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SEP 01, 2015

DOI: 10.1063/PT.3.2918

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acoustics

Computational Simulation in Architectural and Environmental Acoustics: Methods and Applications of Wave-Based Computation. T. Sakuma, S. Sakamoto, T. Otsuru, eds. Springer, 2014. $229.00 (324 pp.). ISBN 978-4-431-54453-1 Buy at Amazon

Spectral Analysis of Musical Sounds with Emphasis on the Piano. D. M. Koenig, D. D. Fandrich. Oxford U. Press, 2015. $74.95 (378 pp.). ISBN 978-0-19-872290-8 Buy at Amazon

Waveform Analysis of Sound. M. Tohyama. Springer, 2015. $129.00 (229 pp.). ISBN 978-4-431-54423-4 Buy at Amazon

astronomy and astrophysics

Astronomy and Big Data: A Data Clustering Approach to Identifying Uncertain Galaxy Morphology. K. J. Edwards, M. M. Gaber. Springer, 2014. $129.00 (105 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-06598-4 Buy at Amazon

Characterizing Stellar and Exoplanetary Environments. H. Lammer, M. Khodachenko, eds. Springer, 2015. $179.00 (310 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-09748-0 Buy at Amazon

Concise Catalog of Deep-Sky Objects: Astrophysical Information for 550 Galaxies, Clusters and Nebulae. 2nd ed. W. H. Finlay. Springer, 2014. $39.99 paper (441 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-03169-9 Buy at Amazon

materials science

Nanotechnology: Principles and Practices. 3rd ed. S. K. Kulkarni. Springer, 2015. $99.00 (403 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-09170-9 Buy at Amazon

Neutron Applications in Materials for Energy. G. J. Kearley, V. K. Peterson, eds. Springer, 2015. $179.00 (306 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-06655-4 Buy at Amazon

Probing Crystal Plasticity at the Nanoscales: Synchrotron X-Ray Microdiffraction. A. S. Budiman. Springer, 2015. $54.99 paper (118 pp.). ISBN 978-981-287-334-7 Buy at Amazon

Recent Trends in Physics of Material Science and Technology. F. L. Gaol, K. Shrivastava, J. Akhtar, eds. Springer, 2015. $229.00 (352 pp.). ISBN 978-981-287-127-5 Buy at Amazon

Structural Properties of Porous Materials and Powders Used in Different Fields of Science and Technology. Y. M. Volfkovich, A. N. Filippov, V. S. Bagotsky. Springer, 2014. $129.00 (328 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4471-6376-3 Buy at Amazon

Trends in Nanoscale Mechanics: Mechanics of Carbon Nanotubes, Graphene, Nanocomposites and Molecular Dynamics. V. Harik, ed. Springer, 2014. $129.00 (226 pp.). ISBN 978-94-017-9262-2 Buy at Amazon

miscellaneous

Drinking Water: Physics, Chemistry and Biology. V. V. Goncharuk. Springer, 2014. $129.00 (426 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-04333-3 Buy at Amazon

Issues in Contemporary Oil Paint. K. J. van den Berg et al., eds. Springer, 2014. $99.00 (430 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-10099-9 Buy at Amazon

Transport Phenomena and Drying of Solids and Particulate Materials. J. M. P. Q. Delgado, A. G. Barbosa de Lima, eds. Springer, 2014. $129.00 (204 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-04053-0 Buy at Amazon

nonlinear science and chaos

Collective Dynamics from Bacteria to Crowds: An Excursion Through Modeling, Analysis and Simulation. A. Muntean, F. Toschi, eds. Springer, 2014. $129.00 (177 pp.). ISBN 978-3-7091-1784-2 Buy at Amazon

A Concise Guide to Chaotic Electronic Circuits. A. Buscarino, L. Fortuna, M. Frasca, G. Sciuto. Springer, 2014. $54.99 paper (100 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-05899-3 Buy at Amazon

Econophysics and Data Driven Modelling of Market Dynamics. F. Abergel et al., eds. Springer, 2015. $109.00 (353 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-08472-5 Buy at Amazon

Models, Algorithms and Technologies for Network Analysis: From the Third International Conference on Network Analysis. M. V. Batsyn, V. A. Kalyagin, P. M. Pardalos, eds. Springer, 2014. $139.00 (139 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-09757-2 Buy at Amazon

Transport and Fluctuations in Granular Fluids: From Boltzmann Equation to Hydrodynamics, Diffusion and Motor Effects. A. Puglisi. Springer, 2015. $54.99 paper (118 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-10285-6 Buy at Amazon

nuclear physics

Fission Neutrons: Experiments, Evaluation, Modeling and Open Problems. N. Kornilov. Springer, 2015. $109.00 (132 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-07132-9 Buy at Amazon

Laser Assisted Nuclear Decay Spectroscopy: A New Method for Studying Neutron-Deficient Francium Isotopes. K. M. Lynch. Springer, 2015. $129.00 (131 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-07111-4 Buy at Amazon

optics and photonics

Channeling and Radiation in Periodically Bent Crystals. 2nd ed. A. V. Korol, A. V. Solov’yov, W. Greiner. Springer, 2014. $129.00 (284 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-54932-8 Buy at Amazon

