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acoustics

Handbook of Engineering Acoustics. G. Müller, M. Möser, eds. Springer, 2013. $279.00 (702 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-24052-5 Buy at Amazon

Nonlinearities and Synchronization in Musical Acoustics and Music Psychology. R. Bader. Springer, 2013. $229.00 (458 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-36097-8 Buy at Amazon

Room Acoustical Fields. F. Mechel. Springer, 2013. $229.00 (595 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-22355-6 Buy at Amazon

Vowel Inherent Spectral Change. G. S. Morrison, P. F. Assmann, eds. Springer, 2013. $179.00 (286 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-14208-6 Buy at Amazon

astronomy and astrophysics

Astrometry for Astrophysics: Methods, Models, and Applications. W. F. Van Altena, ed. Cambridge U. Press, 2013. $85.00 (411 pp.). ISBN 978-0-521-51920-5 Buy at Amazon

Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems XXI. P. Ballester, D. Egret, N. P. F. Lorente, eds. Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2012. $77.00 (918 pp.). ISBN 978-1-58381-804-6 Buy at Amazon

Astrophysics of the Interstellar Medium. W. J. Maciel. Springer, 2013. $129.00 (258 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4614-3766-6 Buy at Amazon

The Black Hole–Neutron Star Binary Merger in Full General Relativity: Dependence on Neutron Star Equations of State. K. Kyutoku. Springer, 2013. $129.00 (178 pp.). ISBN 978-4-431-54200-1 Buy at Amazon

The First Galaxies: Theoretical Predictions and Observational Clues. T. Wiklind, B. Mobasher, V. Bromm, eds. Springer, 2013. $179.00 (439 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-32361-4 Buy at Amazon

From Ultra Rays to Astroparticles: A Historical Introduction to Astroparticle Physics. B. Falkenburg, W. Rhode, eds. Springer, 2012. $179.00 (345 pp.). ISBN 978-94-007-5421-8 Buy at Amazon

The Milky Way: An Insider’s Guide. W. H. Waller. Princeton U. Press, 2013. $29.95 (316 pp.). ISBN 978-0-691-12224-3 Buy at Amazon

The Realm of the Nebulae. E. Hubble. Yale U. Press, 2013. $21.00 paper (207 pp.). ISBN 978-0-300-18712-0 Buy at Amazon

Stardust: The Cosmic Seeds of Life. S. Kwok. Springer, 2013. $39.95 paper (267 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-32801-5 Buy at Amazon

Studying Stellar Rotation and Convection: Theoretical Background and Seismic Diagnostics. M. Goupil et al., eds. Springer, 2013. $59.95 paper (272 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-33379-8 Buy at Amazon

Suzaku Studies of White Dwarf Stars and the Galactic X-ray Background Emission. T. Yuasa. Springer, 2013. $139.00 (154 pp.). ISBN 978-4-431-54218-6 Buy at Amazon

Tides in Astronomy and Astrophysics. J. Souchay, S. Mathis, T. Tokieda, eds. Springer, 2013. $89.95 paper (375 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-32960-9 Buy at Amazon

atomic and molecular physics

From Atom Optics to Quantum Simulation: Interacting Bosons and Fermions in Three-Dimensional Optical Lattice Potentials. S. Will. Springer, 2013. $129.00 (257 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-33632-4 Buy at Amazon

A Matter of Density: Exploring the Electron Density Concept in the Chemical, Biological, and Materials Sciences. N. Sukumar, ed. Wiley, 2013. $125.00 (318 pp.). ISBN 978-0-470-76900-3 Buy at Amazon

biological and medical physics

Advancing Methods for Biomolecular Crystallography. R. Read, A. G. Urzhumtsev, V. Y. Lunin, eds. Springer, 2013. $229.00, $119.00 paper (362 pp.). ISBN 978-94-007-6231-2, ISBN 978-94-007-6319-7 paper Buy at Amazon

