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Accretion Processes in Star Formation. L. Hartmann. Cambridge Astrophysics Series 32. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2000 [1998, reissued]. $74.95, $39.95 paper (237 pp.). ISBN 0-521-43507-2, ISBN 0-521-78520-0 paper

Astronomy and Astrophysics in the New Millennium. Astronomy and Astrophysics Survey Committee, National Research Council. National Academy Press, Washington, DC, 2001. $49.95, $34.95 paper (246 pp.). ISBN 0-309-07312-X, ISBN 0-309-07031-7 paper

The Deep-Sky Observer’s Year: A Guide to Observing Deep-Sky Objects throughout the Year. G. Privett, P. Parsons. Patrick Moore’s Practical Astronomy Series. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001. $32.00 paper (253 pp.). ISBN 1-85233-273-5

Deep-Space Probes. G. L. Matloff. Springer–Praxis Books in Astronomy and Space Sciences. Praxis/Springer-Verlag, New York, 2000. $89.95 (184 pp.). ISBN 1-85233-200-X

Organizations and Strategies in Astronomy. A. Heck, ed. Astrophysics and Space Science Library 256. Kluwer Academic, Norwell, Mass., 2000. $103.00 (221 pp.). ISBN 0-7923-6671-9

Polarization of Light and Astronomical Observation. J.-L. Leroy. Advances in Astronomy and Astrophysics 4. Gordon and Breach Science, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 2000. $79.00 (221 pp.). ISBN 90-5699-219-8

Star Clusters. B. W. Carney, W. E. Harris. Swiss Society for Astrophysics and Astronomy, Saas-Fee Advanced Course 28, Lecture Notes 1998. Proc. sch., Les Diablerets, Switzerland, Mar.–Apr. 1998. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001. $69.95 (417 pp.). ISBN 3-540-67646-5

Very Low-Mass Stars and Brown Dwarfs. R. Rebolo, M. R. Zapatero-Osorio, eds. Cambridge Contemporary Astrophysics. Proc. conf., La Palma, Tenerife, Spain, May 1998. $69.95 (265 pp.). ISBN 0-521-66335-0

Positron Physics. M. Charlton, J. W. Humberton. Cambridge Monographs on Atomic, Molecular and Chemical Physics 11. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2001. $120.00 (454 pp.). ISBN 0-521-41550-0

Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy. S. Webb. Series in Medical Physics. IOP, Philadelphia, 2001. $65.00 paper (435 pp.). ISBN 0-7503-0699-8

Lipid Bilayers: Structure and Interactions. J. Katsaras, T. Gutberlet, eds. Biological Physics Series. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001. $79.95 (295 pp.). ISBN 3-540-67555-8

Minimally Invasive Medical Technology. J. G. Webster, ed. Series in Medical Physics. IOP, Philadelphia, 2001. $115.00 (316 pp.). ISBN 0-7503-0733-1

Advances in Chemical Physics. Vol. 114. I. Prigogine, S. A. Rice, eds. Wiley, New York, 2000. $175.00 (630 pp.). ISBN 0-471-39267-7

Advances in Chemical Physics. Vol. 115. I. Prigogine, S. A. Rice, eds. Wiley, New York, 2000. $175.00 (441 pp.). ISBN 0-471-39331-2

Advances in Chemical Physics. Vol. 116. S. A. Rice, I. Prigogine, eds. Wiley, New York, 2001. $175.00 (424 pp.). ISBN 0-471-40541-8

Annual Review of Physical Chemistry. Vol. 51. H. L. Strauss, G. T. Babcock, S. R. Leone, eds. Annual Reviews, Palo Alto, Calif., 2000. $147.00 (868 pp.). ISBN 0-8243-1051-9

Hyper-Structured Molecules II: Chemistry, Physics and Applications. H. Sasabe, ed. Proc. forum, Sapporo, Japan, May–June 1997. Gordon and Breach Science, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 2001. $120.00 (259 pp.). ISBN 90-5699-215-5

The New Chemistry. N. Hall, ed. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2000. $49.95 (493 pp.). ISBN 0-521-45224-4

Optical Control of Molecular Dynamics. S. A. Rice, M. Zhao. Wiley, New York, 2000. $89.95 (437 pp.). ISBN 0-471-35423-6

