New Books

Materials science

Silicon Carbide: Materials, Processing, and Devices. Z. C. Feng, J. H. Zhao, eds. Optoelectronic Properties of Semiconductors and Superlattices 20. Taylor & Francis, New York, 2004. $160.00 (389 pp.). ISBN 1-59169-023-4

Miscellaneous

2004 Graduate Programs in Physics, Astronomy, and Related Fields. American Institute of Physics. AIP, Melville, NY, 2003. $62.00 paper (852 pp.). ISBN 0-7354-0123-3

A Dictionary of Physics. 4th edition. A. Isaacs, ed. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2003 [2000, reissued]. $16.95 paper (546 pp.). ISBN 0-19-860759-8

Proceedings of the International Symposium on Frontiers of Science: In Celebration of the 80th Birthday of C. N. Yang. H.-T. Nieh, ed. Proc. symp., Beijing, China, June 2002. World Scientific, River Edge, NJ, 2003. $88.00, $46.00 paper (549 pp.). ISBN 981-238-407-3, ISBN 981-288-414-6 paper

Sahara: The Extraordinary History of the World’s Largest Desert. M. de Villiers, S. Hirtle. Walker, New York, 2003 [2002, reissued]. $14.00 paper (326 pp.). ISBN 0-8027-7678-7

The Science of Superheroes. L. H. Gresh, R. Weinberg. Wiley, Hoboken, NJ, 2002. $24.95, $15.95 paper (200 pp.). ISBN 0-471-02460-0, ISBN 0-471-46882-7 paper

Nonlinear science and chaos

Nonlinear Gravitodynamics: The Lense-Thirring Effect, a Documentary Introduction to Current Research. R. Ruffini, C. Sigismondi, eds. World Scientific, River Edge, NJ, 2003. $68.00 (509 pp.). ISBN 981-238-347-6

Nonlinear Science: Emergence and Dynamics of Coherent Structures. 2nd ed. A. Scott. Oxford Texts in Applied and Engineering Mathematics 8. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2003 [1999]. $69.50 (480 pp.). ISBN 0-19-852852-3

Thinking in Complexity: The Computational Dynamics of Matter, Mind, and Mankind. 4th ed. K. Mainzer. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2004 [1997]. $49.95 (456 pp.). ISBN 3-540-00239-1

Nuclear physics

Nuclear Dynamics: From Quarks to Nuclei. M. T. Peña, A. Stadler, A. M. Eiró, J. Adam, eds. Few-Body Systems 15. Proc. wksp., Lisbon, Portugal, Oct.-Nov. 2002. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2003. $89.00 (290 pp.). ISBN 3-211-83899-6

Structure and Reactions of Light Exotic Nuclei. Y. Suzuki, R. G. Lovas, K. Yabana, K. Varga. Taylor & Francis, New York, 2003. $110.00 (591 pp.). ISBN 0-415-30872-0

Optics and photonics

Laser Diode Microsystems. H. Zappe. Microtechnology and MEMS . Springer-Verlag, New York, 2004. $119.00 (334 pp.). ISBN 3-540-40454-6

Optical Superresolution . Z. Zalevsky, D. Mendlovic. Springer Series in Optical Sciences 91. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2004. $119.00 (253 pp.). ISBN 0-387-00591-9

Stimulated Brillouin Scattering: Fundamentals and Applications. M. J. Damzen, V. I. Vlad, V. Babin, A. Mocofanescu. Series in Optics and Optoelectronics. IOP, Philadelphia, 2003. $95.00 (196 pp.). ISBN 0-7503-0870-2

Transverse-Pattern Formation in Photorefractive Optics. C. Denz, M. Schwab, C. Weilnau. Springer Tracts in Modern Physics 188. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2003. $219.00 (331 pp.). ISBN 3-540-02109-4

Particle physics

Electroweak Processes in External Electromagnetic Fields. A. Kuznetsov, N. Mikheev. Springer Tracts in Modern Physics 197. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2004. $159.00 (120 pp.). ISBN 0-387-400 74-5

Scalar Me sons: An Interesting Puzzle for QCD . A. H. Fariborz, ed. AIP Conference Proceedings 688. Proc. wksp., Utica, NY, May 2003. AIP, Melville, NY, 2003. $150.00 (292 pp.). ISBN 0-7354-0159-4

Spinning Particles—Semiclassics and Spectral Statistics. S. Keppeler. Springer Tracts in Modern Physics 193. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2003. $139.00 (189 pp.). ISBN 3-540-01184-6

Symmetry & Modern Physics: Yang Retirement Symposium. A. Goldhaber, R. Shrock, J. Smith, G. Sterman, P. van Nieuwenhuizen, W. Weisberger, eds. Proc. symp., Stony Brook, NY, May 1999. World Scientific, River Edge, NJ, 2003. $48.00, $28.00 paper (291 pp.). ISBN 981-238-503-7, ISBN 981-238-563-0 paper

