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geophysics

The Geology and Tectonic Settings of China’s Mineral Deposits. F. Pirajno. Springer, Dordrecht, the Netherlands, 2013. $179.00 (679 pp.). ISBN 978-94-007-4443-1 Buy at Amazon

Metasomatism and the Chemical Transformation of Rock: The Role of Fluids in Terrestrial and Extraterrestrial Processes. D. E. Harlov, H. Austrheim. Lecture Notes in Earth System Sciences. Springer, Berlin, 2013. $229.00 (806 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-28393-2 Buy at Amazon

Quasi-Geostrophic Theory of Oceans and Atmosphere: Topics in the Dynamics and Thermodynamics of the Fluid Earth. F. Cavallini, F. Crisciani. Atmospheric and Oceanographic Sciences Library 45. Springer, Dordrecht, the Netherlands, 2013. $129.00 (385 pp.). ISBN 978-94-007-4690-9 Buy at Amazon

history and philosophy

Analysis and Interpretation in the Exact Sciences: Essays in Honour of William Demopoulos. M. Frappier, D. H. Brown, R. DiSalle, eds. The Western Ontario Series in Philosophy of Science 78. Springer, New York, 2012. $139.00 (267 pp.). ISBN 978-94-007-2581-2 Buy at Amazon

Computing: A Concise History. P. E. Ceruzzi. MIT Press Essential Knowledge Series. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2012. $11.95 paper (199 pp.). ISBN 978-0-262-51767-6 Buy at Amazon

How Einstein Created Relativity Out of Physics and Astronomy. D. R. Topper. Astrophysics and Space Science Library 394. Springer, New York, 2013. $129.00 (254 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4614-4781-8 Buy at Amazon

A Philosophical Guide to Chance. T. Handfield. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2012. $90.00, $29.99 paper (256 pp.). ISBN 978-1-107-01378-0, ISBN 978-1-107-60735-4 paper Buy at Amazon

Transit of Venus: 1631 to the Present. N. Lomb. The Experiment, New York, 2012. $24.95 paper (228 pp.). ISBN 978-1-61519-055-3 Buy at Amazon

Why Science? To Know, to Understand, and to Rely on Results. R. G. Newton. World Scientific, Hackensack, NJ, 2012. $14.00 paper (92 pp.). ISBN 978-981-4397-33-9 Buy at Amazon

instrumentation and techniques

Application of Imaging Techniques to Mechanics of Materials and Structures, Volume 4. T. Proulx, ed. Conference Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Mechanics Series. Proc. conf., Indianapolis, IN, June 2010. Springer, New York, 2013. $259.00 (460 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4419-9528-5 Buy at Amazon

Biomedical Optical Imaging Technologies: Design and Applications. R. Liang, ed. Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering. Springer, Berlin, 2013. $179.00 (380 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-28390-1 Buy at Amazon

Characterization of Microstructures by Analytical Electron Microscopy (AEM). Y. Rong. Higher Education Press, Beijing, and Springer, Berlin, 2012. $169.00 (552 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-20118-9 Buy at Amazon

materials science

Continuum Mechanics: Constitutive Modeling of Structural and Biological Materials. F. M. Capaldi. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2012. $99.00 (343 pp.). ISBN 978-1-107-01181-6 Buy at Amazon

Handbook of Nanoscience, Engineering, and Technology. 3rd ed. W. A. Goddard, D. W. Brenner, S. E. Lyshevski, G. J. Iafrate, eds. CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, FL, 2012 [2008]. $149.95 (1071 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4398-6015-1 Buy at Amazon

Interaction of Radiation with Matter. H. Nikjoo, S. Uehara, D. Emfietzoglou. CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, FL, 2012. $129.95 (348 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4398-5357-3 Buy at Amazon

Metal-Dielectric Interfaces in Gigascale Electronics: Thermal and Electrical Stability. M. He, T.-M. Lu. Springer Series in Materials Science 157. Springer, New York, 2012. $129.00 (149 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4614-1811-5 Buy at Amazon

