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acoustics

Innovations in Nonlinear Acoustics. A. A. Atchley, V. W. Sparrow, R. M. Keolian, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 838. Proc. symp., State College, PA, July 2005. AIP, Melville, NY, 2006. $225.00 (677 pp.). ISBN 0-7354-0330-9,   Buy at Amazon

astronomy and astrophysics

Astronomical Polarimetry: Current Status and Future Directions. A. Adamson, C. Aspin, C. J. Davis, T. Fujiyoshi, eds. Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series 343. Proc. mtg., Waikoloa, HI, Mar. 2004. Astronomical Society of the Pacific, San Francisco, 2005. $77.00 (530 pp.). ISBN 1-58381-210-5  Buy at Amazon

Gamma-Ray Bursts in the Swift Era. S. S. Holt, N. Gehrels, J. A. Nousek, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 836. Proc. conf., Washington, DC, Nov.–Dec. 2005. AIP, Melville, NY, 2006. $205.00 (733 pp.). ISBN 0-7354-0326-0  Buy at Amazon

Modern Meteor Science: An Interdisciplinary View. R. Hawkes, I. Mann, P. Brown, eds. Proc. conf., London, ON, Aug. 2004. Springer, Dordrecht, the Netherlands, 2005. $149.00 (732 pp.). ISBN 1-4020-4374-0, CD-ROM  Buy at Amazon

Planetary Nebulae Beyond the Milky Way. L. Stanghellini, J. R. Walsh, N. G. Douglas, eds. ESO Astrophysics Symposia. Proc. wksp., Garching, Germany, May 2004. Springer, New York, 2006. $99.00 (370 pp.). ISBN 3-540-31011-8  Buy at Amazon

Scientific Detectors for Astronomy 2005: Explorers of the Photon Odyssey. J. E. Beletic, J. W. Beletic, P. Amico, eds. Astrophysics and Space Science Library 336. Proc. wksp., Taormina, Sicily, June 2005. Springer, Dordrecht, the Netherlands, 2006. $199.00 (771 pp.). ISBN 1-4020-4329-5  Buy at Amazon

The Three-Body Problem. M. Valtonen, H. Karttunen. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2006. $80.00 (345 pp.). ISBN 0-521-85224-2  Buy at Amazon

The Transient Milky Way: A Perspective for MIRAX. F. D'Amico, J. Braga, R. E. Rothschild, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 840. Proc. wksp., São José dos Campos, Brazil, Dec. 2005. AIP, Melville, NY, 2006. $105.00 paper (144 pp.). ISBN 0-7354-0332-5  Buy at Amazon

atomic and molecular physics

Molecular Nanomagnets. D. Gatteschi, R. Sessoli, J. Villain. Mesoscopic Physics and Nanotechnology 5. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2006. $99.50 (395 pp.). ISBN 0-19-856753-7  Buy at Amazon

biological and medical physics

Annual Review of Biophysics and Biomolecular Structure. Vol. 35. D. C. Rees, M. P. Sheetz, J. R. Williamson, eds. Annual Reviews, Palo Alto, CA, 2006. $85.00 (535 pp.). ISBN 0-8243-1835-8  Buy at Amazon

Astrobiology: A Brief Introduction. K. W. Plaxco, M. Gross. Johns Hopkins U. Press, Baltimore, MD, 2006. $65.00, $24.95 paper (259 pp.). ISBN 0-8018-8366-0, ISBN 0-8018-8367-9 paper  Buy at Amazon

Biosensing: International Research and Development. J. Schultz et al. Springer, Dordrecht, the Netherlands, 2006. $154.00 (387 pp.). ISBN 1-4020-4057-1  Buy at Amazon

DNA Microarrays and Related Genomics Techniques: Design, Analysis, and Interpretation of Experiments. D. B. Allison, G. P. Page, T. M. Beasley, J. W. Edwards, eds. Biostatistics 15. Chapman & Hall/CRC/Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, FL, 2006. $89.95 (371 pp.). ISBN 0-8247-5461-1  Buy at Amazon

Handbook of Bioinspired Algorithms and Applications. S. Olariu, A. Y. Zomaya, eds. Chapman & Hall/CRC Computer and Information Science Series 7. Chapman & Hall/CRC/Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, FL, 2006. $139.95 (679 pp.). ISBN 1-58488-475-4  Buy at Amazon

Radioionidation Reactions for Radiopharmaceuticals: Compendium for Effective Synthesis Strategies. H. H. Coenen, J. Mertens, B. Mazière. Springer, Dordrecht, the Netherlands, 2006. $99.00 (101 pp.). ISBN 1-4020-4560-3   Buy at Amazon