Plasmas and fusion

Advances in Plasma Physics Research. Vol. 4. F. Gerard, ed. Nova Science, Hauppauge, NY, 2003. $89.00 (190 pp.). ISBN 1-59033-629-1

Popularizations

Atkins’ Molecules. 2nd edition. P. Atkins. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2003 [1987]. $85.00, $30.00 paper (235 pp.). ISBN 0-521-82397-8, ISBN 0-521-53536-0 paper

Beyond: Visions of the Interplanetary Probes. M. Benson. Abrams, New York, 2003. $55.00 (319 pp.). ISBN 0-8109-4531-2

A Century of Innovation: Twenty Engineering Achievements That Transformed Our Lives. G. Constable, B. Somerville. Joseph Henry Press, Washington, DC, 2003. $45.00 (248 pp.). ISBN 0-309-08908-5

The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Physics. J. T. Dennis. Alpha Books, New York, 2003. $18.95 paper (364 pp.). ISBN 1-59257081-X

Eight Preposterous Propositions: From the Genetics of Homosexuality to the Benefits of Global Warming . R. Ehrlich. Princeton U. Press, Princeton, NJ, 2003. $27.95 (342 pp.). ISBN 0-691-09999-5

Everything’s Relative: And Other Fables From Science and Technology. T. Rothman. Wiley, Hoboken, NJ, 2003. $24.95 (272 pp.). ISBN 0-471-20257-6

Hydrogen: The Essential Element. J. S. Rigden. Harvard U. Press, Cambridge, MA, 2003 [2002, reissued]. $15.95 paper (280 pp.). ISBN 0-674-01252-6

Ink Sandwiches, Electric Worms, and 37 Other Experiments for Saturday Science. N. A. Downie. Johns Hopkins U. Press, Baltimore, MD, 2003. $45.00, $18.95 paper (334 pp.). ISBN 0-8018-7409-2, ISBN 0-8018-7410-6 paper

Magnificent Mars . K. Croswell. Free Press, New York, 2003. $60.00 (208 pp.). ISBN 0-7432-2601-1

The New Quantum Universe. Rev. and updated ed. T. Hey, P. Walters. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2003 [1987]. $85.00, $35.00 paper (357 pp.). ISBN 0-521-56418-2, ISBN 0-521-56457-3 paper

Once Upon a Universe: Not-so-Grimm Tales of Cosmology . R. Gilmore. Copernicus Books/Springer-Verlag, New York, 2003. $25.00 (228 pp.). ISBN 0-387-95566-6

Simply Einstein: Relativity Demystified. R. Wolfson. W. W. Norton, New York, 2003 [2002, reissued]. $13.95 paper (261 pp.). ISBN 0-393-32507-5

Speed Mathematics: Secret Skills for Quick Calculation. B. Handley. Wiley, Hoboken, NJ, 2003. $14.95 paper (256 pp.). ISBN 0-471-46731-6

Strange Curves, Counting Rabbits, and Other Mathematical Explorations. K. Ball. Princeton U. Press, Princeton, NJ, 2003. $29.95 (251 pp.). ISBN 0-691-11321-1

Space and planetary science

Exploring Mercury: The Iron Planet. R. G. Strom, A. L. Sprague. Springer-Praxis Books in Astronomy and Space Sciences. Praxis/Springer-Verlag, New York, 2003. $39.95 paper (216 pp.). ISBN 1-85233-731-1, CD-ROM

Scientific Frontiers in Research on Extrasolar Planets . D. Deming, S. Seager, eds. Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series 294. Proc. conf., Washington, DC, June 2002. Astronomical Society of the Pacific, San Francisco, 2003. $57.00 (663 pp.). ISBN 1-58381-141-9, CD-ROM

Solar Wind Ten. M. Velli, R. Bruno, F. Malara, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 679. Proc. conf., Pisa, Italy, June 2002. AIP, Melville, NY, 2003. $230.00 (860 pp.). ISBN 0-7354-0148-9, CD-ROM

The Space Environment: Implications for Spacecraft Design. 2nd ed. A. C. Tribble. Princeton U. Press, Princeton, NJ, 2003 [1995]. $45.00 paper (232 pp.). ISBN 0-691-10299-6

Statistical physics and thermodynamics

Entropy . A. Greven, G. Keller, G. Warnecke, eds. Princeton Series in Applied Mathematics. Princeton U. Press, Princeton, NJ, 2003. $69.50 (358 pp.). ISBN 0-691-11338-6

