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Auralization: Fundamentals of Acoustics, Modelling, Simulation, Algorithms and Acoustic Virtual Reality. M. Vorländer. RWTHedition. Springer, New York, 2008. $129.00 (335 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-48829-3

Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics . Vol. 45. R. Blandford, J. Kormendy, E. van Dishoeck, eds. Annual Reviews, Palo Alto, CA, 2007. $85.00 (701 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8243-0945-9

From Z-Machines to ALMA: (Sub) Millimeter Spectroscopy of Galaxies. A. J. Baker et al., eds. Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series 375. Proc. wksp., Charlottesville, VA, Jan. 2006. Astronomical Society of the Pacific, San Francisco, 2007. $77.00 (310 pp.). ISBN 978-1-58381-311-9

Guide to Observing Deep-Sky Objects: A Complete Global Resource for Astronomers . J. A. Farinacci. Patrick Moore’s Practical Astronomy Series. Springer, New York, 2008. $29.95 paper (196 pp.). ISBN 978-0-387-72850-6, CD-ROM

High Time Resolution Astrophysics . D. Phelan, O. Ryan, A. Shearer, eds. Astrophysics and Space Science Library 351. Springer, New York, 2008. $159.00 (349 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4020-6517-0

Hipparcos, the New Reduction of the Raw Data. F. van Leeuwen. Astrophysics and Space Science Library Series 350. Springer, New York, 2007. $169.00 (449 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4020-6341-1, DVD-ROM

An Introduction to the Physics of Interstellar Dust . E. Krügel. Series in Astronomy and Astrophysics . Taylor & Francis, New York, 2008. $79.95 (387 pp.). ISBN 978-1-58488-707-2

Jets from Young Stars: Models and Constraints. J. Ferreira, C. Dougados, E. Whelan, eds. Lecture Notes in Physics 723. Springer, New York, 2007. $59.95 (228 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-68033-8

Library and Information Services in Astronomy V: Common Challenges, Uncommon Solutions. S. Ricketts, C. Birdie, E. Isaksson, eds. Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series 377. Proc. conf., Cambridge, MA, June 2006. Astronomical Society of the Pacific, San Francisco, 2007. $77.00 (436 pp.). ISBN 978-1-58381-316-4

Multiple Stars Across the H–R Diagram. S. Hubrig, M. Petr-Gotzens, A. Tokovinin, eds. ESO Astrophysics Symposia. Proc. wksp., Garching, Germany, July 2005. Springer, New York, 2008. $109.00 (303 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-74744-4

NNN06: Next Generation Nucleon Decay and Neutrino Detectors 2006. R. J. Wilkes, ed. AIP Conference Proceedings 944. Proc. wksp., Seattle, WA, Sept. 2006. AIP, Melville, NY, 2007. $69.00 (155 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7354-0458-8

Observing the Sun with Coronado Telescopes . P. Pugh. Patrick Moore’s Practical Astronomy Series. Springer, New York, 2007. $39.95 paper (320 pp.). ISBN 978-0-387-68126-9

Spectral Line Shapes in Astrophysics . L. Č. Popović, M. S. Dimitrijević, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 938. Proc. conf., Sremski Karlovci, Serbia, June 2007. AIP, Melville, NY, 2007. $145.00 (310 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7354-0449-6

Theory of Light Hydrogenic Bound States . M. I. Eides, H. Grotch, V. A. Shelyuto. Springer Tracts in Modern Physics 222. Springer, New York, 2007. $209.00 (260 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-45269-0

Artificial Sight: Basic Research, Biomedical Engineering, and Clinical Advances. M. S. Humayun, J. D. Weiland, G. Chader, E. Greenbaum, eds. Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering . Springer, New York, 2007. $139.00 (394 pp.). ISBN 978-0-387-49329-9

Biology in Space and Life on Earth: Effects of Spaceflight on Biological Systems . E. Brinckmann, ed. Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, Germany, 2007. $160.00 (277 pp.). ISBN 978-3-527-40668-5

Integrating Evolution and Development: From Theory to Practice. R. Sansom, R. N. Brandon, eds. Bradford Books. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2007. $65.00, $34.00 paper (334 pp.). ISBN 978-0-262-19560-7, ISBN 978-0-262-69353-0 paper

Macromolecular Crystallography: Conventional and High-Throughput Methods. M. Sanderson, J. Skelly, eds. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2007. $130.00 (281 pp.). ISBN 978-0-19-852097-9

