New Books

Astronomy and astrophysics

Cosmic Ray Astrophysics . R. Schlickeiser. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2002. $69.95 (519 pp.). ISBN 3-540-66465-3

Astrophysics: A Primer. W. Kundt. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001. $49.95 (183 pp.). ISBN 3-540-41748-6

History and philosophy

The Physics of a Lifetime: Reflections on the Problems and Personalities of 20th Century Physics . V. L. Ginzburg (translated from Russian by M. Aksent’eva). Springer Series in Materials Processing . Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001. $74.95 (513 pp.). ISBN 3-540-67534-5

Project Mercury: NASA’s First Manned Space Programme. J. Catchpole. Springer–Praxis Books in Astronomy and Space Sciences. Praxis/Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001. $54.95 (485 pp.). ISBN 1-85233-406-1

Reconciling Science and Religion: The Debate in Early-Twentieth-Century Britain. P. J. Bowler. U. of Chicago Press, Chicago, 2001. $40.00 (479 pp.). ISBN 0-226-06858-7

Schonland: Scientist and Soldier. B. Austin. IOP, Philadelphia, 2001. $73.50 (639 pp.). ISBN 0-7503-0501-0

Six Easy Pieces and Six Not-So-Easy Pieces: Essentials of Physics Explained by Its Most Brilliant Teacher. R. P. Feynman. Perseus, Cambridge, Mass., 2001. $25.00 (152 pp.). ISBN 0-7382-0650-4

Sputnik: The Shock of the Century. P. Dickson. Walker, New York, 2001. $28.00 (310 pp.). ISBN 0-8027-1365-3

Symbol and Physical Knowledge: On the Conceptual Structure of Physics . M. Ferrari, I.-O. Stamatescu, eds. SpringerVerlag, New York, 2002. $54.95 (229 pp.). ISBN 3-540-41467-3

Tesla: Man Out of Time. M. Cheney. Touchstone, New York, 2001. $15.00 paper (396 pp.). ISBN 0-7432-1536-2

Instrumentation and techniques

Computational Image Quality. R. Janssen. SPIE Press, Bellingham, Wash., 2001. $44.00 paper (143 pp.). ISBN 0-8194-4132-5

Demystifying Electromagnetic Equations: A Complete Explanation of EM Unit Systems and Equation Transformations. D. L. Cohen. SPIE Press, Bellingham, Wash., 2001. $72.00 (333 pp.). ISBN 0-8194-4234-8

Dynamical Theory of X-Ray Diffraction . A. Authier. International Union of Crystallography Monographs on Crystallography 11. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2001. $150.00 (661 pp.). ISBN 0-19-855960-7

LIA Handbook of Laser Materials Processing . J. F. Ready, ed.-in-chief. Laser Institute of America/Magnolia, Orlando, Fla., 2001. $240.00 (715 pp.). ISBN 0-912035-15-3

The Mathematics of Computerized Tomography . F. Natterer. Classics in Applied Mathematics 32. Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Philadelphia, 2001 [1986, reissued]. $61.00 paper (222 pp.). ISBN 0-89871-493-1

MathLink®: Network Programming with Mathematical ®. C. Miyaji, P. Abbott. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2001. $85.00, $29.95 paper (243 pp.). ISBN 0-521-64172-1, ISBN 0-521-64598-0 paper, CD-ROM

Near-Field Optics and Surface Plasmon Polaritons . S. Kawata, ed. Topics in Applied Physics 81. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001. $119.00 (210 pp.). ISBN 3-540-41502-5

Optical Measurements: Techniques and Applications. 2nd corrected edition. F. Mayinger, O. Feldmann, eds. Heat and Mass Transfer . Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001 [1996]. $99.00 (403 pp.). ISBN 3-540-66690-7, CD-ROM

Practical Applications of Radioactivity and Nuclear Radiations: An Introductory Text for Engineers, Scientists, Teachers and Students. G. C. Lowenthal, P. L. Airey. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2001. $95.00 (337 pp.). ISBN 0-521-55305-9

Principles of Computerized Tomographic Imaging . A. C. Kak, M. Slaney. Classics in Applied Mathematics 33. Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Philadelphia, 2001 [1988, reissued]. $59.00 paper (327 pp.). ISBN 0-89871-494-X

