Acoustics
Shock Focussing Effect in Medical Science and Sonoluminescence. R. C. Srivastava, D. Leutloff, K. Takayama, H. Grönig, eds. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2003. $79.95 (226 pp.). ISBN 3-540-42514-4
Underwater Acoustic Modeling and Simulation. 3rd edition. P. C. Etter. Spon Press, New York, 2003 [1991]. $150.00 (424 pp.). ISBN 0-419-26220-2
Astronomy and astrophysics
Concise Catalog of Deep-Sky Objects: Astrophysical Information for 500 Galaxies, Clusters and Nebulae. W. H Finlay. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2003. $39.95 paper (248 pp.). ISBN 1-85233-691-9
Dark Matter in Astro- and Particle Physics. H. V. Klapdor-Kleingrothaus, R. D. Viollier, eds. Proc. conf., Cape Town, South Africa, Feb. 2002. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2002. $249.00 (663 pp.). ISBN 3-540-44257-X
Energy Conversion and Particle Acceleration in the Solar Corona. K.-L. Klein, ed. Lecture Notes in Physics 612. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2003. $62.00 (319 pp.). ISBN 3-540-00275-8
Extreme Ultraviolet Astronomy. M. A. Barstow, J. B. Holberg. Cambridge Astrophysics Series 37. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2003. $90.00 (390 pp.). ISBN 0-521-58058-7
From Twilight to Highlight: The Physics of Supernovae. W. Hillebrandt, B. Leibundgut, eds. ESO Astrophysics Symposia. Proc. wksp., Garching, Germany, July 2002. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2003. $49.95 (414 pp.). ISBN 3-540-00483-1
Galaxies at High Redshift. I. Pérez-Fournon, M. Balcells, F. Moreno-Insertis, F. Sánchez, eds. Proc. sch., Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Tenerife, Spain, Nov. 1999. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2003. $95.00 (275 pp.). ISBN 0-521-82591-1
Galaxies: The Third Dimension. M. Rosado, L. Binette, L. Arias, eds. Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series 282. Proc. conf., Cozumel, Quintana Roo, Mexico, Dec. 2001. Astronomical Society of the Pacific, San Francisco, 2002. $57.00 (552 pp.). ISBN 1-58381-125-7
Gamma-Ray Burst and Afterglow Astronomy 2001. G. R. Ricker, R. K. Vanderspek, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 662. Proc. wksp., Woods Hole, Mass., Nov. 2001. AIP, Melville, N.Y., 2003. $198.00 (594 pp.). ISBN 0-7354-0122-5
Gravitational Lensing: An Astrophysical Tool. F. Courbin, D. Minniti, eds. Lecture Notes in Physics 608. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2002. $54.00 (191 pp.). ISBN 3-540-44355-X
Hubble’s Science Legacy: Future Optical/Ultraviolet Astronomy from Space. K. R. Sembach, J. C. Blades, G. D. Illing-worth, R. C. Kennicutt, Jr, eds. Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series 291. Proc. wksp., Chicago, Ill., Apr. 2002. Astronomical Society of the Pacific, San Francisco, 2003. $57.00 (429 pp.). ISBN 1-58381-136-2
Observed HR Diagrams and Stellar Evolution: The Interplay Between Observational Constraints and Theory. T. Lejeune, J. Fernandes, eds. Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series 274. Proc. conf., Coimbra, Portugal, June 2001. Astronomical Society of the Pacific, San Francisco, 2002. $57.00 (625 pp.). ISBN 1-58381-116-8
Stellar Atmosphere Modeling. I. Hubeny, D. Mihalas, K. Werner, eds. Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series 288. Proc. wksp., Tübingen, Germany, Apr. 2002. Astronomical Society of the Pacific, San Francisco, 2003. $57.00 (697 pp.). ISBN 1-58381-131-1
Turbulence and Magnetic Fields in Astrophysics. E. Falgarone, T. Passot, eds. Lecture Notes in Physics 614. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2003. $86.00 (463 pp.). ISBN 3-540-00274-X
