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energy and environment

Nuclear Power Is Not the Answer. H. Caldicott. The New Press, New York, 2006. $23.95 (221 pp.). ISBN 1-59558-067-0  Buy at Amazon

Principles and Practice of Soil Science: The Soil as a Natural Resource. 4th ed. R. E. White. Blackwell, Malden, MA, 2006 [1997]. $79.95 paper (363 pp.). ISBN 0-632-06455-2  Buy at Amazon

The Revenge of Gaia: Earth's Climate in Crisis and the Fate of Humanity. J. Lovelock. Basic Books, New York, 2006. $25.00 (176 pp.). ISBN 0-465-04168-X  Buy at Amazon

Vital Signs 2006–2007: The Trends that Are Shaping Our Future. Worldwatch Institute. W. W. Norton, New York, 2006. $16.95 paper (160 pp.). ISBN 0-393-32872-4  Buy at Amazon

fluids

Flow Dynamics. M. Tokuyama, S. Maruyama, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 832. Proc. conf., Sendai, Japan, Nov. 2005. AIP, Melville, NY, 2006. $194.00 (604 pp.). ISBN 0-7354-0324-4  Buy at Amazon

Fundamentals and Applications of Microfluidics. 2nd ed. N.-T. Nguyen, S. T. Wereley. Integrated Microsystems Series. Artech House, Norwood, MA, 2006 [2002]. $129.00 (497 pp.). ISBN 1-58053-972-6  Buy at Amazon

Lagrangian Fluid Dynamics. A. Bennett. Cambridge Monographs on Mechanics. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2006. $95.00 (286 pp.). ISBN 0-521-85310-9  Buy at Amazon

Transport Properties of Organic Liquids. G. Latini, R. Cocci Grifoni, G. Passerini. Advances in Fluid Mechanics 46. WIT Press, Billerica, MA, 2006. $170.00 (186 pp.). ISBN 1-84564-053-5, CD-ROM  Buy at Amazon

Water Dynamics. K. Tohji, N. Tsuchiya, B. Jeyadevan, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 833. Proc. wksp., Sendai, Japan, Nov. 2005. $137.00 (222 pp.). ISBN 0-7354-0327-9  Buy at Amazon

geophysics

Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences. Vol. 34. R. Jeanloz, A. L. Albee, K. C. Burke, K. H. Freeman, eds. Annual Reviews, Palo Alto, CA, 2006. $85.00 (723 pp.). ISBN 0-8243-2034-4  Buy at Amazon

Atmospheric Halos and the Search for Angle x. W. Tape, J. Moilanen. American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC, 2006. $56.00 (238 pp.). ISBN 0-87590-727-X  Buy at Amazon

Deep Earthquakes. C. Frohlich. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2006. $150.00 (573 pp.). ISBN 0-521-82869-4  Buy at Amazon

history and philosophy

Against Technology: From the Luddites to Neo-Luddism. S. E. Jones. Routledge/Taylor & Francis, New York, 2006. $95.00, $24.95 paper (277 pp.). ISBN 0-415-97867-X, ISBN 0-415-97868-8 paper  Buy at Amazon

The Calculus Wars: Newton, Leibniz, and the Greatest Mathematical Clash of All Time. J. S. Bardi. Thunder's Mouth Press, New York, 2006. $25.00 (277 pp.). ISBN 1-56025-706-7  Buy at Amazon

Challenging Nature: The Clash of Science and Spirituality at the New Frontiers of Life. L. M. Silver. Ecco/HarperCollins, New York, 2006. $26.95 (444 pp.). ISBN 0-06-058267-7  Buy at Amazon

The Cycle of Cosmic Catastrophes: Flood, Fire, and Famine in the History of Civilization. R. Firestone, A. West, S. Warwick-Smith. Bear and Company, Rochester, Vermont, 2006. $20.00 paper (392 pp.). ISBN 1-59143-061-5  Buy at Amazon

