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Astrophysical Formulae. Vol. 1: Radiation, Gas Processes, and High Energy Astrophysics. Vol. 2: Space, Time, Matter, and Cosmology. 3rd rev. ed. K. R. Lang. Astronomy and Astrophysics Library. Springer, New York, 2006 [1999]. $129.00 paper set (1050 pp. set). ISBN 3-540-29692-1

Astrophysics of Variable Stars. C. Sterken, C. Aerts, eds. Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series 349. Proc. mtg., Pécs, Hungary, Sept. 2005. Astronomical Society of the Pacific, San Francisco, 2006. $77.00 (480 pp.). ISBN 1-58381-217-2

Compact Stellar X-Ray Sources. W. Lewin, M. van der Klis, eds. Cambridge Astrophysics Series 39. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2006. $175.00 (690 pp.). ISBN 0-521-82659-4

Handbook of CCD Astronomy. 2nd ed. S. B. Howell. Cambridge Observing Handbooks for Research Astronomers 5. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2006 [2000]. $95.00, $39.99 paper (208 pp.). ISBN 0-521-85215-3, ISBN 0-521-61762-6 paper

An Invitation to Astrophysics. T. Padmanabhan. World Scientific Series in Astronomy and Astrophysics 8. World Scientific, Hackensack, NJ, 2006. $66.00, $36.00 paper (362 pp.). ISBN 981-256-638-4, ISBN 981-256-687-2 paper

Organizations and Strategies in Astronomy. Vol. 6. A. Heck, ed. Astrophysics and Space Science Library 335. Springer, Dordrecht, the Netherlands, 2006. $199.00 (344 pp.). ISBN 1-4020-4055-5

Planets to Cosmology: Essential Science in the Final Years of the Hubble Space Telescope. M. Livio, S. Casertano, eds. Space Telescope Science Institute Symposium Series 18. Proc. symp., Baltimore, MD, May 2004. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2006. $120.00 (203 pp.). ISBN 0-521-84758-3

Pulsar Astronomy. 3rd ed. A. G. Lyne, F. Graham-Smith. Cambridge Astrophysics Series 38. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2006 [1998]. $150.00 (309 pp.). ISBN 0-521-83954-8

Beyond Born–Oppenheimer: Electronic Nonadiabatic Coupling Terms and Conical Intersections. M. Baer. Wiley, Hoboken, NJ, 2006. $150.00 (234 pp.). ISBN 0-471-77891-5

Bioinformatics Basics: Applications in Biological Science and Medicine. 2nd ed. L. K. Buehler, H. H. Rashidi, eds. CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, FL, 2005 [2000]. $89.95 (335 pp.). ISBN 0-8493-1283-3

Biological Performance of Materials: Fundamentals of Biocompatibility. 4th ed. J. Black. CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, FL, 2006 [1999]. $99.95 (497 pp.). ISBN 0-8493-3959-6

Biomedical Signal and Image Processing. K. Najarian, R. Splinter. CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, FL, 2006. $99.95 (417 pp.). ISBN 0-8493-2099-2

Biomimetics: Biologically Inspired Technologies. Y. Bar-Cohen, ed. CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, FL, 2006. $139.95 (527 pp.). ISBN 0-8493-3163-3

Exploiting Chemical Diversity for Drug Discovery. P. A. Bartlett, M. Entzeroth, eds. RSC Biomolecular Sciences. Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, UK, 2006. $219.00 (420 pp.). ISBN 0-85404-842-1

Handbook of Computational Molecular Biology. S. Aluru, ed. Chapman & Hall/CRC Computer and Information Science Series 9. Chapman & Hall/CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, FL, 2006. $139.95 (1104 pp.). ISBN 1-58488-406-1

Informatics in Proteomics. S. Srivastava, ed. CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, FL, 2005. $159.95 (436 pp.). ISBN 1-57444-480-8

