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Biological and Medical Physics

Soft Condensed Matter Physics in Molecular and Cell Biology. W. C. K. Poon, D. Andelman. Scottish Graduate Series 59. Proc. lecture, Edinburgh, UK, Mar.–Apr. 2004. CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, FL, 2006. $79.95 (325 pp.). ISBN 0-7503-1023-5  Buy at Amazon

Chemical Physics

Group Theory with Applications in Chemical Physics. P. W. M. Jacobs. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2005. $95.00 (485 pp.). ISBN 0-521-64250-7  Buy at Amazon

Computers and Computational Physics

Computer Simulation Studies in Condensed-Matter Physics XVII. D. P. Landau, S. P. Lewis, H.-B. Schüttler, eds. Springer Proceedings in Physics 103. Proc. wksp., Athens, GA, Feb. 2004. Springer, New York, 2006. $179.00 (284 pp.). ISBN 3-540-26564-3  Buy at Amazon

An Introduction to Programming with IDL®: Interactive Data Language. K. P. Bowman. Academic Press/Elsevier, Burlington, MA, 2006. $49.95 paper (286 pp.). ISBN 0-12-088559-X  Buy at Amazon

Numerical Solution of Partial Differential Equations on Parallel Computers. A. M. Bruaset, A. Tveito, eds. Lecture Notes in Computational Science and Engineering 51. Springer, New York, 2006. $89.95 paper (482 pp.). ISBN 3-540-29076-1  Buy at Amazon

Quantum Annealing and Related Optimization Methods. A. Das, B. K. Chakrabarti, eds. Lecture Notes in Physics 679. Springer, New York, 2005. $79.95 (376 pp.). ISBN 3-540-27987-3  Buy at Amazon

Solving PDEs in C++: Numerical Methods in a Unified Object-Oriented Approach. Y. Shapira. Computational Science and Engineering. SIAM, Philadelphia, 2006. $125.00 paper (500 pp.). ISBN 0-89871-601-2   Buy at Amazon

Condensed Matter Physics

Decoherence, Entanglement, and Information Protection in Complex Quantum Systems. V. M. Akulin, A. Sarfati, G. Kurizki, S. Pellegrin, eds. NATO Science Series 2: Mathematics, Physics, and Chemistry 189. Proc. wksp., Les Houches, France, Apr. 2004. Springer, Dordrecht, the Netherlands, 2005. $259.00 (703 pp.). ISBN 1-4020-3281-1  Buy at Amazon

Defects in High-κ Gate Dielectric Stacks: Nano-Electronic Semiconductor Devices. E. Gusev, ed. NATO Science Series 2: Mathematics, Physics, and Chemistry 220. Springer, Dordrecht, the Netherlands, 2006. $209.00 (492 pp.). ISBN 1-4020-4365-1  Buy at Amazon

Local-Moment Ferromagnets: Unique Properties for Modern Applications. M. Donath, W. Nolting, eds. Lecture Notes in Physics 678. Springer, New York, 2005. $79.95 (329 pp.). ISBN 3-540-27286-0  Buy at Amazon

Quantum Dots: Research Developments. P. A. Ling, ed. Horizons in World Physics 251. Nova Science, Hauppauge, NY, 2005. $129.00 (261 pp.). ISBN 1-59454-406-9  Buy at Amazon

Semiconductor Macroatoms: Basic Physics and Quantum-Device Applications. F. Rossi, ed. Imperial College Press, London, 2005. $58.00 (319 pp.). ISBN 1-86094-608-9  Buy at Amazon

Cosmology and Relativity

100 Years of Relativity: Space-Time Structure: Einstein and Beyond. A. Ashtekar, ed. World Scientific, Hackensack, NJ, 2005. $88.00 (510 pp.). ISBN 981-256-394-6  Buy at Amazon

Einstein, 1905–2005: Poincaré Seminar 2005. T. Damour, O. Darrigol, B. Duplantier, V. Rivasseau, eds. Progress in Mathematical Physics 47. Birkhäuser, Boston, 2006. $99.00 (293 pp.). ISBN 3-7643-7435-7  Buy at Amazon

