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Remediation of Sites with Mixed Contamination of Radioactive and Other Hazardous Substances. International Atomic Energy Agency. Technical Reports Series 442. International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, 2006. € 45.00 paper (232 pp.). ISBN 978-92-0-104705-2

Technical, Economic, and Institutional Aspects of Regional Spent Fuel Storage Facilities. International Atomic Energy Agency. IAEA TECDOC Series 1482. Inter national Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, 2005. €15.00 paper (36 pp.). ISBN 978_92-0-112505-7

Unstoppable Global Warming: Every 1,500 Years. S. F. Singer, D. T. Avery. Row man & Littlefield, Lanham, MD, 2007. $75.00, $24.95 paper (260 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7425-5116-9, ISBN 978-0-7425-5117-6 paper

Colloidal Particles at Liquid Interfaces. B. P. Binks, T. S. Horozov, eds. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2006. $145.00 (503 pp.). ISBN 978-0-521-84846-6

The Hamilton Type Principle in Fluid Dynamics: Fundamentals and Applications to Magnetohydrodynamics, Thermodynamics, and Astrophysics. A. Fierros Palacios. Springer, New York, 2006. $109.00 paper (404 pp.). ISBN 978-3-211-24964-2

Hydrodynamic Fluctuations in Fluids and Fluid Mixtures. J. M. Ortiz de Zárate, J. V. Sengers. Elsevier, San Diego, CA, 2006. $79.95 paper (309 pp.). ISBN 978-0-444-51515-5

Interfacial Forces in Aqueous Media. 2nd ed. C. J. van Oss. CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, FL, 2006 [1994]. $149.95 (438 pp.). ISBN 978-1-57444-482-7

Transport Coefficients of Fluids. B. C. Eu. Springer Series in Chemical Physics 82. Springer, New York, 2006. $189.00 (407 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-28187-0

The Chronologers Quest: Episodes in the Search for the Age of the Earth. P. W. Jackson. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2006. $30.00 (291 pp.). ISBN 978-0-521-81332-7

Concepts of Simultaneity: From Antiquity to Einstein and Beyond. M. Jammer. Johns Hopkins U. Press, Baltimore, MD, 2006. $49.95 (308 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8018-8422-1

Descartes: The Life and Times of a Genius. A. C. Grayling. Walker, New York, 2005. $26.95 (303 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8027-1501-2

Galileo Observed: Science and the Politics of Belief. W. R. Shea, M. Artigas. Science History Publications, Sagamore Beach, MA, 2006. $30.00 (212 pp.). ISBN 978-0-88135-356-3

Good and Real: Demystifying Paradoxes from Physics to Ethics. G. L. Drescher. Bradford Books. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2006. $35.00 (347 pp.). ISBN 978-0-262-04233-8

Into the Black: JPL and the American Space Program, 1976 2004. P. J. West wick. Yale U. Press, New Haven, CT, 2007. $40.00 (392 pp.). ISBN 978-0-300-11075-3

The Periodic Table: Its Story and Its Significance. E. R. Scerri. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2007. $35.00 (346 pp.). ISBN 978-0-19-530573-9

Science, Society, and the Search for Life in the Universe. B. Jakosky. U. Arizona Press, Tucson, 2006. $17.95 paper (150 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8165-2613-0

Theories for Everything: An Illustrated History of Science from the Invention of Numbers to String Theory. J. Langone, B. Stutz, A. Gianopoulos. National Geographic Society, Washington, DC, 2006. $40.00 (407 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7922-3912-3

Computational and Instrumental Methods in EPR. C. J. Bender, L. J. Berliner, eds. Biological Magnetic Resonance 25. Springer, New York, 2006. $149.00 (218 pp.). ISBN 978-0-387-33145-4

Development and Review of Plant Specific Emergency Operating Procedures. International Atomic Energy Agency. Safety Reports Series 48. International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, 2006. $55.00 paper (92 pp.). ISBN 978-92-0-103705-3

Experimental Techniques for Low Temperature Measurements: Cryostat Design, Material Properties, and Super conductor Critical Current Testing. J. W. Ekin. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2006. $125.00 (673 pp.). ISBN 978-0-19-857054-7

NMR for Physical and Biological Scientists. T. C. Pochapsky, S. S. Pochapsky. Taylor & Francis, New York, 2007. $75.00 (372 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8153-4103-1

A System for the Feedback of Experience from Events in Nuclear Installations: Safety Guide. International Atomic Energy Agency. IAEA Safety Standards Series NS G 2.11. International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, 2006. $23.50 paper (61 pp.). ISBN 978-92-0-101406-1

