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astronomy and astrophysics

Astrophysics at Very High Energies. F. Aharonian, L. Bergström, C. Dermer. Springer, 2013. $99.00 (361 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-36133-3 Buy at Amazon

Cosmic Rays in Star-Forming Environments. D. F. Torres, O. Reimer, eds. Springer, 2013. $259.00 (446 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-35409-0 Buy at Amazon

The Life and Death of Stars. K. R. Lang. Cambridge U. Press, 2013. $39.99 (332 pp.). ISBN 978-1-107-01638-5 Buy at Amazon

Organizations, People and Strategies in Astronomy. Vol. 2. A. Heck, ed. Venngeist, 2013. $113.00 paper (474 pp.). ISBN 978-2-9542677-1-5 Buy at Amazon

Rotating Relativistic Stars. J. L. Friedman, N. Stergioulas. Cambridge U. Press, 2013. $125.00 (429 pp.). ISBN 978-0-521-87254-6 Buy at Amazon

Stellar Evolution Physics. Vol. 1: Physical Processes in Stellar Interiors. I. Iben Jr. Cambridge U. Press, 2013. $90.00 (890 pp.). ISBN 978-1-107-01656-9 Buy at Amazon

Stellar Evolution Physics. Vol. 2: Advanced Evolution of Single Stars. I. Iben Jr. Cambridge U. Press, 2013. $95.00 (616 pp.). ISBN 978-1-107-01657-6 Buy at Amazon

instrumentation and techniques

Mössbauer Spectroscopy in Materials Science—2012. J. Tuček, L. Machala, eds. AIP, 2012. $139.00 (204 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7354-1101-2 Buy at Amazon

Stochastic Cooling of Particle Beams. D. Möhl. Springer, 2013. $49.95 paper (120 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-34978-2 Buy at Amazon

Surface Patterning with Colloidal Monolayers. N. Vogel. Springer, 2012. $129.00 (250 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-35132-7 Buy at Amazon

Uniting Electron Crystallography and Powder Diffraction. U. Kolb et al., eds. Springer, 2012. $229.00, $119.00 paper (434 pp.). ISBN 978-94-007-5579-6, ISBN 978-94-007-5585-7 paper Buy at Amazon

materials science

Advanced Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology. P. K. Giri, D. K. Goswami, A. Perumal, eds. Springer, 2013. $259.00 (608 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-34215-8 Buy at Amazon

Continuum Mechanics of Anisotropic Materials. S. C. Cowin. Springer, 2013. $119.00 (425 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4614-5024-5 Buy at Amazon

Convection in Porous Media. 4th ed. D. A. Nield, A. Bejan. Springer, 2013. $229.00 (778 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4614-5540-0 Buy at Amazon

Dislocation Dynamics During Plastic Deformation. U. Messerschmidt. Springer, 2012. $179.00 paper (503 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-26357-6 Buy at Amazon

Dynamics of Gas-Surface Interactions: Atomic-Level Understanding of Scattering Processes at Surfaces. R. Díez Muiño, H. F. Busnengo, eds. Springer, 2013. $179.00 (428 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-32954-8 Buy at Amazon

Glass Transition, Dynamics and Heterogeneity of Polymer Thin Films. T. Kanaya, ed. Springer, 2013. $259.00 (151 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-34338-4 Buy at Amazon

Laser Shock Processing of FCC Metals: Mechanical Properties and Micro-Structural Strengthening Mechanism. Y. Zhang, J. Lu, K. Luo. Springer, 2013. $129.00 (194 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-35673-5 Buy at Amazon

Laser Surface Processing and Model Studies. B. S. Yilbas, S. Z. Shuja. Springer, 2013. $129.00 (147 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-36628-4 Buy at Amazon

Mechanical Self-Assembly: Science and Applications. X. Chen, ed. Springer, 2013. $129.00 (206 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4614-4561-6 Buy at Amazon

Metal Oxide Nanomaterials for Chemical Sensors. M. A. Carpenter, S. Mathur, A. Kolmakov, eds. Springer, 2013. $229.00 (548 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4614-5394-9 Buy at Amazon

Micromechanics of Composite Materials. G. J. Dvorak. Springer, 2013. $179.00 (442 pp.). ISBN 978-94-007-4100-3 Buy at Amazon