Principles of Pulse Electron Paramagnetic Resonance . A. Schweiger, G. Jeschke. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2001. $150.00 (578 pp.). ISBN 0-19-850634-1

Quantum Measurement of a Single System. O. Alter, Y. Yamamoto. Wiley, New York, 2001. $74.95 (136 pp.). ISBN 0-471-28308-8

Recent Advances in Experimental Designs and Related Topics. S. Altan, J. Singh, eds. Proc. conf., Philadelphia, Pa., Oct. 1999. Nova Science, Huntington, N.Y., 2001. $89.00 (232 pp.). ISBN 1-56072-956-2

Resonance Ionization Spectroscopy 2000. J. E. Parks, J. P. Young, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 584. Proc. symp., Knoxville, Tenn., Oct. 2000. AIP, Melville, N.Y., 2001. $155.00 (311 pp.). ISBN 0-7354-0024-5

Materials science

Annual Review of Materials Research. Vol. 31. S. I. Stupp, D. R. Clarke, M. Ruhle, J. C. Bravman, S. R. Forrest, eds. Annual Reviews, Palo Alto, Calif., 2001. $80.00 (428 pp.). ISBN 0-8243-1731-9

Dynamics of Heterogeneous Materials. V. F. Nesterenko. High-Pressure Shock Compression of Condensed Matter. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001. $139.00 (510 pp.). ISBN 0-387-95266-7

Optical Properties of Diamond: A Data Handbook . A. M. Zaitsev. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001. $99.00 (502 pp.). ISBN 3-540-66582-X

The Physics and Chemistry of Materials. J. I. Gersten, F. W. Smith. Wiley, New York, 2001. $110.00 (826 pp.). ISBN 0-471-05794-0

Proceedings of the First China International Conference on High-Performance Ceramics . D. S. Yan, Z. D. Guan, eds. Proc. conf., Beijing, China, Oct.–Nov. 1998. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001. $289.00 (683 pp.). ISBN 3-540-67318-0

Nuclear physics

Advances in Nuclear Physics . Vol. 26. J. W. Negele, E. W. Vogt, eds. Kluwer Academic/Plenum, New York, 2001. $125.00 (386 pp.). ISBN 0-306-46685-6

Optics and photonics

Applications of Silicon-Germanium Heterostructure Devices. C. K. Maiti, G. A. Armstrong. Series in Optics and Optoelectronics. IOP, Philadelphia, 2001. $130.00 (401 pp.). ISBN 0-7503-0723-4

Modern Challenges in Quantum Optics: Selected Papers of the First International Meeting in Quantum Optics . M. Orszag, J. C. Retamal, eds. Lecture Notes in Physics 575. Proc. mtg., Santiago, Chile, Aug. 2000. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001. $74.00 (398 pp.). ISBN 3-540-41957-8

Nonclassical Light from Semiconductor Lasers and LEDs . J. Kim, S. Somani, Y. Yamamoto. Springer Series in Photonics 5. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001. $69.95 (244 pp.). ISBN 3-540-67717-8

Nonimaging Fresnel Lenses: Design and Performance of Solar Concentrators . R. Leutz, A. Suzuki. Springer Series in Optical Sciences 83. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001. $79.95 (272 pp.). ISBN 3-540-41841-5

Optical Imaging and Aberrations. Part 2: Wave Diffraction Optics . V. N. Mahajan. SPIE Press, Bellingham, Wash., 2001. $80.00 (450 pp.). ISBN 0-8194-4135-X

Photon 2000: International Conference on the Structure and Interactions of the Photon . A. J. Finch, ed. AIP Conference Proceedings 571. Proc. conf., Ambleside, England, Aug. 2000. AIP Melville, N.Y., 2001. $190.00 (492 pp.). ISBN 0-7354-0010-5

The Physics and Chemistry of Color: The Fifteen Causes of Color. 2nd edition. K. Nassau. Wiley Series in Pure and Applied Optics . Wiley, New York, 2001 [1983]. $95.00 (481 pp.). ISBN 0-471-39106-9

Probability, Statistical Optics, and Data Testing: A Problem Solving Approach. 3rd edition. B. R. Frieden. Springer Series in Information Sciences 10. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001 [1991]. $79.95 paper (493 pp.). ISBN 3-540-41708-7

