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energy and environment

Remediation of Sites with Mixed Contamination of Radioactive and Other Hazardous Substances. International Atomic Energy Agency. Technical Reports Series 442. International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, 2006. €45.00 paper (232 pp.). ISBN 978-92-0-104705-2  Buy at Amazon

Technical, Economic, and Institutional Aspects of Regional Spent Fuel Storage Facilities. International Atomic Energy Agency. IAEA TECDOC Series 1482. International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, 2005. €15.00 paper (36 pp.). ISBN 978-92-0-112505-7  Buy at Amazon

Unstoppable Global Warming: Every 1,500 Years. S. F. Singer, D. T. Avery. Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham, MD, 2007. $75.00, $24.95 paper (260 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7425-5116-9, ISBN 978-0-7425-5117-6   Buy at Amazon

fluids

Colloidal Particles at Liquid Interfaces. B. P. Binks, T. S. Horozov, eds. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2006. $145.00 (503 pp.). ISBN 978-0-521-84846-6  Buy at Amazon

The Hamilton-Type Principle in Fluid Dynamics: Fundamentals and Applications to Magnetohydrodynamics, Thermodynamics, and Astrophysics. A. Fierros Palacios. Springer, New York, 2006. $109.00 paper (404 pp.). ISBN 978-3-211-24964-2  Buy at Amazon

Hydrodynamic Fluctuations in Fluids and Fluid Mixtures. J. M. Ortiz de Zárate, J. V. Sengers. Elsevier, San Diego, CA, 2006. $79.95 paper (309 pp.). ISBN 978-0-444-51515-5  Buy at Amazon

Interfacial Forces in Aqueous Media. 2nd ed. C. J. van Oss. CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, FL, 2006 [1994]. $149.95 (438 pp.). ISBN 978-1-57444-482-7  Buy at Amazon

Transport Coefficients of Fluids. B. C. Eu. Springer Series in Chemical Physics 82. Springer, New York, 2006. $189.00 (407 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-28187-0  Buy at Amazon

history and philosophy

The Chronologers' Quest: Episodes in the Search for the Age of the Earth. P. W. Jackson. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2006. $30.00 (291 pp.). ISBN 978-0-521-81332-7  Buy at Amazon

Concepts of Simultaneity: From Antiquity to Einstein and Beyond. M. Jammer. Johns Hopkins U. Press, Baltimore, MD, 2006. $49.95 (308 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8018-8422-1  Buy at Amazon

Descartes: The Life and Times of a Genius. A. C. Grayling. Walker, New York, 2005. $26.95 (303 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8027-1501-2  Buy at Amazon

Galileo Observed: Science and the Politics of Belief. W. R. Shea, M. Artigas. Science History Publications, Sagamore Beach, MA, 2006. $30.00 (212 pp.). ISBN 978-0-88135-356-3  Buy at Amazon

Good and Real: Demystifying Paradoxes from Physics to Ethics. G. L. Drescher. Bradford Books. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2006. $35.00 (347 pp.). ISBN 978-0-262-04233-8  Buy at Amazon

Into the Black: JPL and the American Space Program, 1976–2004. P. J. Westwick. Yale U. Press, New Haven, CT, 2007. $40.00 (392 pp.). ISBN 978-0-300-11075-3  Buy at Amazon

The Periodic Table: Its Story and Its Significance. E. R. Scerri. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2007. $35.00 (346 pp.). ISBN 978-0-19-530573-9  Buy at Amazon

Science, Society, and the Search for Life in the Universe. B. Jakosky. U. Arizona Press, Tucson, 2006. $17.95 paper (150 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8165-2613-0  Buy at Amazon

Theories for Everything: An Illustrated History of Science from the Invention of Numbers to String Theory. J. Langone, B. Stutz, A. Gianopoulos. National Geographic Society, Washington, DC, 2006. $40.00 (407 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7922-3912-3  Buy at Amazon

instrumentation and techniques

Computational and Instrumental Methods in EPR. C. J. Bender, L. J. Berliner, eds. Biological Magnetic Resonance 25. Springer, New York, 2006. $149.00 (218 pp.). ISBN 978-0-387-33145-4  Buy at Amazon