An Introduction to Biomaterials. S. A. Guelcher, J. O. Hollinger, eds. Biomedical Engineering Series 11. CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, FL, 2006. $99.95 (553 pp.). ISBN 0-8493-2282-0

Knowledge Discovery in Proteomics. I. Jurisica, D. Wigle. Mathematical and Computational Biology Series 8. Chapman & Hall/CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, FL, 2006. $89.95 (318 pp.). ISBN 1-58488-439-8

Medical Image Processing, Reconstruction and Restoration: Concepts and Methods. J. Jan. Signal Processing and Communications 25. CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, FL, 2006. $139.95 (730 pp.). ISBN 0-8247-5849-8

Molecular and Cellular Biophysics. M. B. Jackson. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2006. $130.00, $65.00 paper (512 pp.). ISBN 0-521-62441-X, ISBN 0-521-62470-3 paper

Normal Mode Analysis: Theory and Applications to Biological and Chemical Systems. Q. Cui, I. Bahar, eds. Mathematical and Computational Biology Series 9. Chapman & Hall/CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, FL, 2006. $99.95 (406 pp.). ISBN 1-58488-472-X

Protein Geometry, Classification, Topology, and Symmetry: A Computational Analysis of Structure. W. R. Taylor, A. Aszódi. Series in Biophysics. IOP, Philadelphia, 2005. $79.95 (333 pp.). ISBN 0-7503-0985-7

Systems Biology: Properties of Reconstructed Networks. B. Ø. Palsson. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2006. $75.00 (322 pp.). ISBN 0-521-85903-4

Text Mining for Biology and Biomedicine. S. Ananiadou, J. McNaught, eds. Bioinformatics Series. Artech House, Norwood, MA, 2006. $88.00 (286 pp.). ISBN 1-58053-984-X

Introduction to the High-Temperature Oxidation of Metals. 2nd ed. N. Birks, G. H. Meier, F. S. Pettit. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2006 [1983]. $115.00 (338 pp.). ISBN 0-521-48042-6

Modern Aspects of Electrochemistry. Vol. 39. C. G. Vayenas, R. E. White, M. E. Gamboa-Adelco, eds. Springer, New York, 2006. $139.00 (279 pp.). ISBN 0-387-23371-7

Modulated Temperature Differential Scanning Calorimetry: Theoretical and Practical Applications in Polymer Characterisation. M. Reading, D. J. Hourston, eds. Hot Topics in Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry 6. Springer, New York, 2006. $149.00 (328 pp.). ISBN 1-4020-3749-X

Progress in Chemical Physics Research. A. N. Linke, ed. Nova Science, Hauppauge, NY, 2005. $150.00 (192 pp.). ISBN 1-59454-451-4

Surface-Initiated Polymerization II. R. Jordan, ed. Advances in Polymer Science 198. Springer, New York, 2006. $209.00 (214 pp.). ISBN 3-540-30251-4

Complex Computing-Networks: BrainLike and Wave-Oriented Electrodynamic Algorithms. I. C. Göknar, L. Sevgi, eds. Springer Proceedings in Physics 104. Proc. symp., Istanbul, Turkey, June 2005. Springer, New York, 2006. $219.00 (410 pp.). ISBN 3-540-30635-8

Computational Methods for Multiphase Flows in Porous Media. Z. Chen, G. Huan, Y. Ma. Computational Science and Engineering 2. SIAM, Philadelphia, 2006. $125.00 paper (531 pp.). ISBN 0-89871-606-3

Computer Vision and Robotics. J. X. Liu, ed. Nova Science, Hauppauge, NY, 2006. $129.00 (339 pp.). ISBN 1-59454-357-7

Contemporary Cryptography. R. Oppliger. Computer Security Series. Artech House, Norwood, MA, 2005. $99.00 (503 pp.). ISBN 1-58053-642-5