Supramolecular Structure and Function 9. G. Pifat-Mrzljak, ed. Springer, Dordrecht, the Netherlands, 2007. $139.00 (318 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4020-6465-4

Systems Biology: Principles, Methods, and Concepts. A. K. Konopka, ed. CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, FL, 2007. $69.95 (244 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8247-2520-4

Tissue Optics: Light Scattering Methods and Instruments for Medical Diagnosis . 2nd ed. V. Tuchin. SPIE Press, Bellingham, WA, 2007 [2000]. $92.00 (840 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8194-6433-0

The Bell That Rings Light: A Primer in Quantum Mechanics and Chemical Bonding . D. Wallace, J. J. BelBruno. Mathematics Across the Curriculum 1. World Scientific, Hackensack, NJ, 2006. $36.00, $18.00 paper (137 pp.). ISBN 978-981-256-705-5, ISBN 978-981-256-706-2 paper

Photochemistry and Photophysics of Coordination Compounds I. V. Balzani, S. Campagna, eds. Topics in Current Chemistry 280. Springer, New York, 2007. $269.00 (273 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-73346-1

Science Without Laws: Model Systems, Cases, Exemplary Narratives. A. N. H. Creager, E. Lunbeck, M. N. Wise, eds. Science and Cultural Theory . Duke U. Press, Durham, NC, 2007. $79.95, $22.95 paper (287 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8223-4046-1, ISBN 978-0-8223-4068-3 paper

Technology as Experience. J. McCarthy, P. Wright. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2007 [2004, reissued]. $18.00 paper (211 pp.). ISBN 978-0-262-63355-0

Technology Matters: Questions to Live With. D. E. Nye. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2007 [2006, reissued]. $14.95 paper (282 pp.). ISBN 978-0-262-64067-1

Von Braun: Dreamer of Space, Engineer of War. M. J. Neufeld. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 2007. $35.00 (587 pp.). ISBN 978-0-307-26292-9

Frontiers of Characterization and Metrology for Nanoelectronics: 2007. D. G. Seiler et al., eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 931. Proc. conf., Gaithersburg, MD, Mar. 2007. AIP, Melville, NY, 2007. $179.00 (578 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7354-0441-0, CD-ROM

Nanotechnology and Its Applications. Y. I. Salamin et al., eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 929. Proc. conf., Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, Apr. 2007. AIP, Melville, NY, 2007. $115.00 (257 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7354-0439-7

Periodic Nanostructures . M. V. Diudea, C. L. Nagy. Developments in Fullerene Science 7. Springer, Dordrecht, the Netherlands, 2007. $169.00 (207 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4020-6019-9

Single Crystal—Large Grain Niobium Technology . G. Myneni, T. Carneiro, A. Hutton, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 927. Proc. wksp., Araxá, Brazil, Oct.-Nov 2006. AIP, Melville, NY, 2007. $81.00 (202 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7354-0437-3

Strained-Si Heterostructure Field Effect Devices. C. K. Maiti, S. Chattopadhyay, L. K. Bera. Series in Materials Science and Engineering . Taylor & Francis, New York, 2007. $159.95 (423 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7503-0993-6

CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics. 88th ed. D. R. Lide, ed. CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, FL, 2007 [2004]. $139.95 (2640 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8493-0488-0

Food Physics: Physical Properties—Measurement and Applications. L. O. Figura, A. A. Teixeira. Springer, New York, 2007. $119.00 (550 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-34191-8

The Robotics Primer. M. J. Matarić. Intelligent Robotics and Autonomous Agents Series. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2007. $30.00 paper (306 pp.). ISBN 978-0-262-63354-3

Symmetry: Cultural-Historical and Ontological Aspects of Science-Arts Relations, The Natural and Man-Made World in an Interdisciplinary Approach. G. Darvas (translated from Hungarian by D. R. Evans). Birkhäuser, Boston, 2007. $79.95 paper (508 pp.). ISBN 978-3-7643-7554-6

Neural Networks and Sea Time Series: Reconstruction and Extreme-Event Analysis . B. Tirozzi et al. Modeling and Simulation in Science, Engineering and Technology . Birkhäuser, Boston, 2006. $89.95 (179 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8176-4347-8

