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history and philosophy

Madame Wu Chien-Shiung: The First Lady of Physics Research. C. Tsai-Chien. World Scientific, 2014. $48.00 paper (264 pp.). ISBN 978-981-4368-92-6 Buy at Amazon

The Perfect Theory: A Century of Geniuses and the Battle over General Relativity. P. G. Ferreira. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014. $28.00 (288 pp.). ISBN 978-0-547-55489-1 Buy at Amazon

Portrait of Gunnar Källén: A Physics Shooting Star and Poet of Early Quantum Field Theory. C. Jarlskog, ed. Springer, 2014. $99.00 (630 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-00626-0 Buy at Amazon

Stratonauts: Pioneers Venturing into the Stratosphere. M. von Ehrenfried. Springer, 2014. $34.99 paper (236 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-02900-9 Buy at Amazon

instrumentation and techniques

Beam Dynamics in High Energy Particle Accelerators. A. Wolski. Imperial College Press, 2014. $148.00 (591 pp.). ISBN 978-1-78326-277-9 Buy at Amazon

Cone Beam CT and 3D Imaging: A Practical Guide. P. Caruso, E. Silvestri, L. M. Sconfienza, eds. Springer, 2014. $139.00 paper (153 pp.). ISBN 978-88-470-5318-2 Buy at Amazon

Ellipsometry of Functional Organic Surfaces and Films. K. Hinrichs, K.-J. Eichhorn, eds. Springer, 2014. $179.00 (363 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-40127-5 Buy at Amazon

Fundamentals of Fluorescence Microscopy: Exploring Life with Light. P. P. Mondal, A. Diaspro. Springer, 2014. $69.99 (218 pp.). ISBN 978-94-007-7544-2 Buy at Amazon

Good Practice in Archaeological Diagnostics: Non-invasive Survey of Complex Archaeological Sites. C. Corsi, B. Slapšak, F. Vermeulen, eds. Springer, 2013. $179.00 (347 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-01783-9 Buy at Amazon

In Memory of Akira Tonomura: Physicist and Electron Microscopist. K. Fujikawa, Y. A. Ono, eds. World Scientific, 2014. $68.00 paper (313 pp.). ISBN 978-981-4472-89-0, DVD-ROM Buy at Amazon

Local Electrode Atom Probe Tomography: A User’s Guide. D. J. Larson et al. Springer, 2013. $129.00 (318 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4614-8720-3 Buy at Amazon

Quantitative Remote Sensing in Thermal Infrared: Theory and Applications. H. Tang, Z.-L. Li. Springer, 2014. $179.00 (281 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-42026-9 Buy at Amazon

Reviews of Accelerator Science and Technology. Vol. 6: Accelerators for High Intensity Beams. A. W. Chao, W. Chou, eds. World Scientific, 2013. $148.00 (311 pp.). ISBN 978-981-4583-24-4 Buy at Amazon

Semiconductor X-Ray Detectors. B. G. Lowe, R. A. Sareen. CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, 2014. $169.95 (585 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4665-5400-9 Buy at Amazon

materials science

Applications of Graphene: An Overview. E. L. Wolf. Springer, 2014. $54.99 paper (84 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-03945-9 Buy at Amazon

Current Trends of Surface Science and Catalysis. J. Y. Park, ed. Springer, 2014. $179.00 (262 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4614-8741-8 Buy at Amazon

Extreme Physics: Properties and Behavior of Matter at Extreme Conditions. J. Colvin, J. Larsen. Cambridge U. Press, 2014. $99.00 (405 pp.). ISBN 978-1-107-01967-6 Buy at Amazon

FIB Nanostructures. Z. M. Wang, ed. Springer, 2013. $229.00 (530 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-02873-6 Buy at Amazon

Subsecond Annealing of Advanced Materials: Annealing by Lasers, Flash Lamps and Swift Heavy Ions. W. Skorupa, H. Schmidt, eds. Springer, 2014. $109.00 (321 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-03130-9 Buy at Amazon

Tribology for Scientists and Engineers: From Basics to Advanced Concepts. P. L. Menezes et al., eds. Springer, 2013. $279.00 (948 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4614-1944-0 Buy at Amazon

miscellaneous

Frontiers of Fundamental Physics and Physics Education Research. B. G. Sidharth, M. Michelini, L. Santi, eds. Springer, 2014. $139.00 (615 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-00296-5 Buy at Amazon