Bioinspiration: From Nano to Micro Scales. X. Y. Liu, ed. Springer, 2012. $179.00 (387 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4614-5303-1 Buy at Amazon

Biomechanics of Cells and Tissues: Experiments, Models and Simulations. P. Lecca, ed. Springer, 2013. $129.00 (168 pp.). ISBN 978-94-007-5889-6 Buy at Amazon

Biophysics of RNA Folding. R. Russell, ed. Springer, 2013. $209.00 (242 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4614-4953-9 Buy at Amazon

Convergence of Terahertz Sciences in Biomedical Systems. G.-S. Park et al., eds. Springer, 2012. $179.00 (435 pp.). ISBN 978-94-007-3964-2 Buy at Amazon

Micro and Nano Flow Systems for Bioanalysis. M. W. Collins, C. S. König, eds. Springer, 2013. $129.00 (211 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4614-4375-9 Buy at Amazon

Nanotechnology in Dermatology. A. Nasir, A. Friedman, S. Wang, eds. Springer, 2013. $209.00 (291 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4614-5033-7 Buy at Amazon

Neural Engineering. 2nd ed. B. He. Springer, 2013. $279.00 (800 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4614-5226-3 Buy at Amazon

Point-of-Care Diagnostics on a Chip. D. Issadore, R. M. Westervelt, eds. Springer, 2013. $179.00 (226 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-29267-5 Buy at Amazon

Principles of Bioenergetics. V. P. Skulachev, A. V. Bogachev, F. O. Kasparinsky. Springer, 2013. $129.00 (452 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-33429-0 Buy at Amazon

Single-Molecule Studies of Proteins. A. F. Oberhauser, ed. Springer, 2013. $189.00 (274 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4614-4920-1 Buy at Amazon

Systems Biomechanics of the Cell. I. V. Maly. Springer, 2013. $49.95 paper (55 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4614-6882-0 Buy at Amazon

Tissue Functioning and Remodeling in the Circulatory and Ventilatory Systems. M. Thiriet. Springer, 2013. $279.00 (962 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4614-5965-1 Buy at Amazon

World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering. Vol. 39, 1–3. M. Long, ed. Springer, 2013. $949.00 paper set (2345 pp. set). ISBN 978-3-642-29304-7 Buy at Amazon

chemical physics

Annual Review of Physical Chemistry. M. A. Johnson, T. J. Martínez, P. S. Cremer, J. T. Groves, eds. Annual Reviews, 2013. $92.00 (672 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8243-1064-6 Buy at Amazon

Complexity in Chemistry and Beyond: Interplay Theory and Experiment; New and Old Aspects of Complexity in Modern Research. C. Hill, D. G. Musaev, eds. Springer, 2012. $189.00, $89.95 paper (242 pp.). ISBN 978-94-007-5547-5, ISBN 978-94-007-5550-5 paper Buy at Amazon

EPR of Free Radicals in Solids I: Trends in Methods and Applications. 2nd ed. A. Lund, M. Shiotani, eds. Springer, 2013. $349.00 (414 pp.). ISBN 978-94-007-4892-7 Buy at Amazon

Molecular Chaperones. S. Jackson, ed. Springer, 2013. $309.00 (272 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-34551-7 Buy at Amazon

Physics and Chemistry of Interfaces. 3rd, rev. ed. H.-J. Butt, K. Graf, M. Kappl. Wiley-VCH, 2013. $85.00 paper (461 pp.). ISBN 978-3-527-41216-7 Buy at Amazon

Polymer Composites—Polyolefin Fractionation—Polymeric Peptidomimetics—Collagens. A. Abe, H.-H. Kausch, M. Möller, H. Pasch, eds. Springer, 2013. $259.00 (209 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-34329-2 Buy at Amazon

Polymer Synthesis: Theory and Practice; Fundamentals, Methods, Experiments. 5th ed. D. Braun et al. Springer, 2013. $89.95 (402 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-28979-8 Buy at Amazon