Numerical Continuation Methods for Dynamical Systems: Path Following and Boundary Value Problems . B. Krauskopf, H. M. Osinga, J. Galán-Vioque, eds. Understanding Complex Systems . Springer, Dordrecht, the Netherlands, 2007. $199.00 (399 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4020-6355-8

Fundamentals of Radiation Materials Science: Metals and Alloys. G. S. Was. Springer, New York, 2007. $129.00 (827 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-49471-3

Topics in Strangeness Nuclear Physics . P. Bydzovský, A. Gal, J. Mareš, eds. Lecture Notes in Physics 724. Springer, New York, 2007. $59.95 (193 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-72038-6

Electron Dynamics by Inelastic X-Ray Scattering . W. Schülke. Oxford Series on Synchrotron Radiation 7. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2007. $150.00 (591 pp.). ISBN 978-0-19-851017-8

Interactions of Photons and Neutrons with Matter. 2nd ed. S.-H. Chen, M. Kotlarchyk. World Scientific, Hackensack, NJ, 2007 [1997]. $78.00 (441 pp.). ISBN 978-981-02-4214-5

Light Scattering from Polymer Solutions and Nanoparticle Dispersions . W. Schärtl. Springer Laboratory Manuals in Polymer Science. Springer, New York, 2007. $99.00 (191 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-71950-2

Optical Imaging and Microscopy: Techniques and Advanced Systems. 2nd rev. ed. P. Török, F.-J. Kao, eds. Springer Series in Optical Sciences 87. Springer, New York, 2007 [2003]. $189.00 (497 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-69563-9

Optical Nonlinearities in Chalcogenide Glasses and Their Applications. A. Zakery, S. R. Elliott. Springer Series in Optical Sciences 135. Springer, New York, 2007. $179.00 (199 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-71066-0

Optics: Learning by Computing, with Examples Using Mathcad, Matlab, Mathematica, and Maple. 2nd ed. K. D. Möller. Undergraduate Texts in Contemporary Physics. Springer, New York, 2007 [2003]. $99.00 (453 pp.). ISBN 978-0-387-26168-3, CD-ROM

Photonic Crystal Fibers: Properties and Applications. F. Poli, A. Cucinotta, S. Selleri. Springer Series in Materials Science 102. Springer, Dordrecht, the Netherlands, 2007. $159.00 (233 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4020-6325-1

Photonics: Linear and Nonlinear Interactions of Laser Light and Matter. 2nd ed. R. Menzel. Springer, New York, 2007 [2001]. $119.00 (1024 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-23160-8

Proceedings of the 17th International Spin Physics Symposium. K. Imai, T. Murakami, K. Tanida, N. Saito, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 915. Proc. symp., Kyoto, Japan, Oct. 2006. AIP, Melville, NY, 2007. $262.00 (1159 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7354-0423-6

Production and Neutralization of Negative Ions and Beams . M. P. Stockli, ed. AIP Conference Proceedings 925. Proc. symp., Santa Fe, NM, Sept. 2006. AIP, Melville, NY, 2007. $137.00 (379 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7354-0435-9

Searching for the Superworld: A Volume in Honor of Antonino Zichichi on the Occasion of the Sixth Centenary Celebrations of the University of Turin, Italy. S. Ferrara, R. M. Mössbauer, eds. World Scientific Series in 20th Century Physics 39. World Scientific, Hackensack, NJ, 2007. $128.00 (525 pp.). ISBN 978-981-270-018-6

Atomic Processes in Plasmas . J. D. Gillaspy, J. J. Curry, W. L. Wiese, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 926. Proc. conf., Gaithersburg, MD, Mar. 2007. AIP, Melville, NY, 2007. $149.00 (311 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7354-0436-6, CD-ROM

Molecular Processes in Plasmas: Collisions of Charged Particles with Molecules. Y. Itikawa. Springer Series on Atomic, Optical, and Plasma Physics 43. Springer, New York, 2007. $159.00 (194 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-72609-8

Turbulence and Nonlinear Processes in Astrophysical Plasmas . D. Shaikh, G. P. Zank, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 932. Proc. conf., Oahu, HI, Mar. 2007. AIP, Melville, NY, 2007. $139.00 (434 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7354-0443-4

Avoid Boring People: Lessons from a Life in Science. J. D. Watson. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 2007. $26.95 (347 pp.). ISBN 978-0-375-41284-4

