New Books

Astronomical Spectroscopy: An Introduction to the Atomic and Molecular Physics of Astronomical Spectra. J. Tennyson. Imperial College Press Advanced Physics Texts 2. Imperial College Press, London, 2005. $52.00, $28.00 paper (192 pp.). ISBN 1-86094-513-9, ISBN 1-86094-529-5 paper

Digital Astrophotography: The State of the Art. D. Ratledge, ed. Patrick Moore’s Practical Astronomy Series. Springer-Verlag, London, 2005. $34.95 paper (177 pp.). ISBN 1-85233-734-6

Dust in the Universe: Similarities and Differences. K. S. K. Swamy. World Scientific Series in Astronomy and Astrophysics 7. World Scientific, Hackensack, NJ, 2005. $58.00 (252 pp.). ISBN 981-256-293-1

The Electromagnetic Spectrum of Neutron Stars. A. Baykal, S. K. Yerli, S. C. Inam, S. Grebenev, eds. NATO Science Series 2: Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry 210. Springer-Verlag, Dordrecht, the Netherlands, 2005. $179.00 (386 pp.). ISBN 1-4020-3859-3

Evolution of Stars and Stellar Populations. M. Salaris, S. Cassisi. Wiley, Hoboken, NJ, 2005. $150.00, $60.00 paper (374 pp.). ISBN 0-470-09219-X, ISBN 0-470-09220-3

The Nature and Evolution of Disks Around Hot Stars. R. Ignace, K. G. Gayley, eds. Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series 337. Proc. mtg., Johnson City, TN, July 2004. Astronomical Society of the Pacific, San Francisco, 2005. $77.00 (358 pp.). ISBN 1-58381-203-2

The New Astronomy: Opening the Electromagnetic Window and Expanding Our View of Planet Earth. W. Orchiston, ed. Astrophysics and Space Science Library 334. Springer-Verlag, Dordrecht, the Netherlands, 2005. $169.00 (328 pp.). ISBN 1-4020-3723-6

Planetary Nebulae as Astronomical Tools. R. Szczerba, G. Stasińska, S. K. Górny, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 804. Proc. conf., Gdańsk, Poland, June–July 2005. AIP, Melville, NY, 2005. $159.00 paper (357 pp.). ISBN 0-7354-0294-9

The Square Kilometre Array: An Engineering Perspective. P. J. Hall, ed. Springer-Verlag, Dordrecht, the Netherlands, 2005. $179.00 (430 pp.). ISBN 1-4020-3797-X

Star Clusters and How to Observe Them. M. Allison. Astronomer’s Observing Guides. Springer-Verlag, London, 2006. $29.95 paper (211 pp.). ISBN 1-84628-190-3

Stardust from Meteorites: An Introduction to Presolar Grains. M. Lugaro. World Scientific Series in Astronomy and Astrophysics 9. World Scientific, Hackensack, NJ, 2005. $38.00 (209 pp.). ISBN 981-256-099-8

Tidal Evolution and Oscillations in Binary Stars: Third Granada Workshop on Stellar Structure. A. Claret, A. Giménez, J.-P. Zahn, eds. Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series 333. Proc. wksp., Granada, Spain, May 2004. Astronomical Society of the Pacific, San Francisco, 2005. $77.00 (316 pp.). ISBN 1-58381-196-6

Atomic Spectroscopy: Introduction to the Theory of Hyperfine Structure. A. V. Andreev. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2006. $129.00 (274 pp.). ISBN 0-387-25573-7

Crystalline Molecular Complexes and Compounds: Structures and Principles. Vols. 1 and 2. F. H. Herbstein. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2005. $249.50 set (1273 pp. set). ISBN 0-19-852660-1

Physics with Ultra Slow Antiproton Beams. Y. Yamazaki, M. Wada, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 793. Proc. wksp., Wako, Japan, Mar. 2005. AIP, Melville, NY, 2005. $162.00 (401 pp.). ISBN 0-7354-0282-5, CD-ROM

Topics in Atomic Physics. C. E. Burkhardt, J. J. Leventhal. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2006. $59.95 (288 pp.). ISBN 0-387-25748-9

Van der Waals Forces: A Handbook for Biologists, Chemists, Engineers, and Physicists. V. A. Parsegian. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2006. $110.00, $50.00 paper (380 pp.). ISBN 0-521-83906-8, ISBN 0-521-54778-4 paper

