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Fundamentals of Ocean Acoustics. 3rd edition. L. M. Brekhovskikh, Yu. P. Lysanov. AIP Series in Modern Acoustics and Signal Processing. AIP Press/Springer-Verlag, New York, 2003 [1991]. $99.00 (278 pp.). ISBN 0-387-95467-8

AGN Surveys: IAU Colloquium 184. R. F. Green, E. Ye. Khachikian, D. B. Sanders, eds. Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series 284. Proc. colloq., Byurakan, Republic of Armenia, June 2001. Astronomical Society of the Pacific, San Francisco, 2002. $57.00 (425 pp.). ISBN 1-58381-127-3

Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems XI. D. A. Bohlender, D. Durand, T. H. Handley eds. Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series 281. Proc. mtg., Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, Sept.-Oct. 2001. Astronomical Society of the Pacific, San Francisco, 2002. $57.00 (522 pp.). ISBN 1-58381-124-9 Current Theoretical Models and High Resolution Solar Observations: Preparing for ATST. A. A. Pevtsov, H. Uitenbroek, eds. Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series 286. Proc. wksp., Sunspot, N. Mex., Mar. 2002. Astronomical Society of the Pacific, San Francisco, 2003. $57.00 (452 pp.). ISBN 1-58381-129-X

The Galactic Black Hole: Lectures on General Relativity and Astrophysics. H. Falcke, F. W. Hehl, eds. Series in High Energy Physics, Cosmology and Gravitation. IOP, Philadelphia, 2003. $49.99 paper (353 pp.). ISBN 0-7503-0837-0

The Gravitational Million-Body Problem: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Star Cluster Dynamics. D. Heggie, P. Hut. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2003. $100.00, $50.00 paper (357 pp.). ISBN 0-521-77303-2, ISBN 0-521-77486-1 paper

The Mass of Galaxies at Low and High Redshift. R. Bender, A. Renzini, eds. ESO Astrophysics Symposia. Proc. wksp., Venice, Italy, Oct. 2001. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2003. $49.95 (363 pp.). ISBN 3-540-00205-7

A New Era in Cosmology. N. Metcalfe, T. Shanks, eds. Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series 283. Proc. conf., Durham, England, Sept. 2001. Astronomical Society of the Pacific, San Francisco, 2002. $57.00 (406 pp.). ISBN 1-58381-126-5

Next Generation Wide-Field Multi-Object Spectroscopy. M. J. I. Brown, A. Dey, eds. Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series 280. Proc. wksp., Tucson, Ariz., Oct. 2001. Astronomical Society of the Pacific, San Francisco, 2002. $57.00 (144 pp.). ISBN 1-58381-123-0

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