Transition Metal and Rare Earth Compounds: Excited States, Transitions, Interactions 1. H. Yersin, ed. Topics in Current Chemistry 213. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001. $109.00 (186 pp.). ISBN 3-540-67986-3

Digital Signal Processing: A Computer Science Perspective. J. Y. Stein. Wiley Series in Telecommunications and Signal Processing. Wiley, New York, 2000. $110.00 (859 pp.). ISBN 0-471-29546-9

Introduction to AI Robotics. R. Murphy. Intelligent Robotics and Autonomous Agents. MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass., 2000. $50.00 (466 pp.). ISBN 0-262-13383-0

Mathematics and Computer Science: Algorithms, Trees, Combinatorics and Probabilities. D. Gardy, A. Mokkadem, eds. Trends in Mathematics. Proc. colloq., Versailles, France, Sept. 2000. Birkhäuser, Boston, 2000. $98.00 (340 pp.). ISBN 3-7643-6430-0

Self-Organizing Maps. 3rd edition. T. Kohonen. Springer Series in Information Sciences 30. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001 [1997]. $49.95 paper (501 pp.). ISBN 3-540-67921-9

The Theory and Practice of Discourse Parsing and Summarization. D. Marcu. MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass., 2000. $39.95 (248 pp.). ISBN 0-262-13372-5

Applications of Neutron Scattering to Soft Condensed Matter. B. J. Gabrys, ed. Gordon and Breach Science, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 2000. $95.00 (362 pp.). ISBN 90-5699-300-3

Chirality in Liquid Crystals. H.-S. Kitzerow, C. Bahr, eds. Partially Ordered Systems. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001. $119.00 (501 pp.). ISBN 0-387-98679-0

d–d Excitations in Transition-Metal Oxides: A Spin-Polarized Electron Energy-Loss Spectroscopy (SPEELS) Study. B. Fromme. Springer Tracts in Modern Physics 170. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001. $74.95 (145 pp.). ISBN 3-540-41051-1

Defects in SiO₂ and Related Dielectrics: Science and Technology. G. Pacchioni, L. Skuja, D. L. Griscom, eds. NATO Science Series. II: Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry 2. Proc. inst., Erice, Italy, April 2000. Kluwer Academic, Norwell, Mass., 2000. $238.00 (624 pp.). ISBN 0-7923-6685-9

An Elementary Course on the Continuum Theory for Nematic Liquid Crystals. G. Barbero, L. R. Evangelista. Series on Liquid Crystals 3. World Scientific, River Edge, N.J., 2001. $46.00 (367 pp.). ISBN 981-02-3224-1

High-T _c Superconductors for Magnet and Energy Technology: Fundamental Aspects. B. R. Lehndorff. Springer Tracts in Modern Physics 171. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001. $109.00 (209 pp.). ISBN 3-540-41231-X

Introduction to Ferroic Materials. V. K. Wadhawan. Gordon and Breach Science, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 2000. $95.00 (740 pp.). ISBN 90-5699-286-4

Liquid Crystals: Experimental Study of Physical Properties and Phase Transitions. S. Kumar. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2001. $110.00 (483 pp.). ISBN 0-521-46132-4

Magnetism in Heavy Fermion Systems. H. B. Radousky, ed. Series in Modern Condensed Matter Physics 11. World Scientific, River Edge, N.J., 2000. $86.00 (383 pp.). ISBN 981-02-4384-0

Phase Transitions and Critical Phenomena. Vol. 18. C. Domb, J. L. Lebowitz, eds. Academic Press, San Diego, 2001. $125.00 (320 pp.). ISBN 0-12-220318-6

Phase Transitions and Critical Phenomena. Vol. 19. C. Domb, J. L. Lebowitz, eds. Academic Press, San Diego, 2001. $134.95 (498 pp.). ISBN 0-12-220319-4

Phase Transitions and Critical Phenomena. Vol. 20: Cumulative Author, Title and Subject Index, Including Table of Contents, Vols. 1–19. C. Domb, J. L. Lebowitz, eds. Academic Press, San Diego, 2001. $119.95 (201 pp.). ISBN 0-12-220320-8

Quantum Hall Effects: Field Theoretical Approach and Related Topics. Z. F. Ezawa. World Scientific, River Edge, N.J., 2000. $68.00 (507 pp.). ISBN 981-02-3430-9

Ultrafast Phenomena in Semiconductors. K.-T. Tsen, ed. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001. $129.00 (507 pp.). ISBN 0-387-98937-4

