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Active OB-Stars: Laboratories for Stellar and Circumstellar Physics. S. Štefl, S. P. Owocki, A. T. Okazaki, eds. Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series 361. Proc. conf., Sapporo, Japan, Aug.-Sept. 2005. Astronomical Society of the Pacific, San Francisco, 2007. $77.00 (573 pp.). ISBN 978-1-583812-29-7

Compact Objects in Astrophysics: White Dwarfs, Neutron Stars, and Black Holes. M. Camenzind. Astronomy and Astrophysics Library. Springer, New York, 2007. $89.95 (679 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-25770-7

The Complete CD Atlas of the Universe. R. Harshaw. Patrick Moore’s Practical Astronomy Series. Springer, London, 2007. $49.95 (120 pp.). ISBN 978-0-387-46893-8, CD-ROM

Cosmic Catastrophes: Exploding Stars, Black Holes, and Mapping the Universe. 2nd ed. J. C. Wheeler. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2007 [2000]. $40.00 (339 pp.). ISBN 978-0-521-85714-7

Creating and Enhancing Digital Astro Images. G. Privett. Patrick Moore’s Practical Astronomy Series. Springer, London, 2007. $39.95 paper (142 pp.). ISBN 978-1-84628-580-6

The de Vaucouleurs Atlas of Galaxies. R. J. Buta, H. G. Corwin, S. C. Odewahn. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2007. $135.00 (344 pp.). ISBN 978-0-521-82048-6

Fifty Years of Romanian Astrophysics. C. Dumitrache, N. A. Popescu, M. D. Suran, V. Mioc, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 895. Proc. conf., Bucharest, Romania, Sept. 2006. AIP, Melville, NY, 2007. $144.00 (352 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7354-0400-7

The Galactic Supermassive Black Hole. F. Melia. Princeton U. Press, Princeton, NJ, 2007. $95.00, $49.50 paper (296 pp.). ISBN 978-0-691-09535-6, ISBN 978-0-691-13129-0 paper

Gamma-Ray Bursts: Prospects for GLAST. M. Axelsson, F. Ryde, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 906. Proc. symp., Stockholm, Sept. 2006. AIP, Melville, NY, 2007. $83.00 paper (166 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7354-0413-7

Methods in Helio- and Asteroseismology. F. P. Pijpers. Imperial College Press, London, 2006. $71.00 (306 pp.). ISBN 978-1-86094-755-1

Protostars and Planets V. B. Reipurth, D. Jewitt, K. Keil, eds. U. Arizona Press, Tucson, and Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, TX, 2007. $90.00 (951 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8165-2654-3

Star Ware: The Amateur Astronomer’s Guide to Choosing, Buying, and Using Telescopes and Accessories. 4th ed. P. S. Harrington. Wiley, Hoboken, NJ, 2007 [2002]. $21.95 paper (417 pp.). ISBN 978-0-471-75063-5

Atomic and Molecular Data and Their Applications. E. Roueff, ed. AIP Conference Proceedings 901. Proc. conf., Meudon, France, Oct. 2006. AIP, Melville, NY, 2007. $127.00 (268 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7354-0407-6

Atomic Structure Theory: Lectures on Atomic Physics. W. R. Johnson. Springer, New York, 2007. $79.95 (312 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-68010-9

Electron Paramagnetic Resonance: Elementary Theory and Practical Applications. 2nd ed. J. A. Weil, J. R. Bolton. Wiley, Hoboken, NJ, 2007 [1994]. $150.00 (664 pp.). ISBN 978-0-471-75496-1

The Quantum Theory of Atoms in Molecules: From Solid State to DNA and Drug Design. C. F. Matta, R. J. Boyd, eds. Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, Germany, 2007. $200.00 (527 pp.). ISBN 978-3-527-30748-7

Biomedical Optics: Principles and Imaging. L. V. Wang, H.-I. Wu. Wiley, Hoboken, NJ, 2007. $90.00 (362 pp.). ISBN 978-0-471-74304-0

Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology. 4th. ed. R. K. Hobbie, B. J. Roth. Springer, New York, 2007 [1997]. $89.95 (616 pp.). ISBN 978-0-387-30942-2

Modern Aspects of Electrochemistry. Vol. 40. R. E. White, ed. Springer, New York, 2007. $139.00 (351 pp.). ISBN 978-0-387-46099-4

Topics in the Theory of Chemical and Physical Systems. S. Lahmar, J. Maruani, S. Wilson, G. Delgado-Barrio, eds. Progress in Theoretical Chemistry and Physics 16. Proc. wksp., Carthage, Tunisia, Sept. 2005. Springer, Dordrecht, the Netherlands, 2007. $159.00 (296 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4020-5459-4

Asymptotic Analysis and Boundary Layers. J. Cousteix, J. Mauss. Scientific Computation. Springer, New York, 2007. $139.00 (432 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-46488-4

Computational Physics. 2nd ed. J. Thijssen. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2007 [1999]. $85.00 (620 pp.). ISBN 978-0-521-83346-2

Writing Scientific Software: A Guide for Good Style. S. Oliveira, D. E. Stewart. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2006. $85.00, $34.99 paper (303 pp.). ISBN 978-0-521-85896-0, ISBN 978-0-521-67595-6 paper

Extended Defects in Semiconductors: Electronic Properties, Device Effects, and Structures. D. B. Holt, B. G. Yacobi. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2007. $160.00 (631 pp.). ISBN 978-0-521-81934-3

High T _c Superconductors and Related Transition Metal Oxides: Special Contributions in Honor of K. Alex Müller on the Occasion of His 80th Birthday. A. Bussmann-Holder, H. Keller, eds. Springer, New York, 2007. $199.00 (319 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-71022-6

Organic Molecular Solids. M. Schwoerer, H. C. Wolf. Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, Germany, 2007. $95.00 paper (427 pp.). ISBN 978-3-527-40540-4

Physics of Semiconductors. Parts A and B. W. Jantsch, F. Schäffler, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 893. Proc. conf., Vienna, July 2006. AIP, Melville, NY, 2007. $399.00 set (1504 pp. set). ISBN 978-0-7354-0397-0

Vortices in the Magnetic Ginzburg-Landau Model. E. Sandier, S. Serfaty. Progress in Nonlinear Differential Equations and Their Applications 70. Birkhäuser, Boston, 2007. $119.00 (322 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8176-4316-4

Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity: With Modern Applications in Cosmology. Ø. Grøn, S. Hervik. Springer, New York, 2007. $109.00 (538 pp.). ISBN 978-0-387-69199-2

Quantum Gravity. 2nd ed. C. Kiefer. International Series of Monographs on Physics 136. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2007 [2004]. $120.00 (361 pp.). ISBN 978-0-19-921252-1

Special and General Relativity: With Applications to White Dwarfs, Neutron Stars, and Black Holes. N. K. Glendenning. Astronomy and Astrophysics Library. Springer, New York, 2007. $89.95 (223 pp.). ISBN 978-0-387-47106-8

CMOS Hotplate Chemical Microsensors. M. Graf, D. Barrettino, H. P. Baltes, A. Hierlemann. Microtechnology and MEMS. Springer, New York, 2007. $159.00 (125 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-69561-5

Future Trends in Microelectronics: Up the Nano Creek. S. Luryi, J. Xu, A. Zaslavsky, eds. Wiley, Hoboken, NJ, 2007. $85.00 (459 pp.). ISBN 978-0-470-08146-4

Radiowave Propagation and Antennas for Personal Communications. 3rd ed. K. Siwiak, Y. Bahreini. Artech House, Norwood, MA, 2007 [1998]. $139.00 (464 pp.). ISBN 978-1-59693-073-5, CD-ROM

Remote Sensing: The Image Chain Approach. 2nd ed. J. R. Schott. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2007 [1997]. $119.50 (666 pp.). ISBN 978-0-19-517817-3