Phosphate Phosphors for Solid-State Lighting. K. N. Shinde, S. J. Dhoble, H. C. Swart, K. Park. Springer, 2012. $179.00 (267 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-34311-7 Buy at Amazon

The Physics of Deformation and Fracture of Polymers. A. S. Argon. Cambridge U. Press, 2013. $135.00 (532 pp.). ISBN 978-0-521-82184-1 Buy at Amazon

Quantum Chemistry of Solids: LCAO Treatment of Crystals and Nanostructures. 2nd ed. R. A. Evarestov. Springer, 2012. $229.00 (734 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-30355-5 Buy at Amazon

miscellaneous

Blazing the Trail: Essays by Leading Women in Science. E. Ideal, R. Meharchand. CreateSpace, 2013. $8.93 paper (278 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4827-0943-8 Buy at Amazon

Modeling Ships and Space Craft: The Science and Art of Mastering the Oceans and Sky. G. Hagler. Springer, 2013. $39.95 paper (249 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4614-4595-1 Buy at Amazon

A Physicist’s View of Matter and Mind. C. Dharma-wardana. World Scientific, 2013. $68.00 (520 pp.). ISBN 978-981-4425-41-4 Buy at Amazon

TransMath: Innovative Solutions from Mathematical Technology. P. Quintela et al. Springer, 2012. $59.95 paper (164 pp.). ISBN 978-88-470-2405-2 Buy at Amazon

nonlinear science and chaos

Chaos and Complex Systems. S. G. Stavrinides, S. Banerjee, S. H. Caglar, M. Ozer, eds. Springer, 2013. $259.00 (581 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-33913-4 Buy at Amazon

Consensus and Synchronization in Complex Networks. L. Kocarev, ed. Springer, 2013. $179.00 (275 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-33358-3 Buy at Amazon

Constructal Law and the Unifying Principle of Design. L. A. O. Rocha, S. Lorente, A. Bejan, eds. Springer, 2013. $179.00 (320 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4614-5048-1 Buy at Amazon

Fractional Derivatives for Physicists and Engineers. Vol. 1: Background and Theory. Vol. 2: Applications. V. V. Uchaikin. Springer, 2013. $279.00 set (831 pp. set). ISBN 978-3-642-33910-3 Buy at Amazon

Global Analysis of Nonlinear Dynamics. J.-Q. Sun, A. C. J. Luo, eds. Springer, 2013. $179.00 paper (287 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4614-6197-5 Buy at Amazon

Morphogenetic Engineering: Toward Programmable Complex Systems. R. Doursat, H. Sayama, O. Michel, eds. Springer, 2012. $129.00 (517 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-33901-1 Buy at Amazon

Newtonian Nonlinear Dynamics for Complex Linear and Optimization Problems. L. Vázquez, S. Jiménez. Springer, 2013. $129.00 (143 pp.). ISBN 978-1-461-45911-8 Buy at Amazon

Selected Topics in Nonlinear Dynamics and Theoretical Electrical Engineering. K. Kyamakya et al., eds. Springer, 2013. $179.00 (499 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-37780-8 Buy at Amazon

Wave Propagation in Linear and Nonlinear Periodic Media: Analysis and Applications. F. Romeo, M. Ruzzene, eds. Springer, 2012. $209.00 (326 pp.). ISBN 978-3-7091-1308-0 Buy at Amazon

nuclear physics

Interacting Boson Model from Energy Density Functionals. K. Nomura. Springer, 2013. $129.00 (188 pp.). ISBN 978-4-431-54233-9 Buy at Amazon

Nuclear Structure and Dynamics ’12. T. Nikšić, M. Milin, D. Vretenar, S. Szilner, eds. AIP, 2012. $169.00 (414 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7354-1103-6 Buy at Amazon

optics and photonics

Dispersion Forces I: Macroscopic Quantum Electrodynamics and Ground-State Casimir, Casimir–Polder and van der Waals Forces. S. Y. Buhmann. Springer, 2012. $179.00 (330 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-32483-3 Buy at Amazon

Dispersion Forces II: Many-Body Effects, Excited Atoms, Finite Temperature and Quantum Friction. S. Y. Buhmann. Springer, 2012. $179.00 (309 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-32465-9 Buy at Amazon