Electric Fields of the Brain: The Neurophysics of EEG. 2nd ed. P. L. Nunez, R. Srinivasan. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2006 [1981]. $98.50 (611 pp.). ISBN 0-19-505038-X

Quantitative Analysis in Nuclear Medicine Imaging. H. Zaidi, ed. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2006. $125.00 (583 pp.). ISBN 0-387-23854-9

Block Copolymers I. V. Abetz, ed. Advances in Polymer Science 189. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2005. $199.00 (238 pp.). ISBN 3-540-26580-5

Block Copolymers II. V. Abetz, ed. Advances in Polymer Science 190. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2005. $219.00 (252 pp.). ISBN 3-540-26902-9

Modeling Chemical Systems Using Cellular Automata. L. B. Kier, P. G. Seybold, C.-K. Cheng. Springer-Verlag, Dordrecht, the Netherlands, 2005. $169.00 (175 pp.). ISBN 1-4020-3657-4, CD-ROM

Continuum Mechanics Using Mathematica®: Fundamentals, Applications and Scientific Computing. A. Romano, R. Lancellotta, A. Marasco. Modeling and Simulation in Science, Engineering and Technology. Birkhäuser, Boston, 2006. $79.95 (388 pp.). ISBN 0-8176-3240-9, CD-ROM

Creative 3-D Display and Interaction Interfaces: A Trans-Disciplinary Approach. B. G. Blundell, A. J. Schwarz. Wiley, Hoboken, NJ, 2006. $94.95 (371 pp.). ISBN 0-471-48271-4

JavaTech: An Introduction to Scientific and Technical Computing with Java. C. S. Lindsey, J. S. Tolliver, T. Lindblad. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2005. $85.00 (708 pp.). ISBN 0-521-82113-4

The Mathematica GuideBook for Numerics. M. Trott. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2006. $79.95 (1208 pp.). ISBN 0-387-95011-7, DVD-ROM

The Mathematica GuideBook for Symbolics. M. Trott. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2006. $79.95 (1453 pp.). ISBN 0-387-95020-6, DVD-ROM

Advances in Solid State Physics. B. Kramer, ed. Advances in Solid State Physics 45. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2006. $199.00 (425 pp.). ISBN 3-540-26041-2

Diffusion in Condensed Matter: Methods, Materials, Models. P. Heitjans, J. Kärger, eds. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2005. $179.00 (965 pp.). ISBN 3-540-20043-6

Electrons and Disorder in Solids. V. F. Gantmakher (translated from Russian by L. I. Man). International Series of Monographs on Physics 130. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2005. $114.50 (225 pp.). ISBN 0-19-856756-1

HTS Thin Film and More on Vortex Studies. A. Narlikar, ed. Studies of High Temperature Superconductors (Advances in Research and Applications) 49. Nova Science, Hauppauge, NY, 2005. $149.00 (216 pp.). ISBN 1-59454-305-4

Magnetism in the Solid State: An Introduction. 2nd ed. P. Mohn. Springer Series in Solid-State Sciences 134. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2006 [2003]. $64.95 paper (229 pp.). ISBN 3-540-29384-1

Quantum Computation in Solid State Systems. B. Ruggiero et al., eds. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2006. $129.00 (337 pp.). ISBN 0-387-26332-2

Topology in Condensed Matter. M. I. Monastyrsky, ed. Springer Series in Solid-State Sciences 150. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2006. $149.00 (254 pp.). ISBN 3-540-23406-3

Trends in Semiconductor Research. T. B. Elliot, ed. Nova Science, Hauppauge, NY, 2005. $129.00 (220 pp.). ISBN 1-59454-414-X

Unconventional Superconductors: Experimental Investigation of the Order-Parameter Symmetry. G. Goll. Springer Tracts in Modern Physics 214. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2006. $149.00 (171 pp.). ISBN 3-540-28985-2

Cosmology and Relativity

Black Holes: An Introduction. D. Raine, E. Thomas. Imperial College Press, London, 2005. $34.00, $18.00 paper (155 pp.). ISBN 1-86094-586-4, ISBN 1-86094-588-0 paper

Brane-Localized Gravity. P. D. Mannheim. World Scientific, Hackensack, NJ, 2005. $58.00 (337 pp.). ISBN 981-256-561-2

General Relativity. I. B. Khriplovich. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2005. $69.95 (116 pp.). ISBN 0-387-25643-1

New Developments in Quantum Cosmology Research. A. Reimer, ed. Horizons in World Physics 247. Nova Science, Hauppauge, NY, 2005. $129.00 (289 pp.). ISBN 1-59454-321-6