Solid-State Fermentation Bioreactors: Fundamentals of Design and Operation. D. A. Mitchell, N. Krieger, M. Berovič, eds. Springer, New York, 2006. $169.00 (447 pp.). ISBN 3-540-31285-4  Buy at Amazon

Structural Biology of Membrane Proteins. R. Grisshammer, S. K. Buchanan, eds. Biomolecular Sciences. Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, UK, 2006. $219.00 (392 pp.). ISBN 0-85404-361-6  Buy at Amazon

Therapeutic Ultrasound. G. T. Clement, N. J. McDannold, K. Hynynen, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 829. Proc. symp., Boston, Oct. 2005. AIP, Melville, NY, 2006. $185.00 (662 pp.). ISBN 0-7354-0321-X  Buy at Amazon

chemical physics

Analytical Ultracentrifugation VIII. C. Wandrey, H. Cölfen, eds. Progress in Colloid and Polymer Science 131. Springer, New York, 2006. $189.00 (174 pp.). ISBN 3-540-29615-8  Buy at Amazon

Annual Review of Physical Chemistry. Vol. 57. S. R. Leone, P. Alivisatos, A. E. McDermott, eds. Annual Reviews, Palo Alto, CA, 2006. $80.00 (691 pp.). ISBN 0-8243-1057-8  Buy at Amazon

The Chemical Bond in Inorganic Chemistry: The Bond Valence Model. I. D. Brown. IUCr Monographs on Crystallography 12. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2006 [2002, reissued]. $64.50 paper (278 pp.). ISBN 0-19-929881-5   Buy at Amazon

Detection and Disposal of Improvised Explosives. H. Schubert, A. Kuznetsov, eds. NATO Security Through Science Series B: Physics and Biophysics 6. Proc. wksp., St. Petersburg, Russia, Sept. 2005. Springer, Dordrecht, the Netherlands, 2006. $139.00, $65.95 paper (239 pp.). ISBN 1-4020-4885-8,   Buy at Amazon

Non-Covalent Multi-Porphyrin Assemblies: Synthesis and Properties. E. Alessio, ed. Structure and Bonding 121. Springer, New York, 2006. $309.00 (307 pp.). ISBN 3-540-32542-5  Buy at Amazon

Nuclear Spin Relaxation in Liquids: Theory, Experiments, and Applications. J. Kowalewski, L. Mäler. Series in Chemical Physics 2. Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, FL, 2006. $129.95 (426 pp.). ISBN 0-7503-0964-4   Buy at Amazon

Recent Advances in the Theory of Chemical and Physical Systems. J.-P. Julien et al., eds. Progress in Theoretical Chemistry and Physics 15. Proc. wksp., Les Houches, France, Sept. 2004. Springer, Dordrecht, the Netherlands, 2006. $179.00 (590 pp.). ISBN 1-4020-4527-1  Buy at Amazon

Redox Systems Under Nano-Space Control. T. Hirao, ed. Springer, New York, 2006. $129.00 (295 pp.). ISBN 3-540-29579-8  Buy at Amazon

computers and computational physics

Applied Soft Computing Technologies: The Challenge of Complexity. A. Abraham, B. de Baets, M. Köppen, B. Nickolay, eds. Advances in Soft Computing. Springer, New York, 2006. $249.00 paper (840 pp.). ISBN 3-540-31649-3  Buy at Amazon

Computer Algebra Recipes for Mathematical Physics. R. H. Enns. Birkhäuser, Boston, 2005. $69.95 paper (390 pp.). ISBN 0-8176-3223-9, CD-ROM  Buy at Amazon

An Introduction to Computer Simulation Methods: Applications to Physical Systems. 3rd ed. H. Gould, J. Tobochnik, W. Christian. Pearson/Addison Wesley, San Francisco, 2007 [1996]. $76.60 paper (796 pp.). ISBN 0-8053-7758-1  Buy at Amazon

Mathematical Analysis and Applications. C. P. Niculescu, V. D. Radulescu, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 835. Proc. conf., Craiova, Romania, Sept. 2005. AIP, Melville, NY, 2006. $123.00 (167 pp.). ISBN 0-7354-0328-7  Buy at Amazon

Mathematical Modeling of Wave Phenomena. B. Nilsson, L. Fishman, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 834. Proc. conf., Växjö, Sweden, Aug. 2005. AIP, Melville, NY, 2006. $150.00 (378 pp.). ISBN 0-7354-0325-2  Buy at Amazon

Open Source Physics: A User's Guide with Examples. W. Christian. Pearson/ Addison Wesley, San Francisco, 2007. $61.80 paper (361 pp.). ISBN 0-8053-7759-X, CD-ROM  Buy at Amazon