Development and Review of Plant Specific Emergency Operating Procedures. International Atomic Energy Agency. Safety Reports Series 48. International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, 2006. $55.00 paper (92 pp.). ISBN 978-92-0-103705-3  Buy at Amazon

Experimental Techniques for Low-Temperature Measurements: Cryostat Design, Material Properties, and Superconductor Critical-Current Testing. J. W. Ekin. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2006. $125.00 (673 pp.). ISBN 978-0-19-857054-7  Buy at Amazon

NMR for Physical and Biological Scientists. T. C. Pochapsky, S.S. Pochapsky. Taylor & Francis, New York, 2007. $75.00 (372 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8153-4103-1  Buy at Amazon

A System for the Feedback of Experience from Events in Nuclear Installations: Safety Guide. International Atomic Energy Agency. IAEA Safety Standards Series NS-G-2.11. International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, 2006. $23.50 paper (61 pp.). ISBN 978-92-0-101406-1  Buy at Amazon

materials science

Introduction to Wave Scattering, Localization, and Mesoscopic Phenomena. 2nd ed. P. Sheng. Springer Series in Materials Science 88. Springer, New York, 2006 [1995]. $179.00 (333 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-29155-8  Buy at Amazon

Mechanics of Granular Media. A. F. Revuzhenko. Springer, New York, 2006. $169.00 (308 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-33871-0  Buy at Amazon

Nanoscience: Nanotechnologies and Nanophysics. C. Dupas, P. Houdy, M. Lahmani, eds. (translated from French by S. Lyle). Springer, New York, 2007 [2004]. $199.00 (823 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-28616-5  Buy at Amazon

Nanoscopic Materials: Size-Dependent Phenomena. E. Roduner. Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, UK, 2006. $69.95 (285 pp.). ISBN 978-0-85404-857-1  Buy at Amazon

Severe Plastic Deformation: Toward Bulk Production of Nanostructured Materials. B. S. Altan, ed. Nova Science, Hauppauge, NY, 2006. $129.00 (612 pp.). ISBN 978-1-59454-508-5  Buy at Amazon

miscellaneous

2007 Graduate Programs in Physics, Astronomy, and Related Fields. American Institute of Physics, ed. AIP, Melville, NY, 2006. $69.00 paper (834 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7354-0358-1  Buy at Amazon

CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics. 87th ed. D. R. Lide, ed. CRC Press/ Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, FL, 2006. $139.95 (2608 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8493-0487-3  Buy at Amazon

Intellectual Property Management in R&D Collaborations: The Case of the Service Industry Sector. M. A. Bader. Contributions to Management Science. Physica-Verlag/Springer, New York, 2006. $79.95 paper (266 pp.). ISBN 978-3-7908-1702-7  Buy at Amazon

nonlinear science and chaos

Chaotic Worlds: From Order to Disorder in Gravitational N-Body Dynamical Systems. B. A. Steves, A. J. Maciejewski, M. Hendry, eds. NATO Science Series 2: Mathematics, Physics, and Chemistry 227. Proc. inst., Cortina, Italy, Sept. 2003. Springer, Dordrecht, the Netherlands, 2006. $169.00, $79.95 paper (342 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4020-4704-6, ISBN 978-1-4020-4705-3 paper  Buy at Amazon

Model Reduction and Coarse-Graining Approaches for Multiscale Phenomena. A. N. Gorban et al., eds. Springer, New York, 2006. $179.00 (560 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-35885-5  Buy at Amazon

optics and photonics

Electromagnetic and Optical Pulse Propagation 1: Spectral Representations in Temporally Dispersive Media. K. E. Oughstun. Springer Series in Optical Sciences 125. Springer, New York, 2006. $129.00 (456 pp.). ISBN 978-0-387-34599-4  Buy at Amazon

Handbook of Single Molecule Fluorescence Spectroscopy. C. Gell, D. Brockwell, A. Smith. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2006. $95.00 (262 pp.). ISBN 978-0-19-852942-2  Buy at Amazon

High-Speed Photonic Devices. N. Dagli, ed. Series in Optics and Optoelectronics. Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, FL, 2007. $129.95 (253 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7503-0889-2  Buy at Amazon