Physical Foundations of Cosmology. V. Mukhanov. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2005. $70.00 (421 pp.). ISBN 0-521-56398-4  Buy at Amazon

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

Device Physics

Continuous-Time Sigma-Delta A/D Conversion: Fundamentals, Performance Limits, and Robust Implementations. M. Ortmanns, F. Gerfers. Springer Series in Advanced Microelectronics 21. Springer, New York, 2006. $149.00 (242 pp.). ISBN 3-540-28406-0  Buy at Amazon

High Energy Density and High Power RF. D. K. Abe, G. S. Nusinovich, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 807. Proc. wksp., Kalamata, Greece, June 2005. AIP, Melville, NY, 2006. $175.00 (504 pp.). ISBN 0-7354-0298-1,   Buy at Amazon

Microfluidics for Biotechnology. J. Berthier, P. Silberzan. Microelectromechanical Systems Series. Artech House, Norwood, MA, 2006. $109.00 (345 pp.). ISBN 1-58053-961-0  Buy at Amazon

Nanoelectronics: Principles and Devices. M. Dragoman, D. Dragoman. Nanotechnology Series. Artech House, Norwood, MA, 2006. $89.00 (426 pp.). ISBN 1-58053-694-8  Buy at Amazon

Optical Imaging Sensors and Systems for Homeland Security Applications. B. Javidi, ed. Advanced Sciences and Technologies for Security Applications 2. Springer, New York, 2006. $149.00 (416 pp.). ISBN 0-387-26170-2   Buy at Amazon

Energy and Environment

Coal Combustion Byproducts and Environmental Issues. K. S. Sajwan, I. Twardowska, T. Punshon, A. K. Alva, eds. Springer, New York, 2006. $169.00 (241 pp.). ISBN 0-387-25865-5  Buy at Amazon

State of the World 2006. Worldwatch Institute. W. W. Norton, New York, 2006. $18.95 paper (244 pp.). ISBN 0-393-32771-X  Buy at Amazon

Fluids

Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics. Vol. 38. S. H. Davis, P. Moin, eds. Annual Reviews, Palo Alto, CA, 2006. $80.00 (570 pp.). ISBN 0-8243-0738-0  Buy at Amazon

The Dawn of Fluid Dynamics: A Discipline Between Science and Technology. M. Eckert. Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, Germany, 2006. $80.00 (286 pp.). ISBN 3-527-40513-5  Buy at Amazon

Topics in Hyposonic Flow Theory. R. Kh. Zeytounian. Lecture Notes in Physics 672. Springer, New York, 2006. $99.95 (284 pp.). ISBN 3-540-25549-4  Buy at Amazon

Geophysics

Economic Geology of Natural Gas Hydrate. M. D. Max, A. H. Johnson, W. P. Dillon. Coastal Systems and Continental Margins 9. Springer, Dordrecht, the Netherlands, 2006. $159.00 (341 pp.). ISBN 1-4020-3971-9, CD-ROM  Buy at Amazon

Environmental Stratified Flows. V. Armenio, S. Sarkar, eds. CISM Courses and Lectures 479. Springer, New York, 2005. $79.95 paper (232 pp.). ISBN 3-211-28408-7  Buy at Amazon

Fractal Behaviour of the Earth System. V. P. Dimri, ed. Springer, New York, 2005. $129.00 (208 pp.). ISBN 3-540-26532-5  Buy at Amazon

Molecular Geomicrobiology. J. F. Banfield, J. Cervini-Silva, K. H. Nealson, eds. Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry 59. Geochemical Society, St. Louis, MO, and Mineralogical Society of America, Chantilly, VA, 2005. $40.00 paper (294 pp.). ISBN 0-939950-71-5  Buy at Amazon

Plates, Plumes, and Paradigms. G. R. Foulger, J. H. Natland, D. C. Presnall, D. L. Anderson, eds. Special Paper 388. Geological Society of America, Boulder, CO, 2005. $180.00 paper (881 pp.). ISBN 0-8137-2388-4   Buy at Amazon

History and Philosophy

100 Maps: The Science, Art, and Politics of Cartography Throughout History. J. O. E. Clark, ed. Sterling, New York, 2005. $24.95 (256 pp.). ISBN 1-4027-2885-9  Buy at Amazon

