New Books

History and philosophy

The Prophet and the Astronomer: A Scientific Journey to the End of Time. M. Gleiser. W. W. Norton, New York, 2001. $26.95 (256 pp.). ISBN 0-393-04987-6

The Rhythms of History: A Universal Theory of Civilizations. S. Blaha. Pingree-Hill, Auburn, N.H., 2001-2002. $27.95 paper (296 pp.). ISBN 0-9720795-0-5

Science, Sense & Soul: The Mystical-Physical Nature of Human Existence. C. Blood. Renaissance Books, Los Angeles, 2001. $16.95 paper (317 pp.). ISBN 1-58063-219-X

Instrumentation and techniques

Emerging Methods for Multidisciplinary Optimization . J. Blachut, H. A. Eschenauer, eds. CISM Courses and Lectures 425. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001. $74.95 paper (318 pp.). ISBN 3-211-83335-8

Evaluating the Measurement Uncertainty: Fundamentals and Practical Guidance. I. Lira. Series in Measurement and Technology. IOP, Philadelphia, 2002. $90.00 (243 pp.). ISBN 0-7503-0840-0

Hadron Spectroscopy. D. Amelin, A. M. Zaitsev, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 619. Proc. conf., Protvino, Russia, Aug.-Sept. 2001. AIP, Melville, N.Y., 2002. $210.00 (856 pp.). ISBN 0-7354-0067-9

Mounting Optics in Optical Instruments . P. R. Yoder Jr. SPIE Press, Bellingham, Wash., 2002. $88.00 (589 pp.). ISBN 0-8194-4332-8

Practical Density Measurement and Hydrometry. S. V. Gupta. Series in Measurement and Technology. IOP, Philadelphia, 2002. $115.00 (352 pp.). ISBN 0-7503-0847-8

Scattering, Absorption, and Emission of Light by Small Particles. M. I. Mishchenko, L. D. Travis, A. A. Lacis. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2002. $90.00 (445 pp.). ISBN 0-521-78252-X

Materials science

Continuum Mechanics and Theory of Materials. 2nd edition. P. Haupt (translated from German by J. A. Kurth). Advanced Texts in Physics. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2002 [2000]. $84.95 (643 pp.). ISBN 3-540-43111-X

Interfaces for the 21st Century: New Research Directions in Fluid Mechanics and Materials Science . M. K. Smith, M. J. Miksis, G. B. McFadden, G. P. Neitzel, D. R. Canright, eds. Proc. conf., Monterey, Calf., Aug. 1999. Imperial College Press, London, 2002. $62.00 (317 pp.). ISBN 1-86094-319-5

The Theory of Composites . G. W. Milton. Cambridge Monographs on Applied and Computational Mathematics 6. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2002. $80.00 (719 pp.). ISBN 0-521-78125-6

Topics in Finite Elasticity . M. Hayes, G. Saccomandi, eds. CISM Courses and Lectures 424. Proc. sch., Udine, Italy, June 2000. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001. $64.95 paper (244 pp.). ISBN 3-211-83336-6

Nonlinear science and Chaos

Cellular Automata: A Discrete Universe. A. Ilachinski. World Scientific, River Edge, N.J., 2001. $112.00 (808 pp.). ISBN 981-02-4623-4

Cellular Automata and Complexity: Collected Papers. S. Wolfram. Westview Press, Boulder, Colo., 2002 [1994, reissued]. $35.00 paper (596 pp.). ISBN 0-201-62664-0

Chaotic Transitions in Deterministic and Stochastic Dynamical Systems: Applications of Melnikov Processes in Engineering, Physics, and Neuroscience . E. Simiu. Princeton Series in Applied Mathematics. Princeton U. Press, Princeton, N.J., 2002. $49.50 (224 pp.). ISBN 0-691-05094-5

Complex Adaptive Systems: An Introduction. H. G. Schuster. Scator Verlag, Saabrücken, Germany, 2001. $53.00 (358 pp.). ISBN 3-9807936-0-5

Experimental Chaos . S. Boccaletti, B. J. Gluckman, J. Kurths, L. M. Pecora, M. L. Spano, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 622. Proc. conf, Potsdam, Germany, July 2001. AIP, Melville, N.Y., 2002. $165.00 (491 pp.). ISBN 0-7354-0071-7

Front Tracking for Hyperbolic Conservation Laws . H. Holden, N. H. Risebro. Applied Mathematical Sciences 152. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2002. $64.95 (363 pp.). ISBN 3-540-43289-2

Indra’s Pearls: The Vision of Felix Klein. D. Mumford, C. Series, D. Wright. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2002. $50.00 (395 pp.). ISBN 0-521-35253-3

The Topology of Chaos: Alice in Stretch and Squeezeland. R. Gilmore, M. Lefranc. Wiley, New York, 2002. $84.95 (495 pp.). ISBN 0-471-40816-6

Optics and photonics

Advances in Laser and Optics Research. Vol. 1. W. T. Lavworth, ed. Nova Science, Huntington, N.Y., 2002. $69.00 (233 pp.). ISBN 1-59033-056-0

