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Glowing Genes: A Revolution in Biotechnology. M. Zimmer. Prometheus Books, Amherst, NY, 2005. $28.00 (221 pp.). ISBN 1-59102-253-3 Buy at Amazon

Puzzling Adventures: Tales of Strategy, Logic, and Mathematical Skill. D. E. Shasha. W. W. Norton, New York, 2005. $15.95 paper (227 pp.). ISBN 0-393-32663- Buy at Amazon

The Quantum Quark. A. Watson. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2004. $30.00 (464 pp.). ISBN 0-521-82907- Buy at Amazon

Understanding the Universe: From Quarks to the Cosmos. D. Lincoln. World Scientific, River Edge, NJ, 2004. $88.00, $28.00 paper (567 pp.). ISBN 981-238-703-X, ISBN 981-238-705-6 paper Buy at Amazon

Weighing the Soul: Scientific Discovery from the Brilliant to the Bizarre. L. Fisher. Arcade Publishing, New York, 2004. $25.00 (248 pp.). ISBN 1-55970-732-1 Buy at Amazon

Society and Government

The Bomb: A Life. G. J. DeGroot. Harvard U. Press, Cambridge, MA, 2005. $27.95 (397 pp.). ISBN 0-674-01724- Buy at Amazon

NASA Office of Space Science Education and Public Outreach Conference. C. Narasimhan, B. Beck-Winchatz, I. Hawkins, C. Runyon, eds. Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Proceedings 319. Proc. mtg., Chicago, June 2002. Astronomical Society of the Pacific, San Francisco, 2004. $77.00 (482 pp.). ISBN 1-58381-181- Buy at Amazon

Shades of Gray: National Security and the Evolution of Space Reconnaissance. L. P. Temple III. American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Reston, VA, 2005. $49.95 (613 pp.). ISBN 1-56347-723-8 Buy at Amazon

Space and Planetary Science

Europa—The Ocean Moon: Search for an Alien Biosphere. R. Greenberg. Springer–Praxis Books in Geophysical Sciences. Praxis/Springer-Verlag, New York, 2005. $89.95 (380 pp.). ISBN 3-540-22450- Buy at Amazon

Methods of Celestial Mechanics. Vol. 1: Physical, Mathematical, and Numerical Principles. G. Beutler. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2005. $99.00 (464 pp.). ISBN 3-540-40749-9, CD-RO Buy at Amazon

Methods of Celestial Mechanics. Vol. 2: Application to Planetary System, Geodynamics and Satellite Geodesy. G. Beutler. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2005. $99.00 (448 pp.). ISBN 3-540-40750-2, CD-RO Buy at Amazon

The Origin of Chondrules and Chondrites. D. W. G. Sears. Cambridge Planetary Science 3. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2004. $110.00 (209 pp.). ISBN 0-521-83603- Buy at Amazon

Solar and Space Weather Radiophysics: Current Status and Future Developments. D. E. Gary, C. U. Keller, eds. Astrophysics and Space Science Library 314. Kluwer Academic, Norwell, MA, 2004. $159.00 (394 pp.). ISBN 1-4020-2813-X Buy at Amazon

Statistical Physics and Thermodynamics

Analysis of Heat Equations on Domains. E. M. Ouhabaz. London Mathematical Society Monograph Series. Princeton U. Press, Princeton, NJ, 2005. $60.00 (284 pp.). ISBN 0-691-12016-1 Buy at Amazon

Basics of Aerothermodynamics. E. H. Hirschel. Progress in Astronautics and Aeronautics 204. Springer-Verlag, New York, and American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Reston, VA, 2005. $99.00 (412 pp.). ISBN 3-540-22132- Buy at Amazon

Beyond Equilibrium Thermodynamics. H. C. Öttinger. Wiley, Hoboken, NJ, 2005. $110.00 (617 pp.). ISBN 0-471-66658- Buy at Amazon