Small Organic Molecules on Surfaces: Fundamentals and Applications. H. Sitter, C. Draxl, M. Ramsey, eds. Springer, 2013. $129.00 (323 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-33847-2 Buy at Amazon

Spectroscopic Investigations of Hydrogen Bond Network Structures in Water Clusters. K. Mizuse. Springer, 2013. $129.00 (175 pp.). ISBN 978-4-431-54311-4 Buy at Amazon

computers and computational physics

Brain–Computer Interface Research: A State-of-the-Art Summary. C. Guger, B. Z. Allison, G. Edlinger, eds. Springer, 2013. $49.95 paper (123 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-36082-4 Buy at Amazon

Computational Fluid Dynamics Based on the Unified Coordinates. W.-H. Hui, K. Xu. Springer, 2012. $129.00 (189 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-25895-4 Buy at Amazon

GPU Solutions to Multi-scale Problems in Science and Engineering. D. A. Yuen et al., eds. Springer, 2013. $129.00 (702 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-16404-0 Buy at Amazon

Numerical Mathematics and Advanced Applications 2011. A. Cangiani et al., eds. Springer, 2013. $229.00 (859 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-33133-6 Buy at Amazon

Strongly Correlated Systems: Numerical Methods. A. Avella, F. Mancini, eds. Springer, 2013. $129.00 (325 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-35105-1 Buy at Amazon

Techniques and Tools for Designing an Online Social Network Platform. P. Karampelas. Springer, 2012. $109.00 (190 pp.). ISBN 978-3-7091-0786-7 Buy at Amazon

Theory of Quantum Computation, Communication, and Cryptography. K. Iwama, Y. Kawano, M. Murao, eds. Springer, 2013. $72.00 paper (164 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-35655-1 Buy at Amazon

condensed-matter physics

Anomalous and Topological Hall Effects in Itinerant Magnets. Y. Shiomi. Springer, 2013. $129.00 (89 pp.). ISBN 978-4-431-54360-2 Buy at Amazon

Colloidal Dispersions Under Slit-Pore Confinement. Y. Zeng. Springer, 2012. $129.00 (121 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-34990-4 Buy at Amazon

Electronic Structure and Number Theory: Bohr’s Boldest Dream. J. C. A. Boeyens, P. Comba, eds. Springer, 2013. $259.00 (183 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-31976-1 Buy at Amazon

Fifty Years of Nuclear BCS: Pairing in Finite Systems. R. A. Broglia, V. Zelevinsky, eds. World Scientific, 2013. $158.00 (670 pp.). ISBN 978-981-4412-48-3 Buy at Amazon

Mechanics of Granular Matter. Q. Sun, G. Wang. WIT Press, 2013. $258.00 (192 pp.). ISBN 978-1-84564-644-8 Buy at Amazon

Principles of Soft-Matter Dynamics: Basic Theories, Non-invasive Methods, Mesoscopic Aspects. R. Kimmich. Springer, 2012. $119.00 (656 pp.). ISBN 978-94-007-5535-2 Buy at Amazon

Shock Wave Compression of Condensed Matter: A Primer. J. W. Forbes. Springer, 2012. $99.00 (374 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-32534-2 Buy at Amazon

Spin Fluctuation Theory of Itinerant Electron Magnetism. Y. Takahashi. Springer, 2013. $159.00 (181 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-36665-9 Buy at Amazon

Statics and Dynamics of Weakly Coupled Antiferromagnetic Spin-1/2 Ladders in a Magnetic Field. P. Bouillot. Springer, 2013. $129.00 (98 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-33807-6 Buy at Amazon

Transport Phenomena in Strongly Correlated Fermi Liquids. H. Kontani. Springer, 2013. $159.00 (173 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-35364-2 Buy at Amazon

cosmology and relativity

Black Holes: New Horizons. S. A. Hayward, ed. World Scientific, 2013. $74.00 (256 pp.). ISBN 978-981-4425-69-8 Buy at Amazon

