New Books

The Digital I/O Handbook: A Practical Guide to Industrial Input and Output Applications. J. A. Titus, T. B. O’Hanlan. Sealevel Systems Inc, Liberty, SC, 2004. $19.95 paper (75 pp.). ISBN 0-9759994-0-0

Diode Lasers. D. Sands. Series in Optics and Optoelectronics. IOP, Philadelphia, 2005. $55.00 paper (451 pp.). ISBN 0-7503-0726-9

Electronic Noses and Sensors for the Detection of Explosives. J. W. Gardner, J. Yinon, eds. NATO Science Series 2: Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry 159. Proc. wksp., Coventry, UK, Sept.–Oct. 2003. Kluwer Academic, Norwell, MA, 2004. $132.00 (308 pp.). ISBN 1-4020-2317-0

Force Sensors for Microelectronic Packaging Applications. J. Schwizer, M. Mayer, O. Brand. Microtechnology and MEMS. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2005. $99.00 (178 pp.). ISBN 3-540-22187-5

Modern Vacuum Physics. A. Chambers. Masters Series in Physics and Astronomy 4. Chapman & Hall/CRC, Boca Raton, FL, 2005. $89.95 (341 pp.). ISBN 0-8493-2438-6

The Science and Technology of Undulators and Wigglers. J. A. Clarke. Oxford Series on Synchrotron Radiation 4. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2004. $159.50 (231 pp.). ISBN 0-19-850855-7

America’s Environmental Report Card: Are We Making the Grade? H. Blatt. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2005. $27.95 (277 pp.). ISBN 0-262-02572-8

Earth System Analysis for Sustainability. H. J. Schellnhuber, P. J. Crutzen, W. C. Clark, M. Claussen, H. Held, eds. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2004. $38.00 (454 pp.). ISBN 0-262-19513-5

Leadville: The Struggle to Revive an American Town. G. Klucas. Island Press, Washington, DC, 2004. $26.00 (304 pp.). ISBN 1-55963-385-9

Nature’s Experts: Science, Politics, and the Environment. S. Bocking. Rutgers U. Press, New Brunswick, NJ, 2004. $65.00, $24.95 paper (298 pp.). ISBN 0-8135-3397-X, ISBN 0-8135-3398-8 paper

Nature’s Operating Instructions: The True Biotechnologies. K. Ausubel, J. P. Harpignies, eds. Sierra Club Books, San Francisco, 2004. $16.95 paper (236 pp.). ISBN 1-57805-099-5

Radiation Safety Problems in the Caspian Region. M. K. Zaidi, I. Mustafaev, eds. NATO Science Series 4: Earth and Environmental Sciences 41. Proc. wksp., Baku, Republic of Azerbaijan, Sept. 2003. Kluwer Academic, Norwell, MA, 2004. $159.00 (249 pp.). ISBN 1-4020-2376-6

State of the World 2005: Redefining Global Security. L. Starke, ed. W. W. Norton, New York, 2005. $35.00, $18.95 paper (237 pp.). ISBN 0-393-06020-9, ISBN 0-393-32666-7 paper

Particle Image Velocimetry: Recent Improvements. M. Stanislas, J. Westerweel, J. Kompenhans, eds. Proc. wksp., Zaragoza, Spain, Mar.–Apr. 2003. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2004. $229.00 (426 pp.). ISBN 3-540-21423-2, CD-ROM

Radiation Hydrodynamics. J. I. Castor. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2004. $130.00 (355 pp.). ISBN 0-521-83309-4

About Science, Myself and Others. V. L. Ginzburg (translated from Russian by M. V. Tsaplina et al.). IOP, Philadelphia, 2005. $85.00 (549 pp.). ISBN 0-7503-0992-X

Archives of the Universe: A Treasury of Astronomy’s Historic Works of Discovery. M. Bartusiak, ed. Pantheon Books, New York, 2004. $35.00 (695 pp.). ISBN 0-375-42170-X