Color Vision and Colorimetry: Theory and Applications. D. Malacara. SPIE Press, Bellingham, Wash., 2002. $62.00 (164 pp.). ISBN 0-8194-4228-3

Generation and Application of Ultrahigh Laser Fields. A. A. Andreev. Nova Science, Huntington, N.Y., 2002. $79.00 (276 pp.). ISBN 1-59033-142-7

Nano-Optics . S. Kawata, M. Ohtsu, M. Irie, eds. Springer Series in Optical Sciences 84. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2002. $74.95 (321 pp.). ISBN 3-540-41829-6

Nonlinear Photonics: Nonlinearities in Optics, Optoelectronics and Fiber Communications. Y. Guo, C. K. Kao, E. H. Li, I. S. Chiang. Springer Series in Photonics 8. Chinese U. Press, Hong Kong, and Springer-Verlag, New York, 2002. $89.95 (416 pp.). ISBN 962-201-861-0 (Chinese U. Press), ISBN 3-540-43123-3 (Springer-Verlag)

Optical Information Processing: A Tribute to Adolf Lohmann. H. J. Caulfield, ed. SPIE Press, Bellingham, Wash., 2002. $66.00 (356 pp.). ISBN 0-8194-4498-7

Optoelectronics. E. Rosencher, B. Vinter (translated from French by P. G. Piva). Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2002. $150.00, $55.00 paper (725 pp.). ISBN 0-521-77129-3, ISBN 0-521-77813-1 paper

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

Spatial Hysteresis and Optical Patterns. N. N. Rosanov. Springer Series in Synergetics. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2002. $79.95 (308 pp.). ISBN 3-540-42793-7

Particle physics

From Integrable Models to Gauge Theories: A Volume in Honor of Sergei Matinyan. V. G. Gurzadyan, A. G. Sedrakian, eds. World Scientific, River Edge, N.J., 2002. $72.00 (317 pp.). ISBN 981-02-4927-6

Hadrons and Quark–Gluon Plasma. J. Letessier, J. Rafelski. Cambridge Monographs on Particle Physics, Nuclear Physics and Cosmology 18. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2002. $90.00 (397 pp.). ISBN 0-521-38536-9

Heavy Flavour Physics: Theory and Experimental Results in Heavy Quark Physics and CP Violation . C. Davies, S. M. Playfer, eds. Scottish Graduate Textbook Series 55. Proc. sch., St. Andrews, Scotland, Aug. 2001. IOP, Philadelphia, 2002. $59.99 paper (393 pp.). ISBN 0-7503-0867-2

Lectures on Quark Matter . W. Plessas, L. Mathelitsch, eds. Lecture Notes in Physics 583. Proc. sch., Schladming, Austria, Mar. 2001. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2002. $67.00 (334 pp.). ISBN 3-540-43234-5

The Particle Odyssey: A Journey to the Heart of the Matter. F. Close, M. Marten, C. Sutton. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2002. $45.00 (240 pp.). ISBN 0-19-850486-1

Particles and Fields. J. L. Diaz-Cruz, J. Engelfried, M. Kirchbach, M. Mondragón, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 623. Proc. wksp., Zacatecas, Mexico, Nov. 2001. AIP, Melville, N.Y., 2002. $150.00 (416 pp.). ISBN 0-7354-0072-5

Shadowlands: Quest for Mirror Matter in the Universe. R. Foot. Universal, Parkland, Fla., 2002. $25.95 paper (235 pp.). ISBN 1-58112-645-X

Popularizations

Beyond Chaos: The Underlying Theory Behind Life, the Universe, and Everything. M. Ward. Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin’s Press, New York, 2002 [2001, reissued]. $25.95 (324 pp.). ISBN 0-312-27489-0

The Biggest Bangs: The Mystery of Gamma-Ray Bursts, the Most Violent Explosions in the Universe. J. I. Katz. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2002. $28.00 (218 pp.). ISBN 0-19-514570-4

Contemporary Physics and the Limits of Knowledge. M. Tavel. Rutgers U. Press, New Brunswick, N.J., 2002. $69.00, $30.00 paper (258 pp.). ISBN 0-8135-3076-8, ISBN 0-8135-3077-6 paper

The Curvature of Spacetime: Newton, Einstein, and Gravitation . H. Fritzsch (translated from German by K. Heusch). Columbia U. Press, New York, 2002. $29.95 (341 pp.). ISBN 0-231-11820-1

Duelling Idiots and Other Probability Puzzlers. P. J. Nahin. Princeton U. Press, Princeton, N. J., 2002 [2000, reissued]. $18.95 paper (269 pp.). ISBN 0-691-10286-4

The Hundred Greatest Stars. J. B. Kaler. Copernicus Books/Springer-Verlag, New York, 2002. $32.50 (213 pp.). ISBN 0-387-95436-8

The Hunt for Zero Point: Inside the Classified World of Antigravity Technology. N. Cook. Broadway Books, New York, 2002 [2001, reissued]. $26.00 (291 pp.). ISBN 0-7679-0627-6

A Little Book of Coincidence. J. Martineau. Wooden Books. Walker, New York, 2002 [2001, reissued]. $10.00 (58 pp.). ISBN 0-8027-1388-2