Ising-Type Antiferromagnets: Model Systems in Statistical Physics and in the Magnetism of Exchange Bias . C. Binek. Springer Tracts in Modern Physics 196. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2003. $119.00 (118 pp.). ISBN 3-540-40428-7

Texts andl education

Advanced Quantum Mechanics . 2nd ed. F. Schwabl (translated from German by R. Hilton, A. Lahee). Advanced Texts in Physics. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2004 [1999]. $69.95 (405 pp.). ISBN 3-540-40152-0

Applied Quantum Mechanics . A. F. J. Levi. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2003. $130.00, $55.00 paper (523 pp.). ISBN 0-521-81765-X, ISBN 0-521-52086-X paper, CD-ROM

A Beginner’s Guide to Finite Mathematics: For Business, Management, and the Social Sciences . W. D. Wallis. Birkhäuser, Boston, 2004. $49.95 paper (354 pp.). ISBN 0-8176-4270-6

Gravity: An Introduction to Einstein’s General Relativity . J. B. Hartle. Addison Wesley, San Francisco, 2003. $56.00 (582 pp.). ISBN 0-8053-8662-9

How to Solve Problems: For Success in Freshman Physics, Engineering, and Beyond. 6th ed. D. Scarl. Dosoris Press, Glen Cove, NY, 2003 [1998]. $11.95 paper (117 pp.). ISBN 0-96220086-7

Information Theory, Inference, and Learning Algorithms. D. J. C. MacKay. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2003. $50.00 (628 pp.). ISBN 0-521-64298-1

Introduction to Cosmology . B. Ryden. Addison Wesley, San Francisco, 2003. $57.00 (244 pp.). ISBN 0-8053-8912-1

Introduction to Phonons and Electrons. L. Lou. World Scientific, River Edge, NJ, 2003. $56.00, $28.00 paper (222 pp.). ISBN 981-238-439-1, ISBN 981-238461-8 paper

An Invitation to 3-D Vision: From Images to Geometric Models . Y. Ma, S. Soatto, J. Košecká, S. S. Sastry. Interdisciplinary Applied Mathematics 26. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2004. $69.95 (526 pp.). ISBN 0-387-00893-4

Maths: A Student’s Survival Guide. 2nd ed. J. Olive. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2003 [1998]. $40.00 paper (634 pp.). ISBN 0-521-01707-6

Modeling Complex Systems . N. Boccara. Graduate Texts in Contemporary Physics. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2004. $79.95 (397 pp.). ISBN 0-387-40462-7

Modern Classical Optics. G. Brooker. Oxford Master Series in Atomic, Optical, and Laser Physics. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2003. $74.50, $39.50 paper (397 pp.). ISBN 0-19-859964-1, ISBN 0-19-859965-X paper

Modern Problems in Classical Electrodynamics . C. A. Brau. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2004. $96.00 (594 pp.). ISBN 0-19-514665-4

Spacetime and Geometry: An Introduction to General Relativity . S. Carroll. Addison Wesley, San Francisco, 2004. $80.00 (513 pp.). ISBN 0-8053-8732-3

Statistical and Thermal Physics: Fundamentals and Applications. M. D. Sturge. A. K. Peters, Natick, MA, 2003. $60.00 (462 pp.). ISBN 1-56881-196-6

Theory and mathematical methods

Adiabatic Perturbation Theory in Quantum Dynamics. S. Teufel. Lecture Notes in Mathematics 1821. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2003. $59.95 paper (236 pp.). ISBN 3-540-40723-5

Analysis, Controllability and Optimization of Time-Discrete Systems and Dynamical Games. W. Krabs, S. W. Pickl. Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems 529. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2003. $53.00 paper (186 pp.). ISBN 3-540-40327-2

The Application of Econophysics . H. Takayasu, ed. Proc. symp., Tokyo, Nov. 2002. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2004. $109.00 (343 pp.). ISBN 4-431-14028-X

A Computational Differential Geometry Approach to Grid Generation. V. D. Liseikin. Scientific Computation. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2004. $79.95 (264 pp.). ISBN 3-540-14008-5

Computational Mathematics: Models, Methods, and Analysis with MATLAB and MPI. R. E. White. Chapman & Hall/CRC, Boca Raton, FL, 2004. $80.96 (385 pp.). ISBN 1-58488-364-2

Discrete Choice Methods With Simulation. K. E. Train. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2003. $85.00, $30.00 paper (334 pp.). ISBN 0-521-81696-3, ISBN 0-521-01715-7 paper

Generalized Kinetic Models in Applied Sciences: Lecture Notes on Mathematical Problems. L. Arlotti, N. Bellomo, E. De Angelis, M. Lachowicz. Series on Advances in Mathematics for Applied Sciences 64. W orld Scientific, River Edge, NJ, 2003. $38.00 (199 pp.). ISBN 981-238-560-6