New Books

Astrobiology: Origins from the Big-Bang to Civilisation. J. Chela-Flores, G. A. Lemarchand, J. Oró, eds. Proc. sch., Caracas, Venezuela, Nov.-Dec. 1999. Kluwer Academic, Norwell, Mass., 2000. $154.00 (336 pp.). ISBN 0-7923-6587-9

Einstein’s Relativity and Beyond: New Symmetry Approaches. J.-P. Hsu. Advanced Series on Theoretical Physical Science 7. World Scientific, River Edge, N.J., 2000. $41.00 (431 pp.). ISBN 981-02-3888-6

Exploring Black Holes: Introduction to General Relativity . E. F. Taylor, J. A. Wheeler. Addison Wesley Longman, New York, 2000. $37.33 (286 pp.). ISBN 0-201-38423-X

The Nature of Space and Time. S. Hawking, R. Penrose. Isaac Newton Institute Series of Lectures . Princeton U. Press, Princeton, N. J., 2000 [1996, reissued]. $14.95 paper (141 pp.). ISBN 0-691-05084-8

Relativity, Groups, Particles: Special Relativity and Relativistic Symmetry in Field and Particle Physics . Revised edition. R. U. Sexl, H. K. Urbantke (translated from German by H. K. Urbantke). Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001 [1992]. $54.00 (388 pp.). ISBN 3-211-83443-5

The Blue Laser Diode: The Complete Story. 2nd edition. S. Nakamura, S. Pearton, G. Fasol. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2000 [1997]. $84.95 (368 pp.). ISBN 3-540-66505-6

Electromagnetic Noise and Quantum Optical Measurements . H. A. Haus. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2000. $79.95 (562 pp.). ISBN 3-540-65272-8

Handbook of Advanced Plasma Processing Techniques. R. J. Shul, S. J. Pearton, eds. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2000. $138.00 (653 pp.). ISBN 3-540-66772-5

Handbook of Thin Film Devices. Vols. 1-5. M. H. Francombe, series ed. Handbook of Thin Film Devices . Academic Press, New York, 2000. $1500.00 set (1412 pp. set). ISBN 0-12-265320-3

Holographic Data Storage . H. J. Coufal, D. Psaltis, G. T. Sincerbox, eds. Springer Series in Optical Sciences 76. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2000. $165.00 (486 pp.). ISBN 3-540-66691-5

Nuclear Energy: An Introduction to the Concepts, Systems, and Applications of Nuclear Processes. 5th edition. R. L. Murray. Butterworth-Heinemann, Boston, 2001 [1993]. $59.95 (490 pp.). ISBN 0-7506-7136-X

Flow Control: Passive, Active, and Reactive Flow Management. M. Gadel-Hak. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2000. $95.00 (421 pp.). ISBN 0-521-77006-8

Mathematical Analysis of Viscoelastic Flows . M. Renardy. CBMS-NSF Regional Conference Series in Applied Mathematics 73. Proc. conf., Newark, Del., June 1999. Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Philadelphia, 2000. $35.00 paper (104 pp.). ISBN 0-89871-457-5

Principles of Computational Fluid Dynamics . P. Wesseling. Springer Series in Computational Mathematics 29. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001. $89.00 (644 pp.). ISBN 3-540-67853-0

Shape and Structure, from Engineering to Nature. A. Bejan. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2000. $110.00, $39.95 paper (324 pp.). ISBN 0-521-79049-2, ISBN 0-521-79388-2 paper

Thermodynamics of Fluids under Flow . D. Jou, J. Casas-Vázquez, M. Criado-Sancho. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001. $49.95 (231 pp.). ISBN 3-540-67845-X

Turbulent Combustion . N. Peters. Cambridge Monographs on Mechanics. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2000. $69.95 (304 pp.). ISBN 0-521-66082-3

Turbulent Flows . S. B. Pope. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2000. $130.00, $49.95 paper (771 pp.). ISBN 0-521-59125-2, ISBN 0-521-59886-9 paper

Vortex Structure and Dynamics . A. Maurel, P. Petitjeans, eds. Lecture Notes in Physics 555. Proc. wksp., Rouen, France, Apr. 1999. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2000. $82.80 (319 pp.). ISBN 3-540-67920-0