Problems in Laser Physics . G. Cerullo, S. Longhi, M. Nisoli, S. Stagira, O. Svelto. Kluwer Academic/Plenum, New York, 2001. $35.00 paper (308 pp.). ISBN 0-306-46649-X

Particle physics

At the Frontier of Particle Physics: Handbook of QCD, Boris Ioffe Festschrift. Vols. 1–3. M. Shifman, ed. World Scientific, River Edge, N.J., 2001. $163.00 set (2151 pp. set). ISBN 981-02-4445-2

Current Aspects of Neutrino Physics . D. O. Caldwell, ed. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001. $79.95 (338 pp.). ISBN 3-540-41002-3

Methods of Quantization. H. Latal, W. Schweiger, eds. Lecture Notes in Physics 572. Proc. lectures, Schladming, Austria, Feb.–Mar. 2000. $54.00 (224 pp.). ISBN 3-540-42100-9

Radio Detection of High Energy Particles. D. Saltzberg, P. Gorham, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 579. Proc. wksp., Los Angeles, Nov. 2000. AIP, Melville, N.Y., 2001. $150.00 (322 pp.). ISBN 0-7354-0018-0

Spin in Particle Physics . E. Leader. Cambridge Monographs on Particle Physics, Nuclear Physics and Cosmology 15. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2001. $130.00 (500 pp.). ISBN 0-521-35281-9

Supersymmetry in Quantum and Classical Mechanics . B. K. Bagchi. Chapman & Hall/CRC Monographs and Surveys in Pure and Applied Mathematics 116. Chapman & Hall/CRC, New York, 2001. $74.95 (222 pp.). ISBN 1-58488-197-6

Supersymmetry in Quantum Mechanics. F. Cooper, A. Khare, U. Sukhatme. World Scientific, River Edge, N.J., 2001. $51.00, $28.00 paper (210 pp.). ISBN 981-02-4605-6, ISBN 981-02-4612-9 paper

Plasmas and fusion

Advances in Plasma Physics Research. Vol. 1. F. Gerard. Nova Science, Huntington, N.Y., 2001. $89.00 (281 pp.). ISBN 1-56072-946-5

The Fourth State of Matter: An Introduction to Plasma Science. 2nd edition. S. Eliezer, Y. Eliezer. IOP, Philadelphia, 2001 [1989]. $32.50 paper (224 pp.). ISBN 0-7503-0740-4

Popularizations

The Big Bang: The Birth of Our Universe. P. Parsons. Space Series. DK, New York, 2001. $12.95 (96 pp.). ISBN 0-7894-8161-8

Calculated Bets: Computers, Gambling, and Mathematical Modeling to Win. S. Skiena. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2001. $49.95, $17.95 paper (232 pp.). ISBN 0-521-80426-4, ISBN 0-521-00962-6 paper

The Colossal Book of Mathematics: Classic Puzzles, Paradoxes, and Problems. M. Gardner. W. W. Norton, New York, 2001. $35.00 (724 pp.). ISBN 0-393-02023-1

Comets, Meteors and Asteroids . J. Man. Space Series. DK, New York, 2001. $12.95 (96 pp.). ISBN 0-7894-8159-6

Encyclopedia of Science and Technology. J. Trefil, ed. Routledge, New York, 2001. $50.00 (554 pp.). ISBN 0-415-93724-8

Fragments of Infinity: A Kaleidoscope of Math and Art. I. Peterson. Wiley, New York, 2001. $29.95 (232 pp.). ISBN 0-471-16558-1

Hyperspace: Our Final Frontier. J. Gribbin. Space Series. DK, New York, 2001. $29.95 (240 pp.). ISBN 0-7894-7838-2

Stardust: Supernovae and Life—The Cosmic Connection. J. Gribbin with M. Gribbin. Yale U. Press, New Haven, Conn., 2001 [2000, reissued]. $13.95 paper (238 pp.). ISBN 0-300-09097-8

Stars and Supernovas . I. Nicolson. Space Series. DK, New York, 2001. $12.95 (96 pp.). ISBN 0-7894-8160-X

The Universe at Midnight: Observations Illuminating the Cosmos. K. Croswell. Free Press, New York, 2001. $27.00 (338 pp.). ISBN 0-684-85931-9