Introduction to Wave Scattering, Localization, and Mesoscopic Phenomena. 2nd ed. P. Sheng. Springer Series in Materials Science 88. Springer, New York, 2006 [1995]. $179.00 (333 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-29155-8

Mechanics of Granular Media. A. F. Revuzhenko. Springer, New York, 2006. $169.00 (308 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-33871-0

Nanoscience: Nanotechnologies and Nanophysics. C. Dupas, P. Houdy, M. Lahmani, eds. (translated from French by S. Lyle). Springer, New York, 2007 [2004]. $199.00 (823 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-28616-5

Nanoscopic Materials: Size Dependent Phenomena. E. Roduner. Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, UK, 2006. $69.95 (285 pp.). ISBN 978-0-85404-857-1

Severe Plastic Deformation: Toward Bulk Production of Nanostructured Materials. B. S. Altan, ed. Nova Science, Hauppauge, NY, 2006. $129.00 (612 pp.). ISBN 978-1-59454-508-5

2007 Graduate Programs in Physics, Astronomy, and Related Fields. American Institute of Physics, ed. AIP, Melville, NY, 2006. $69.00 paper (834 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7354-0358-1

CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics. 87th ed. D. R. Lide, ed. CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, FL, 2006. $139.95 (2608 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8493-0487-3

Intellectual Property Management in R&D Collaborations: The Case of the Service Industry Sector. M. A. Bader. Contributions to Management Science. Physica Verlag/Springer, New York, 2006. $79.95 paper (266 pp.). ISBN 978-3-7908-1702-7

Chaotic Worlds: From Order to Disorder in Gravitational N Body Dynamical Systems. B. A. Steves, A. J. Maciejewski, M. Hendry, eds. NATO Science Series 2: Mathematics, Physics, and Chemistry 227. Proc. inst., Cortina, Italy, Sept. 2003. Springer, Dordrecht, the Netherlands, 2006. $169.00, $79.95 paper (342 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4020-4704-6, ISBN 978-1-4020-47053 paper

Model Reduction and Coarse Graining Approaches for Multiscale Phenomena. A. N. Gorban et al., eds. Springer, New York, 2006. $179.00 (560 pp.). ISBN 978-3540-35885-5

Electromagnetic and Optical Pulse Propagation 1: Spectral Representations in Temporally Dispersive Media. K. E. Oughstun. Springer Series in Optical Sciences 125. Springer, New York, 2006. $129.00 (456 pp.). ISBN 978-0-387-34599-4

Handbook of Single Molecule Fluorescence Spectroscopy. C. Gell, D. Brock well, A. Smith. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2006. $95.00 (262 pp.). ISBN 978-0-19-852942-2

High Speed Photonic Devices. N. Dagli, ed. Series in Optics and Optoelectronics. Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, FL, 2007. $129.95 (253 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7503-0889-2

Highly Sensitive Optical Receivers. K. Schneider, H. Zimmermann. Springer Series in Advanced Microelectronics 23. Springer, New York, 2006. $119.00 (195 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-29613-3

Laser Ablation and Its Applications. C. R. Phipps, ed. Springer Series in Optical Sciences 129. Springer, New York, 2007. $139.00 (586 pp.). ISBN 978-0-387-30452-6

Lasers in the Preservation of Cultural Heritage: Principles and Applications. C. Fotakis et al. Series in Optics and Optoelectronics 2. Taylor & Francis, New York, 2007. $149.95 (336 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7503-0873-1

Non Linear Optical Properties of Matter: From Molecules to Condensed Phases. M. G. Papadopoulos, A. J. Sadlej, J. Leszczynski, eds. Challenges and Advances in Computational Chemistry and Physics 1. Springer, Dordrecht, the Netherlands, 2006. $299.00 (676 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4020-4849-4

Optical Polarization in Biomedical Applications. V. V. Tuchin, L. V. Wang, D. A. Zimnyakov. Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering . Springer, New York, 2006. $159.95 (281 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-25876-6

Optical Propagation in Linear Media: Atmospheric Gases and Particles, Solid State Components, and Water. M. E. Thomas. The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory Series in Science and Engineering . Oxford U. Press, New York, 2006. $124.50 (559 pp.). ISBN 978-019-509161-8

Optical Spectroscopy of Inorganic Solids. B. Henderson, G. F. Imbusch. Monographs on the Physics and Chemistry of Materials 44. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2006 [1989, reissued]. $84.50 paper (645 pp.). ISBN 978-0-19-929862-4

Polymer Fiber Optics: Materials, Physics, and Applications. M. G. Kuzyk. Optical Science and Engineering 117. CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, FL, 2007. $149.95 (399 pp.). ISBN 978-1-57444-706 4