Physical Realizations of Quantum Computing: Are the DiVincenzo Criteria Fulfilled in 2004? M. Nakahara, S. Kanemitsu, M. M. Salomaa, S. Takagi, eds. World Scientific, Hackensack, NJ, 2006. $78.00 (234 pp.). ISBN 981-256-473-X,   Buy at Amazon

Problems and Solutions in Quantum Computing and Quantum Information. 2nd ed. W.-H. Steeb, Y. Hardy. World Scientific, Hackensack, NJ, 2006 [2004]. $78.00 (336 pp.). ISBN 981-256-740-2  Buy at Amazon

Quantum Information and Computing. L. Accardi, M. Ohya, N. Watanabe, eds. QP–PQ: Quantum Probability and White Noise Analysis 19. Proc. conf., Tokyo, Nov. 2003. World Scientific, Hackensack, NJ, 2006. $98.00 (384 pp.). ISBN 981-256-614-7  Buy at Amazon

Spectral Methods: Fundamentals in Single Domains. C. Canuto, M. Y. Hussaini, A. Quarteroni, T. A. Zang. Scientific Computation. Springer, New York, 2006. $99.00 (563 pp.). ISBN 3-540-30725-7  Buy at Amazon

condensed matter physics

Chemical Dynamics in Condensed Phases: Relaxation, Transfer, and Reactions in Condensed Molecular Systems. A. Nitzan. Oxford Graduate Texts. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2006. $89.50 (719 pp.). ISBN 0-19-852979-1  Buy at Amazon

High Magnetic Fields: Science and Technology. Vol. 3: Theory and Experiments II. F. Herlach, N. Miura, eds. World Scientific, Hackensack, NJ, 2006. $55.00 (311 pp.). ISBN 981-02-4966-7  Buy at Amazon

Imaging Phonons: Acoustic Wave Propagation in Solids. J. P. Wolfe. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2005 [1998, reissued]. $60.00 paper (411 pp.). ISBN 0-521-02208-8  Buy at Amazon

IWNMS 2004. D. R. S. Somayajulu, K.-P. Lieb, eds. Proc. wksp., Baroda, India, Feb. 2004. Springer, Dordrecht, the Netherlands, 2005. $169.00 (262 pp.). ISBN 3-540-29193-8  Buy at Amazon

LACAME 2004. R. C. Mercader, J. R. Gancedo, A. Cabral Prieto, E. Baggio-Saitovitch, eds. Proc. conf., Mexico City, Sept. 2004. Springer, Dordrecht, the Netherlands, 2005. $179.00 (248 pp.). ISBN 3-540-28959-3  Buy at Amazon

Novel NMR and EPR Techniques. J. Dolinšek, M. Vilfan, S. Žumer, eds. Lecture Notes in Physics 684. Springer, New York, 2006. $99.95 (439 pp.). ISBN 3-540-32626-X  Buy at Amazon

The Physics of Semiconductors: An Introduction Including Devices and Nanophysics. M. Grundmann. Springer, New York, 2006. $89.95 (689 pp.). ISBN 3-540-25370-X  Buy at Amazon

Quantum Dots: New Research. P. A. Ling, ed. Nova Science, Hauppauge, NY, 2005. $129.00 (155 pp.). ISBN 1-59454-223-6  Buy at Amazon

Trends in Quantum Dots Research. P. A. Ling, ed. Nova Science, Hauppauge, NY, 2005. $150.00 (143 pp.). ISBN 1-59454-407-7  Buy at Amazon

cosmology and relativity

Relativity: Special, General, and Cosmological. 2nd ed. W. Rindler. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2006 [2001]. $99.50, $49.50 paper (430 pp.). ISBN 0-19-856731-6, ISBN 0-19-856732-4 paper  Buy at Amazon

device physics

Electronics: Circuits, Amplifiers, and Gates. 2nd ed. D. V. Bugg. Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, FL, 2006 [1991]. $69.95 paper (352 pp.). ISBN 0-7503-1037-5  Buy at Amazon

EM Modeling of Antennas and RF Components for Wireless Communication Systems. F. Gustrau, D. Manteuffel. Signals and Communication Technology. Springer, New York, 2006. $99.00 (276 pp.). ISBN 3-540-28614-4  Buy at Amazon

Fuel Cells: From Fundamentals to Applications. S. Srinivasan. Springer, New York, 2006. $99.00 (691 pp.). ISBN 0-387-25116-2  Buy at Amazon

Micromachined Thin-Film Sensors for SOI-CMOS Co-Integration. J. Laconte, D. Flandre, J.-P. Raskin. Springer, Dordrecht, the Netherlands, 2006. $149.00 (292 pp.). ISBN 0-387-28842-2  Buy at Amazon

