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Noise and Fluctuations. M. Tacano, Y. Yamamoto, M. Nakao, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 922. Proc. conf., Tokyo, Sept. 2007. AIP, Melville, NY, 2007. $186.00 (738 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7354-0432-8

Physical Acoustics in the Solid State. B. Lüthi. Springer Series in Solid-State Sciences 148. Springer, New York, 2007. $69.95 paper (420 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-72193-2

The Astrophysics of Emission-Line Stars. T. Kogure, K.-C. Leung. Astrophysics and Space Science Library 342. Springer, New York, 2007. $189.00 (537 pp.). ISBN 978-0-387-34500-0

High Energy Density Laboratory Astrophysics. S. V. Lebedev, ed. Springer, Dordrecht, the Netherlands, 2007. $199.00 (345 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4020-6054-0

The Many Scales in the Universe: JENAM 2004 Astrophysics Reviews. J. C. del Toro Iniesta et al., eds. Proc. conf., Granada, Spain, Sept. 2004. Springer, Dordrecht, the Netherlands, 2006. $179.00 (295 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4020-4351-2, CD-ROM

The Observer’s Sky Atlas: With 50 Star Charts Covering the Entire Sky. 3rd ed. E. Karkoschka. Springer, New York, 2007 [1999]. $34.95 paper (162 pp.). ISBN 978-0-387-48537-9

The Paraboloidal Reflector Antenna in Radio Astronomy and Communication: Theory and Practice. J. W. M. Baars. Astrophysics and Space Science Library 348. Springer, New York, 2007. $169.00 (253 pp.). ISBN 978-0-387-69733-8, CD-ROM

SINS—Small Ionized and Neutral Structures in the Diffuse Interstellar Medium. M. Haverkorn, W. M. Goss, eds. Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series 365. Proc. wksp., Socorro, NM, May 2006. Astronomical Society of the Pacific, San Francisco, 2007. $77.00 (360 pp.). ISBN 978-1-583812-33-4

The Sky Is Your Laboratory: Advanced Astronomy Projects for Amateurs. R. K. Buchheim. Springer-Praxis Books in Popular Astronomy. Praxis/Springer, New York, 2007. $34.95 paper (299 pp.). ISBN 978-0-387-71822-4

Steve O’Meara’s Herschel 400 Observing Guide. S. O’Meara. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2007. $65.00 (370 pp.). ISBN 978-0-521-85893-9

Ions and Electrons in Liquid Helium. A. F. Borghesani. International Series of Monographs on Physics 137. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2007. $130.00 (542 pp.). ISBN 978-0-19-921360-3

Molecular Gas Dynamics: Theory, Techniques, and Applications. Y. Sone. Modeling and Simulation in Science, Engineering and Technology. Birkhäuser, Boston, 2007. $119.00 (658 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8176-4345-4

Annual Review of Biophysics and Biomolecular Structure. Vol. 36. D. C. Rees, M. P. Sheetz, J. R. Williamson, eds. Annual Reviews, Palo Alto, CA, 2007. $80.00 (507 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8243-1836-9

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 978-0-19-505038-7

Electron Crystallography of Biological Macromolecules. R. M. Glaeser et al. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2007. $124.50 (476 pp.). ISBN 978-0-19-508871-7

An Introduction to Biomedical Optics. R. Splinter, B. A. Hooper. Series in Optics and Optoelectronics 3. Taylor & Francis, New York, 2007. $79.95 (602 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7503-0938-7

Introduction to Computational Biology: An Evolutionary Approach. B. Haubold, T. Wiehe. Birkhäuser, Boston, 2006. $49.95 (328 pp.). ISBN 978-3-7643-6700-8, CD-ROM

Radiation Protection and Dosimetry: An Introduction to Health Physics. M. G. Stabin. Springer, New York, 2007. $89.95 (378 pp.). ISBN 978-0-387-49982-6

In situ NMR Methods in Catalysis. J. Bargon, L. T. Kuhn, eds. Topics in Current Chemistry 276. Springer, New York, 2007. $179.00 (169 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-71426-2

Perspectives on Inorganic, Organic, and Biological Crystal Growth: From Fundamentals to Applications. M. Skowronski, J. J. DeYoreo, C. A. Wang, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 916. Proc. lecture, Park City, UT, Aug. 2007. AIP, Melville, NY, 2007. $149.00 (574 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7354-0426-7, CD-ROM

Advances in Direction-of-Arrival Estimation. S. Chandran, ed. Artech House Radar Library. Artech House, Norwood, MA, 2006. $129.00 (474 pp.). ISBN 978-1-59693-004-9

Analysis and Design of Intelligent Systems Using Soft Computing Techniques. P. Melin et al., eds. Advances in Soft Computing 41. Springer, New York, 2007. $349.00 paper (855 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-72431-5