Academic Genealogy of Physicists. S. Chang. Seoul National U. Press, Seoul, Korea, 2005. $30.00 paper (348 pp.). ISBN 89-521-0620-2  Buy at Amazon

Albert Einstein—Chief Engineer of the Universe: Einstein's Life and Work in Context and Documents of a Life's Pathway. Vols. 1 and 2. J. Renn, ed. Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, Germany, 2005. $99.95 set (815 pp. set). ISBN 3-527-40571-2, CD-ROM  Buy at Amazon

Civilized Life in the Universe: Scientists on Intelligent Extraterrestrials. G. Basalla. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2006. $29.95 (233 pp.). ISBN 0-19-517181-0  Buy at Amazon

Columbia—Final Voyage: The Last Flight of NASA's First Space Shuttle. P. Chien. Copernicus Books/Springer, New York, 2006. $27.50 (454 pp.). ISBN 0-387-27148-1  Buy at Amazon

Einstein: A Hundred Years of Relativity. A. Robinson. Harry N. Abrams, New York, 2005. $35.00 (256 pp.). ISBN 0-8109-5923-2  Buy at Amazon

The Einstein Dossiers: Science and Politics—Einstein's Berlin Period with an Appendix on Einstein's FBI File. S. Grundmann (translated from German by A. M. Hentschel). Springer, New York, 2005. $69.95 (459 pp.). ISBN 3-540-25661-X  Buy at Amazon

The Fly in the Cathedral: How a Group of Cambridge Scientists Won the International Race to Split the Atom. B. Cathcart. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York, 2006 [2005, reissued]. $15.00 paper (308 pp.). ISBN 0-374-53026-2   Buy at Amazon

Geodesy? What's That?: My Personal Involvement in the Age-Old Quest for the Size and Shape of the Earth. I. K. Fischer. iUniverse, Lincoln, NE, 2005. $25.95 paper (376 pp.). ISBN 0-595-36399-7  Buy at Amazon

Ludwig Boltzmann: The Man Who Trusted Atoms. C. Cercignani. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2006 [1998, reissued]. $44.50 paper (329 pp.). ISBN 0-19-857064-3  Buy at Amazon

Math and the Mona Lisa: The Art and Science of Leonardo da Vinci. B. Atalay. Smithsonian Books/HarperCollins, New York, 2006 [2004, reissued]. $12.95 paper (314 pp.). ISBN 0-06-085119-8  Buy at Amazon

Nature Exposed: Photography as Eyewitness in Victorian Science. J. Tucker. Johns Hopkins U. Press, Baltimore, MD, 2005. $55.00 (294 pp.). ISBN 0-8018-7991-4  Buy at Amazon

Niels Bohr Collected Works. Vol. 11: The Political Arena (1934–1961). F. Aaserud, ed. Elsevier, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 2005. $180.00 (754 pp.). ISBN 0-444-51336-1  Buy at Amazon

On the Ice: An Intimate Portrait of Life at McMurdo Station, Antarctica. G. Legler. Milkweed, Minneapolis, MN, 2005. $15.95 paper (195 pp.). ISBN 1-57131-282-X  Buy at Amazon

Oppenheimer and the Manhattan Project: Insights into J. Robert Oppenheimer, "Father of the Atomic Bomb." C. C. Kelly, ed. World Scientific, Hackensack, NJ, 2006. $42.00, $18.00 paper (173 pp.). ISBN 981-256-418-7, ISBN 981-256-599-X paper   Buy at Amazon

Physical Relativity: Space-Time Structure from a Dynamical Perspective. H. R. Brown. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2005. $55.00 (225 pp.). ISBN 0-19-927583-1  Buy at Amazon

Reappraising Oppenheimer: Centennial Studies and Reflections. C. Carson, D. A. Hollinger, eds. Berkeley Papers in History of Science 21. Office for History of Science and Technology, U. of Calif., Berkeley, 2005. $14.00 paper (413 pp.). ISBN 0-9672617-3-2  Buy at Amazon

Revolutionaries of the Cosmos: The Astro-Physicists. I. S. Glass. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2006. $74.50 (317 pp.). ISBN 0-19-857099-6  Buy at Amazon

