New Books

Fluids

Calculation of Complex Turbulent Flows. G. Tzabiras, ed. International Series on Advances in Fluid Mechanics 27. WIT Press, Southampton, UK, 2000. $212.00 (499 pp.). ISBN 1-85312-645-4

Equations of State for Fluids and Fluid Mixtures, Parts 1 and 2. J. J. Sengers, R. F. Kayser, C. J. Peters, H. J. White Jr, eds. Experimental Thermodynamics 5. Elsevier, New York, 2000. $238.00 set (885 pp. set). ISBN 0-444-50384-6 (set)

Foundations of Fluid Dynamics. G. Gallavotti. Texts and Monographs in Physics. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2002. $59.95 (513 pp.). ISBN 3-540-41415-0

Interfacial Phenomena and Convection. A. A. Nepomnyashchy, M. G. Velarde, P. Colinet. Monographs and Surveys in Pure and Applied Mathematics 124. Chapman & Hall/CRC, New York, 2002. $89.95 (365 pp.). ISBN 1-58488-256-5

IUTAM Symposium on Free Surface Flows. A. C. King, Y. D. Shikhmurzaev, eds. Fluid Mechanics and Its Applications 62. Proc. symp., Birmingham, UK, July 2000. Kluwer Academic, Norwell, Mass., 2001. $117.00 (360 pp.). ISBN 0-7923-7085-6

Laser-Strophometry: High-Resolution Techniques for Velocity Gradient Measurements in Fluid Flows. W. Staude. Lecture Notes in Physics m69. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001. $49.00 (178 pp.). ISBN 3-540-42622-1

Selected Topics in Nonlinear Wave Mechanics. C. I. Christov, A. Guran, eds. Birkhäuser, Boston, 2002. $89.95 (263 pp.). ISBN 0-8176-4059-2

Theory and Applications of Nonviscous Fluid Flows. R. Kh. Zeytounian. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2002. $84.95 (294 pp.). ISBN 3-540-41412-6

Vorticity and Incompressible Flow. A. J. Majda, A. L. Bertozzi. Cambridge Texts in Applied Mathematics 27. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2002. $110.00, $40.00 paper (545 pp.). ISBN 0-521-63057-6, ISBN 0-521-63948-4 paper

Waves in Fluids. J. Lighthill. Cambridge Mathematical Library. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2001 [1996, reissued]. $31.95 paper (504 pp.). ISBN 0-521-01045-4

Geophysics

Accretion of Extraterrestrial Matter throughout Earth’s History. B. Peucker-Ehrenbrink, B. Schmitz, eds. Kluwer Academic/Plenum, New York, 2001. $110.00 (466 pp.). ISBN 0-306-46689-9

Ancient Floods, Modern Hazards: Principles and Applications of Paleoflood Hydrology. P. K. House, R. H. Webb, V. R. Baker, D. R. Levish, eds. Water Science and Application 5. American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC, 2002. $75.00 (385 pp.). ISBN 0-87590-354-1, CD-ROM

Dynamical Paleoclimatology: Generalized Theory of Global Climate Change. B. Saltzman. International Geophysics Series 80. Academic Press, San Diego, Calif., 2002. $69.95 (354 pp.). ISBN 0-12-617331-1

Gas Transfer at Water Surfaces. M. A. Donelan, W. M. Drennan, E. S. Saltzman, R. Wanninkhof, eds. Geophysical Monograph 127. American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC, 2002. $78.00 (383 pp.). ISBN 0-87590-986-8

Geomorphological Fluid Mechanics. N. J. Balmforth, A. Provenzale, eds. Lecture Notes in Physics 582. Proc. sch., Aosta, Italy, June 2000. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001. $99.00 (577 pp.). ISBN 3-540-42968-9

History and Philosophy

The Annotated Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions. E. A. Abbott. Perseus, Cambridge, Mass., 2002. $30.00 (239 pp.). ISBN 0-7382-0541-9

A Brief History of Science: As Seen through the Development of Scientific Instruments. T. Crump. Carroll & Graf, New York, 2001. $28.00 (425 pp.). ISBN 0-7867-0907-3

The Composition of Kepler’s Astronomia Nova . J. R. Voelkel. Princeton U. Press, Princeton, N.J., 2001. $49.50 (306 pp.). ISBN 0-691-00738-1

