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The Formation of Stars. S. W. Stahler, F. Palla. Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, Germany, 2004. $89.95 paper (852 pp.). ISBN 3-527-40559-3

From Dust to Stars: Studies of the Formation and Early Evolution of Stars. N. S. Schulz. Springer-Praxis Books in Astrophysics and Astronomy. Praxis/Springer-Verlag, New York, 2005. $129.00 (390 pp.). ISBN 3-540-23711-9

High Energy Gamma-Ray Astronomy. F. A. Aharonian, H. J. Völk, D. Horns, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 745. Proc. symp., Heidelberg, Germany, July 2004. AIP, Melville, NY, 2005. $213.00 (806 pp.). ISBN 0-7354-0229-9, CD-ROM

High-Energy Spectroscopic Astrophysics. S. M. Kahn, P. von Ballmoos, R. A. Sunyaev. Saas-Fee Advanced Course 30. Proc. course, Les Diablerets, Switzerland, Apr. 2000. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2005. $89.95 (295 pp.). ISBN 3-540-40501-1

Light Pollution Handbook. K. Narisada, D. Schreuder. Astrophysics and Space Science Library 322. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2004. $299.00 (936 pp.). ISBN 1-4020-2665-X

The Observer’s Year: 366 Nights of the Universe. 2nd ed. P. Moore. Patrick Moore’s Practical Astronomy Series. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2005 [1998]. $39.95 paper (367 pp.). ISBN 1-85233-884-9

Recollections of “Tucson Operations”: The Millimeter-Wave Observatory of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory. M. A. Gordon. Astrophysics and Space Science Library 323. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2005. $149.00 (214 pp.). ISBN 1-4020-3235-8

The Spectral Energy Distributions of Gas-Rich Galaxies: Confronting Models with Data. C. C. Popescu, R. J. Tuffs, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 761. Proc. wksp., Heidelberg, Germany, Oct. 2004. AIP, Melville, NY, 2005. $160.00 (465 pp.). ISBN 0-7354-0246-9

Stellar Astrophysics with the World’s Largest Telescopes. J. Mikołajewska, A. Olech, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 752. Proc. wksp., Torun, Poland, Sept. 2004. AIP, Melville, NY, 2005. $129.00 paper (210 pp.). ISBN 0-7354-0237-X

Zdeněk Kopal’s Binary Star Legacy. H. Drechsel, M. Zejda, eds. Proc. conf., Litomyšl, Czech Republic, Mar.—Apr. 2004. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2005. $219.00 (488 pp.). ISBN 1-4020-3131-9

Quantum-Mechanical Signal Processing and Spectral Analysis. D. Belkić. Series in Atomic and Molecular Physics. IOP, Philadelphia, 2005. $135.00 (463 pp.). ISBN 0-7503-1019-7

Annual Review of Physical Chemistry. Vol. 56. S. R. Leone, P. Alivisatos, A. E. McDermott, eds. Annual Reviews, Palo Alto, CA, 2005. $82.00 (640 pp.). ISBN 0-8243-1056-X

Chemical Physics of Pyrolysis, Combustion and Oxidation. A. A. Berlin, I. A. Novakov, N. A. Khalturinskiy, G. E. Zaikov, eds. Nova Science, Hauppauge, NY, 2005. $79.00 (245 pp.). ISBN 1-59454-163-9

Digital Simulation in Electrochemistry. 3rd ed. D. Britz. Lecture Notes in Physics 666. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2005 [1988]. $89.95 (338 pp.). ISBN 3-540-23979-0

Electrochemistry of Immobilized Particles and Droplets. F. Scholz, U. Schroder, R. Gulaboski. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2005. $129.00 (290 pp.). ISBN 3-540-22005-4

Organic Solid State Reactions. F. Toda, ed. Topics in Current Chemistry 254. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2005. $289.00 (313 pp.). ISBN 3-540-22982-5

Ultrafast Phenomena. Vol. 14. T. Kobayashi et al., eds. Springer Series in Chemical Physics 79. Proc. conf., Niigata, Japan, July 2004. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2005. $259.00 (907 pp.). ISBN 3-540-24110-8

Experimental Aspects of Quantum Computing. H. O. Everitt, ed. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2005. $129.00 (308 pp.). ISBN 0-387-23045-9

A First Course in Computational Physics and Object-Oriented Programming with C++. D. Yevick. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2005. $70.00 (403 pp.). ISBN 0-521-82778-7, CD-ROM

A First Course in Scientific Computing: Symbolic, Graphic, and Numeric Modeling Using Maple, Java, Mathematica, and Fortran90. R. H. Landau. Princeton U. Press, Princeton, NJ, 2005. $49.50 (481 pp.). ISBN 0-691-12183-4, CD-ROM

