New Books

Astronomy and astrophysics

Astronomical Image and Data Analysis. 2nd ed. J.-L. Starck, F. Murtagh. Astronomy and Astrophysics Library. Springer, New York, 2006 [2002]. $119.00 (335 pp.). ISBN 3-540-33024-0

Astrophysical Concepts. 4th ed. M. Harwit. Astronomy and Astrophysics Library. Springer, New York, 2006 [1998]. $89.95 (714 pp.). ISBN 0-387-32943-9

Evolutionary Processes in Binary and Multiple Stars. P. Eggleton. Cambridge Astrophysics Series 40. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2006. $120.00 (322 pp.). ISBN 0-521-85557-8

New Horizons in Astronomy: Frank N. Bash Symposium 2005. S. J. Kannappan et al., eds. Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series 352. Proc. symp., Austin, TX, Oct. 2005. Astronomical Society of the Pacific, San Francisco, 2006. $77.00 (304 pp.). ISBN 1-58381-220-2

Physics of Active Galactic Nuclei at All Scales. D. Alloin, R. Johnson, P. Lira, eds. Lecture Notes in Physics 693. Springer, New York, 2006. $59.95 (233 pp.). ISBN 3-540-31207-2

Atomic and molecular physics

Exploring the Quantum: Atoms, Cavities, and Photons. S. Haroche, J.-M. Raimond. Oxford Graduate Texts. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2006. $89.50 (605 pp.). ISBN 0-19-850914-6

Molecular Theory of Solutions. A. Ben-Naim. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2006. $124.50, $64.50 paper (380 pp.). ISBN 0-19-929969-2, ISBN 0-19-929970-6 paper

Biological and medical physics

Advances in Medical Physics 2006. A. B. Wolbarst, R. G. Zamenhof, W. R. Hendee, eds. Medical Physics Publishing, Madison, WI, 2006. $80.00 (331 pp.). ISBN 1-930524-34-X

Biofluid Dynamics: Principles and Selected Applications. C. Kleinstreuer. CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, FL, 2006. $99.95 (492 pp.). ISBN 0-8493-2221-9

Dendrimers in Medicine and Biotechnology: New Molecular Tools. U. Boas, J. B. Christensen, P. M. H. Heegaard. Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, UK, 2006. $129.00 (179 pp.). ISBN 0-85404-852-9

An Introduction to the Principles of Medical Imaging. Rev. ed. C. Guy, D. ffytche. Imperial College Press, London, 2005 [2000]. $65.00 (374 pp.). ISBN 1-86094-502-3

Lectures on Statistical Physics and Protein Folding. K. Huang. World Scientific, Hackensack, NJ, 2005. $52.00, $28.00 paper (144 pp.). ISBN 981-256-143-9, ISBN 981-256-150-1 paper

NMR Probeheads for Biophysical and Biomedical Experiments: Theoretical Principles and Practical Guidelines. J. Mispelter, M. Lupu, A. Briguet. Imperial College Press, London, 2006. $98.00 (596 pp.). ISBN 1-86094-637-2, CD-ROM

Polymers in Drug Delivery. I. F. Uchegbu, A. G. Schätzlein, eds. CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, FL, 2006. $149.95 (259 pp.). ISBN 0-8493-2533-1

Solid State NMR Spectroscopy for Biopolymers: Principles and Applications. H. Saitô, I. Ando, A. Naito. Springer, Dordrecht, the Netherlands, 2006. $129.00 (464 pp.). ISBN 1-4020-4302-3

Strategies for Two-Dimensional Crystallization of Proteins Using Lipid Monolayers. J. Dietrich, C. Vénien-Bryan. Imperial College Press, London, 2005. $38.00 (139 pp.). ISBN 1-86094-428-0

Chemical physics

The Chemistry of the Actinide and Transactinide Elements. 3rd ed. Vols. 1-5. L. R. Morss, N. M. Edelstein, J. Fuger, eds. Springer, Dordrecht, the Netherlands, 2006 [1986]. $1800.00 set (3474 pp. set). ISBN 1-4020-3555-1

Theoretical and Quantum Mechanics: Fundamentals for Chemists. S. Ivanov. Springer, Dordrecht, the Netherlands, 2006. $169.00 (513 pp.). ISBN 1-4020-3365-6

Understanding Carbon Nanotubes: From Basics to Applications. A. Loiseau et al., eds. Lecture Notes in Physics 677. Springer, New York, 2006. $129.00 (552 pp.). ISBN 3-540-26922-3

