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The Road Since Structure: Philosophical Essays, 1970–1993, with an Autobiographical Interview. T. S. Kuhn. U. of Chicago Press, Chicago, 2002 [2000, reissued]. $18.00 paper (335 pp.). ISBN 0-226-45799-0

Shoemaker by Levy: The Man Who Made an Impact. D. H. Levy. Princeton U. Press, Princeton, N.J., 2002 [2000, reissued]. $16.95 paper (303 pp.). ISBN 0-691-11325-4

Tycho & Kepler: The Unlikely Partnership that Forever Changed Our Understanding of the Heavens. K. Ferguson. Walker, New York, 2002. $28.00 (402 pp.). ISBN 0-8027-1390-4

Bandwidth-Efficient Digital Modulation with Application to Deep-Space Communications. M. K. Simon. Wiley, Hoboken, N.J., 2003. $125.00 (232 pp.). ISBN 0-471-44536-3

High-Resolution Imaging and Spectrometry of Materials. F. Ernst, M. Rühle, eds. Springer Series in Materials Science 50. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2003. $119.00 (440 pp.). ISBN 3-540-41818-0

Rational Continua, Classical and New: A Collection of Papers Dedicated to Gianfranco Capriz on the Occasion of His 75th Birthday. P. Podio-Guidugli, M. Brocato, eds. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2003. $69.95 (207 pp.). ISBN 88-470-0157-9

Transport Processes in Bubbles, Drops, and Particles. 2nd edition. D. De Kee, R. P. Chhabra, eds. Taylor & Francis, New York, 2002 [1992]. $130.00 (433 pp.). ISBN 1-56032-906-8

Dynamics of Dissipation. P. Garbaczewski, R. Olkiewicz, eds. Lecture Notes in Physics 597. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2002. $99.00 (512 pp.). ISBN 3-540-44111-5

Handbook of Graphs and Networks: From the Genome to the Internet. S. Bornholdt, H. G. Schuster, eds. Wiley, Hoboken, N.J., 2003. $175.00 (401 pp.). ISBN 3-527-40336-1

Hypercomplex Iterations: Distance Estimation and Higher Dimensional Fractals. Y. Dang, L. H. Kauffman, D. Sandin. Series on Knots and Everything 17. World Scientific, River Edge, N.J., 2002. $33.00 (144 pp.). ISBN 981-02-3296-9, CD-ROM

Nonlinear Dynamics: Integrability, Chaos, and Patterns. M. Lakshmanan, S. Rajasekar. Advanced Texts in Physics. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2003. $99.00 (619 pp.). ISBN 3-540-43908-0

Why Stock Markets Crash: Critical Events in Complex Financial Systems. D. Sornette. Princeton U. Press, Princeton, N.J., 2003. $29.95 (421 pp.). ISBN 0-691-09630-9

Advances in Laser and Optics Research. Vol. 2. W. T. Arkin, ed. Nova Science, Hauppauge, N.Y., 2002. $98.00 (182 pp.). ISBN 1-59033-398-5

Detection of Light: From the Ultraviolet to the Submillimeter. 2nd edition. G. H. Rieke. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2003 [1994]. $110.00, $40.00 paper (363 pp.). ISBN 0-521-81636-X, ISBN 0-521-01710-6 paper

Infrared Holography for Optical Communications: Techniques, Materials, and Devices. P. Boffi, D. Piccinin, M. C. Ubaldi, eds. Topics in Applied Physics 86. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2003. $139.00 (181 pp.). ISBN 3-540-43314-7

Laser Cleaning. B. Luk’yanchuk, ed. World Scientific, River Edge, N.J., 2002. $58.00 (466 pp.). ISBN 981-02-4941-1

Optical Solitons in Fibers. 3rd edition. A. Hasegawa, M. Matsumoto. Springer Series in Photonics 9. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2003 [1990]. $69.95 (200 pp.). ISBN 3-540-43695-2

Progress in Nano-Electro-Optics I: Basics and Theory of Near-Field Optics. M. Ohtsu, ed. Springer Series in Optical Sciences 86. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2003. $69.95 (161 pp.). ISBN 3-540-43504-2

RF Photonic Technology in Optical Fiber Links. W. S. C. Chang, ed. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2002. $110.00 (403 pp.). ISBN 0-521-80375-6

Sensing with Terahertz Radiation. D. Mittleman, ed. Springer Series in Optical Sciences 85. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2003. $109.00 (337 pp.). ISBN 3-540-43110-1

Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Laser Devices. H. E. Li, K. Iga, eds. Springer Series in Photonics 6. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2003. $74.95 (385 pp.). ISBN 3-540-67851-4