Physics and Our World: Reissue of the Proceedings of a Symposium in Honor of Victor F Weisskopf. K. Huang, ed. World Scientific, 2014. $68.00 (171 pp.). ISBN 978-981-4434-96-6 Buy at Amazon

nonlinear science and chaos

Chaos: Poincaré Seminar 2010. B. Duplantier, S. Nonnenmacher, V. Rivasseau, eds. Birkhäuser, 2013. $109.00 (270 pp.). ISBN 978-3-0348-0696-1 Buy at Amazon

Chaotic Signal Processing. H. Leung, ed. SIAM, 2014. $79.00 paper (179 pp.). ISBN 978-1-611973-25-9 Buy at Amazon

Combined Parametric-Nonparametric Identification of Block-Oriented Systems. G. Mzyk. Springer, 2014. $109.00 paper (238 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-03595-6 Buy at Amazon

Discontinuity and Complexity in Nonlinear Physical Systems. J. A. T. Machado, D. Baleanu, A. C. J. Luo, eds. Springer, 2014. $129.00 (433 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-01410-4 Buy at Amazon

Fault Detection and Diagnosis in Nonlinear Systems: A Differential and Algebraic Viewpoint. R. Martinez-Guerra, J. L. Mata-Machuca. Springer, 2014. $129.00 (128 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-03046-3 Buy at Amazon

Guided Self-Organization: Inception. M. Prokopenko, ed. Springer, 2014. $179.00 (475 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-53733-2 Buy at Amazon

International Conference on Theory and Application in Nonlinear Dynamics (ICAND 2012). V. In, A. Palacios, P. Longhini, eds. Springer, 2014. $179.00 (341 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-02924-5 Buy at Amazon

Nonlinear Analysis of Gas-Water/Oil-Water Two-Phase Flow in Complex Networks. Z.-K. Gao, N.-D. Jin, W.-X. Wang. Springer, 2014. $49.95 paper (103 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-38372-4 Buy at Amazon

Understanding Complex Urban Systems: Multidisciplinary Approaches to Modeling. C. Walloth, J. M. Gurr, J. A. Schmidt, eds. Springer, 2014. $129.00 (158 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-02995-5 Buy at Amazon

nuclear physics

The Euroschool on Exotic Beams, Vol. IV. C. Scheidenberger, M. Pfützner, eds. Springer, 2014. $89.99 paper (350 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-45140-9 Buy at Amazon

optics and photonics

Dressed Photons: Concepts of Light–Matter Fusion Technology. M. Ohtsu. Springer, 2014. $179.00 (324 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-39568-0 Buy at Amazon

Ferroelectric Crystals for Photonic Applications: Including Nanoscale Fabrication and Characterization Techniques. 2nd ed. P. Ferraro, S. Grilli, P. De Natale, eds. Springer, 2014. $179.00 (493 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-41085-7 Buy at Amazon

Fundamentals of Fiber Lasers and Fiber Amplifiers. V. Ter-Mikirtychev. Springer, 2014. $129.00 (253 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-02337-3 Buy at Amazon

Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy: Theory and Applications. S. Musazzi, U. Perini, eds. Springer, 2014. $179.00 (565 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-45084-6 Buy at Amazon

Nanophotonic Information Physics: Nanointelligence and Nanophotonic Computing. M. Naruse, ed. Springer, 2014. $129.00 (250 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-40223-4 Buy at Amazon

particle physics

Analysis of the Electric Dipole Moment in the R-parity Violating Supersymmetric Standard Model. N. Yamanaka. Springer, 2014. $129.00 (219 pp.). ISBN 978-4-431-54543-9 Buy at Amazon

CPT and Lorentz Symmetry. V. A. Kostelecký, ed. World Scientific, 2014. $115.00 (278 pp.). ISBN 978-981-4566-42-1 Buy at Amazon

Elementary Particles and Emergent Phase Space. P. Żenczykowski. World Scientific, 2014. $98.00 (219 pp.). ISBN 978-981-4525-68-8 Buy at Amazon

Heavy Neutral Particle Decays to Tau Pairs: Detected with CMS in Proton Collisions at √s = 7 TeV. M. Bachtis. Springer, 2014. $129.00 (152 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-03256-6 Buy at Amazon

Nambu: A Foreteller of Modern Physics. T. Eguchi, M. Y. Han, eds. World Scientific, 2014. $35.00 paper (196 pp.). ISBN 978-981-4583-05-3 Buy at Amazon