Eyewitness: Evolution of the Atmospheric Sciences. R. G. Fleagle. Historical Monograph Series. American Meteorological Society, Boston, 2001. $70.00 (129 pp.). ISBN 1-878220-39-X

Genes, Girls, and Gamow: After the Double Helix. J. D. Watson. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 2002. $26.00 (259 pp.). ISBN 0-375-41283-2

Good Seeing: A Century of Science at the Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1902-2002. J. Trefil, M. H. Hazen. Joseph Henry Press, Washington, DC, 2002. $45.00 (244 pp.). ISBN 0-309-08261-7

In the Matter of J. Robert Oppenheimer: The Security Clearance Hearing. R. Polenberg, ed. Cornell U. Press, Ithaca, N.Y., 2002. $45.00, $19.95 paper (409 pp.). ISBN 0-8014-3783-0, ISBN 0-8014-8661-0 paper

Who Rules in Science: An Opinion Guide to the Wars. J. R. Brown. Harvard U. Press, Cambridge, Mass., 2001. $26.00 (236 pp.). ISBN 0-674-00652-6

Instrumentation and Techniques

Direct-Write Technologies for Rapid Prototyping Applications: Sensors, Electronics, and Integrated Power Sources. A. Piqué, D. B. Chrisey, eds. Academic Press, San Diego, Calif., 2002. $119.95 (726 pp.). ISBN 0-12-174231-8

Optical Characterization of Solids. D. Dragoman, M. Dragoman. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2002. $99.00 (451 pp.). ISBN 3-540-41803-2

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

Supercritical Fluids: Molecular Interactions, Physical Properties, and New Applications. Y. Arai, T. Sako, Y. Takebayashi, eds. Springer Series in Materials Processing . Springer-Verlag, New York, 2002. $89.95 (446 pp.). ISBN 3-540-41248-4

Materials Science

Carbon Nanotubes and Related Structures: New Materials for the Twenty-first Century. P. J. F. Harris. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2001 [1999, reissued]. $42.95 paper (279 pp.). ISBN 0-521-00533-7

Diffusion Phenomena: Case and Studies. 2nd edition. R. Ghez. Kluwer Academic/Plenum, New York, 2001 [1988]. $65.00 (315 pp.). ISBN 0-306-46526-4

Impurity Scattering in Metallic Alloys. J. S. Galsin. Physics of Solids and Liquids . Kluwer Academic/Plenum, New York, 2002. $135.00 (516 pp.). ISBN 0-306-46574-4

Materials Science of Thin Films: Deposition and Structure. 2nd edition. M. Ohring. Academic Press, San Diego, Calif., 2002 [1991]. $89.95 (794 pp.). ISBN 0-12-524975-6

The Physics of Ultra-High-Density Magnetic Recording. M. L. Plumer, J. van Ek, D. Weller, eds. Springer Series in Surface Sciences 41. Springer-Verlag, N.Y., 2001. $74.00 (352 pp.). ISBN 3-540-42370-2

Processing by Centrifugation. L. L. Regel, W. R. Wilcox, eds. Proc. wksp., Potsdam, N.Y., May—June 2000. Kluwer Academic/Plenum, New York, 2001. $150.00 (372 pp.). ISBN 0-306-46654-6

Progress in Transmission Electron Microscopy 1: Concepts and Techniques. X.-F. Zhang, Z. Zhang, eds. Springer Series in Surface Sciences 38. Tsinghua University Press, Beijing, and Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001. $79.95 (365 pp.). ISBN 3-540-67680-5

Progress in Transmission Electron Microscopy 2: Applications in Materials Science. X.-F. Zhang, Z. Zhang, eds. Springer Series in Surface Sciences 39. Tsinghua University Press, Beijing, and Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001. $74.00 (307 pp.). ISBN 3-540-67681-3

Purification Process and Characterization of Ultra High Purity Metals: Application of Basic Science to Metallurgical Processing. Y. Waseda, M. Isshiki, eds. Springer Series in Materials Processing . Springer-Verlag, New York, 2002. $79.95 (411 pp.). ISBN 3-540-41322-7

Random Heterogeneous Materials: Microstructure and Macroscopic Properties. S. Torquato. Interdisciplinary Applied Mathematics 16. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2002. $69.95 (701 pp.). ISBN 0-387-95167-9

Nonlinear Science and Chaos

Gaussian Self-Affinity and Fractals: Globality, The Earth, 1/f Noise, and R/S. B. B. Mandelbrot. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2002. $54.95 (654 pp.). ISBN 0-387-98993-5

