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Light Scattering in Solids IX: Novel Materials and Techniques. M. Cardona, R. Merlin, eds. Topics in Applied Physics 108. Springer, New York, 2007. $179.00 (432 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-34435-3

Liquid Crystals. 2nd ed. I.-C. Khoo. Wiley Series in Pure and Applied Optics . Wiley, Hoboken, NJ, 2007 [1995]. $135.00 (368 pp.). ISBN 978-0-471-75153-3

Magnetic Nanostructures. B. Atkas, L. Tagirov, F. Mikailov, eds. Springer Series in Materials Science 94. Springer, New York, 2007. $159.00 (208 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-49334-1

Magneto-Science: Magnetic Field Effects on Materials—Fundamentals and Applications. M. Yamaguchi, Y. Tanimoto, eds. Springer Series in Materials Science 89. Kodansha, Tokyo, and Springer, New York, 2006. $159.00 (354 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-37061-1

Spin Dynamics in Confined Magnetic Structures III. B. Hillebrands, A. Thiaville, eds. Topics in Applied Physics 101. Springer, New York, 2006. $229.00 (345 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-20108-3

Transport in Multilayered Nanostructures: The Dynamical Mean-Field Theory Approach. J. K. Freericks. Imperial College Press, London, 2006. $95.00 (327 pp.). ISBN 978-1-86094-705-6

2006 Physics Education Research Conference. L. McCullough, L. Hsu, P. Heron, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 883. Proc. conf., Syracuse, NY, July 2006. AIP, Melville, NY, 2007. $115.00 paper (198 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7354-0383-3

Advanced Summer School in Physics 2006. O. Miranda et al., eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 885. Proc. sch., Mexico City, July 2006. AIP, Melville, NY, 2007. $117.00 (270 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7354-0385-7

Extreme Man-Made and Natural Hazards in Dynamics of Structures. A. Ibrahimbegovic, I. Kozar, eds. NATO Security Through Science Series C: Environmental Security. Proc. wksp., Opatija, Croatia, May–June 2006. Springer, Dordrecht, the Netherlands, 2007. $209.00, $89.95 paper (397 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4020-5654-3, ISBN 978-1-4020-5655-0 paper

Modern Trends in Physics Research. L. El Nadi, ed. AIP Conference Proceedings 888. Proc. conf., Cairo, Egypt, Apr. 2006. AIP, Melville, NY, 2007. $169.00 (412 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7354-0394-9

The Physics Handbook: Fundamentals and Key Equations. 2nd ed. C. P. Poole Jr. Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, Germany, 2007 [1998]. $100.00 paper (514 pp.). ISBN 978-3-527-40699-9

Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems 18. Y. Weiss, B. Schölkopf, J. C. Platt, eds. Bradford Books. Proc. conf., Vancouver, BC, Canada, Dec. 2005. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2006. $100.00 (1668 pp.). ISBN 978-0-262-23253-1

Cooperative Behavior in Neural Systems. P. L. Garrido, J. Marro, J. J. Torres, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 887. Proc. conf., Granada, Spain, Sept. 2006. AIP, Melville, NY, 2007. $110.00 (268 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7354-0390-1

Cybernetical Physics: From Control of Chaos to Quantum Control. A. L. Fradkov. Understanding Complex Systems . Springer, New York, 2007. $119.00 (241 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-46275-0

Introduction to Non-Kerr Law Optical Solitons. A. Biswas, S. Konar. Applied Mathematics and Nonlinear Science 9. Chapman & Hall/CRC, Boca Raton, FL, 2007. $89.95 (198 pp.). ISBN 978-1-58488-638-9

Nonlinear Analysis and Semilinear Elliptic Problems. A. Ambrosetti, A. Malchiodi. Cambridge Studies in Advanced Mathematics 104. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2007. $75.00 (316 pp.). ISBN 978-0-521-86320-9

Unifying Themes in Complex Systems. Vol. IIIA: Overview. A. Minai, Y. Bar-Yam, eds. New England Complex Systems Institute Book Series. Proc. conf., Cambridge, MA, May 2000. Springer, New York, 2006. $169.00 paper (432 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-35870-1

Unifying Themes in Complex Systems. Vol. IIIB: New Research. A. Minai, Y. Bar-Yam, eds. New England Complex Systems Institute Book Series. Proc. conf., Cambridge, MA, May 2000. Springer, New York, 2006. $169.00 paper (376 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-35864-0