Strong Coupling Gauge Theories in the LHC Perspective (SCGT12). Y. Aoki, T. Maskawa, K. Yamawaki, eds. World Scientific, 2014. $165.00 (482 pp.). ISBN 978-981-4566-24-7 Buy at Amazon

Symmetry and Fundamental Physics: Tom Kibble at 80. J. Gauntlett, ed. World Scientific, 2014. $28.00 paper (151 pp.). ISBN 978-981-4583-85-5 Buy at Amazon

plasmas and fusion

Inertial Electrostatic Confinement (IEC) Fusion: Fundamentals and Applications. G. H. Miley, S. K. Murali. Springer, 2014. $129.00 (400 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4614-9337-2 Buy at Amazon

Kinetics of Complex Plasmas. M. S. Sodha. Springer, 2014. $179.00 (298 pp.). ISBN 978-81-322-1819-7 Buy at Amazon

Mathematical Models and Methods for Plasma Physics, Volume 1: Fluid Models. R. Sentis. Birkhäuser, 2014. $109.00 (238 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-03803-2 Buy at Amazon

popularizations

Essays on the Frontiers of Modern Astrophysics and Cosmology. S. Mathew. Springer, 2014. $34.99 paper (206 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-01886-7 Buy at Amazon

Everyday Calculus: Discovering the Hidden Math All Around Us. O. E. Fernandez. Princeton U. Press, 2014. $24.95 (150 pp.). ISBN 978-0-691-15755-9 Buy at Amazon

From Photons to Higgs: A Story of Light. 2nd ed. M.-Y. Han. World Scientific, 2014. $28.00 paper (127 pp.). ISBN 978-981-4583-86-2 Buy at Amazon

How Big Is Big and How Small Is Small: The Sizes of Everything and Why. T. P. Smith. Oxford U. Press, 2013. $39.95 (256 pp.). ISBN 978-0-19-968119-8 Buy at Amazon

Math Bytes: Google Bombs, Chocolate-Covered Pi, and Other Cool Bits in Computing. T. P. Chartier. Princeton U. Press, 2014. $24.95 (136 pp.). ISBN 978-0-691-16060-3 Buy at Amazon

Microcosmos: The World of Elementary Particles; Fictional Discussions Between Einstein, Newton, and Gell-Mann. H. Fritzsch. World Scientific, 2014. $28.00 (117 pp.). ISBN 978-981-4449-98-4 Buy at Amazon

Radical Abundance: How a Revolution in Nanotechnology Will Change Civilization. K. E. Drexler. Public Affairs, 2013. $28.99 (340 pp.). ISBN 978-1-61039-113-9 Buy at Amazon

The Universal Force: Gravity—Creator of Worlds. L. A. Girifalco. Oxford U. Press, 2014. $29.95 paper (297 pp.). ISBN 978-0-19-964213-7 Buy at Amazon

Wizards, Aliens, and Starships: Physics and Math in Fantasy and Science Fiction. C. L. Adler. Princeton U. Press, 2014. $29.95 (378 pp.). ISBN 978-0-691-14715-4 Buy at Amazon

quantum physics

Back-of-the-Envelope Quantum Mechanics: With Extensions to Many-Body Systems and Integrable PDEs. M. Olshanii. World Scientific, 2014. $38.00 (149 pp.). ISBN 978-981-4508-46-9 Buy at Amazon

Dynamics of Complex Quantum Systems. 2nd ed. V. M. Akulin. Springer, 2014. $149.00 (677 pp.). ISBN 978-94-007-7204-5 Buy at Amazon

Formulation of Uncertainty Relation Between Error and Disturbance in Quantum Measurement by Using Quantum Estimation Theory. Y. Watanabe. Springer, 2014. $129.00 (122 pp.). ISBN 978-4-431-54492-0 Buy at Amazon

society and government

Consider a Spherical Patent: IP and Patenting in Technology Business. J. E. Gortych. CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, 2014. $59.95 paper (245 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4398-8805-6 Buy at Amazon

Physics of Societal Issues: Calculations on National Security, Environment, and Energy. 2nd ed. D. Hafemeister. Springer, 2014. $59.99 (668 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4614-9271-9 Buy at Amazon

space and planetary science

Catalogue of Meteorites from South America. R. D. Acevedo, M. C. L. Rocca, V. M. García. Springer, 2014. $54.99 paper (147 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-01924-6 Buy at Amazon