Mathematica Laboratories for Mathematical Statistics: Emphasizing Simulation and Computer Intensive Methods. J. A. Baglivo. ASA-SIAM Series on Statistics and Applied Probability. SIAM, Philadelphia, and American Statistical Association, Alexandria, VA, 2005. $70.00 paper (260 pp.). ISBN 0-89871-566-0, CD-ROM

MATLAB Guide. 2nd ed. D. J. Higham, N. J. Higham. SIAM, Philadelphia, 2005 [2000]. $47.00 (382 pp.). ISBN 0-89871-578-4

MATLAB® Primer. 7th ed. T. A. Davis, K. Sigmon. Chapman & Hall/CRC, Boca Raton, FL, 2005 [2002]. $19.95 paper (215 pp.). ISBN 1-58488-523-8

Mining Imperfect Data: Dealing with Contamination and Incomplete Records. R. K. Pearson. SIAM, Philadelphia, 2005. $70.00 paper (305 pp.). ISBN 0-89871-582-2

Quantum Entanglement and Information Processing. D. Estève, J.-M. Raimond, J. Dalibard, eds. Les Houches Summer School Proceedings 79. Proc. sch., Grenoble, France, June—July 2003. Elsevier, San Diego, CA, 2004. $66.00 (608 pp.). ISBN 0-444-51728-6

Understanding Search Engines: Mathematical Modeling and Text Retrieval. 2nd ed. M. W. Berry, M. Browne. Software, Environments, and Tools. SIAM, Philadelphia, 2005 [1999]. $35.00 paper (117 pp.). ISBN 0-89871-581-4

Dual Superconductor Models of Color Confinement. G. Ripka. Lecture Notes in Physics 639. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2004. $59.95 (145 pp.). ISBN 3-540-20718-X

Solitary Waves in Dispersive Complex Media: Theory, Simulation, Applications. V. Yu. Belashov, S. V. Vladimirov. Springer Series in Solid-State Sciences 149. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2005. $149.00 (292 pp.). ISBN 3-540-23376-8

Theory of Fluctuations in Superconductors. A. Larkin, A. Varlamov. International Series of Monographs on Physics 127. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2005. $144.50 (412 pp.). ISBN 0-19-852815-9

Gravitation and Cosmology. A. Macías, C. Läemmerzahl, D. Nu$nTez, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 758. Proc. mtg., Mexico City, Mexico, Sept. 2004. AIP, Melville, NY, 2005. $138.00 (260 pp.). ISBN 0-7354-0243-4

Lectures on Quantum Gravity. A. Gomberoff, D. Marolf, eds. Series of the Centro de Estudios Científicos. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2005. $149.00 (349 pp.). ISBN 0-387-23995-2

Relativity, Gravitation, and Cosmology: A Basic Introduction. T.-P Cheng. Oxford Master Series in Physics 11. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2005. $99.50, $44.50 paper (339 pp.). ISBN 0-19-852956-2, ISBN 0-19-852957-0 paper

Quantum Dots: A Doorway to Nanoscale Physics. W. D. Heiss, ed. Lecture Notes in Physics 667. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2005. $59.95 (174 pp.). ISBN 3-540-24236-8

Vital Signs 2005: The Trends that Are Shaping Our Future. L. Starke, ed. W. W. Norton, New York, 2005. $16.95 paper (139 pp.). ISBN 0-393-32689-6

Winning the Oil Endgame: Innovation for Profits, Jobs, and Security. A. B. Lovins et al. Rocky Mountain Institute, Snowmass, CO, 2005. $40.00 paper (305 pp.). ISBN 1-881071-10-3

Flux-Corrected Transport: Principles, Algorithms, and Applications. D. Kuzmin, R. Löhner, S. Turek, eds. Scientific Computation. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2005. $139.00 (301 pp.). ISBN 3-540-23730-5

Computational Earthquake Science. Part 2. A. Donnellan, P. Mora, M. Matsu’ura, X.-c. Yin, eds. Pageoph Topical Volumes. Birkhäuser Verlag, Boston, 2004. $69.95 paper (344 pp.). ISBN 3-7643-7143-9

Practical Magnetotellurics. F. Simpson, K. Bahr. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2005. $70.00 (254 pp.). ISBN 0-521-81727-7

Adventures in Order and Chaos: A Scientific Autobiography. G. Contopoulos. Astrophysics and Space Science Library 313. Kluwer Academic, Norwell, MA, 2004. $129.00 (191 pp.). ISBN 1-4020-3039-8

China and Albert Einstein: The Reception of the Physicist and His Theory in China 1917-1979. D. Hu. Harvard U. Press, Cambridge, MA, 2005. $39.95 (257 pp.). ISBN 0-674-01538-X