Concepts, Models, and Tools for Information Fusion. É. Bossé, J. Roy, S. Wark. Artech House Intelligence and Information Operations Library. Artech House, Norwood, MA, 2007. $129.00 (376 pp.). ISBN 978-1-59693-081-0

Data Clustering: Theory, Algorithms, and Applications. G. Gan, C. Ma, J. Wu. ASA-SIAM Series on Statistics and Applied Probability 20. American Statistical Association, Alexandria, VA, and SIAM, Philadelphia, 2007. $114.00 paper (466 pp.). ISBN 978-0-898716-23-8

An Introduction to Modeling and Simulation of Particulate Flows. T. I. Zohdi. Computational Science and Engineering. SIAM, Philadelphia, 2007. $110.00 paper (176 pp.). ISBN 978-0-898716-27-6

Parallel Finite-Difference Time-Domain Method. W. Yu et al. Artech House Electromagnetic Analysis Series. Artech House, Norwood, MA, 2006. $119.00 (262 pp.). ISBN 978-1-59693-085-8

Quantum Computer Science: An Introduction. N. D. Mermin. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2007. $45.00 (220 pp.). ISBN 978-0-521-87658-2

Quantum Probability and Spectral Analysis of Graphs. A. Hora, N. Obata. Theoretical and Mathematical Physics. Springer, New York, 2007. $119.00 (371 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-48862-0

Lonely Minds in the Universe. G. Genta. Copernicus/Springer, New York, 2007. $27.50 (289 pp.). ISBN 978-0-387-33925-2

The Mathematician’s Brain. D. Ruelle. Princeton U. Press, Princeton, NJ, 2007. $22.95 (160 pp.). ISBN 978-0-691-12982-2

New Theories of Everything: The Quest for Ultimate Explanation. J. D. Barrow. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2007. $29.95 (260 pp.). ISBN 978-0-19-280721-2

The New Time Travelers: A Journey to the Frontiers of Physics. D. Toomey. W. W. Norton, New York, 2007. $25.95 (391 pp.). ISBN 978-0-393-06013-3

The Physics of Star Trek. Rev. ed. L. M. Krauss. Basic Books, New York, 2007 [1995]. $15.00 paper (251 pp.). ISBN 978-0-465-00204-7

The Science of the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. M. Hanlon. Macmillan, New York, 2006 [2005, reissued]. $14.95 paper (195 pp.). ISBN 978-0-230-00890-8

The Universe and the Atom. D. Lichtenberg. World Scientific, Hackensack, NJ, 2007. $54.00, $27.00 paper (311 pp.). ISBN 978-981-270-606-5, ISBN 978-981-270-561-7 paper

Very Special Relativity: An Illustrated Guide. S. Bais. Harvard U. Press, Cambridge, MA, 2007. $20.95 (120 pp.). ISBN 978-0-674-02611-7

Viruses vs. Superbugs: A Solution to the Antibiotics Crisis? T. Häusler (translated from German by K. Leube). Macmillan, New York, 2006. $24.95 (292 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4039-8764-8

What’s Science Ever Done for Us?: What the Simpsons Can Teach Us About Physics, Robots, Life, and the Universe. P. Halpern. Wiley, Hoboken, NJ, 2007. $14.95 paper (262 pp.). ISBN 978-0-470-11460-5

Building Genetic Medicine: Breast Cancer, Technology, and the Comparative Politics of Health Care. S. Parthasarathy. Inside Technology. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2007. $35.00 (271 pp.). ISBN 978-0-262-16242-5

Nuclear Afternoon: True Stories of Atomic Disasters. C. W. Burleson. Thunder’s Mouth Press, New York, 2007 [1978, reissued]. $15.95 paper (312 pp.). ISBN 978-1-56025-996-1

Nuclear Weapons, Scientists, and the Post-Cold War Challenge: Selected Papers on Arms Control. S. D. Drell. World Scientific, Hackensack, NJ, 2007. $87.00, $42.00 paper (323 pp.). ISBN 978-981-256-896-0, ISBN 978-981-256-897-7 paper

Savage Perils: Racial Frontiers and Nuclear Apocalypse in American Culture. P. B. Sharp. U. Oklahoma Press, Norman, 2007. $34.95 (270 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8061-3822-0

Dynamic Planet: Mercury in the Context of Its Environment. P. E. Clark. Springer, New York, 2007. $139.00 (219 pp.). ISBN 978-0-387-48210-1

A History of the Kennedy Space Center. K. Lipartito, O. R. Butler. U. Press of Florida, Gainesville, 2007. $39.95 (478 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8130-3069-2

The Mars Plasma Environment. C. T. Russell, ed. Springer, Dordrecht, the Netherlands, 2007. $169.00 (501 pp.). ISBN 978-0-387-70941-3

