New Books

Energy and Environment

Encyclopedia of Global Environmental Change, Vols. 1–5. Vol. 1: The Earth System: Physical and Chemical Dimensions of Global Environmental Change. M. C. MacCracken, J. S. Perry, eds. (773 pp.). Vol. 2: The Earth System: Biological and Ecological Dimensions of Global Environmental Change. H. A. Mooney, J. G. Canadell, eds. (625 pp.). Vol. 3: Causes and Consequences of Global Environmental Change. I. Douglas, ed. (753 pp.). Vol. 4: Responding to Global Environmental Change. M. K. Tolba, ed. (567 pp.). Vol. 5: Social and Economic Dimensions of Global Environmental Change. P. Timmerman, ed. (608 pp.). Wiley, New York, 2002. $2250.00 set (3326 pp. set). ISBN 0-471-97796-9] (set)

Energy and the Environment. J. A. Fay, D. S. Golomb. MIT-Pappalardo Series in Mechanical Engineering . Oxford U. Press, New York, 2002. $60.00 (314 pp.). ISBN 0-19-515092-9

Environmentalists for Nuclear Energy. B. Comby (translated from French by C. Crombeke). TNR Editions, Paris, 2001. $34.00 paper (345 pp.). ISBN 2-914190-02-6

Fluids

Capillary Surfaces: Shape-Stability-Dynamics, in Particular Under Weightlessness. D. Langbein. Springer Tracts in Modern Physics 178. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2002. $219.00 (364 pp.). ISBN 3-540-41815-6

Closure Strategies for Turbulent and Transitional Flows. B. E. Launder, N. D. Sandham, eds. Proc. conf., Cambridge, England, Apr. 1999. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2002. $120.00 (754 pp.). ISBN 0-521-79208-8

Computational Fluid Dynamics. T. J. Chung. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2002. $95.00 (1012 pp.). ISBN 0-521-59416-2

Computational Methods in Environmental Fluid Mechanics. O. Kolditz. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2002. $54.95 (378 pp.). ISBN 3-540-42895-X

Direct and Large-Eddy Simulation IV. B. J. Geurts, R. Friedrich, O. Métais, eds. ERCOFTAC Series 8. Proc. wksp., Enschede, the Netherlands, July 2001. Kluwer Academic, Norwell, Mass., 2001. $174.00 (526 pp.). ISBN 1-4020-0177-0

An Informal Introduction to Turbulence. A. Tsinober. Fluid Mechanics and Its Applications 63. Kluwer Academic, Norwell, Mass., 2001. $110.00 (324 pp.). ISBN 1-4020-0110-X

Magnetoviscous Effects in Ferrofluids. S. Odenbach. Lecture Notes in Physics m71. Springer-Verlag, New York 2002. $39.00 (151 pp.). ISBN 3-540-43068-7

Physics of Shock Waves and High-Temperature Hydrodynamic Phenomena. Ya. B. Zel’dovich, Yu. P. Raizer, and W. D. Hayes, R. F. Probstein, eds. Dover Books on Physics. Dover, Mineola, N.Y., 2002 [1967, reissued]. $34.95 paper (916 pp.). ISBN 0-486-42002-7

Geophysics

Ball Lightning. J. Abrahamson, ed. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, Series A, 360. The Royal Society, London, 2002. $50.00 paper (152 pp.). ISSN 1364-503X

Geodynamics. 2nd edition. D. L. Turcotte, G. Schubert. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2002 [1982 by Wiley]. $110.00, $45.00 paper (456 pp.). ISBN 0-521-66186-2, ISBN 0-521-66624-4 paper

The Mechanism of Induced Seismicity. C. I. Trifu, ed. Pageoph Topical Volumes. Birkhäuser Verlag, Boston, 2002. $79.95 paper (617 pp.). ISBN 3-7643-6653-2

Nanoparticles and the Environment. J. F. Banfield, A. Navrotsky, eds. Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry 44. Mineralogical Society of America, Washington, DC, and the Geochemical Society, St. Louis, Mo., 2001. $28.00 paper (349 pp.). ISBN 0-939950-56-1

Radiative Transfer in the Atmosphere and Ocean. Cambridge Atmospheric and Space Science Series. G. E. Thomas, K. Stamnes. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2002 [1999, reissued]. $90.00, $45.00 paper (517 pp.). ISBN 0-521-40124-0, ISBN 0-521-89061-6 paper

History and Philosophy

The Door in the Dream: Conversations with Eminent Women in Science. E. Wasserman. Joseph Henry Press, Washington, DC, 2000. $24.95 (254 pp.). ISBN 0-309-06568-2