The Physical Layer of Communications Systems. R. A. Thompson, D. Tipper, P. Krishnamurthy, J. Kabara. Artech House Telecommunications Library. Artech House, Norwood, MA, 2006. $169.00 (876 pp.). ISBN 1-58053-657-3   Buy at Amazon

PID Controllers for Time-Delay Systems. G. J. Silva, A. Datta, S. P. Bhattacharyya. Control Engineering. Birkhäuser, Boston, 2005. $79.95 (330 pp.). ISBN 0-8176-4266-8  Buy at Amazon

Plasma Electronics: Applications in Microelectronic Device Fabrication. T. Makabe, Z. Petrovič. Series in Plasma Physics 20. Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, FL, 2006. $139.95 (339 pp.). ISBN 0-7503-0976-8  Buy at Amazon

Scientific Wet Process Technology for Innovative LSI/FPD Manufacturing. T. Ohmi, ed. CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, FL, 2006. $139.95 (386 pp.). ISBN 0-8493-3543-4  Buy at Amazon

Sensors, Nanoscience, Biomedical Engineering, and Instruments. R. C. Dorf, ed. The Electrical Engineering Handbook. 3rd ed. CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, FL, 2006. $89.95 (392 pp.). ISBN 0-8493-7346-8  Buy at Amazon

energy and environment

The Bottomless Well: The Twilight of Fuel, the Virtue of Waste, and Why We Will Never Run Out of Energy. P. W. Huber, M. P. Mills. Basic Books, New York, 2006 [2005, reissued]. $15.95 paper (214 pp.). ISBN 0-465-03117-X  Buy at Amazon

Energy for the Public: The Case for Increased Nuclear Fission Energy. R.S. White. BookSurge, Charleston, SC, 2006. $49.95 (310 pp.). ISBN 0-938711-85-7  Buy at Amazon

Healthy Waters: What Every Health Professional Should Know About Water. M. Magee. Spencer Books, Bronxville, NY, 2005. $19.95 paper (142 pp.). ISBN 1-889793-16-7  Buy at Amazon

Kicking the Carbon Habit: Global Warming and the Case for Renewable and Nuclear Energy. W. Sweet. Columbia U. Press, New York, 2006. $27.95 (256 pp.). ISBN 0-231-13710-9  Buy at Amazon

Understanding Environmental Policy. S. Cohen. Columbia U. Press, New York, 2006. $74.50, $26.50 paper (172 pp.). ISBN 0-231-13536-X, ISBN 0-231-13537-8 paper  Buy at Amazon

fluids

Fluid Transport in Nanoporous Materials. W. C. Conner, J. Fraissard, eds. NATO Science Series 2: Mathematics, Physics, and Chemistry 219. Proc. inst., La Colle sur Loup, France, June 2003. Springer, Dordrecht, the Netherlands, 2006. $229.00 (685 pp.). ISBN 1-4020-4378-3, CD-ROM  Buy at Amazon

Physics of Solitons. T. Dauxois, M. Peyrard. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2006. $80.00 (422 pp.). ISBN 0-521-85421-0  Buy at Amazon

history and philosophy

Atoms and Alchemy: Chymistry and the Experimental Origins of the Scientific Revolution. W. R. Newman. U. Chicago Press, Chicago, 2006. $75.00, $30.00 paper (250 pp.). ISBN 0-226-57696-5, ISBN 0-226-57697-3 paper  Buy at Amazon

Einstein 1905: The Standard of Greatness. J. S. Rigden. Harvard U. Press, Cambridge, MA, 2006 [2005, reissued]. $14.95 paper (173 pp.). ISBN 0-674-02104-5  Buy at Amazon

Einstein's Nobel Prize: A Glimpse Behind Closed Doors, The Archival Evidence. A. Elzinga. Science History Publications/USA, Sagamore Beach, MA, 2006. $39.95 (228 pp.). ISBN 0-88135-283-7  Buy at Amazon

Expounding the Mathematical Seed. Vols. 1 and 2. Vol. 1: The Translation. Vol. 2: The Supplements. A. Keller. Science Networks/Historical Studies 30 and 31. Birkhäuser, Boston, 2006. $169.00 set (412 pp. set). ISBN 3-7643-7299-0  Buy at Amazon

The First Scientific American: Benjamin Franklin and the Pursuit of Genius. J. E. Chaplin. Basic Books, New York, 2006. $27.50 (421 pp.). ISBN 0-465-00955-7  Buy at Amazon

The German Enigma Cipher Machine: Beginnings, Success, and Ultimate Failure. B. J. Winkel, C. A. Deavours, D. Kahn, L. Kruh. Computer Security Series. Artech House, Norwood, MA, 2005. $95.00 (439 pp.). ISBN 1-58053-996-3  Buy at Amazon