The Accelerating Universe: Infinite Expansion, the Cosmological Constant, and the Beauty of the Cosmos. M. Livio. Wiley, New York, 2000. $15.95 paper (274 pp.). ISBN 0-471-39976-0

Group Theory and General Relativity: Representations of the Lorentz Group and Their Applications to the Gravitational Field. M. Carmeli. World Scientific, River Edge, N.J., 2000. $58.00 (391 pp.). ISBN 1-86094-234-2

Fundamentals of Carrier Transport. 2nd edition. M. Lundstrom. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2000 [1990]. $59.95 (418 pp.). ISBN 0-521-63134-3

Quantum Mechanics: An Introduction for Device Physicists and Electrical Engineers. 2nd edition. D. K Ferry. IOP, Philadelphia, 2001 [1992]. $33.00 paper (345 pp.). ISBN 0-7503-0725-0

Causes and Environmental Implications of Increased UV-B Radiation. R. E. Hester, R. M. Harrison, eds. Issues in Environmental Science and Technology 14. Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, England, 2000. $49.00 paper (124 pp.). ISBN 0-85404-265-2

Has Radiation Protection Become a Health Hazard. 2nd edition. G. Walinder (translated from Swedish by M. Bowen-Schrire). Medical Physics Publishing, Madison, Wis., 2000 [1995]. $39.95 paper (168 pp.). ISBN 0-944838-96-0

Intermittency in Turbulent Flows. J. C. Vassilicos, ed. Proc. wksp., Cambridge, England, June 1999. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2001. $74.95 (276 pp.). ISBN 0-521-79221-5

Numerical Simulation of Reactive Flow. 2nd edition. E. S. Oran, J. P. Boris. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2001 [1987]. $90.00 (529 pp.). ISBN 0-521-58175-3

Perspectives in Fluid Dynamics: A Collective Introduction to Current Research. G. K. Batchelor, H. K. Moffatt, M. G. Worster, eds. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2000. $160.00 (631 pp.). ISBN 0-521-78061-6

Exploring Geology on the Isle of Arran: A Set of Field Exercises that Introduce the Practical Skills of Geological Science. C. J. Nicholas. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2000. $17.95 paper (230 pp.). ISBN 0-521-63555-1

Landslides and Tsunamis. B. H. Keating, C. F. Waythomas, A. G. Dawson, eds. Pageoph Topical Volumes. Birkhäuser, Boston, 2000. $59.95 paper (1313 pp.). ISBN 3-7643-6300-2

The Lightning Discharge. M. A. Uman. Dover Books on Physics. Dover, Mineola, N.Y., 2001 [1987, reissued]. $17.95 paper (377 pp.). ISBN 0-486-41463-9

Principles of Seismology. A. Udías. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 1999. $90.00, $39.95 paper (475 pp.). ISBN 0-521-62434-7, ISBN 0-521-62478-9 paper

Satellite Altimetry and Earth Sciences: A Handbook of Techniques and Applications. L.-L. Fu, A. Cazenave, eds. International Geophysics Series 69. Academic Press, San Diego, 2001. $104.95 (463 pp.). ISBN 0-12-269545-3

Theory of Satellite Geodesy: Applications of Satellites to Geodesy. W. M. Kaula. Dover Books on Earth Sciences. Dover, Mineola, N.Y., 2000 [1966, reissued]. $7.95 paper (124 pp.). ISBN 0-486-41465-5

Boltzmann’s Atom: The Great Debate that Launched a Revolution in Physics. D. Lindley. Free Press, New York, 2001. $24.00 (260 pp.). ISBN 0-684-85186-5

The Command of Light: Rowland’s School of Physics and the Spectrum. G. K. Sweetnam. Memoirs of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for Promoting Useful Knowledge 238. $25.00 (233 pp.). ISBN 0-87169-238-4

Cosmic Evolution: The Rise of Complexity in Nature. E. J. Chaisson. Harvard U. Press, Cambridge, Mass., 2001. $27.95 (274 pp.). ISBN 0-674-00342-X

Hermann Weyl’s Raum–Zeit–Materie and a General Introduction to His Scientific Work. E. Scholz, ed. DMV Seminar Band 30. Proc. sem., Günzburg, Germany, May 1992. Birkhäuser, Boston, 2001. $45.00 paper (403 pp.). ISBN 3-7643-6476-9

