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history and philosophy

The Neutron’s Children: Nuclear Engineers and the Shaping of Identity. S. F. Johnston. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2012. $62.99 (313 pp.). ISBN 978-0-19-969211-8 Buy at Amazon

Something Incredibly Wonderful Happens: Frank Oppenheimer and His Astonishing Exploratorium. K. C. Cole. U. Chicago Press, Chicago, 2012 [2009, reissued]. $19.00 paper (396 pp.). ISBN 978-0-226-11347-0 Buy at Amazon

instrumentation and techniques

LACAME 2010: Proceedings of the 12th Latin American Conference on the Applications of the Mössbauer Effect. V. A. Peña Rodríguez et al., eds. Proc. conf., Lima, Peru, Nov. 2010. Springer, New York, 2012. $199.00 (311 pp.). ISBN 978-94-007-4300-7 Buy at Amazon

Raman Imaging: Techniques and Applications. A. Zoubir, ed. Springer Series in Optical Sciences 168. Springer, Berlin, 2012. $179.00 (383 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-28251-5 Buy at Amazon

Recent Advances in Broadband Dielectric Spectroscopy. Y. P. Kalmykov, ed. NATO Science for Peace and Security Series B: Physics and Biophysics. Proc. wksp., Perpignan, France, Sept. 2011. Springer, Dordrecht, the Netherlands, 2013. $189.00, $89.95 paper (196 pp.). ISBN 978-94-007-5011-1, ISBN 978-94-007-5014-2 paper Buy at Amazon

Scanning Probe Microscopy in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology. Vol. 3. B. Bhushan, ed. Nanoscience and Technology. Springer, Berlin, 2013. $199.00 (630 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-25413-0 Buy at Amazon

materials science

Chalcogenides: Metastability and Phase Change Phenomena. A. V. Kolobov, J. Tominaga. Springer Series in Materials Science 164. Springer, Berlin, 2012. $129.00 (284 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-28704-6 Buy at Amazon

Electromagnetic Behaviour of Metallic Wire Structures. S. T. Chui, L. Zhou. Springer, London, 2013. $129.00 (141 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4471-4158-7 Buy at Amazon

Encyclopedia of Nanotechnology. Vols. 1–4. B. Bhushan, ed. Springer, New York, 2012. $1,600.00 set (2868 pp. set). ISBN 978-90-481-9750-7 Buy at Amazon

Liquid Crystal Elastomers: Materials and Applications. W. H. de Jeu, ed. Advances in Polymer Science 250. Springer, Berlin, 2012. $259.00 (239 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-31581-7 Buy at Amazon

Nanoalloys: Synthesis, Structure and Properties. D. Alloyeau, C. Mottet, C. Ricolleau, eds. Engineering Materials. Springer, London, 2012. $179.00 (412 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4471-4013-9 Buy at Amazon

Nanoparticles from the Gas Phase: Formation, Structure, Properties. A. Lorke, M. Winterer, R. Schmechel, C. Schulz, eds. NanoScience and Technology. Springer, Berlin, 2012. $179.00 (418 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-28545-5 Buy at Amazon

Quantum Simulations of Materials and Biological Systems. J. Zeng, R.-Q. Zhang, H. R. Treutlein, eds. Springer, Dordrecht, the Netherlands, 2012. $129.00 (197 pp.). ISBN 978-94-007-4947-4 Buy at Amazon

nonlinear science and chaos

Applications of Chaos and Nonlinear Dynamics in Science and Engineering. Vol. 2. S. Banerjee, L. Rondoni, M. Mitra, eds. Understanding Complex Systems. Springer, Berlin, 2012. $179.00 (270 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-29328-3 Buy at Amazon

Complex Networks. R. Menezes, A. Evsukoff, M. C. González, eds. Studies in Computational Intelligence 424. Springer, Berlin, 2013. $129.00 (266 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-30286-2 Buy at Amazon

Econophysics of Systemic Risk and Network Dynamics. F. Abergel, B. K. Chakrabarti, A. Chakraborti, A. Ghosh, eds. New Economic Windows. Springer, Milan, Italy, 2013. $129.00 (298 pp.). ISBN 978-88-470-2552-3 Buy at Amazon