Solid State Electronic Devices. D. K. Bhattacharya, R. Sharma. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2007. $49.50 paper (537 pp.). ISBN 978-0-19-568665-4

Business and Environmental Policy: Corporate Interests in the American Political System. M. E. Kraft, S. Kamieniecki, eds. American and Comparative Environmental Policy. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2007. $62.00, $25.00 paper (358 pp.). ISBN 978-0-262-11305-2, ISBN 978-0-262-61218-0 paper

The Suicidal Planet: How to Prevent Global Climate Catastrophe. M. Hillman, T. Fawcett, S. C. Rajan. Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin’s Press, New York, 2007. $23.95 (296 pp.). ISBN 978-0-312-35355-1

Sustainability or Collapse? An Integrated History and Future of People on Earth. R. Costanza, L. J. Graumlich, W. Steffen, eds. Proc. wksp., Berlin, Germany, June 2005. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2007. $38.00 (495 pp.). ISBN 978-0-262-03366-4

Developments and Applications in Solubility. T. M. Letcher, ed. Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, UK, 2007. $199.00 (414 pp.). ISBN 978-0-85404-372-9

Elementary Fluid Mechanics. T. Kambe. World Scientific, Hackensack, NJ, 2007. $87.00, $39.00 paper (386 pp.). ISBN 978-981-256-416-0, ISBN 978-981-256-597-6, paper

Solitary Waves in Fluids. R. H. J. Grimshaw, ed. Advances in Fluid Mechanics 47. WIT Press, Billerica, MA, 2007. $130.00 (183 pp.). ISBN 978-1-845641-57-3

Water Dynamics. K. Tohji, N. Tsuchiya, B. Jeyadevan, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 898. Proc. wksp., Sendai, Japan, Nov. 2006. AIP, Melville, NY, 2007. $104.00 (246 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7354-0403-8

Magnetospheric ULF Waves: Synthesis and New Directions. K. Takahashi, P. J. Chi, R. E. Denton, R. L. Lysak, eds. Geophysical Monograph 169. American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC, 2006. $90.00 (359 pp.). ISBN 978-0-87590-434-4

The Case Against Perfection: Ethics in the Age of Genetic Engineering. M. J. Sandel. Belknap Press/Harvard U. Press, Cambridge, MA, 2007. $18.95 (162 pp.). ISBN 978-0-674-01927-0

Faust in Copenhagen: A Struggle for the Soul of Physics. G. Segrè. Viking, New York, 2007. $25.95 (310 pp.). ISBN 978-0-670-03858-9

The History of Imperial College London, 1907-2007: Higher Education and Research in Science, Technology, and Medicine. H. Gay. Imperial College Press, London, 2007. $98.00, $48.00 paper (825 pp.). ISBN 978-1-86094-708-7, ISBN 978-1-86094-709-4 paper

Molecular Models of Life: Philosophical Papers on Molecular Biology. S. Sarkar. Bradford Books. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2007 [2005, reissued]. $25.00 paper (396 pp.). ISBN 978-0-262-69350-9

Particle Metaphysics: A Critical Account of Subatomic Reality. B. Falkenburg. The Frontiers Collection. Springer, New York, 2007. $69.95 (386 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-33731-7

The Scientific Literature: A Guided Tour. J. E. Harmon, A. G. Gross, eds. U. Chicago Press, Chicago, 2007. $72.50, $29.00 paper (327 pp.). ISBN 978-0-226-31655-0, ISBN 978-0-226-31656-7 paper

Scientists Confront Intelligent Design and Creationism. A. J. Petto, L. R. Godfrey, eds. W. W. Norton, New York, 2007. $27.95 (463 pp.). ISBN 978-0-393-05090-5

The Telescope: Its History, Technology, and Future. G. Andersen. Princeton U. Press, Princeton, NJ, 2007. $29.95 (248 pp.). ISBN 978-0-691-12979-2