Foundations of Space and Time: Reflections on Quantum Gravity. J. Murugan, A. Weltman, G. F. R. Ellis, eds. Cambridge U. Press, 2012. $70.00 (437 pp.). ISBN 978-0-521-11440-0 Buy at Amazon

Golden Oldies in General Relativity: Hidden Gems. A. Krasinski, G. F. R. Ellis, M. A. H. MacCallum, eds. Springer, 2013. $129.00 (489 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-34504-3 Buy at Amazon

Gravity, a Geometrical Course. Vol. 2: Black Holes, Cosmology and Introduction to Supergravity. P. G. Frè. Springer, 2013. $129.00 (452 pp.). ISBN 978-94-007-5442-3 Buy at Amazon

Making Starships and Stargates: The Science of Interstellar Transport and Absurdly Benign Wormholes. J. F. Woodward. Springer, 2013. $44.95 paper (279 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4614-5622-3 Buy at Amazon

Supersymmetric Gravity and Black Holes. S. Bellucci, ed. Springer, 2013. $259.00 (204 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-31379-0 Buy at Amazon

Theory of Gravitational Interactions. M. Gasperini. Springer, 2013. $89.95 paper (322 pp.). ISBN 978-88-470-2690-2 Buy at Amazon

device physics

High Mobility and Quantum Well Transistors: Design and TCAD Simulation. G. Hellings, K. De Meyer. Springer, 2013. $129.00 (140 pp.). ISBN 978-94-007-6339-5 Buy at Amazon

Piezotronics and Piezo-Phototronics. Z. L. Wang. Springer, 2012. $129.00 (248 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-34236-3 Buy at Amazon

Reproduction of Tactual Textures: Transducers, Mechanics and Signal Encoding. M. Wiertlewski. Springer, 2013. $109.00 (133 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4471-4840-1 Buy at Amazon

Spintronics: From Materials to Devices. C. Felser, G. H. Fecher, eds. Springer, 2013. $179.00 (369 pp.). ISBN 978-90-481-3831-9 Buy at Amazon

energy and environment

Coupled Dynamics in Soil: Experimental and Numerical Studies of Energy, Momentum and Mass Transfer. Y. Zeng. Springer, 2013. $129.00 (179 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-34072-7 Buy at Amazon

Geoengineering Responses to Climate Change: Selected Entries from the Encyclopedia of Sustainability Science and Technology. T. Lenton, N. Vaughan, eds. Springer, 2013. $129.00 (197 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4614-5769-5 Buy at Amazon

Green Biomass Pretreatment for Biofuels Production. T. Gu, ed. Springer, 2013. $49.95 paper (153 pp.). ISBN 978-94-007-6051-6 Buy at Amazon

Harvesting the Biosphere: What We Have Taken from Nature. V. Smil. MIT Press, 2013. $29.00 (307 pp.). ISBN 978-0-262-01856-2 Buy at Amazon

Spain’s Photovoltaic Revolution: The Energy Return on Investment. P. A. Prieto, C. A. S. Hall. Springer, 2013. $49.95 paper (127 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4419-9436-3 Buy at Amazon

fluids

Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics. Vol. 45. S. H. Davis, P. Moin, eds. Annual Reviews, 2013. $92.00 (585 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8243-0745-5 Buy at Amazon

Fluid Dynamics in Physics, Engineering and Environmental Applications. J. Klapp, A. Medina, A. Cros, C. A. Vargas, eds. Springer, 2013. $229.00 (533 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-27722-1 Buy at Amazon

Hydrodynamic Instability and Transition to Turbulence. A. M. Yaglom; U. Frisch, ed. Springer, 2012. $179.00 (602 pp.). ISBN 978-94-007-4236-9 Buy at Amazon

Nonlinear Flow Phenomena and Homotopy Analysis: Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer. K. Vajravelu, R. A. Van Gorder. Springer, 2012. $109.00 (190 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-32101-6 Buy at Amazon