Particles, Strings, and Cosmology. K. Choi, J. E. Kim, D. Son, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 805. Proc. symp., Gyeongju, Korea, May–June 2005. AIP, Melville, NY, 2005. $177.00 (490 pp.). ISBN 0-7354-0295-7

Progress in Dark Matter Research. J. Val Blain, ed. Nova Science, Hauppauge, NY, 2005. $129.00 (255 pp.). ISBN 1-59454-243-0

Quantum Cosmology Research Trends. A. Reimer, ed. Horizons in World Physics 246. Nova Science, Hauppauge, NY, 2005. $129.00 (201 pp.). ISBN 1-59454-320-8

Trends in Dark Matter Research. J. Val Blain, ed. Nova Science, Hauppauge, NY, 2005. $129.00 (227 pp.). ISBN 1-59454-248-1

Annual Review of Environment and Resources. Vol. 30. P. A. Matson, A. Gadgil, D. M. Kammen, eds. Annual Reviews, Palo Alto, CA, 2005. $86.00 (515 pp.). ISBN 0-8243-2330-0

Dictionary of Energy. C. J. Cleveland, C. Morris, eds. Elsevier, San Diego, CA, 2006. $85.00 (502 pp.). ISBN 0-080-44578-0

The Human Impact on the Natural Environment: Past, Present, and Future. 6th ed. A. Goudie. Blackwell, Malden, MA, 2006 [2000]. $39.95 paper (357 pp.). ISBN 1-4051-2704-X

Precautionary Tools for Reshaping Environmental Policy. N. J. Myers, C. Raffensperger, eds. Urban and Industrial Environments. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2006. $62.00, $25.00 paper (339 pp.). ISBN 0-262-13458-6, ISBN 0-262-63323-X paper

Three Mile Island: A Nuclear Crisis in Historical Perspective. J. S. Walker. U. of Calif. Press, Berkeley, 2005 [2004, reissued]. $16.95 paper (303 pp.). ISBN 0-520-24683-7

The Dynamics and Structure of the Liquid–Liquid Interface. R. G. Compton, ed. Faraday Discussions 129. Proc. conf., Cambridge, UK, Sept. 2004. Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, UK, 2005. $298.00 paper (375 pp.). ISBN 0-85404-978-9

Introduction to Microfluidics. P. Tabeling (translated from French by S. Chen). Oxford U. Press, New York, 2005. $99.50 (301 pp.). ISBN 0-19-856864-9

Measurement in Fluid Mechanics. S. Tavoularis. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2005. $85.00 (354 pp.). ISBN 0-521-81518-5

Low-Temperature Thermochronology: Techniques, Interpretations, and Applications. P. W. Reiners, T. A. Ehlers, eds. Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry 58. Geochemical Society, St. Louis, MO, and Mineralogical Society of America, Chantilly, VA, 2005. $40.00 paper (622 pp.). ISBN 0-939950-70-7

The Orphan Tsunami of 1700: Japanese Clues to a Parent Earthquake in North America. B. F. Atwater et al. United States Geological Survey, Reston, VA, and U. of Washington Press, Seattle, 2005. $24.95 paper (133 pp.). ISBN 0-295-98535-6

Making Silicon Valley: Innovation and the Growth of High Tech, 1930–1970. C. Lécuyer. Inside Technology. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2006. $40.00 (393 pp.). ISBN 0-262-12281-2

Moving the Stars: Christian Doppler, His Life, His Works and Principle, and the World After. P. M. Schuster (translated from German by L. Wilmes). Living Edition. Pöllauberg, Austria, 2005. $39.00 (232 pp.). ISBN 3-901585-05-2

Representing Electrons: A Biographical Approach to Theoretical Entities. T. Arabatzis. U. of Chicago Press, Chicago, 2006. $70.00, $28.00 paper (295 pp.). ISBN 0-226-02420-2, ISBN 0-226-02421-0 paper

Russia’s Cosmonauts: Inside the Yuri Gagarin Training Center. R. D. Hall, D. J. Shayler, B. Vis. Springer–Praxis Books in Space Exploration. Praxis/Springer-Verlag, New York, 2005. $29.95 paper (386 pp.). ISBN 0-387-21894-7

Space Shuttle Columbia: Her Missions and Crews. B. Evans. Springer– Praxis Books in Space Exploration. Praxis/Springer-Verlag, New York, 2005. $39.95 paper (486 pp.). ISBN 0-387-21517-4