Riding Rockets: The Outrageous Tales of a Space Shuttle Astronaut. M. Mullane. Scribner, New York, 2006. $26.00 (368 pp.). ISBN 0-7432-7682-5  Buy at Amazon

Simon Newcomb: America's Unofficial Astronomer Royal. B. Carter, M. S. Carter. Mantanzas, St. Augustine, FL, 2006. $26.96 (213 pp.). ISBN 1-59113-803-5  Buy at Amazon

Sky Walking: An Astronaut's Memoir. T. Jones. Smithsonian Books/HarperCollins, New York, 2006. $26.95 (369 pp.). ISBN 0-06-085152-X   Buy at Amazon

Instrumentation and Techniques

Unsolved Problems of Noise and Fluctuations. L. Reggiani et al., eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 800. Proc. conf., Gallipoli, Italy, June 2005. AIP, Melville, NY, 2005. $174.00 (582 pp.). ISBN 0-7354-0289-2  Buy at Amazon

Materials Science

Advanced Magnetic Nanostructures. D. Sellmyer, R. Skomski, eds. Springer, New York, 2006. $149.00 (507 pp.). ISBN 0-387-23309-1  Buy at Amazon

Diffusion Processes in Advanced Technological Materials. D. Gupta, ed. William Andrew, Norwich, NY, 2005. $180.00 (532 pp.). ISBN 0-8155-1501-4  Buy at Amazon

Electrical Properties of Polymers. 2nd ed. T. Blythe, D. Bloor. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2005 [1979]. $90.00 (480 pp.). ISBN 0-521-55219-2  Buy at Amazon

Engineering Mechanics of Composite Materials. 2nd ed. I. M. Daniel, O. Ishai. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2006 [1994]. $89.95 (411 pp.). ISBN 0-19-515097-X  Buy at Amazon

Hartree–Fock–Slater Method for Materials Science: The DV-Xα Method for Design and Characterization of Materials. H. Adachi, T. Mukoyama, J. Kawai, eds. Springer Series in Materials Science 84. Springer, New York, 2006. $119.00 (240 pp.). ISBN 3-540-24508-1  Buy at Amazon

Molecular Gels: Materials with Self-Assembled Fibrillar Networks. R. G. Weiss, P. Terech, eds. Springer, Dordrecht, the Netherlands, 2006. $219.00 (978 pp.). ISBN 1-4020-3352-4  Buy at Amazon

Miscellaneous

Advanced Summer School in Physics 2005: Frontiers in Contemporary Physics. O. Rosas-Ortiz, M. Carbajal, O. Miranda, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 809. Proc. sch., Mexico City, Mexico, July 2005. AIP, Melville, NY, 2006. $146.00 (354 pp.). ISBN 0-7354-0300-7  Buy at Amazon

Nonlinear Science and Chaos

Cities and Complexity: Understanding Cities with Cellular Automata, Agent-Based Models, and Fractals. M. Batty. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2005. $60.00 (565 pp.). ISBN 0-262-02583-3  Buy at Amazon

Control Theory in Physics and Other Fields of Science: Concepts, Tools, and Applications. M. Schulz. Springer Tracts in Modern Physics 215. Springer, New York, 2006. $229.00 (300 pp.). ISBN 3-540-29514-3  Buy at Amazon

Determination of Complex Reaction Mechanisms: Analysis of Chemical, Biological, and Genetic Networks. J. Ross, I. Schreiber, M. O. Vlad. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2006. $94.50 (226 pp.). ISBN 0-19-517868-8  Buy at Amazon

Exteme Events in Nature and Society. S. Albeverio, V. Jentsch, H. Kantz, eds. The Frontiers Collection. Springer, New York, 2006. $69.95 (352 pp.). ISBN 3-540-28610-1  Buy at Amazon

The Logistic Map and the Route to Chaos: From the Beginnings to Modern Applications. M. Ausloos, M. Dirickx, eds. Understanding Complex Systems. Springer, New York, 2006. $129.00 (411 pp.). ISBN 3-540-28366-8  Buy at Amazon

