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astronomy and astrophysics

AGN Winds in Charleston. G. Chartas, F. Hamann, K. M. Leighly, eds. Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2012. $77.00 (279 pp.). ISBN 978-1-58381-802-2 Buy at Amazon

Exotic Nuclei and Nuclear/Particle Astrophysics (IV): From Nuclei to Stars. L. Trache, P. G. Isar, eds. AIP, 2012. $165.00 (404 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7354-1112-8 Buy at Amazon

Fifty Years of Quasars: From Early Observations and Ideas to Future Research. M. D’Onofrio, P. Marziani, J. W. Sulentic, eds. Springer, 2012. $229.00 (583 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-27563-0 Buy at Amazon

First Stars IV—from Hayashi to the Future. M. Umemura, K. Omukai, eds. AIP, 2012. $175.00 (458 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7354-1092-3 Buy at Amazon

Galactic Archaeology: Near-Field Cosmology and the Formation of the Milky Way. W. Aoki et al., eds. Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2012. $77.00 (431 pp.). ISBN 978-1-58381-798-8 Buy at Amazon

Organizations, People and Strategies in Astronomy, Vol. 1. A. Heck, ed. Venngeist, 2012. $82.00 paper (324 pp.). ISBN 978-2-9542677-0-8 Buy at Amazon

Origin of Matter and Evolution of Galaxies 2011. S. Kubono et al., eds. AIP, 2012. $179.00 (512 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7354-1096-1 Buy at Amazon

Plasma Astrophysics, Part I: Fundamentals and Practice. 2nd ed. B. V. Somov. Springer, 2013. $229.00 (498 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4614-4282-0 Buy at Amazon

materials science

Nondestructive Testing of Materials and Structures. Parts 1 and 2. O. Büyüköztürk, M. A. Taşdemir, O. Güneş, Y. Akkaya, eds. Springer, 2013. $469.00 set (1278 pp. set). ISBN 978-94-007-0722-1 Buy at Amazon

Nuclear Rocket Engine Reactor. A. Lanin. Springer, 2013. $129.00 (109 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-32429-1 Buy at Amazon

Optical Absorption of Impurities and Defects in Semiconducting Crystals: Electronic Absorption of Deep Centres and Vibrational Spectra. B. Pajot, B. Clerjaud. Springer, 2013. $169.00 (510 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-18017-0 Buy at Amazon

miscellaneous

Electrochemical Dictionary. 2nd rev. ed. A. J. Bard, G. Inzelt, F. Scholz, eds. Springer, 2012. $279.00 (991 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-29550-8 Buy at Amazon

IAENG Transactions on Engineering Technologies: Special Edition of the World Congress on Engineering and Computer Science 2011. H. K. Kim, S.-I. Ao, B. B. Rieger, eds. Springer, 2013. $179.99 (388 pp.). ISBN 978-94-007-4785-2 Buy at Amazon

nonlinear science and chaos

Complexity Perspectives on Language, Communication and Society. À. Massip-Bonet, A. Bastardas-Boada, eds. Springer, 2013. $179.00 (255 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-32816-9 Buy at Amazon

Fluctuating Nonlinear Oscillators: From Nanomechanics to Quantum Superconducting Circuits. M. Dykman, ed. Oxford U. Press, 2012. $117.00 (415 pp.). ISBN 978-0-19-969138-8 Buy at Amazon

The Nonlinear World: Conceptual Analysis and Phenomenology. Y. Oono. Springer, 2013. $129.00 (299 pp.). ISBN 978-4-431-54028-1 Buy at Amazon

Selected Topics in Nonlinear Dynamics and Theoretical Electrical Engineering. K. Kyamakya et al., eds. Springer, 2013. $179.00 (417 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-34559-3 Buy at Amazon

Self-Organization in Electrochemical Systems I: General Principles of Self-Organization. Temporal Instabilities. M. Orlik. Springer, 2012. $229.00 (528 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-27672-9 Buy at Amazon

Self-Organization in Electrochemical Systems II: Spatiotemporal Patterns and Control of Chaos. M. Orlik. Springer, 2012. $259.00 (448 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-27626-2 Buy at Amazon

Traffic Flow Dynamics: Data, Models and Simulation. M. Treiber, A. Kesting. Springer, 2013. $89.95 (503 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-32459-8 Buy at Amazon

nuclear physics

Annual Review of Nuclear and Particle Science. Vol. 62. B. R. Holstein, W. C. Haxton, A. Jawahery, eds. Annual Reviews, 2012. $89.00 (530 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8243-1562-7 Buy at Amazon

optics and photonics

Biomimetics in Photonics. O. Karthaus, ed. CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, 2013. $119.95 (259 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4398-7746-3 Buy at Amazon