Highly Sensitive Optical Receivers. K. Schneider, H. Zimmermann. Springer Series in Advanced Microelectronics 23. Springer, New York, 2006. $119.00 (195 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-29613-3  Buy at Amazon

Laser Ablation and Its Applications. C. R. Phipps, ed. Springer Series in Optical Sciences 129. Springer, New York, 2007. $139.00 (586 pp.). ISBN 978-0-387-30452-6  Buy at Amazon

Lasers in the Preservation of Cultural Heritage: Principles and Applications. C. Fotakis et al. Series in Optics and Optoelectronics 2. Taylor & Francis, New York, 2007. $149.95 (336 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7503-0873-1  Buy at Amazon

Non-Linear Optical Properties of Matter: From Molecules to Condensed Phases. M. G. Papadopoulos, A. J. Sadlej, J. Leszczynski, eds. Challenges and Advances in Computational Chemistry and Physics 1. Springer, Dordrecht, the Netherlands, 2006. $299.00 (676 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4020-4849-4  Buy at Amazon

Optical Polarization in Biomedical Applications. V. V. Tuchin, L. V. Wang, D. A. Zimnyakov. Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering. Springer, New York, 2006. $159.95 (281 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-25876-6  Buy at Amazon

Optical Propagation in Linear Media: Atmospheric Gases and Particles, Solid-State Components, and Water. M. E. Thomas. The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory Series in Science and Engineering. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2006. $124.50 (559 pp.). ISBN 978-0-19-509161-8  Buy at Amazon

Optical Spectroscopy of Inorganic Solids. B. Henderson, G. F. Imbusch. Monographs on the Physics and Chemistry of Materials 44. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2006 [1989, reissued]. $84.50 paper (645 pp.). ISBN 978-0-19-929862-4  Buy at Amazon

Polymer Fiber Optics: Materials, Physics, and Applications. M. G. Kuzyk. Optical Science and Engineering 117. CRC Press/ Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, FL, 2007. $149.95 (399 pp.). ISBN 978-1-57444-706-4  Buy at Amazon

Principles of Fluorescence Spectroscopy. 3rd ed. J. R. Lakowicz. Springer, New York, 2006 [1999]. $89.95 (954 pp.). ISBN 978-0-387-31278-1, CD-ROM   Buy at Amazon

Progress in Ultrafast Intense Laser Science. Vol. 1. K. Yamanouchi, S. L. Chin, P. Agostini, G. Ferrante, eds. Springer Series in Chemical Physics 84. Springer, New York, 2006. $159.00 (329 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-34421-6  Buy at Amazon

Scattering and Diffraction in Physical Optics. 2nd ed. M. Nieto-Vesperinas. World Scientific, Hackensack, NJ, 2006. $86.00 (434 pp.). ISBN 978-981-256-340-8  Buy at Amazon

Structure Determination from Powder Diffraction Data. W. I. F. David, K. Shankland, L. B. McCusker, C. Baerlocher, eds. IUCr Monographs on Crystallography 13. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2006 [2002, reissued]. $79.50 paper (337 pp.). ISBN 978-0-19-920553-0  Buy at Amazon

Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering: Physics and Applications. K. Kneipp, M. Moskovits, H. Kneipp, eds. Topics in Applied Physics 103. Springer, New York, 2006. $219.00 (464 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-33566-5  Buy at Amazon

Trends in Lasers and Electro-Optics Research. W. T. Arkin, ed. Nova Science, Hauppauge, NY, 2006. $129.00 (279 pp.). ISBN 978-1-59454-498-9  Buy at Amazon

Ultrashort Laser Pulse Phenomena: Fundamentals, Techniques, and Applications on a Femtosecond Time Scale. 2nd ed. J.-C. Diels, W. Rudolph. Academic Press/Elsevier, San Diego, CA, 2006 [1996]. $99.95 (652 pp.). ISBN 978-0-12-215493-5  Buy at Amazon

particle physics

Supersymmetric Mechanics, Vol. 1: Supersymmetry, Noncommutativity, and Matrix Models. S. Bellucci, ed. Lecture Notes in Physics 698. Springer, New York, 2006. $59.95 (225 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-33313-5  Buy at Amazon