The Universe in a Nutshell. S. Hawking. Bantam Books, New York, 2001. $35.00 (216 pp.). ISBN 0-553-80202-X

Unsolved Mysteries of Science: A Mind-Expanding Journey through a Universe of Big Bangs, Particle Waves, and Other Perplexing Concepts. J. Malone. Wiley, New York, 2001. $24.95 (230 pp.). ISBN 0-471-38441-0

Society and government

Changing the Atmosphere: Expert Knowledge and Environmental Governance. C. A. Miller, P. N. Edwards, eds. MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass., 2001. $26.95, $18.95 paper (385 pp.). ISBN 0-262-13387-3, ISBN 0-262-63219-5 paper

Megawatts and Megatons: A Turning Point in the Nuclear Age? R. L. Garwin, G. Charpak. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 2001. $30.00 (412 pp.). ISBN 0-375-40394-9

Risk-Benefit Analysis. 2nd edition. R. Wilson, E. A. C. Crouch. Harvard U. Press, Cambridge, Mass., 2001 [1982]. $25.00 paper (370 pp.). ISBN 0-674-00529-5

Science, Money, and Politics: Political Triumph and Ethical Erosion . D. S. Greenberg. U. of Chicago Press, Chicago, 2001. $35.00 (530 pp.). ISBN 0-226-30634-8

Space and planetary science

Origin of Elements in the Solar System: Implications of Post-1957 Observations. O. Manuel, ed. Proc. symp., New Orleans, La., Aug. 1999. Kluwer Academic/Plenum, New York, 2000. $160.00 (646 pp.). ISBN 0-306-46562-0

Statistical physics and thermodynamics

Chance in Physics: Foundations and Perspectives. J. Bricmont, D. Dürr, M. C. Galavotti, G. Ghirardi, F. Petruccione, N. Zanghì, eds. Lecture Notes in Physics 574. Proc. conf., Ischia, Italy, Nov.–Dec. 1999. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001. $57.00 (288 pp.). ISBN 3-540-42056-8

Theory and mathematical methods

Asymptotic Approximations of Integrals. R. Wong. Classics in Applied Mathematics 34. Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Philadelphia, 2001. $77.00 paper (543 pp.). ISBN 0-89871-497-4

Asymptotics and Mellin–Barnes Integrals. R. B. Paris, D. Kaminski. Encyclopedia of Mathematics and Its Applications 85. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2001. $95.00 (422 pp.). ISBN 0-521-79001-8

Critical Properties of φ⁴-Theories. H. Kleinert, V. Shulte-Frohlinde. World Scientific, River Edge, N.J., 2001. $46.00, $15.00 paper (489 pp.). ISBN 981-02-4658-7, ISBN 981-02-4659-5 paper

Dynamical Systems IV: Symplectic Geometry and Its Applications. 2nd expanded and rev. edition. V. I. Arnold, S. P. Novikov, eds. (translated from Russian by A. Dzhamay, G. Wassermann). Encyclopaedia of Mathematical Sciences 4. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001 [1990]. $79.95 (335 pp.). ISBN 3-540-62635-2

Electrodynamics. F. Melia. Chicago Lectures in Physics . U. of Chicago Press, Chicago, 2001. $35.00, $15.00 paper (251 pp.). ISBN 0-226-51957-0, ISBN 0-226-51958-9 paper

Ergodic Theory, Analysis, and Efficient Simulation of Dynamical Systems. B. Fiedler, ed. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001. $85.00 (820 pp.). ISBN 3-540-41290-5

Exact Solutions and Scalar Fields in Gravity: Recent Developments. A. Macias, J. L. Cervantes-Cota, C. Lämmerzahl, eds. Proc. mtg., Mexico City, Mexico, Oct. 2000. Kluwer Academic/Plenum, New York, 2001. $135.00 (328 pp.). ISBN 0-306-46618-X

Fluctuating Paths and Fields: Festschrift Dedicated to Hagen Kleinert on the Occasion of His 60th Birthday. W. Janke, A. Pelster, H.-J. Schmidt, M. Bachmann, eds. World Scientific, River Edge, N.J., 2001. $101.00 (850 pp.). ISBN 981-02-4648-X