Molecular Modeling and Multiscaling Issues for Electronic Material Applications. N. Iwamoto, M. M. F. Yuen, H. Fan, eds. Springer, New York, 2012. $129.00 (258 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4614-1727-9 Buy at Amazon

Physical Properties of Materials. 2nd ed. M. A. White. CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, FL, 2012 [1999]. $79.95 (452 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4398-6651-1 Buy at Amazon

Physics and Technology of Amorphous-Crystalline Heterostructure Silicon Solar Cells. W. G. J. H. M. van Sark, L. Korte, F. Roca, eds. Engineering Materials. Springer, Berlin, 2012. $229.00 (579 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-22274-0 Buy at Amazon

Structural Biomaterials. 3rd ed. J. Vincent. Princeton U. Press, Princeton, NJ, 2012 [1990]. $60.00 paper (228 pp.). ISBN 978-0-691-15400-8 Buy at Amazon

The Toxicology of Carbon Nanotubes. K. Donaldson, C. A. Poland, R. Duffin, J. Bonner, eds. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2012. $140.00 (242 pp.). ISBN 978-1-107-00837-3 Buy at Amazon

miscellaneous

High-Pressure Physics. J. Loveday, ed. Scottish Graduate Series. CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, FL, 2012. $129.85 (326 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4398-1428-4 Buy at Amazon

nonlinear science and chaos

Nonlinear Dynamics in Complex Systems: Theory and Applications for the Life-, Neuro- and Natural Sciences. A. Fuchs. Springer, Berlin, 2013. $89.95 (236 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-33551-8 Buy at Amazon

Nonlinear Waves and Solitons on Contours and Closed Surfaces. 2nd ed. A. Ludu. Springer Series in Synergetics. Springer, Berlin, 2012 [2007]. $129.00 (489 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-22894-0 Buy at Amazon

Self-Evolvable Systems: Machine Learning in Social Media. O. Iordache. Understanding Complex Systems. Springer, Berlin, 2012. $179.00 (275 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-28881-4 Buy at Amazon

nuclear physics

Sustainable and Safe Nuclear Fission Energy: Technology and Safety of Fast and Thermal Nuclear Reactors. G. Kessler. Power Systems. Springer, Berlin, 2012. $179.00 (464 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-11989-7 Buy at Amazon

optics and photonics

The Mie Theory: Basics and Applications. W. Hergert, T. Wriedt, eds. Springer Series in Optical Sciences 169. Springer, Berlin, 2012. $179.00 (259 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-28737-4 Buy at Amazon

Nonlinear Optics in the Filamentation Regime. C. Brée. Springer Theses. Springer, Berlin, 2012. $129.00 (125 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-30929-8 Buy at Amazon

Plasmonics: From Basics to Advanced Topics. S. Enoch, N. Bonod, eds. Springer Series in Optical Sciences 167. Springer, Berlin, 2012. $129.00 (321 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-28078-8 Buy at Amazon

Power Scaling of Enhancement Cavities for Nonlinear Optics. I. Pupeza. Springer Theses. Springer, New York, 2012. $129.00 (96 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4614-4099-4 Buy at Amazon

Semiconductor Optics. 4th ed. C. F. Klingshirn. Graduate Texts in Physics. Springer, Berlin, 2012 [2007]. $129.00 (849 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-28361-1 Buy at Amazon

Stereoscopic HDTV: Research at NHK Science and Technology Research Laboratories. H. Yamanoue, M. Emoto, Y. Nojiri. Signals and Communication Technology. Springer, Tokyo, 2012. $129.00 (126 pp.). ISBN 978-4-431-54022-9 Buy at Amazon

particle physics

Extreme States of Matter in Strong Interaction Physics: An Introduction. H. Satz. Lecture Notes in Physics 841. Springer, Berlin, 2012. $59.95 paper (239 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-23907-6 Buy at Amazon

