New Books

Energy and environment

Acid Rain Science and Politics in Japan: A History of Knowledge and Action Toward Sustainability . K. E. Wilkening. Politics, Science, and the Environment. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2004. $62.00, $19.00 paper (322 pp.). ISBN 0-262-23235-9, ISBN 0-262-73166-5 paper

Fluids

Slow Dynamics in Complex Systems . M. Tokuyama, I. Oppenheim, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 708. Proc. symp., Sendai, Japan, Nov. 2003. AIP, Melville, NY, 2004. $210.00 (829 pp.). ISBN 0-7354-0183-7

Geophysics

Earthshaking Science: What We Know (and Don’t Know) About Earthquakes . S. E. Hough. Princeton U. Press, Princeton, NJ, 2004 [2002, reissued]. $17.95 paper (238 pp.). ISBN 0-691-11819-1

History and philosophy

American Genesis: A Century of Invention and Technological Enthusiasm, 1870-1970. T. P. Hughes. U. of Chicago Press, Chicago, 2004 [1989, reissued]. $22.50 paper (529 pp.). ISBN 0-226-35927-1

Compass: A Story of Exploration and Innovation. A. Gurney. W. W. Norton, New York, 2004. $22.95 (320 pp.). ISBN 0-393-05073-4

Human-Built World: How to Think About Technology and Culture. T. P. Hughes. U. of Chicago Press, Chicago, 2004. $22.50 (223 pp.). ISBN 0-226-35933-6

The Invisible Century: Einstein, Freud, and the Search for Hidden Universes. R. Panek. Viking, New York, 2004. $24.95 (258 pp.). ISBN 0-670-03074-0

Isaac Newton’s Natural Philosophy. J. Z. Buchwald, I. B. Cohen, eds. Dibner Institute for the History of Science and Technology . MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2004 [2001, reissued]. $22.00 paper (354 pp.). ISBN 0-262-52425-2

It Began with the Gift of Fire: The Growth of Science and Curbs on Scientists. W. M. Saltman. AuthorHouse, Bloomington, IN, 2004. $19.45 paper (287 pp.). ISBN 1-4184-4548-7

Knowledge and the World: Challenges Beyond the Science Wars. M. Carrier, J. Roggenhofer, G. Küppers, Ph. Blanchard, eds. The Frontiers Collection. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2004. $79.95 (326 pp.). ISBN 3-540-21009-1

Monturiol’s Dream: The Extraordinary Story of the Submarine Inventor Who Wanted to Save the World. M. Stewart. Pantheon Books, New York, 2003. $25.00 (338 pp.). ISBN 0-375-41439-8

Quantum Closures and Disclosures: Thinking-Together Postphenomenology and Quantum Brain Dynamics . G. G. Globus. Advances in Consciousness Research 50. John Benjamins, Philadelphia, 2003. $107.00, $58.95 paper (198 pp.). ISBN 1-58811-370-1, ISBN 1-58811-371-X paper

Science and Polity in France: The End of the Old Regime. C. C. Gillispie. Princeton U. Press, Princeton, NJ, 2004 [1980, reissued]. $39.95 paper (601 pp.). ISBN 0-691-11849-3

Science Serialized: Representations of the Sciences in Nineteenth-Century Periodicals. G. Cantor, S. Shuttleworth, eds. Dibner Institute Studies in the History of Science and Technology . MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2004. $40.00 (358 pp.). ISBN 0-262-03318-6

The Scientist as Philosopher: Philosophical Consequences of Great Scientific Discoveries. F. Weinert. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2004. $139.00 (342 pp.). ISBN 3-540-20580-2

The Sky is Not the Limit: Adventures of an Urban Astrophysicist . N. D. Tyson. Prometheus Books, Amherst, NY, 2004. $18.00 paper (203 pp.). ISBN 1-59102-188-X

Space: In Science, Art and Society. F. Penz, G. Radick, R. Howell, eds. The Darwin College Lectures . Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2004. $45.00 (206 pp.). ISBN 0-521-82376-5