Ten Chapters in Turbulence. P. A. Davidson, Y. Kaneda, K. R. Sreenivasan, eds. Cambridge U. Press, 2013. $99.00 (450 pp.). ISBN 978-0-521-76944-0 Buy at Amazon

geophysics

Aerosol Remote Sensing. J. Lenoble, L. Remer, D. Tanré, eds. Springer, 2013. $179.00 (390 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-17724-8 Buy at Amazon

Characteristics of Chinese Petroleum Geology: Geological Features and Exploration Cases of Stratigraphic, Foreland and Deep Formation Traps. C. Jia. Springer, 2012. $179.00 (616 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-23871-0 Buy at Amazon

Characterization of an Upper Permian Tight Gas Reservoir: A Multidisciplinary, Multiscale Analysis from the Rotliegend, Northern Germany. P. Antrett. Springer, 2013. $129.00 (103 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-36293-4 Buy at Amazon

Climate and Weather of the Sun-Earth System (CAWSES): Highlights from a Priority Program. F.-J. Lübken, ed. Springer, 2013. $229.00 (634 pp.). ISBN 978-94-007-4347-2 Buy at Amazon

Drift, Deformation, and Fracture of Sea Ice: A Perspective Across Scales. J. Weiss. Springer, 2013. $49.95 paper (90 pp.). ISBN 978-94-007-6201-5 Buy at Amazon

Earth System Monitoring: Selected Entries from the Encyclopedia of Sustainability Science and Technology. J. Orcutt, ed. Springer, 2013. $229.00 (518 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4614-5683-4 Buy at Amazon

Geoid Determination: Theory and Methods. F. Sanso, M. G. Sideris, eds. Springer, 2013. $279.00 (734 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-74699-7 Buy at Amazon

Gravity and Magnetic Exploration: Principles, Practices, and Applications. W. J. Hinze, R. R. B. von Frese, A. H. Saad. Cambridge U. Press, 2013. $80.00 (512 pp.). ISBN 978-0-521-87101-3 Buy at Amazon

The Noble Gases as Geochemical Tracers. P. Burnard, ed. Springer, 2013. $179.00 (401 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-28835-7 Buy at Amazon

Reference Frames for Applications in Geosciences. Z. Altamimi, X. Collilieux, eds. Springer, 2013. $199.00 (284 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-32997-5 Buy at Amazon

Teide Volcano: Geology and Eruptions of a Highly Differentiated Oceanic Stratovolcano. J. C. Carracedo, V. R. Troll, eds. Springer, 2013. $129.00 (279 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-25892-3 Buy at Amazon

history and philosophy

The Adventurous Life of Friedrich Georg Houtermans, Physicist (1903–1966). E. Amaldi. Springer, 2012. $49.95 paper (152 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-32854-1 Buy at Amazon

Celestial Messengers: Cosmic Rays; The Story of a Scientific Adventure. M. Bertolotti. Springer, 2013. $39.95 paper (330 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-28370-3 Buy at Amazon

Cobalt Blues: The Story of Leonard Grimmett, the Man Behind the First Cobalt-60 Unit in the United States. P. R. Almond. Springer, 2013. $99.00 (153 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4614-4923-2 Buy at Amazon

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

Continuum Mechanics Through the Twentieth Century: A Concise Historical Perspective. G. A. Maugin. Springer, 2013. $179.00 (314 pp.). ISBN 978-94-007-6352-4 Buy at Amazon

The Dialectic Relation Between Physics and Mathematics in the XIXth Century. E. Barbin, R. Pisano, eds. Springer, 2013. $119.00 (186 pp.). ISBN 978-94-007-5379-2 Buy at Amazon

Epistemic Complexity and Knowledge Construction: Morphogenesis, Symbolic Dynamics and Beyond. A. Carsetti. Springer, 2013. $129.00 (164 pp.). ISBN 978-94-007-6012-7 Buy at Amazon

Heart of Darkness: Unraveling the Mysteries of the Invisible Universe. J. P. Ostriker, S. Mitton. Princeton U. Press, 2013. $27.95 (299 pp.). ISBN 978-0-691-13430-7 Buy at Amazon