50 Years of Vacuum Coating Technology and the Growth of the Society of Vacuum Coaters. D. M. Mattox, V. Harwood Mattox, eds. Society of Vacuum Coaters, Albuquerque, NM, 2007. $45.00, $35.00 paper (198 pp.). ISBN 978-1-878068-27-9

Experiments and Demonstrations in Physics: Bar-Ilan Physics Laboratory. Y. Kraftmakher. World Scientific, Hackensack, NJ, 2007. $128.00, $68.00 paper (533 pp.). ISBN 978-981-256-602-7, ISBN 978-981-270-538-9 paper

Exploring Scanning Probe Microscopy with Mathematica. 2nd rev. ed. D. Sarid. Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, Germany, 2007 [1997]. $175.00 (310 pp.). ISBN 978-3-527-40617-3, CD-ROM

Binary Systems Supplement 1. Scientific Group Thermodata Europa (SGTE). Thermodynamic Properties of Inorganic Materials. Springer, New York, 2007. $6,229.00 (365 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-45279-9, CD-ROM

Conceptual Foundations of Materials: A Standard Model for Ground- and Excited-State Properties. S. G. Louie, M. L. Cohen, eds. Contemporary Concepts of Condensed Matter Science. Elsevier, San Diego, CA, 2006. $160.00 (234 pp.). ISBN 978-0-444-50976-5

Electron Correlation in New Materials and Nanosystems. K. Scharnberg, S. Kruchinin, eds. NATO Science Series 2: Mathematics, Physics, and Chemistry 241. Proc. wksp., Yalta, Ukraine, Sept. 2005. Springer, Dordrecht, the Netherlands, 2007. $209.00, $89.95 paper (437 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4020-5657-4, ISBN 978-1-4020-5658-1 paper

Encyclopedic Dictionary of Polymers. Vols. 1 and 2. J. W. Gooch, ed. Springer, New York, 2007. $599.00 set (1237 pp. set). ISBN 978-0-387-33502-5, CD-ROM

Food Colloids: Self-Assembly and Material Science. E. Dickinson, M. E. Leser, eds. Proc. conf., Montreux, Switzerland, Apr. 2006. Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, UK, 2007. $229.00 (515 pp.). ISBN 978-0-85404-271-5

Low-Dimensional Molecular Metals. N. Toyota, M. Lang, J. Müller. Springer Series in Solid-State Sciences 154. Springer, New York, 2007. $169.00 (300 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-49574-1

Nanocrystals: Synthesis, Properties, and Applications. C. N. R. Rao, P. J. Thomas, G. U. Kulkarni. Springer Series in Materials Science 95. Springer, New York, 2007. $149.00 (180 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-68751-1

Nanomagnetism: Ultrathin Films, Multi-layers, and Nanostructures. D. L. Mills, J. A. C. Bland, eds. Contemporary Concepts of Condensed Matter Science. Elsevier, San Diego, CA, 2006. $160.00 (334 pp.). ISBN 978-0-444-51680-0

Plasticity of Cold Worked Metals: A Deductive Approach. A. Paglietti. WIT Press, Billerica, MA, 2007. $125.00 (173 pp.). ISBN 978-1-84564-065-1

Shock Wave Science and Technology Reference Library. Vol. 2: Solids I. Y. Horie, ed. Springer, New York, 2007. $189.00 (363 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-22364-1

Thermotropic Liquid Crystals: Recent Advances. A. Ramamoorthy, ed. Springer, Dordrecht, the Netherlands, 2007. $189.00 (324 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4020-5327-6

Are Women Achieving Equity in Chemistry?: Dissolving Disparity and Catalyzing Change. C. H. Marzabadi, V. J. Kuck, S. A. Nolan, J. P. Buckner, eds. ACS Symposium Series 929. American Chemical Society, Washington, DC, 2006. $99.50 (163 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8412-3950-0