Aristotle’s Children: How Christians, Muslims, and Jews Rediscovered Ancient Wisdom and Illuminated the Middle Ages. R. E. Rubenstein. Harcourt, New York, 2004 [2003, reissued]. $15.00 paper (368 pp.). ISBN 0-15-603009-8

Civic Astronomy: Albany’s Dudley Observatory, 1852–2002. G. Wise. Astrophysics and Space Science Library 316. Kluwer Academic, Norwell, MA, 2004. $109.00 (208 pp.). ISBN 1-4020-2677-3

The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein. Vol. 9: The Berlin Years: Correspondence, January 1919–April 1920. D. K. Buchwald, R. Schulmann, J. Illy, D. J. Kennefick, T. Sauer, eds. Princeton U. Press, Princeton, NJ, 2004. $110.00 (697 pp.). ISBN 0-691-12088-9

The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein. Vol. 9: The Berlin Years: Correspondence, January 1919–April 1920. K. Hentschel, ed. (translated from German by A. M. Hentschel). Princeton U. Press, Princeton, NJ, 2004. $45.00 paper (358 pp.). ISBN 0-691-12124-9

David Hilbert and the Axiomatization of Physics (1898–1918): From Grundlagen der Geometrie to Grundlagen der Physik. L. Corry. Archimedes 10. Kluwer Academic, Norwell, MA, 2004. $179.00 (513 pp.). ISBN 1-4020-2777-X

Einstein and Our World. 2nd ed. D. C. Cassidy. Control of Nature. Humanity Books, Amherst, NY, 2004 [1995]. $21.00 paper (162 pp.). ISBN 1-59102-256-8

Electronics in the Evolution of Flight. A. Helfrick. Texas A&M U. Press, College Station, 2004. $37.95, $19.95 paper (190 pp.). ISBN 1-58544-334-4, ISBN 1-58544-413-8 paper

England’s Leonardo: Robert Hooke and the Seventeenth-Century Scientific Revolution. A. Chapman. IOP, Philadelphia, 2005. $39.99 (330 pp.). ISBN 0-7503-0987-3

The First Space Race: Launching the World’s First Satellites. M. Bille, E. Lishock. Texas A&M U. Press, College Station, 2004. $40.00, $19.95 paper (214 pp.). ISBN 1-58544-356-5, ISBN 1-58544-374-3 paper

Fred Terman at Stanford: Building a Discipline, a University, and Silicon Valley. C. S. Gillmor. Stanford U. Press, Stanford, CA, 2004. $70.00 (642 pp.). ISBN 0-8047-4914-0

George Starkey: Alchemical Laboratory Notebooks and Correspondence. W. R. Newman, L. M. Principe, eds. U. of Chicago Press, Chicago, 2004. $80.00 (352 pp.). ISBN 0-226-57701-5

Growing Explanations: Historical Perspectives on Recent Science. M. N. Wise, ed. Duke U. Press, Durham, NC, 2004. $89.95, $24.95 paper (346 pp.). ISBN 0-8223-3307-4, ISBN 0-8223-3319-8 paper

The History of the Laser. M. Bertolotti (translated from Italian by M. B. B. Boringhieri). IOP, Philadelphia, 2005. $55.00 (307 pp.). ISBN 0-7503-0911-3

Inventing Los Alamos: The Growth of an Atomic Community. J. Hunner. U. of Oklahoma Press, Norman, 2004. $29.95 (288 pp.). ISBN 0-8061-3634-0

Kuhn vs. Popper: The Struggle for the Soul of Science. S. Fuller. Revolutions in Science. Columbia U. Press, New York, 2004. $24.50 (143 pp.). ISBN 0-231-13428-2

Obsessive Genius: The Inner World of Marie Curie. B. Goldsmith. Atlas Books/W. W. Norton, New York, 2005. $23.95 (256 pp.). ISBN 0-393-05137-4

A Physicist’s Labour in War and Peace: Memoirs 1933–1999. E. W. Kellermann. Stamford House, Woodston, UK, 2004. $16.80 paper (242 pp.). ISBN 1-904985-09-2