User’s Guide to Cryptography and Standards. A. W. Dent, C. J. Mitchell. Computer Security Series. Artech House, Norwood, MA, 2005. $89.00 (382 pp.). ISBN 1-58053-530-5

Condensed Matter Theories. Vol. 19. M. Belkacem, P. M. Dinh, eds. Nova Science, Hauppauge, NY, 2005. $225.00 (343 pp.). ISBN 1-59454-308-9

Focus on Condensed Matter Physics Research. J. V. Chang, ed. Nova Science, Hauppauge, NY, 2005. $129.00 (205 pp.). ISBN 1-59454-419-0

Focus on Semiconductor Research. T. B. Elliot, ed. Nova Science, Hauppauge, NY, 2005. $150.00 (237 pp.). ISBN 1-59454-416-6

Jamming, Yielding, and Irreversible Deformation in Condensed Matter. M. C. Miguel, J. M. Rubi, eds. Lecture Notes in Physics 688. Springer, New York, 2006. $59.95 (209 pp.). ISBN 3-540-30028-7

Leading-Edge Semiconductor Research. T. B. Elliot, ed. Nova Science, Hauppauge, NY, 2005. $129.00 (256 pp.). ISBN 1-59454-574-X

Meshless Methods in Solid Mechanics. Y. Chen, J. D. Lee, A. Eskandarian. Springer, New York, 2006. $99.00 (200 pp.). ISBN 0-387-30736-2

New Developments in Semiconductor Research. T. S. Miller, ed. Nova Science, Hauppauge, NY, 2005. $150.00 (231 pp.). ISBN 1-59454-575-8

Particle Penetration and Radiation Effects: General Aspects and Stopping of Swift Point Charges. P. Sigmund. Springer Series in Solid-State Sciences 151. Springer, New York, 2006. $169.00 (437 pp.). ISBN 3-540-31713-9

Quantum Coherence: From Quarks to Solids. W. Pötz, J. Fabian, U. Hohenester, eds. Lecture Notes in Physics 689. Springer, New York, 2006. $79.95 (189 pp.). ISBN 3-540-30085-6

Topics in Superconductivity Research. B. P. Martins, ed. Nova Science, Hauppauge, NY, 2005. $129.00 (147 pp.). ISBN 1-59454-513-8

Trends in Condensed Matter Physics Research. J. V. Chang, ed. Nova Science, Hauppauge, NY, 2006. $129.00 (284 pp.). ISBN 1-59454-415-8, CD-ROM

1st Crisis in Cosmology Conference: CCC-I. E. J. Lerner, J. B. Almeida, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 822. Proc. conf., Monção, Portugal, June 2005. AIP, Melville, NY, 2006. $90.00 paper (317 pp.). ISBN 0-7354-0296-5

General Relativity: An Introduction for Physicists. M. P. Hobson, G. P. Efstathiou, A. N. Lasenby. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2006. $70.00 (572 pp.). ISBN 0-521-82951-8

General Relativity Research Trends. A. Reimer, ed. Horizons in World Physics 249. Nova Science, Hauppauge, NY, 2006. $129.00 (218 pp.). ISBN 1-59454-323-2

Relativistic Physics in Arbitrary Reference Frames. N. V. Mitskievich. Nova Science, Hauppauge, NY, 2006. $98.00 (166 pp.). ISBN 1-59454-425-5

Space Time Physics and Fractality: Festschrift in Honour of Mohamed El Naschie on the Occasion of His 60th Birthday. P. Weibel, G. Ord, O. E. Rössler, eds. Springer, New York, 2005. $39.95 (231 pp.). ISBN 3-211-25210-X

Spacetime Physics Research Trends. A. Reimer, ed. Horizons in World Physics 248. Nova Science, Hauppauge, NY, 2005. $129.00 (169 pp.). ISBN 1-59454-322-4