The Last of the Great Observatories: Spitzer and the Era of Faster, Better, Cheaper at NASA. G. H. Rieke. U. Arizona Press, Tucson, 2006. $40.00, $19.95 paper (233 pp.). ISBN 0-8165-2522-6, ISBN 0-8165-2558-7   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

The Nuclear Borderlands: The Manhattan Project in Post–Cold War New Mexico. J. Masco. Princeton U. Press, Princeton, NJ, 2006. $65.00, $24.95 paper (425 pp.). ISBN 0-691-12076-5, ISBN 0-691-12077-3 paper  Buy at Amazon

Technology Matters: Questions to Live With. D. E. Nye. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2006. $27.95 (282 pp.). ISBN 0-262-14093-4  Buy at Amazon

Theology and Modern Physics. P. E. Hodgson. Ashgate Science and Religion Series. Ashgate, Burlington, VT, 2005. $99.95, $29.95 paper (282 pp.). ISBN 0-7546-3622-4, ISBN 0-7546-3623-2 paper  Buy at Amazon

instrumentation and techniques

Applied Scanning Probe Methods II: Scanning Probe Microscopy Techniques. B. Bhushan, H. Fuchs, eds. Nanoscience and Technology. Springer, New York, 2006. $169.00 (420 pp.). ISBN 3-540-26242-3  Buy at Amazon

Applied Scanning Probe Methods III: Characterization. B. Bhushan, H. Fuchs, eds. Nanoscience and Technology. Springer, New York, 2006. $169.00 (378 pp.). ISBN 3-540-26909-6  Buy at Amazon

Applied Scanning Probe Methods IV: Industrial Applications. B. Bhushan, H. Fuchs, eds. Nanoscience and Technology. Springer, New York, 2006. $139.00 (284 pp.). ISBN 3-540-26912-6  Buy at Amazon

Beam Instrumentation and Diagnostics. P. Strehl. Particle Acceleration and Detection. Springer, New York, 2006. $169.00 (428 pp.). ISBN 3-540-26401-9  Buy at Amazon

Inorganic Scintillators for Detector Systems: Physical Principles and Crystal Engineering. P. Lecoq et al. Particle Acceleration and Detection. Springer, New York, 2006. $129.00 (251 pp.). ISBN 3-540-27766-8  Buy at Amazon

Optimal Design of Experiments. F. Pukelsheim. Classics in Applied Mathematics 50. SIAM, Philadelphia, 2006 [1993, reissued]. $99.00 paper (454 pp.). ISBN 0-89871-604-7  Buy at Amazon

materials science

Advances in Cryogenic Engineering. Vols. 52A and 52B. U. Balachandran, ed. AIP Conference Proceedings 824. Proc. conf., Keystone, CO, Aug.–Sept. 2005. AIP, Melville, NY, 2006. $325.00 set (954 pp. set). ISBN 0-7354-0316-3, CD-ROM  Buy at Amazon

Corrosion Control Through Organic Coatings. A. Forsgren. Corrosion Technology. CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, FL, 2006. $129.95 (161 pp.). ISBN 0-8493-7278-X  Buy at Amazon

Microfabrication and Nanomanufacturing. M. J. Jackson, ed. CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, FL, 2006. $139.95 (401 pp.). ISBN 0-8247-2431-3  Buy at Amazon

Nanomaterials Handbook. Y. Gogotsi, ed. CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, FL, 2006. $149.95 (780 pp.). ISBN 0-8493-2308-8  Buy at Amazon

Nanostructures: Novel Architecture. M. V. Diudea, ed. Nova Science, Hauppauge, NY, 2005. $98.00 (420 pp.). ISBN 1-59454-499-9   Buy at Amazon

New Developments in Crystal Growth Research. G. V. Karas, ed. Nova Science, Hauppauge, NY, 2005. $129.00 (151 pp.). ISBN 1-59454-539-1  Buy at Amazon

New Materials, Processes, and Methods Technology. M. Schwartz. CRC Press/ Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, FL, 2006. $129.95 (686 pp.). ISBN 0-8493-2053-4  Buy at Amazon

The Physics of Rubber Elasticity. 3rd ed. L. R. G. Treloar. Oxford Classic Texts in the Physical Sciences. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2005 [1958]. $67.50 paper (310 pp.). ISBN 0-19-857027-9  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, $79.95 paper (327 pp.). ISBN 1-4020-4354-6, ISBN 1-4020-4353-8 paper  Buy at Amazon

Surface Science: New Research. C. P. Norris, ed. Nova Science, Hauppauge, NY, 2005. $129.00 (294 pp.). ISBN 1-59454-404-2  Buy at Amazon