Nonlinear Instability Analysis. Vol. 2. L. Debnath, ed. International Series on Advances in Fluid Mechanics . WIT Press, Southampton, UK, 2001. $188.00 (351 pp.). ISBN 1-85312-842-2

Synchronization: A Universal Concept in Nonlinear Sciences. A. Pikovsky, M. Rosenblum, J. Kurths. Cambridge Nonlinear Science Series 12. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2001. $100.00 (411 pp.). ISBN 0-521-59285-2

Nuclear Physics

An Advanced Course in Modern Nuclear Physics. J. M. Arias, M. Lozano, eds. Lecture Notes in Physics 581. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001. $67.00 (346 pp.). ISBN 3-540-42409-1

Annual Review of Nuclear and Particle Science. Vol. 51. C. Quigg, V. Lüth, P. Paul, eds. Annual Reviews, Palo Alto, Calif., 2001. $75.00 (501 pp.). ISBN 0-8243-1551-0

Mesons and Light Nuclei. J. Adam, P. Bydzovský, J. Mareš, eds. ALP Conference Proceedings 603. Proc. conf., Prague, Czech Republic, July 2001. AIP, Melville, N.Y., 2001. $180.00 (577 pp.). ISBN 0-7354-0047-4

Optics and Photonics

Fundamental Optical Design. M. J. Kidger. SPIE Monograph PM92. SPIE Press, Bellingham, Wash., 2002. $66.00 (290 pp.). ISBN 0-8194-3915-0

Laser Physics at the Limits. H. Figger, D. Meschede, C. Zimmermann, eds. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2002. $89.95 (522 pp.). ISBN 3-540-42418-0

Passive Components for Dense Optical Integration. C. Manolatou, H. A. Haus. Kluwer Academic, Norwell, Mass., 2002. $125.00 (170 pp.). ISBN 0-7923-7603-X

Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers: Design, Fabrication, Characterization, and Applications. C. W. Wilmsen, H. Temkin, L. A. Coldren, eds. Cambridge Studies in Modern Optics. Cambridge U. Press, 2001 [1999, reissued]. $110.00, $50.00 paper (455 pp.). ISBN 0-521-59022-1, ISBN 0-521-00629-5 paper

Particle Physics

Correlations, Polarization, and Ionization in Atomic Systems. D. H. Madison, M. Schulz, eds. ALP Conference Proceedings 604. Proc. symp., Rolla, Mo., July 2001. AIP, Melville, N.Y., 2002. $158.00 (325 pp.). ISBN 0-7354-0048-2

Gravitation and Gauge Symmetries. M. Blagojević. Series in High Energy Physics, Cosmology and Gravitation . IOP, Philadelphia, 2002. $65.00 (522 pp.). ISBN 0-7503-0767-6

Physics and Astrophysics of Ultra-High-Energy Cosmic Rays. M. Lemoine, G. Sigl, eds. Lecture Notes in Physics 576. Proc. sch., Paris, France, June 2000. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001. $62.00 (327 pp.). ISBN 3-540-42899-2

Physics of Intense Charged Particle Beams in High Energy Accelerators. R. C. Davidson, H. Qin. Imperial College Press, London, and World Scientific, River Edge, N.J., 2001. $86.00, $38.00 paper (583 pp.). ISBN 1-86094-300-4, ISBN 1-86094-301-2 paper

QCD@Work. P. Colangelo, G. Nardulli, eds. ALP Conference Proceedings 602. Proc. wksp., Bari, Italy, June 2001. AIP, Melville, N.Y., 2001. $160.00 (373 pp.). ISBN 0-7354-0046-6

Strings, Branes and Gravity: TASI 99. J. Harvey, S. Kachru, E. Silverstein, eds. Proc. sch., Boulder, Colo., May-June, 1999. World Scientific, River Edge, N.J., 2001. $134.00 (933 pp.). ISBN 981-02-4774-5

Symposium of North Eastern Accelerator Personnel. D. K. Hensley, N. L. Jones, R. C. Juras, M. J. Meigs, S. W. Mosko, eds. Proc. symp., Knoxville, Tenn., Oct. 1999. World Scientific, River Edge, N.J., 2001. $87.00 (358 pp.). ISBN 981-02-4466-5