Annual Review of Nuclear and Particle Science. Vol. 52. C. Quigg, V. Lüth, eds. Annual Reviews, Palo Alto, Calif., 2002. $77.00 (483 pp.). ISBN 0-8243-1552-9

Exotic Clustering. S. Costa, A. Insolia, C. Tuvè, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 644. Proc. conf., Catania, Italy, June 2002. AIP, Melville, N.Y., 2002. $160.00 (380 pp.). ISBN 0-7354-0099-7

Advances in Plasma Physics Research. Vol. 3. F. Gerard, ed. Nova Science, Hauppauge, N.Y., 2002. $89.00 (196 pp.). ISBN 1-59033-329-2

BEAMS 2002. T. A. Mehlhorn, M. A. Sweeney, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 650. Proc. conf., Albuquerque, N. Mex., June 2002. AIP, Melville, N.Y., 2002. $175.00 (528 pp.). ISBN 0-7354-0107-1

Dense Z-Pinches. J. Davis, C. Deeney, N. R. Pereira, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 651. Proc. conf., Albuquerque, N. Mex., June 2002. AIP, Melville, N.Y., 2002. $175.00 (459 pp.). ISBN 0-7354-0108-X

Plasma and Fluid Turbulence: Theory and Modelling. A. Yoshizawa, S.-I. Itoh, K. Itoh. Series in Plasma Physics . IOP, Philadelphia, 2003. $135.00 (459 pp.). ISBN 0-7503-0871-0

Astronomy in Depth. G. North. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2003. $29.95 paper (230 pp.). ISBN 1-85233-580-7

The Constants of Nature: From Alpha to Omega—the Numbers That Encode the Deepest Secrets of the Universe. J. D. Barrow. Pantheon Books, New York, 2002. $26.00 (352 pp.). ISBN 0-375-42221-8

Crystals and Life: A Personal Journey. C. Abad-Zapatero. International University Line, La Jolla, Calif., 2002. $24.95 paper (280 pp.). ISBN 0-9720774-0-5

Einstein’s Unfinished Symphony: Listening to the Sounds of Space-Time. M. Bartusiak. Berkeley Books, New York, 2003 [2000, reissued]. $14.00 paper (256 pp.). ISBN 0-425-18620-2

Faster Than the Speed of Light: The Story of a Scientific Speculation. J. Magueijo. Perseus, Cambridge, Mass., 2003. $26.00 (279 pp.). ISBN 0-7382-0525-7

Imagining Numbers: (Particularly the Square Root of Minus Fifteen). B. Mazur. Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, New York, 2003. $22.00 (270 pp.). ISBN 0-374-17469-5

Knots: Mathematics with a Twist. A. Sossinsky (translated from French by G. Weiss). Harvard U. Press, Cambridge, Mass., 2002. $24.95 (127 pp.). ISBN 0-674-00944-4

The Misunderstood Gene. M. Morange (translated from French by M. Cobb). Harvard U. Press, Cambridge, Mass., 2002 [2001, reissued]. $15.95 paper (222 pp.). ISBN 0-674-01009-4

Observing Comets. N. James, G. North. Patrick Moore’s Practical Astronomy Series. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2003. $44.95 paper (234 pp.). ISBN 1-85233-557-2, CD-ROM

Observing Variable Stars. G. A. Good. Patrick Moore’s Practical Astronomy Series. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2003. $39.95 paper (274 pp.). ISBN 1-85233-498-3

Origins: The Quest for Our Cosmic Roots. T. Yulsman. IOP, Philadelphia, 2003. $17.99 paper (384 pp.). ISBN 0-7503-0765-X

The Practical Astronomer’s Deep-Sky Companion. J. K. Gilmour. Patrick Moore’s Practical Astronomy Series. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2003. $44.95 paper (140 pp.). ISBN 1-85233-474-6

A Shortcut Through Time: The Path to the Quantum Computer. G. Johnson. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 2003. $24.00 (204 pp.). ISBN 0-375-41193-3

Challenger’s Shadow: Did Government and Industry Management Kill Seven Astronauts? J. C. Macidull, L. E. Blattner. Llumina Press, Coral Springs, Fla., 2002. $27.95 (139 pp.). ISBN 1-932047-39-5

Contemporary Nuclear Debates: Missile Defense, Arms Control, and Arms Races in the Twenty-First Century. A. T. J. Lennon, ed. A Washington Quarterly Reader. MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass., 2002. $24.95 paper (332 pp.). ISBN 0-262-62166-5