Artificial Life X. L. M. Rocha et al., eds. Bradford Books. Proc. conf., Bloomington, IN, June 2006. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2007. $85.00 paper (561 pp.). ISBN 978-0-262-68162-9

Beyond the Desktop Metaphor: Designing Integrated Digital Work Environments. V. Kaptelinin, M. Czerwinski, eds. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2007. $35.00 (360 pp.). ISBN 978-0-262-11304-5

Brilliant Light in Life and Material Sciences. V. Tsakanov, H. Wiedemann, eds. NATO Security Through Science Series B: Physics and Biophysics. Proc. wksp., Yerevan, Armenia, July 2006. Springer, Dordrecht, the Netherlands, 2007. $229.00, $89.95 paper (500 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4020-5722-9, ISBN 978-1-4020-5723-6 paper

Nonlinear Dynamics Near and Far from Equilibrium. J. K. Bhattacharjee, S. Bhattacharyya. Springer, Dordrecht, the Netherlands, and Hindustan Book Agency, New Delhi, India, 2007. $169.00 (304 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4020-5387-0

Nonlinear Dynamics of Chaotic and Stochastic Systems: Tutorial and Modern Developments. 2nd ed. V. S. Anishchenko et al. Springer Series in Synergetics. Springer, New York, 2007 [2002]. $109.00 (446 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-38164-8

Stochastic Processes in Physics and Chemistry. 3rd ed. N. G. van Kampen. Elsevier, San Diego, CA, 2007 [1997]. $99.95 paper (463 pp.). ISBN 978-0-444-52965-7

The Symmetry of Chaos. R. Gilmore, C. Letellier. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2007. $79.50 (545 pp.). ISBN 978-0-19-531065-8

VI Latin American Symposium on Nuclear Physics and Applications. O. Civitarese et al., eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 884. Proc. symp., Iguazá, Argentina, Oct. 2005. AIP, Melville, NY, 2007. $192.00 paper (527 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7354-0388-8

From Nucleons to Nucleus: Concepts of Microscopic Nuclear Theory. J. Suhonen. Theoretical and Mathematical Physics. Springer, New York, 2007. $99.00 (645 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-48859-0

Nuclear Physics in a Nutshell. C. A. Bertulani. Princeton U. Press, Princeton, NJ, 2007. $65.00 (473 pp.). ISBN 978-0-691-12505-3

Digital Crossroads: American Telecommunications Policy in the Internet Age. J. E. Nuechterlein, P. J. Weiser. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2007 [2005, reissued]. $20.00 paper (670 pp.). ISBN 978-0-262-64066-4

Endangered Species: How We Can Avoid Mass Destruction and Build a Lasting Peace. S. M. Younger. Ecco/HarperCollins, New York, 2007. $24.95 (222 pp.). ISBN 978-0-06-113951-2

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

Shaping Science and Technology Policy: The Next Generation of Research. D. H. Guston, D. Sarewitz, eds. Science and Technology in Society. U. Wisconsin Press, Madison, 2006. $45.00 (370 pp.). ISBN 978-0-299-21910-9

Coronal Mass Ejections. H. Kunow et al., eds. Space Sciences Series of ISSI 21. Springer, Dordrecht, the Netherlands, 2006. $179.00 (484 pp.). ISBN 978-0-387-45086-5

Recurrent Magnetic Storms: Corotating Solar Wind Streams. B. Tsurutani et al., eds. Geophysical Monograph 167. American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC, 2006. $81.50 (340 pp.). ISBN 978-0-87590-432-0

Space Technology and Applications International Forum—STAIF 2007. M. S. El-Genk, ed. AIP Conference Proceedings 880. Proc. conf., Albuquerque, NM, Feb. 2007. AIP, Melville, NY, 2007. $286.00 (1229 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7354-0386-4

A History of Thermodynamics: The Doctrine of Energy and Entropy. I. Müller. Springer, New York, 2007. $99.00 (330 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-46226-2