Edward Bouchet: The First African-American Doctorate. R. E. Mickens, ed. World Scientific, River Edge, N.J., 2002. $28.00 paper (134 pp.). ISBN 981-02-4909-8

Einstein Studies in Russia. Y. Balashov, V. Vizgin, eds. Einstein Studies 10. Birkhäuser, Boston, 2002. $59.95 (314 pp.). ISBN 0-8176-4263-3

The Empirical Stance. B. C. van Fraassen. Terry Lecture Series. Yale U. Press, New Haven, Conn., 2002. $30.00 (282 pp.). ISBN 0-300-08874-4

Euclid’s Window: The Story of Geometry from Parallel Lines to Hyperspace. L. Mlodinow. Touchstone, New York, 2002 [2001, reissued]. $14.00 paper (306 pp.). ISBN 0-684-86524-6

The Fourth Dimension: Sacred Geometry, Alchemy, and Mathematics. R. Steiner (translated from German by C. E. Creeger). Anthroposophic Press, Great Barrington, Mass., 2001 [1995, reissued]. $18.95 paper (238 pp.). ISBN 0-88010-472-4

From Certainty to Uncertainty: The Story of Science and Ideas in the Twentieth Century. F. D. Peat. Joseph Henry Press, Washington, DC, 2002. $24.95 (230 pp.). ISBN 0-309-07641-2

The God of Hope and the End of the World. J. Polkinghorne. Yale U. Press, New Haven, Conn., 2002. $19.95 (154 pp.). ISBN 0-300-09211-3

Hydrogen: The Essential Element. J. S. Rigden. Harvard U. Press, Cambridge, Mass., 2002. $28.00 (280 pp.). ISBN 0-674-00738-7

In the Shadow of Love: Stories from My Life. W. Meyerhof. Fithian Press, Santa Barbara, Calif., 2002. $12.00 paper (106 pp.). ISBN 1-56474-393-4

Is Nature Supernatural? A Philosophical Exploration of Science and Nature. S. L. Altmann. Prometheus, Amherst, N.Y., 2002. $39.00 (680 pp.). ISBN 1-57392-916-6

Isaac Asimov: It’s Been a Good Life. J. J. Asimov, ed. Prometheus, Amherst, N.Y., 2002. $25.00 (309 pp.). ISBN 1-57392-968-9

A Love of Discovery: Science Education, the Second Career of Robert Karplus. R. G. Fuller, ed. Innovations in Science Education and Technology. Kluwer Academic/Plenum, New York, 2002. $40.00 paper (337 pp.). ISBN 0-306-46687-2

Measured Tones: The Interplay of Physics and Music. 2nd edition. I. Johnston. IOP, Philadelphia, 2002 [1989]. $36.00 paper (406 pp.). ISBN 0-7503-0762-5

The Physicists’ View of Nature. Part 2: The Quantum Revolution. A. Goswami. Kluwer Academic/Plenum, New York, 2001. $55.00 (343 pp.). ISBN 0-306-46509-4

The Problem of the Unity of Science. E. Agazzi, J. Faye, eds. Proc. conf., Copenhagen and Aarhus, the Netherlands, May-June 2000. World Scientific, River Edge, N.J., 2001. $68.00 (194 pp.). ISBN 981-02-4791-5

Project Orion: The True Story of the Atomic Spaceship. G. Dyson. Henry Holt, New York, 2002. $26.00 (345 pp.). ISBN 0-8050-5985-7

Quantum Generations: A History of Physics in the Twentieth Century. H. Kragh. Princeton U. Press, Princeton, N.J., 2002 [1999, reissued]. $18.95 paper (494 pp.). ISBN 0-691-01206-7

Quantum Mechanics. R. J. Russell, P. Clayton, K. Wegter-McNelly, J. Polkinghorne, eds. Scientific Perspectives on Divine Action 5. Proc. conf., Castel Gandolfo, Italy, July 2000. Vatican Observatory Publications, Vatican City State, and Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences, Berkeley, Calif, 2001. $21.95 paper (345 pp.). ISBN 0-268-03978-X

Science, Faith and Ethics. L. L. Hench. Imperial College Press, London, 2001. $46.00, $26.00 paper (218 pp.). ISBN 1-86094-219-9, ISBN 1-86094-220-2 paper

Seeing Double: Shared Identities in Physics, Philosophy, and Literature. P. Pesic. MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass., 2002. $24.95 (184 pp.). ISBN 0-262-16205-9