Practical Matter: Newton’s Science in the Service of Industry and Empire, 1687–1851. M. C. Jacob, L. Stewart. New Histories of Science, Technology and Medicine. Harvard U. Press, Cambridge, MA, 2004. $35.00 (201 pp.). ISBN 0-674-01497-9

Prestigious Discoveries at CERN: 1973 Neutral Currents, 1983 W & Z Bosons. R. Cashmore, L. Maiani, J.-P. Revol, eds. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2004. $59.95 (190 pp.). ISBN 3-540-20750-3

Quantum Physics: Illusion or Reality? 2nd ed. A. I. M. Rae. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2004 [1986]. $16.99 paper (155 pp.). ISBN 0-521-54266-9

Radiation and Modern Life: Fulfilling Marie Curie’s Dream. A. E. Waltar. Prometheus Books, Amherst, NY, 2004. $28.00 (336 pp.). ISBN 1-59102-250-9

Science of Science and Reflexivity. P. Bourdieu (translated from French by R. Nice). U. of Chicago Press, Chicago, 2004. $55.00, $22.50 paper (129 pp.). ISBN 0-226-06737-8, ISBN 0-226-06738-6 paper

The Story of Semiconductors. J. Orton. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2004. $54.50 (510 pp.). ISBN 0-19-853083-8

Strange Angel: The Otherworldly Life of Rocket Scientist John Whiteside Parsons. G. Pendle. Harcourt, New York, 2005. $25.00 (350 pp.). ISBN 0-15-100997-X

A World Without Time: The Forgotten Legacy of Gödel and Einstein. P. Yourgrau. Basic Books, New York, 2005. $24.00 (210 pp.). ISBN 0-465-09293-4

Care of Astronomical Telescopes and Accessories: A Manual for the Astronomical Observer and Amateur Telescope Maker. M. B. Pepin. Patrick Moore’s Practical Astronomy Series. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2005. $49.95 paper (253 pp.). ISBN 1-85233-715-X

The Electronics Companion. A. C. Fischer-Cripps. IOP, Philadelphia, 2005. $19.99 paper (278 pp.). ISBN 0-7503-1012-X

Three-Dimensional X-Ray Diffraction Microscopy: Mapping Polycrystals and Their Dynamics. H. F. Poulsen. Springer Tracts in Modern Physics 205. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2004. $149.00 (154 pp.). ISBN 3-540-22330-4

Analytical Ultracentrifugation VII. M. D. Lechner, L. Börger, eds. Progress in Colloid and Polymer Science 127. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2004. $149.50 (160 pp.). ISBN 3-540-20203-X

Characterization of Porous Solids and Powders: Surface Area, Pore Size and Density. S. Lowell, J. E. Shields, M. A. Thomas, M. Thommes. Particle Technology Series 16. Kluwer Academic, Norwell, MA, 2004. $159.00 (347 pp.). ISBN 1-4020-2302-2

Crystallization of Polymers, Vol. 2: Kinetics and Mechanisms. 2nd ed. L. Mandelkern. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2004 [1964]. $160.00 (467 pp.). ISBN 0-521-81682-3

Dynamics and Friction in Submicrometer Confining Systems. Y. Braiman, J. M. Drake, F. Family, J. Klafter, eds. ACS Symposium Series 882. Proc. symp., Orlando, FL, Apr. 2002. American Chemical Society, Washington, DC 2004. $135.00 (236 pp.). ISBN 0-8412-3829-4

Handbook of Layered Materials. S. M. Auerbach, K. A. Carrado, P. K. Dutta, eds. Marcel Dekker, New York, 2004. $195.00 (646 pp.). ISBN 0-8247-5349-6

High Dielectric Constant Materials: VLSI MOSFET Applications. H. R. Huff, D. C. Gilmer, eds. Springer Series in Advanced Microelectronics 16. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2005. $199.00 (710 pp.). ISBN 3-540-21081-4

Magnetic Microscopy of Nanostructures. H. Hopster, H. P. Oepen, eds. Nanoscience and Technology. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2005. $119.00 (313 pp.). ISBN 3-540-40186-5

