Particle physics
Quantum Chromodynamics. 2nd revised edition. W. Greiner, S. Schramm, E. Stein. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2002 [1994]. $69.95 paper (551 pp.). ISBN 3-540-66610-9
Unification and Supersymmetry: The Frontiers of Quark-Lepton Physics. 3rd edition. R. N. Mohapatra. Graduate Texts in Contemporary Physics. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2003 [1992]. $79.95 (421 pp.). ISBN 0-387-95534-8
Plasmas and fusion
Atomic Processes in Plasmas. D. R. Schultz, F. W. Meyer, F. Ownby, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 635. Proc. conf., Gatlinburg, Tenn., Apr. 2002. AIP, Melville, N.Y., 2002. $130.00 (307 pp.). ISBN 0-7354-0090-3
Production and Neutralization of Negative Ions and Beams. M. P. Stockli, ed. AIP Conference Proceedings 639. Proc. symp., Gif-sur-Yvette, France, May 2002. AIP, Melville, N.Y., 2002. $115.00 (208 pp.). ISBN 0-7354-0094-6
Science of Superstrong Field Interactions. K. Nakajima, M. Deguchi, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 634. Proc. symp., Hayama, Japan, Mar. 2002. AIP, Melville, NY., 2002. $165.00 (427 pp.). ISBN 0-7354-0089-X, CD-ROM
Popularizations
Behind Deep Blue: Building the Computer that Defeated the World Chess Champion. F.-H. Hsu. Princeton U. Press, Princeton, N.J., 2002. $27.95 (298 pp.). ISBN 0-691-09065-3
Conversations on the Dark Secrets of Physics. E. Teller, W. Teller, W. Talley Perseus, Cambridge, Mass., 2002 [1991, reissued]. $16.00 paper (247 pp.). ISBN 0-7382-0765-9
Dear Professor Einstein: Albert Einstein’s Letters to and from Children. A. Calaprice, ed. Prometheus Books, Amherst, N.Y., 2002. $24.00 (232 pp.). ISBN 1-59102-015-8
The Emperor’s New Mind: Concerning Computers, Minds and the Laws of Physics. R. Penrose. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2002 [1999, reissued]. $17.95 paper (602 pp.). ISBN 0-19-286198-0
The Extravagant Universe: Exploding Stars, Dark Energy, and the Accelerating Cosmos. R. P. Kirshner. Princeton U. Press, Princeton, N.J., 2002. $29.95 (282 pp.). ISBN 0-691-05862-8
The Golden Ratio: The Story of Phi, the World’s Most Astonishing Number. M. Livio. Broadway Books, New York, 2002. $24.95 (294 pp.). ISBN 0-7679-0815-5
How to Observe the Sun Safely. L. Macdonald. Patrick Moore’s Practical Astronomy Series. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2003. $34.95 paper (176 pp.). ISBN 1-85233-527-0
If the Universe Is Teeming with Aliens … Where is Everybody? Fifty Solutions to the Fermi Paradox and the Problem of Extraterrestrial Life. S. Webb. Copernicus Books, New York, 2002. $27.50 (288 pp.). ISBN 0-387-95501-1
Mindsteps to the Cosmos. 2nd edition. G. S. Hawkins. Series on Knots and Everything 31. World Scientific, River Edge, N.J., 2002 [1983]. $48.00 (340 pp.). ISBN 981-238-123-6
Nearest Star: The Surprising Science of Our Sun. L. Golub, J. M. Pasachoff. Harvard U. Press, Cambridge, Mass., 2002 [2001, reissued]. $16.95 paper (267 pp.). ISBN 0-674-01006-X
The Odd Quantum. S. Treiman. Princeton U. Press, Princeton, N.J., 2002 [1999, reissued]. $16.95 paper (262 pp.). ISBN 0-691-10300-3
Physics in the 20th Century. C. Suplee. Harry N. Abrams, New York, 2002 [1999, reissued]. $19.95 paper (223 pp.). ISBN 0-8109-9084-9
The Physics of Hockey. A. Haché. Johns Hopkins U. Press, Baltimore, Md., 2002. $24.95 (184 pp.). ISBN 0-8018-7071-2
Simply Einstein: Relativity Demystified. R. Wolfson. W. W. Norton, New York, 2003. $24.95 (261 pp.). ISBN 0-393-05154-4
Special Relativity and Motions Faster than Light. M. Fayngold. Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, Germany, 2002. $39.95 (309 pp.). ISBN 3-527-40344-2
Space and planetary science
The Century of Space Science. Vols. 1 and 2. J. A. M. Bleeker, J. Geiss, M. C. E. Huber, eds. Kluwer Acacemic, Norwell, Mass., 2001. $495.00 set (1846 pp. set). ISBN 0-7923-7196-8
Dust Plasma Interaction in Space. P. K. Shukla, ed. Nova Science, Hauppauge, N.Y., 2002. $89.00 (298 pp.). ISBN 1-59033-365-9
Mission to Saturn: Cassini and the Huygens Probe. D. M. Harland. Springer-Praxis Books in Astronomy and Space Sciences. Praxis/Springer-Verlag, New York, 2002. $39.95 paper (290 pp.). ISBN 1-85233-656-0
Singularities in Gravitational Systems: Applications to Chaotic Transport in the Solar System. D. Benest, C. Froeschlé, eds. Lecture Notes in Physics 590. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2002. $54.00 (215 pp.). ISBN 3-540-43765-7
Space Radio Science. O. I. Yakolev (translated from Russian by N. Golovchenko and O. Golovchenko). Earth Space Institute Book Series 8. Taylor & Francis, New York, 2002. $96.00 (307 pp.). ISBN 0-415-27350-1
A Thin Cosmic Rain: Particles from Outer Space. M. W. Friedlander. Harvard U. Press, Cambridge, Mass., 2002 [2000, reissued]. $17.95 paper (241 pp.). ISBN 0-674-00989-4
Statistical physics and thermodynamics
Quantum Limits to the Second Law. D. P. Sheehan, ed. AIP Conference Proceedings 643. Proc. conf., San Diego, Calif., July 2002. AIP, Melville, N.Y., 2002. $165.00 (507 pp.). ISBN 0-7354-0098-9
Semiclassical Analysis, Witten Laplacians, and Statistical Mechanics. B. Helffer. Series on Partial Differential Equations and Applications 1. World Scientific, River Edge, N.J., 2002. $38.00 (179 pp.). ISBN 981-238-098-1
