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Noise Theory and Application to Physics: From Fluctuations to Information. P. Réfrégier. Advanced Texts in Physics. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2004. $69.95 (288 pp.). ISBN 0–387–20154–8

Radiation Acoustics. L. M. Lyamshev. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, 2004. $129.95 (369 pp.). ISBN 0–415–30999–9

AGN Physics With the Digital Sky Survey. G. T. Richards, P. B. Hall, eds. Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series 311. Proc. conf., Princeton, NJ, July 2003. Astronomical Society of the Pacific, San Francisco, 2004. $77.00 (479 pp.). ISBN 1–58381–164–8

Cognitive Information Processing in Space Physics and Astrophysics. L. Liszka. Pachart, Tucson, AZ, 2003. $58.00 paper (275 pp.). ISBN 0–88126–090–8

A Concise History of Solar and Stellar Physics. J.-L. Tassoul, M. Tassoul. Princeton U. Press, Princeton, NJ, 2004. $39.95 (282 pp.). ISBN 0–691–11711-X

The Dense Interstellar Medium in Galaxies. S. Pfalzner, C. Kramer, C. Staubmeier, A. Heithausen, eds. Springer Proceedings in Physics 91. Proc. symp., Zermatt, Switzerland, Sept. 2003. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2004. $239.00 (666 pp.). ISBN 3–540–21254-X, CD-ROM

Observing and Measuring Visual Double Stars. B. Argyle, ed. Patrick Moore’s Practical Astronomy Series. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2004. $39.95 paper (326 pp.). ISBN 1–85233–558–0, CD-ROM

Solar Astrophysics. 2nd Rev. ed. P. V. Foukal. Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, Germany, 2004 [1990]. $115.00 (466 pp.). ISBN 3–527–40374–4

Telescopes and Techniques: An Introduction to Practical Astronomy. 2nd ed. C. Kitchin. Patrick Moore’s Practical Astronomy Series. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2003 [1995]. $34.95 paper (258 pp.). ISBN 1–85233–725–7

Variable Stars in the Local Group: IAU Colloquium 193. D. W. Kurtz, K. R. Pollard, eds. Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series 310. Proc. colloq., Christchurch, New Zealand, July 2003. Astronomical Society of the Pacific, San Francisco, 2004. $77.00 (597 pp.). ISBN 1–58381–162–1

Molecular Physics and Elements of Quantum Chemistry: Introduction to Experiments and Theory. 2nd ed. H. Haken, H. C. Wolf (translated from German by W. D. Brewer). Advanced Texts in Physics. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2004 [1995]. $69.95 (592 pp.). ISBN 3–540–40792–8

The Spectra and Dynamics of Diatomic Molecules. 2nd Rev. ed. H. Lefebvre-Brion, R. W. Field. Elsevier, San Diego, 2004 [1986]. $135.00, $85.00 paper (766 pp.). ISBN 0–12–441455–9, ISBN 0–12–441456–7 paper

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Introduction to Molecular Biophysics. J. A. Tuszynski, M. Kurzynski. CRC Series in Pure and Applied Physics. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, 2003. $139.95 (550 pp.). ISBN 0–8493–0039–8

Long-Range Charge Transfer in DNA 1. G. B. Schuster, ed. Topics in Current Chemistry 236. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2004. $189.00 (219 pp.). ISBN 3–540–20127–0

Long-Range Charge Transfer in DNA 2. G. B. Schuster, ed. Topics in Current Chemistry 237. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2004. $199.00 (244 pp.). ISBN 3–540–20131–9

Medical Applications of Nuclear Physics. K. Bethge, G. Kraft, P. Kreisler, G. Walter. Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2004. $99.00 (208 pp.). ISBN 3–540–20805–4

100 Years of Physical Chemistry: A Collection of Landmark Papers. Royal Society of Chemistry. Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, UK, 2003. $159.00 (376 pp.). ISBN 0–85404–987–8

The Chemical Bond: A Fundamental Quantum-Mechanical Picture. T. Shida. Springer Series in Chemical Physics 76. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2004. $119.00 (206 pp.). ISBN 3–540–20638–8

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Numerical Computing with MATLAB. C. B. Moler. SIAM, Philadelphia, 2004. $42.50 paper (336 pp.). ISBN 0–89871–560–

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X-Ray Scattering From Semiconductors. 2nd ed. P. F. Fewster. Imperial College Press, London, 2003 [2000]. $76.00 (299 pp.). ISBN 1–86094–360–8