Responsible Conduct of Research. A. E. Shamoo, D. B. Resnik. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2003. $65.00, $29.95 paper (345 pp.). ISBN 0-19-514845-2, ISBN 0-19-514846-0 paper

State of the World 2003: A Worldwatch Institute Report on Progress Toward a Sustainable Society. L. Starke, ed. W. W. Norton, New York, 2003. $27.95, $16.95 paper (241 pp.). ISBN 0-393-05173-0, ISBN 0-393-32386-2 paper

Developments in Mathematical and Experimental Physics. Vol. B: Statistical Physics and Beyond. A. Macias, F. Uribe, E. Diaz, eds. Proc. mtg., Mexico City, Mexico, Sept. 2001. Kluwer Academic/Plenum, New York, 2003. $145.00 (269 pp.). ISBN 0-306-47391-7

Maxwell’s Demon 2: Entropy, Classical and Quantum Information, Computing. 2nd edition. H. S. Leff, A. F. Rex, eds. IOP, Philadelphia, 2003 [1990]. $55.00 paper (485 pp.). ISBN 0-7503-0759-5

Statistical Mechanics. F. Schwabl (translated from German by W. Brewer). Advanced Texts in Physics. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2002. $69.95 (573 pp.). ISBN 3-540-43163-2

Thermodynamics of Systems in Non-equilibrium States. R. J. Tykodi. Thinkers’ Press, Davenport, Iowa, 2002. $35.00 (474 pp.). ISBN 1-888710-12-8

Asymptotic Models of Fields in Dilute and Densely Packed Composites. A. B. Movchan, N. V. Movchan, C. G. Poulton. Imperial College Press, London, 2002. $48.00 (190 pp.). ISBN 1-86094-318-7

Chebyshev Polynomials. J. C. Mason, D. C. Handscomb. Chapman & Hall/CRC, Boca Raton, Fla., 2003. $99.95 (341 pp.). ISBN 0-8493-0355-9

Dictionary of Applied Math for Engineers and Scientists. E. Previato, ed. Comprehensive Dictionary of Mathematics. CRC Press, Boca Raton, Fla., 2003. $39.95 paper (155 pp.). ISBN 1-58488-053-8

Diffusions and Waves. H. Gzyl. Mathematics and Its Applications. Kluwer Academic, Norwell, Mass., 2002. $81.00 (236 pp.). ISBN 1-4020-0967-4

Facts, Conjectures, and Improvements for Simulated Annealing. P. Salamon, P. Sibani, R. Frost. SIAM Monographs on Mathematical Modeling and Computation. Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Philadelphia, 2002. $45.00 paper (150 pp.). ISBN 0-89871-508-3

Fundamentals of Quantum Information: Quantum Computation, Communication, Decoherence and All That. D. Heiss, ed. Lecture Notes in Physics 587. Proc. sch., Johannesburg, South Africa, Oct. 2001. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2002. $57.00 (265 pp.). ISBN 3-540-43367-8

Geometric Mechanics. W. M. Oliva. Lecture Notes in Mathematics 1798. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2002. $52.80 paper (270 pp.). ISBN 3-540-44242-1

Handbook of Green’s Functions and Matrices. V. D. Seremet. WIT Press, Billerica, Mass., 2003. $229.00 (295 pp.). ISBN 1-85312-933-X, CD-ROM

An Introduction to a Realistic Quantum Physics. G. Preparata. World Scientific, River Edge, N.J., 2002. $24.00 (73 pp.). ISBN 981-238-176-7

Lanczos Algorithms for Large Symmetric Eigenvalue Computations. Vol. 1: Theory. J. K. Cullum, R. A. Willoughby. Classics in Applied Mathematics 41. Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Philadelphia, 2002 [1985, reissued]. $42.00 paper (268 pp.). ISBN 0-89871-523-7

Multiple Decision Procedures: Theory and Methodology of Selecting and Ranking Populations. S. S. Gupta, S. Panchapakesan. Classics in Applied Mathematics 44. Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Philadelphia, 2002 [1979, reissued]. $70.00 paper (573 pp.). ISBN 0-89871-532-6

Nonclassical Thermoelastic Problems in Nonlinear Dynamics of Shells: Applications of the Bubnov-Galerkin and Finite Difference Numerical Methods. J. Awrejcewicz, V. A. Krys’ko. Scientific Computation. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2003. $89.95 (428 pp.). ISBN 3-540-43880-7

Nonlinear Systems Analysis. 2nd edition. M. Vidyasagar. Classics in Applied Mathematics 42. Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Philadelphia, 2002 [1993, reissued]. $55.00 paper (498 pp.). ISBN 0-89871-526-1