Thin Films and Coatings: New Research. B. M. Caruta, ed. Nova Science, Hauppauge, NY, 2005. $129.00 (226 pp.). ISBN 1-59454-517-0   Buy at Amazon

Trends in Crystal Growth Research. G. V. Karas, ed. Nova Science, Hauppauge, NY, 2005. $150.00 (183 pp.). ISBN 1-59454-541-3  Buy at Amazon

miscellaneous

Robots Manipulators: New Research. J. X. Liu, ed. Nova Science, Hauppauge, NY, 2005. $129.00 (240 pp.). ISBN 1-59454-358-5  Buy at Amazon

Success Strategies for Women in Science: A Portable Mentor. P. A. Pritchard, ed. Academic Press/Elsevier, San Diego, CA, 2006. $34.95 paper (316 pp.). ISBN 0-12-088411-9  Buy at Amazon

nuclear physics

Frontiers in Nuclear Structure, Astrophysics, and Reactions. S. Harissopulos, P. Demetriou, R. Julin, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 831. Proc. conf., Kos, Greece, Sept. 2005. AIP, Melville, NY, 2006. $176.00 (588 pp.). ISBN 0-7354-0323-6  Buy at Amazon

The Role of Nuclear Power and Nuclear Propulsion in the Peaceful Exploration of Space. International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, 2005. $47.50 paper (133 pp.). ISBN 92-0-107404-2  Buy at Amazon

optics and photonics

Laser Safety Management. K. Barat. Optical Science and Engineering 107. CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, FL, 2006. $119.95 (267 pp.). ISBN 0-8247-2307-4  Buy at Amazon

Optical Code Division Multiple Access: Fundamentals and Applications. P. R. Prucnal, ed. CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, FL, 2006. $129.95 (377 pp.). ISBN 0-8493-3683-X, CD-ROM  Buy at Amazon

Opto-Mechanical Systems Design. 3rd ed. P. R. Yoder Jr. Optical Science and Engineering Series 105. SPIE Press, Bellingham, WA, and CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, FL, 2006 [1992]. $139.95 (835 pp.). ISBN 1-57444-699-1  Buy at Amazon

Who's Who in Fluorescence 2006. C. D. Geddes, J. R. Lakowicz, eds. Springer, New York, 2006. $20.00 paper (206 pp.). ISBN 0-387-29404-X  Buy at Amazon

particle physics

Beam Cooling and Related Topics. S. Nagaitsev, R. J. Pasquinelli, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 821. Proc. wksp., Galena, IL, Sept. 2005. AIP, Melville, NY, 2006. $179.00 (541 pp.). ISBN 0-7354-0314-7, CD-ROM  Buy at Amazon

Handbook on Secondary Particle Production and Transport by High-Energy Heavy Ions. T. Nakamura, L. Heilbronn. World Scientific, Hackensack, NJ, 2006. $58.00 (224 pp.). ISBN 981-256-558-2, CD-ROM  Buy at Amazon

Introduction to Quantum Mechanics: Schrödinger Equation and Path Integral. H. J. W. Müller-Kirsten. World Scientific, Hackensack, NJ, 2006. $98.00, $58.00 paper (805 pp.). ISBN 981-256-691-0,   Buy at Amazon

Isodual Theory of Antimatter: With Applications to Antigravity, Grand Unification, and Cosmology. R. M. Santilli. Fundamental Theories of Physics 151. Springer, Dordrecht, the Netherlands, 2006. $169.00 (329 pp.). ISBN 1-4020-4517-4  Buy at Amazon

Lepton and Photon Interactions at High Energies. R. Brenner, C. P. de los Heros, J. Rathsman, eds. Proc symp., Uppsala, Sweden, June–July 2005. World Scientific, Hackensack, NJ, 2006. $98.00 (505 pp.). ISBN 981-256-662-7,   Buy at Amazon

Multiparticle Dynamics. V. Šimák, M. Šumbera, Š. Todorova, B. Tomášik, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 828. Proc. symp., Kroměříž, Czech Republic, Aug. 2005. AIP, Melville, NY, 2006. $195.00 (663 pp.). ISBN 0-7354-0320-1, CD-ROM  Buy at Amazon

Physics of Intensity Dependent Beam Instabilities. K. Y. Ng. World Scientific, Hackensack, NJ, 2006. $86.00 (776 pp.). ISBN 981-256-342-3  Buy at Amazon