Time and Matter. I. I. Bigi, M. Faessler, eds. Proc. colloq., Venice, Italy, Aug. 2002. World Scientific, Hackensack, NJ, 2006. $98.00 (321 pp.). ISBN 981-256-634-1

Concepts in Spin Electronics. S. Maekawa, ed. Series on Semiconductor Science and Technology 13. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2006. $134.50 (398 pp.). ISBN 0-19-856821-5

Detection and Signal Processing: Technical Realization. W. J. Witteman. Springer Series in Advanced Microelectronics 22. Springer, New York, 2006. $119.00 (173 pp.). ISBN 3-540-29599-2

Electromagnetics, Microwave Circuit, and Antenna Design for Communications Engineering. 2nd ed. P. Russer. Artech House, Norwood, MA, 2006 [2003]. $139.00 (729 pp.). ISBN 1-58053-907-6

Introduction to Modeling HBTs. M. Rudolph. Artech House Microwave Library. Artech House, Norwood, MA, 2006. $119.00 (322 pp.). ISBN 1-58053-144-X

Every Other Thursday: Stories and Strategies from Successful Women Scientists. E. Daniell. Yale U. Press, New Haven, CT, 2006. $27.50 (268 pp.). ISBN 0-300-11323-4

The First Human: The Race to Discover Our Earliest Ancestors. A. Gibbons. Doubleday, New York, 2006. $26.00 (306 pp.). ISBN 0-385-51226-0

Letters to a Young Mathematician. I. Stewart. Basic Books, New York, 2006. $22.95 (210 pp.). ISBN 0-465-08231-9

Memory Practices in the Sciences. G. C. Bowker. Inside Technology. MIT, Cambridge, MA, 2005. $34.95 (261 pp.). ISBN 0-262-02589-2

Quantum Mechanics Demystified. D. McMahon. Demystified Series. McGraw-Hill, New York, 2006. $19.95 paper (393 pp.). ISBN 0-07-145546-9

Relativity Demystified. D. McMahon. Demystified Series. McGraw-Hill, New York, 2006. $19.95 paper (344 pp.). ISBN 0-07-145545-0

The Science of Sherlock Holmes: From Baskerville Hall to the Valley of Fear, the Real Forensics Behind the Great Detective’s Greatest Cases. E. J. Wagner. Wiley, Hoboken, NJ, 2006. $24.95 (244 pp.). ISBN 0-471-64879-5

Shadows of Reality: The Fourth Dimension in Relativity, Cubism, and Modern Thought. T. Robbin. Yale U. Press, New Haven, CT, 2006. $40.00 (137 pp.). ISBN 0-300-11039-1

Success Through Failure: The Paradox of Design. H. Petroski. Princeton U. Press, Princeton, NJ, 2006. $22.95 (235 pp.). ISBN 0-691-12225-3

The View from the Center of the Universe: Discovering Our Extraordinary Place in the Cosmos. J. R. Primack, N. E. Abrams. Riverhead Books, New York, 2006. $26.95 (386 pp.). ISBN 1-59448-914-9

Biotechnology Unglued: Science, Society, and Social Cohesion. M. D. Mehta, ed. UBC Press, Vancouver, BC, 2005. $85.00, $29.95 paper (194 pp.). ISBN 0-7748-1133-1, ISBN 0-7748-1134-X paper

Apollo: The Definitive Sourcebook. R. W. Orloff, D. M. Harland. Springer–Praxis Books in Space Exploration. Praxis/Springer, New York, 2006. $49.95 paper (633 pp.). ISBN 0-387-30043-0

Fundamentals of Atmospheric Radiation: An Introduction with 400 Problems. C. F. Bohren, E. E. Clothiaux. Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, Germany, 2006. $90.00 paper (472 pp.). ISBN 3-527-40503-8

The Solar Radiation and Climate Experiment (SORCE): Mission Description and Early Results. G. Rottman, T. Woods, V. George, eds. Springer, Dordrecht, the Netherlands, 2005. $159.00 (413 pp.). ISBN 0-387-30242-5

