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acoustics

Study and Design of Differential Microphone Arrays. J. Benesty, J. Chen. Springer, 2013. $129.00 (182 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-33752-9 Buy at Amazon

astronomy and astrophysics

Astrochemistry and Astrobiology. I. W. M. Smith, C. S. Cockell, S. Leach, eds. Springer, 2013. $179.00 (349 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-31729-3 Buy at Amazon

Astrostatistics and Data Mining. L. M. Sarro, L. Eyer, W. O’Mullane, J. De Ridder, eds. Springer, 2012. $129.00 (270 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4614-3322-4 Buy at Amazon

Classic Telescopes: A Guide to Collecting, Restoring, and Using Telescopes of Yesteryear. N. English. Springer, 2013. $39.95 paper (239 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4614-4423-7 Buy at Amazon

Multi-scale Dynamical Processes in Space and Astrophysical Plasmas. M. P. Leubner, Z. Vörös, eds. Springer, 2012. $199.00 (232 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-30441-5 Buy at Amazon

Observing and Measuring Visual Double Stars. 2nd ed. R. W. Argyle, ed. Springer, 2012. $44.95 paper (419 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4614-3944-8 Buy at Amazon

Stellar Pulsations: Impact of New Instrumentation and New Insights. J. C. Suárez, R. Garrido, L. A. Balona, J. Christensen-Dalsgaard, eds. Springer, 2013. $199.00 (293 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-29629-1 Buy at Amazon

Stellar Structure and Evolution. 2nd ed. R. Kippenhahn, A. Weigert, A. Weiss. Springer, 2012. $119.00 (604 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-30255-8 Buy at Amazon

Telescopes and Techniques. 3rd ed. C. R. Kitchin. Springer, 2013. $59.95 paper (255 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4614-4890-7 Buy at Amazon

atomic and molecular physics

WKB Approximation in Atomic Physics. B. M. Karnakov, V. P. Krainov. Springer, 2013. $89.95 (176 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-31557-2 Buy at Amazon

biological and medical physics

Biophysical Approaches to Translational Control of Gene Expression. J. D. Dinman, ed. Springer, 2013. $209.00 (317 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4614-3990-5 Buy at Amazon

Computational Fluid and Particle Dynamics in the Human Respiratory System. J. Tu, K. Inthavong, G. Ahmadi. Springer, 2013. $179.00 (374 pp.). ISBN 978-94-007-4487-5 Buy at Amazon

Computational Modeling in Tissue Engineering. L. Geris, ed. Springer, 2013. $179.00 (442 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-32562-5 Buy at Amazon

Fluorescent Methods to Study Biological Membranes. Y. Mély, G. Duportail, eds. Springer, 2013. $349.00 (485 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-33127-5 Buy at Amazon

Membrane Biophysics. M. Ashrafuzzaman, J. Tuszynski. Springer, 2012. $129.00 (179 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-16104-9 Buy at Amazon

Monte Carlo Calculations in Nuclear Medicine: Applications in Diagnostic Imaging. 2nd ed. M. Ljungberg, S.-E. Strand, M. A. King. CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, 2013. $129.95 (337 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4398-4109-9 Buy at Amazon

Radiation Protection in Nuclear Medicine. S. Mattsson, C. Hoeschen, eds. Springer, 2013. $139.00 (165 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-31166-6 Buy at Amazon

Structural Biology: Practical NMR Applications. 2nd ed. Q. Teng. Springer, 2013. $89.99 (431 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4614-3963-9 Buy at Amazon

chemical physics

The Chemical History of Color. M. V. Orna. Springer, 2013. $49.95 paper (153 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-32641-7 Buy at Amazon

Quantum-Chemical Studies on Porphyrins, Fullerenes and Carbon Nanostructures. O. Loboda. Springer, 2013. $129.00 (151 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-31844-3 Buy at Amazon

computers and computational physics

Advances in Cryptology—ASIACRYPT 2012. X. Wang, K. Sako, eds. Springer, 2012. $131.00 paper (778 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-34960-7 Buy at Amazon

Cognitive Agent-Based Computing-I. M. A. Niazi, A. Hussain. Springer, 2013. $49.95 paper (55 pp.). ISBN 978-94-007-3851-5 Buy at Amazon

Control and Optimization with Differential-Algebraic Constraints. L. T. Biegler, S. L. Campbell, V. Mehrmann, eds. SIAM, 2012. $99.00 paper (344 pp.). ISBN 978-1-611972-24-5 Buy at Amazon

Modelling and Controlling Hydropower Plants. G. A. Munoz-Hernandez, S. P. Mansoor, D. I. Jones. Springer, 2013. $179.00 (299 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4471-2290-6 Buy at Amazon

Multimedia Signals and Systems. S. Stanković, I. Orović, E. Sejdić. Springer, 2012. $129.00 (349 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4614-4207-3 Buy at Amazon

