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Visual Astronomy in the Suburbs: A Guide to Spectacular Viewing. A. Cooke. Patrick Moore's Practical Astronomy Series. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2003. $39.95 paper (265 pp.). ISBN 1-85233-707-9 Buy at Amazon

Many-Particle Quantum Dynamics in Atomic and Molecular Fragmentation. J. Ullrich, V. P. Shevelko, eds. Springer Series on Atomic, Optical, and Plasma Physics 35. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2003. $139.00 (513 pp.). ISBN 3-540-00667-2 Buy at Amazon

Annual Review of Biophysics and Biomolecular Structure. Vol. 32. R. M. Stroud, W. K. Olson, M. P. Sheetz, eds. Annual Reviews, Palo Alto, CA, 2003. $80.00 (533 pp.). ISBN 0-8243-1832-3 Buy at Amazon

Biochips: Technology and Applications. W.-L. Xing, J. Cheng, eds. Biological and Medical Physics Series. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2003. $89.95 (134 pp.). ISBN 3-540-00423-8 Buy at Amazon

Annual Review of Physical Chemistry. Vol. 54. S. R. Leone, P. Alivisatos, A. E. McDermott, eds. Annual Reviews, Palo Alto, CA, 2003. $75.00 (608 pp.). ISBN 0-8243-1054-3 Buy at Amazon

Modern Mass Spectrometry. C. A. Schalley, ed. Topics in Current Chemistry 225. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2003. $269.00 (317 pp.). ISBN 3-540-00098-4 Buy at Amazon

Principles of Chemical Vapor Deposition. D. M. Dobkin, M. K. Zuraw, eds. Kluwer Academic, Norwell, MA, 2003. $95.00 (273 pp.). ISBN 1-4020-1248-9 Buy at Amazon

Advances in Spatial and Temporal Databases. T. Hadzilacos, Y. Manolopoulos, J. F. Roddick, Y. Theodoridis, eds. Lecture Notes in Computer Science 2750. Proc. symp., Santorini Island, Greece, July 2003. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2003. $81.00 paper (524 pp.). ISBN 3-540-40535-6 Buy at Amazon

Computational Fluid Dynamics 2002. S. Armfield, P. Morgan, K. Srinivas, eds. Proc. conf., Sydney, Australia, July 2002. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2003. $249.00 (840 pp.). ISBN 3-540-00739-3 Buy at Amazon

Energy Minimization Methods in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. A. Rangarajan, M. _1figueiredo, J. Zerubia, eds. Lecture Notes in Computer Science 2683. Proc. wksp., Lisbon, Portugal, July 2003. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2003. $81.00 paper (534 pp.). ISBN 3-540-40498-8 Buy at Amazon

Future Directions in Distributed Computing: Research and Position Papers. A. Schiper, A. A. Shvartsman, H. Weatherspoon, B. Y. Zhao, eds. Lecture Notes in Computer Science 2584. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2003. $44.00 paper (217 pp.). ISBN 3-540-00912-4 Buy at Amazon

Graph Based Representations in Pattern Recognition. E. Hancock, M. Vento, eds. Lecture Notes in Computer Science 2726. Proc. wksp., York, UK, June−July 2003. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2003. $54.00 paper (270 pp.). ISBN 3-540-40452-X Buy at Amazon

Implementation and Application of Automata. O. H. Ibarra, Z. Dang, eds. Lecture Notes in Computer Science 2759. Proc. conf., Santa Barbara, CA, July 2003. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2003. $58.00 paper (312 pp.). ISBN 3-540-40561-5 Buy at Amazon

Introduction to Numerical Continuation Methods. E. L. Allgower, K. Georg. Classics in Applied Mathematics 45. Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Philadelphia, 2003 [1979, reissued]. $57.00 paper (388 pp.). ISBN 0-89871-544-X Buy at Amazon

Multi-Agent Systems and Applications III. V. Ma èík, J. Müller, M. P êchouÚek, eds. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence 2691. Proc. conf., Prague, Czech Republic, June 2003. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2003. $98.00 paper (660 pp.). ISBN 3-540-40450-3 Buy at Amazon

OpenMP Shared Memory Parallel Programming. M. J. Voss, ed. Lecture Notes in Computer Science 2716. Proc. wksp., Toronto, June 2003. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2003. $54.00 paper (270 pp.). ISBN 3-540-40435-X Buy at Amazon

Rewriting Techniques and Applications. R. Nieuwenhuis, ed. Lecture Notes in Computer Science 2706. Proc. conf., Valencia, Spain, June 2003. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2003. $81.00 paper (514 pp.). ISBN 3-540-40254-3 Buy at Amazon

Scientific Computing With MATLAB. A. Quarteroni, F. Saleri. Texts in Computational Science and Engineering 2. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2003. $49.95 (257 pp.). ISBN 3-540-44363-0 Buy at Amazon

Solving Nonlinear Equations With Newton's Method. C. T. Kelley. Fundamentals of Algorithms. Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Philadelphia, 2003. $39.00 paper (104 pp.). ISBN 0-89871-546-6 Buy at Amazon