Analysis and Control of Ultrafast Photo-induced Reactions. O. Köhn, L. Wöste, eds. Springer Series in Chemical Physics 87. Springer, New York, 2007. $199.00 (841 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-68037-6

Gas Lasers. M. Endo, R. F. Walter, eds. Optical Science and Engineering 121. CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, FL, 2007. $139.95 (556 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8493-3553-2

ICAME 2005. Vol. 1. P.-E. Lippens, J.-C. Jumas, J.-M. R. Génin, eds. Proc. conf., Montpellier, France, Sept. 2005. Springer, Dordrecht, the Netherlands, 2007. $209.00 (708 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-49848-3

ICAME 2005. Vol. 2. P.-E. Lippens, J.-C. Jumas, J.-M. R. Génin, eds. Proc. conf., Montpellier, France, Sept. 2005. Springer, Dordrecht, the Netherlands, 2007. $209.00 (684 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-49852-0

Modern Optical Spectroscopy: With Examples from Biophysics and Biochemistry. W. W. Parson. Springer, New York, 2007. $199.00 (512 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-37535-7

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

Optically Anomalous Crystals. A. Shtukenberg, Y. O. Punin; B. Kahr, ed. Springer, Dordrecht, the Netherlands, 2007. $159.00 (253 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4020-5287-3

Optics, Light, and Lasers: The Practical Approach to Modern Aspects of Photonics and Laser Physics. 2nd rev. ed. D. Meschede. Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, Germany, 2007 [2004]. $95.00 paper (560 pp.). ISBN 978-3-527-40628-9

Photorefractive Materials and Their Applications 3: Applications. P. Gönter, J.-P. Huignard, eds. Springer Series in Optical Sciences 115. Springer, New York, 2007. $149.00 (365 pp.). ISBN 978-0-387-34443-0

Quantum Nonlinear Optics. E. Hanamura, Y. Kawabe, A. Yamanaka. Springer, New York, 2007. $69.95 (234 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-42332-4

Speckle Phenomena in Optics: Theory and Applications. J. W. Goodman. Roberts & Company, Englewood, CO, 2007. $98.50 (387 pp.). ISBN 978-0-9747077-9-2

Spectrograph Design Fundamentals. J. F. James. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2007. $120.00 (191 pp.). ISBN 978-0-521-86463-3

Advanced Quantum Theory. 3rd ed. M. D. Scadron. World Scientific, Hackensack, NJ, 2007 [1991]. $88.00 (424 pp.). ISBN 978-981-270-050-6

Beam Instrumentation Workshop 2006. T. S. Meyer, R. C. Webber, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 868. Proc. wksp., Batavia, IL, May 2006. AIP, Melville, NY, 2006. $215.00 (588 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7354-0369-7, CD-ROM

Hadronic Shower Simulation Workshop. M. Albrow, R. Raja, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 896. Proc. wksp., Batavia, IL, Sept. 2006. AIP, Melville, NY, 2007. $108.00 paper (254 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7354-0401-4

IFAE 2006. G. Montagna, O. Nicrosini, V. Vercesi, eds. Proc. wksp., Pavia, Italy, Apr. 2006. Springer, New York, 2007. $89.95 paper (368 pp.). ISBN 978-88-470-0529-7

Introduction to Quantum Mechanics: A Time-Dependent Perspective. D. J. Tannor. University Science Books, Sausalito, CA, 2007. $84.50 (662 pp.). ISBN 978-1-891389-23-8

Introduction to Quantum Mechanics: Schrödinger Equation and Path Integral. H. J. W. Möller-Kirsten. World Scientific, Hackensack, NJ, 2006. $98.00, $58.00 paper (805 pp.). ISBN 978-981-256-691-1, ISBN 978-981-256-692-8 paper

Ion Beam Science: Solved and Unsolved Problems. Parts 1 and 2. P. Sigmund, ed. Proc. symp., Copenhagen, May 2006. Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters, Copenhagen, 2006. $125.00 set (755 pp. set). ISBN 978-87-7304-330-1

Modern Aspects of Spin Physics. W. Pötz, J. Fabian, U. Hohenester, eds. Lecture Notes in Physics 712. Springer, New York, 2007. $59.95 (128 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-38590-5