Computers and computational physics

Advanced Six Degrees of Freedom Aerospace Simulation and Analysis in C++. P. H. Zipfel. AIAA Self-Study Series. American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Reston, VA, 2005. $265.00 ISBN 1-56347-794-7, CD-ROM

Bilinear Integrable Systems: From Classical to Quantum, Continuous to Discrete. L. Faddeev, P. Van Moerbeke, F. Lambert, eds. NATO Science Series 2: Mathematics, Physics, and Chemistry 201. Proc. wksp., St. Petersburg, Russia, Sept. 2002. Springer, Dordrecht, the Netherlands, 2006. $219.00, $79.95 paper (390 pp.). ISBN 1-4020-3501-2, ISBN 1-4020-3502-0 paper

Crystal Structure Refinement: A Crystallographer’s Guide to SHELXL. P. Müller, ed. IUCr Texts on Crystallography 8. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2006. $98.50 (213 pp.). ISBN 0-19-857076-7, CD-ROM

The Immersed Interface Method: Numerical Solutions of PDEs Involving Interfaces and Irregular Domains. Z. Li, K. Ito. Frontiers in Applied Mathematics 33. SIAM, Philadelphia, 2006. $85.00 paper (332 pp.). ISBN 0-89871-609-8

Quantum Communications and Cryptography. A. V. Sergienko, ed. CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, FL, 2006. $99.95 (232 pp.). ISBN 0-8493-3684-8

Quantum Computation and Information: From Theory to Experiment. H. Imai, M. Hayashi, eds. Topics in Applied Physics 102. Springer, New York, 2006. $199.00 (279 pp.). ISBN 3-540-33132-8

True Visions: The Emergence of Ambient Intelligence. E. H. L. Aarts, J. L. Encarnação, eds. Springer, New York, 2006. $159.00 (437 pp.). ISBN 3-540-28972-0

Condensed matter physics

Collected Works of J. D. Eshelby: The Mechanics of Defects and Inhomogeneities. X. Markenscoff, A. Gupta, eds. Solid Mechanics and Its Applications 133. Springer, Dordrecht, the Netherlands, 2006. $194.95 (931 pp.). ISBN 1-4020-4416-X

Electronic Structure Calculations for Solids and Molecules: Theory and Computational Methods. J. Kohanoff. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2006. $70.00 (348 pp.). ISBN 0-521-81591-6

The Flow Equation Approach to Many-Particle Systems. S. Kehrein. Springer Tracts in Modern Physics 217. Springer, New York, 2006. $149.00 (170 pp.). ISBN 3-540-34067-X

Shock Compression of Condensed Matter—2005. Parts 1 and 2. M. D. Furnish, M. Elert, T. P. Russell, C. T. White, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 845. Proc. conf., Baltimore, MD, July-Aug. 2005. AIP, Melville, NY, 2006. $425.00 set (1573 pp. set). ISBN 0-7354-0341-4, CD-ROM

Cosmology and relativity

Gravitational Radiation, Luminous Black Holes, and Gamma-Ray Burst Supernovae. M. H. P. M. van Putten. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2005. $120.00 (308 pp.). ISBN 0-521-84960-8

Relativistic Astrophysics and Cosmology: A Primer. P. Hoyng. Astronomy and Astrophysics Library. Springer, New York, 2006. $79.95 (291 pp.). ISBN 1-4020-4521-2

Device physics

Bonding in Microsystem Technology. J. A. Dziuban. Springer Series in Advanced Microelectronics 24. Springer, New York, 2006. $159.00 (331 pp.). ISBN 1-4020-4578-6

Microfluidic Lab-on-a-Chip for Chemical and Biological Analysis and Discovery. P. C. H. Li. Chromatographic Science Series 94. CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, FL, 2006. $169.95 (504 pp.). ISBN 1-57444-572-3

Molecular Wires and Nanoscale Conductors. R. Nichols, ed. Faraday Discussions 131. Proc. mtg., Manchester, UK, Aug.-Sept. 2005. Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, UK, 2006. $304.00 (416 pp.). ISBN 0-85404-988-6

Nanoscale Transistors: Device Physics, Modeling, and Simulation. M. S. Lund-strom, J. Guo. Springer, New York, 2006. $89.95 (217 pp.). ISBN 0-387-28002-2

Problem Solving in Electromagnetics, Microwave Circuit, and Antenna Design for Communications Engineering. K. F. Warnick, P. Russer. Antennas and Propagation. Artech House, Norwood, MA, 2006. $109.00 (360 pp.). ISBN 1-59693-096-9