Trends in Field Theory Research. O. Kovras, ed. Nova Science, Hauppauge, NY, 2005. $129.00 (215 pp.). ISBN 1-59454-123-X  Buy at Amazon

plasmas and fusion

Superstrong Fields in Plasmas. D. Batani, M. Lontano, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 827. Proc. conf., Varenna, Italy, Sept. 2005. AIP, Melville, NY, 2006. $175.00 (589 pp.). ISBN 0-7354-0319-8  Buy at Amazon

popularizations

The Atomic Chef: And Other True Tales of Design, Technology, and Human Error. S. Casey. Aegean, Santa Barbara, CA, 2006. $29.00 (288 pp.). ISBN 0-9636178-6-9  Buy at Amazon

Baseball Between the Numbers: Why Everything You Know About the Game Is Wrong. J. Keri, ed. Basic Books, New York, 2006. $24.95 (454 pp.). ISBN 0-465-00596-9  Buy at Amazon

The Beginner's Guide to Winning the Nobel Prize: A Life in Science. P. Doherty. Columbia U. Press, New York, 2006. $24.95 (294 pp.). ISBN 0-231-13896-2  Buy at Amazon

Critical Mass: How One Thing Leads to Another. P. Ball. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York, 2006 [2004, reissued]. $16.00 paper (520 pp.). ISBN 0-374-53041-6  Buy at Amazon

Dr. Euler's Fabulous Formula: Cures Many Mathematical Ills. P. J. Nahin. Princeton U. Press, Princeton, NJ, 2006. $29.95 (380 pp.). ISBN 0-691-11822-1  Buy at Amazon

Fantastic Realities: 49 Mind Journeys and a Trip to Stockholm. F. Wilczek. World Scientific, Hackensack, NJ, 2006. $76.00, $28.00 paper (522 pp.). ISBN 981-256-649-X, ISBN 981-256-655-4 paper  Buy at Amazon

Gravity's Arc: The Story of Gravity, from Aristotle to Einstein and Beyond. D. Darling. Wiley, Hoboken, NJ, 2006. $24.95 (278 pp.). ISBN 0-471-71989-7  Buy at Amazon

How Everything Works: Making Physics Out of the Ordinary. L. A. Bloomfield. Wiley, Hoboken, NJ, 2006. $40.00 (720 pp.). ISBN 0-471-74817-X  Buy at Amazon

Imaginary Weapons: A Journey Through the Pentagon's Scientific Underworld. S. Weinberger. Nation Books/Avalon, New York, 2006. $26.00 (276 pp.). ISBN 1-56025-849-7  Buy at Amazon

In Search of Memory: The Emergence of a New Science of Mind. E. R. Kandel. W. W. Norton, New York, 2006. $29.95 (510 pp.). ISBN 0-393-05863-8  Buy at Amazon

In the Bubble: Designing in a Complex World. J. Thackara. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2006 [2005, reissued]. $16.95 paper (321 pp.). ISBN 0-262-70115-4  Buy at Amazon

Magic Universe: A Grand Tour of Modern Science. N. Calder. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2005 [2003, reissued]. $24.95 paper (756 pp.). ISBN 0-19-280669-6  Buy at Amazon

Murmurs from the Deep: Scientific Adventure in the Caribbean. G. Fonteneau (translated from French by G. Holoch). Arcade Publishing, New York, 2006. $26.00 (239 pp.). ISBN 1-55970-776-3  Buy at Amazon

Oceans: An Illustrated Reference. D. Stow. U. of Chicago Press, Chicago, 2006. $55.00 (256 pp.). ISBN 0-226-77664-6  Buy at Amazon

Once Upon Einstein. T. Damour (translated from French by E. Novak). A. K. Peters, Wellesley, MA, 2006 [2005]. $24.95 paper (185 pp.). ISBN 1-56881-289-2  Buy at Amazon

QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter. R. P. Feynman. Princeton Science Library. Princeton U. Press, Princeton, NJ, 2006 [1985, reissued]. $39.95, $14.95 paper (158 pp.). ISBN 0-691-12717-4,   Buy at Amazon

Walking Zero: Discovering Cosmic Space and Time Along the Prime Meridian. C. Raymo. Walker, New York, 2006. $23.00 (194 pp.). ISBN 0-8027-1494-3  Buy at Amazon

Weapons Grade: How Modern Warfare Gave Birth to Our High-Tech World. D. Hambling. Carroll & Graf, New York, 2006 [2005, reissued]. $15.95 paper (402 pp.). ISBN 0-7867-1769-6  Buy at Amazon

society and government

Academic Freedom After September 11. B. Doumani, ed. Zone Books, New York, 2006. $42.00, $21.95 paper (327 pp.). ISBN 1-890951-62-5, ISBN 1-890951-61-7 paper   Buy at Amazon

Democratizing Innovation. E. von Hippel. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2006 [2005, reissued]. $16.95 paper (204 pp.). ISBN 0-262-72047-7  Buy at Amazon