Theoretical High Energy Physics. MRST 2001: A Tribute to Roger Migneron. V. Elias, D. G. C. McKeon, VA. Miransky, eds. ALP Conference Proceedings 601. Proc. mtg., London, Ontario, Canada, May 2001. AIP, Melville, N.Y., 2001. $150.00 (314 pp.). ISBN 0-7354-0045-8

Plasmas and Fusion

Introduction to Dusty Plasma Physics. P. K. Shukla, A. A. Mamun. Series in Plasma Physics . IOP, Philadelphia, 2002. $90.00 (270 pp.). ISBN 0-7503-0653-X

Physics of Nonneutral Plasmas. R. C. Davidson. Imperial College Press, London, and World Scientific, River Edge, N.J., 2001. $98.00, $48.00 paper (733 pp.). ISBN 1-86094-302-0, ISBN 1-86094-303-9 paper

Popularizations

Creations of Fire: Chemistry’s Lively History from Alchemy to the Atomic Age. C. Cobb, H. Goldwhite. Perseus, Cambridge, Mass., 2001 [1995, reissued]. $18.00 paper (475 pp.). ISBN 0-7382-0594-X

Eureka! Scientific Breakthroughs that Changed the World. L. A. Horvitz. Wiley, New York, 2002. $24.95 (246 pp.). ISBN 0-471-40276-1

It Must Be Beautiful: Great Equations of Modern Science. G. Farmelo, ed. Granta Books, New York, 2002. $27.95 (283 pp.). ISBN 1-86207-479-8

Journey from the Center of the Sun. J. B. Zirker. Princeton U. Press, Princeton, N.J., 2002. $29.95 (302 pp.). ISBN 0-691-05781-8

Mind at Light Speed: A New Kind of Intelligence. D. D. Nolte. Free Press, New York, 2001. $26.00 (303 pp.). ISBN 0-7432-0501-4

Nucleus: A Trip into the Heart of Matter. R. Mackintosh, J. Al-Khalili, B. Jonson, T. Pena. Johns Hopkins U. Press, Baltimore, Md. 2001. $29.95 (143 pp.). ISBN 0-8018-6860-2

Plate Tectonics: An Insider’s History of the Modern Theory of the Earth. N. Oreskes, ed., with H. Le Grand. Westview Press, Boulder, Colo., 2001. $35.00 (424 pp.). ISBN 0-8133-3981-2

Science: Pathways of Discovery. I. Amato, ed. Wiley, New York, 2002. $27.95 (247 pp.). ISBN 0-471-05660-X

Upheaval from the Abyss: Ocean Floor Mapping and the Earth Science Revolution. D. M. Lawrence. Rutgers U. Press, New Brunswick, N.J., 2002. $28.00 (284 pp.). ISBN 0-8135-3028-8

Society and Government

A Convenient Spy: Wen Ho Lee and the Politics of Nuclear Espionage. D. Stober, I. Hoffman. Simon & Schuster, New York, 2001. $26.00 (384 pp.). ISBN 0-7432-2378-0

Light Pollution: Responses and Remedies. B. Mizon. Patrick Moore’s Practical Astronomy Series. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2002. $44.95 paper (216 pp.). ISBN 1-85233-497-5

My Country Versus Me. W. H. Lee. Hyperion, New York, 2001. $23.95 (332 pp.). ISBN 0-7868-6803-1

Science in the Public Sphere: Natural Knowledge in British Culture, 1800-1860. R. Yeo. Variorum Collected Studies Series CS726. Ashgate, Burlington, Vt., 2001. $105.95 (302 pp.). ISBN 0-86078-865-2

Space and Planetary Science

The Earth in Context: A Guide to the Solar System. D. M. Harland. Springer-Praxis Books in Astronomy and Space Sciences. Praxis/Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001. $39.95 paper (469 pp.). ISBN 1-85233-375-8

Solar and Extra-Solar Planetary Systems. I. P. Williams, N. Thomas, eds. Lecture Notes in Physics 577. Proc. sch., Ballyvaughn, Ireland, Sept. 1998. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001. $57.00 (255 pp.). ISBN 3-540-42559-4

Space Storms and Space Weather Hazards. I. Daglis, ed. NATO Science Series, Series II: Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry 38. Proc. inst., Hersonissos, Crete, June 2000. Kluwer Academic, Norwell, Mass., 2001. $150.00 (482 pp.). ISBN 1-4020-0030-8

Storms in Space. J. W. Freeman. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2001. $27.95 (139 pp.). ISBN 0-521-66038-6