Energy and environment

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics: From Air Pollution to Climate Change. 2nd ed. J. H. Seinfeld, S. N. Pandis. Wiley, Hoboken, NJ, 2006 [1998]. $150.00, $115.00 paper (1203 pp.). ISBN 0-471-72017-8, ISBN 0-471-72018-6 paper

China Shifts Gears: Automakers, Oil, Pollution, and Development. K. S. Gallagher. Urban and Industrial Environments. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2006. $52.00, $21.00 paper (219 pp.). ISBN 0-262-07270-X, ISBN 0-262-57232-X paper

Groundwater in the Environment: An Introduction. P. L. Younger. Blackwell, Malden, MA, 2007. $49.95 paper (318 pp.). ISBN 1-4051-2143-2

Institutional Interaction in Global Environmental Governance: Synergy and Conflict Among International and EU Policies. S. Oberthür, T. Gehring, eds. Global Environmental Accord: Strategies for Sustainability and Institutional Innovation. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2006. $68.00, $28.00 paper (405 pp.). ISBN 0-262-05115-X, ISBN 0-262-65110-6 paper

Internal Combustion: How Corporations and Governments Addicted the World to Oil and Derailed the Alternatives. E. Black. St. Martin’s Press, New York, 2006. $27.95 (408 pp.). ISBN 0-312-35907-1

An Introduction to Pollution Science. R. M. Harrison, ed. Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, UK, 2006. $49.95 (332 pp.). ISBN 0-85404-829-4

The Landscape of Reform: Civic Pragmatism and Environmental Thought in America. B. A. Minteer. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2006. $28.00 (264 pp.). ISBN 0-262-13461-6

Practical Environmental Analysis. 2nd ed. M. Radojević, V. N. Bashkin. Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, UK, 2006 [1999]. $79.95 (457 pp.). ISBN 0-85404-679-8

Solar Revolution: The Economic Transformation of the Global Energy Industry. T. Bradford. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2006. $24.95 (238 pp.). ISBN 0-262-02604-X

Water Contamination Emergencies: Enhancing Our Response. K. C. Thompson, J. Gray, eds. Proc. conf., Manchester, UK, June 2005. Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, UK, 2006. $190.00 (372 pp.). ISBN 0-85404-658-5

Fluids

Fluid-Structure Interaction: Modelling, Simulation, Optimisation. H.-J. Bungartz, M. Schäfer, eds. Lecture Notes in Computational Science and Engineering 53. Springer, New York, 2006. $99.00 paper (385 pp.). ISBN 3-540-34595-7

Hydrodynamic Fluctuations in Fluids and Fluid Mixtures. J. M. Ortiz de Zárate, J. V. Sengers. Elsevier, San Diego, CA, 2006. $79.95 paper (309 pp.). ISBN 0-444-51515-1

Microfluidics: History, Theory, and Applications. W. B. J. Zimmerman, ed. CISM International Centre for Mechanical Sciences 466. Springer, New York, 2006. $99.00 paper (304 pp.). ISBN 3-211-32994-3

New Results in Numerical and Experimental Fluid Mechanics V. H.-J. Rath et al., eds. Notes on Numerical Fluid Mechanics and Multidisciplinary Design 92. Springer, New York, 2006. $299.00 (528 pp.). ISBN 3-540-33286-3

Geophysics

Sulfide Mineralogy and Geochemistry. D. J. Vaughan, ed. Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry 61. Geochemical Society, St. Louis, MO, and Mineralogical Society of America, Chantilly, VA, 2006. $40.00 paper (714 pp.). ISBN 0-939950-73-1

Water in Nominally Anhydrous Minerals. H. Keppler, J. R. Smyth, eds. Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry 62. Geochemical Society, St. Louis, MO, and Mineralogical Society of America, Chantilly, VA, 2006. $40.00 paper (478 pp.). ISBN 0-939950-74-X

History and philosophy

The Altruism Equation: Seven Scientists Search for the Origins of Goodness. L. A. Dugatkin. Princeton U. Press, Princeton, NJ, 2006. $24.95 (188 pp.). ISBN 0-691-12590-2

Among the Dead Cities: The History and Moral Legacy of the WWII Bombing of Civilians in Germany and Japan. A. C. Grayling. Walker, New York, 2006. $25.95 (361 pp.). ISBN 0-8027-1471-4

