New Books

Astronomy and astrophysics

The Sun’s Rotation. J. Javaraiah, M. K. Gokhale, eds. Nova Science, Hauppauge, N.Y., 2002. $79.00 (172 pp.). ISBN 1-59033-250-4, CD-ROM

The Tapestry of Modern Astrophysics. S. N. Shore. Wiley, Hoboken, N.J., 2003. $89.95 (861 pp.). ISBN 0-471-16816-5

Atomic and molecular physics

Introduction to the Theory of Collisions of Electrons with Atoms and Molecules. S. P. Khare. Physics of Atoms and Molecules. Kluwer Academic/Plenum, New York, 2002. $120.00 (350 pp.). ISBN 0-306-47241-4

Biophysics and medical physics

Brain Dynamics: Synchronization and Activity Patterns in Pulse-Coupled Neural Nets with Delays and Noise. H. Haken. Springer Series in Synergetics. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2002. $79.95 (245 pp.). ISBN 3-540-43076-8

Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Theory and Practice. 3rd edition. M. T. Vlaar-dingerbroek, J. A. den Boer. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2003 [1999]. $89.95 (499 pp.). ISBN 3-540-43681-2

Medical Physics. L. M. M. Zetina, G. H. Corral, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 630. Proc. symp., Mexico City, Mexico, Mar. 2002. AIP, Melville, N.Y., 2002. $145.00 (288 pp.). ISBN 0-7354-0084-9

Photonics of Biopolymers. N. L. Vekshin. Biological and Medical Physics Series. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2002. $74.95 (229 pp.). ISBN 3-540-43817-3

Therapeutic Applications of Monte Carlo Calculations in Nuclear Medicine. H. Zaidi, G. Sgouros, eds. Series in Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering. IOP, Philadelphia, 2003. $100.00 (364 pp.). ISBN 0-7503-0816-8

Chemical physics

The Chemical Physics of Solid Surfaces. Vol. 10: Surface Alloys and Alloy Surfaces. D. P. Woodruff, ed. Elsevier, New York, 2002. $275.00 (536 pp.). ISBN 0-444-51152-0

Cohesion: A Scientific History of Intermolecular Forces. J. S. Rowlinson. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2002. $90.00 (333 pp.). ISBN 0-521-81008-6

Crystallization of Polymers. Vol. 1: Equilibrium Concepts. 2nd edition. L. Mandelkern. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2002 [1964]. $110.00 (433 pp.). ISBN 0-521-81681-5

Laser Control and Manipulation of Molecules. A. D. Bandrauk, Y. Fujimura, R. J. Gordon, eds. ACS Symposium Series 821. Proc. symp., Honolulu, Hawaii, Dec. 2000. American Chemical Society, Washington, DC, 2002 [1999]. $94.50 (372 pp.). ISBN 0-8412-3786-7

Photoactivation of Isomers of Stable Nuclei and Recent Applications. Á. Veres. Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest, Hungary, 2002. $28.00 paper (199 pp.). ISBN 963-05-7865-4

Selective Spectroscopy of Single Molecules. I. S. Osad’ko. Springer Series in Chemical Physics 69. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2003. $109.00 (382 pp.). ISBN 3-540-44101-8

Statistical, Gradient, Block and Graft Copolymers by Controlled/Living Radical Polymerizations. K. A. Davis, K. Matyjaszewski. Advances in Polymer Science 159. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2002. $139.00 (191 pp.). ISBN 3-540-43244-2

Computers and computational physics

Accuracy and Stability of Numerical Algorithms. 2nd edition. N. J. Higham. Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Philadelphia, 2002 [1996]. $64.50 (680 pp.). ISBN 0-89871-521-0

Algorithms on Trees and Graphs. G. Valiente. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2002. $49.95 (490 pp.). ISBN 3-540-43550-6

Computational Methods for Inverse Problems. C. R. Vogel. Frontiers in Applied Mathematics. Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Philadelphia, 2002. $56.00 (183 pp.). ISBN 0-89871-507-5

The Illustrated Wavelet Transform Handbook: Introductory Theory and Applications in Science, Engineering, Medicine and Finance. P. S. Addison. IOP, Philadelphia, 2002. $65.00 (353 pp.). ISBN 0-7503-0692-0

Logic for Programming, Artificial Intelligence, and Reasoning. M. Baaz, A. Voronkov, eds. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence 2514. Proc. conf., Tbilisi, Georgia, Oct. 2002. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2002. $73.00 paper (463 pp.). ISBN 3-540-00010-0