Pairing in Fermionic Systems: Basic Concepts and Modern Applications. A. Sedrakian, J. W. Clark, M. Alford, eds. Series on Advances in Quantum Many-Body Theory 8. World Scientific, Hackensack, NJ, 2006. $98.00 (285 pp.). ISBN 978-981-256-907-3

Quark Confinement and the Hadron Spectrum VII. J. E. F. T. Ribeiro, ed. AIP Conference Proceedings 892. Proc. conf., Ponta Delgada, Portugal, Sept. 2006. AIP, Melville, NY, 2007. $199.00 (548 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7354-0396-3

The Standard Model: A Primer. C. P. Burgess, G. D. Moore. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2007. $75.00 (542 pp.). ISBN 978-0-521-86036-9

Numerical Modeling of Space Plasma Flows: Astronum-2006. N. V. Pogorelov, G. P. Zank, eds. Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series 359. Proc. conf., Palm Springs, CA, Mar. 2006. Astronomical Society of the Pacific, San Francisco, 2006. $77.00 (312 pp.). ISBN 978-1-583812-27-3

Physics of Strongly Coupled Plasma. V. E. Fortov, I. T. Iakubov, A. G. Khrapak. International Series of Monographs on Physics 135. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2006. $130.00 (520 pp.). ISBN 978-0-19-929980-5

Plasma Cathode Electron Sources: Physics, Technology, Applications. E. Oks. Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, Germany, 2006. $145.00 (171 pp.). ISBN 978-3-527-40634-0

Reconnection of Magnetic Fields: Magnetohydrodynamics and Collisionless Theory and Observations. J. Birn, E. R. Priest, eds. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2007. $135.00 (342 pp.). ISBN 978-0-521-85420-7

After Sputnik: 50 Years of the Space Age. M. Collins, ed. Smithsonian Books/Collins, New York, 2007. $35.00 (256 pp.). ISBN 978-0-06-089781-9

Cosmic Jackpot: Why Our Universe Is Just Right for Life. P. Davies. Houghton Mifflin, New York, 2007. $26.00 (315 pp.). ISBN 978-0-618-59226-5

Galileo's Gout: Science in an Age of Endarkenment. G. Weissmann. Bellevue Literary Press, New York, 2007. $25.00 (192 pp.). ISBN 978-1-934137-00-0

The Grid: A Journey Through the Heart of Our Electrified World. P. F. Schewe. Joseph Henry Press, Washington, DC, 2007. $27.95 (311 pp.). ISBN 978-0-309-10260-5

Heaven and Earth: Unseen by the Naked Eye. D. Malin, K. Roucoux. Phaidon Press, New York, 2007 [2002, reissued]. $24.95 paper (382 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7148-4760-3

I Am a Strange Loop. D. R. Hofstadter. Basic Books, New York, 2007. $26.95 (412 pp.). ISBN 978-0-465-03078-1

The Mathematics of Oz: Mental Gymnastics from Beyond the Edge. C. A. Pickover. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2007 [2002, reissued]. $18.99 paper (351 pp.). ISBN 978-0-521-70084-9

The Motion Paradox: The 2,500-Year-Old Puzzle Behind All the Mysteries of Time and Space. J. Mazur. Dutton/Penguin, New York, 2007. $24.95 (262 pp.). ISBN 978-0-525-94992-3

Nonplussed!: Mathematical Proof of Implausible Ideas. J. Havil. Princeton U. Press, Princeton, NJ, 2007. $24.95 (196 pp.). ISBN 978-0-691-12056-0

Sky in a Bottle. P. Pesic. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2007 [2005, reissued]. $12.95 paper (262 pp.). ISBN 978-0-262-66200-0

Traveling at the Speed of Thought: Einstein and the Quest for Gravitational Waves. D. Kennefick. Princeton U. Press, Princeton, NJ, 2007. $35.00 (319 pp.). ISBN 978-0-691-11727-0

Why Beauty Is Truth: A History of Symmetry. I. Stewart. Basic Books, New York, 2007. $26.95 (290 pp.). ISBN 978-0-465-08236-0

Why the Sky Is Blue: Discovering the Color of Life. G. Hoeppe (translated from German with J. Stewart). Princeton U. Press, Princeton, NJ, 2007. $29.95 (336 pp.). ISBN 978-0-691-12453-7