The Artist and the Mathematician: The Story of Nicolas Bourbaki, the Genius Mathematician Who Never Existed. A. D. Aczel. Thunder’s Mouth Press, New York, 2006. $23.95 (239 pp.). ISBN 1-56025-931-0

The Best of All Possible Worlds: Mathematics and Destiny. I. Ekeland (translated from French by I. Ekeland). U. Chicago Press, Chicago, 2006 [2000]. $25.00 (207 pp.). ISBN 0-226-19994-0

The Complementary Nature. J. A. S. Kelso, D. A. Engstrøm. Bradford Books. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2006. $32.00 (317 pp.). ISBN 0-262-11291-4

The Curious History of Relativity: How Einstein’s Theory of Gravity Was Lost and Found Again. J. Eisenstaedt (translated from French by A. Sangalli). Princeton U. Press, Princeton, NJ, 2006. $29.95 (363 pp.). ISBN 0-691-11865-5

Dark Ages: The Case for a Science of Human Behavior. L. McIntyre. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2006. $24.95 (144 pp.). ISBN 0-262-13469-1

Dark Hero of the Information Age: In Search of Norbert Wiener, the Father of Cybernetics. F. Conway, J. Siegelman. Basic Books, New York, 2006 [2005, reissued]. $17.95 paper (423 pp.). ISBN 0-465-01371-6

Explaining the Cosmos: The Ionian Tradition of Scientific Philosophy. D. W. Graham. Princeton U. Press, Princeton, NJ, 2006. $45.00 (344 pp.). ISBN 0-691-12540-6

The Family That Couldn’t Sleep: A Medical Mystery. D. T. Max. Random House, New York, 2006. $25.95 (299 pp.). ISBN 1-4000-6245-4

The Great Escape: Nine Jews Who Fled Hitler and Changed the World. K. Marton. Simon & Schuster, New York, 2006. $27.00 (271 pp.). ISBN 0-7432-6115-1

Great Feuds in Mathematics: Ten of the Liveliest Disputes Ever. H. Hellman. Wiley, Hoboken, NJ, 2006. $24.95 (250 pp.). ISBN 0-471-64877-9

Identity in Physics: A Historical, Philosophical, and Formal Analysis. S. French, D. Krause. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2006. $90.00 (422 pp.). ISBN 0-19-927824-5

The Intelligibility of Nature: How Science Makes Sense of the World. P. Dear. U. Chicago Press, Chicago, 2006. $27.50 (242 pp.). ISBN 0-226-13948-4

The Kantian Legacy in Nineteenth-Century Science. M. Friedman, A. Nordmann, eds. Dibner Institute Studies in the History of Science and Technology. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2006. $45.00 (370 pp.). ISBN 0-262-06254-2

On Physics and Philosophy. B. d’Espagnat. Princeton U. Press, Princeton, NJ, 2006. $35.00 (503 pp.). ISBN 0-691-11964-3

Out of the Shadows: Contributions of Twentieth-Century Women to Physics. N. Byers, G. Williams, eds. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2006. $35.00 (471 pp.). ISBN 0-521-82197-5

Rocketeers and Gentlemen Engineers: A History of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics … and What Came Before. T. D. Crouch. American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Reston, VA, 2006. $49.95 (292 pp.). ISBN 1-56347-668-1

Science, Understanding, and Justice: The Philosophical Essays of Martin Eger. A. Shimony, ed. Open Court, Chicago, 2006. $46.95 paper (538 pp.). ISBN 0-8126-9461-9

Shifting and Rearranging: Physical Methods and the Transformation of Modern Chemistry. C. Reinhardt. Science History, Sagamore Beach, MA, 2006. $49.95 (428 pp.). ISBN 0-88135-354-X

Soldier, Scientist, and Statesman: A Biography of Yuval Ne’eman. A. Watson. Ramot, Tel Aviv, Israel, 2006. $20.00 paper (146 pp.). ISBN 965-274-426-3

Stalin and the Soviet Science Wars. E. Pollock. Princeton U. Press, Princeton, NJ, 2006. $35.00 (269 pp.). ISBN 0-691-12467-1

The Star Wars Enigma: Behind the Scenes of the Cold War Race for Missile Defense. N. Hey. Potomac Books, Washington, DC, 2006. $27.95 (275 pp.). ISBN 1-57488-981-8

Steps Towards an Evolutionary Physics. E. Tiezzi. The Sustainable World 15. WIT Press, Billerica, MA, 2006. $95.00 (157 pp.). ISBN 1-84564-035-7