Neuro-Fuzzy Control of Industrial Systems with Actuator Nonlineari-ties. F. L. Lewis, J. Campos, R. Selmic. Frontiers in Applied Mathematics. Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Philadelphia, 2002. $69.00 (244 pp.). ISBN 0-89871-505-9

A Practical Guide to Boundary Element Methods with the Software Library BEMLIB. C. Pozrikidis. Chapman & Hall/CRC, New York, 2002. $99.95 (423 pp.). ISBN 1-58488-323-5

Simulating, Analyzing, and Animating Dynamical Systems: A Guide to XPPAUT for Researchers and Students. B. Ermentrout. Software, Environments, Tools. Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Philadelphia, 2002. $63.00 paper (290 pp.). ISBN 0-89871-506-7

Condensed matter physics

Advances in Condensed Matter and Materials Research. Vol. 3. F. Gerard, ed. Nova Science, Hauppauge, N.Y., 2002. $98.00 (250 pp.). ISBN 1-59033-147-8

Coverings of Discrete Quasiperiodic Sets: Theory and Applications to Qua-sicrystals. P. Kramer, Z. Papadopolos, eds. Springer Tracts in Modern Physics 180. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2003. $179.00 (273 pp.). ISBN 3-540-43241-8

Foundations of Nanomechanics: From Solid-State Theory to Device Applications. A. N. Cleland. Advanced Texts in Physics. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2003. $69.95 (436 pp.). ISBN 3-540-43661-8

High Magnetic Fields: Applications in Condensed Matter Physics and Spec-troscopy. C. Berthier, L. P. Lévy, G. Martinez, eds. Lecture Notes in Physics 595. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001. $109.00 (493 pp.). ISBN 3-540-43979-X

Lectures on the Physics of Highly Correlated Electron Systems VI. F. Mancini, ed. AIP Conference Proceedings 629. Proc. course, Salerno, Italy, Oct. 2001. AIP, Melville, N.Y., 2002. $145.00 (243 pp.). ISBN 0-7354-0083-0

Soft Matter Physics: An Introduction. M. Kleman, O. D. Lavrentovich. Partially Ordered Systems. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2003. $79.95 (637 pp.). ISBN 0-387-95267-5

Cosmology and relativity

Relativity Today. C. A. Hoenselaers, Z. Perjés, eds. Proc. wksp., Budapest, Hungary, July 2000. Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest, Hungary, 2002. $58.00 (189 pp.). ISBN 963-05-7929-4

Theoretical Astrophysics. Vol. 3: Galaxies and Cosmology. T. Padmanab-han. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2002. $140.00, $55.00 paper (619 pp.). ISBN 0-521-56242-2, ISBN 0-521-56630-4 paper

Device physics

Erbium-Doped Fiber Amplifiers: Device and System Developments. E. Desurvire, D. Bayart, B. Desthieux, S. Bigo. Wiley, Hoboken, N.J., 2002. $150.00 (763 pp.). ISBN 0-471-41903-6

High Intensity and High Brightness Hadron Beams. W. Chou, Y. Mori, D. Neuffer, J.-F. Ostiguy, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 642. Proc. wksp., Batavia, Ill., Apr. 2002. AIP, Melville, N.Y., 2002. $150.00 (400 pp.). ISBN 0-7354-0097-0, CD-ROM

High Resolution Focused Ion Beams: FIB and Its Applications. J. Orloff, M. Utlaut, L. Swanson. Kluwer Academic/Plenum, New York, 2003. $145.00 (303 pp.). ISBN 0-306-47350-X

International Workshop on Superconducting Nano-Electronics Devices. J. Pekola, B. Ruggiero, P. Sil-vestrini, eds. Proc. wksp., Naples, Italy, May-June 2001. Kluwer Academic/Plenum, New York, 2002. $145.00 (241 pp.). ISBN 0-306-47266-X

Optoelectronics of Solar Cells. G. P. Smestad. SPIE Press, Bellingham, Wash., 2002. $42.00 paper (99 pp.). ISBN 0-8194-4440-5

Principles and Applications of Ion Scattering Spectrometry: Surface Chemical and Structural Analysis. J. W. Rabalais. Wiley-Interscience Series on Mass Spectrometry. Wiley, New York, Hoboken, N.J., 2003. $94.95 (306 pp.). ISBN 0-471-20277-0

Principles of Pulsed Magnet Design. R. Kratz, P. Wyder. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2002. $99.00 (181 pp.). ISBN 3-540-43701-0