Handbook of Solid-State Lasers: Materials, Systems and Applications. B. Denker, E. Shklovsky, eds. Woodhead Publishing, 2013. $325.00 (660 pp.). ISBN 978-0-85709-272-4 Buy at Amazon

Laser-Based Measurements for Time and Frequency Domain Applications: A Handbook. P. Maddaloni, M. Bellini, P. De Natale. Taylor & Francis, 2013. $199.95 (736 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4398-4151-8 Buy at Amazon

Nano-Optics for Enhancing Light-Matter Interactions on a Molecular Scale: Plasmonics, Photonic Materials and Sub-Wavelength Resolution. B. Di Bartolo, J. Collins, L. Silvestri, eds. Springer, 2013. $229.00, $119.00 paper (477 pp.). ISBN 978-94-007-5312-9, ISBN 978-94-007-5318-1 paper Buy at Amazon

Progress in Nanophotonics 2. M. Ohtsu, ed. Springer, 2013. $129.00 (169 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-35718-3 Buy at Amazon

Quantum Cascade Lasers. J. Faist. Oxford U. Press, 2013. $89.95 (306 pp.). ISBN 978-0-19-852824-1 Buy at Amazon

particle physics

Beauty in Physics: Theory and Experiment. R. Bijker, ed. AIP, 2012. $167.00 paper (467 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7354-1100-5 Buy at Amazon

LEAP 2011. M. C. Fujiwara, M. Alberg, A. Olin, M. Comyn, eds. Springer, 2013. $259.00 (462 pp.). ISBN 978-94-007-5529-1 Buy at Amazon

plasmas and fusion

Cosmic Electrodynamics: Electrodynamics and Magnetic Hydrodynamics of Cosmic Plasmas. G. D. Fleishman, I. N. Toptygin. Springer, 2013. $229.00 (734 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4614-5781-7 Buy at Amazon

popularizations

Cosmic Numbers: The Numbers That Define Our Universe. J. D. Stein. Basic Books, 2013. $15.99 paper (240 pp.). ISBN 978-0-465-06379-6 Buy at Amazon

Space Chronicles: Facing the Ultimate Frontier. N. D. Tyson; A. Lang, ed. W. W. Norton, 2013. $16.95 paper (384 pp.). ISBN 978-0-393-34362-5 Buy at Amazon

Supersymmetry and Beyond: From the Higgs Boson to the New Physics. Rev. ed. G. Kane. Basic Books, 2013. $16.99 paper (197 pp.). ISBN 978-0-465-08297-1 Buy at Amazon

Visions of Infinity: The Great Mathematical Problems. I. Stewart. Basic Books, 2013. $26.99 (352 pp.). ISBN 978-0-465-02240-3 Buy at Amazon

quantum physics

Nonequilibrium Many-Body Theory of Quantum Systems: A Modern Introduction. G. Stefanucci, R. van Leeuwen. Cambridge U. Press, 2013. $95.00 (614 pp.). ISBN 978-0-521-76617-3 Buy at Amazon

Quantum Concepts in Physics: An Alternative Approach to the Understanding of Quantum Mechanics. M. Longair. Cambridge U. Press, 2013. $70.00 (459 pp.). ISBN 978-1-107-01709-2 Buy at Amazon

Quantum Mechanics: Genesis and Achievements. A. Komech. Springer, 2013. $109.00 (302 pp.). ISBN 978-94-007-5541-3 Buy at Amazon

Quantum Mechanics of Molecular Structures. K. Yamanouchi. Springer, 2012. $89.95 (280 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-32380-5 Buy at Amazon

The Theory of the Quantum World. D. Gross, M. Henneaux, A. Sevrin, eds. World Scientific, 2013. $88.00 (300 pp.). ISBN 978-981-4440-61-5 Buy at Amazon

space and planetary science

The Asteroid Impact Connection of Planetary Evolution: With Special Reference to Large Precambrian and Australian Impacts. A. Y. Glikson. Springer, 2013. $49.95 paper (120 pp.). ISBN 978-94-007-6327-2 Buy at Amazon

Formation of the Solar System: A New Theory of the Creation and Decay of the Celestial Bodies. V. I. Ferronsky, S. V. Ferronsky. Springer, 2013. $129.00 (297 pp.). ISBN 978-94-007-5907-7 Buy at Amazon

Fundamentals of Space Business and Economics. O. Gurtuna. Springer, 2013. $49.95 paper (85 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4614-6695-6 Buy at Amazon