The Struggle Among Ideas: A Tourist Guide to the Natural World and the Human Predicament. J. I. Davis. Outskirts Press, Parker, CO, 2006. $19.95 paper (263 pp.). ISBN 1-59800-443-3

Instrumentation and techniques

Magnetism: A Synchrotron Radiation Approach. E. Beaurepaire, H. Bulou, F. Scheurer, J.-P. Kappler, eds. Lecture Notes in Physics 697. Springer, New York, 2006. $99.95 (468 pp.). ISBN 3-540-33241-3

Multi-Modality Microscopy. H. Yu, P.-C. Cheng, P.-C. Lin, F.-J. Kao, eds. World Scientific, Hackensack, NJ, 2006. $78.00 (303 pp.). ISBN 981-256-533-7

Materials science

Advanced ESR Methods in Polymer Research. S. Schlick, ed. Wiley, Hoboken, NJ, 2006. $125.00 (353 pp.). ISBN 0-471-73189-7

Annual Review of Materials Research. Vol. 36. V. Gopalan et al., eds. Annual Reviews, Palo Alto, CA, 2006. $211.00 (636 pp.). ISBN 0-8243-1736-X

Disordered Materials: An Introduction. 2nd ed. P. M. Ossi. Springer, New York, 2006 [2003]. $99.00 (329 pp.). ISBN 3-540-29609-3

Ion Implantation and Synthesis of Materials. M. Nastasi, J. W. Mayer. Springer, New York, 2006. $99.00 (263 pp.). ISBN 3-540-23674-0

Liquid Crystalline Polymers. 2nd ed. A. M. Donald, A. H. Windle, S. Hanna. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2006 [1992]. $90.00 (589 pp.). ISBN 0-521-58001-3

Miscellaneous

Aircraft Design: A Conceptual Approach. 4th ed. D. P. Raymer. AIAA Education Series. American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Reston, VA, 2006 [1999]. $105.95 (838 pp.). ISBN 1-56347-829-3

A Field Guide for Science Writers: The Official Guide of the National Association of Science Writers. 2nd ed. D. Blum, M. Knudson, R. M. Henig, eds. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2006 [1997]. $18.95 paper (321 pp.). ISBN 0-19-517499-2

The Geek Gap: Why Business and Technology Professionals Don’t Understand Each Other and Why They Need Each Other to Survive. B. Pfleging, M. Zetlin. Prometheus Books, Amherst, NY, 2006. $25.00 (251 pp.). ISBN 1-59102-415-3

High Noon in the Automotive Industry. H. Becker. Springer, New York, 2006. $59.95 (260 pp.). ISBN 3-540-25869-8

How to Write a Successful Science Thesis: The Concise Guide for Students. W. E. Russey, H. F. Ebel, C. Bliefert. Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, Germany, 2006. $29.95 paper (223 pp.). ISBN 3-527-31298-6

Nonlinear science and chaos

Complex Engineered Systems: Science Meets Technology. D. Braha, A. A. Minai, Y. Bar-Yam, eds. Understanding Complex Systems. Springer, New York, 2006. $129.00 (384 pp.). ISBN 3-540-32831-9

Digital Communications Using Chaos and Nonlinear Dynamics. L. E. Larson, J.-M. Liu, L. S. Tsimring, eds. Institute for Nonlinear Science. Springer, New York, 2006. $129.00 (382 pp.). ISBN 0-387-29787-1

Google’s PageRank and Beyond: The Science of Search Engine Rankings. A. N. Langville, C. D. Meyer. Princeton U. Press, Princeton, NJ, 2006. $35.00 (224 pp.). ISBN 0-691-12202-4

Information and Self-Organization: A Macroscopic Approach to Complex Systems. 3rd ed. H. Haken. Springer Series in Synergetics. Springer, New York, 2006 [2000]. $99.00 (257 pp.). ISBN 3-540-33021-6

Nonlinear Dynamics and Statistical Theories for Basic Geophysical Flows. A. J. Majda, X. Wang. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2006. $90.00 (551 pp.). ISBN 0-521-83441-4

Weak Links: Stabilizers of Complex Systems from Proteins to Social Networks. P. Csermely. The Frontiers Collection. Springer, New York, 2006. $64.95 (392 pp.). ISBN 3-540-31151-3

Nuclear physics

Nuclear Science and Safety in Europe. T. Čpechák, L. Jenkovszky, I. Karpenko, eds. NATO Security Through Science Series B: Physics and Biophysics. Proc. wksp., Yalta, Ukraine, Sept. 2005. Springer, Dordrecht, the Netherlands, 2006. $169.00, $89.95 paper (290 pp.). ISBN 1-4020-4963-3, ISBN 1-4020-4964-1 paper