Unattended Radiation Sensor Systems for Remote Applications. J. I. Trombka, D. P. Spears, P. H. Solomon, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 632. Proc. wksp., Washington, DC, Apr. 2002. AIP, Melville, N.Y., 2002. $135.00 (310 pp.). ISBN 0-7354-0087-3

Energy and environment

The Earth’s Biosphere: Evolution, Dynamics, and Change. V. Smil. MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass., 2002. $32.95 (346 pp.). ISBN 0-262-19472-4

Ecohydrology: Darwinian Expression of Vegetation Form and Function. P. S. Eagleson. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2002. $110.00 (443 pp.). ISBN 0-521-77245-1

Quantitative Methods in Reservoir Engineering. W. C. Chin. Gulf Professional/Elsevier Science, New York, 2002. $95.00 (480 pp.). ISBN 0-7506-7568-3

Reservoir Engineering Handbook. 2nd edition. T. Ahmed. Gulf Professional/Elsevier Science, New York, 2002 [2001]. $150.00 (1186 pp.). ISBN 0-8841-5770-9

Shared Earth Modeling: Methodologies for Integrated Reservoir Simulations. J. R. Fanchi. Gulf Professional/Elsevier Science, New York, 2002. $125.00 (306 pp.). ISBN 0-7506-7522-5

Fluids

Fundamentals of Gas Dynamics. 2nd edition. R. D. Zucker, O. Biblarz. Wiley, Hoboken, N.J., 2002 [1977]. $110.00 (493 pp.). ISBN 0-471-05967-6

High-Order Methods for Incompressible Fluid Flow. M. O. Deville, P. F. Fischer, E. H. Mund. Cambridge Monographs on Applied and Computational Mathematics 9. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2002. $80.00 (499 pp.). ISBN 0-521-45309-7

Introduction to Liquid State Physics. N. H. March, M. P. Tosi. World Scientific, River Edge, N.J., 2002. $78.00, $44.00 paper (431 pp.). ISBN 981-02-4639-0, ISBN 981-02-4652-8 paper

Large Eddy Simulation for Incompressible Flows: An Introduction. 2nd edition. P. Sagaut. Scientific Computation. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2002 [2001]. $69.95 (426 pp.). ISBN 3-540-43753-3

Geophysics

Hurricane! Coping with Disaster. R. Simpson, ed. American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC, 2003. $39.00 paper (360 pp.). ISBN 0-87590-297-9

An Introduction to Seismology, Earthquakes, and Earth Structure. S. Stein, M. Wysession. Blackwell, Malden, Mass., 2003. $34.95 paper (498 pp.). ISBN 0-86542-078-5

Methane Hydrates in Quaternary Climate Change: The Clathrate Gun Hypothesis. J. P. Kennett, K. G. Cannariato, I. L. Hendy, R. J. Behl. American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC, 2003. $42.00 paper (216 pp.). ISBN 0-87590-296-0

Mountian Building in the Uralides: Pangea to the Present. D. Brown, C. Juhlin, V. Puchkov, eds. Geophysical Monograph 132. American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC, 2002. $78.00 (286 pp.). ISBN 0-87590-991-4

History and philosophy

Analog Days: The Invention and Impact of the Moog Synthesizer. T. Pinch, F. Trocco. Harvard U. Press, Cambridge, Mass., 2002. $29.95 (368 pp.). ISBN 0-674-00889-8

The Becoming of Time: Integrating Physical and Religious Time. L. W. Fagg. Duke U. Press, Durham, N.C., 2003. $22.95 paper (281 pp.). ISBN 0-8223-3144-6

The Calvinist Copernicans: The Reception of the New Astronomy in the Dutch Republic, 1575-1750. R. Vermij. History of Science and Scholarship in the Netherlands 1. Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, Amsterdam, 2002. $48.20 (433 pp.). ISBN 90-6984-340-4

The Cambridge History of Science. Vol. 5: The Modern Physical and Mathematical Sciences. M. J. Nye, ed. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2003. $95.00 (678 pp.). ISBN 0-521-57199-5

Cosmic Evolution: The Rise of Complexity in Nature. E. J. Chaisson. Harvard U. Press, Cambridge, Mass., 2001 [reissued]. $17.95 paper (274 pp.). ISBN 0-674-00987-8

The Elements of Natural Philosophy. W. Thomson (Lord Kelvin), P. G. Tait. Great Minds Series. Prometheus Books, Amherst, N.Y., 2002. $15.00 paper (295 pp.). ISBN 1-57392-984-0