Einstein's Jury: The Race to Test Relativity. J. Crelinsten. Princeton U. Press, Princeton, NJ, 2006. $35.00 (397 pp.). ISBN 0-691-12310-1  Buy at Amazon

Ernst Mach's Science: Its Character and Influence on Einstein and Others. J. T. Blackmore, R. Itagaki, S. Tanaka, eds. Tokai U. Press, Hadano, Japan, 2006. $54.00 (304 pp.). ISBN 4-486-03188-1  Buy at Amazon

Ethics of Emerging Technologies: Scientific Facts and Moral Challenges. T. F. Budinger, M. D. Budinger. Wiley, Hoboken, NJ, 2006. $75.00 (496 pp.). ISBN 0-471-69212-3  Buy at Amazon

Francis Crick: Discoverer of the Genetic Code. M. Ridley. Eminent Lives. Atlas Books/HarperCollins, New York, 2006. $19.95 (213 pp.). ISBN 0-06-082333-X  Buy at Amazon

Holographic Visions: A History of New Science. S. F. Johnston. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2006. $134.50 (518 pp.). ISBN 0-19-857122-4  Buy at Amazon

Lavoisier in the Year One: The Birth of a New Science in an Age of Revolution. M. S. Bell. Great Discoveries. Atlas Books/W. W. Norton, New York, 2006 [2005, reissued]. $13.95 paper (214 pp.). ISBN 0-393-32854-6  Buy at Amazon

Miss Leavitt's Stars: The Untold Story of the Woman Who Discovered How to Measure the Universe. G. Johnson. Great Discoveries. Atlas Books/W. W. Norton, New York, 2006 [2005, reissued]. $13.95 paper (162 pp.). ISBN 0-393-32856-2  Buy at Amazon

Walking Zero: Discovering Cosmic Space and Time Along the Prime Meridian. C. Raymo. Walker, New York, 2006. $22.95 (194 pp.). ISBN 0-8027-1494-3  Buy at Amazon

instrumentation and techniques

CCD Astrophotography: High-Quality Imaging from the Suburbs. A. M. Stuart. Patrick Moore's Practical Astronomy Series. Springer, New York, 2006. $29.95 paper (193 pp.). ISBN 0-387-26241-5  Buy at Amazon

IUTAM Symposium on Topological Design Optimization of Structures, Machines, and Materials: Status and Perspectives. M. P. Bendsøe, N. Olhoff, O. Sigmund, eds. Solid Mechanics and Its Applications 137. Springer, Dordrecht, the Netherlands, 2006. $179.00 (608 pp.). ISBN 1-4020-4729-0  Buy at Amazon

Lunar and Planetary Webcam User's Guide. M. Mobberley. Patrick Moore's Practical Astronomy Series. Springer, London, 2006. $39.95 paper (229 pp.). ISBN 1-84628-197-0  Buy at Amazon

The Urban Astronomer's Guide: A Walking Tour of the Cosmos for City Sky Watchers. R. Mollise. Patrick Moore's Practical Astronomy Series. Springer, London, 2006. $39.95 paper (257 pp.). ISBN 1-84628-216-0  Buy at Amazon

X-Ray Metrology in Semiconductor Manufacturing. D. K. Bowen, B. K. Tanner. CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, FL, 2006. $129.95 (279 pp.). ISBN 0-8493-3928-6  Buy at Amazon

materials science

Emissive Materials—Nanomaterials. T. Fuhrmann-Lieker et al. Advances in Polymer Science 199. Springer, New York, 2006. $279.00 (289 pp.). ISBN 3-540-31250-1  Buy at Amazon

Hydrogen in Matter. G. R. Myneni, B. Hjörvarsson, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 837. Proc. symp., Uppsala, Sweden, June 2005. AIP, Melville, NY, 2006. $133.00 (286 pp.). ISBN 0-7354-0329-5  Buy at Amazon

Molecular Organic Materials: From Molecules to Crystalline Solids. J. Fraxedas. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2006. $125.00 (335 pp.). ISBN 0-521-83446-5  Buy at Amazon