Nonlinear Optimization. A. Ruszczyński. Princeton U. Press, Princeton, NJ, 2006. $59.50 (448 pp.). ISBN 0-691-11915-5  Buy at Amazon

Phase Conjugation in a Layer of Nonlinear Material. H. F. Arnoldus, T. F. George. Nova Science, Hauppauge, NY, 2005. $35.00 paper (124 pp.). ISBN 1-59454-557-X  Buy at Amazon

Variational Methods in Shape Optimization Problems. D. Bucur, G. Buttazzo. Progress in Nonlinear Differential Equations and Their Applications 65. Birkhäuser, Boston, 2005. $69.95 (216 pp.). ISBN 0-8176-4359-1   Buy at Amazon

Nuclear Physics

Models of the Atomic Nucleus: With Interactive Software. N. D. Cook. Springer, New York, 2006. $89.95 (288 pp.). ISBN 3-540-28569-5,   Buy at Amazon

Reaction Mechanisms for Rare Isotope Beams. B. A. Brown, ed. AIP Conference Proceedings 791. Proc. wksp., East Lansing, MI, Mar. 2005. AIP, Melville, NY, 2005. $134.00 (206 pp.). ISBN 0-7354-0280-9  Buy at Amazon

Optics and Photonics

Advanced Radiation Sources and Applications. H. Wiedemann, ed. NATO Science Series 2: Mathematics, Physics, and Chemistry 199. Proc. wksp., Yerevan, Armenia, Aug.–Sept. 2004. Springer, Dordrecht, the Netherlands, 2006. $219.00 (438 pp.). ISBN 1-4020-3448-2  Buy at Amazon

Femtosecond Beam Science. M. Uesaka, ed. Imperial College Press, London, 2005. $108.00 (426 pp.). ISBN 1-86094-343-8  Buy at Amazon

Fundamentals of Optical Waveguides. 2nd ed. K. Okamoto. Academic Press/ Elsevier, Burlington, MA, 2006 [2000]. $95.00 (561 pp.). ISBN 0-12-525096-7  Buy at Amazon

Neutron and X-Ray Spectroscopy. F. Hippert et al., eds. Springer, Dordrecht, the Netherlands, 2006. $149.00 (566 pp.). ISBN 1-4020-3336-2  Buy at Amazon

Optics in Astrophysics. R. Foy, F.-C. Foy, eds. NATO Science Series 2: Mathematics, Physics, and Chemistry 198. Proc. inst., Cargèse, France, Sept. 2002. Springer, Dordrecht, the Netherlands, 2005. $199.00 (422 pp.). ISBN 1-4020-3435-0  Buy at Amazon

Reviews in Fluorescence 2006. Vol. 3. C. D. Geddes, J. R. Lakowicz, eds. Springer, New York, 2006. $169.00 (604 pp.). ISBN 0-387-29342-6  Buy at Amazon

Spatial Filtering Velocimetry: Fundamentals and Applications. Y. Aizu, T. Asakura. Springer Series in Optical Sciences 116. Springer, New York, 2006. $119.00 (210 pp.). ISBN 3-540-28186-X  Buy at Amazon

The Supercontinuum Laser Source: Fundamentals with Updated References. 2nd ed. R. R. Alfano, ed. Springer, New York, 2006 [1989]. $159.00 (537 pp.). ISBN 0-387-24504-9  Buy at Amazon

Particle Physics

Electromagnetic Processes. R. J. Gould. Princeton Series in Astrophysics. Princeton U. Press, Princeton, NJ, 2006. $89.50, $45.00 paper (271 pp.). ISBN 0-691-12443-4, ISBN 0-691-12444-2 paper  Buy at Amazon

Fractional Statistics and Quantum Theory. 2nd ed. A. Khare. World Scientific, Hackensack, NJ, 2005 [1997]. $55.00 (300 pp.). ISBN 981-256-160-9  Buy at Amazon

Linear Collider Physics in the New Millennium. K. Fujii, D. J. Miller, A. Soni, eds. Advanced Series on Directions in High Energy Physics 19. World Scientific, Hackensack, NJ, 2005. $98.00 (499 pp.). ISBN 981-238-908-3   Buy at Amazon