Supersymmetric Mechanics, Vol. 2: The Attractor Mechanism and Space Time Singularities. S. Bellucci, S. Ferrara, A. Marrani. Lecture Notes in Physics 701. Springer, New York, 2006. $59.95 (242 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-34156-7   Buy at Amazon

The Theory of Quark and Gluon Interactions. 4th ed. F. J. Ynduráin. Theoretical and Mathematical Physics. Springer, New York, 2006 [1999]. $99.00 (474 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-33209-1  Buy at Amazon

Trends in Boson Research. A. V. Ling, ed. Nova Science, Hauppauge, NY, 2006. $129.00 (234 pp.). ISBN 978-1-59454-521-4  Buy at Amazon

plasmas and fusion

Plasma-Material Interaction in Controlled Fusion. D. Naujoks. Springer Series on Atomic, Optical, and Plasma Physics 39. Springer, New York, 2006. $119.00 (277 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-32148-4  Buy at Amazon

popularizations

Calibrating the Cosmos: How Cosmology Explains Our Big Bang Universe. F. Levin. Astronomers' Universe. Springer, New York, 2007. $29.95 (301 pp.). ISBN 978-0-387-30778-7  Buy at Amazon

Coincidences, Chaos, and All That Math Jazz: Making Light of Weighty Ideas. E. B. Burger, M. Starbird. W. W. Norton, New York, 2006 [2005, reissued]. $15.95 paper (276 pp.). ISBN 978-0-393-32931-5  Buy at Amazon

Dark Cosmos: In Search of Our Universe's Missing Mass and Energy. D. Hooper. Smithsonian Books/HarperCollins, New York, 2006. $24.95 (240 pp.). ISBN 978-0-06-113032-8  Buy at Amazon

Hubble Space Telescope. S. Whitfield. Pocket Space Guide 7. Apogee Books, Burlington, ON, Canada, 2006. $9.95 paper (55 pp.). ISBN 978-1-894959-38-4  Buy at Amazon

The Making of the Fittest: DNA and the Ultimate Forensic Record of Evolution. S. B. Carroll. W. W. Norton, New York, 2006. $25.95 (301 pp.). ISBN 978-0-393-06163-5  Buy at Amazon

The Origins of the Future: Ten Questions for the Next Ten Years. J. Gribbin. Yale U. Press, New Haven, CT, 2006. $27.50 (292 pp.). ISBN 978-0-300-11998-5  Buy at Amazon

The Physics of Basketball. J. J. Fontanella. Johns Hopkins U. Press, Baltimore, MD, 2006. $25.00 (150 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8018-8513-6  Buy at Amazon

Project Apollo. Vol. 1: The Test Program. R. Godwin. Pocket Space Guide. Apogee Books, Burlington, ON, Canada, 2005. $9.95 paper (72 pp.). ISBN 978-1-894959-36-0  Buy at Amazon

Project Apollo. Vol. 2: Exploring the Moon. R. Godwin. Pocket Space Guide. Apogee Books, Burlington, ON, Canada, 2006. $9.95 paper (49 pp.). ISBN 978-1-894959-37-7  Buy at Amazon

Russian Spacecraft. R. Godwin. Pocket Space Guide. Apogee Books, Burlington, ON, Canada, 2006. $9.95 paper (66 pp.). ISBN 978-1-894959-39-1  Buy at Amazon

The Seven Secrets of How to Think Like a Rocket Scientist. J. Longuski. Copernicus Books/Springer, New York, 2007. $25.00 (167 pp.). ISBN 978-0-387-30876-0  Buy at Amazon

space and planetary science

Searching for Water in the Universe. T. Encrenaz (translated from French by B. Mizon). Springer-Praxis Books in Popular Astronomy. Praxis/Springer, New York, 2007. $29.95 paper (193 pp.). ISBN 978-0-387-34174-3  Buy at Amazon

Solar and Heliospheric Origins of Space Weather Phenomena. J.-P. Rozelot, ed. Lecture Notes in Physics 699. Springer, New York, 2006. $59.95 (166 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-33758-4  Buy at Amazon