Space Technology and Applications International Forum—STAIF 2006. M. S. El-Genk, ed. AIP Conference Proceedings 813. Proc. conf., Albuquerque, NM, Feb. 2006. AIP, Melville, NY, 2006. $320.00 (1425 pp.). ISBN 0-7354-0305-8

Applications of Random Matrices in Physics. E. Brézin et al., eds. NATO Science Series 2: Mathematics, Physics, and Chemistry 221. Proc. inst., Les Houches, France, June 2004. Springer, Dordrecht, the Netherlands, 2006. $209.00, $89.95 paper (513 pp.). ISBN 1-4020-4529-8, ISBN 1-4020-4530-1 paper

Computational Complexity and Statistical Physics. A. G. Percus, G. Istrate, C. Moore, eds. Santa Fe Institute Studies in the Sciences of Complexity. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2006. $94.50, $44.50 paper (367 pp.). ISBN 0-19-517737-1, ISBN 0-19-517738-X paper

Continuum Thermomechanics. A. Bermüdez de Castro. Progress in Mathematical Physics 43. Birkhäuser, Boston, 2005. $79.95 (209 pp.). ISBN 3-7643-7265-6

Monte Carlo and Quasi–Monte Carlo Methods 2004. H. Niederreiter, D. Talay, eds. Springer, New York, 2006. $139.00 paper (514 pp.). ISBN 3-540-25541-9

Principles of Statistical Physics: Distributions, Structures, Phenomena, Kinetics of Atomic Systems. B. M. Smirnov. Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, Germany, 2006. $120.00 (460 pp.). ISBN 3-527-40613-1

2005 Physics Education Research Conference. P. Heron, L. McCullough, J. Marx, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 818. Proc. conf., Salt Lake City, UT, Aug. 2005. AIP, Melville, NY, 2006. $125.00 paper (158 pp.). ISBN 0-7354-0311-2, CD-ROM

Honors Calculus. C. R. MacCluer. Princeton U. Press, Princeton, NJ, 2006. $45.00 (168 pp.). ISBN 0-691-12533-3

How to Write and Publish a Scientific Paper. 6th ed. R. A. Day, B. Gastel. Greenwood Press, Westport, CT, 2006 [1998]. $75.00, $29.95 paper (302 pp.). ISBN 0-313-33027-1, ISBN 0-313-33040-9 paper

An Introduction to Computational Physics. 2nd ed. T. Pang. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2006 [1997]. $70.00 (385 pp.). ISBN 0-521-82569-5

The New Physics for the Twenty-First Century. G. Fraser, ed. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2006. $60.00 (548 pp.). ISBN 0-521-81600-9

Physical Chemistry: Kinetics. H. Metiu. Taylor & Francis, New York, 2006. $40.95 paper (169 pp.). ISBN 0-8153-4089-3, CD-ROM

Physical Chemistry: Quantum Mechanics. H. Metiu. Taylor & Francis, New York, 2006. $40.95 paper (481 pp.). ISBN 0-8153-4087-7, CD-ROM

Physical Chemistry: Statistical Mechanics. H. Metiu. Taylor & Francis, New York, 2006. $40.95 paper (292 pp.). ISBN 0-8153-4085-0, CD-ROM

Physical Chemistry: Thermodynamics. H. Metiu. Taylor & Francis, New York, 2006. $45.95 paper (694 pp.). ISBN 0-8153-4091-5, CD-ROM

Physical Processes in Earth and Environmental Sciences. M. Leeder, M. Pérez-Arlucea. Blackwell, Malden, MA, 2006. $49.95 paper (321 pp.). ISBN 1-4051-0173-3

Physics: Concepts and Connections. 4th ed. A. Hobson. Pearson Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ, 2007 [2003]. $96.00 paper (470 pp.). ISBN 0-13-187946-4