The Early Universe and Observational Cosmology. N. Bretón, J. L. Cervantes-Cota, M. Salgado, eds. Lecture Notes in Physics 646. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2004. $79.95 (468 pp.). ISBN 3–540–21847–5

Gravity and Strings. T. Ortín. Cambridge Monographs on Mathematical Physics. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2004. $100.00 (684 pp.). ISBN 0–521–82475–3

Quantum Gravity. C. Kiefer. International Series of Monographs on Physics 124. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2004. $114.50 (308 pp.). ISBN 0–19–850687–2

A Relativist’s Toolkit: The Mathematics of Black-Hole Mechanics. E. Poisson. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2004. $60.00 (233 pp.). ISBN 0–521–83091–5

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Quasicrystals: Structure and Physical Properties. H.-R. Trebin, ed. Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, Germany, 2003. $190.00 (648 pp.). ISBN 3–527–40399-X

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Einstein Simplified: Cartoons on Science by Sidney Harris. Rev. ed. S. Harris. Rutgers U. Press, New Brunswick, NJ, 2004 [1989]. $12.95 paper (160 pp.). ISBN 0–8135–3386–4

Encyclopedia of Supramolecular Chemistry. Vols. 1 and 2. J. L. Atwood, J. W. Steed, eds. Marcel Dekker, New York, 2004. $420.00 set (1647 pp. set). ISBN 0–8247–5056-X

How Users Matter: The Co-Construction of Users and Technologies. N. Oudshoorn, T. Pinch, eds. Inside Technology. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2003. $40.00 (340 pp.). ISBN 0–262–15107–3

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The Physics of Skiing: Skiing at the Triple Point. 2nd ed. D. Lind, S. P. Sanders. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2004 [1997]. $69.95 (266 pp.). ISBN 0–387–00722–9

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Depolarizing Collisions in Nonlinear Electrodynamics. I. V. Yevseyev, V. M. Yermachenko, V. V. Samartsev. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, 2004. $119.95 (318 pp.). ISBN 0–415–28416–3

Integrability of Nonlinear Systems. 2nd ed. Y. Kosmann-Schwarzbach, B. Grammaticos, K. M. Tamizhmani, eds. Lecture Notes in Physics 638. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2004 [1997]. $79.95 (333 pp.). ISBN 3–540–20630–2

Noise Sustained Patterns: Fluctuations and Nonlinearities. M. Loecher. World Scientific Lecture Notes in Physics 70. World Scientific, River Edge, NJ, 2003. $58.00 (238 pp.). ISBN 981–02–4676–5

The Non-Linear Field Theories of Mechanics. 3rd ed. C. Truesdell, W. Noll. S. S. Antman, ed. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2004 [1992]. $89.95 (602 pp.). ISBN 3–540–02779–3

Why Stock Markets Crash: Critical Events in Complex Financial Systems. D. Sornette. Princeton U. Press, Princeton, NJ, 2004 [2003, reissued]. $19.95 paper (421 pp.). ISBN 0–691–11850–7

The Atomic Nucleus as a Relativistic System. L. N. Savushkin, H. Toki. Texts and Monographs in Physics. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2004. $139.00 (349 pp.). ISBN 3–540–40492–9

Intersections of Particle and Nuclear Physics. Z. Parsa, ed. AIP Conference Proceedings 698. Proc. conf., New York, May 2003. AIP, Melville, NY, 2003. $250.00 (855 pp.). ISBN 0–7354–0169–1, CD-ROM

The Labyrinth in Nuclear Structure. A. Bracco, C. A. Kalfas, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 701. Proc. conf., Crete, Greece, July 2003. AIP, Melville, NY, 2004. $160.00 (394 pp.). ISBN 0–7354–0174–8

Quark–Gluon Plasma 3. R. C. Hwa, X.-N. Wang, eds. World Scientific, River Edge, NJ, 2004. $118.00 (777 pp.). ISBN 981–238–077–9

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Biomedical Optical Biopsy. R. R. Alfano, B. R. Masters, eds. Classic Reprints on CD-ROM 2. Optical Society of America, Washington, DC, 2004. $150.00 ISBN 1–55752–760–1, CD-ROM

Classical Relativistic Electrodynamics: Theory of Light Emission and Application to Free Electron Lasers. T. Shiozawa. Advanced Texts in Physics. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2004. $129.00 (233 pp.). ISBN 3–540–20623-X