Solar Eruptions and Energetic Particles. N. Gopalswamy, R. Mewaldt, J. Torsti, eds. Geophysical Monograph 165. American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC, 2006. $88.00 (385 pp.). ISBN 978-0-87590-430-6  Buy at Amazon

Solar Journey: The Significance of Our Galactic Environment for the Heliosphere and Earth. P. C. Frisch, ed. Astrophysics and Space Science Library 338. Springer, Dordrecht, the Netherlands, 2006. $169.00 (405 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4020-4397-0  Buy at Amazon

statistical physics and thermodynamics

CRC Handbook of Enthalpy Data of Polymer-Solvent Systems. C. Wohlfarth. CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, FL, 2006. $269.95 (623 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8493-9361-7  Buy at Amazon

Dynamics of Combustion Systems. A. K. Oppenheim. Springer, New York, 2006. $139.00 (359 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-32606-9  Buy at Amazon

Free Convection Film Flows and Heat Transfer. D. Shang. Springer, New York, 2006. $159.00 (408 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-29126-8  Buy at Amazon

Statistical Mechanics: Algorithms and Computations. W. Krauth. Oxford Master Series in Statistical, Computational, and Theoretical Physics 13. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2006. $98.50, $47.50 paper (342 pp.). ISBN 978-0-19-851535-7, ISBN 978-0-19-851536-4 paper, CD-ROM  Buy at Amazon

texts and education

Competency Assessments for Nuclear Industry Personnel. International Atomic Energy Agency. International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, 2006. $62.50 paper (149 pp.). ISBN 978-92-0-110105-1, CD-ROM  Buy at Amazon

theory and mathematical methods

Calculus and Mechanics on Two-Point Homogenous Riemannian Spaces. A. V. Shchepetilov. Lecture Notes in Physics 707. Springer, New York, 2006. $99.95 (255 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-35384-3  Buy at Amazon

Explorations in Mathematical Physics: The Concepts Behind an Elegant Language. D. Koks. Springer, New York, 2006. $69.95 (539 pp.). ISBN 978-0-387-30943-9  Buy at Amazon

Game Theory: Decisions, Interaction, and Evolution. J. N. Webb. Springer Undergraduate Mathematics Series. Springer, New York, 2007. $39.95 paper (241 pp.). ISBN 978-1-84628-423-6  Buy at Amazon

Geometry, Language, and Strategy. G. H. Thomas. Series on Knots and Everything 37. World Scientific, Hackensack, NJ, 2006. $48.00 (240 pp.). ISBN 978-981-256-617-1  Buy at Amazon

Lie Algebras and Applications. F. Iachello. Lecture Notes in Physics 708. Springer, New York, 2006. $49.95 (196 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-36236-4  Buy at Amazon

Logical Foundation of Theoretical Physics. G. Quznetsov. Nova Science, Hauppauge, NY, 2006. $89.00 (120 pp.). ISBN 978-1-59454-948-9  Buy at Amazon

Moonshine Beyond the Monster: The Bridge Connecting Algebra, Modular Forms, and Physics. T. Gannon. Cambridge Monographs on Mathematical Physics. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2006. $130.00 (477 pp.). ISBN 978-0-521-83531-2  Buy at Amazon

Number Theory: An Introduction via the Distribution of Primes. B. Fine, G. Rosenberger. Birkhäuser, Boston, 2007. $59.95 paper (342 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8176-4472-7  Buy at Amazon

Operator Algebras: The Abel Symposium 2004. O. Bratteli, S. Neshveyev, C. Skau, eds. Abel Symposia 1. Proc. symp., Oslo, Norway, Sept. 2004. Springer, New York, 2006. $89.95 (279 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-34196-3  Buy at Amazon

Time-Dependent Density Functional Theory. M. A. L. Marques et al., eds. Lecture Notes in Physics 706. Springer, New York, 2006. $99.00 (589 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-35422-2  Buy at Amazon

Understanding and Implementing the Finite Element Method. M. S. Gockenbach. SIAM, Philadelphia, 2006. $87.00 paper (363 pp.). ISBN 978-0-89871-614-6  Buy at Amazon