Optics and photonics

Advances in Spectroscopy for Lasers and Sensing. B. Di Bartolo, O. Forte, eds. NATO Science Series 2: Mathematics, Physics, and Chemistry 231. Proc. inst., Erice, Italy, June 2005. Springer, Dordrecht, the Netherlands, 2006. $239.00, $89.95 paper (564 pp.). ISBN 1-4020-4787-8, ISBN 1-4020-4788-6 paper

Confocal Microscopy and Multiphoton Excitation Microscopy: The Genesis of Live Cell Imaging. B. R. Masters. SPIE Press, Bellingham, WA, 2006. $56.00 paper (208 pp.). ISBN 0-8194-6118-0

Handbook of Applied Solid State Spectroscopy. D. R. Vij, ed. Springer, New York, 2006. $299.00 (741 pp.). ISBN 0-387-32497-6

Handbook of Optoelectronics. Vols. 1 and 2. J. P. Dakin, R. G. W. Brown, eds. CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, FL, 2006. $875.00 set (1559 pp. set). ISBN 0-7503-0646-7

Handbook of Practical X-Ray Fluorescence Analysis. B. Beckhoff et al., eds. Springer, New York, 2006. $459.00 (863 pp.). ISBN 3-540-28603-9

LASER 2004. Z. Błaszczak, B. Markov, K. Marinova, eds. Proc. wksp., Poznań, Poland, May 2004. Springer, Dordrecht, the Netherlands, 2006. $169.00 (202 pp.). ISBN 3-540-30925-X

Lasers and Nuclei: Applications of Ultrahigh Intensity Lasers in Nuclear Science. H. Schwoerer, J. Magill, B. Beleites, eds. Lecture Notes in Physics 694. Springer, New York, 2006. $119.00 (254 pp.). ISBN 3-540-30271-9

Light and Light Sources: High-Intensity Discharge Lamps. P. Flesch. Springer, New York, 2006. $159.00 (344 pp.). ISBN 3-540-32684-7

Light Scattering by Optically Soft Particles: Theory and Applications. S. K. Sharma, D. J. Somerford. Springer-Praxis Books in Environmental Sciences. Praxis/Springer, New York, 2006. $129.00 (195 pp.). ISBN 3-540-23910-3

Modeling Fluctuations in Scattered Waves. E. Jakeman, K. D. Ridley. Series in Optics and Optoelectronics. CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, FL, 2006. $119.95 (313 pp.). ISBN 0-7503-1005-7

Optics: Problems and Solutions. A. Siciliano. World Scientific, Hackensack, NJ, 2006. $68.00, $34.00 paper (279 pp.). ISBN 981-256-796-8, ISBN 981-256-842-5 paper

Optics in Magnetic Multilayers and Nanostructures. Š. Višňovský. Optical Science and Engineering 108. CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, FL, 2006. $99.95 (521 pp.). ISBN 0-8493-3686-4

Principles of Nano-Optics. L. Novotny, B. Hecht. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2006. $70.00 (539 pp.). ISBN 0-521-83224-1

Quantum Optics: An Introduction. M. Fox. Oxford Master Series in Atomic, Optical, and Laser Physics 15. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2006. $89.50, $44.50 paper (378 pp.). ISBN 0-19-856672-7, ISBN 0-19-856673-5 paper

Particle physics

Hadron Collider Physics 2005. M. Campanelli, A. Clark, X. Wu, eds. Springer Proceedings in Physics 108. Proc. symp., Les Diablerets, Switzerland, July 2005. Springer, New York, 2006. $169.00 (356 pp.). ISBN 3-540-32840-8

Hadron Physics. I. J. D. MacGregor, R. Kaiser, eds. Scottish Graduate Series 58. Taylor & Francis, New York, 2006. $149.95 (474 pp.). ISBN 1-58488-705-2

Large Coulomb Systems: Lecture Notes on Mathematical Aspects of QED. J. Dereziński, H. Siedentop, eds. Lecture Notes in Physics 695. Springer, New York, 2006. $79.95 (326 pp.). ISBN 3-540-32578-6

Quantum Mechanics. A. Bassi, D. Dürr, T. Weber, N. Zanghì, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 844. Proc. mtgs., Trieste, Italy, and Lošinj, Croatia, Sept. 2005. AIP, Melville, NY, 2006. $176.00 (358 pp.). ISBN 0-7354-0337-6