Modern Supersymmetry: Dynamics and Duality. J. Terning. International Series of Monographs on Physics 132. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2006. $114.50 (324 pp.). ISBN 0-19-856763-4  Buy at Amazon

Particle Physics and Cosmology: The Interface. D. Kazakov, G. Smadja, eds. NATO Science Series 2: Mathematics, Physics, and Chemistry 188. Proc. inst., Cargèse, France, Aug. 2003. Springer, Dordrecht, the Netherlands, 2005. $186.00 (517 pp.). ISBN 1-4020-3160-2  Buy at Amazon

QCD@Work 2005. P. Colangelo, F. De Fazio, E. Nappi, G. Nardulli, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 806. Proc. wksp., Conversano, Italy, June 2005. AIP, Melville, NY, 2006. $143.00 (329 pp.). ISBN 0-7354-0302-3  Buy at Amazon

Quark–Gluon Plasma: From Big Bang to Little Bang. K. Yagi, T. Hatsuda, Y. Miake. Cambridge Monographs on Particle Physics, Nuclear Physics, and Cosmology 23. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2005. $140.00 (446 pp.). ISBN 0-521-56108-6  Buy at Amazon

Plasmas and Fusion

Plasma 2005. M. J. Sadowski, M. Dudeck, H.-J. Hartfuss, E. Pawelec, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 812. Proc. conf., Opole-Turawa, Poland, Sept. 2005. AIP, Melville, NY, 2006. $178.00 (493 pp.). ISBN 0-7354-0304-X  Buy at Amazon

Popularizations

Astro Turf: The Private Life of Rocket Science. M. G. Lord. Walker, New York, 2006 [2005, reissued]. $13.00 paper (259 pp.). ISBN 0-8027-7739-2  Buy at Amazon

Chasing Hubble's Shadows: The Search for Galaxies at the Edge of Time. J. Kanipe. Hill and Wang, New York, 2006. $24.00 (205 pp.). ISBN 0-8090-3406-9  Buy at Amazon

Cliff's Nodes: Editorials from The Physics Teacher. C. Swartz. Johns Hopkins U. Press, Baltimore, MD, 2006. $65.00, $25.00 paper (338 pp.). ISBN 0-8018-8306-7, ISBN 0-8018-8307-5 paper  Buy at Amazon

Control and Freedom: Power and Paranoia in the Age of Fiber Optics. W. H. K. Chun. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2006. $37.50 (352 pp.). ISBN 0-262-03332-1  Buy at Amazon

Decoding the Universe: How the New Science of Information Is Explaining Everything in the Cosmos, from Our Brains to Black Holes. C. Seife. Viking, New York, 2006. $24.95 (296 pp.). ISBN 0-670-03441-X  Buy at Amazon

Engineering the World: Stories from the First 75 Years of Texas Instruments. C. Pirtle III. Southern Methodist U. Press, Dallas, TX, 2005. $27.95 (266 pp.). ISBN 0-87074-502-6  Buy at Amazon

Entangled World: The Fascination of Quantum Information and Computation. J. Audretsch, ed. Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, Germany, 2006. $35.00 (300 pp.). ISBN 3-527-40470-8  Buy at Amazon

Figures of Thought: A Literary Appreciation of Maxwell's Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism. T. K. Simpson. Green Lion Press, Santa Fe, NM, 2005. $17.95 paper (169 pp.). ISBN 1-888009-31-4  Buy at Amazon

The Infinite Cosmos: Questions from the Frontiers of Cosmology. J. Silk. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2006. $29.95 (248 pp.). ISBN 0-19-850510-8  Buy at Amazon

Knowing: The Nature of Physical Law. M. Munowitz. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2005. $35.00 (418 pp.). ISBN 0-19-516737-6  Buy at Amazon

Nano-Hype: The Truth Behind the Nanotechnology Buzz. D. M. Berube. Prometheus Books, Amherst, NY, 2006. $28.00 (521 pp.). ISBN 1-59102-351-3  Buy at Amazon

The Nanotech Pioneers: Where Are They Taking Us? S. A. Edwards. Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, Germany, 2006. $27.95 (244 pp.). ISBN 3-527-31290-0  Buy at Amazon