Blip, Ping, and Buzz: Making Sense of Radar and Sonar . M. Denny. Johns Hopkins U. Press, Baltimore, MD, 2007. $27.00 (274 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8018-8665-2

Dark Cosmos: In Search of Our Universe’s Missing Mass and Energy . D. Hooper. Smithsonian Books/HarperCollins, New York, 2007 [2006, reissued]. $14.95 paper (240 pp.). ISBN 978-0-06-113033-5

Four Laws That Drive the Universe. P. Atkins. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2007. $19.95 (130 pp.). ISBN 978-0-19-923236-9

God Created the Integers: The Mathematical Breakthroughs That Changed History. S. Hawking, ed. Running Press, Philadelphia, 2007 [2005, reissued]. $21.95 paper (1358 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7624-3004-8

Hidden Dimensions: The Unification of Physics and Consciousness. B. A. Wallace. Columbia Series in Science and Religion. Columbia U. Press, New York, 2007. $24.50 (158 pp.). ISBN 978-0-231-14150-5

The Labyrinth of Time: Introducing the Universe. M. Lockwood. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2007 [2005, reissued]. $18.95 paper (405 pp.). ISBN 978-0-19-921726-7

Observing the Moon: The Modern Astronomer’s Guide. 2nd ed. G. North. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2007 [2002]. $45.00 (408 pp.). ISBN 978-0-521-87407-6

Space Exploration 2008. D. M. Harland, B. Harvey. Springer-Praxis Books in Space Exploration. Praxis/Springer, New York, 2008. $29.95 paper (183 pp.). ISBN 978-0-387-71667-1

The Third Skin: Architecture, Technology and Environment. S. Drake. UNSW Press, Sydney, Australia, 2007. $45.00 paper (189 pp.). ISBN 978-0-86840-931-3

The Toothpick: Technology and Culture. H. Petroski. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 2007. $27.95 (443 pp.). ISBN 978-0-307-26636-1

A Walk Through the Southern Sky: A Guide to Stars and Constellations and Their Legends. 2nd ed. M. D. Heifetz, W. Tirion. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2007 [2000]. $22.99 paper (109 pp.). ISBN 978-0-521-68945-8

Nanoscale: Issues and Perspectives for the Nano Century. N. M. de S. Cameron, M. E. Mitchell, eds. Wiley, Hoboken, NJ, 2007. $79.95 (462 pp.). ISBN 978-0-470-08419-9

The Navajo People and Uranium Mining . D. Brugge, T. Benally, E. Yazzie-Lewis, eds. U. New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, 2007 [2006, reissued]. $18.95 paper (210 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8263-3779-5

Nuclear Waste Stalemate: Political and Scientific Controversies. R. Vandenbosch, S. E. Vandenbosch. U. Utah Press, Salt Lake City, 2007. $25.00 paper (313 pp.). ISBN 978-0-87480-903-9

Nuclear Weapons: What You Need to Know. J. Bernstein. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2008. $27.00 (299 pp.). ISBN 978-0-521-88408-2

Spies in the Sky: Surveillance Satellites in War and Peace. P. Norris. Springer-Praxis Books in Space Exploration. Praxis/Springer, New York, 2008. $34.95 paper (220 pp.). ISBN 978-0-387-71672-5

Astronautics: Book 1—Dawn of the Space Age. T. Spitzmiller. Apogee Books, Burlington, ON, Canada, 2007. $24.95 paper (232 pp.). ISBN 978-1-894959-63-6

Astronautics: Book 2—To the Moon and Towards the Future. T. Spitzmiller. Apogee Books, Burlington, ON, Canada, 2007. $25.95 paper (496 pp.). ISBN 978-1-894959-66-7

Handbook of the Solar–Terrestrial Environment. Y. Kamide, A. C.-L. Chian, eds. Springer, New York, 2007. $199.00 (539 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-46314-6

The Moon: Resources, Future Development, and Settlement. 2nd ed. D. G. Schrunk, B. L. Sharpe, B. L. Cooper, M. Thangavelu. Springer-Praxis Books in Space Exploration. Praxis/Springer, New York, 2008 [1999]. $34.95 paper (561 pp.). ISBN 978-0-387-36055-3

Volcanism on Io: A Comparison with Earth. A. G. Davies. Cambridge Planetary Science . Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2007. $125.00 (355 pp.). ISBN 978-0-521-85003-2