Copies in Seconds: How a Lone Inventor and an Unknown Company Created the Biggest Communication Breakthrough Since Gutenberg—Chester Carlson and the Birth of the Xerox Machine. D. Owen. Simon & Schuster, New York, 2005 [2004, reissued]. $13.00 paper (306 pp.). ISBN 0-7432-5118-0

Drawing Theories Apart: The Dispersion of Feynman Diagrams in Postwar Physics. D. Kaiser. U. of Chicago Press, Chicago, 2005. $80.00, $30.00 paper (469 pp.). ISBN 0-226-42266-6, ISBN 0-226-42267-4 paper

Einstein and Culture. G. Sonnert. Humanity Books, Amherst, NY, 2005. $28.00 (427 pp.). ISBN 1-59102-316-5

The Heirs of Archimedes: Science and the Art of War Through the Age of Enlightenment. B. D. Steele, T. Dorland, eds. Dibner Institute Studies in the History of Science and Technology. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2005. $55.00 (397 pp.). ISBN 0-262-19516-X

Making Modern Science: A Historical Survey. P. J. Bowler, I. R. Morus. U. of Chicago Press, Chicago, 2005. $65.00, $25.00 paper (529 pp.). ISBN 0-226-06860-9, ISBN 0-226-06861-7 paper

Mind and Hand: The Birth of MIT. J. A. Stratton, L. H. Mannix. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2005. $55.00 (781 pp.). ISBN 0-262-19524-0

The Newtonian Moment: Isaac Newton and the Making of Modern Culture. M. Feingold. New York Public Library/Oxford U. Press, New York, 2004. $45.00, $22.50 paper (218 pp.). ISBN 0-19-517735-5, ISBN 0-19-517734-7 paper

The Ninth Circle: A Memoir of Life and Death in Antarctica, 1960-1962. J. C. Behrendt. U. of N. Mex. Press, Albuquerque, 2005. $29.95 (240 pp.). ISBN 0-8263-3425-3

Rocketman: Astronaut Pete Conrad’s Incredible Ride to the Moon and Beyond. N. Conrad, H. A. Klausner. New American Library, New York, 2005. $24.95 (301 pp.). ISBN 0-451-21509-5

When Computers Were Human. D. A. Grier. Princeton U. Press, Princeton, NJ, 2005. $35.00 (411 pp.). ISBN 0-691-09157-9

Electron Cyclotron Resonance Ion Sources. M. Leitner, ed. AIP Conference Proceedings 749. Proc. wksp., Berkeley, CA, Sept. 2004. AIP, Melville, NY, 2005. $144.00 paper (264 pp.). ISBN 0-7354-0234-5

Microlithography: Molecular Imprinting. J. D. Marty, M. Mauzac, H. Ito. Advances in Polymer Science 172. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2005. $249.00 (276 pp.). ISBN 3-540-21862-9

Principles of Lithography. 2nd ed. H. J. Levinson. Press Monograph Series 146. SPIE Press, Bellingham, WA, 2005 [2001]. $84.00 (423 pp.). ISBN 0-8194-5660-8

Scanning Probe Microscopy: Characterization, Nanofabrication and Device Application of Functional Materials. P. M. Vilarinho, Y. Rosenwaks, A. Kingon, eds. NATO Science Series 2: Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry 186. Proc. inst., Algarve, Portugal, Oct. 2002. Kluwer Academic, Norwell, MA, 2005. $209.00 (488 pp.). ISBN 1-4020-3017-7

Biological Nanostructures and Applications of Nanostructures in Biology: Electrical, Mechanical, and Optical Properties. M. A. Stroscio, M. Dutta, eds. Bioelectric Engineering 2. Kluwer Academic/Plenum, New York, 2004. $130.00 (178 pp.). ISBN 0-306-48627-X

Ronald Reagan and His Quest to Abolish Nuclear Weapons. P. Lettow. Random House, New York, 2005. $25.95 (327 pp.). ISBN 1-4000-6307-8

Apollo 12. Vol. 2. R. Godwin, ed. The NASA Mission Reports. Apogee Books, Burlington, Canada, 2004. $24.95 paper (192 pp.). ISBN 1-894959-16-7, DVD

Deep Space. R. Godwin, S. Whitfield, eds. The NASA Mission Reports. Apogee Books, Burlington, Canada, 2005. $34.95 paper (431 pp.). ISBN 1-894959-15-9, DVD

Extrasolar Planets: Today and Tomorrow. J.-P. Beaulieu, A. Lecavelier des Etangs, C. Terquem, eds. Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series 321. Proc. mtg., Paris, June-July 2003. Astronomical Society of the Pacific, San Francisco, 2004. $77.00 (424 pp.). ISBN 1-58381-183-4