El Niño and the Southern Oscillation: Multiscale Variability and Global and Regional Impacts . H. F. Diaz, V. Markgraf, eds. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2000. $90.00 (496 pp.). ISBN 0-521-62138-0

Lightning Physics and Lightning Protection. E. M. Bazelyan, Y. P. Raizer. IOP, Philadelphia, 2000. $120.00 (325 pp.). ISBN 0-7503-0477-4

Physics Meets Mineralogy: Condensed-Matter Physics in Geosciences. H. Aoki, Y. Syono, R. J. Hemley, eds. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2000. $100.00 (396 pp.). ISBN 0-521-64342-2

The 85 Ways to Tie a Tie: The Science and Aesthetics of Tie Knots. T. Fink, Y. Mao. Broadway Books, New York, 2000 [1999, reissued]. $14.95 (144 pp.). ISBN 0-7679-0643-8

Alan Turing: The Enigma. A. Hodges. Walker, New York, 2000 [1983, reissued]. $18.95 paper (587 pp.). ISBN 0-8027-7580-2

Asteroids: A History. C. Peebles. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D.C., 2000. $29.95 (280 pp.). ISBN 1-56098-389-2

Astronomy across Cultures: The History of Non-Western Astronomy. H. Selin, ed. Science across Cultures: The History of Non-Western Science 1. Kluwer Academic, Norwell, Mass., 2000. $345.00 (665 pp.). ISBN 0-7923-6363-9

Brunelleschi’s Dome: How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture. R. King. Walker, New York, 2000. $24.00 (194 pp.). ISBN 0-8027-1366-1

Cardinal Choices: Presidential Science Advising from the Atomic Bomb to SDI. Revised edition. G. Herken. Stanford Nuclear Age Series. Stanford U. Press, Stanford, Calif., 2000 [1992]. $55.00, $22.95 paper (358 pp.). ISBN 0-8047-3966-8, ISBN 0-8047-3770-3 paper

The Dating Game: One Man’s Search for the Age of the Earth. C. Lewis. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2000. $24.95 (253 pp.). ISBN 0-521-79051-4

The Direction of Time. M. Reichenbach, ed. Dover, Mineola N.Y., 1999 [1971, reissued]. $10.95 paper (280 pp.). ISBN 0-486-40926-0

Einstein’s Unfinished Symphony: Listening to the Sounds of Space-Time. M. Bartusiak. Joseph Henry Press, Washington, D.C., 2000. $24.95 (249 pp.). ISBN 0-309-06987-4

The Fascinating Life and Theory of Albert Einstein. W. C. Mih. Nova Science, Commack, N.Y., 2000. $27.95 (137 pp.). ISBN 1-56072-786-1

The Foundations of Newtonian Scholarship. R. H. Dalitz, M. Nauenberg, eds. Proc. symp., Cambridge, England, June-July 1987. World Scientific, River Edge, N. J., 2000. $60.00 (242 pp.). ISBN 981-02-3920-3

From the Wandering Jew to William F. Buckley Jr.: On Science, Literature, and Religion. M. Gardner. Prometheus Books, Amherst, N.Y., 2000. $27.00 (350 pp.). ISBN 1-57392-852-6

Instrumental Traditions and Theories of Light: The Uses of Instruments in the Optical Revolution. X. Chen. Science and Philosophy 9. Kluwer Academic, Norwell, Mass., 2000. $99.00 (211 pp.). ISBN 0-7923-6349-3

Investigations. S. A. Kauffman. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2000. $30.00 (289 pp.). ISBN 0-19-512104-X

Laser: The Inventor, the Nobel Laureate, and the Thirty-Year Patent War. N. Taylor. Simon & Schuster, New York, 2000. $27.50 (304 pp.). ISBN 0-684-83515-0

The Many Faces of the Superworld: Yuri Golfand Memorial Volume. M. Shifman, ed. World Scientific, River Edge, N.J., 2000. $103.00 (677 pp.). ISBN 981-02-4206-9

Measuring the Universe: Our Historic Quest to Chart the Horizons of Space and Time. K. Ferguson. Walker, New York, 1999. $16.95 paper (342 pp.). ISBN 0-8027-7592-6