Concepts of Classical Optics. J. Strong. Dover Books on Physics. Dover, Mineola, NY, 2004 [1958, reissued]. $34.95 paper (692 pp.). ISBN 0–486–43262–9

Introduction to Statistical Optics. E. L. O’Neill. Dover Books on Physics. Dover, Mineola, NY, 2003 [1992, reissued]. $13.95 paper (179 pp.). ISBN 0–486–43578–4

Long-Wavelength Infrared Semiconductor Lasers. H. K. Choi, ed. Wiley Series in Lasers and Applications. Wiley, Hoboken, NJ, 2004. $95.00 (395 pp.). ISBN 0–471–39200–6

Nanophotonics. P. N. Prasad. Wiley, Hoboken, NJ, 2004. $84.95 (415 pp.). ISBN 0–471–64988–0

Optical Engineer’s Desk Reference. W. L. Wolfe, ed. Optical Society of America, Washington, DC, and SPIE Press, Bellingham, WA, 2003. $125.00 (738 pp.). ISBN 1–55752–757–1

The Optics Encyclopedia: Basic Foundations and Practical Applications. Vols. 1–5. T. G. Brown, K. Creath, H. Kogelnik, et al., eds. Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, Germany, 2004. $985.00 set (3472 pp. set). ISBN 3–527-40320–5

Optics, Light and Lasers: The Practical Approach to Modern Aspects of Photonics and Laser Physics. D. Meschede. Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, Germany, 2004. $75.00 paper (410 pp.). ISBN 3–527–40364–7

Photonic Crystals: Advances in Design, Fabrication, and Characterization. K. Busch, S. Lölkes, R. B. Wehrspohn, H. Föll, eds. Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, Germany, 2004. $150.00 (354 pp.). ISBN 3–527–40432–5

Propagating Beam Analysis of Optical Waveguides. J. Yamauchi. Optoelectronics and Microwaves Series 2. Research Studies Press, Herfordshire, UK, and IOP, Philadelphia, 2003. $95.00 (279 pp.). ISBN 0–86380–265–6

Silicon Photonics. L. Pavesi, D. J. Lockwood, eds. Topics in Applied Physics. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2004. $239.00 (397 pp.). ISBN 3–540–21022–9

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High-Energy Electron Diffraction and Microscopy. L.-M. Peng, S. L. Dudarev, M. J. Whelan. Monographs on the Physics and Chemistry of Materials 61. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2004. $134.50 (535 pp.). ISBN 0–19–850074–2

Hypothesis on Matter: A Preliminary Study. N. K. Varghese. Universal Publishers, Boca Raton, FL, 2003. $39.95 paper (552 pp.). ISBN 1–58112–585–2

Intersections of Particle and Nuclear Physics. Z. Parsa, ed. AIP Conference Proceedings 698. Proc. conf., New York, May 2003. AIP, Melville, NY, 2003. $250.00 (855 pp.). ISBN 0–7354–0169–1, CD-ROM

The Phases of Quantum Chromodynamics: From Confinement to Extreme Environments. J. B. Kogut, M. A. Stephanov. Cambridge Monographs on Particle Physics, Nuclear Physics and Cosmology 21. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2004. $100.00 (364 pp.). ISBN 0–521–80450–7

Quantum Mechanics: A Conceptual Approach. H. F. Hameka. Wiley, Hoboken, NJ, 2004. $49.95 paper (194 pp.). ISBN 0–471–64965–1

Quantum Physics in One Dimension. T. Giamarchi. International Series of Monographs on Physics 121. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2004. $114.50 (424 pp.). ISBN 0–19–852500–1

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Hacking Matter: Levitating Chairs, Quantum Mirages, and the Infinite Weirdness of Programmable Atoms. W. McCarthy. Basic Books, New York, 2004 [2003, reissued]. $16.00 paper (224 pp.). ISBN 0–465–04429–8

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Our Final Hour, a Scientist’s Warning: How Terror, Error, and Environmental Disaster Threaten Humankind’s Future in This Century—On Earth and Beyond. M. Rees. Basic Books, New York, 2004 [2003, reissued]. $15.00 paper (228 pp.). ISBN 0–465–06863–4

The Path: A One-Mile Walk Through the Universe. C. Raymo. Walker, New York, 2004 [2003, reissued]. $12.00 paper (197 pp.). ISBN 0–8027–7690–6