LAWS, LANGUAGE and LIFE: Howard Pattee’s Classic Papers on the Physics of Symbols with Contemporary Commentary. H. H. Pattee, J. Rączaszek-Leonardi. Springer, 2012. $189.00 (333 pp.). ISBN 978-94-007-5160-6 Buy at Amazon

Letters to a Young Scientist. E. O. Wilson. Liveright/W. W. Norton, 2013. $21.95 (240 pp.). ISBN 978-0-87140-377-3 Buy at Amazon

Life Atomic: A History of Radioisotopes in Science and Medicine. A. N. H. Creager. U. Chicago Press, 2013. $45.00 (489 pp.). ISBN 978-0-226-01780-8 Buy at Amazon

The Many Worlds of Hugh Everett III: Multiple Universes, Mutual Assured Destruction, and the Meltdown of a Nuclear Family. P. Byrne. Oxford U. Press, 2013. $24.95 paper (436 pp.). ISBN 978-0-19-965924-1 Buy at Amazon

The March of Time: Evolving Conceptions of Time in the Light of Scientific Discoveries. F. Weinert. Springer, 2013. $39.95 (284 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-35346-8 Buy at Amazon

Practical Mathematics in a Commercial Metropolis: Mathematical Life in Late 16th Century Antwerp. A. Meskens. Springer, 2013. $179.00 (258 pp.). ISBN 978-94-007-5720-2 Buy at Amazon

Revolutions That Made the Earth. T. Lenton, A. Watson. Oxford U. Press, 2013. $34.95 paper (423 pp.). ISBN 978-0-19-967346-9 Buy at Amazon

Search for the Ultimate Energy Source: A History of the U.S. Fusion Energy Program. S. O. Dean. Springer, 2013. $129.00 (262 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4614-6036-7 Buy at Amazon

Solar History: An Introduction. C. Vita-Finzi. Springer, 2013. $49.95 paper (90 pp.). ISBN 978-94-007-4294-9 Buy at Amazon

Surfaces and Essences: Analogy as the Fuel and Fire of Thinking. D. Hofstadter, E. Sander. Basic Books, 2013. $35.00 (592 pp.). ISBN 978-0-465-01847-5 Buy at Amazon

Tesla: Inventor of the Electrical Age. W. B. Carlson. Princeton U. Press, 2013. $29.95 (500 pp.). ISBN 978-0-691-05776-7 Buy at Amazon

A Year of Disobedience: And a Criticality of Conscience. J. Daniel. Story Arts Media, 2013. $19.95 paper (170 pp.). ISBN 978-0-9889754-4-6 Buy at Amazon

instrumentation and techniques

Fundamentals of Mass Determination. M. Borys, R. Schwartz, A. Reichmuth, R. Nater. Springer, 2012. $99.00 (114 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-11936-1 Buy at Amazon

ICAME 2011. Y. Yoshida, K. Mibu, eds. Springer, 2012. $399.00 (739 pp.). ISBN 978-94-007-4761-6 Buy at Amazon

Instruments and Methods for the Radio Detection of High Energy Cosmic Rays. F. G. Schröder. Springer, 2012. $129.00 (188 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-33659-1 Buy at Amazon

Ion Beams in Materials Processing and Analysis. B. Schmidt, K. Wetzig. Springer, 2013. $199.00 (418 pp.). ISBN 978-3-211-99355-2 Buy at Amazon

Mössbauer Spectroscopy: Tutorial Book. Y. Yoshida, G. Langouche, eds. Springer, 2013. $79.95 (320 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-32219-8 Buy at Amazon

texts and education

Partial Differential Equations. 3rd ed. J. Jost. Springer, 2013. $79.95 (410 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4614-4808-2 Buy at Amazon

A Primer of Ecological Statistics. 2nd ed. N. J. Gotelli, A. M. Ellison. Sinauer Associates, 2013. $54.95 paper (614 pp.). ISBN 978-1-60535-064-6 Buy at Amazon