Zeldovich: Reminiscences. R. A. Sunyaev, ed. Chapman & Hall/CRC, Boca Raton, FL, 2004. $89.95 (360 pp.). ISBN 0-415-28790-1

Instrumentation and techniques

Nanoscale Characterisation of Ferroelectric Materials: Scanning Probe Microscopy Approach. M. Alexe, A. Gruverman, eds. Nanoscience and Technology . Springer-Verlag, New York, 2004. $119.00 (282 pp.). ISBN 3-540-20662-0

The Satellite Communication Applications Handbook . 2nd ed. B. R. Elbert. Artech House, Boston, 2004 [1997]. $129.00 (532 pp.). ISBN 1-58053-490-2

Synchrotron Radiation Instrumentation . T. Warwick, J. Arthur, H. A. Padmore, J. Stöhr, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 705. Proc. conf., San Francisco, Aug. 2003. AIP, Melville, NY, 2004. $290.00 (1428 pp.). ISBN 0-7354-0180-2

Materials science

Amorphous and Nanocrystalline Metals . R. Busch, T. C. Hufnagel, J. Eckert, A. Inoue, W. L. Johnson, A. R. Yavari, eds. Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings 806. Proc. symp., Boston, Dec. 2003. MRS, Warrendale, PA, 2004. $95.00 (416 pp.). ISBN 1-55899-744-X

The Chemistry of Nanostructured Materials . P. Yang, ed. World Scientific, River Edge, NJ, 2003. $84.00, $48.00 paper (386 pp.). ISBN 981-238-405-7, ISBN 981-238-565-7 paper

Crystallography of Modular Materials . G. Ferraris, E. Makovicky, S. Merlino. IUCr Monographs on Crystallography 15. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2004. $144.50 (370 pp.). ISBN 0-19-852664-4

Engineered Porosity for Microphotonics and Plasmonics . R. Wehrspohn, F. Garcia-Vidal, M. Notomi, A. Scherer, eds. Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings 797. Proc. symp., Boston, Dec. 2003. MRS, Warrendale, PA, 2004. $91.00 (266 pp.). ISBN 1-55899-735-0

Ferroelectric Random Access Memories: Fundamentals and Applications. H. Ishiwara, M. Okuyama, Y. Arimoto, eds. Topics in Applied Physics 93. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2004. $199.00 (290 pp.). ISBN 3-540-40718-9

Fullerene-Based Materials: Structures and Properties . K. Prassides, ed. Structure and Bonding 109. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2004. $229.00 (283 pp.). ISBN 3-540-20106-8

Long-Term Properties of Polyolefins. A.-C. Albertsson, ed. Advances in Polymer Science 169. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2004. $299.00 (316 pp.). ISBN 3-540-40769-3

Materials and Technology for Hydrogen Economy. G.-A. Nazri, M. Nazri, R. Young, P. Chen, eds. Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings 801. Proc. symp., Boston, Dec. 2003. MRS, Warren-dale, PA, 2004. $82.00 (233 pp.). ISBN 1-55899-739-3

Mathematical Techniques in Crystallography and Materials Science . 3rd ed. E. Prince. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2004 [1994]. $59.95 paper (224 pp.). ISBN 3-540-21111-X

Molecularly Imprinted Materials—2003. P. Kofinas, B. Sellergren, M. J. Roberts, eds. Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings 787. Proc. symp., Boston, Dec. 2003. MRS, Warrendale, PA, 2004. $82.00 (111 pp.). ISBN 1-55899-725-3

Physical Foundations of Materials Science . G. Gottstein. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2004. $79.95 (502 pp.). ISBN 3-540-40139-3

Plastic Deformation in Nanocrystalline Materials . M. Yu. Gutkin I. A. Ovid’ko. Springer Series in Materials Science 74. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2004. $119.00 (187 pp.). ISBN 3-540-20993-X