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acoustics

Acoustics, Information, and Communication. N. Xiang, G. M. Sessler, eds. Springer, 2015. $229.00 (461 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-05659-3 Buy at Amazon

Adaptive Identification of Acoustic Multichannel Systems Using Sparse Representations. K. Helwani. Springer, 2015. $129.00 (113 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-08953-9 Buy at Amazon

The Helmholtz Legacy in Physiological Acoustics. E. Hiebert. Springer, 2014. $129.00 (269 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-06601-1 Buy at Amazon

Rock and Pop Venues: Acoustic and Architectural Design. N. W. Adelman-Larsen. Springer, 2014. $139.00 (470 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-45235-2 Buy at Amazon

history and philosophy

Achievements, History and Challenges in Geophysics: 60th Anniversary of the Institute of Geophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences. R. Bialik, M. Majdański, M. Moskalik, eds. Springer, 2014. $129.00 (417 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-07598-3 Buy at Amazon

Arts, Sciences, and Economics: A Historical Safari. 2nd ed. T. Puu. Springer, 2015. $129.00 (189 pp.). ISBN 978-3-662-44129-9 Buy at Amazon

Bionics by Examples: 250 Scenarios from Classical to Modern Times. W. Nachtigall, A. Wisser. Springer, 2015. $179.00 (325 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-05857-3 Buy at Amazon

Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker: Major Texts in Philosophy. M. Drieschner, ed. Springer, 2014. $54.99 paper (187 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-03670-0 Buy at Amazon

Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker: Major Texts in Physics. M. Drieschner, ed. Springer, 2014. $54.99 paper (189 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-03667-0 Buy at Amazon

The Cosmic Microwave Background: How It Changed Our Understanding of the Universe. R. Evans. Springer, 2015. $34.99 paper (204 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-09927-9 Buy at Amazon

Eclipses, Transits, and Comets of the Nineteenth Century: How America’s Perception of the Skies Changed. S. Cottam, W. Orchiston. Springer, 2015. $129.00 (336 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-08340-7 Buy at Amazon

Jacobus Cornelius Kapteyn: Born Investigator of the Heavens. P. C. van der Kruit. Springer, 2015. $279.00 (698 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-10875-9 Buy at Amazon

Liberty Bell 7: The Suborbital Mercury Flight of Virgil I. Grissom. C. Burgess. Praxis/Springer, 2014. $34.99 paper (275 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-04390-6 Buy at Amazon

The Problem of the Motion of Bodies: A Historical View of the Development of Classical Mechanics. D. Capecchi. Springer, 2014. $119.00 (554 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-04839-0 Buy at Amazon

Stars, Myths and Rituals in Etruscan Rome. L. Magini. Springer, 2015. $129.00 (181 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-07265-4 Buy at Amazon

instrumentation and techniques

Applications of EPR in Radiation Research. A. Lund, M. Shiotani, eds. Springer, 2014. $229.00 (773 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-09215-7 Buy at Amazon

Atom-Probe Tomography: The Local Electrode Atom Probe. M. K. Miller, R. G. Forbes. Springer, 2014. $179.00 (423 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4899-7429-7 Buy at Amazon

Detection of Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Agents for the Prevention of Terrorism: Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics. J. Banoub, ed. Springer, 2014. $189.00, $89.99 paper (291 pp.). ISBN 978-94-017-9237-0, ISBN 978-94-017-9247-9 paper Buy at Amazon

Digital Fourier Analysis: Advanced Techniques. K. Kido. Springer, 2015. $69.99 paper (178 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4939-1126-4 Buy at Amazon

Digital Fourier Analysis: Fundamentals. K. Kido. Springer, 2015. $49.99 paper (203 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4614-9259-7 Buy at Amazon

Dry Etching Technology for Semiconductors. K. Nojiri. Springer, 2015. $119.00 (116 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-10294-8 Buy at Amazon

Macroscopic Matter-Wave Interferometry. S. Nimmrichter. Springer, 2014. $129.00 (279 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-07096-4 Buy at Amazon

Magnetoencephalography: From Signals to Dynamic Cortical Networks. S. Supek, C. J. Aine, eds. Springer, 2014. $129.00 (1013 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-33044-5 Buy at Amazon

Spectroscopic Instrumentation: Fundamentals and Guidelines for Astronomers. T. Eversberg, K. Vollmann. Springer, 2015. $99.00 (653 pp.). ISBN 978-3-662-44534-1 Buy at Amazon

materials science

Excitonic and Photonic Processes in Materials. J. Singh, R. T. Williams, eds. Springer, 2015. $179.00 (358 pp.). ISBN 978-981-287-130-5 Buy at Amazon