Testing the Limits: Aviation Medicine and the Origins of Manned Space Flight. M. P. Mackowski. Centennial of Flight Series 15. Texas A & M U. Press, College Station, 2006. $49.95 (289 pp.). ISBN 1-58544-439-1

Understanding GPS: Principles and Applications. 2nd ed. E. D. Kaplan, C. J. Hegarty, eds. Artech House, Norwood, MA, 2006 [1996]. $129.00 (703 pp.). ISBN 1-58053-894-0

Alignment Technologies and Applications of Liquid Crystal Devices. K. Takatoh et al. The Liquid Crystals Book Series. Taylor & Francis, New York, 2005. $129.95 (263 pp.). ISBN 0-748-40902-5

Chemical-Mechanical Planarization—Integration, Technology and Reliability. A. Kumar et al., eds. Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings 867. Proc. symp., San Francisco, Mar. 2005. MRS, Warrendale, PA, 2005. $94.00 (302 pp.). ISBN 1-55899-820-9

Fracture and Damage of Composites. M. Guagliano, M. H. Aliabadi, eds. Advances in Fracture Mechanics 8. WIT Press, Billerica, MA, 2006. $175.00 (288 pp.). ISBN 1-85312-669-1

Handbook of Advanced Magnetic Materials. Vols. 1–4. Vol. 1: Nanostructural Effects. (377 pp.). Vol. 2: Characterization and Simulation. (604 pp.). Vol. 3: Fabrication and Processing. (354 pp.). Vol. 4: Properties and Applications. (448 pp.). Y. Liu, D. J. Sellmyer, D. Shindo, eds. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2006. $1250.00 set (1783 pp. set). ISBN 1-4020-7983-4

High Thermal Conductivity Materials. S. L. Shindé, J. S. Goela, eds. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2006. $149.00 (271 pp.). ISBN 0-387-22021-6

Mathematics and Mechanics of Granular Materials. J. M. Hill, A. P. S. Selvadurai, eds. Springer-Verlag, Dordrecht, the Netherlands, 2005. $109.00 (320 pp.). ISBN 1-4020-3781-3

Modern Ferrite Technology. 2nd ed. A. Goldman. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2006 [1990]. $119.00 (438 pp.). ISBN 0-387-28151-7

Nanotubes and Nanowires. C. N. R. Rao, A. Govindaraj. RSC Nanoscience and Nanotechnology. Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, UK, 2005. $149.00 (272 pp.). ISBN 0-85404-832-4

The Story of Science: Newton at the Center. J. Hakim. Smithsonian Books, Washington, DC, 2005. $21.95 (463 pp.). ISBN 1-58834-161-5

The Magnetospheric Cusps: Structure and Dynamics. T. A. Fritz, S. F. Fung, eds. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2005. $199.00 (414 pp.). ISBN 1-4020-3438-5

Pluto and Charon: Ice Worlds on the Ragged Edge of the Solar System. 2nd rev. ed. A. Stern, J. Mitton. Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, Germany, 2005 [1997]. $79.95 (244 pp.). ISBN 3-527-40556-9

The Analysis of Means: A Graphical Method for Comparing Means, Rates, and Proportions. P. R. Nelson, P. S. Wludyka, K. A. F. Copeland. ASA-SIAM Series on Statistics and Applied Probability. American Statistical Association, Alexandria, VA, and SIAM, Philadelphia, 2005. $85.00 paper (247 pp.). ISBN 0-89871-592-X

Classical Methods of Statistics: With Applications in Fusion-Oriented Plasma Physics. O. J. W. F. Kardaun. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2005. $129.00 (388 pp.). ISBN 3-540-21115-2, CD-ROM

A Guide to Monte Carlo Simulations in Statistical Physics. 2nd ed. D. P. Landau, K. Binder. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2005 [2000]. $70.00 (432 pp.). ISBN 0-521-84238-7

Kinetics, Transport, and Structure in Hard and Soft Materials. P. F. Green. CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, FL, 2005. $159.95 (353 pp.). ISBN 1-57444-768-8

Statistical Thermodynamics and Stochastic Theory of Nonequilibrium Systems. W. Ebeling, I. M. Sokolov. Advances in Statistical Mechanics 8. World Scientific, Hackensack, NJ, 2005. $68.00 (329 pp.). ISBN 981-02-1382-4