A Primer on Scientific Programming with Python. 3rd ed. H. P. Langtangen. Springer, 2012. $79.95 (792 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-30292-3 Buy at Amazon

condensed-matter physics

Lectures on the Physics of Strongly Correlated Systems XVI. A. Avella, F. Mancini, eds. AIP, 2011. $156.00 (325 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7354-1097-8 Buy at Amazon

cosmology and relativity

The Sixth International School on Field Theory and Gravitation—2012. W. A. Rodrigues Jr, R. Kerner, G. O. Pires, C. Pinheiro, eds. AIP, 2012. $165.00 paper (454 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7354-1095-4 Buy at Amazon

The Geometry of Special Relativity—a Concise Course. N. Dragon. Springer, 2012. $49.95 paper (143 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-28328-4 Buy at Amazon

I Cosmosul: Cosmology and Gravitation in the Southern Cone. J. Alcaniz et al., eds. AIP, 2012. $134.00 (129 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7354-1078-7 Buy at Amazon

Quantum Gravity and Quantum Cosmology. G. Calcagni, L. Papantonopoulos, G. Siopsis, N. Tsamis, eds. Springer, 2013. $89.95 paper (399 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-33035-3 Buy at Amazon

device physics

Fibre Optic Communication: Key Devices. H. Venghaus, N. Grote, eds. Springer, 2012. $169.00 (680 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-20516-3 Buy at Amazon

Inside Solid State Drives (SSDs). R. Micheloni, A. Marelli, K. Eshghi. Springer, 2013. $129.00 (381 pp.). ISBN 978-94-007-5145-3 Buy at Amazon

A Practical Design of Lumped, Semi-Lumped and Microwave Cavity Filters. D. Natarajan. Springer, 2013. $129.00 (140 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-32860-2 Buy at Amazon

Semiconductor Lasers: Stability, Instability and Chaos. 3rd ed. J. Ohtsubo. Springer, 2013. $229.00 (570 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-30146-9 Buy at Amazon

energy and environment

Hydrogen Storage Technology: Materials and Applications. L. Klebanoff, ed. CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, 2013. $159.95 (455 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4398-4107-5 Buy at Amazon

fluids

Flow and Combustion in Advanced Gas Turbine Combustors. J. Janicka, A. Sadiki, M. Schäfer, C. Heeger. Springer, 2013. $229.00 (492 pp.). ISBN 978-94-007-5319-8 Buy at Amazon

geophysics

Fundamentals of Geophysical Hydrodynamics. F. V. Dolzhansky. Springer, 2013. $139.00 (272 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-31033-1 Buy at Amazon

Natural Gas Hydrates: Experimental Techniques and Their Applications. Y. Ye, C. Liu, eds. Springer, 2013. $179.00 (402 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-31100-0 Buy at Amazon

Observing and Modeling Earth’s Energy Flows. L. Bengtsson et al., eds. Springer, 2012. $179.00 (484 pp.). ISBN 978-94-007-4326-7 Buy at Amazon

Sciences of Geodesy—II: Innovations and Future Developments. G. Xu, ed. Springer, 2013. $179.00 (391 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-27999-7 Buy at Amazon

history and philosophy

Carl Størmer: Auroral Pioneer. A. Egeland, W. J. Burke. Springer, 2013. $129.00 (195 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-31456-8 Buy at Amazon

In Search of William Gascoigne: Seventeenth Century Astronomer. D. Sellers. Springer, 2012. $129.00 (222 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4614-4096-3 Buy at Amazon

The Mechanics of Mechanical Watches and Clocks. R. Du, L. Xie. Springer, 2013. $109.00 (179 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-29307-8 Buy at Amazon

Natural Fabrications: Science, Emergence and Consciousness. W. Seager. Springer, 2012. $79.95 (262 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-29598-0 Buy at Amazon

Niels Bohr and Complementarity: An Introduction. A. Plotnitsky. Springer, 2013. $49.95 paper (199 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4614-4516-6 Buy at Amazon

The Physics of Wall Street: A Brief History of Predicting the Unpredictable. J. O. Weatherall. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2013. $27.00 (286 pp.). ISBN 978-0-547-31727-4 Buy at Amazon

Professor I. I. Glass: A Tribute and Memorial. K. Takayama, O. Igra, eds. Springer, 2013. $129.00 (195 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-32488-8 Buy at Amazon

instrumentation and techniques

Acoustic Scanning Probe Microscopy. F. Marinello, D. Passeri, E. Savio, eds. Springer, 2013. $169.00 (494 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-27493-0 Buy at Amazon

Advancement in Sensing Technology: New Developments and Practical Applications. S. C. Mukhopadhyay, K. P. Jayasundera, A. Fuchs, eds. Springer, 2013. $179.00 (324 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-32179-5 Buy at Amazon

Applications of Advanced Electromagnetics: Components and Systems. G. A. Kouzaev. Springer, 2013. $229.00 (531 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-30309-8 Buy at Amazon

Design of Demining Machines. D. Mikulic. Springer, 2013. $129.00 (213 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4471-4503-5 Buy at Amazon

Electrical Impedance: Principles, Measurement, and Applications. L. Callegaro. CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, 2013. $129.95 (284 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4398-4910-1 Buy at Amazon

