Acoustics
Acoustics and the Performance of Music: Manual for Acousticians, Audio Engineers, Musicians, Architects and Musical Instrument Makers. 5th ed. J. Meyer (translated from German by U. Hansen). Modern Acoustics and Signal Processing. Springer, New York, 2009 [2004]. $79.95 (438 pp.). ISBN 978-0-387-09516-5
Ultrasonic Wave Propagation in Non Homogeneous Media. A. Leger, M. Deschamps, eds. Springer Proceedings in Physics 128. Proc. mtg., Anglet, France, June 2008. Springer, Berlin, 2009. $299.00 (434 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-89104-8
Astronomy and astrophysics
Astronomical Optics and Elasticity Theory: Active Optics Methods. G. R. Lemaitre. Astronomy and Astrophysics Library. Springer, Berlin, 2009. $129.00 (575 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-68904-1
Astrophysics in the Next Decade: The James Webb Space Telescope and Concurrent Facilities. H. A. Thronson, M. Stiavelli, A. G. G. M. Tielens, eds. Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings. Proc. conf., Tucson, AZ, Sept. 2007. Springer, New York, 2009. $189.00 (519 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4020-9456-9
Cool Stars, Stellar Systems and the Sun. E. Stempels, ed. AIP Conference Proceedings 1094. Proc. wksp., St. Andrews, Scotland, July 2008. AIP, Melville, NY, 2009. $349.00 (992 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7354-0627-8
Globular Clusters—Guides to Galaxies. T. Richtler, S. Larsen, eds. ESO Astrophysics Symposia. Proc. wksp., Concepción, Chile, Mar. 2006. Springer, Berlin, 2009. $149.00 (456 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-76960-6
High-Energy Astrophysics. F. Melia. Princeton Series in Astrophysics. Princeton U. Press, Princeton, NJ, 2009. $100.00, $45.00 paper (360 pp.). ISBN 978-0-691-13543-4, ISBN 978-0-691-14029-2 paper
Neutron Stars and Pulsars. W. Becker, ed. Astrophysics and Space Science Library 357. Springer, Berlin, 2009. $239.00 (697 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-76964-4
New Quests in Stellar Astrophysics II: Ultraviolet Properties of Evolved Stellar Populations. M. C. Dagostino, E. Bertone, D. R. González, L. H. Rodríguez-Merino, eds. Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings. Proc. conf., Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, Apr. 2007. Springer, New York, 2009. $159.00 (344 pp.). ISBN 978-0-387-87620-7
Nucleosynthesis and Chemical Evolution of Galaxies. 2nd ed. B. Pagel. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2009 [1997]. $90.00 (466 pp.). ISBN 978-0-521-84030-9
Planetary Systems: Detection, Formation and Habitability of Extrasolar Planets. M. Ollivier et al. Astronomy and Astrophysics Library. Springer, Berlin, 2009. $119.00 (340 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-75747-4
Stellar Spectral Classification. R. O. Gray, C. J. Corbally. Princeton Series in Astrophysics. Princeton U. Press, Princeton, NJ, 2009. $100.00, $65.00 paper (592 pp.). ISBN 978-0-691-12510-7, ISBN 978-0-691-12511-4 paper
Structure Formation in Astrophysics. G. Chabrier, ed. Cambridge Contemporary Astrophysics. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2009. $150.00 (444 pp.). ISBN 978-0-521-88779-3
Sunspots and Starspots. J. H. Thomas, N. O. Weiss. Cambridge Astrophysics Series 46. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2008. $130.00 (275 pp.). ISBN 978-0-521-86003-1
The Variable Universe: A Celebration of Bohdan Paczyñski. K. Z. Stanek, ed. Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series 403. Proc. symp., Princeton, NJ, Sept. 2007. Astronomical Society of the Pacific, San Francisco, 2009. $77.00 (190 pp.). ISBN 978-1-58381-682-0
Atomic and molecular physics
Relativistic Transitions in the Hydrogenic Atoms: Elementary Theory. R. Boudet. Springer Series on Atomic, Optical, and Plasma Physics 52. Springer, Berlin, 2009. $169.00 (134 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-85549-1
Structure of Matter: An Introductory Course with Problems and Solutions. A. Rigamonti, P. Carretta. 2nd ed. Springer, Milan, Italy, 2009 [2007]. $59.95 paper (489 pp.). ISBN 978-88-470-1128-1
Ultracold Quantum Fields. H. T. C. Stoof, K. B. Gubbels, D. B. M. Dickerscheid. Theoretical and Mathematical Physics. Springer, Dordrecht, the Netherlands, 2009. $99.95 (485 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4020-8762-2
Biological and medical physics
Applied Biomedical Engineering Mechanics. D. N. Ghista. CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, FL, 2009. $139.95 (528 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8247-5831-8
Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging. 2nd ed. S. A. Huettel, A. W. Song, G. McCarthy. Sinauer Associates, Sunderland, MA, 2009 [2004]. $88.95 (542 pp.). ISBN 978-0-87893-286-3
Fundamentals of Cryobiology: Physical Phenomena and Mathematical Models. A. I. Zhmakin. Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering. Springer, Berlin, 2009. $179.00 (278 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-88784-3
Introduction to Molecular Biology, Genomics and Proteomics for Biomedical Engineers. R. B. Northrop, A. N. Connor. Biomedical Engineering. CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, FL, 2009. $99.95 (453 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4200-6119-2