A Course in Lens Design. C. Velzel. Springer, 2014. $179.00 (334 pp.). ISBN 978-94-017-8684-3 Buy at Amazon

Fractal Apertures in Waveguides, Conducting Screens and Cavities: Analysis and Design. B. Ghosh, S. N. Sinha, M. V. Kartikeyan. Springer, 2014. $129.00 (201 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-06534-2 Buy at Amazon

Independent Variables for Optical Surfacing Systems: Synthesis, Characterization and Application. H. Cheng. Springer, 2014. $129.00 (168 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-45354-0 Buy at Amazon

Ion Acceleration and Extreme Light Field Generation Based on Ultra-short and Ultra-intense Lasers. L. Ji. Springer, 2014. $129.00 (84 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-54006-6 Buy at Amazon

Laser-Induced Damage in Optical Materials. D. Ristau, ed. CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, 2015. $149.95 (537 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4398-7216-1 Buy at Amazon

Nano-Structures for Optics and Photonics: Optical Strategies for Enhancing Sensing, Imaging, Communication and Energy Conversion. B. Di Bartolo, J. Collins, L. Silvestri, eds. Springer, 2015. $269.00 (586 pp.). ISBN 978-94-017-9132-8 Buy at Amazon

Optical Coatings: Material Aspects in Theory and Practice. O. Stenzel. Springer, 2014. $129.00 (378 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-54062-2 Buy at Amazon

Photorefractive Optoelectronic Tweezers and Their Applications. M. Esseling. Springer, 2015. $129.00 (125 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-09317-8 Buy at Amazon

Practical Opto-Electronics: An Illustrated Guide for the Laboratory. V. Protopopov. Springer, 2014. $129.00 (393 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-04512-2 Buy at Amazon

Progress in Nonlinear Nano-Optics. S. Sakabe, C. Lienau, R. Grunwald, eds. Springer, 2015. $129.00 (273 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-12216-8 Buy at Amazon

particle physics

CP Violation in Bs0J/ψϕ Decays: Measured with the Collider Detector at Fermilab. S. Leo. Springer, 2015. $129.00 (137 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-07928-8 Buy at Amazon

Double Chooz and Reactor Neutrino Oscillation: θ13 Improvement and First Effective Δm312 Measurement. T. Junqueira de Castro Bezerra. Springer, 2015. $129.00 (190 pp.). ISBN 978-4-431-55374-8 Buy at Amazon

N = 2 Supersymmetric Dynamics for Pedestrians. Y. Tachikawa. Springer, 2015. $59.99 paper (224 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-08821-1 Buy at Amazon

plasmas and fusion

Complex Plasmas: Scientific Challenges and Technological Opportunities. M. Bonitz, J. Lopez, K. Becker, H. Thomsen, eds. Springer, 2014. $129.00 (491 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-05436-0 Buy at Amazon

Investigation of Staged Laser-Plasma Acceleration. S. Shiraishi. Springer, 2015. $129.00 (121 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-08568-5 Buy at Amazon

Renormalization Group Analysis of Equilibrium and Non-equilibrium Charged Systems. E. Barkhudarov. Springer, 2014. $129.00 (163 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-06153-5 Buy at Amazon

Self-Organization of Hot Plasmas: The Canonical Profile Transport Model. Y. N. Dnestrovskij. Springer, 2015. $129.00 (134 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-06801-5 Buy at Amazon

popularizations

Worlds Beyond Our Own: The Search for Habitable Planets. S. Sengupta. Springer, 2015. $29.99 paper (154 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-09893-7 Buy at Amazon

quantum physics

The Formalisms of Quantum Mechanics: An Introduction. F. David. Springer, 2015. $49.99 paper (157 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-10538-3 Buy at Amazon

Quantum Chance: Nonlocality, Teleportation and Other Quantum Marvels. N. Gisin. Copernicus Books, 2014. $19.99 paper (109 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-05472-8 Buy at Amazon

Quantum Information and Coherence. E. Andersson, P. Öhberg, eds. Springer, 2014. $179.00 (285 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-04062-2 Buy at Amazon

society and government

Science Policy Up Close. J. H. Marburger III; R. P. Crease, ed. Harvard U. Press, 2015. $29.95 (247 pp.). ISBN 978-0-674-41709-0 Buy at Amazon

space and planetary science

Advances in Solar Sailing. M. MacDonald, ed. Praxis/Springer, 2014. $179.00 (987 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-34906-5 Buy at Amazon

Dune Worlds: How Windblown Sand Shapes Planetary Landscapes. R. D. Lorenz, J. R. Zimbelman. Praxis/Springer, 2014. $129.00 (308 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-89724-8 Buy at Amazon

How to Find the Apollo Landing Sites. J. L. Chen. Springer, 2014. $34.99 paper (253 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-06455-0 Buy at Amazon