Very High Energy Gamma-Ray Astronomy. T. Weekes. Series in Astronomy and Astrophysics . IOP, Philadelphia, 2003. $110.00 (221 pp.). ISBN 0-7503-0658-0
Atomic and Molecular Physics
Rotational Spectroscopy of Diatomic Molecules. J. M. Brown, A. Carrington. Cambridge Molecular Science Series. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2003. $150.00, $70.00 paper (1013 pp.). ISBN 0-521-81009-4, ISBN 0-521-53078-4 paper
Biophysics and Medical Physics
Applied Laser Medicine. H.-P. Berlien, G. J. Müller, eds. (translated from German by H. Breuer). Springer-Verlag, New York, 2003. $299.00 (740 pp.). ISBN 3-540-67005-X
Chemical Physics
Molecular Magnets: Recent Highlights. W. Linert, M. Verdaguer, eds. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2003. $149.00 (210 pp.). ISBN 3-211-83891-0
Organometallic Conjugation: Structures, Reactions and Functions of d–d and d–π Conjugated Systems. A. Nakamura, N. Ueyama, K. Yamaguchi, eds. Springer Series in Chemical Physics 73. Springer-Verlag, New York, and Kodansha, Tokyo, 2002. $129.00 (351 pp.). ISBN 3-540-00088-7 (Springer-Verlag), ISBN 4-06-209654-4 (Kodansha)
Physical Chemistry of Polymer Rheology. J. Furukawa. Springer Series in Chemical Physics 72. Springer-Verlag, New York, and Kodansha, Tokyo, 2003. $99.00 (278 pp.). ISBN 3-540-00053-4 (Springer-Verlag), ISBN 4-06-209664-1 (Kodansha)
Soft Computing Approaches in Chemistry. M. M. Cartwright, L. M. Sztandera, eds. Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing 120. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2003. $99.00 (320 pp.). ISBN 3-540-00245-6
Optics and Photonics
Light—Matter Interaction. Vol. 1: Fundamentals and Applications. J. Weiner, P.-T. Ho. Wiley, Hoboken, N.J., 2003. $54.95 (244 pp.). ISBN 0-471-25377-4
Nonlinear Photonic Crystals. R. E. Slusher, B. J. Eggleton, eds. Springer Series in Photonics 10. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2003. $89.95 (375 pp.). ISBN 3-540-43900-5
Optical Solitons: Theoretical and Experimental Challenges. K. Porsezian, V. C. Kuriakose, eds. Lecture Notes in Physics 613. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2003. $74.00 (406 pp.). ISBN 3-540-00155-7
Scattering from Model Nonspherical Particles: Theory and Applications to Environmental Physics. F. Borghese, P. Denti, R. Saija. Physics of Earth and Space Environments. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2003. $99.00 (253 pp.). ISBN 3-540-44014-3
Particle Physics
Continuous Advances in QCD 2002.
K. A. Olive, M. A. Shifman, M. B. Voloshin, eds. Proc. symp./wksp., Minneapolis, Minn., May 2002. World Scientific, River Edge, N.J., 2002. $104.00 (646 pp.). ISBN 981-238-215-1
Neutrinos: A Bibliography with Indexes. A. S. Lavro, ed. Nova Science, Hauppauge, N.Y., 2002. $69.00 paper (127 pp.). ISBN 1-59033-336-5
Noncommutative Geometry and the Standard Model of Elementary Particle Physics. F. Scheck, H. Upmeier, W. Werner, eds. Lecture Notes in Physics 596. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2002. $74.00 (346 pp.). ISBN 3-540-44071-2
Particle Physics and Cosmology. J. F. Nieves, C. N. Leung, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 655. Proc. wksp., San Juan, Puerto Rico, Aug. 2002. AIP, Melville, N.Y., 2003. $135.00 (263 pp.). ISBN 0-7354-0112-8
QCD Perspectives on Hot and Dense Matter. J.-P. Blaizot, E. Iancu, eds. NATO Science Series, Sub-Series II: Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry 87. Proc. inst., Cargèse, France, Aug. 2001. Kluwer Academic, Norwell, Mass., 2002. $189.00 (522 pp.). ISBN 1-4020-1035-4
Plasmas and Fusion
Plasma Waves. 2nd edition. D. G. Swanson. Series in Plasma Physics. IOP, Philadelphia, 2003 [1989]. $75.00 (456 pp.). ISBN 0-7503-0927-X