Granular Physics. A. Mehta. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2007. $130.00 (305 pp.). ISBN 978-0-521-66078-5

Introduction to Probability with Statistical Applications. G. Schay. Birkhäuser, Boston, 2007. $39.95 paper (313 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8176-4497-0

Introduction to Statistical Relational Learning . L. Getoor, B. Taskar, eds. Adaptive Computation and Machine Learning . MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2007. $50.00 (586 pp.). ISBN 978-0-262-07288-5

Statistics and Analysis of Shapes. H. Krim, A. Yezzi Jr, eds. Modeling and Simulation in Science, Engineering and Technology . Birkhäuser, Boston, 2006. $79.95 (395 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8176-4376-8

Astrophysics Is Easy!: An Introduction for the Amateur Astronomer . M. Inglis. Patrick Moore’s Practical Astronomy Series. Springer, London, 2007. $39.95 paper (204 pp.). ISBN 978-1-85233-890-9

Computational Physics: Problem Solving with Computers . 2nd rev. ed. R. H. Landau, M. J. Páez, C. C. Bordeianu. Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, Germany, 2007 [1997]. $135.00 paper (593 pp.). ISBN 978-3-527-40626-5, CD-ROM

An Introduction to Atmospheric Thermodynamics . 2nd ed. A. A. Tsonis. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2007 [2004]. $55.00 paper (187 pp.). ISBN 978-0-521-69628-9

Introduction to High-Energy Astrophysics . S. Rosswog, M. Brüggen. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2007. $65.00 (355 pp.). ISBN 978-0-521-85769-7

Introduction to the Basic Concepts of Modern Physics: Special Relativity, Quantum and Statistical Physics . C. M. Becchi, M. D’Elia. Springer, New York, 2007. $39.95 paper (155 pp.). ISBN 978-88-470-0606-5

The Math Problems Notebook. V. Boju, L. Funar. Birkhäuser, Boston, 2007. $39.95 paper (232 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8176-4546-5

Mechanics from Aristotle to Einstein. M. J. Crowe. Green Lion Press, Santa Fe, NM, 2007. $17.95 paper (331 pp.). ISBN 978-1-888009-32-3

Molecular Physical Chemistry for Engineers . J. T. Yates Jr, J. K. Johnson. University Science Books, Sausalito, CA, 2007. $86.50 (482 pp.). ISBN 978-1-891389-27-6

Nonlinear Ordinary Differential Equations: An Introduction for Scientists and Engineers . 4th ed. D. W. Jordan, P. Smith. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2007 [1999]. $150.00, $60.00 paper (531 pp.). ISBN 978-0-19-920824-1, ISBN 978-0-19-920825-8 paper

Physics: Decade by Decade. A. B. Bortz. Twentieth-Century Science. Facts on File/Infobase Publishing, New York, 2007. $49.50 (264 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8160-5532-6

Quantum Chemistry. 2nd ed. D. A. McQuarrie. University Science Books, Sausalito, CA, 2008 [1983]. $89.50 (690 pp.). ISBN 978-1-891389-50-4

Science Educators Under the Stars: Amateur Astronomers Engaged in Education and Public Outreach. M. G. Gibbs, M. Berendsen, M. Storksdieck, eds. Astronomical Society of the Pacific, San Francisco, 2007. $10.00 paper (120 pp.). ISBN 978-1-58381-315-7

Advances in Fractional Calculus: Theoretical Developments and Applications in Physics and Engineering . J. Sabatier, O. P. Agrawal, J. A. Tenreiro Machado, eds. Springer, Dordrecht, the Netherlands, 2007. $209.00 (552 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4020-6041-0

Algebra and Analysis for Engineers and Scientists. A. N. Michel, C. J. Herget. Birkhäuser, Boston, 2007. $49.95 paper (484 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8176-4706-3

The Augmented Spherical Wave Method: A Comprehensive Treatment. V. Eyert. Lecture Notes in Physics 719. Springer, New York, 2007. $79.95 (320 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-71006-6

Basic Theoretical Physics: A Concise Overview. U. Krey, A. Owen. Springer, New York, 2007. $69.95 (452 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-36804-5

A Course in Enumeration. M. Aigner. Graduate Texts in Mathematics 238. Springer, New York, 2007. $69.95 (561 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-39032-9