Quantum Mechanics. 2nd ed. Fayyazuddin, Riazuddin. World Scientific, 2013. $108.00 (545 pp.). ISBN 978-981-4412-90-2 Buy at Amazon

Relativity Made Relatively Easy. A. M. Steane. Oxford U. Press, 2012. $54.95 paper (432 pp.). ISBN 978-0-19-966286-9 Buy at Amazon

Unsteady Combustor Physics. T. C. Lieuwen. Cambridge U. Press, 2012. $125.00 (405 pp.). ISBN 978-1-107-01599-9 Buy at Amazon

theory and mathematical methods

Algebraic and Geometric Ideas in the Theory of Discrete Optimization. J. A. De Loera, R. Hemmecke, M. Köppe. SIAM, 2013. $109.00 paper (322 pp.). ISBN 978-1-611972-43-6 Buy at Amazon

Analytic Tools for Feynman Integrals. V. A. Smirnov. Springer, 2012. $179.00 (308 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-34885-3 Buy at Amazon

Asymptotic Solutions of Strongly Nonlinear Systems of Differential Equations. V. V. Kozlov, S. D. Furta. Springer, 2013. $109.00 (262 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-33816-8 Buy at Amazon

Bayesian Inference and Maximum Entropy Methods in Science and Engineering. P. Goyal, A. Giffin, K. H. Knuth, E. Vrscay, eds. AIP, 2012. $165.00 (402 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7354-1039-8 Buy at Amazon

Differential Geometry and Mathematical Physics: Part I. Manifolds, Lie Groups and Hamiltonian Systems. G. Rudolph, M. Schmidt. Springer, 2013. $99.95 (776 pp.). ISBN 978-94-007-5344-0 Buy at Amazon

Emerging Applications of Wavelet Methods. A. H. Siddiqi, ed. AIP, 2012. $150.00 (280 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7354-1067-1 Buy at Amazon

Finsler Geometry: An Approach via Randers Spaces. X. Cheng, Z. Shen. Springer, 2012. $109.00 (150 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-24887-0 Buy at Amazon

Intersections of Random Walks. G. F. Lawler. Birkhäuser, 2013. $79.95 paper (239 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4614-5971-2 Buy at Amazon

Isochronous Systems. F. Calogero. Oxford U. Press, 2012. $54.99 paper (250 pp.). ISBN 978-0-19-965752-0 Buy at Amazon

Lie Groups and Lie Algebras: A Physicist’s Perspective. A. M. Bincer. Oxford U. Press, 2013. $74.95 (201 pp.). ISBN 978-0-19-966292-0 Buy at Amazon

Linear Integral Equations: Theory and Technique. R. P. Kanwal. Birkhäuser, 2013. $59.95 paper (318 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4614-6011-4 Buy at Amazon

Mathematical Tools for the Study of the Incompressible Navier-Stokes Equations and Related Models. F. Boyer, P. Fabrie. Springer, 2013. $149.00 (525 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4614-5974-3 Buy at Amazon

The Noisy Oscillator: Random Mass, Frequency, Damping. 2nd ed. M. Gitterman. World Scientific, 2013. $46.00 (174 pp.). ISBN 978-981-4440-48-6 Buy at Amazon

Strings, Gauge Fields, and the Geometry Behind: The Legacy of Maximilian Kreuzer. A. Rebhan et al., eds. World Scientific, 2013. $158.00 (551 pp.). ISBN 978-981-4412-54-4 Buy at Amazon

Trivariate Local Lagrange Interpolation and Macro Elements of Arbitrary Smoothness. M. A. Matt. Springer Spektrum, 2012. $109.00 paper (386 pp.). ISBN 978-3-8348-2383-0 Buy at Amazon

Wavelets Made Easy. Y. Nievergelt. Birkhäuser, 2013. $59.95 paper (297 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4614-6005-3 Buy at Amazon

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