Transport Processes in Multicomponent Plasma. V. M. Zhdanov. Taylor & Francis, New York, 2002. $113.00 (277 pp.). ISBN 0-415-27920-8
Popularizations
777 Mathematical Conversation Starters. J. de Pillis. The Mathematical Association of America, Washington, DC, 2002. $37.95 paper (344 pp.). ISBN 0-88385-540-2
Astronomy with a Budget Telescope. P. Moore, J. Watson. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2003. $19.95 paper (132 pp.). ISBN 1-85233-586-6
Connecting Quarks with the Cosmos: Eleven Science Questions for the New Century. National Research Council of the National Academies. National Academies Press, Washington, DC, 2003. $39.00 paper (206 pp.). ISBN 0-309-07406-1
Hacking Matter: Levitating Chairs, Quantum Mirages, and the Infinite Weirdness of Programmable Atoms. W. McCarthy. Basic Books, New York, 2003. $26.00 (222 pp.). ISBN 0-465-04428-X
Hidden Worlds: Hunting for Quarks in Ordinary Matter. T. P. Smith. Princeton U. Press, Princeton, N.J., 2003. $24.95 (178 pp.). ISBN 0-691-05773-7
Impossible Extinction: Natural Catastrophes and the Supremacy of the Microbial World. C. S. Cockell. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2003. $28.00 (181 pp.). ISBN 0-521-81736-6
Observer’s Guide to Stellar Evolution: The Birth, Life and Death of Stars. M. Inglis. Patrick Moore’s Practical Astronomy Series. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2003. $44.95 paper (236 pp.). ISBN 1-85233-465-7
Our Cosmic Habitat. M. Rees. Princeton U. Press, Princeton, N.J., 2003 [2001, reissued]. $14.95 paper (205 pp.). ISBN 0-691-11477-3
Perfect Planet, Clever Species: How Unique Are We? W. C. Burger. Prometheus Books, Amherst, N.Y., 2003. $29.00 (345 pp.). ISBN 1-59102-016-6
Plate Tectonics: An Insider’s History of the Modern Theory of the Earth. N. Oreskes, ed. Westview Press, Boulder, Colo., 2003. $30.00 paper (424 pp.). ISBN 0-8133-4132-9
Radiation and Health. T. Henriksen, H. D. Maillie. Taylor & Francis, New York, 2003. $64.00, $32.00 paper (226 pp.). ISBN 0-415-27161-4, ISBN 0-415-27162-2 paper
The Secret Life of Dust: From the Cosmos to the Kitchen Counter, the Big Consequences of Little Things. H. Holmes. Wiley, Hoboken, N.J., 2003 [2001, reissued]. $14.95 paper (240 pp.). ISBN 0-471-42635-0
Sync: The Emerging Science of Spontaneous Order. S. Strogatz. Theia/Hyperion, New York, 2003. $24.95 (338 pp.). ISBN 0-7868-6844-9
Texas Earthquakes. C. Frohlich, S. D. Davis. Peter T. Flawn Series in Natural Resource Management and Conservation 2. U. of Texas Press, Austin, Tex., 2002. $60.00, $24.95 paper (275 pp.). ISBN 0-292-72550-7, ISBN 0-292-72551-5 paper
Uncertain Science … Uncertain World. H. N. Pollack. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2003. $28.00 (243 pp.). ISBN 0-521-78188-4
Society and Government
Science Literacy for the Twenty-First Century. S. P. Marshall, J. A. Scheppler, M. J. Palmisano, eds. Prometheus Books, Amherst, N.Y., 2003. $29.00 (321 pp.). ISBN 1-59102-020-4
Space and Planetary Science
Asteroids: Overview, Abstracts and Bibliography. E. C. Blair, ed. Nova Science, Hauppauge, N.Y., 2002. $49.00 paper (252 pp.). ISBN 1-59033-482-5
Space Technology and Applications International Forum—STAIF 2003. M. S. El-Genk, ed. AIP Conference Proceedings 654. Proc. confs. and symps., Albuquerque, N. Mex., Feb. 2003. AIP, Melville, N.Y., 2003. $280.00 (1301 pp.). ISBN 0-7354-0114-4
Statistical Physics and Thermodynamics
Dynamics and Thermodynamics of Systems with Long-Range Interactions. T. Dauxois, S. Ruffo, E. Arimondo, M. Wilkens, eds. Lecture Notes in Physics 602. Proc. conf., Les Houches, France, Feb. 2002. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2002. $86.00 (492 pp.). ISBN 3-540-44315-0