The Soundscape of Modernity: Architectural Acoustics and the Culture of Listening in America, 1900-1933. E. Thompson. MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass., 2002. $34.95 (500 pp.). ISBN 0-262-20138-0

Thomas Kuhn: A Philosophical History for Our Times. S. Puller. U. of Chicago Press, Chicago, 2001 [2000, reissued]. $22.50 paper (472 pp.). ISBN 0-226-26896-9

The Turk: The Life and Times of the Famous Eighteenth-Century Chess-Playing Machine. T. Standage. Walker, New York, 2002. $24.00 (272 pp.). ISBN 0-8027-1391-2

Tuxedo Park: A Wall Street Tycoon and the Secret Palace of Science that Change the Course of World War II. J. Conant. Simon & Schuster, New York, 2002. $26.00 (330 pp.). ISBN 0-684-87287-0

The Vatican Observatory: In the Service of Nine Popes. S. Sabino Maffeo. Vatican Observatory Publications, 2001. $24.95 paper (429 pp.). ISBN 88-209-7242-5

Instrumentation and Techniques

Advanced Mathematical Methods with Maple®. D. Richards. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2002. $130.00, $55.00 paper (862 pp.). ISBN 0-521-77010-6, ISBN 0-521-77981-2 paper

Basics of Holography. P. Hariharan. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2002. $80.00, $30.00 paper (161 pp.). ISBN 0-521-80741-7, ISBN 0-521-00200-1 paper

Data Analysis with Excel®: An Introduction for Physical Scientists. L. Kirkup. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2002. $110.00, $40.00 paper (446 pp.). ISBN 0-521-79337-8, ISBN 0-521-79737-3 paper

Essential Maple 7: An Introduction for Scientific Programmers. R. M. Corless. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2002. $44.95 paper (282 pp.). ISBN 0-387-95352-3

General Physics Problem Solving with CAS Derive. L. Magiera. Nova Science, Huntington, N.Y., 2001. $89.00 (251 pp.). ISBN 1-59033-057-9

Handbook of Mass Measurement. F. E. Jones, R. M. Schoonover. CRC Press, Boca Raton, Fla., 2002. $99.95 (307 pp.). ISBN 0-8493-2531-5

Imaging of Complex Media with Acoustic and Seismic Waves. M. Fink, W. A. Kuperman, J.-P., Montagner, A. Tourin, eds. Topics in Applied Physics 84. Proc. wksp., Cargèse, France, Apr.—May 1999. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2002. $139.00 (336 pp.). ISBN 3-540-41667-6

Low Temperature Detectors. F. S. Porter, D. McCammon, M. Galeazzi, C. K. Stahle, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 605. Proc. wksp., Madison, Wis., July 2001. AIP, Melville, N.Y., 2002. $205.00 (615 pp.). ISBN 0-7354-0049-0

Molecular Fluorescence: Principles and Applications. B. Valeur. Wiley-VCH, New York, 2002. $110.00 (387 pp.). ISBN 3-527-29919-X

Neutron Scattering with a Triple-Axis Spectrometer: Basic Techniques. G. Shirane, S. M. Shapiro, J. M. Tranquada. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2002. $95.00 (273 pp.). ISBN 0-521-41126-2

Third-Generation Hard X-Ray Synchrotron Radiation Sources: Source Properties, Optics, and Experimental Techniques. D. M. Mills, ed. Wiley, New York, 2002. $99.95 (406 pp.). ISBN 0-471-31433-1

Ultraviolet Spectroscopy and UV Lasers. P. Misra, M. A. Dubinskii, eds. Practical Spectroscopy, A Series, 30. Marcel Dekker, New York, 2002. $195.00 (569 pp.). ISBN 0-8247-0668-4

Materials Science

Effects of Space Conditions on Materials. A. I. Akishin, ed. Nova Science, Huntington, N.Y., 2001. $98.00 (199 pp.). ISBN 1-59033-028-5

Experimental Techniques in Low-Temperature Physics. 4th edition. G. K. White, P. J. Meeson. Monographs on the Physics and Chemistry of Materials . Oxford U. Press, New York, 2002 [1979]. $95.00, $50.00 paper (280 pp.). ISBN 0-19-851428-X, ISBN 0-19-851427-1 paper

Introduction to the Electronic Properties of Materials. 2nd edition. D. Jiles. Nelson Thornes, Cheltenham, UK, 2001 [1994, reissued]. $48.75 paper (418 pp.). ISBN 0-7487-6042-3

Materials Science in Static High Magnetic Fields. K. Watanabe, M. Motokawa, eds. Advances in Materials Research 4. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2002. $84.95 (325 pp.). ISBN 3-540-41995-0