Geography of Order and Chaos in Mechanics: Investigations of Quasi-Integrable Systems with Analytical, Numerical, and Graphical Tools. B. Cordani. Progress in Mathematical Physics 64. Birkhäuser, Boston, 2013. $129.00 (332 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8176-8369-6 Buy at Amazon

Networks in Social Policy Problems. B. Vedres, M. Scotti, eds. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2012. $99.00 (299 pp.). ISBN 978-1-107-00983-7 Buy at Amazon

Time Reversibility, Computer Simulation, Algorithms, Chaos. 2nd ed. W. G. Hoover, C. G. Hoover. Advanced Series in Nonlinear Dynamics 13. World Scientific, Hackensack, NJ, 2012 [2001]. $88.00 (401 pp.). ISBN 978-981-4383-16-5 Buy at Amazon

optics and photonics

Progress in Ultrafast Intense Laser Science VIII. K. Yamanouchi, M. Nisoli, W. T. Hill III, eds. Springer Series in Chemical Physics 103. Springer, Berlin, 2012. $129.00 (201 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-28725-1 Buy at Amazon

Schlieren and Shadowgraph Methods in Heat and Mass Transfer. P. K. Panigrahi, K. Muralidhar. Springer Briefs in Applied Sciences and Technology: Thermal Engineering and Applied Science. Springer, New York, 2012. $49.95 paper (128 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4614-4534-0 Buy at Amazon

particle physics

Classical Solutions in Quantum Field Theory: Solitons and Instantons in High Energy Physics. E. J. Weinberg. Cambridge Monographs on Mathematical Physics. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2012. $100.00 (326 pp.). ISBN 978-0-521-11463-9 Buy at Amazon

Gravity, Special Relativity, and the Strong Force: A Bohr-Einstein-de Broglie Model for the Formation of Hadrons. C. G. Vayenas, S. N.-A. Souentie. Springer, New York, 2012. $129.00 (144 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4614-3935-6 Buy at Amazon

An Introduction to Non-Abelian Discrete Symmetries for Particle Physicists. H. Ishimori et al. Lecture Notes in Physics 858. Springer, Berlin, 2012. $59.95 paper (286 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-30804-8 Buy at Amazon

Quantum Chromodynamics at High Energy. Y. V. Kovchegov, E. Levin. Cambridge Monographs on Particle Physics, Nuclear Physics and Cosmology 33. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2012. $125.00 (339 pp.). ISBN 978-0-521-11257-4 Buy at Amazon

popularizations

About Time: Cosmology and Culture at the Twilight of the Big Bang. A. Frank. Free Press, New York, 2012 [2011, reissued]. $16.00 paper (406 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4391-6960-5 Buy at Amazon

The Best American Science Writing 2012. M. Kaku, ed. Ecco/HarperCollins, New York, 2012. $14.99 paper (277 pp.). ISBN 978-0-06-211791-5 Buy at Amazon

Beyond the Stars: Our Origins and the Search for Life in the Universe. P. Saraceno (translated from Italian by D. Goodstein). World Scientific, Hackensack, NJ, 2012. $72.00, $38.00 paper (377 pp.). ISBN 978-981-4295-53-6, ISBN 978-981-4295-54-3 paper Buy at Amazon

Higgs: The Invention and Discovery of the ‘God Particle.’ J. Baggott. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2012. $24.95 (277 pp.). ISBN 978-0-19-960349-7 Buy at Amazon

Radioactivity: A Very Short Introduction. C. Tuniz. Very Short Introductions. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2012. $11.95 paper (154 pp.). ISBN 978-0-19-969242-2 Buy at Amazon

Wonderful Life with the Elements: The Periodic Table Personified. B. Yorifuji. No Starch Press, San Francisco, 2012. $17.95 (205 pp.). ISBN 978-1-59327-423-8 Buy at Amazon

quantum physics

Do We Really Understand Quantum Mechanics? F. Laloë. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2012. $75.00 (392 pp.). ISBN 978-1-107-02501-1 Buy at Amazon