Fundamentals of Friction and Wear on the Nanoscale. 2nd ed. E Gnecco, E. Meyer, eds. Springer, 2015. $279.00 (704 pp.) ISBN 978-3-319-10559-8 Buy at Amazon

Modeling of Magnetoelectric Effects in Composites. M. Bichurin, V. Petrov. Springer, 2014. $129.00 (108 pp.). ISBN 978-94-017-9155-7 Buy at Amazon

Nanoparticles’ Promises and Risks: Characterization, Manipulation, and Potential Hazards to Humanity and the Environment. M. Lungu, A. Neculae, M. Bunoiu, C. Biris, eds. Springer, 2015. $139.00 (355 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-11727-0 Buy at Amazon

Nanotechnology for Water Treatment and Purification. A. Hu, A. Apblett, eds. Springer, 2014. $179.00 (373 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-06577-9 Buy at Amazon

Nonlinear, Tunable and Active Metamaterials. I. V. Shadrivov, M. Lapine, Y. S. Kivshar, eds. Springer, 2015. $179.00 (324 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-08385-8 Buy at Amazon

Photocatalytic Semiconductors: Synthesis, Characterization, and Environmental Applications. A. Hernández-Ramírez, I. Medina-Ramírez, eds. Springer, 2015. $129.00 (289 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-10998-5 Buy at Amazon

The Thermoballistic Transport Model: A Novel Approach to Charge Carrier Transport in Semiconductors. R. Lipperheide, U. Wille. Springer, 2014. $159.00 (150 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-05923-5 Buy at Amazon

X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy of Semiconductors. C. S. Schnohr, M. C. Ridgway, eds. Springer, 2015. $179.00 (361 pp.). ISBN 978-3-662-44361-3 Buy at Amazon

nonlinear science and chaos

Chaos, Complexity and Leadership 2013. S. S. Erçetin, S. Banerjee, eds. Springer, 2015. $229.00 (566 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-09709-1 Buy at Amazon

Complexity in Economics: Cutting Edge Research. M. Faggini, A. Parziale, eds. Springer, 2014. $129.00 (245 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-05184-0 Buy at Amazon

Deterministic Nonlinear Systems: A Short Course. V. S. Anishchenko, T. E. Vadivasova, G. I. Strelkova. Springer, 2014. $109.00 (294 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-06870-1 Buy at Amazon

Experimental Econophysics: Properties and Mechanisms of Laboratory Markets. J.-P. Huang. Springer, 2015. $109.00 (192 pp.). ISBN 978-3-662-44233-3 Buy at Amazon

ISCS 2014: Interdisciplinary Symposium on Complex Systems. A. Sanayei, O. E. Rössler, I. Zelinka, eds. Springer, 2015. $129.00 (374 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-10758-5 Buy at Amazon

Network Models in Economics and Finance. V. A. Kalyagin, P. M. Pardalos, T. M. Rassias, eds. Springer, 2014. $129.00 (295 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-09682-7 Buy at Amazon

Nonlinear Dynamics of Electronic Systems. V. M. Mladenov, P. C. Ivanov, eds. Springer, 2014. $107.00 paper (404 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-08671-2 Buy at Amazon

Nonlinear Phenomena in Complex Systems: From Nano to Macro Scale. D. Matrasulov, H. E. Stanley, eds. Springer, 2014. $189.00, 89.99 paper (310 pp.). ISBN 978-94-017-8703-1, ISBN 978-94-017-8707-9 paper Buy at Amazon

Recurrence Quantification Analysis: Theory and Best Practices. C. L. Webber Jr, N. Marwan, eds. Springer, 2015. $129.00 (421 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-07154-1 Buy at Amazon

Stochastic Evolutions of Dynamic Traffic Flow: Modeling and Applications. X. Chen, L. Li, Q. Shi. Springer, 2015. $129.00 (193 pp.). ISBN 978-3-662-44571-6 Buy at Amazon

optics and photonics

Cavity Optomechanics: Nano- and Micromechanical Resonators Interacting with Light. M. Aspelmeyer, T. J. Kippenberg, F. Marquardt, eds. Springer, 2014. $179.00 (357 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-55311-0 Buy at Amazon

Laser Measurement Technology: Fundamentals and Applications. A. Donges, R. Noll. Springer, 2015. $179.00 (422 pp.). ISBN 978-3-662-43633-2 Buy at Amazon

Laser Physics and Technology. P. K. Gupta, R. Khare, eds. Springer, 2015. $259.00 (345 pp.). ISBN 978-81-322-1999-6 Buy at Amazon