From Alchemy to Atomic Bombs: History of Chemistry, Metallurgy, and Civilization. F. Habashi. Metallurgie Extractive Quebec, Sainte-Foy, Quebec, 2002. $45.00 (357 pp.). ISBN 2-922-686-00-0

From Space to Earth: The Story of Solar Electricity. J. Perlin. Harvard U. Press, Cambridge, Mass., 2002 [2000, reissued]. $22.95 paper (224 pp.). ISBN 0-674-01013-2

Gerhard Herzberg: An Illustrious Life in Science. B. Stoicheff. NRC Press Biography Series 1. NRC Press, Ottawa, and McGill-Queen’s U. Press, Montreal, 2002. $49.95 (468 pp.). ISBN 0-660-18757-4

Herman Boerhaave (1668-1738): Calvinist Chemist and Physician. R. Knoeff. History of Science and Scholarship in the Netherlands 3. Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, Amsterdam, 2002. $34.40 (237 pp.). ISBN 90-6984-342-0

How Fluids Unmix: Discoveries by the School of Van der Waals and Kamer-lingh Onnes. J. L. Sengers. History of Science and Scholarship in the Netherlands 4. Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, Amsterdam, 2002. $44.25 (302 pp.). ISBN 90-6984-357-9

In War and Peace: My Life in Science and Technology. G. Stever. Joseph Henry Press, Washington, DC, 2002. $29.95 (382 pp.). ISBN 0-309-08411-3

Latitude: How American Astronomers Solved the Mystery of Variation. B. Carter, M. S. Carter. Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Md., 2002. $24.95 (252 pp.). ISBN 1-55750-016-9

Lost Discoveries: The Ancient Roots of Modern Science—from the Babylonians to the Maya. D. Teresi. Simon & Schuster, New York, 2002. $27.00 (453 pp.). ISBN 0-684-83718-8

Magick, Mayhem, and Mavericks: The Spirited History of Physical Chemistry. C. Cobb. Prometheus Books, Amherst, N.Y., 2002. $29.00 (420 pp.). ISBN 1-57392-976-X

Matter and Motion. J. C. Maxwell. Great Minds Series. Prometheus Books, Amherst, N.Y., 2002. $14.00 paper (163 pp.). ISBN 1-57392-989-1

Measuring America: How an Untamed Wilderness Shaped the United States and Fulfilled the Promise of Democracy. A. Linklater. Walker, New York, 2002. $26.00 (310 pp.). ISBN 0-8027-1396-3

Sakharov: A Biography. R. Lourie. Brandeis U. Press, Hanover, N.H., 2002. $30.00 (465 pp.). ISBN 1-58465-207-1

Secrets of the Maya. Editors of Archaeology Magazine. Hatherleigh Press, New York, 2003. $25.95 (203 pp.). ISBN 1-57826-123-6

Selectivity and Discord: Two Problems of Experiment. A. Franklin. U. of Pittsburgh Press, Pittsburgh, Pa., 2002. $37.50 (290 pp.). ISBN 0-8229-4191-0

The Spirit of Russian Science. M. Levinshtein (translated from Russian by M. M. Perelman). World Scientific, River Edge, N.J., 2002. $28.00 (98 pp.). ISBN 981-02-4946-2

Undead Science: Science Studies and the Afterlife of Cold Fusion. B. Simon. Rutgers U. Press, New Brunswick, N.J., 2002. $60.00, $22.00 paper (252 pp.). ISBN 0-8135-3153-5, ISBN 0-8135-3154-3 paper

A Universe of Atoms, an Atom in the Universe. 2nd edition. M. P. Silverman. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2002 [1993]. $49.95 (417 pp.). ISBN 0-387-95437-6

What Is Life? Scientific Approaches and Philosophical Positions. H.-P. Dürr, F.-A. Popp, W. Schommers, eds. Series on the Foundations of Natural Science and Technology 4. World Scientific, River Edge, N.J., 2002. $78.00 (372 pp.). ISBN 981-02-4740-0

Instrumentation and techniques

Industrial Metrology: Surfaces and Roundness. G. T. Smith. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2002. $179.00 (336 pp.). ISBN 1-85233-507-6

Materials science

Analytical Electron Microscopy for Materials Science. D. Shindo, T. Oikawa. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2002. $99.00 paper (152 pp.). ISBN 4-431-70336-5

Anomalous X-Ray Scattering for Materials Characterization: Atomic-Scale Structure Determination. Y. Waseda. Springer Tracts in Modern Physics 179. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2002. $149.00 (214 pp.). ISBN 3-540-43443-7