Planetary Systems in the Universe: Observation, Formation and Evolution. A. Penny, P. Artymowicz, A.-M. Lagrange, S. Russell, eds. International Astronomical Union Symposium 202. Proc. symp., Manchester, UK, Aug. 2000. International Astronomical Union, Paris, and Astronomical Society of the Pacific, San Francisco, 2004. $95.00 (480 pp.). ISBN 1-58381-176-1

Space Technology and Applications International Forum—STAIF 2005. M. S. El-Genk, ed. AIP Conference Proceedings 746. Proc. conf. and symp., Albuquerque, NM, Feb. 2005. AIP, Melville, NY, 2005. $320.00 (1463 pp.). ISBN 0-7354-0230-2

Space Weather: The Physics Behind a Slogan. K. Scherer, H. Fichtner, B. Heber, U. Mall, eds. Lecture Notes in Physics 656. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2005. $59.95 (297 pp.). ISBN 3-540-22907-8

The Story of Space Station Mir. D. M. Harland. Springer-Praxis Books in Space Exploration. Praxis/Springer-Verlag, New York, 2005. $34.95 paper (424 pp.). ISBN 0-387-23011-4

Titan: From Discovery to Encounter. K. Fletcher, ed. European Space Agency SP-1278. Proc. conf., Noordwijk, the Netherlands, Apr. 2004. European Space Agency, Noordwijk, the Netherlands, 2004. ë50 paper (412 pp.). ISBN 92-9092-997-9

Basics of Aerothermodynamics. E. H. Hirschel. Progress in Astronautics and Aeronautics 206. American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Reston, VA, and Springer-Verlag, New York, 2005. $104.95 (412 pp.). ISBN 3-540-22132-8

Quantum Thermodynamics: Emergence of Thermodynamic Behavior Within Composite Quantum Systems. J. Gemmer, M. Michel, G. Mahler. Lecture Notes in Physics 657. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2004. $79.95 (287 pp.). ISBN 3-540-22911-6

Statistical Physics: Including Applications to Condensed Matter. C. Hermann. Advanced Texts in Physics. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2005. $89.95 (278 pp.). ISBN 0-387-22660-5

Thermodynamic Formalism: The Mathematical Structures of Equilibrium Statistical Mechanics. 2nd ed. D. Ruelle. Cambridge Mathematical Library. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2004 [1978]. $43.00 paper (174 pp.). ISBN 0-521-54649-4

Introduction to Plasma Physics: With Space and Laboratory Applications. D. A. Gurnett, A. Bhattacharjee. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2005. $180.00, $65.00 paper (452 pp.). ISBN 0-521-36483-3, ISBN 0-521-36730-1 paper

Molecular Reaction Dynamics. R. D. Levine. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2005. $80.00 (554 pp.). ISBN 0-521-84276-X

Physical Chemistry for the Bio-sciences. R. Chang. University Science Books, Sausalito, CA, 2005. $90.00 (677 pp.). ISBN 1-891389-33-5

Evolutionary Theory: Mathematical and Conceptual Foundations. S. H. Rice. Sinauer Associates, Sunderland, MA, 2004. $49.95 paper (370 pp.). ISBN 0-87893-702-1

Field Mathematics for Electromagnetics, Photonics, and Materials Science: A Guide for the Scientist and Engineer. B. Maxum. Tutorial Texts in Optical Engineering TT64. SPIE Press, Bellingham, WA, 2005. $56.00 paper (272 pp.). ISBN 0-8194-5523-7

Finite Difference Schemes and Partial Differential Equations. 2nd ed. J. C. Strikwerda. SIAM, Philadelphia, 2004 [1989]. $100.00 (435 pp.). ISBN 0-89871-567-9

Inverse Problems in Physical Diagnostics. K. P. Gaikovich. Nova Science, Hauppauge, NY, 2004. $98.00 (372 pp.). ISBN 1-59454-095-0

Large Deviations and Metastability. E. Olivieri, M. E. Vares. Encyclopedia of Mathematics and Its Applications 100. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2005. $140.00 (512 pp.). ISBN 0-521-59163-5

The One-Dimensional Hubbard Model. F. H. L. Essler et al. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2005. $150.00 (674 pp.). ISBN 0-521-80262-8

Path Integrals in Quantum Mechanics. J. Zinn-Justin. Oxford Graduate Texts. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2005. $89.50 (318 pp.). ISBN 0-19-856674-3

Quantum Entanglements: Selected Papers. R. Clifton. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2004. $98.00 (461 pp.). ISBN 0-19-927015-5

Symmetries in Science XI. B. J. Gruber, G. Marmo, N. Yoshinaga, eds. Symmetries in Science. Kluwer Academic, Norwell, MA, 2004. $189.00 (612 pp.). ISBN 1-4020-2633-1

Trends in Mathematical Physics Research. C. V. Benton, ed. Nova Science, Hauppauge, NY, 2004. $98.00 (241 pp.). ISBN 1-59033-913-4