Metallic Butterfly Wing Scales: Superstructures with High Surface-Enhancement Properties for Optical Applications. J. Gu, D. Zhang, Y. Tan. Springer, 2015. $54.99 paper (94 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-12534-3 Buy at Amazon

Organic Nanophotonics: Fundamentals and Applications. Y. S. Zhao, ed. Springer, 2015. $129.00 (208 pp.). ISBN 978-3-662-45081-9 Buy at Amazon

Quantum Radiation in Ultra-Intense Laser Pulses. K. F. Mackenroth. Springer, 2014. $129.00 (175 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-07739-0 Buy at Amazon

Visible and Invisible: The Wonders of Light Phenomena. O. Bisi. Springer, 2015. $34.99 paper (314 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-09824-1 Buy at Amazon

particle physics

Electroweak Symmetry Breaking: By Dynamically Generated Masses of Quarks and Leptons. A. Smetana. Springer, 2014. $129.00 (172 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-07072-8 Buy at Amazon

Searches for CP Violation in Charmed Meson Decays: A Study of D⁺→K⁻K⁺π⁺ at the LHCb Experiment. H. Gordon. Springer, 2014. $129.00 (158 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-07066-7 Buy at Amazon

quantum physics

Elements of Quantum Computing: History, Theories and Engineering Applications. S. Akama. Springer, 2015. $129.00 (126 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-08283-7 Buy at Amazon

Quantum Correlations Beyond Entanglement: And Their Role in Quantum Information Theory. A. Streltsov. Springer, 2015. $54.99 paper (48 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-09655-1 Buy at Amazon

space and planetary science

Astrobiological Neurosystems: Rise and Fall of Intelligent Life Forms in the Universe. J. L. Cranford. Springer, 2015. $34.99 paper (204 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-10418-8 Buy at Amazon

Elephants in Space: The Past, Present and Future of Life and the Universe. B. Moore. Springer, 2014. $34.99 paper (189 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-05671-5 Buy at Amazon

Planet Mercury: From Pale Pink Dot to Dynamic World. D. A. Rothery. Praxis/Springer, 2015. $89.99 (180 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-12116-1 Buy at Amazon

statistical physics and thermodynamics

Statistical Treatment of Turbulent Polydisperse Particle Systems: A Non-sectional PDF Approach. J. S. Shrimpton, S. Haeri, S. J. Scott. Springer, 2014. $129.00 (122 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4471-6343-5 Buy at Amazon

texts and education

Advanced Electromagnetics and Scattering Theory. K. Barkeshli. Springer, 2015. $179.00 (359 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-11546-7 Buy at Amazon

Astrophysics Is Easy! 2nd ed. M. Inglis. Springer, 2015. $39.99 paper (302 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-11643-3 Buy at Amazon

Dynamical Systems with Applications Using MATLAB. 2nd ed. S. Lynch. Birkhäuser, 2014. $89.99 (514 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-06819-0 Buy at Amazon

Hydrodynamics and Stellar Winds: An Introduction. W. J. Maciel. Springer, 2014. $49.99 paper (178 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-04327-2 Buy at Amazon

Properties of Materials. P. F. Kelly. CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, 2015. $79.95 (411 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4822-0622-7 Buy at Amazon

theory and mathematical methods

Conformal Field Theory, Automorphic Forms and Related Topics. W. Kohnen, R. Weissauer, eds. Springer, 2014. $169.00 (365 pp.). ISBN 978-3-662-43830-5 Buy at Amazon

Critical Phenomena in Loop Models. A. Nahum. Springer, 2015. $179.00 (141 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-06406-2 Buy at Amazon

Differential Geometry: Basic Notions and Physical Examples. M. Epstein. Springer, 2014. $109.00 (139 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-06919-7 Buy at Amazon

From Particle Systems to Partial Differential Equations. C. Bernardin, P. Gonçalves, eds. Springer, 2014. $139.00 (320 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-54270-1 Buy at Amazon

Progress in Scale Modeling, Volume II. K. Saito, A. Ito, Y. Nakamura, K. Kuwana, eds. Springer, 2015. $179.00 (316 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-10307-5 Buy at Amazon

Similarity and Symmetry Methods: Applications in Elasticity and Mechanics of Materials. J.-F. Ganghoffer, I. Mladenov, eds. Springer, 2014. $179.00 (376 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-08295-0 Buy at Amazon

Symbol Correspondences for Spin Systems. P. de M. Rios, E. Straume. Birkhäuser, 2014. $109.00 (200 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-08197-7 Buy at Amazon