Lecture Notes on the Discretization of the Boltzmann Equation. N. Bellomo, R. Gatignol, eds. Series on Advances in Mathematics for Applied Sciences 63. World Scientific, River Edge, N.J., 2003. $56.00 (300 pp.). ISBN 981-238-225-9
Mathematical Foundations of Classical Statistical Mechanics: Continuous Systems. 2nd edition. D. Ya. Petrina, V. I. Gerasimenko, P. V. Malyshev (translated from Russian by P. V. Malyshev, D. V. Malyshev). Advanced Studies in Contemporary Mathematics 8. Taylor & Francis, New York, 2002 [1989]. $128.00 (338 pp.). ISBN 0-415-27354-4
Modern Challenges in Statistical Mechanics: Patterns, Noise, and the Interplay of Nonlinearity and Complexity. V. M. Kenkre, K. Lindenberg, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 658. Proc. inst., Bariloche, Argentina, June 2002. AIP, Melville, N.Y., 2003. $170.00 (395 pp.). ISBN 0-7354-0118-7
Theory and Mathematical Methods
Coherent Evolution in Noisy Environments. A. Buchleitner, K. Hornberger, eds. Lecture Notes in Physics 611. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2002. $89.95 (293 pp.). ISBN 3-540-44354-1
D-Branes. C. V. Johnson. Cambridge Monographs on Mathematical Physics . Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2003. $60.00 (548 pp.). ISBN 0-521-80912-6
Finite Element and Boundary Element Applications in Quantum Mechanics. L. R. Ram-Mohan. Oxford Texts in Applied and Engineering Mathematics 5. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2002. $85.00, $40.00 paper (605 pp.). ISBN 0-19-852521-4, ISBN 0-19-852522-2 paper
Finite Structures with Few Types. G. Cherlin, E. Hrushovski. Annals of Mathematics Studies 152. Princeton U. Press, Princeton, N.J., 2003. $49.95, $24.95 paper (193 pp.). ISBN 0-691-11331-9, ISBN 0-691-11332-7 paper
Pomeron Physics and QCD. S. Donnachie, G. Dosch, P. Landshoff, O. Nachtmann. Cambridge Monographs on Particle Physics, Nuclear Physics and Cosmology 19. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2002. $95.00 (347 pp.). ISBN 0-521-78039-X
Principles of Mathematical Modeling: Ideas, Methods, Examples. A. A. Samarskii, A. P. Mikhailov. Numerical Insights 3. Taylor & Francis, New York, 2002. $128.00, $64.00 paper (349 pp.). ISBN 0-415-27280-7, ISBN 0-415-27281-5 paper
Problems & Solutions in Nonrelativistic Quantum Mechanics. A. Z. Capri. World Scientific, River Edge, N.J., 2002. $86.00, $48.00 paper (492 pp.). ISBN 981-02-4633-1, ISBN 981-02-4650-1 paper
Proceedings of the Fourteenth Annual ACM-SIAM Symposium on Discrete Algorithms. Proc. symp., Baltimore, Md., Jan. 2003. Association for Computing Machinery, New York, and Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Philadelphia, 2003. $125.00 paper (874 pp.). ISBN 0-89871-538-5
Quantum Field Theory with Application to Quantum Nonlinear Optics. A. K. Prykarpatsky, U. Taneri, N. N. Bogolubov Jr. World Scientific, River Edge, N.J., 2002. $48.00, $28.00 paper (122 pp.). ISBN 981-238-163-5, ISBN 981-238-164-3 paper
Soliton Equations and Hamiltonian Systems. 2nd edition. L. A. Dickey. Advanced Series in Mathematical Physics 26. World Scientific, River Edge, N.J., 2003 [1991]. $48.00 (408 pp.). ISBN 981-238-173-2
The Theory of Open Quantum Systems. H.-P. Breuer, F. Petruccione. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2002. $90.00 (625 pp.). ISBN 0-19-852063-8
Towards a Nonlinear Quantum Physics. J. R. Croca. World Scientific Series in Contemporary Chemical Physics 20. World Scientific, River Edge, N.J., 2003. $46.00 (215 pp.). ISBN 981-238-210-0