East Asian Archaeoastronomy: Historical Records of Astronomical Observations of China, Japan and Korea. Z. Xu, D. W. Pankenier, Y. Jiang. Earth Space Institute Book Series 5. Gordon and Breach Science, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 2000. $115.00 (430 pp.). ISBN 90-5699-302-X

Einstein and the Ether. L. Kostro. Ape-iron, Montreal, 2000. $25.00 paper (242 pp.). ISBN 0-9683689-4-8

Experimental Researches in Electricity. Vols. 1–3. M. Faraday. Green Lion Press, Santa Fe, N. Mex, 2000 [1839, reissued]. $120.00 set (1464 pp. set). ISBN 1-888009-15-2

From Whirlwind to MITRE: The R&D Story of the SAGE Air Defense Computer. K. C. Redmond, T. M. Smith. History of Computing. MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass., 2000. $49.95 (535 pp.). ISBN 0-262-18201-7

Hitler’s Uranium Club: The Secret Recordings at Farm Hall. 2nd edition. J. Bernstein. Copernicus Books, New York, 2001 [1996, reissued]. $20.00 paper (384 pp.). ISBN 0-387-95089-3

The Legacy of Léon Van Hove. A. Giovannini, ed. World Scientific Series in 20th Century Physics 28. World Scientific, River Edge, N.J., 2000. $88.00 (570 pp.). ISBN 981-02-4330-8

Linus Pauling, Scientist and Peacemaker. A Centenary Volume. C. Mead, T. Hager, eds. Oregon State U. Press, Corvallis, Ore., 2001. $35.00 (272 pp.). ISBN 0-87071-489-9

The Merely Personal: Observations on Science and Scientists. J. Bernstein. Ivan R. Dee, Chicago, 2001. $26.00 (245 pp.). ISBN 1-56663-344-3

Michael Faraday: Physics and Faith. C. A. Russell. Oxford Portraits in Science. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2000. $22.00 (124 pp.). ISBN 0-19-511763-8

The Physicists’ View of Nature. Part 1: From Newton to Einstein. A. Goswami. Kluwer Academic/Plenum, New York, 2000. $55.00 (352 pp.). ISBN 0-306-46450-0

Russia in Space: The Failed Frontier? B. Harvey. Springer–Praxis Books in Astronomy and Space Sciences. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001. $34.50 paper (330 pp.). ISBN 1-85233-203-4

Star Struck: One Thousand Years of the Art and Science of Astronomy. R. Brashear, D. Lewis. U. of Washington Press, Seattle, 2001. $39.95, $24.95 paper (165 pp.). ISBN 0-295-98096-6, ISBN 0-295-98097-4 paper

Time and Chance. D. Z. Albert. Harvard U. Press, Cambridge, Mass., 2000. $29.95 (172 pp.). ISBN 0-674-00317-9

Cool Thermodynamics: The Engineering and Physics of Predictive, Diagnostic and Optimization Methods for Cooling Systems. J. M. Gordon, K. C. Ng. Cambridge International Science, Cambridge, England, 2000. $80.00 (259 pp.). ISBN 1-898326-908

Dynamical Systems with Applications Using MAPLE. S. Lynch. Birkhäuser, Boston, 2001. $54.95 paper (398 pp.). ISBN 0-8176-4150-5

Frequency Measurement and Control: Advanced Techniques and Future Trends. A. N. Luiten, ed. Topics in Applied Physics 79. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001. $145.00 (394 pp.). ISBN 3-540-67694-5

Raman Spectroscopy for Chemical Analysis. R. L. McCreery. Chemical Analysis 157. Wiley, New York, 2000. $99.95 (420 pp.). ISBN 0-471-25287-5

Graphite and Precursors. P. Delhaès, ed. World of Carbon 1. Gordon and Breach Science, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 2001. $85.00 (297 pp.). ISBN 90-5699-228-7

Materials Modification by Electronic Excitation. N. Itoh, A. M. Stoneham. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2001. $150.00 (520 pp.). ISBN 0-521-55498-5

Properties of Complex Inorganic Solids 2. A. Meike, A. Gonis, P. E. A. Turchi, K. Rajan, eds. Kluwer Academic/ Plenum, New York, 2000. $175.00 (527 pp.). ISBN 0-306-46498-5