Physics: Instructor’s Edition. 3rd ed. J. S. Walker. Pearson Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ, 2007 [2004]. $94.97 (1109 pp.). ISBN 0-13-173463-6

Physics for Class XI. N. Khan. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2005. $19.95 paper (190 pp.). ISBN 0-19-579991-7

Teaching American Students: A Guide for International Faculty and Teaching Assistants in Colleges and Universities. 3rd ed. E. Sarkisian. Harvard U. Press, Cambridge, MA, 2006 [2000]. $14.95 paper (103 pp.). ISBN 0-674-02141-X

Thermodynamics: Concepts and Applications. S. R. Turns. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2006. $95.00 (736 pp.). ISBN 0-521-85042-8, CD-ROM

Adventures in Theoretical Physics: Selected Papers with Commentaries. S. L. Adler. World Scientific Series in 20th Century Physics 37. World Scientific, Hackensack, NJ, 2006. $108.00, $58.00 paper (744 pp.). ISBN 981-256-370-9, ISBN 981-256-522-1 paper

Classical and Quantum Dissipative Systems. M. Razavy. Imperial College Press, London, 2005. $84.00, $48.00 paper (334 pp.). ISBN 1-86094-525-2, ISBN 1-86094-530-9 paper

Control Perspectives on Numerical Algorithms and Matrix Problems. A. Bhaya, E. Kaszkurewicz. Advances in Design and Control 10. SIAM, Philadelphia, 2006. $97.00 paper (272 pp.). ISBN 0-89871-602-0

Exact and Approximate Modeling of Linear Systems: A Behavioral Approach. I. Markovsky, J. C. Willems, S. Van Huffel, B. De Moor. Mathematical Modeling and Computation 11. SIAM, Philadelphia, 2006. $64.00 paper (206 pp.). ISBN 0-89871-603-9

General Theory of Algebraic Equations. E. Bézout (translated from French by E. Feron). Princeton U. Press, Princeton, NJ, 2006 [1779]. $49.50 (337 pp.). ISBN 0-691-11432-3

Infinite Dimensional Algebras and Quantum Integrable Systems. P. P. Kulish, N. Manojlovic, H. Samtleben, eds. Progress in Mathematics 237. Birkhäuser, Boston, 2005. $109.00 (263 pp.). ISBN 3-7643-7215-X

An Invitation to Modern Number Theory. S. J. Miller, R. Takloo-Bighash. Princeton U. Press, Princeton, NJ, 2006. $49.50 (503 pp.). ISBN 0-691-12060-9

Mathematical Methods for Physics and Engineering. 3rd ed. K. F. Riley, M. P. Hobson, S. J. Bence. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2006 [2005]. $160.00, $80.00 paper (1333 pp.). ISBN 0-521-86153-5, ISBN 0-521-67971-0 paper

Measures, Integrals, and Martingales. R. L. Schilling. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2005. $90.00, $50.00 paper (381 pp.). ISBN 0-521-85015-0, ISBN 0-521-61525-9 paper

Numerical Solution of Partial Differential Equations: An Introduction. 2nd ed. K. W. Morton, D. F. Mayers. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2005 [1994]. $43.00 paper (278 pp.). ISBN 0-521-60793-0

Physical Applications of Homogeneous Balls. Y. Friedman, T. Scarr. Progress in Mathematical Physics 40. Birkhäuser, Boston, 2005. $79.95 (279 pp.). ISBN 0-8176-3339-1

Selected Topics in Complex Analysis: The S. Ya. Khavinson Memorial Volume. V. Ya. Eiderman, M. V. Samokhin, eds. Operator Theory: Advances and Applications 158. Birkhäuser, Boston, 2005. $159.00 (222 pp.). ISBN 3-7643-7251-6

Theory of Bridge Aerodynamics. E. N. Strømmen. Springer, New York, 2006. $109.00 (239 pp.). ISBN 3-540-30603-X