Channeling and Radiation in Periodically Bent Crystals. A. V. Korol, A. V. Solov’yov, W. Greiner. Springer, 2013. $129.00 (268 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-31894-8 Buy at Amazon

The Fifth International Workshop on Theoretical and Computational Nano-Photonics. D. N. Chigrin, ed. AIP, 2012. $139.00 paper (191 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7354-1084-8 Buy at Amazon

Fundamental Tests of Physics with Optically Trapped Microspheres. T. Li. Springer, 2013. $129.00 (125 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4614-6030-5 Buy at Amazon

Multi-Photon Quantum Information Science and Technology in Integrated Optics. J. C. F. Matthews. Springer, 2013. $129.00 (117 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-32869-5 Buy at Amazon

Optical Communication over Plastic Optical Fibers: Integrated Optical Receiver Technology. M. Atef, H. Zimmermann. Springer, 2013. $129.00 (144 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-30387-6 Buy at Amazon

Terahertz Spectroscopy and Imaging. K.-E. Peiponen, J. A. Zeitler, M. Kuwata-Gonokami, eds. Springer, 2013. $229.00 (641 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-29563-8 Buy at Amazon

particle physics

Basic Concepts of String Theory. R. Blumenhagen, D. Lüst, S. Theisen. Springer, 2013. $99.00 (782 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-29496-9 Buy at Amazon

Dirac Spectra in Dense QCD. T. Kanazawa. Springer, 2013. $129.00 (136 pp.). ISBN 978-4-431-54164-6 Buy at Amazon

Dynamical Stabilization of the Fermi Scale: Towards a Composite Universe. F. Sannino. Springer, 2013. $49.95 paper (124 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-33340-8 Buy at Amazon

Elementary Particles. E. Fermi. Yale U. Press, 2012. $16.00 paper (110 pp.). ISBN 978-0-300-18318-4 Buy at Amazon

Introduction to Polarization Physics. S. B. Nurushev, M. F. Runtso, M. N. Strikhanov. Springer, 2013. $89.95 paper (430 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-32162-7 Buy at Amazon

Measurement of the Inclusive Jet Cross Section with the ATLAS Detector at the Large Hadron Collider. C. Doglioni. Springer, 2012. $129.00 (158 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-30537-5 Buy at Amazon

plasmas and fusion

MHD and Energetic Particles. S. Benkadda, N. Dubuit, Z. Guimarães-Filho, eds. AIP, 2012. $133.00 (155 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7354-1087-9 Buy at Amazon

popularizations

Edge of the Universe: A Voyage to the Cosmic Horizon and Beyond. P. Halpern. Wiley, 2012. $27.95 (236 pp.). ISBN 978-0-470-63624-4 Buy at Amazon

The Particle at the End of the Universe: How the Hunt for the Higgs-Boson Leads Us to the Edge of a New World. S. Carroll. Dutton, 2012. $27.95 (341 pp.). ISBN 978-0-525-95359-3 Buy at Amazon

Spectrums: Our Mind-Boggling Universe from Infinitesimal to Infinity. D. Blatner. Walker, 2012. $25.00 (183 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8027-1770-2 Buy at Amazon

quantum physics

Quantum Physics in the Nanoworld: Schrödinger’s Cat and the Dwarfs. H. Lüth. Springer, 2013. $79.95 (466 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-31237-3 Buy at Amazon

Statistical Approach to Quantum Field Theory: An Introduction. A. Wipf. Springer, 2013. $89.99 paper (390 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-33104-6 Buy at Amazon

society and government

Asian Space Race: Rhetoric or Reality? A. Lele. Springer, 2013. $179.00 (279 pp.). ISBN 978-81-322-0732-0 Buy at Amazon

space and planetary science

Distributed Space Missions for Earth System Monitoring. M. D’Errico, ed. Microcosm Press and Springer, 2013. $279.00 (675 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4614-4540-1 Buy at Amazon

Dynamic Coupling Between Earth’s Atmospheric and Plasma Environments. T. Bösinger et al., eds. Springer, 2013. $229.00 (609 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4614-5676-6 Buy at Amazon

Life on Earth and Other Planetary Bodies. A. Hanslmeier, S. Kempe, J. Seckbach, eds. Springer, 2012. $209.00 (534 pp.). ISBN 978-94-007-4965-8 Buy at Amazon

Origin and Evolution of Planetary Atmospheres: Implications for Habitability. H. Lammer. Springer, 2013. $49.95 paper (98 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-32086-6 Buy at Amazon