Science and Technology of Integrated Ferroelectrics: Selected Papers from Eleven Years of the Proceedings of the International Symposium on Integrated Ferroelectrics. C. Paz de Araujo, O. Auciello, R. Ramesh, G. W. Taylor, eds. Ferroelectricity and Related Phenomena 11. Gordon and Breach Science, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 2000. $185.00 (677 pp.). ISBN 90-5699-704-1

Diffusion and Reactions in Fractals and Disordered Systems. D. ben-Avraham, S. Havlin. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2000. $90.00 (316 pp.). ISBN 0-521-62278-6

Dissipative Quantum Chaos and Decoherence. D. Braun. Springer Tracts in Modern Physics 172. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001. $64.95 (132 pp.). ISBN 3-540-41197-6

Quantum Chaos: A Harmonic Oscillator in Monochromatic Wave. D. I. Kamenev, G. P. Berman. Rinton Press, Princeton, N.J., 2001. $45.00 (150 pp.). ISBN 1-58949-001-0

Signs of Life: How Complexity Pervades Biology. R. Solé, B. Goodwin. Basic Books, New York, 2000. $30.00 (322 pp.). ISBN 0-465-01927-7

Nuclear Reactor Physics. W. M. Stacey. Wiley, New York, 2001. $125.00 (707 pp.). ISBN 0-471-39127-1

Electrostatic Lens Systems. 2nd edition. D. W. O. Heddle. IOP, Philadelphia, 2000. $50.00 (128 pp.). ISBN 0-7503-0697-1, Diskette

Light Wave Manipulation Using Organic Nonlinear Optical Materials. S. Miyata, H. Sasabe, eds. Gordon and Breach Science, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 2000. $135.00 (245 pp.). ISBN 90-5699-270-8

Thin-Film Optical Filters. 3rd edition. H. A. Macleod. IOP, Philadelphia, 2001 [1986]. $105.00 (641 pp.). ISBN 0-7503-0688-2

Data Analysis Techniques for High-Energy Physics. 2nd edition. R. Frühwirth, M. Regler, R. K. Bock, H. Grote, D. Notz. Cambridge Monographs on Particle Physics, Nuclear Physics and Cosmology 11. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2000 [1990]. $120.00, $54.95 paper (384 pp.). ISBN 0-521-63219-6, ISBN 0-521-63548-9 paper

A Modern Introduction to Particle Physics. 2nd edition. Fayyazuddin, Riazuddin. World Scientific, River Edge, N.J., 2000 [1992]. $99.00, $62.00 paper (717 pp.). ISBN 981-02-3876-2, ISBN 981-02-3877-0 paper

Laser-Aided Diagnostics of Plasmas and Gases. K. Muraoka, M. Maeda. Series in Plasma Physics. IOP, Philaelphia, 2001. $115.00 (295 pp.). ISBN 0-7503-0643-2

Theory of Photon Acceleration. J. T. Mendonça. Series in Plasma Physics. IOP, Philadelphia, 2001. $95.00 (222 pp.). ISBN 0-7503-0711-0

The 23rd Cycle: Learning to Live with a Stormy Star. S. F. Odenwald. Columbia U. Press, New York, 2001. $27.95 (207 pp.). ISBN 0-231-12078-8

Managing Science: Management for R&D Laboratories. C. Gelès, G. Lindecker, M. Month, C. Roche. Wiley Series in Beam Physics and Accelerator Technology. Wiley, New York, 2000. $79.95 (359 pp.). ISBN 0-471-18508-6

The Mathematical Sciences after the Year 2000. K. Bitar, A. Chamseddine, W. Sabra, eds. Proc. conf., Beirut, Lebanon, Jan. 1999. World Scientific, River Edge, N.J., 2000. $88.00 (174 pp.). ISBN 981-02-4223-9

The Mystery of the Aleph: Mathematics, the Kabbalah, and the Search for Infinity. A. D. Aczel. Four Walls Eight Windows, New York, 2000. $24.95 (258 pp.). ISBN 1-56858-105-X

ATribble’s Guide to Space. A. C. Tribble. Princeton U. Press, Princeton, N.J., 2000. $24.95 (174 pp.). ISBN 0-691-05059-7

Where Mathematics Comes From: How the Embodied Mind Brings Mathematics into Being. G. Lakoff, R. E. Núñez. Basic Books, New York, 2000. $30.00 (492 pp.). ISBN 0-465-03770-4