Extremum Problems for Eigenvalues of Elliptic Operators. A. Henrot. Frontiers in Mathematics. Birkhäuser, Boston, 2006. $49.95 paper (202 pp.). ISBN 978-3-7643-7705-2

The Functional Calculus for Sectorial Operators. M. Haase. Operator Theory: Advances and Applications 169. Birkhäuser, Boston, 2006. $99.00 (392 pp.). ISBN 978-3-7643-7697-0

Hamiltonian Reduction by Stages. J. E. Marsden et al. Lecture Notes in Mathematics 1913. Springer, New York, 2007. $103.00 paper (519 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-72469-8

Handbook of Normal Frames and Coordinates. B. Z. Iliev. Progress in Mathematical Physics 42. Birkhäuser, Boston, 2006. $125.00 (441 pp.). ISBN 978-3-7643-7618-5

History of Banach Spaces and Linear Operators. A. Pietsch. Birkhäuser, Boston, 2007. $129.00 (855 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8176-4367-6

An Invitation to Quantum Cohomology: Kontsevich’s Formula for Rational Plane Curves. J. Kock, I. Vainsencher. Progress in Mathematics 249. Birkhäuser, Boston, 2007. $49.95 (159 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8176-4456-7

Langlands Correspondence for Loop Groups. E. Frenkel. Cambridge Studies in Advanced Mathematics 103. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2007. $85.00 (379 pp.). ISBN 978-0-521-85443-6

Lectures on the Physics of Strongly Correlated Systems XI. A. Avella, F. Mancini, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 918. Proc. course, Salerno, Italy, Oct. 2006. AIP, Melville, NY, 2007. $132.00 (348 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7354-0428-1

The Many Faces of Maxwell, Dirac and Einstein Equations: A Clifford Bundle Approach. W. A. Rodrigues Jr, E. Capelas de Oliveira. Lecture Notes in Physics 722. Springer, New York, 2007. $79.95 (445 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-71292-3

Phase Space Analysis of Partial Differential Equations . A. Bove, F. Colombini, D. Del Santo, eds. Progress in Nonlinear Differential Equations and Their Applications 69. Birkhäuser, Boston, 2006. $139.00 (329 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8176-4511-3

Planar Ising Correlations. J. Palmer. Progress in Mathematical Physics 49. Birkhäuser, Boston, 2007. $99.00 (363 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8176-4248-8

Polymers: Chemistry and Physics of Modern Materials. 3rd ed. J. M. G. Cowie, V. Arrighi. CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, FL, 2008 [1991]. $79.95 paper (499 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8493-9813-1

The Quantum Theory of Magnetism. 2nd ed. N. Majlis. World Scientific, Hackensack, NJ, 2007 [2000]. $100.00 (377 pp.). ISBN 978-981-256-792-5

Quaternions, Clifford Algebras and Relativistic Physics. P. R. Girard. Birkhäuser, Boston, 2007. $39.95 paper (179 pp.). ISBN 978-3-7643-7790-8

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

String Topology and Cyclic Homology. R. L. Cohen, K. Hess, A. A. Voronov. Advanced Courses in Mathematics CRM Barcelona. Birkhäuser, Boston, 2006. $29.95 paper (163 pp.). ISBN 978-3-7643-2182-6

Symplectic Geometry and Quantum Mechanics . M. de Gosson. Operator Theory: Advances and Applications 166. Birkhäuser, Boston, 2006. $179.00 (367 pp.). ISBN 978-3-7643-7574-4

Value Distribution Theory Related to Number Theory . P.-C. Hu, C.-C. Yang. Birkhäuser, Boston, 2006. $125.00 (543 pp.). ISBN 978-3-7643-7568-3

Vortex Dominated Flows: Analysis and Computation for Multiple Scale Phenomena. L. Ting, R. Klein, O. M. Knio. Applied Mathematical Sciences 161. Springer, New York, 2007. $89.95 (506 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-68581-4

Wave Scattering by Time-Dependent Perturbations: An Introduction. G. F. Roach. Princeton Series in Applied Mathematics. Princeton U. Press, Princeton, NJ, 2007. $65.00 (287 pp.). ISBN 978-0-691-11340-1

Wavelets, Multiscale Systems and Hypercomplex Analysis . D. Alpay, ed. Operator Theory: Advances and Applications 167. Birkhäuser, Boston, 2006. $169.00 (190 pp.). ISBN 978-3-7643-7587-4