General Topology in Banach Spaces. T. Banakh, ed. Nova Science, Huntington, N.Y., 2001. $79.00 (195 pp.). ISBN 1-56072-978-3

Gravitational Solitons. V. Belinski, E. Verdaguer. Cambridge Monographs on Mathematical Physics . Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2001. $90.00 (258 pp.). ISBN 0-521-80586-4

Green’s Functions with Applications. D. G. Duffy. Studies in Advanced Mathematics. Chapman & Hall/CRC, New York, 2001. $89.95 (443 pp.). ISBN 1-58488-110-0

A Guide to First-Passage Processes. S. Redner. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2001. $80.00 (312 pp.). ISBN 0-521-65248-0

Handbook of Continuum Mechanics: General Concepts, Thermoelasticity . J. Salençon (translated from French by S. Lyle). Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001. $159.00 (803 pp.). ISBN 3-540-41443-6

Linear Elastic Waves . J. G. Harris. Cambridge Texts in Applied Mathematics. Cambridge U. Press, 2001. $69.95, $24.95 paper (162 pp.). ISBN 0-521-64368-6, ISBN 0-521-64383-X paper

Partial Differential Equations and Spectral Theory: PDE 2000 Conference in Clausthal, Germany. M. Demuth, B.-W. Schulze, eds. Operator Theory: Advances and Applications 126. Proc. conf., Clausthal, Germany, July 2000. Birkhäuser, Boston, 2001. $109.00 (353 pp.). ISBN 3-7643-6219-7

Quantum Dynamical Systems. R. Alicki, M. Fannes. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2001. $85.00 (278 pp.). ISBN 0-19-850400-4

Quantum Mechanics: Concepts and Applications. N. Zettili. Wiley, New York, 2001. $105.00, $45.00 paper (649 pp.). ISBN 0-471-48943-3, ISBN 0-471-48944-1 paper

Scattering of Electromagnetic Waves: Numerical Simulations. L. Tsang, J. A. Kong, K.-H. Ding, C. O. Ao. Wiley Series in Remote Sensing . Wiley, New York, 2001. $95.00 (705 pp.). ISBN 0-471-38800-9

The Structure of Functions. H. Triebel. Monographs in Mathematics 97. Birkhäuser, Boston, 2001. $109.00 (425 pp.). ISBN 3-7643-6546-3

Time Series: Data Analysis and Theory . D. R. Brillinger. Classics in Applied Mathematics 36. Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Philadelphia, 2001. $59.00 paper (540 pp.). ISBN 0-89871-501-6

Undergraduate texts and education

200 Puzzling Physics Problems. P. Gnädig, G. Honyek, K. F. Riley. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2001. $69.95, $24.95 paper (257 pp.). ISBN 0-521-77306-7, ISBN 0-521-77480-2 paper

Practical Physics . 4th edition. G. L. Squires. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2001 [1985]. $90.00, $29.95 paper (212 pp.). ISBN 0-521-77045-9, ISBN 0-521-77940-5 paper

Probability with Statistical Applications. R. B. Schinazi. Birkhäuser, Boston, 2001. $44.95 paper (218 pp.). ISBN 0-8176-4247-1

Statistical Mechanics: A Survival Guide. A. M. Glazer, J. S. Wark. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2001. $60.00, $29.95 paper (142 pp.). ISBN 0-19-850815-8, ISBN 0-19-850816-6 paper

Understanding Fiber Optics . 4th edition. J. Hecht. Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, N.J., 2002 [1999]. $90.00 (773 pp.). ISBN 0-13-027828-9

Miscellaneous

The Best American Science Writing 2001. T. Ferris, ed., J. Cohen, series ed. ECCO, New York, 2001. $27.50, $14.00 trade paper (333 pp.). ISBN 0-06-621164-6, ISBN 0-06-093648-7 trade paper

Gemini: Steps to the Moon . D. J. Shayler. Springer–Praxis Books in Astronomy and Space Sciences. Praxis/Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001. $44.95 paper (433 pp.). ISBN 1-85233-405-3

Understanding TIAA-CREF®: How to Plan for a Secure and Comfortable Retirement. I. S. Schloss, D. V. Abildsoe. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2000. $27.50 (260 pp.). ISBN 0-19-513197-5