Quarks and Leptons from Orbifolded Superstring. K.-S. Choi, J. E. Kim. Lecture Notes in Physics 696. Springer, New York, 2006. $79.95 (406 pp.). ISBN 3-540-32763-0

The Theory of Coherent Radiation by Intense Electron Beams. V. A. Buts, A. N. Lebedev, V. I. Kurilko. Particle Acceleration and Detection. Springer, New York, 2006. $129.00 (263 pp.). ISBN 3-540-30689-7

Theory of the Muon Anomalous Magnetic Moment. K. Melnikov, A. Vainshtein. Springer Tracts in Modern Physics 216. Springer, New York, 2006. $169.00 (176 pp.). ISBN 3-540-32806-8

Weak Scale Supersymmetry: From Superfields to Scattering Events. H. Baer, X. Tata. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2006. $80.00 (556 pp.). ISBN 0-521-85786-4

Popularizations

The Flying Circus of Physics. 2nd ed. J. Walker. Wiley, Hoboken, NJ, 2007 [1975]. $24.95 paper (331 pp.). ISBN 0-471-76273-3

Many Worlds in One: The Search for Other Universes. A. Vilenkin. Hill and Wang, New York, 2006. $24.00 (235 pp.). ISBN 0-8090-9523-8

My Einstein: Essays by Twenty-Four of the World’s Leading Thinkers on the Man, His Work, and His Legacy. J. Brockman, ed. Pantheon Books, New York, 2006. $25.00 (261 pp.). ISBN 0-375-42345-1

Noise. B. Kosko. Viking, New York, 2006. $24.95 (252 pp.). ISBN 0-670-03495-9

The Sun. S. Hill, M. Carlowicz. Abrams, New York, 2006. $19.95 (239 pp.). ISBN 0-8109-5522-9

This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession. D. J. Levitin. Dutton, New York, 2006. $24.95 (314 pp.). ISBN 0-525-94969-0

Why Darwin Matters: The Case Against Intelligent Design. M. Shermer. Times Book, New York, 2006. $22.00 (199 pp.). ISBN 0-8050-8121-6

Space and planetary science

Meteorites and the Early Solar System II. D. S. Lauretta, H. Y. McSween Jr, eds. Space Science Series. U. Arizona Press, Tucson, 2006. $90.00 (943 pp.). ISBN 0-8165-2562-5

New Views of the Moon. B. L. Jolliff, M. A. Wieczorek, C. K. Shearer, C. R. Neal, eds. Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry 60. Geochemical Society, St. Louis, MO, and Mineralogical Society of America, Chantilly, VA, 2006. $55.00, $45.00 paper (721 pp.). ISBN 0-939950-72-3

Solar System Update. P. Blondel, J. W. Mason, eds. Springer-Praxis Books in Astronomy and Planetary Sciences. Praxis/Springer, New York, 2006. $169.00 (329 pp.). ISBN 3-540-26056-0

Statistical physics and thermodynamics

Equilibrium Statistical Physics. 3rd ed. M. Plischke, B. Bergersen. World Scientific, Hackensack, NJ, 2006. $84.00, $48.00 paper (620 pp.). ISBN 981-256-048-3, ISBN 981-256-155-2 paper

Statistical Mechanics. 2nd ed. F. Schwabl (translated from German by W. Brewer). Springer, New York, 2006 [2002]. $89.95 (577 pp.). ISBN 3-540-32343-0

Statistical Mechanics: Entropy, Order Parameters, and Complexity. J. P. Sethna. Oxford Master Series in Statistical, Computational, and Theoretical Physics 14. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2006. $99.50, $44.50 paper (349 pp.). ISBN 0-19-856676-X, ISBN 0-19-856677-8 paper

Thermodynamic Equilibria and Extrema: Analysis of Attainability Regions and Partial Equilibria. A. N. Gorban et al. (translated from Russian by M. V. Ozerova, V. P. Yermakova, A. V. Keiko). Springer, New York, 2006. $99.00 (282 pp.). ISBN 0-387-28575-X

Texts and education

Applied Quantum Mechanics. 2nd ed. A. F. J. Levi. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2006 [2003]. $75.00 (558 pp.). ISBN 0-521-86096-2

Classical Mechanics: An Undergraduate Text. R. D. Gregory. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2006. $120.00, $60.00 paper (596 pp.). ISBN 0-521-82678-0, ISBN 0-521-53409-7 paper