Solar and Stellar Physics Through Eclipses. O. Demircan, S. O. Selam, B. Albayrak, eds. Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series 370. Proc. wksp., Antalya, Turkey, Mar. 2006. Astronomical Society of the Pacific, San Francisco, 2007. $77.00 (380 pp.). ISBN 978-1-583812-38-9

Transiting Extrasolar Planets Workshop. C. Afonso, D. Weldrake, T. Henning, eds. Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series 366. Proc. wksp., Heidelberg, Germany, Sept. 2006. Astronomical Society of the Pacific, San Francisco, 2007. $77.00 (342 pp.). ISBN 978-1-583812-34-1

Bayesian Brain: Probabilistic Approaches to Neural Coding. K. Doya, S. Ishii, A. Pouget, R. P. N. Rao, eds. Computational Neuroscience. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2007. $54.00 (326 pp.). ISBN 978-0-262-04238-3

Irreversible Phenomena: Ignitions, Combustion and Detonation Waves. K. Terao. Springer, New York, 2007. $189.00 (409 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-49900-8

The Minimum Description Length Principle. P. D. Grünwald. Adaptive Computation and Machine Learning. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2007. $45.00 (703 pp.). ISBN 978-0-262-07281-6

New Directions in Statistical Signal Processing: From Systems to Brains. S. Haykin, J. C. Príncipe, T. J. Sejnowski, J. McWhirter, eds. Neural Information Processing Series. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2007. $50.00 (514 pp.). ISBN 978-0-262-08348-5

Advanced Organic Chemistry. Part A: Structure and Mechanisms. 5th. ed. F. A. Carey, R. J. Sundberg. Springer, New York, 2007 [2000]. $119.00 (1199 pp.). ISBN 978-0-387-44897-8

Astrophysics: Decoding the Cosmos. J. A. Irwin. Wiley, Hoboken, NJ, 2007. $180.00, $70.00 paper (417 pp.). ISBN 978-0-470-01305-2, ISBN 978-0-470-01306-9 paper

Einstein’s Space-Time: An Introduction to Special and General Relativity. R. Ferraro. Springer, New York, 2007. $79.95 (310 pp.). ISBN 978-0-387-69946-2

Fundamental Forces of Nature: The Story of Gauge Fields. K. Huang. World Scientific, Hackensack, NJ, 2007. $54.00, $30.00 paper (270 pp.). ISBN 978-981-270-644-7, ISBN 978-981-270-645-4 paper

Galaxies in Turmoil: The Active and Starburst Galaxies and the Black Holes That Drive Them. C. Kitchin. Springer, London, 2007. $29.95 (298 pp.). ISBN 978-1-84628-670-4

Introduction to Materials Science and Engineering. Y.-W. Chung. CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, FL, 2007. $99.95 (287 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8493-9263-4

Introduction to Mathematical Physics. M. T. Vaughn. Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, Germany, 2007. $75.00 paper (527 pp.). ISBN 978-3-527-40627-2

New Theory of the Earth. D. L. Anderson. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2007. $70.00 (384 pp.). ISBN 978-0-521-84959-3

Our Place in the Universe. N. K. Glendenning. Imperial College Press, London, and World Scientific, Hackensack, NJ, 2007. $75.00, $42.00 paper (223 pp.). ISBN 978-981-270-068-1, ISBN 978-981-270-069-8 paper

Quantum Mechanics: A Modern and Concise Introductory Course. 2nd rev. ed. D. R. Bes. Springer, New York, 2007 [2004]. $59.95 paper (239 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-46215-6

Teacher Research: Stories of Learning and Growing. D. Roberts, C. Bove, E. van Zee, eds. NSTA Press, Arlington, VA, 2007. $19.95 paper (161 pp.). ISBN 978-1-933531-13-7

Does Game Theory Work?: The Bargaining Challenge. K. Binmore. Economic Learning and Social Evolution 7. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2007. $45.00 (409 pp.). ISBN 978-0-262-02607-9

The Fast Solution of Boundary Integral Equations. S. Rjasanow, O. Steinbach. Mathematical and Analytical Techniques with Applications to Engineering. Springer, New York, 2007. $149.00 (279 pp.). ISBN 978-0-387-34041-8

Hamiltonian Methods in the Theory of Solitons. L. D. Faddeev, L. A. Takhtajan (translated from Russian by A. G. Reyman). Classics in Mathematics. Springer, New York, 2007. $59.95 paper (592 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-69843-2

Mathematics Applied to Continuum Mechanics. L. A. Segel. Classics in Applied Mathematics 52. SIAM, Philadelphia, 2007 [1977, reissued]. $85.00 paper (590 pp.). ISBN 978-0-89871-620-7

Matrix Methods in Data Mining and Pattern Recognition. L. Eldén. Fundamentals of Algorithms 4. SIAM, Philadelphia, 2007. $69.00 paper (224 pp.). ISBN 978-0-898716-26-9