Statistics of Linear Polymers in Disordered Media. B. K. Chakrabarti, ed. Elsevier, San Diego, 2005. $135.00 (360 pp.). ISBN 0-444-51709-X

Thermodynamics and Kinetics in Materials Science: A Short Course. B. S. Bokstein, M. I. Mendelev, D. J. Srolovitz. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2005. $119.50, $59.50 paper (326 pp.). ISBN 0-19-852803-5, ISBN 0-19-852804-3 paper, CD-ROM

Computational Physics. 2nd ed. N. J. Giordano, H. Nakanishi. Pearson Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ, 2006 [1997]. $100.40 (544 pp.). ISBN 0-13-146990-8

Elementary Quantum Mechanics. Rev. ed. P. Fong. World Scientific, Hackensack, NJ, 2005 [1962]. $88.00, $48.00 paper (377 pp.). ISBN 981-256-292-3, ISBN 981-256-351-2 paper

Introduction to Computational Fluid Dynamics. A. W. Date. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2005. $80.00 (377 pp.). ISBN 0-521-85326-5

Photonic Devices. J.-M. Liu. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2005. $100.00 (1052 pp.). ISBN 0-521-55195-1

Physics in Molecular Biology. K. Sneppen, G. Zocchi. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2005. $70.00 (311 pp.). ISBN 0-521-84419-3

The Physics of Atoms and Quanta: Introduction to Experiments and Theory. 7th ed. H. Haken, H. C. Wolf (translated from German by W. D. Brewer). Advanced Texts in Physics. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2005 [2000]. $79.95 (517 pp.). ISBN 3-540-20807-0

Problems and Solutions in Quantum Mechanics. K. Tamvakis. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2005. $110.00, $55.00 paper (334 pp.). ISBN 0-521-84087-2, ISBN 0-521-60057-X paper

Coherent Dynamics of Complex Quantum Systems. V. M. Akulin. Texts and Monographs in Physics. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2006. $99.00 (471 pp.). ISBN 3-540-21052-0

The Electromagnetic Origin of Quantum Theory and Light. 2nd ed. D. M. Grimes, C. A. Grimes. World Scientific, Hackensack, NJ, 2005 [2002]. $90.00 (416 pp.). ISBN 981-238-925-3

Field Theory, the Renormalization Group, and Critical Phenomena: Graphs to Computers. 3rd ed. D. J. Amit, V. Martín-Mayor. World Scientific, Hackensack, NJ, 2005 [1984]. $86.00, $44.00 paper (543 pp.). ISBN 981-256-109-9, ISBN 981-256-119-6 paper

Geometric and Algebraic Topological Methods in Quantum Mechanics. G. Giachetta, L. Mangiarotti, G. Sardanashvily. World Scientific, Hackensack, NJ, 2005. $78.00 (703 pp.). ISBN 981-256-129-3

Large N_c QCD 2004. J. L. Goity et al., eds. Proc. wksp., Trento, Italy, July 2004. World Scientific, Hackensack, NJ, 2005. $102.00 (307 pp.). ISBN 981-256-399-7

Lattice Gauge Theories: An Introduction. 3rd ed. H. J. Rothe. World Scientific Lecture Notes in Physics 74. World Scientific, Hackensack, NJ, 2005. $84.00, $48.00 paper (588 pp.). ISBN 981-256-062-9, ISBN 981-256-168-4 paper

Progress in String Theory: TASI 2003 Lecture Notes. J. M. Maldacena, ed. Proc. sch., Boulder, CO, June 2003. World Scientific, Hackensack, NJ, 2005. $108.00 (548 pp.). ISBN 981-256-406-3

The Quantum Mechanics Solver: How to Apply Quantum Theory to Modern Physics. 2nd ed. J.-L. Basdevant, J. Dalibard. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2006 [2000]. $64.95 (292 pp.). ISBN 3-540-27721-8

Selected Topics in Convex Geometry. M. Moszyńska. Birkhäuser, Boston, 2006. $59.95 paper (226 pp.). ISBN 0-8176-4396-6

Theory and Phenomenology of Sparticles: An Account of Four-Dimensional N = 1 Supersymmetry in High Energy Physics. M. Drees, R. Godbole, P. Roy. World Scientific, Hackensack, NJ, 2005. $108.00, $64.00 paper (555 pp.). ISBN 981-02-3739-1, ISBN 981-256-531-0 paper

Working Analysis. J. Cooper. Elsevier Academic Press, Burlington, MA, 2005. $99.95 (663 pp.). ISBN 0-12-187604-7