Nanotechnology Applications and Markets. L. Gasman. Artech House, Norwood, MA, 2006. $79.00 (210 pp.). ISBN 1-59693-006-3  Buy at Amazon

Self-Organized Nanoscale Materials. M. Adachi, D. J. Lockwood, eds. Nanostructure Science and Technology. Springer, New York, 2006. $89.95 (317 pp.). ISBN 0-387-27975-X  Buy at Amazon

Smart Materials for Ranging Systems. J.Franse, V. Eremenko, V. Sirenko, eds. NATO Sciences Series 2: Mathematics, Physics, and Chemistry 226. Proc. wksp., Krasnoyarsk, Russia, Aug.–Sept. 2004. Springer, Dordrecht, the Netherlands, 2006. $139.00 (273 pp.). ISBN 1-4020-4644-8  Buy at Amazon

miscellaneous

Advances in Cryogenic Engineering. Vols. 51A and 51B. J. G. Weisend II et al., eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 823. Proc. conf., Keystone, CO, Aug.–Sept. 2005. AIP, Melville, NY, 2006. $532.00 set (2041 pp. set). ISBN 0-7354-0317-1, CD-ROM  Buy at Amazon

Frontiers of Fundamental Physics. B. G. Sidharth, F. Honsell, A. de Angelis, eds. Proc. symp., Udine, Italy, Sept. 2004. Springer, Dordrecht, the Netherlands, 2006. $199.00 (387 pp.). ISBN 1-4020-4151-9  Buy at Amazon

Physical Properties of Foods. S. Sahin, S. Gülüm Sumnu. Food Science Texts Series. Springer, New York, 2006. $69.95 (257 pp.). ISBN 0-387-30780-X  Buy at Amazon

Science and Poetry. M. Midgley. Routledge Classics. Routledge, New York, 2006 [2002, reissued]. $19.95 paper (314 pp.). ISBN 0-415-37848-6  Buy at Amazon

nonlinear science and chaos

Critical Phenomena in Natural Sciences: Chaos, Fractals, Selforganization, and Disorder—Concepts and Tools. 2nd ed. D. Sornette. Springer Series in Synergetics. Springer, New York, 2006 [2003]. $64.95 paper (528 pp.). ISBN 3-540-30882-2  Buy at Amazon

Pattern Formation: An Introduction to Methods. R. B. Hoyle. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2006. $80.00 (422 pp.). ISBN 0-521-81750-1  Buy at Amazon

Patterns and Interfaces in Dissipative Dynamics. L. M. Pismen. Springer Series in Synergetics. Springer, New York, 2006. $129.00 (369 pp.). ISBN 3-540-30430-4  Buy at Amazon

Self-Assembly, Pattern Formation, and Growth Phenomena in Nano-Systems. A. A. Golovin, A. A. Nepomnyashchy, eds. NATO Science Series 2: Mathematics, Physics, and Chemistry 218. Proc. inst., St. Etienne de Tinee, France, Aug.–Sept. 2004. Springer, Dordrecht, the Netherlands, 2006. $159.00 (327 pp.). ISBN 1-4020-4354-6  Buy at Amazon

The Structure and Dynamics of Networks. M. Newman, A.-L. Barabási, D.J. Watts, eds. Princeton Studies in Complexity. Princeton U. Press, Princeton, NJ, 2006. $89.50, $49.50 paper (582 pp.). ISBN 0-691-11356-4, ISBN 0-691-11357-2 paper  Buy at Amazon

nuclear physics

Atlas of Neutron Resonances: Resonance Parameters and Thermal Cross Sections Z = 1−100. 5th ed. S. F. Mughabghab. Elsevier, Amsterdam, 2006 [1981]. $285.00 (1372 pp.). ISBN 0-444-52035-X  Buy at Amazon