Human Migration to Space: Alternative Technological Approaches for Long-Term Adaptation to Extraterrestrial Environments. E. S. Lockard. Springer, 2014. $129.00 (205 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-05929-7 Buy at Amazon

Spacecraft Operations. T. Uhlig, F. Sellmaier, M. Schmidhuber, eds. Springer, 2015. $99.00 (425 pp.). ISBN 978-3-7091-1802-3 Buy at Amazon

Tourists in Space: A Practical Guide. 2nd ed. E. Seedhouse. Praxis/Springer, 2014. $44.99 paper (281 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-05037-9 Buy at Amazon

statistical physics and thermodynamics

Entransy in Phase-Change Systems. J. Gu, Z. Gan. Springer, 2014. $54.99 paper (56 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-07427-6 Buy at Amazon

Irreversibility and Dissipation in Microscopic Systems. É. Roldán. Springer, 2014. $129.00 (211 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-07078-0 Buy at Amazon

Thermodynamics and Energy Conversion. H. Struchtrup. Springer, 2014. $119.00 (597 pp.). ISBN 978-3-662-43714-8 Buy at Amazon

texts and education

Electromagnetic Field Theories for Engineering. M. A. Salam. Springer, 2014. $89.99 (315 pp.). ISBN 978-981-4585-65-1 Buy at Amazon

An Introduction to Mathematical Population Dynamics: Along the Trail of Volterra and Lotka. M. Iannelli, A. Pugliese. Springer, 2014. $79.99 paper (334 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-03025-8 Buy at Amazon

Introduction to Modern Dynamics: Chaos, Networks, Space and Time. D. D. Nolte. Oxford U. Press, 2015. $54.95 paper (423 pp.). ISBN 978-0-19-965704-9 Buy at Amazon

Photonics: A Short Course. V. Degiorgio, I. Cristiani. Springer, 2014. $59.99 paper (244 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-02107-2 Buy at Amazon

Physics Project Lab. P. Gluck, J. King. Oxford U. Press, 2015. $49.95 paper (317 pp.). ISBN 978-0-19-870458-4 Buy at Amazon

Quantum Physics of Light and Matter: A Modern Introduction to Photons, Atoms and Many-Body Systems. L. Salasnich. Springer, 2014. $69.99 (195 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-05178-9 Buy at Amazon

Solid Surfaces, Interfaces and Thin Films. 6th ed. H. Lüth. Springer, 2015. $119.00 (589 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-10755-4 Buy at Amazon

A Student’s Guide Through the Great Physics Texts. Vol. 1: The Heavens and the Earth. K. Kuehn. Springer, 2015. $89.99 (396 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4939-1359-6 Buy at Amazon

A Student’s Guide Through the Great Physics Texts. Vol. 2: Space, Time and Motion. K. Kuehn. Springer, 2015. $89.99 (380 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4939-1365-7 Buy at Amazon

Thermodynamics and Energy Conversion. H. Struchtrup. Springer, 2014. $119.00 (597 pp.). ISBN 978-3-662-43714-8 Buy at Amazon

theory and mathematical methods

Current Trends in Analysis and Its Applications. V. V. Mityushev, M. V. Ruzhansky, eds. Birkhäuser, 2015. $229.00 paper (892 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-12576-3 Buy at Amazon

Efficient Implementation of High-Order Accurate Numerical Methods on Unstructured Grids. W. Li. Springer, 2014. $129.00 (148 pp.). ISBN 978-3-662-43431-4 Buy at Amazon

Equilibrium Statistical Mechanics of Lattice Models. D. A. Lavis. Springer, 2015. $189.00 (793 pp.). ISBN 978-94-017-9429-9 Buy at Amazon

Henri Poincaré, 1912–2012: Poincaré Seminar 2012. B. Duplantier, V. Rivasseau, eds. Birkhäuser, 2015. $109.00 (233 pp.). ISBN 978-3-0348-0833-0 Buy at Amazon

An Introduction to Riemannian Geometry: With Applications to Mechanics and Relativity. L. Godinho, J. Natário. Springer, 2014. $79.99 paper (467 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-08665-1 Buy at Amazon

Lie Algebras and Applications. 2nd ed. F. Iachello. Springer, 2015. $49.99 paper (272 pp.). ISBN 978-3-662-44493-1 Buy at Amazon

Modal Analysis of Nonlinear Mechanical Systems. G. Kerschen, ed. Springer, 2014. $209.00 (340 pp.). ISBN 978-3-7091-1790-3 Buy at Amazon

Ordinary Differential Equations and Mechanical Systems. J. Awrejcewicz. Springer, 2014. $149.00 (614 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-07658-4 Buy at Amazon

Semigroup Methods for Evolution Equations on Networks. D. Mugnolo. Springer, 2014. $54.99 (286 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319- 04620-4 Buy at Amazon

Stochastic Equations: Theory and Applications in Acoustics, Hydrodynamics, Magnetohydrodynamics, and Radiophysics. Vol. 2: Coherent Phenomena in Stochastic Dynamic Systems. V. I. Klyatskin. Springer, 2015. $179.00 (491 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-07589-1 Buy at Amazon

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