The Neptune File: A Story of Astronomical Rivalry and the Pioneers of Planet Hunting. T. Standage. Walker, New York, 2000. $24.00 (240 pp.). ISBN 0-8027-1363-7

Quantum Field Theory: A Twentieth Century Profile. A. N. Mitra, ed. Hindustan Book Agency/Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi, 2000. $89.00 (900 pp.). ISBN 81-85931-25-9

Quantum Reflections. J. Ellis, D. Amati, eds. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2000. $49.95 (202 pp.). ISBN 0-521-63008-8

Rabi: Scientist and Citizen. J. S. Rigden. Harvard U. Press, Cambridge, Mass., 2000 [1987, reissued]. $19.95 paper (302 pp.). ISBN 0-674-00435-3

The Road Since Structure: Philosophical Essays, 1970-1993, with an Autobiographical Interview. T. S. Kuhn, J. Conant, J. Haugeland, eds. U. of Chicago Press, 2000. $25.00 (355 pp.). ISBN 0-226-45798-2

Selected Papers of Richard Feynman: With Commentary. L. M. Brown, ed. World Scientific Series in 20th Century Physics 27. World Scientific, River Edge, N.J., 2000. $96.00, $48.00 paper (999 pp.). ISBN 981-02-4130-5, ISBN 981-02-4131-3 paper

Servants of Nature: A History of Scientific Institutions, Enterprises and Sensibilities. L. Pyenson, S. Sheets-Pyenson. Norton History of Science Series. W. W. Norton, New York, 2000 [1999, reissued]. $32.50, $17.95 paper (496 pp.). ISBN 0-393-04614-1, ISBN 0-393-31736-6 paper

Shoemaker by Levy: The Man Who Made an Impact . D. H. Levy. Princeton U. Press, Princeton, N.J., 2000. $27.95 (303 pp.). ISBN 0-691-00225-8

Spectrum of Belief: Joseph von Fraunhofer and the Craft of Precision Optics. M. W. Jackson. Transformations: Studies in the History of Science and Technology. MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass., 2000. $34.95 (284 pp.). ISBN 0-262-10084-3

The Universal Computer: The Road from Leibniz to Turing. M. Davis. W. W. Norton, New York, 2000. $26.95 (257 pp.). ISBN 0-393-04785-7

The Universal History of Computing: From the Abacus to the Quantum Computer . Revised edition. G. Ifrah (translated from French by E. F. Harding). Wiley, New York, 2001 [1994]. $24.95 (410 pp.). ISBN 0-471-39671-0

The Universal History of Numbers: From Prehistory to the Invention of the Computer . Revised edition. G. Ifrah (translated from French by D. Bellos, E. F. Harding, S. Wood, I. Monk). Wiley, New York, 2000 [1994]. $22.95 paper (633 pp.). ISBN 0-471-39340-1

Views of a Physicist: Selected Papers of N. G. van Kampen. P. H. E. Meijer, ed. World Scientific, River Edge, N.J., 2000. $74.00 (290 pp.). ISBN 981-02-4357-X

Atom Probe Tomography: Analysis at the Atomic Level. M. K. Miller. Kluwer Academic/Plenum, New York, 2000. $72.50 (239 pp.). ISBN 0-306-46415-2

Further Developments in Scientific Optical Imaging . M. B. Denton, ed. Proc. conf., Grand Cayman Island, British West Indies, Dec. 1998. The Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, England, 2000. $140.00 (207 pp.). ISBN 0-85404-784-0

High-Power Diode Lasers: Fundamentals, Technology, Applications. R. Diehl, ed. Topics in Applied Physics 78. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2000. $159.90 (416 pp.). ISBN 3-540-66693-1

Magnetic Fields: A Comprehensive Theoretical Treatise for Practical Use. H. E. Knoepfel. Wiley, New York, 2000. $125.00 (619 pp.). ISBN 0-471-32205-9

Matlab Guide. D. J. Higham, N. J. Higham. Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Philadelphia, 2000. $42.00 (283 pp.). ISBN 0-89871-469-9

Physical Vapor Deposition of Thin Films . J. E. Mahan. Wiley, New York, 2000. $84.95 (312 pp.). ISBN 0-471-33001-9