Optical Properties of Nanostructured Random Media. V. Shalaev, ed. Topics in Applied Physics 82. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2002. $145.00 (450 pp.). ISBN 3-540-42031-2

Optical Properties of Surfaces. D. Bedeaux, J. Vlieger. Imperial College Press, London, 2002. $92.00 (432 pp.). ISBN 1-86094-271-7

Physics of Ice. V. F. Petrenko, R. W. Whitworth. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2002 [1999, reissued]. $140.00, $65.00 paper (374 pp.). ISBN 0-19-851895-1, ISBN 0-19-851894-3 paper

Stress-Induced Phenomena in Metallization. S. P. Baker, M. A. Korhonen, E. Arzt, P. S. Ho, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 612. Proc. wksp., Ithaca, N.Y., July 2001. AIP, Melville, N.Y., 2002. $145.00 (250 pp.). ISBN 0-7354-0058-X

Nonlinear Science and Chaos

Nonlinear Dynamics of Chaotic and Stochastic Systems: Tutorial and Modern Developments. V. S. Anishchenko, V. V. Astakhov, A. B. Neiman, T. E. Vadivasova, L. Schimansky-Geier, Springer Series in Synergetics. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2002. $74.00 (374 pp.). ISBN 3-540-42419-9

Synergetic Phenomena in Active Lattices: Patterns, Waves, Solitons, Chaos. V. I. Nekorkin, M. G. Velarde. Springer Series in Synergetics. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2002. $79.95 (357 pp.). ISBN 3-540-42715-5

Nuclear Physics

Nuclear Physics in the 21st Century. E. Norman, L. Schroeder, G. Wozniak, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 610. Proc. conf., Berkeley, Calif., July-Aug. 2001. AIP, Melville, N.Y., 2002. $250.00 (1098 pp.). ISBN 0-7354-0056-3

Physics of Radioactive Beams. C. A. Bertulani, M. S. Hussein, G. Münzenberg. Nova Science, Huntington, N.Y., 2001. $129.00 (431 pp.). ISBN 1-59033-141-9

Optics and Photonics

Classical Optics and Its Applications. M. Mansuripur. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2002. $110.00, $45.00 paper (502 pp.). ISBN 0-521-80093-5, ISBN 0-521-80499-X paper

Fiber Optic Sensors. F. T. S. Yu, S. Yin, eds. Optical Engineering 76. Marcel Dekker, New York, 2002. $175.00 (494 pp.). ISBN 0-8247-0732-X

Gradient-Index Optics: Fundamentals and Applications. C. Gomez-Reino, M. V. Perez, C. Bao. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2002. $79.95 (241 pp.). ISBN 3-540-42125-4

Handbook of Optical Biomedical Diagnostics. V. V. Tuchin, ed. SPIE Press Monograph PM107. SPIE Press, Bellingham, Wash., 2002. $115.00 (1093 pp.). ISBN 0-8194-4238-0

Introduction to Laser Diode-Pumped Solid State Lasers. R. Scheps. SPIE Tutorial Texts TT53. SPIE Press, Bellingham, Wash., 2002. $44.00 paper (100 pp.). ISBN 0-8194-4274-7

Nonlinear Optics for the Information Society. A. Driessen, ed. MESA Monographs. Proc. mtg., Enschede, the Netherlands, Oct. 2000. Kluwer Academic, Norwell, Mass., 2001. $78.00 (196 pp.). ISBN 1-4020-0132-0

Particle Physics

High-Energy Particle Diffraction. V. Barone, E. Predazzi. Texts and Monographs in Physics. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2002. $79.95 (407 pp.). ISBN 3-540-42107-6

Techniques and Concepts of High-Energy Physics. H. B. Prosper, M. Danilov, eds. NATO Science Series, Series C: Mathematical and Physical Sciences 566. Proc. inst., St. Croix, Virgin Islands, June 2000. Kluwer Academic, Norwell, Mass., 2001. $159.00 (411 pp.). ISBN 1-4020-0157-6

Theory and Experiment Heading for New Physics. A. Zichichi, ed. Subnuclear Series 38. Proc. sch., Erice, Italy, Aug.-Sept. 2000. World Scientific, River Edge, N.J., 2001. $128.00 (679 pp.). ISBN 981-02-4794-X

Plasmas and Fusion

Collisional Transport in Magnetized Plasmas. P. Helander, D. J. Sigmar. Cambridge Monographs on Plasma Physics 4. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2002. $110.00 (292 pp.). ISBN 0-521-80798-0