The Sun: New Challenges; Proceedings of Symposium 3 of JENAM 2011. V. N. Obridko, K. Georgieva, Y. A. Nagovitsyn, eds. Springer, 2012. $199.00 (237 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-29416-7 Buy at Amazon

statistical physics and thermodynamics

Thermodynamics of Information Processing in Small Systems. T. Sagawa. Springer, 2013. $129.00 (118 pp.). ISBN 978-4-431-54167-7 Buy at Amazon

texts and education

General Relativity. 2nd ed. N. Straumann. Springer, 2013. $99.00 (735 pp.). ISBN 978-94-007-5409-6 Buy at Amazon

High Energy Astrophysics: An Introduction. T. J.-L. Courvoisier. Springer, 2013. $99.00 (332 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-30969-4 Buy at Amazon

Linear and Nonlinear Inverse Problems with Practical Applications. J. L. Mueller, S. Siltanen. SIAM, 2012. $84.00 paper (351 pp.). ISBN 978-1-611972-33-7 Buy at Amazon

Microstructure-Sensitive Design for Performance Optimization. B. L. Adams, S. R. Kalidindi, D. T. Fullwood. Butterworth-Heinemann/Elsevier, 2013. $129.95 (410 pp.). ISBN 978-0-12-396989-7 Buy at Amazon

Physics and Partial Differential Equations, Vol. 1. T. Li, T. Qin. SIAM and Higher Education Press, 2012. $79.00 paper (264 pp.). ISBN 978-1-611972-26-9 Buy at Amazon

Physics in Nuclear Medicine. 4th ed. S. R. Cherry, J. A. Sorenson, M. E. Phelps. Saunders/Elsevier, 2012. $92.00 (523 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4160-5198-5 Buy at Amazon

The Physics of Nanoelectronics: Transport and Fluctuation Phenomena at Low Temperatures. T. T. Heikkilä. Oxford U. Press, 2013. $94.95, $49.99 paper (279 pp.). ISBN 978-0-19-959244-9, ISBN 978-0-19-967349-0 paper Buy at Amazon

Polymer Physics: A Molecular Approach. W. Hu. Springer, 2013. $129.00 (245 pp.). ISBN 978-3-7091-0669-3 Buy at Amazon

Space-Time Reference Systems. M. Soffel, R. Langhans. Springer, 2013. $99.00 (314 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-30225-1 Buy at Amazon

The Theoretical Minimum: What You Need to Know to Start Doing Physics. L. Susskind, G. Hrabovsky. Basic Books, 2013. $26.99 (238 pp.). ISBN 978-0-465-02811-5 Buy at Amazon

theory and mathematical methods

Application of Mathematics in Technical and Natural Sciences. M. D. Todorov, ed. AIP, 2012. $174.00 paper (416 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7354-1099-2 Buy at Amazon

Applications of Linear and Nonlinear Models: Fixed Effects, Random Effects, and Total Least Squares. E. W. Grafarend, J. L. Awange. Springer, 2012. $279.00 (1016 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-22240-5 Buy at Amazon

Bitangential Direct and Inverse Problems for Systems of Integral and Differential Equations. D. Z. Arov, H. Dym. Cambridge U. Press, 2012. $120.00 (472 pp.). ISBN 978-1-107-01887-7 Buy at Amazon

Bridging Mathematics, Statistics, Engineering and Technology: Contributions from the Fall 2011 Seminar on Mathematical Sciences and Applications. B. Toni et al., eds. Springer, 2012. $139.00 (149 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4614-4558-6 Buy at Amazon

From Vector Spaces to Function Spaces: Introduction to Functional Analysis with Applications. Y. Yamamoto. SIAM, 2012. $89.00 (268 pp.). ISBN 978-1-611972-30-6 Buy at Amazon

Functional Analysis in Mechanics. 2nd ed. L. P. Lebedev, I. I. Vorovich, M. J. Cloud. Springer, 2013. $129.00 (308 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4614-5867-8 Buy at Amazon

Invariant Random Fields on Spaces with a Group Action. A. Malyarenko. Springer, 2013. $109.00 (261 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-33405-4 Buy at Amazon

Inverse Acoustic and Electromagnetic Scattering Theory. 3rd ed. D. Colton, R. Kress. Springer, 2013. $129.00 (405 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4614-4941-6 Buy at Amazon

Numerical Methods for Differential Equations, Optimization, and Technological Problems. S. Repin, T. Tiihonen, T. Tuovinen, eds. Springer, 2013. $229.00 (444 pp.). ISBN 978-94-007-5287-0 Buy at Amazon

Recent Advances in Contact Mechanics. G. E. Stavroulakis, ed. Springer, 2013. $179.00 (420 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-33967-7 Buy at Amazon