Understanding the Present: An Alternative History of Science. B. Appleyard. Tauris Parke, New York, 2004 [1992, reissued]. $14.50 paper (283 pp.). ISBN 1–86064–891–6

The Maunder Minimum and the Variable Sun–Earth Connection. W. W.-H. Soon, S. H. Yaskell. World Scientific, River Edge, NJ, 2003. $77.00, $38.00 paper (278 pp.). ISBN 981–238–274–7, ISBN 981–238–275–5 paper

Solar Sailing: Technology, Dynamics and Mission Applications. C. R. McInnes. Springer-Praxis Books in Astronautical Engineering. Praxis/Springer-Verlag, New York, 2004 [1999, reissued]. $99.00 (296 pp.). ISBN 3–540–21062–8

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Walking in Space. D. J. Shayler. Springer-Praxis Books in Astronomy and Space Sciences. Praxis/Springer-Verlag, New York, 2004. $39.95 paper (382 pp.). ISBN 1–85233–710–9

Continuum Methods of Physical Modeling: Continuum Mechanics, Dimensional Analysis, Turbulence. K. Hutter, K. Jöhnk. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2004. $89.95 (635 pp.). ISBN 3–540–20619–1

Elementary Statistical Physics. C. Kittel. Dover Books on Physics. Dover, Mineola, NY, 2004 [1986, reissued]. $14.95 paper (228 pp.). ISBN 0–486–43514–8

Evolution and Structure of the Internet: A Statistical Physics Approach. R. Pastor-Satorras, A. Vespignani. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2004. $60.00 (267 pp.). ISBN 0–521–82698–5

Lectures on the Kinetic Theory of Gases, Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics and Statistical Theories. Ta-Y. Wu. National Tsing Hua University Press, Hsinchu, Taiwan, 2002. $50.00 (229 pp.). ISBN 957–02–8205–3

Nonequilibrium Physics at Short Time Scales: Formation of Correlations. K. Morawetz, ed. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2004. $119.00 (501 pp.). ISBN 3–540–20031–2

Basic Chemical Thermodynamics. 5th ed. E. B. Smith. Imperial College Press, London, 2004 [1990]. $42.00, $24.00 paper (166 pp.). ISBN 1–86094–445–0, ISBN 1–86094–446–9 paper

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Introduction to Nuclear and Particle Physics. 2nd ed. A. Das, T. Ferbel. World Scientific, River Edge, NJ, 2003 [1994]. $48.00 paper (399 pp.). ISBN 981–238–744–7

An Introduction to the Sun and Stars. S. F. Green, M. H. Jones, eds. Open U., Milton Keynes, UK, and Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2004. $110.00, $65.00 paper (373 pp.). ISBN 0–521–83737–5, ISBN 0–521–54622–2 paper

Numerical Polynomial Algebra. H. J. Stetter. SIAM, Philadelphia, 2004. $92.50 paper (472 pp.). ISBN 0–89871–557–1

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Asymptotic Formulae in Spectral Geometry. P. B. Gilkey. Studies in Advanced Mathematics. Chapman & Hall/CRC, Boca Raton, FL, 2004. $99.95 (304 pp.). ISBN 1–58488–358–8

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The Birth of Model Theory: Löwenheim’s Theorem in the Frame of the Theory of Relatives. C. Badesa (translated from Spanish by M. Maudsley). Princeton U. Press, Princeton, NJ, 2004. $49.95 (240 pp.). ISBN 0–691–05853–9

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Differential Forms in Electromagnetics. I. V. Lindell. IEEE Press Series on Electromagnetic Wave Theory. IEEE, Piscat-away, NJ, and Wiley, Hoboken, NJ, 2004. $99.95 (253 pp.). ISBN 0–471–64801–9

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Monte Carlo and Quasi-Monte Carlo Methods 2002. H. Niederreiter, ed. Proc. conf., National U. of Singapore, Republic of Singapore, Nov. 2002. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2004. $139.00 paper (459 pp.). ISBN 3–540–20466–0

Principles of Quantum Computation and Information. Vol. 1: Basic Concepts. G. Benenti, G. Casati, G. Strini. World Scientific, River Edge, NJ, 2004. $58.00, $34.00 paper (256 pp.). ISBN 981–238–830–3, ISBN 981–238–858–3 paper

Quantum-Classical Correspondence: Dynamical Quantization and the Classical Limit. A. O. Bolivar. The Frontiers Collection. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2004. $79.95 (186 pp.). ISBN 3–540–20146–7

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