The Great Telecom Meltdown. F. R. Goldstein. Artech House Telecommunications Library. Artech House, Norwood, MA, 2005. $79.00 (191 pp.). ISBN 1-58053-939-4  Buy at Amazon

space and planetary science

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

statistical physics and thermodynamics

The Thermodynamic Machinery of Life. M. Kurzynski. The Frontiers Collection. Springer, New York, 2006. $64.95 (431 pp.). ISBN 3-540-23888-3  Buy at Amazon

Thermodynamics in Materials Science. 2nd ed. R. DeHoff. CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, FL, 2006 [1993]. $99.95 (605 pp.). ISBN 0-8493-4065-9  Buy at Amazon

texts and education

Analytical Mechanics. 7th ed. G. R. Fowles, G. L. Cassiday. Thomson Brooks/Cole, Belmont, CA, 2005 [1999]. $148.95 (514 pp.). ISBN 0-534-49492-7  Buy at Amazon

Applied Mathematics. 3rd ed. J. D. Logan. Wiley, Hoboken, NJ, 2006 [1997]. $110.00 (529 pp.). ISBN 0-471-74662-2  Buy at Amazon

Dynamic Models in Biology. S. P. Ellner, J. Guckenheimer. Princeton U. Press, Princeton, NJ, 2006. $99.50, $45.00 paper (329 pp.). ISBN 0-691-11843-4, ISBN 0-691-12589-9 paper  Buy at Amazon

Fundamentals of Plasma Physics. P. M. Bellan. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2006. $75.00 (609 pp.). ISBN 0-521-82116-9  Buy at Amazon

Information Science. D. G. Luenberger. Princeton U. Press, Princeton, NJ, 2006. $80.00 (423 pp.). ISBN 0-691-12418-3  Buy at Amazon

Introductory Computational Physics. A. Klein, A. Godunov. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2006. $65.00 (137 pp.). ISBN 0-521-82862-7  Buy at Amazon

Modern Physics. 3rd ed. R. A. Serway, C. J. Moses, C. A. Moyer. Thomson Brooks/Cole, Belmont, CA, 2005 [1997]. $13.95 (600 pp.). ISBN 0-534-49339-4  Buy at Amazon

Moons and Planets. 5th ed. W. K. Hartmann. Thomson Brooks/Cole, Belmont, CA, 2005 [1999]. $128.95 (428 pp.). ISBN 0-534-49393-9   Buy at Amazon

Quantum Physics. M. Le Bellac (translated from French by P. de Forcrand-Millard). Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2006. $80.00 (585 pp.). ISBN 0-521-85277-3  Buy at Amazon

theory and mathematical methods

Analytical and Numerical Approaches to Mathematical Relativity. J. Frauendiener, D. J. W. Giulini, V. Perlick, eds. Lecture Notes in Physics 692. Springer, New York, 2006. $99.95 (278 pp.). ISBN 3-540-31027-4  Buy at Amazon

Fundamental Solutions in Elastodynamics: A Compendium. E. Kausel. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2006. $75.00 (251 pp.). ISBN 0-521-85570-5  Buy at Amazon

Geometric Numerical Integration: Structure-Preserving Algorithms for Ordinary Differential Equations. 2nd ed. E. Hairer, C. Lubich, G. Wanner. Springer Series in Computational Mathematics 31. Springer, New York, 2006 [2004]. $109.00 (644 pp.). ISBN 3-540-30663-3  Buy at Amazon

Invariant Subspaces of Matrices with Applications. I. Gohberg, P. Lancaster, L. Rodman. Classics in Applied Mathematics 51. SIAM, Philadelphia, 2006 [1986, reissued]. $113.00 paper (692 pp.). ISBN 0-89871-608-X  Buy at Amazon

Mathematical Methods and Models in Phase Transitions. A. Miranville, ed. Nova Science, Hauppauge, NY, 2005. $79.00 (283 pp.). ISBN 1-59454-317-8  Buy at Amazon

Operational Quantum Theory I: Nonrelativistic Structures. H. Saller. Operational Physics. Springer, New York, 2006. $119.00 (408 pp.). ISBN 0-387-29199-7  Buy at Amazon

Operational Quantum Theory II: Relativistic Structures. H. Saller. Operational Physics. Springer, New York, 2006. $119.00 (333 pp.). ISBN 0-387-29776-6  Buy at Amazon

p-Adic Mathematical Physics. A. Yu. Khrennikov, Z. Rakić, I. V. Volovich, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 826. Proc. conf., Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro, Sept. 2005. AIP, Melville, NY, 2006. $148.00 (368 pp.). ISBN 0-7354-0318-X  Buy at Amazon