Unity from Duality: Gravity, Gauge Theory and Strings. C. Bachas, A. Bilal, M. Douglas, N. Nekrasov, F. David, eds. NATO Advanced Study Institute. Proc. inst., Les Houches, France, July—Aug. 2001. EDP Sciences, Cambridge, UK, and Springer-Verlag, New York, 2002. $139.00 (663 pp.). ISBN 3-540-00276-6
Undergraduate Texts and Education
Experiments in Modern Physics. 2nd edition. A. C. Melissinos, J. Napolitano. Academic Press, San Diego, Calif., 2003 [1966]. $80.00 (527 pp.). ISBN 0-12-489851-3
Fundamentals of Sound with Applications to Speech and Hearing. W. J. Mullin, W. J. Gerace, J. P. Mestre, S. L. Velleman. Allyn and Bacon, Boston, 2003. $46.67 paper (225 pp.). ISBN 0-205-37087-X
Introducing Special Relativity. W. S. C. Williams. Taylor & Francis, New York, 2002. $88.00, $40.00 paper (249 pp.). ISBN 0-415-27761-2, ISBN 0-415-27762-0 paper
Introduction to Geometrical Optics. M. Katz. World Scientific, River Edge, N.J., 2002 [1994, reissued]. $48.00, $28.00 paper (313 pp.). ISBN 981-238-202-X, ISBN 981-238-224-0 paper
Mathematical Techniques: An Introduction for the Engineering, Physical, and Mathematical Sciences. 3rd edition. D. W. Jordan, P. Smith. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2002 [1997]. $40.00 paper (862 pp.). ISBN 0-19-924972-5
A Modern Approach to Classical Mechanics. H. Iro. World Scientific, River Edge, N.J., 2002. $58.00 (442 pp.). ISBN 981-238-213-5
The Physics of Plasmas. T. J. M. Boyd, J. J. Sanderson. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2003. $120.00, $50.00 paper (532 pp.). ISBN 0-521-45290-2, ISBN 0-521-45912-5 paper
Principles of Data Analysis. P. Saha. Capella Archive, Great Malvern, UK, 2003. $12.00 paper (109 pp.). ISBN 1-902918-11-8
Wave Physics: Oscillations—Solitons—Chaos. 3rd edition. S. Nettel. Advanced Texts in Physics. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2003 [1995]. $54.95 (289 pp.). ISBN 3-540-44314-2
Miscellaneous
Agent-Mediated Electronic Commerce IV: Designing Mechanisms and Systems. J. Padget, O. Shehory, D. Parkes, N. Sadeh, W. E. Walsh, eds. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence 2531. Proc. wksp., Bologna, Italy, July 2002. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2002. $62.00 paper (339 pp.). ISBN 3-540-00327-4
Automata, Logics, and Infinite Games: A Guide to Current Research. E. Grädel, W. Thomas, T. Wilke, eds. Lecture Notes in Computer Science 2500. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2002. $56.00 paper (385 pp.). ISBN 3-540-00388-6
Digital Soul: Intelligent Machines and Human Values. T. M. Georges. Westview Press, Boulder, Colo., 2003. $26.00 (285 pp.). ISBN 0-8133-4057-8
Industrial Hazards and Plant Safety. S. Banerjee. Series in Chemical and Mechanical Engineering. Taylor & Francis, New York, 2003. $99.95 (468 pp.). ISBN 0-56032-069-9
Intelligent Life in the Universe: From Common Origins to the Future of Humanity. P. Ulmschneider. Advances in Astrobiology and Biogeophysics. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2003. $69.95 (251 pp.). ISBN 3-540-43988-9
Machine Vision for the Inspection of Natural Products. M. Graves, B. Batchelor, eds. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2003. $119.00 (471 pp.). ISBN 1-85233-525-4
Public Key Cryptography—PKC 2003. Y. G. Desmedt, ed. Lecture Notes in Computer Science 2567. Proc. wksp., Miami, Fla., Jan. 2003. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2002. $62.00 paper (364 pp.). ISBN 3-540-00324-X
A Student’s Guide to Fourier Transforms with Applications in Physics and Engineering. 2nd edition. J. F. James. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2002 [1995]. $60.00, $22.00 paper (135 pp.). ISBN 0-521-80826-X, ISBN 0-521-00428-4 paper
