxford U. Press, 2014. $59.95 paper (491 pp.). ISBN 978-0-19-871227-5 Buy at Amazon

Thermal Properties of Solids at Room and Cryogenic Temperatures. G. Ventura, M. Perfetti. Springer, 2014. $129.00 (216 pp.). ISBN 978-94-017-8968-4 Buy at Amazon

texts and education

Critical Dynamics: A Field Theory Approach to Equilibrium and Non-Equilibrium Scaling Behavior. U. C. Täuber. Cambridge U. Press, 2014. $85.00 (488 pp.). ISBN 978-0-521-84223-5 Buy at Amazon

Elements of Mechanics. P. F. Kelly. CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, 2014. $79.95 (426 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4822-0654-8 Buy at Amazon

Exercises for the Feynman Lectures on Physics. R. Feynman, R. Leighton, M. Sands. Basic Books, 2014. $24.99 paper (320 pp.). ISBN 978-0-465-06071-9 Buy at Amazon

Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging. 3rd ed. S. A. Huettel, A. W. Song, G. McCarthy. Sinauer, 2014. $102.95 (573 pp.). ISBN 978-0-87893-627-4 Buy at Amazon

Geophysics for the Mineral Exploration Geoscientist. M. Dentith, S. T. Mudge. Cambridge U. Press, 2014. $75.00 (454 pp.). ISBN 978-0-521-80951-1 Buy at Amazon

The History and Science of the Manhattan Project. B. C. Reed. Springer, 2014. $59.99 (472 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-40296-8 Buy at Amazon

Introduction to Elementary Particle Physics. 2nd ed. A. Bettini. Cambridge U. Press, 2014. $75.00 (489 pp.). ISBN 978-1-107-05040-2 Buy at Amazon

Introduction to Graphene-Based Nanomaterials: From Electronic Structure to Quantum Transport. L. E. F. Foa Torres, S. Roche, J.-C. Charlier. Cambridge U. Press, 2014. $90.00 (421 pp.). ISBN 978-1-107-03083-1 Buy at Amazon

Introduction to Numerical Programming: A Practical Guide for Scientists and Engineers Using Python and C/C++. T. A. Beu. CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, 2014. $89.95 (653 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4665-6967-6 Buy at Amazon

The Materials Physics Companion. 2nd ed. A. C. Fischer-Cripps. CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, 2014. $39.95 paper (224 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4665-1782-0 Buy at Amazon

The Mathematics Companion: Mathematical Methods for Physicists and Engineers. 2nd ed. A. C. Fischer-Cripps. CRC Press/ Taylor & Francis, 2014. $39.95 paper (286 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4665-1587-1 Buy at Amazon

Mathematics for Physicists and Engineers: Fundamentals and Interactive Study Guide. 2nd ed. K. Weltner et al. Springer, 2014. $69.00 (602 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642- 54123-0 Buy at Amazon

On Teaching Science: Principles and Strategies That Every Educator Should Know. J. Bennett. Big Kid Science, 2014. $15.00 paper (170 pp.). ISBN 978-1-937548-40-7 Buy at Amazon

The Physics Companion. 2nd ed. A. C. Fischer-Cripps. CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, 2014. $39.95 paper (568 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4665-1779-0 Buy at Amazon

Plasma Physics: An Introduction. R. Fitzpatrick. CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, 2014. $79.95 (293 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4665-9426-5 Buy at Amazon

Semiclassical Mechanics with Molecular Applications. 2nd ed. M. S. Child. Oxford U. Press, 2014. $94.99 (464 pp.). ISBN 978-0-19-967298-1 Buy at Amazon

Source Mechanisms of Earthquakes: Theory and Practice. A. Udías, R. Madariaga, E. Buforn. Cambridge U. Press, 2014. $75.00 (311 pp.). ISBN 978-1-107-04027-4 Buy at Amazon

theory and mathematical methods

Algebra, Geometry and Mathematical Physics. A. Makhlouf, E. Paal, S. D. Silvestrov, A. Stolin, eds. Springer, 2014. $189.00 (684 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-55360-8 Buy at Amazon

Crystal Symmetry, Lattice Vibrations, and Optical Spectroscopy of Solids: A Group Theoretical Approach. B. Di Bartolo, R. C. Powell. World Scientific, 2014. $98.00 (515 pp.). ISBN 978-981-4579-20-9 Buy at Amazon

Geometry from Dynamics, Classical and Quantum. J. F. Cariñena, A. Ibort, G. Marmo, G. Morandi. Springer, 2014. $149.00 (719 pp.). ISBN 978-94-017-9219-6 Buy at Amazon

Jacob Palis—Selected Works. W. de Melo, ed. Springer, 2014. $189.00 (711 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-06967-8 Buy at Amazon

Mathematical Methods in Engineering. N. M. Fonseca Ferreira, J. A. Tenreiro Machado, eds. Springer, 2014. $199.00 (322 pp.). ISBN 978-94-007-7182-6 Buy at Amazon

Multi-Band Effective Mass Approximations: Advanced Mathematical Models and Numerical Techniques. M. Ehrhardt, T. Koprucki, eds. Springer, 2013. $129.00 (318 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-01426-5 Buy at Amazon

Physics and Partial Differential Equations. Vol. 2. T. Li, T. Qin. Higher Education Press and SIAM, 2014. $89.00 paper (271 pp.). ISBN 978-1-61197-331-0 Buy at Amazon

Physics from the Edge: A New Cosmological Model for Inertia. M. E. McCulloch. World Scientific, 2014. $68.00 (153 pp.). ISBN 978-981-4596-25-1 Buy at Amazon

Practical Augmented Lagrangian Methods for Constrained Optimization. E. G. Birgin, J. M. Martínez. SIAM, 2014. $65.00 paper (220 pp.). ISBN 978-1-61197-335-8 Buy at Amazon

Principles of Discrete Time Mechanics. G. Jaroszkiewicz. Cambridge U. Press, 2014. $130.00 (360 pp.). ISBN 978-1-107-03429-7 Buy at Amazon

The sine-Gordon Model and Its Appli cations: From Pendula and Josephson Junctions to Gravity and High-Energy Physics. J. Cuevas-Maraver, P. G. Kevrekidis, F. Williams, eds. Springer, 2014. $109.00 (263 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-06721-6 Buy at Amazon

Tensor Calculus for Physics: A Concise Guide. D. E. Neuenschwander. Johns Hopkins U. Press, 2014. $45.00 paper (248 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4214-1565-9 Buy at Amazon

Translational Recurrences: From Mathematical Theory to Real-World Applications. N. Marwan, M. Riley, A. Giuliani, C. L. Webber Jr, eds. Springer, 2014. $139.00 (230 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-09530-1 Buy at Amazon

Visualization and Processing of Tensors and Higher Order Descriptors for Multi-Valued Data. C.-F. Westin, A. Vilanova, B. Burgeth, eds. Springer, 2014. $169.00 (343 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-54300-5 Buy at Amazon