Introduction to the Theory of Thermal Neutron Scattering. 3rd ed. G. L. Squires. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2012 [1996]. $85.00 paper (260 pp.). ISBN 978-1-107-64406-9 Buy at Amazon

Z Boson Transverse Momentum Distribution, and ZZ and WZ Production. M. Vesterinen. Springer Theses. Springer, Berlin, 2012. $129.00 (218 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-30787-4 Buy at Amazon

plasmas and fusion

Physics of Collisional Plasmas: Introduction to High-Frequency Discharges. M. Moisan, J. Pelletier (translated from French by G. Lister). Springer, Dordrecht, the Netherlands, 2012. $99.00 (477 pp.). ISBN 978-94-007-4557-5 Buy at Amazon

popularizations

Air: The Restless Shaper of the World. W. B. Logan. W. W. Norton, New York, 2012. $26.95 (398 pp.). ISBN 978-0-393-06798-9 Buy at Amazon

The Elements: An Illustrated History of the Periodic Table. T. Jackson. Ponderables: 100 Breakthroughs That Changed History, Who Did What When. Shelter Harbor Press, New York, 2012. $24.95 (144 pp.). ISBN 978-0-9853230-3-5 Buy at Amazon

The Irrationals: A Story of the Numbers You Can’t Count On. J. Havil. Princeton U. Press, Princeton, NJ, 2012. $29.95 (298 pp.). ISBN 978-0-691-14342-2 Buy at Amazon

The Magic of Reality: How We Know What’s Really True. R. Dawkins. Free Press, New York, 2012 [2011, reissued]. $16.00 paper (267 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4516-7504-7 Buy at Amazon

The Magic of Reality: How We Know What’s Really True (illustrated). R. Dawkins. Free Press, New York, 2012 [2011, reissued]. $19.99 paper (271 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4516-9021-7 Buy at Amazon

Models. Behaving. Badly. Why Confusing Illusion with Reality Can Lead to Disaster, on Wall Street and in Life. E. Derman. Free Press, New York, 2012 [2011, reissued]. $16.00 paper (231 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4391-6499-0 Buy at Amazon

New Eyes on the Universe: Twelve Cosmic Mysteries and the Tools We Need to Solve Them. S. Webb. Springer/Praxis Books in Popular Astronomy. Praxis/Springer, New York, 2012. $44.95 paper (371 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4614-2193-1 Buy at Amazon

The Science of Energy. R. G. Newton. World Scientific, Hackensack, NJ, 2012. $14.00 paper (100 pp.). ISBN 978-981-4401-19-7 Buy at Amazon

To the Last Breath: A Memoir of Going to Extremes. F. Slakey. Simon & Schuster, New York, 2012. $25.00 (252 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4391-9895-7 Buy at Amazon

The Universe Within: From Quantum to Cosmos. N. Turok. House of Anansi Press, Toronto, 2012. $15.95 paper (292 pp.). ISBN 978-1-77089-017-6 Buy at Amazon

quantum physics

Introduction to Topological Quantum Computation. J. K. Pachos. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2012. $65.00 (206 pp.). ISBN 978-1-107-00504-4 Buy at Amazon

The Picture Book of Quantum Mechanics. 4th ed. S. Brandt, H. D. Dahmen. Springer, New York, 2012 [2001]. $59.95 (472 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4614-3950-9 Buy at Amazon

Quantum Information, Computation and Communication. J. A. Jones, D. Jaksch. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2012. $55.00 (200 pp.). ISBN 978-1-107-01446-6 Buy at Amazon

Quantum Triangulations: Moduli Spaces, Strings, and Quantum Computing. M. Carfora, A. Marzuoli. Lecture Notes in Physics 845. Springer, Berlin, 2012. $59.95 paper (284 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-24439-1 Buy at Amazon