Ordinary Differential Equations in Theory and Practice. R. Mattheij, J. Molenaar. Classics in Applied Mathematics 43. Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Philadelphia, 2002 [1996, reissued]. $45.00 paper (405 pp.). ISBN 0-89871-531-8

Quantum Electrodynamics. 3rd edition. W. Greiner, J. Reinhardt. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2003 [1994]. $69.95 paper (475 pp.). ISBN 3-540-44029-1

Relativistic Quantum Mechanics. H. M. Pilkuhn. Texts and Monographs in Physics. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2003. $69.95 (239 pp.). ISBN 3-540-43666-9

Scattering Theory of Waves and Particles. 2nd edition. R. G. Newton. Dover, Mineola, N.Y., 2002 [1982, reissued]. $34.95 paper (745 pp.). ISBN 0-486-42535-5

Stochastic Modeling in Broadband Communications Systems. I. Kaj. SIAM Monographs on Mathematical Modeling and Computation. Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Philadelphia, 2002. $60.00 paper (177 pp.). ISBN 0-89871-519-9

Synchrotron Radiation. H. Wiedemann. Advanced Texts in Physics. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2003. $89.95 (274 pp.). ISBN 3-540-43392-9

Theoretical Physics. V. Elias, R. J. Epp, R. C. Myers, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 646. Proc. conf., Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, May 2002. AIP, Melville, N.Y., 2002. $150.00 (262 pp.). ISBN 0-7354-0101-2

Theoretical Physics 2001. H. F. Arnoldus, T. F. George, eds. Horizons in World Physics 238. Nova Science, Huntington, N.Y., 2002. $98.00 (285 pp.). ISBN 1-59033-243-1

Variational Principles and Methods in Theoretical Physics and Chemistry. R. K. Nesbet. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2003. $80.00 (229 pp.). ISBN 0-521-80391-8

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 Relativity. W. D. McGlinn. Johns Hopkins U. Press, Baltimore, Md., 2003. $69.95, $24.95 paper (205 pp.). ISBN 0-8018-7047-X, ISBN 0-8018-7053-4 paper

Nonrelativistic Quantum Mechanics. 3rd edition. A. Z. Capri. World Scientific, River Edge, N.J., 2002 [1985]. $78.00, $48.00 paper (522 pp.). ISBN 981-02-4634-X, ISBN 981-02-4651-X paper

Partial Differential Equations: Analytical and Numerical Methods. M. S. Gockenbach. Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Philadelphia, 2002. $69.00 (614 pp.). ISBN 0-89871-518-0, CD-ROM

Quantum Theory of Solids. E. P. O’Reilly. Masters Series in Physics and Astronomy. Taylor & Francis, New York, 2002. $69.95, $29.95 paper (250 pp.). ISBN 0-7484-0628-X, ISBN 0-7484-0627-1 paper

Understanding the Properties of Matter. 2nd edition. M. de Podesta. Taylor & Francis, New York, 2002 [1996]. $104.00, $38.95 paper (434 pp.). ISBN 0-415-25787-5, ISBN 0-415-25788-3 paper

AIP Physics Desk Reference. 3rd edition. E. R. Cohen, D. R. Lide, G. L. Trigg, eds. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2003 [1989]. $69.95 (888 pp.). ISBN 0-387-98973-0

The Chicago Guide to Communicating Science. S. L. Montgomery. U. of Chicago Press, Chicago, 2003. $40.00, $15.00 paper (228 pp.). ISBN 0-226-53484-7, ISBN 0-226-53485-5 paper

The Craft of Scientific Presentations: Critical Steps to Succeed and Critical Errors to Avoid. M. Alley. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2003. $29.95 paper (241 pp.). ISBN 0-387-95555-0

Graphics and GUIs with MATLAB. 3rd edition. P. Marchand, O. T. Holland. Chapman & Hall/CRC, Boca Raton, Fla., 2003 [1999]. $44.95 paper (518 pp.). ISBN 1-58488-320-0

Recurrent Events Data Analysis for Product Repairs, Disease Recurrences, and Other Applications. W. B. Nelson. ASA-SIAM Series on Statistics and Applied Probability. American Statistical Association, Alexandria, Va. and Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Philadelphia, 2003. $85.00 (151 pp.). ISBN 0-89871-522-9

Van Nostrand’s Concise Encyclopedia of Science. C. G. De Pree, A. Axelrod, eds. Wiley, Hoboken, N.J., 2003. $40.00 (821 pp.). ISBN 0-471-36331-6