Atomistic Aspects of Epitaxial Growth. M. Kotrla, N. I. Papanicolaou, D. D. Vvedensky, L. T. Wille, eds. NATO Science Series, Series II: Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry 65. Proc. wksp., Corfu, Greece, June 2001. Kluwer Academic, Norwell, Mass., 2002. $188.00 (604 pp.). ISBN 1-4020-0674-8

Nanocrystalline Ceramics: Synthesis and Structure. M. Winterer. Springer Series in Materials Science 53. SpringerVerlag, New York, 2002. $79.95 (260 pp.). ISBN 3-540-43433-X

Nanostructured Materials: Processing, Properties and Potential Applications. C. C. Koch, ed. Materials Science and Processing Technology Series. Noyes/William Andrew, Norwich, N.Y., 2002. $145.00 (612 pp.). ISBN 0-8155-1451-4

Polymer Films with Embedded Metal Nanoparticles. A. Heilmann. Springer Series in Materials Science 52. SpringerVerlag, New York, 2003. $79.95 (216 pp.). ISBN 3-540-43151-9

Radiation Effects in Advanced Semiconductor Materials and Devices. C. Claeys, E. Simoen. Springer Series in Materials Science 57. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2002. $89.95 (401 pp.). ISBN 3-540-43393-7

Silicon-Germanium Carbon Alloys: Growth, Properties, and Applications. S. T. Pantelides, S. Zollner, eds. Optoelectronic Properties of Semiconductors and Superlattices 15. Taylor & Francis, New York, 2002. $100.00 (538 pp.). ISBN 1-56032-963-7

Studies of High Temperature Superconductors: Advances in Research and Applications. Vol. 43: BSCCO Tapes and More on Josephson Structures and Superconducting Electronics. A. Narlikar, ed. Nova Science, Haup-pauge, N.Y., 2002. $98.00 (302 pp.). ISBN 1-59033-343-8, CD-ROM

Nonlinear science and chaos

The Science of Disasters: Climate Disruptions, Heart Attacks, and Market Crashes. A. Bunde, J. Kropp, H. J. Schelln-huber, eds. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2002. $69.95 (453 pp.). ISBN 3-540-41324-3

Nuclear physics

Mapping the Triangle. A. Aprahamian, J. A. Cizewski, S. Pittel, N. V. Zamfir, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 638. Proc. conf., Grand Teton National Park, Wyo., May 2002. AIP, Melville, N.Y., 2002. $135.00 (282 pp.). ISBN 0-7354-0093-8

Optics and photonics

Holography for the New Millennium. J. Ludman, H. J. Caulfield, J. Riccobono, eds. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2002. $89.95 (319 pp.). ISBN 0-387-95334-5

Laser Spectroscopy: Basic Concepts and Instrumentation. 3rd edition. W. Demtröder. Advanced Texts in Physics. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2003 [1996]. $99.00 (987 pp.). ISBN 3-540-65225-6

Light Propagation in Periodic Media: Differential Theory and Design. M. Nevière, E. Popov. Optical Engineering 81. Marcel Dekker, New York, 2003. $175.00 (410 pp.). ISBN 0-8274-0893-8

Transmission Electron Microscopy and Diffractometry of Materials. 2nd edition. B. Fultz, J. Howe. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2002 [2001]. $89.95 (748 pp.). ISBN 3-540-43764-9

X-Ray Lasers 2002. J. J. Rocca, J. Dunn, S. Suckewer, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 641. Proc. conf., Aspen, Colo., May 2002. AIP, Melville, N.Y., 2002. $205.00 (641 pp.). ISBN 0-7354-0096-2

Particle physics

CP Violation in Particle, Nuclear and Astrophysics. M. Beyer, ed. Lecture Notes in Physics 591. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2002. $62.00 (334 pp.). ISBN 3-540-43705-3

Gauge Theories in Particle Physics: A Practical Introduction. Vol. 1: From Relativistic Quantum Mechanics to QED. 3rd edition. I. J. R. Aitchison, A. J. G. Hey. Graduate Student Series in Physics. IOP, Philadelphia, 2003 [1989]. $39.99 paper (406 pp.). ISBN 0-7503-0864-8

New States of Matter in Hadronic Interactions. H.-T. Elze, E. Ferreira, T. Kodama, J. Letessier, J. Rafelski, R. L. Thews, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 631. Proc. inst., São Paulo, Brazil, Jan. 2002. AIP, Melville, N.Y, 2002. $240.00 (728 pp.). ISBN 0-7354-0086-5