Principles of Fluorescence Spectroscopy. 3rd ed. J. R. Lakowicz. Springer, New York, 2006 [1999]. $89.95 (954 pp.). ISBN 978-0-387-31278-1, CD ROM

Progress in Ultrafast Intense Laser Science. Vol. 1. K. Yamanouchi, S. L. Chin, P. Agostini, G. Ferrante, eds. Springer Series in Chemical Physics 84. Springer, New York, 2006. $159.00 (329 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-34421-6

Scattering and Diffraction in Physical Optics. 2nd ed. M. Nieto Vesperinas. World Scientific, Hackensack, NJ, 2006. $86.00 (434 pp.). ISBN 978-981-256-340-8

Structure Determination from Powder Diffraction Data. W. I. F. David, K. Shankland, L. B. McCusker, C. Baerlocher, eds. IUCr Monographs on Crystallography 13. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2006 [2002, reissued]. $79.50 paper (337 pp.). ISBN 978-0-19-920553-0

Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering: Physics and Applications. K. Kneipp, M. Moskovits, H. Kneipp, eds. Topics in Applied Physics 103. Springer, New York, 2006. $219.00 (464 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-33566-5

Trends in Lasers and Electro Optics Research. W. T. Arkin, ed. Nova Science, Hauppauge, NY, 2006. $129.00 (279 pp.). ISBN 978-1-59454-498-9

Ultrashort Laser Pulse Phenomena: Fundamentals, Techniques, and Applications on a Femtosecond Time Scale. 2nd ed. J. C. Diels, W. Rudolph. Academic Press/Elsevier, San Diego, CA, 2006 [1996]. $99.95 (652 pp.). ISBN 978-0-12-215493-5

Supersymmetric Mechanics, Vol. 1: Supersymmetry, Noncommutativity, and Matrix Models. S. Bellucci, ed. Lecture Notes in Physics 698. Springer, New York, 2006. $59.95 (225 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-33313-5

Supersymmetric Mechanics, Vol. 2: The Attractor Mechanism and Space Time Singularities. S. Bellucci, S. Ferrara, A. Marrani. Lecture Notes in Physics 701. Springer, New York, 2006. $59.95 (242 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-34156-7

The Theory of Quark and Gluon Inter actions. 4th ed. F. J. Ynduráin. Theoretical and Mathematical Physics . Springer, New York, 2006 [1999]. $99.00 (474 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-33209-1

Trends in Boson Research. A. V. Ling, ed. Nova Science, Hauppauge, NY, 2006. $129.00 (234 pp.). ISBN 978-1-59454-521-4

Plasma Material Interaction in Controlled Fusion. D. Naujoks. Springer Series on Atomic, Optical, and Plasma Physics 39. Springer, New York, 2006. $119.00 (277 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-32148-4

Calibrating the Cosmos: How Cosmology Explains Our Big Bang Universe. F. Levin. Astronomers Universe. Springer, New York, 2007. $29.95 (301 pp.). ISBN 978-0-387-30778-7

Coincidences, Chaos, and All That Math Jazz: Making Light of Weighty Ideas. E. B. Burger, M. Starbird. W. W. Norton, New York, 2006 [2005, reissued]. $15.95 paper (276 pp.). ISBN 978-0-393-32931-5

Dark Cosmos: In Search of Our Universe s Missing Mass and Energy. D. Hooper. Smithsonian Books/Harper Collins, New York, 2006. $24.95 (240 pp.). ISBN 978-0-06-113032-8

Hubble Space Telescope. S. Whitfield. Pocket Space Guide 7. Apogee Books, Burlington, ON, Canada, 2006. $9.95 paper (55 pp.). ISBN 978-1-894959-38-4

The Making of the Fittest: DNA and the Ultimate Forensic Record of Evolution. S. B. Carroll. W. W. Norton, New York, 2006. $25.95 (301 pp.). ISBN 978-0-393-06163-5

The Origins of the Future: Ten Questions for the Next Ten Years. J. Gribbin. Yale U. Press, New Haven, CT, 2006. $27.50 (292 pp.). ISBN 978-0-300-11998-5

The Physics of Basketball. J. J. Fontanel la. Johns Hopkins U. Press, Baltimore, MD, 2006. $25.00 (150 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8018-8513-6

Project Apollo. Vol. 1: The Test Program. R. Godwin. Pocket Space Guide. Apogee Books, Burlington, ON, Canada, 2005. $9.95 paper (72 pp.). ISBN 978-1-894959-36-0