The Emergent Multiverse: Quantum Theory According to the Everett Interpretation. D. Wallace. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2012. $75.00 (530 pp.). ISBN 978-0-19-954696-1 Buy at Amazon

Quantum Gravity. 3rd ed. C. Kiefer. International Series of Monographs on Physics 155. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2012 [2007]. $117.00 (393 pp.). ISBN 978-0-19-958520-5 Buy at Amazon

space and planetary science

Artificial Satellites and How to Observe Them. R. Schmude Jr. Astronomers’ Observing Guides. Springer, New York, 2012. $34.95 paper (181 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4614-3914-1 Buy at Amazon

The Dawn Mission to Minor Planets 4 Vesta and 1 Ceres. C. Russell, C. Raymond, eds. Springer, New York, 2012. $229.00 (574 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4614-4902-7 Buy at Amazon

Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. 6th rev. ed. Vols. 1 and 2. L. D. Schmadel. Springer, Berlin, 2012 [2009]. $219.99 set (1452 pp. set). ISBN 978-3-642-29717-5 Buy at Amazon

Introduction to Space Systems: Design and Synthesis. M. A. Aguirre. Space Technology Library. Springer, New York, 2013. $129.00 (480 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4614-3757-4 Buy at Amazon

An Introduction to Waves and Oscillations in the Sun. A. S. Narayanan. Astronomy and Astrophysics Library. Springer, New York, 2013. $99.00 (222 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4614-4399-5 Buy at Amazon

Space Program Management: Methods and Tools. M. Spagnulo, R. Fleeter, M. Balduccini, F. Nasini. Space Technology Library. Microcosm Press, El Segundo, CA, and Springer, New York, 2013. $129.00 (352 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4614-3754-3 Buy at Amazon

statistical physics and thermodynamics

Miniature Joule-Thomson Cryocooling: Principles and Practice. B.-Z. Maytal, J. M. Pfotenhauer. International Cryogenics Monograph Series. Springer, New York, 2013. $229.00 (380 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4419-8284-1 Buy at Amazon

texts and education

Advanced Vibrations: A Modern Approach. R. N. Jazar. Springer, New York, 2013. $129.00 (693 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4614-4159-5 Buy at Amazon

Fundamentals of Condensed Matter and Crystalline Physics. D. L. Sidebottom. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2012. $75.00 (398 pp.). ISBN 978-1-107-01710-8 Buy at Amazon

Fundamentals of Quantum Physics: Textbook for Students of Science and Engineering. P. Pereyra. Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics. Springer, Berlin, 2012. $89.95 paper (322 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-29377-1 Buy at Amazon

Introduction to BioMEMS. A. Folch. CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, FL, 2013. $89.95 (492 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4398-1839-8 Buy at Amazon

Luminescence Spectroscopy of Semiconductors. I. Pelant, J. Valenta. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2012. $135.00 (542 pp.). ISBN 978-0-19-958833-6 Buy at Amazon

Modern Statistical Methods for Astronomy: With R Applications. E. D. Feigelson, G. J. Babu. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2012. $90.00 (476 pp.). ISBN 978-0-521-76727-9 Buy at Amazon

Pediatric Injury Biomechanics: Archive and Textbook. J. R. Crandall, B. S. Myers, D. F. Meaney, S. Z. Schmidtke, eds. Springer, New York, 2013. $179.00 (342 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4614-4153-3 Buy at Amazon

Relativistic Astrophysics of the Transient Universe: Gravitation, Hydrodynamics and Radiation. M. H. P. M. van Putten, A. Levinson. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2012. $80.00 (333 pp.). ISBN 978-1-107-01073-4 Buy at Amazon

theory and mathematical methods

XX International Fall Workshop on Geometry and Physics. M. Barbero Liñán, F. Barbero, D. Martín de Diego, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 1460. Proc. wksp., Madrid, Spain, Aug.–Sept. 2012. AIP, Melville, NY, 2012. $137.00 paper (228 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7354-1064-0 Buy at Amazon