Lunar Domes: Properties and Formation Processes. R. Lena, C. Wöhler, J. Phillips, M. T. Chiocchetta. Springer, 2013. $89.95 (174 pp.). ISBN 978-88-470-2636-0 Buy at Amazon

Mars Science Laboratory. J. Grotzinger, A. Vasavada, C. Russell, eds. Springer, 2013. $279.00 (860 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4614-6338-2 Buy at Amazon

Multi-Scale Physics in Coronal Heating and Solar Wind Acceleration: From the Sun Into the Inner Heliosphere. D. Burgess et al., eds. Springer, 2013. $179.00 (416 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4614-6460-0 Buy at Amazon

On Orbit and Beyond: Psychological Perspectives on Human Spaceflight. D. A. Vakoch, ed. Springer, 2013. $129.00 (317 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-30582-5 Buy at Amazon

Physics of Collisionless Shocks: Space Plasma Shock Waves. A. Balogh, R. A. Treumann. Springer, 2013. $179.00 (512 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4614-6098-5 Buy at Amazon

The Plasma Environment of Venus, Mars, and Titan. K. Szego, ed. Springer, 2012. $179.00 (334 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4614-3289-0 Buy at Amazon

Sky Alert! When Satellites Fail. L. Johnson. Springer, 2013. $29.95 paper (199 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4614-1829-0 Buy at Amazon

Space Debris and Other Threats from Outer Space. J. N. Pelton. Springer, 2013. $49.95 paper (100 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4614-6713-7 Buy at Amazon

statistical physics and thermodynamics

Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics in Multiphase Flows. R. Mauri. Springer, 2013. $89.95 (266 pp.). ISBN 978-94-007-5460-7 Buy at Amazon

Quantum Ising Phases and Transitions in Transverse Ising Models. 2nd ed. S. Suzuki, J. Inoue, B. K. Chakrabarti. Springer, 2013. $89.95 paper (416 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-33038-4 Buy at Amazon

Thermodynamics of Crystalline States. 2nd ed. M. Fujimoto. Springer, 2013. $179.00 (275 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4614-5084-9 Buy at Amazon

texts and education

Basics of Statistical Physics. 2nd ed. H. J. W. Müller-Kirsten. World Scientific, 2013. $48.00 (250 pp.). ISBN 978-981-4449-53-3 Buy at Amazon

Computational Physics. M. Newman. CreateSpace, 2013. $43.20 paper (562 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4801-4551-1 Buy at Amazon

Einstein Gravity in a Nutshell. A. Zee. Princeton U. Press, 2013. $90.00 (866 pp.). ISBN 978-0-691-14558-7 Buy at Amazon

Equilibrium Statistical Physics: With Computer Simulations in Python. L. M. Sander. CreateSpace, 2013. $37.80 (321 pp.). ISBN 978-1491066515 Buy at Amazon

Essentials of Micro- and Nanofluidics: With Applications to the Biological and Chemical Sciences. A. T. Conlisk. Cambridge U. Press, 2013. $130.00 (537 pp.). ISBN 978-0-521-88168-5 Buy at Amazon

The First Semester Physics Survival Guide: A Lifeline for the Reluctant Physics Student. T. H. Cooke. Three Friendships Company, 2013. $19.99 paper (262 pp.). ISBN 978-0-9893205-0-4 Buy at Amazon

Introduction to Engineering Electromagnetics. Y. H. Lee. Springer, 2013. $119.00 (550 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-36117-3 Buy at Amazon

Introduction to Statistical Mechanics. J. O. Andersen. Akademika Forlag, 2012. $50.00 paper (229 pp.). ISBN 978-8232101054 Buy at Amazon

Laboratory Experiments in Physics for Modern Astronomy: With Comprehensive Development of the Physical Principles. L. M. Golden. Springer, 2013. $89.95 (570 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4614-3310-1 Buy at Amazon

Newton’s Gravity: An Introductory Guide to the Mechanics of the Universe. D. W. MacDougal. Springer, 2012. $89.95 paper (454 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4614-5443-4 Buy at Amazon

Physics of the Upper Polar Atmosphere. 2nd ed. A. Brekke. Springer, 2013. $129.00 (384 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-27400-8 Buy at Amazon