Templates for the Solution of Algebraic Eigenvalue Problems: A Practical Guide. Z. Bai, J. Demmel, J. Dongarra, A. Ruhe, H. van der Vorst, eds. Software, Environments, Tools. Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Philadelphia, 2000. $62.00 paper (410 pp.). ISBN 0-89871-471-0

Advances in Cryogenic Engineering: Materials, Vols. 46A and 46B. U. B. Balachandran, K. T. Hartwig, D. U. Gubser, V. A. Bardos, eds. Proc. conf., Montreal, Canada, July 1999. Kluwer Academic/Plenum, New York, 2000. $225.00 set (1565 pp. set). ISBN 0-306-46398-9

Electrochemistry of Glasses and Glass Melts, Including Glass Electrodes . H. Bach, F. G. K. Baucke, D. Krause, eds. Schott Series on Glass and Glass Ceramics . Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001. $149.00 (451 pp.). ISBN 3-540-58608-3

Electromagnetic Material Interrogation Using Conductive Interfaces and Acoustic Wavefronts. H. T. Banks, M. W. Buksas, T. Lin. Frontiers in Applied Mathematics 21. Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Philadelphia, 2000. $56.00 (146 pp.). ISBN 0-89871-459-1

Electron Backscatter Diffraction in Materials Science . A. J. Schwartz, M. Kumar, B. L. Adams, eds. Kluwer Academic/Plenum, New York, 2000. $75.00 (339 pp.). ISBN 0-306-46487-X

The Physics of Ferroelectric and Antiferroelectric Liquid Crystals . I. Muševič, R. Blinc, B. Zekš. World Scientific, River Edge, N.J., 2000. $86.00 (668 pp.). ISBN 981-02-0325-X

The Physics of Foams . D. Weaire, S. Hutzler. Oxford U. Press, New York, 1999. $80.00 (246 pp.). ISBN 0-19-850551-5

Texture and Anisotropy: Preferred Orientations in Polycrystals and Their Effect on Materials Properties . U. F. Kocks, C. N. Tomé, H.-R. Wenk, authors and eds. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2000 [1998, reissued]. $105.00, $54.95 paper (676 pp.). ISBN 0-521-46516-8, ISBN 0-521-79420-X paper

Complex Systems: Chaos and Beyond—A Constructive Approach with Applications in Life Sciences. K. Kaneko, I. Tsuda. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001. $72.00 (273 pp.). ISBN 3-540-67202-8

Nonlinear Interactions: Analytical, Computational, and Experimental Methods. A. H. Nayfeh. Wiley Series in Nonlinear Science. Wiley, New York, 2000. $110.00 (760 pp.). ISBN 0-471-17591-9

Lecture Notes on Phase Tranformations in Nuclear Matter . J. A. López, C. O. Dorso. World Scientific, River Edge, N.J., 2000. $24.00 (119 pp.). ISBN 981-02-4007-4

Color Science: Concepts and Methods, Quantitative Data and Formulae. 2nd edition. G. Wyszecki, W. S. Stiles. Wiley Classics Library. Wiley, New York, 2000 [1982]. $59.95 paper (950 pp.). ISBN 0-471-39918-3

Dynamic Light Scattering: With Applications to Chemistry, Biology and Physics. B. J. Berne, R. Pecora. Dover, Mineola, N.Y., 2000 [1976, reissued]. $17.95 paper (376 pp.). ISBN 0-486-41155-9

Electromagnetic Resonances in Nonlinear Optics . M. Nevière, E. Popov, R. Reinisch, G. Vitrant. Advances in Nonlinear Optics 5. Gordon and Breach Science, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 2000. $90.00 (381 pp.). ISBN 90-5699-317-8

Heterogeneous Optoelectronics Integration. E. Towe, ed. SPIE, Bellingham, Wash., 2000. $80.00 (281 pp.). ISBN 0-8194-3571-6

Introduction to DWDM Technology: Data in a Rainbow. S. V. Kartalopoulos. SPIE, Bellingham, Wash., and IEEE Press, New York, 2000. $64.95 (258 pp.). SPIE ISBN 0-8194-3620-8, IEEE ISBN 0-7803-5399-4