Non-Neutral Plasma Physics IV. F. Anderegg, L. Schweikhard, C. Fred Driscoll, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 606. Proc. wksp., San Diego, Calif, July-Aug. 2001. AIP, Melville, N.Y., 2002. $235.00 (738 pp.). ISBN 0-7354-0050-4

Plasma Astrophysics. T. Tajima, K. Shibata. Frontiers in Physics 98. Westview Press, New York, 2002. $43.00 paper (494 pp.). ISBN 0-8133-3996-0

Superstrong Fields in Plasmas. M. Lontano, G. Mourou, O. Svelto, T. Tajima, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 611. Proc. conf., Varenna, Italy, Aug.-Sept. 2001. AIP, Melville, N.Y., 2002. $175.00 (464 pp.). ISBN 0-7354-0057-1

Popularizations

All the Mathematics You Missed: But Need to Know for Graduate School. T. A. Garrity. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2002. $55.00, $25.00 paper (347 pp.). ISBN 0-521-79285-1, ISBN 0-521-79707-1 paper

Bad Astronomy: Misconceptions and Misuses Revealed, from Astrology to the Moon Landing “Hoax.” P. C. Plait. Wiley, New York, 2002. $15.95 paper (277 pp.). ISBN 0-471-40976-6

Beyond Earth: Mapping the Universe. D. DeVorkin, ed. National Geographic Society, Washington, DC, 2002. $40.00 (256 pp.). ISBN 0-7922-6467-3

The Big Bang Theory: What It is, Where It Came From, and Why It Works. K. C. Fox. Wiley, New York, 2002. $15.95 paper (206 pp.). ISBN 0-471-39452-1

The Big Questions: Probing the Promise and Limits of Science. R. Morris. Times Books, New York, 2002. $26.00 (272 pp.). ISBN 0-8050-7092-3

Children of the Stars: Our Origin, Evolution and Destiny. D. R. Altschuler. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2002. $28.00 (257 pp.). ISBN 0-521-81212-7

Disturbing the Solar System: Impacts, Close Encounters, and Coming Attractions. A. E. Rubin. Princeton U. Press, Princeton, N.J., 2002. $29.95 (361 pp.). ISBN 0-691-07474-7

Earthshaking Science: What We Know (and Don’t Know) about Earthquakes. S. E. Hough. Princeton U. Press, Princeton, N.J., 2002. $24.95 (238 pp.). ISBN 0-691-05010-4

Flash!: The Hunt for the Biggest Explosions in the Universe. G. Schilling (translated from Dutch by N. Greenberg-Slovin). Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2002. $28.00 (291 pp.). ISBN 0-521-80053-6

Flatterland: Like Flatland, Only More So. I. Stewart. Perseus, Cambridge, Mass., 2002 [2001, reissued]. $14.00 paper (301 pp.). ISBN 0-7382-0675-X

How the Universe Got Its Spots: Diary of a Finite Time in a Finite Space. J. Levin. Princeton U. Press, Princeton, N.J., 2002. $22.95 (208 pp.). ISBN 0-691-09657-0

How to Build a Time Machine. P. Davies. Viking, New York, 2002 [2001, reissued]. $19.95 (131 pp.). ISBN 0-670-03063-5

Instability Rules: The Ten Most Amazing Ideas of Modern Science. C. Flowers. Wiley, New York, 2002. $24.95 (228 pp.). ISBN 0-471-38042-3

Light Years and Time Travel: An Exploration of Mankind’s Enduring Fascination with Light. B. Clegg. Wiley, New York, 2001. $24.95 (310 pp.). ISBN 0-471-21182-6

Linked: The New Science of Networks. A.-L. Barabási. Perseus, Cambridge, Mass., 2002. $26.00 (280 pp.). ISBN 0-7382-0667-9

Nature’s Flyers: Birds, Insects, and the Biomechanics of Flight. D. E. Alexander. Johns Hopkins U. Press, Baltimore, Md., 2002. $49.95 (358 pp.). ISBN 0-8018-6756-8

Newton on the Tee: A Good Walk through the Science of Golf. J. Zumerchik. Simon & Schuster, New York, 2002. $23.00 (239 pp.). ISBN 0-7432-1214-2

Nexus: Small Worlds and the Groundbreaking Science of Networks. M. Buchanan. W. W. Norton, New York, 2002. $25.95 (235 pp.). ISBN 0-393-04153-0

Physics and the Art of Dance: Understanding Movement. K. Laws. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2002. $39.95 (236 pp.). ISBN 0-19-514482-1

Quantum Evolution: How Physics’ Weirdest Theory Explains Life’s Biggest Mystery. J. McFadden. W. W.