Statistical Physics and Thermodynamics

Computational Statistical Physics: From Billiards to Monte Carlo. K. H. Hoffmann, M. Schreiber, eds. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2002. $74.95 (300 pp.). ISBN 3-540-42160-2

Empirical Science of Financial Fluctuations: The Advent of Econophysics. H. Takayasu, ed. Proc. wksp., Tokyo, Japan, Nov. 2000. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2002. $99.00 (352 pp.). ISBN 4-431-70316-0

Theory and Mathematical Methods

Applied Asymptotic Expansions in Momenta and Masses. V. A. Smirnov. Springer Tracts in Modern Physics 177. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2002. $149.00 (262 pp.). ISBN 3-540-42334-6

Applied Mathematics. G. D. Mahan. Kluwer Academic/Plenum, New York, 2002. $75.00 (368 pp.). ISBN 0-306-46683-X

The Casimir Effect: Physical Manifestations of Zero-Point Energy. K. A. Milton. World Scientific, River Edge, N.J., 2001. $87.00 (301 pp.). ISBN 981-02-4397-9

Dynamics of Evolutionary Equations. G. R. Sell, Y. You. Applied Mathematical Sciences 143. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2002. $79.00 (670 pp.). ISBN 0-387-98347-3

From Elementary Probability to Stochastic Differential Equations with MAPLE®. S. Cyganowski, P. Kloeden, J. Ombach. Universitext. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2002. $44.95 paper (310 pp.). ISBN 3-540-42666-3

Higher-Order Numerical Methods for Transient Wave Equations. G. C. Cohen. Scientific Computation. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2002. $69.95 (348 pp.). ISBN 3-540-41598-X

The Logic of Thermostatistical Physics. G. G. Emch, C. Liu. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2002. $89.95 (703 pp.). ISBN 3-540-41379-0

Many-Body Problems and Quantum Field Theory: An Introduction. P. A. Martin, F. Rothen (translated from French by S. Goldfarb). Texts and Monographs in Physics. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2002. $49.95 (441 pp.). ISBN 3-540-41153-4

Mathematical Control Theory of Coupled PDEs. I. Lasiecka. CBMS-NSF Regional Conference Series in Applied Mathematics 75. Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Philadelphia, 2002. $60.00 paper (242 pp.). ISBN 0-89871-486-9

Methods of Mathematical Economics: Linear and Nonlinear Programming, Fixed-Point Theorems. J. N. Franklin. Classics in Applied Mathematics 37. Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Philadelphia, 2002. $42.00 paper (297 pp.). ISBN 0-89871-509-1

Nonequilibrium Statistical Mechanics. R. Zwanzig. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2001. $75.00 (222 pp.). ISBN 0-19-514018-4

Quantum Electrodynamics: Gribov Lectures on Theoretical Physics. V. N. Gribov, J. Nyiri. Cambridge Monographs on Particle Physics, Nuclear Physics, and Cosmology 13. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2001. $80.00 (270 pp.). ISBN 0-521-66228-1

Quantum Methods with Mathematica®. J. M. Feagin. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2002 [1994, reissued]. $49.95 paper (482 pp.). ISBN 0-387-95365-5

Theory of Solidification. S. H. Davis. Cambridge Monographs on Mechanics. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2001. $74.95 (385 pp.). ISBN 0-521-65080-1

The Vehicle Routing Problem. P. Toth, D. Vigo, eds. SIAM Monographs on Discrete Mathematics and Applications. Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Philadelphia, 2002. $95.00 (367 pp.). ISBN 0-89871-498-2

Wavelet Transforms and Their Applications. L. Debnath. Birkhäuser, Boston, 2002. $79.95 (565 pp.). ISBN 0-8176-4204-8

Undergraduate Texts and Education

An Introduction to Data Structures and Algorithms. J. A. Storer. Birkhäuser, Boston, 2002. $59.95 (599 pp.). ISBN 0-8176-4253-6

Mathematics for the Physical Sciences. J. B. Seaborn. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2002. $49.95 (245 pp.). ISBN 0-387-95342-6

Planetary Sciences. I. de Pater, J. J. Lissauer. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2001. $75.00 (528 pp.). ISBN 0-521-48219-4

Portable Technologies: Science Learning in Context. R. F. Tinker, J. S. Krajcik, eds. Innovations in Science Education and Technology. Kluwer Academic/Plenum, New York, 2001. $35.00 paper (195 pp.). ISBN 0-306-46643-0