A Course in Mathematical Biology: Quantitative Modeling with Mathematical and Computational Methods. G. de Vries et al. Mathematical Modeling and Computation 12. SIAM, Philadelphia, 2006. $69.00 paper (309 pp.). ISBN 0-89871-612-8

An Introduction to Uncertainty in Measurement Using the Gum (Guide to the Expression of Uncertainty in Measurement). L. Kirkup, R. B. Frenkel. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2006. $80.00, $34.99 paper (233 pp.). ISBN 0-521-84428-2, ISBN 0-521-60579-2 paper

Lectures on Quantum Mechanics. Vols. 1-3. Vol. 1: Basic Matters. (219 pp.). Vol. 2: Simple Systems. (201 pp.). Vol. 3: Perturbed Evolution. (197 pp.). B.-G. Englert. World Scientific, Hackensack, NJ, 2006. $115.00 set, $68.00 paper (set) (617 pp. set). ISBN 981-256-790-9, ISBN 981-256-791-7 paper

Mathematical Methods in Science and Engineering. Ş. S. Bayin. Wiley, Hoboken, NJ, 2006. $115.00 (679 pp.). ISBN 0-470-04142-0

Ordinary Differential Equations. 2nd ed. V. I. Arnold (translated from Russian by R. Cooke). Universitext. Springer, New York, 2006 [1992]. $64.95 paper (334 pp.). ISBN 3-540-34563-9

Our Almost Impossible Universe: Why the Laws of Nature Make the Existence of Humans Extraordinarily Unlikely. R. Mirman. iUniverse, Lincoln, NE, 2006. $30.95 paper (523 pp.). ISBN 0-595-37841-2

Quantum Mechanics: Classical Results, Modern Systems, and Visualized Examples. 2nd ed. R. W. Robinett. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2006 [1997]. $74.50 (703 pp.). ISBN 0-19-853097-8

Theory and mathematical methods

Diffusion, Quantum Theory, and Radically Elementary Mathematics. W. G. Faris, ed. Mathematical Notes 47. Princeton U. Press, Princeton, NJ, 2006. $39.50 paper (243 pp.). ISBN 0-691-12545-7

Elementary Differential Geometry. 2nd rev. ed. B. O’Neill. Academic Press/Elsevier, San Diego, CA, 2006 [1997]. $79.95 (503 pp.). ISBN 0-12-088735-5

Encyclopedia of Mathematical Physics. Vols. 1-5. J.-P. Françoise, G. L. Naber, T. S. Tsun, eds. Academic Press/Elsevier, San Diego, CA, 2006. $1495.00 set (3275 pp. set). ISBN 0-12-512660-3

Fundamental Papers in Wavelet Theory. C. Heil, D. F. Walnut, eds. Princeton U. Press, Princeton, NJ, 2006. $85.00, $49.50 paper (878 pp.). ISBN 0-691-11453-6, ISBN 0-691-12705-0 paper

Geometry of Quantum States: An Introduction to Quantum Entanglement. I. Bengtsson, K. Życzkowski. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2006. $95.00 (466 pp.). ISBN 0-521-81451-0

Impulsive and Hybrid Dynamical Systems: Stability, Dissipativity, and Control. W. M. Haddad, V. Chellaboina, S. G. Nersesov. Princeton Series in Applied Mathematics. Princeton U. Press, Princeton, NJ, 2006. $69.50 (504 pp.). ISBN 0-691-12715-8

In Memoriam Paul-André Meyer—Séminaire de Probabilités XXXIX. M. émery, M. Yor, eds. Lecture Notes in Mathematics 1874. Springer, New York, 2006. $59.95 paper (417 pp.). ISBN 3-540-30994-2

The Lace Expansion and Its Applications: Ecole d’Eté de Probabilités de Saint-Flour XXXIV—2004. G. Slade. Lecture Notes in Mathematics 1879. Springer, New York, 2006. $59.95 paper (228 pp.). ISBN 3-540-31189-0

Mathematical Physics of Quantum Mechanics: Selected and Refereed Lectures from QMath9. J. Asch, A. Joye, eds. Lecture Notes in Physics 690. Springer, New York, 2006. $99.95 (483 pp.). ISBN 3-540-31026-6

The Wulff Crystal in Ising and Percolation Models: Ecole d’Eté de Probabilités de Saint-Flour XXXIV—2004. R. Cerf. Lecture Notes in Mathematics 1878. Springer, New York, 2006. $59.95 paper (264 pp.). ISBN 3-540-30988-8