Magnetoelectric Interaction Phenomena in Crystals. M. Fiebig, V. V. Eremenko, I. E. Chupis, eds. NATO Science Series 2: Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry 164. Proc. wksp., Sudak, Ukraine, Sept. 2003. Kluwer Academic, Norwell, MA, 2004. $169.00 (334 pp.). ISBN 1-4020-2388-X

Nanostructured Thin Films and Nano-dispersion Strengthened Coatings. A. A. Voevodin, D. V. Shtansky, E. A. Levashov, J. J. Moore, eds. NATO Science Series 2: Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry 155. Proc. wksp., Moscow, Dec. 2003. Kluwer Academic, Norwell, MA, 2004. $138.00 (322 pp.). ISBN 1-4020-2220-4

New Visions on Form and Growth: Fingered Growth, Dendrites, and Flames. P. Pelcé (translated from French by J. Brujić, L. Costier). Oxford U. Press, New York, 2004. $94.50 (387 pp.). ISBN 0-19-852701-2

Phase Diagrams and Heterogeneous Equilibria: A Practical Introduction. B. Predel, M. Hoch, M. Pool. Engineering Materials and Processes. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2004. $89.95 (349 pp.). ISBN 3-540-14011-5

TTF Chemistry: Fundamentals and Applications of Tetrathiafulvalene. J. Yamada, T. Sugimoto, eds. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2004. $229.00 (445 pp.). ISBN 3-540-21004-0

The Physics of Traffic: Empirical Freeway Pattern Features, Engineering Applications, and Theory. B. S. Kerner. Understanding Complex Systems. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2004. $139.00 (682 pp.). ISBN 3-540-20716-3

Virtual Worlds: Synthetic Universes, Digital Life, and Complexity. J.-C. Heudin, ed. New England Complex Systems Institute Series on Complexity. Westview Press, Cambridge, MA, 2004 [1998, reissued]. $35.00 paper (268 pp.). ISBN 0-8133-4286-4

Radioactivity—Radionuclides—Radiation. J. Magill, J. Galy. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2005. $59.95 (259 pp.). ISBN 3-540-21116-0

Structure and Dynamics of Elementary Matter. W. Greiner, M. G. Itkis, J. Reinhardt, M. C. Güçlü, eds. NATO Science Series 2: Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry, 166. Proc. inst., Camyuva-Kemer, Turkey, Sept.–Oct. 2003. Kluwer Academic, Norwell, MA, 2004. $219.00 (675 pp.). ISBN 1-4020-2445-2

Diffractional Optics of Millimetre Waves. O. V. Minin, I. V. Minin. Series in Optics and Optoelectronics. IOP, Philadelphia, 2004. $110.00 (396 pp.). ISBN 0-7503-0907-5

Extreme Nonlinear Optics: An Introduction. M. Wegener. Advanced Texts in Physics. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2005. $79.95 (223 pp.). ISBN 3-540-22291-X

Femtosecond Laser Pulses: Principles and Experiments. 2nd ed. C. Rullière, ed. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2005. $69.95 (426 pp.). ISBN 0-387-01769-0

Femtosecond Laser Spectroscopy. P. Hannaford, ed. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2005. $119.00 (334 pp.). ISBN 0-387-23293-1

Few-Cycle Laser Pulse Generation and Its Applications. F. X. Kärtner, ed. Topics in Applied Physics 95. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2004. $229.00 (448 pp.). ISBN 3-540-20115-7

Infrared Fibers and Their Applications. J. A. Harrington. SPIE Press Monograph 135. SPIE Press, Bellingham, WA, 2004. $72.00 (298 pp.). ISBN 0-8194-5218-1

Introductory Quantum Optics. C. Gerry, P. Knight. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2005. $110.00, $55.00 paper (317 pp.). ISBN 0-521-82035-9, ISBN 0-521-52735-X paper

Molecular Light Scattering and Optical Activity. 2nd rev. ed. L. D. Barron. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2004 [1983]. $150.00 (443 pp.). ISBN 0-521-81341-7 ▪