Physical and Chemical Processes in Gas Dynamics: Physical and Chemical Kinetics and Thermodynamics. Vol. 2. G. G. Chernyi, S. A. Losev, S. O. Macheret, B. V. Potapkin, eds. Progress in Astronautics and Aeronautics 197. American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Reston, VA, 2004. $90.95 (328 pp.). ISBN 1-56347-519- Buy at Amazon

Statistical Mechanics: Selecta of Elliott H. Lieb. B. Nachtergaele, J. P. Solovej, J. Yngvason, eds. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2004. $99.00 (505 pp.). ISBN 3-540-22297- Buy at Amazon

Statistical Physics for Cosmic Structures. A. Gabrielli, F. S. Labini, M. Joyce, L. Pietronero. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2005. $89.95 (424 pp.). ISBN 3-540-40745-6 Buy at Amazon

Texts and Education

Classical Electromagnetic Theory. 2nd ed. J. Vanderlinde. Fundamental Theories of Physics 145. Kluwer Academic, Norwell, MA, 2004 [1993]. $99.00 (411 pp.). ISBN 1-4020-2699-4 Buy at Amazon

Theory and Mathematical Methods

A Career in Theoretical Physics. 2nd ed. P. W. Anderson. World Scientific Series in 20th Century Physics 35. World Scientific, Hackensack, NJ, 2004 [1994]. $98.00, $48.00 paper (862 pp.). ISBN 981-238-865-6, ISBN 981-238-866-4 pape Buy at Amazon

Computers, Rigidity, and Moduli: The Large-Scale Fractal Geometry of Riemannian Moduli Space. S. Weinberger. M. B. Porter Lectures. Princeton U. Press, Princeton, NJ, 2005. $39.50 (174 pp.). ISBN 0-691-11889- Buy at Amazon

Field Mathematics for Electromagnetics, Photonics, and Materials Science: A Guide for the Scientist and Engineer. B. Maxum. Tutorial Texts in Optical Engineering 64. SPIE Press, Bellingham, WA, 2005. $56.00 paper (272 pp.). ISBN 0-8194-5523- Buy at Amazon

First Course on Fuzzy Theory and Applications. K. H. Lee. Advances in Soft Computing. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2005. $79.95 paper (335 pp.). ISBN 3-540-22988- Buy at Amazon

Group Theory: The Application to Quantum Mechanics. P. H. E. Meijer, E. Bauer. Dover Classics of Science and Mathematics. Dover, Mineola, NY, 2004 [1962, reissued]. $18.95 paper (290 pp.). ISBN 0-486-43798- Buy at Amazon

Independent Component Analysis: A Tutorial Introduction. J. V. Stone. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2004. $35.00 paper (193 pp.). ISBN 0-262-69315- Buy at Amazon

Iterative Methods for Toeplitz Systems. M. K. Ng. Numerical Mathematics and Scientific Computation. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2004. $119.50 (350 pp.). ISBN 0-19-850420- Buy at Amazon

Mathematical Methods for the Natural and Engineering Sciences. R. E. Mickens. Series on Advances in Mathematics for Applied Sciences 65. World Scientific, River Edge, NJ, 2004. $78.00 (509 pp.). ISBN 981-238-750- Buy at Amazon

Mechanics: From Newton's Laws to Deterministic Chaos. 4th ed. F. Scheck. Advanced Texts in Physics. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2005 [2003]. $79.95 (547 pp.). ISBN 3-540-21925- Buy at Amazon

Multipole Theory in Electromagnetism: Classical, Quantum, and Symmetry Aspects, with Applications. R. E. Raab, O. L. de Lange. International Series of Monographs on Physics 128. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2005. $124.50 (235 pp.). ISBN 0-19-856727- Buy at Amazon

Nuclear Shell Theory. A. de-Shalit, I. Talmi. Dover Books on Physics. Dover, Mineola, NY, 2004 [1963, reissued]. $32.95 paper (573 pp.). ISBN 0-486-43933-X Buy at Amazon

Parameter Estimation and Inverse Problems. R.C. Aster, B. Borchers, C.H. Thurber. Academic Press/Elsevier, Burlington, MA, 2005. $79.95 (301 pp.). ISBN 0-12-065604-3, CD-ROM Buy at Amazon