Energy and Entropy: A Dynamic Duo. Harvey S. Leff. 322 pp. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, 2021. Price: $54.95 (paper) ISBN 9780367349066.

Essays in Physics: Thirty-Two Thoughtful Essays on Topics in Undergraduate-Level Physics. Geoffrey Brooker. 484 pp. Oxford U. P., 2021. Price: $78 (hardcover) ISBN 978‐0-885724‐2.

Every Life is on Fire: How Thermodynamics Explains the Origin of Living Things. Jeremy England. 258 pp. Basic Books, New York, 2021. Price: $28 (hardcover) ISBN 9781541699014.

Flashes of Creation: George Gamow, Fred Hoyle, and the Great Big Bang Debate. Paul Halpern. 262 pp. Basic Books, New York, 2021. Price: $17.99 (hardcover) ISBN 978‐1-5416‐7359-5.

Light Speed: The Ghostly Aether and the Race to Measure the Speed of Light. John C. H. Spence. 244 pp. Oxford U. P., 2021. Price: $34.95 (hardcover) ISBN 978‐0-8841968‐8.

Quantum Field Theory: An Integrated Approach. Eduardo Fradkin. 761 pp. Princeton U. P., Princeton, NJ, 2021. Price: $85 (hardcover) ISBN 9780691149080.

Science Between Myth and History: The Quest for Common Ground and Its Importance for Scientific Practice. José G. Perillán. 364 pp. Oxford U. P., 2021. Price: $45.95 (hardcover) ISBN 978‐0-19‐886496-7.

The Forest of Physics. Travis Norsen. 386 pp. Pig Pug Press, 2021. Price: $45 (hardcover) ISBN 978‐1-7345280.

The Janus Point: A New Theory of Time. Julian Barbour. 395 pp. Basic Books, New York, 2020. Price: $32 (hardcover) ISBN 9780465095469.

The Science of Learning Physics: Cognitive Strategies for Improving Instruction. José P. Mestre and Jennifer L. Docktor. 210 pp. World Scientific, Singapore, 2021. Price: $28 (paper) ISBN 9789811227769.

Understanding Acoustics: An Experimentalist's View of Sound and Vibration, 2nd ed. Steven L. Garrett. 832 pp. ASA Press/Springer, 2020. Price: $41.70 (hardcover) ISBN 978‐3-030‐4478-8.