Single-Molecule Cellular Biophysics. M. C. Leake. Cambridge U. Press, 2013. $80.00 (275 pp.). ISBN 978-1-107-00583-9 Buy at Amazon

Solar Astrophysics. 3rd rev. ed. P. Foukal. Wiley-VCH, 2013. $99.95 paper (472 pp.). ISBN 978-3-527-41174-0 Buy at Amazon

Solid Mechanics: A Variational Approach. C. L. Dym, I. H. Shames. Springer, 2013. $119.00 (685 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4614-6033-6 Buy at Amazon

Textbook of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology. B. S. Murty et al. Springer, 2013. $129.00 (236 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-28029-0 Buy at Amazon

Understanding Viscoelasticity: An Introduction to Rheology. 2nd ed. N. Phan-Thien. Springer, 2013. $89.95 (202 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-32957-9 Buy at Amazon

The Universe: A View from Quantum and Classical Gravity. M. Bojowald. Wiley-VCH, 2013. $91.50 paper (370 pp.). ISBN 978-3-527-41018-7 Buy at Amazon

theory and mathematical methods

Applications of Mathematics in Engineering and Economics (AMEE ’12). V. Pasheva, G. Venkov, eds. AIP, 2012. $162.00 paper (434 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7354-1111-1 Buy at Amazon

The Augmented Spherical Wave Method: A Comprehensive Treatment. 2nd ed. V. Eyert. Springer, 2012. $89.95 paper (400 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-25863-3 Buy at Amazon

The Courant-Friedrichs-Lewy (CFL) Condition: 80 Years After Its Discovery. C. S. Kubrusly, Carlos A. de Moura, eds. Birkhäuser, 2013. $109.00 (249 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8176-8393-1 Buy at Amazon

Differential-Algebraic Equations: A Projector Based Analysis. R. Lamour, R. März, C. Tishendorf. Springer, 2013. $149.00 paper (649 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-27554-8 Buy at Amazon

From Kinetic Models to Hydrodynamics: Some Novel Results. M. Colangeli. Springer, 2013. $49.95 paper (96 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4614-6305-4 Buy at Amazon

Geometrical Methods for Power Network Analysis. S. Bellucci, B. N. Tiwari, N. Gupta. Springer, 2013. $49.95 paper (109 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-33343-9 Buy at Amazon

Gravity, a Geometrical Course. Vol. 1: Development of the Theory and Basic Physical Applications. P. G. Frè. Springer, 2013. $129.00 (336 pp.). ISBN 978-94-007-5360-0 Buy at Amazon

Lectures on Constructive Approximation: Fourier, Spline, and Wavelet Methods on the Real Line, the Sphere, and the Ball. V. Michel. Birkhäuser, 2013. $79.95 (326 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8176-8402-0 Buy at Amazon

Mathematics of Quantization and Quantum Fields. J. Dereziński, C. Gérard. Cambridge U. Press, 2013. $140.00 (684 pp.). ISBN 978-1-107-01111-3 Buy at Amazon

Meshfree Methods for Partial Differential Equations VI. M. Griebel, M. A. Schweitzer, eds. Springer, 2013. $139.00 (233 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-32978-4 Buy at Amazon

New Foundations in Mathematics: The Geometric Concept of Number. G. Sobczyk. Birkhäuser, 2013. $79.95 (380 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8176-8384-9 Buy at Amazon

Nonequilibrium Green’s Functions Approach to Inhomogeneous Systems. K. Balzer, M. Bonitz. Springer, 2013. $49.95 paper (130 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-35081-8 Buy at Amazon

Positive Linear Maps of Operator Algebras. E. Størmer. Springer, 2013. $109.00 (134 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-34368-1 Buy at Amazon

Prokhorov and Contemporary Probability Theory. A. N. Shiryaev, S. R. S. Varadhan, E. L. Presman, eds. Springer, 2013. $169.00 (454 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-33548-8 Buy at Amazon

Spectral Theory and Quantum Mechanics: With an Introduction to the Algebraic Formulation. V. Moretti. Springer, 2013. $69.95 paper (728 pp.). ISBN 978-88-470-2834-0 Buy at Amazon

Symmetries, Integrable Systems and Representations. K. Iohara, S. Morier-Genoud, B. Rémy, eds. Springer, 2013. $189.00 (637 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4471-4862-3 Buy at Amazon