A Trajectory Description of Quantum Processes. I. Fundamentals: A Bohmian Perspective. Á. S. Sanz, S. Miret-Artés. Lecture Notes in Physics 850. Springer, Berlin, 2012. $89.95 paper (299 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-18091-0 Buy at Amazon

society and government

Confronting the Bomb: Pakistani and Indian Scientists Speak Out. P. Hoodbhoy, ed. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2013. $45.00 (392 pp.). ISBN 978-0-19-906833-3 Buy at Amazon

space and planetary science

Fast Solar Sailing: Astrodynamics of Special Sailcraft Trajectories. G. Vulpetti. Space Technology Library. Microcosm Press, El Segundo, CA, and Springer, Dordrecht, the Netherlands, 2013. $179.00 (407 pp.). ISBN 978-94-007-4776-0 Buy at Amazon

Protection of Materials and Structures from the Space Environment. J. Kleiman, M. Tagawa, Y. Kimoto, eds. Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings 32. Proc. conf., Okinawa, Japan, June 2011. Springer, Berlin, 2013. $399.00 (617 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-30228-2 Buy at Amazon

Robotic Exploration of the Solar System. Part 3: Wows and Woes 1997–2003. P. Ulivi, D. M. Harland. Springer-Praxis Books in Space Exploration. Praxis/Springer, New York, 2012. $44.95 paper (529 pp.). ISBN 978-0-387-09627-8 Buy at Amazon

The Science of Solar System Ices. M. S. Gudipati, J. Castillo-Rogez, eds. Astrophysics and Space Science Library 356. Springer, New York, 2013. $229.00 (657 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4614-3075-9 Buy at Amazon

texts and education

Continuum Physics. P. Hertel. Graduate Texts in Physics. Springer, Berlin, 2012. $89.95 (277 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-29499-0 Buy at Amazon

Fluid Mechanics: A Short Course for Physicists. G. Falkovich. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2011. $60.00 (167 pp.). ISBN 978-1-10700-575-4 Buy at Amazon

An Introduction to Celestial Mechanics. R. Fitzpatrick. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2012. $65.00 (266 pp.). ISBN 978-1-107-02381-9 Buy at Amazon

Introduction to Optimization and Semidifferential Calculus. M. C. Delfour. MOS-SIAM Series on Optimization. SIAM, Philadelphia, and the Mathematical Optimization Society, Philadelphia, 2012. $97.00 (353 pp.). ISBN 978-1-611972-14-6 Buy at Amazon

Quantum Mechanics: A Modern and Concise Introductory Course. 3rd ed. D. R. Bes. Graduate Texts in Physics. Springer, Berlin, 2012 {2007}. $79.95 (297 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-20555-2 Buy at Amazon

Quantum Principles and Particles. W. M. Wilcox. CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, FL, 2012. $69.95 paper (528 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4398-3525-8 Buy at Amazon

Scientific Method in Brief. H. G. Gauch Jr. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2012. $39.99 paper (288 pp.). ISBN 978-1-107-66672-6 Buy at Amazon

A Short Course in Computational Science and Engineering: C++, Java and Octave Numerical Programming with Free Software Tools. D. Yevick. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2012. $75.00 (265 pp.). ISBN 978-0-521-11681-7 Buy at Amazon

Solved Problems in Geophysics. E. Buforn, C. Pro, A. Udías. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2012. $50.00 paper (354 pp.). ISBN 978-1-107-60271-7 Buy at Amazon

Thermodynamics for Chemists, Physicists and Engineers. R. Hołyst, A. Poniewierski. Springer, Dordrecht, the Netherlands, 2012. $89.95 (343 pp.). ISBN 978-94-007-2998-8 Buy at Amazon

theory and mathematical methods

Advanced Finite Element Methods and Applications. T. Apel, O. Steinbach, eds. Lecture Notes in Applied and Computational Mechanics 66. Springer, Berlin, 2013. $179.00 (374 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-30315-9 Buy at Amazon