Static Analysis. R. Cousot, ed. Lecture Notes in Computer Science 2694. Proc. symp., San Diego, CA, June 2003. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2003. $81.00 paper (503 pp.). ISBN 3-540-40325-6 Buy at Amazon

Symbolic and Quantitative Approaches to Reasoning With Uncertainty. T. D. Nielsen, N. L. Zhang, eds. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence 2711. Proc. conf., Aalborg, Denmark, July 2003. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2003. $93.00 paper (608 pp.). ISBN 3-540-40494-5 Buy at Amazon

User Modeling 2003. P. Brusilovsky, A. Corbett, F. de Rosis, eds. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence 2702. Proc. conf., Johnstown, PA, June 2003. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2003. $71.00 paper (436 pp.). ISBN 3-540-40381-7 Buy at Amazon

Fractal Concepts in Condensed Matter Physics. T. Nakayama, K. Yakubo. Springer Series in Solid-State Sciences 140. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2003. $89.95 (206 pp.). ISBN 3-540-05044-2

Lectures on the Physics of Highly Correlated Electron Systems VII. A. Avella, F. Mancini, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 678. Proc. course, Salerno, Italy, Oct. 2002. AIP, Melville, NY, 2003. $155.00 (363 pp.). ISBN 0-7354-0147-0

Phase Separation in Soft Matter Physics: Micellar Solutions, Microemulsions, Critical Phenomena. P. K. Khabibullaev, A. A. Saidov. Springer Series in Solid-State Sciences 138. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2003. $69.95 (180 pp.). ISBN 3-540-43890-4 Buy at Amazon

Recent Developments in General Relativity, Genoa 2000. R. Cianci, R. Collina, M. Francaviglia, P. Fré, eds. Proc. conf., Genova, Italy, Sept. 2000. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2002. $99.00 paper (463 pp.). ISBN 88-470-0162-5 Buy at Amazon

An Analog Electronics Companion: Basic Circuit Design for Engineers and Scientists. S. Hamilton. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2003. $120.00 (649 pp.). ISBN 0-521-79838-8, CD-ROM Buy at Amazon

Analysis and Design of Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Lasers. S. F. Yu. Wiley Series in Lasers and Applications. Wiley, Hoboken, NJ, 2003. $89.95 (445 pp.). ISBN 0-471-39124-7 Buy at Amazon

Microdrop Generation. E. R. Lee. Nano- and Microscience, Engineering, Technology, and Medicine Series. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, 2003. $159.95 (252 pp.). ISBN 0-8493-1559-X Buy at Amazon

Third Generation Photovoltaics: Advanced Solar Energy Conversion. M. A. Green. Springer Series in Photonics 12. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2003. $109.00 (160 pp.). ISBN 3-540-40137-7 Buy at Amazon

Current Sense Amplifiers for Embedded SRAM in High-Performance System-on-a-Chip Designs. B. Wicht. Springer Series in Advanced Microelectronics 12. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2003. $99.00 (164 pp.). ISBN 3-540-00298-7 Buy at Amazon

Lock-In Thermography: Basics and Use for Functional Diagnostics of Electronic Components. O. Breitenstein, M. Langenkamp. Springer Series in Advanced Microelectronics 10. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2003. $89.95 (193 pp.). ISBN 3-540-43439-9 Buy at Amazon

Modelling of Microfabrication Systems. R. Nassar, W. Dai. Microtechnology and MEMS. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2003. $99.00 (269 pp.). ISBN 3-540-00252-9 Buy at Amazon

The Physics of Solar Cells. J. Nelson. Imperial College Press, London, 2003. $68.00, $38.00 paper (363 pp.). ISBN 1-86094-340-3, ISBN 1-86094-349-7 paper Buy at Amazon

The Discovery of Global Warming.
S. R. Weart. New Histories of Science, Technology, and Medicine. Harvard U. Press, Cambridge, MA, 2003. $24.95 (228 pp.). ISBN 0-674-01157-0 Buy at Amazon

Capillarity and Wetting Phenomena: Drops, Bubbles, Pearls, Waves. P.-G. de Gennes, F. Brochard-Wyart, D. Quéré (translated from French by A. Reisinger). Springer-Verlag, New York, 2004. $69.95 (291 pp.). ISBN 0-387-00592-7 Buy at Amazon

Introduction to Geomagnetic Fields. 2nd edition. W. H. Campbell. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2003 [1997]. $100.00, $50.00 paper (337 pp.). ISBN 0-521-82206-8, ISBN 0-521-52953-0 paper Buy at Amazon

Circles: 50 Round Trips Through History, Technology, Science, Culture. J. Burke. Simon & Schuster, New York, 2003 [2000, reissued]. $13.00 paper (286 pp.). ISBN 0-7432-4976-3 Buy at Amazon

Empires of Light: Edison, Tesla, Westinghouse, and the Race to Electrify the World. J. Jonnes. Random House, New York, 2003. $27.95 (416 pp.). ISBN 0-375-50739-6 Buy at Amazon