Project Apollo. Vol. 2: Exploring the Moon. R. Godwin. Pocket Space Guide. Apogee Books, Burlington, ON, Canada, 2006. $9.95 paper (49 pp.). ISBN 978-1-894959-37-7

Russian Spacecraft. R. Godwin. Pocket Space Guide. Apogee Books, Burlington, ON, Canada, 2006. $9.95 paper (66 pp.). ISBN 978 1 894959 39 1

The Seven Secrets of How to Think Like a Rocket Scientist. J. Longuski. Copernicus Books/Springer, New York, 2007. $25.00 (167 pp.). ISBN 978-0-387-30876-0

Searching for Water in the Universe. T. Encrenaz (translated from French by B. Mizon). Springer Praxis Books in Popular Astronomy. Praxis/Springer, New York, 2007. $29.95 paper (193 pp.). ISBN 978-0-387-34174-3

Solar and Heliospheric Origins of Space Weather Phenomena. J. P. Rozelot, ed. Lecture Notes in Physics 699. Springer, New York, 2006. $59.95 (166 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-33758-4

Solar Eruptions and Energetic Particles. N. Gopalswamy, R. Mewaldt, J. Torsti, eds. Geophysical Monograph 165. American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC, 2006. $88.00 (385 pp.). ISBN 978-0-87590-430-6

Solar Journey: The Significance of Our Galactic Environment for the Heliosphere and Earth. P. C. Frisch, ed. Astro physics and Space Science Library 338. Springer, Dordrecht, the Netherlands, 2006. $169.00 (405 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4020-4397-0

CRC Handbook of Enthalpy Data of Polymer Solvent Systems. C. Wohlfarth. CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, FL, 2006. $269.95 (623 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8493-9361-7

Dynamics of Combustion Systems. A. K. Oppenheim. Springer, New York, 2006. $139.00 (359 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-32606-9

Free Convection Film Flows and Heat Transfer. D. Shang. Springer, New York, 2006. $159.00 (408 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-29126-8

Statistical Mechanics: Algorithms and Computations. W. Krauth. Oxford Master Series in Statistical, Computational, and Theoretical Physics 13. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2006. $98.50, $47.50 paper (342 pp.). ISBN 978-0-19-851535-7, ISBN 978-0-19-851536-4 paper, CD ROM

Competency Assessments for Nuclear Industry Personnel. International Atomic Energy Agency. International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, 2006. $62.50 paper (149 pp.). ISBN 978-92-0-110105-1, CD ROM

Calculus and Mechanics on Two Point Homogenous Riemannian Spaces. A. V. Shchepetilov. Lecture Notes in Physics 707. Springer, New York, 2006. $99.95 (255 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-35384-3

Explorations in Mathematical Physics: The Concepts Behind an Elegant Language. D. Koks. Springer, New York, 2006. $69.95 (539 pp.). ISBN 978-0-387-30943-9

Game Theory: Decisions, Interaction, and Evolution. J. N. Webb. Springer Undergraduate Mathematics Series. Springer, New York, 2007. $39.95 paper (241 pp.). ISBN 978-1-84628-423-6

Geometry, Language, and Strategy. G. H. Thomas. Series on Knots and Everything 37. World Scientific, Hackensack, NJ, 2006. $48.00 (240 pp.). ISBN 978-981-256-617 1

Lie Algebras and Applications. F. Iachello. Lecture Notes in Physics 708. Springer, New York, 2006. $49.95 (196 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-36236-4

Logical Foundation of Theoretical Physics. G. Quznetsov. Nova Science, Hauppauge, NY, 2006. $89.00 (120 pp.). ISBN 978-1-59454-948-9

Moonshine Beyond the Monster: The Bridge Connecting Algebra, Modular Forms, and Physics. T. Gannon. Cam bridge Monographs on Mathematical Physics . Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2006. $130.00 (477 pp.). ISBN 978-0-521-83531-2

Number Theory: An Introduction via the Distribution of Primes. B. Fine, G. Rosen berger. Birkhäuser, Boston, 2007. $59.95 paper (342 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8176-4472-7

Operator Algebras: The Abel Symposium 2004. O. Bratteli, S. Neshveyev, C. Skau, eds. Abel Symposia 1. Proc. symp., Oslo, Norway, Sept. 2004. Springer, New York, 2006. $89.95 (279 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-34196-3

Time Dependent Density Functional Theory. M. A. L. Marques et al., eds. Lecture Notes in Physics 706. Springer, New York, 2006. $99.00 (589 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-35422-2

Understanding and Implementing the Finite Element Method. M. S. Gocken bach. SIAM, Philadelphia, 2006. $87.00 paper (363 pp.). ISBN 978-0-89871-614-6