Nanotechnology: Science, Innovation, and Opportunity. L. E. Foster. PrenticeHall/Pearson Education, Upper Saddle River, NJ, 2006. $29.99 (283 pp.). ISBN 0-13-192756-6  Buy at Amazon

The New Science of Strong Materials: Or Why You Don't Fall Through the Floor. J. E. Gordon. Princeton U. Press, Princeton, NJ, 2006 [1988, reissued]. $18.95 paper (287 pp.). ISBN 0-691-12548-1  Buy at Amazon

Programming the Universe: A Quantum Computer Scientist Takes on the Cosmos. S. Lloyd. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 2006. $25.95 (221 pp.). ISBN 1-4000-4092-2  Buy at Amazon

Quantum Physics: A First Encounter: Interference, Entanglement, and Reality. V. Scarani (translated from French by R. Thew). Oxford U. Press, New York, 2006. $34.50 (125 pp.). ISBN 0-19-857047-3  Buy at Amazon

The Science of Saving Venice. C. Fletcher, J. da Mosto. Umberto Allemandi, New York, and U. of Wash. Press, Seattle, 2006. $15.00 paper (91 pp.). ISBN 88-422-1310-1  Buy at Amazon

Simple Stargazing: A First-Time Skywatcher's Guide. A. Vamplew. Collins/ HarperCollins, New York, 2006. $16.95 paper (160 pp.). ISBN 0-06-084994-0  Buy at Amazon

Stem Cell Now: From the Experiment That Shook the World to the New Politics of Life. C. T. Scott. Pi Press, New York, 2006. $24.95 (243 pp.). ISBN 0-13-173798-8  Buy at Amazon

What We Believe But Cannot Prove: Today's Leading Thinkers on Science in the Age of Certainty. J. Brockman, ed. Harper Perennial, New York, 2006. $13.95 paper (252 pp.). ISBN 0-06-084181-8  Buy at Amazon

Space and Planetary Science

Large-Scale Structures and Their Role in Solar Activity. K. Sankarasubramanian, M. Penn, A. Pevtsov, eds. Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series 346. Proc. wksp., Sunspot, NM, Oct. 2004. Astronomical Society of the Pacific, San Francisco, 2005. $77.00 (432 pp.). ISBN 1-58381-214-8  Buy at Amazon

Outer Magnetospheric Boundaries: Cluster Results. G. Paschmann, S. J. Schwartz, C. P. Escoubet, S. Haaland, eds. Space Sciences Series of ISSI 20. Springer, Dordrecht, the Netherlands, 2005. $149.00 (430 pp.). ISBN 1-4020-3488-1  Buy at Amazon

Payload and Mission Definition in Space Sciences. V. M. Pillet, A. Aparicio, F. Sánchez. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2005. $130.00 (393 pp.). ISBN 0-521-85802-X  Buy at Amazon

The Rock from Mars: A Detective Story on Two Planets. K. Sawyer. Random House, New York, 2006. $25.95 (394 pp.). ISBN 1-4000-6010-9  Buy at Amazon

Space Weather, Environment, and Societies. J. Lilensten, J. Bornarel. Springer, Dordrecht, the Netherlands, 2006. $129.00 (242 pp.). ISBN 1-4020-4331-7  Buy at Amazon

US Spacesuits. K. S. Thomas, H. J. McMann. Springer-Praxis Books in Space Exploration. Praxis/Springer, New York, 2006. $39.95 paper (397 pp.). ISBN 0-387-27919-9  Buy at Amazon

Statistical Physics and Thermodynamics

Classical Nucleation Theory in Multicomponent Systems. H. Vehkamäki. Springer, New York, 2006. $109.00 (176 pp.). ISBN 3-540-29213-6  Buy at Amazon

Numerical and Practical Exercises in Thermoluminescence. V. Pagonis, G. Kitis, C. Furetta. Springer, New York, 2006. $79.95 (208 pp.). ISBN 0-387-26063-3  Buy at Amazon

Texts and Education

Atoms, Molecules, and Photons: An Introduction to Atomic-, Molecular-, and Quantum-Physics. W. Demtröder. Springer, New York, 2006. $79.95 (571 pp.). ISBN 3-540-20631-0   Buy at Amazon