International Symposium on High Power Laser Ablation 2012. C. Phipps, ed. AIP, 2012. $198.00 paper (710 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7354-1068-8 Buy at Amazon

International Workshop on X-Ray and Neutron Phase Imaging with Gratings. A. Momose, W. Yashiro, eds. AIP, 2012. $146.00 paper (302 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7354-1072-5 Buy at Amazon

Modern Gas-Based Temperature and Pressure Measurements. 2nd ed. F. Pavese, G. Molinar Min Beciet. Springer, 2013. $279.00 (650 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4419-8281-0 Buy at Amazon

Theory of Bilayer Graphene Spectroscopy. M. Mucha-Kruczyński. Springer, 2013. $129.00 (84 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-30935-9 Buy at Amazon

Transmission Electron Microscopy and Diffractometry of Materials. 4th ed. B. Fultz, J. Howe. Springer, 2013. $129.00 (761 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-29760-1 Buy at Amazon

VCSELs: Fundamentals, Technology and Applications of Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers. R. Michalzik, ed. Springer, 2013. $199.00 (558 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-24985-3 Buy at Amazon

materials science

Aligned Carbon Nanotubes: Physics, Concepts, Fabrication and Devices. Z. Ren, Y. Lan, Y. Wang. Springer, 2013. $179.00 (299 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-30489-7 Buy at Amazon

Carbon Nanotubes as Platforms for Biosensors with Electrochemical and Electronic Transduction. M. Pacios Pujadó. Springer, 2012. $179.00 (205 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-31420-9 Buy at Amazon

Dynamic Failure of Composite and Sandwich Structures. S. Abrate, B. Castanié, Y. D. S. Rajapakse. Springer, 2013. $229.00 (643 pp.). ISBN 978-94-007-5328-0 Buy at Amazon

Effective Electron Mass in Low-Dimensional Semiconductors. S. Bhattacharya, K. P. Ghatak. Springer, 2013. $179.00 (535 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-31247-2 Buy at Amazon

Electronic Structure Methods for Complex Materials: The Orthogonalized Linear Combination of Atomic Orbitals. W.-Y. Ching, P. Rulis. Oxford U. Press, 2012. $117.00 (310 pp.). ISBN 978-0-19-957580-0 Buy at Amazon

Energy Level Alignment and Electron Transport Through Metal/Organic Contacts: From Interfaces to Molecular Electronics. E. Abad. Springer, 2013. $129.00 (198 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-30906-9 Buy at Amazon

First Principles Modelling of Shape Memory Alloys: Molecular Dynamics Simulations. O. Kastner. Springer, 2012. $129.00 (173 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-28618-6 Buy at Amazon

Fluidization of Fine Powders: Cohesive versus Dynamical Aggregation. J. M. Valverde Millán. Springer, 2013. $129.00 (134 pp.). ISBN 978-94-007-5586-4 Buy at Amazon

IUTAM Symposium on Surface Effects in the Mechanics of Nanomaterials and Heterostructures. A. Cocks, J. Wang, eds. Springer, 2013. $159.00 (312 pp.). ISBN 978-94-007-4910-8 Buy at Amazon

Materials and Reliability Handbook for Semiconductor Optical and Electron Devices. O. Ueda, S. J. Pearton, eds. Springer, 2013. $229.00 (616 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4614-4336-0 Buy at Amazon

Micromechanics of Defects in Solids. P. Ariza, ed. Springer, 2012. $129.00 (102 pp.). ISBN 978-94-007-4625-1 Buy at Amazon

Nanoscale Applications for Information and Energy Systems. A. Korkin, D. J. Lockwood, eds. Springer, 2013. $129.00 (257 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4614-5015-3 Buy at Amazon

New Materials for Thermoelectric Applications: Theory and Experiment. V. Zlatic, A. Hewson, eds. Springer, 2013. $189.00, $89.95 paper (273 pp.). ISBN 978-94-007-4983-2, ISBN 978-94-007-4986-3 paper Buy at Amazon

theory and mathematical methods

21st Century Kinematics: The 2012 NSF Workshop. J. M. McCarthy, ed. Springer, 2013. $199.00 (244 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4471-4509-7 Buy at Amazon

Approximation Methods for Polynomial Optimization: Models, Algorithms, and Applications. Z. Li, S. He, S. Zhang. Springer, 2012. $49.95 paper (124 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4614-3983-7 Buy at Amazon

Classical Mechanics: Kinematics and Statics. J. Awrejcewicz. Springer, 2012. $169.00 (440 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4614-3790-1 Buy at Amazon

Curvature in Mathematics and Physics. S. Sternberg. Dover, 2012. $19.95 paper (405 pp.). ISBN 978-0-486-47855-5 Buy at Amazon

Foundations of Micropolar Mechanics. V. A. Eremeyev, L. P. Lebedev, H. Altenbach. Springer, 2013. $49.95 paper (142 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-28352-9 Buy at Amazon

From Linear Operators to Computational Biology: Essays in Memory of Jacob T. Schwartz. M. Davis, E. Schonberg, eds. Springer, 2013. $109.00 (208 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4471-4281-2 Buy at Amazon