Microgravity Two-Phase Flow and Heat Transfer. K. S. Gabriel. Space Technology Library 19. Microcosm Press, El Segundo, CA, and Springer, Dordrecht, the Netherlands, 2007. $179.00 (234 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4020-5142-5

Microscale and Nanoscale Heat Transfer. S. Volz, ed. Topics in Applied Physics 107. Springer, New York, 2007. $219.00 (370 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-36056-8

Thermophotovoltaic Generation of Electricity. C. Algora, V. Corregidor, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 890. Proc. conf., San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Spain, Sept. 2006. AIP, Melville, NY, 2007. $143.00 (363 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7354-0392-5

The Art of Mathematics: Coffee Time in Memphis. B. Bollobás. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2006. $85.00, $34.99 paper (359 pp.). ISBN 978-0-521-87228-7, ISBN 978-0-521-69395-0 paper

Fundamentals of Photonics. 2nd ed. B. E. A. Saleh, M. C. Teich. Wiley, Hoboken, NJ, 2007 [1991]. $140.00 (1177 pp.). ISBN 978-0-471-35832-9

Lectures on Quantum Mechanics. J.-L. Basdevant. Springer, New York, 2007. $89.95 (307 pp.). ISBN 978-0-387-37742-1

Physics of the Human Body. I. P. Herman. Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering. Springer, New York, 2007. $129.00 (857 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-29603-4

Plasma Physics and Fusion Energy. J. P. Freidberg. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2007. $135.00 (671 pp.). ISBN 978-0-521-85107-7

Sirius: Brightest Diamond in the Night Sky. J. B. Holberg. Springer-Praxis Books in Popular Astronomy. Praxis/Springer, New York, 2007. $29.95 paper (250 pp.). ISBN 978-0-387-48941-4

Waves in Oceanic and Coastal Waters. L. H. Holthuijsen. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2007. $80.00 (387 pp.). ISBN 978-0-521-86028-4

Factorization Method in Quantum Mechanics. S.-H. Dong. Fundamental Theories of Physics 150. Springer, Dordrecht, the Netherlands, 2007. $169.00 (297 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4020-5795-3

Focus on Quantum Gravity Research. D. C. Moore, ed. Nova Science, Hauppauge, NY, 2006. $129.00 (355 pp.). ISBN 978-1-59454-660-0

Geometry of Quantum Theory. 2nd ed. V. S. Varadarajan. Springer, New York, 2007 [1985]. $59.95 paper (412 pp.). ISBN 978-0-387-49385-5

Mathematical Methods for Engineers and Scientists 3: Fourier Analysis, Partial Differential Equations, and Variational Methods. K. T. Tang. Springer, New York, 2007. $79.95 (438 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-44695-8

Mechanical Systems, Classical Models. Vol. 1: Particle Mechanics. P. P. Teodorescu (translated from Romanian by P. P. Teodorescu). Mathematical and Analytical Techniques with Applications to Engineering. Springer, Dordrecht, the Netherlands, 2007 [2002]. $189.00 (778 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4020-5441-9

Partial Differential Equations. 2nd ed. J. Jost. Graduate Texts in Mathematics 214. Springer, New York, 2007. $59.95 (356 pp.). ISBN 978-0-387-49318-3

Quantum Field Theory. M. Srednicki. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2007. $65.00 (641 pp.). ISBN 978-0-521-86449-7

Rigorous Quantum Field Theory: A Festschrift for Jacques Bros. A. Boutet de Monvel, D. Buchholz, D. Iagolnitzer, U. Moschella, eds. Progress in Mathematics 251. Birkhäuser, Boston, 2007. $99.00 (326 pp.). ISBN 978-3-7643-7433-4

The Theory of Open Quantum Systems. H.-P. Breuer, F. Petruccione. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2007 [2002, reissued]. $69.50 paper (613 pp.). ISBN 978-0-19-921390-0

Variational Principles in Physics. J.-L. Basdevant. Springer, New York, 2007. $59.95 (183 pp.). ISBN 978-0-387-37747-6