HFI/NQI 2004. K. Maier, R. Vianden, eds. Proc. conf., Bonn, Germany, Aug. 2004. Springer, Dordrecht, the Netherlands, 2005. $209.00 (414 pp.). ISBN 3-540-30923-3  Buy at Amazon

optics and photonics

Coherent X-Ray Optics. D. M. Paganin. Oxford Series on Synchrotron Radiation 6. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2006. $139.50 (411 pp.). ISBN 0-19-856728-6  Buy at Amazon

Digital Holography and Three-Dimensional Display: Principles and Applications. T.-C. Poon, ed. Springer, New York, 2006. $125.00 (430 pp.). ISBN 0-387-31340-0  Buy at Amazon

Electromagnetic Radiation: Variational Methods, Waveguides, and Accelerators. K. A. Milton, J. Schwinger. Springer, New York, 2006. $59.95 paper (360 pp.). ISBN 3-540-29304-3  Buy at Amazon

Micromechanical Photonics. H. Ukita. Microtechnology and MEMS. Springer, New York, 2006. $125.00 (250 pp.). ISBN 3-540-31333-8   Buy at Amazon

Mid-Infrared Semiconductor Optoelectronics. A. Krier, ed. Springer Series in Optical Sciences 118. Springer, London, 2006. $159.00 (751 pp.). ISBN 1-84628-208-X  Buy at Amazon

Multiple Scattering of Light by Particles: Radiative Transfer and Coherent Backscattering. M. I. Mishchenko, L. D. Travis, A. A. Lacis. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2006. $120.00 (478 pp.). ISBN 0-521-83490-2  Buy at Amazon

Nanoplasmonics: From Fundamentals to Applications. S. Kawata, H. Masuhara, eds. Handai Nanophotonics 2. Proc. symp., Osaka, Japan, July 2004. Elsevier, San Diego, CA, 2006. $193.00 (316 pp.). ISBN 0-444-52249-2  Buy at Amazon

Solid-State Laser Engineering. 6th rev. ed. W. Koechner. Springer Series in Optical Sciences 1. Springer, New York, 2006 [1999]. $139.00 (747 pp.). ISBN 0-387-29094-X  Buy at Amazon

Thermal Processes Using Attosecond Laser Pulses: When Time Matters. M. Kozłowski, J. Marciak-Kozłowska. Springer Series in Optical Sciences 121. Springer, New York, 2006. $139.00 (217 pp.). ISBN 0-387-30159-3  Buy at Amazon

particle physics

Beamed Energy Propulsion. K. Komurasaki, T. Yabe, S. Uchida, A. Sasoh, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 830. Proc. symp., Nara, Japan, Nov. 2005. AIP, Melville, NY, 2006. $198.00 (665 pp.). ISBN 0-7354-0322-8  Buy at Amazon

Free Energy and Self-Interacting Particles. T. Suzuki. Progress in Nonlinear Differential Equations and Their Applications 62. Birkhäuser, Boston, 2005. $129.00 (366 pp.). ISBN 0-8176-4302-8  Buy at Amazon

Matter Particled: Patterns, Structure, and Dynamics—Selected Research Papers of Yuval Ne'eman. R. Ruffini, Y. Verbin, eds. World Scientific Series in 20th Century Physics 38. Imperial College Press, London, and World Scientific, Hackensack, NJ, 2006. $135.00 (875 pp.). ISBN 981-256-703-8  Buy at Amazon

A Triadic Theory of Elementary Particle Interactions and Quantum Computation. R. G. Beil, K. L. Ketner. Institute for Studies in Pragmaticism, Lubbock, TX, 2006. $24.95 (49 pp.). ISBN 0-9667695-9-7  Buy at Amazon

plasmas and fusion

High-Energy-Density Physics: Fundamentals, Inertial Fusion, and Experimental Astrophysics. R. P. Drake. Shock Wave and High Pressure Phenomena. Springer, New York, 2006. $99.00 (534 pp.). ISBN 3-540-29314-0  Buy at Amazon

An Introduction to Inertial Confinement Fusion. S. Pfalzner. Series in Plasma Physics 19. Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, FL, 2006. $129.95 (232 pp.). ISBN 0-7503-0701-3  Buy at Amazon