Principles of Biomechanics. R. L. Huston. Mechanical Engineering 213. CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, FL, 2009. $99.95 (430 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8493-3494-8
Chemical physics
Atomic Charges, Bond Properties, and Molecular Energies. S. Fliszár. Wiley, Hoboken, NJ, 2009. $99.95 (234 pp.). ISBN 978-0-470-37622-5
Three-Dimensional Free-Radical Polymerization: Cross-Linked and Hyper-Branched Polymers. G. V. Korolev, M. M. Mogilevich. Springer, Berlin, 2009. $319.00 (270 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-87566-6
Computers and computational physics
Applications of Soft Computing: Updating the State of the Art. E. Avineri et al., eds. Advances in Soft Computing 52. Springer, Berlin, 2009. $219.00 paper (274 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-88078-3
Assignment Problems. R. Burkard, M. Dell’Amico, S. Martello. SIAM, Philadelphia, 2009. $110.00 (382 pp.). ISBN 978-0-898716-63-4
Classical and Quantum Information Theory: An Introduction for the Telecom Scientist. E. Desurvire. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2009. $80.00 (691 pp.). ISBN 978-0-521-88171-5
Diffuse Scattering and Defect Structure Simulations: A Cook Book Using the Program DISCUS. R. B. Neder, T. Proffen. IUCr Texts on Crystallography 11. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2008. $90.00 (228 pp.). ISBN 978-0-19-923369-4, CD-ROM
Expert Systems in Chemistry Research. M. C. Hemmer. CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, FL, 2008. $144.95 (393 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4200-5323-4
Introduction to Derivative-Free Optimization. A. R. Conn, K. Scheinberg, L. N. Vicente. MPS-SIAM Series on Optimization. SIAM, Philadelphia, 2009. $73.00 paper (277 pp.). ISBN 978-0-898716-68-9
Introduction to Interval Analysis. R. E. Moore, R. B. Kearfott, M. J. Cloud. SIAM, Philadelphia, 2009. $72.00 paper (223 pp.). ISBN 978-0-898716-69-6
Linear and Nonlinear Optimization. 2nd ed. I. Griva, S. G. Nash, A. Sofer. SIAM, Philadelphia, 2009 [1995]. $95.00 (742 pp.). ISBN 978-0-898716-61-0
Mathematical Modeling and Simulation: Introduction for Scientists and Engineers. K. Velten. Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, Germany, 2009. $115.00 paper (348 pp.). ISBN 978-3-527-40758-3
Modeling and Simulation of New Materials. P. L. Garrido, P. I. Hurtado, J. Marro, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 1091. Proc. lecture, Granada, Spain, Sept. 2008. AIP, Melville, NY, 2009. $169.00 (303 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7354-0624-7
Multiscale Modeling and Simulation in Science. B. Engquist, P. Lötstedt, O. Runborg, eds. Lecture Notes in Computational Science and Engineering 66. Springer, Berlin, 2009. $69.95 paper (320 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-88856-7
Parallel Computing in Quantum Chemistry. C. L. Janssen, I. M. B. Nielsen. CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, FL, 2008. $89.95 (210 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4200-5164-3
Python for Software Design: How to Think Like a Computer Scientist. A. B. Downey. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2009. $90.00, $39.99 paper (251 pp.). ISBN 978-0-521-89811-9, ISBN 978-0-521-72596-5 paper
Using Artificial Intelligence in Chemistry and Biology: A Practical Guide. H. Cartwright. CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, FL, 2008. $129.95 (340 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8493-8412-7, CD-ROM
Condensed-matter physics
Advanced Condensed Matter Physics. L. M. Sander. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2009. $80.00 (274 pp.). ISBN 978-0-521-87290-4
Bose-Condensed Gases at Finite Temperatures. A. Griffin, T. Nikuni, E. Zaremba. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2009. $130.00 (462 pp.). ISBN 978-0-521-83702-6
Polymers, Liquids and Colloids in Electric Fields: Interfacial Instabilities, Orientation and Phase Transitions. Y. Tsori, U. Steiner, eds. Series in Soft Condensed Matter 2. World Scientific, Hackensack, NJ, 2009. $78.00 (281 pp.). ISBN 978-981-4271-68-4
Quantum Theory of Conducting Matter: Superconductivity. S. Fujita, K. Ito, S. Godoy. Springer, New York, 2009. $69.95 (249 pp.). ISBN 978-0-387-88205-5
Quantum Theory of the Optical and Electronic Properties of Semiconductors. 5th ed. H. Haug, S. W. Koch. World Scientific, Hackensack, NJ, 2009 [2004]. $86.00, $48.00 paper (469 pp.). ISBN 978-981-283-883-4, ISBN 978-981-283-884-1 paper
Cosmology and relativity
A First Course in String Theory. 2nd ed. B. Zwiebach. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2009 [2004]. $80.00 (673 pp.). ISBN 978-0-521-88032-9
The Kerr Spacetime: Rotating Black Holes in General Relativity. D. L. Wiltshire, M. Visser, S. M. Scott, eds. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2009. $120.00 (362 pp.). ISBN 978-0-521-88512-6
Physics of Black Holes: A Guided Tour. E. Papantonopoulos, ed. Lecture Notes in Physics 769. Springer, Berlin, 2009. $129.00 (511 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-88459-0
Relativity: Modern Large-Scale Spacetime Structure of the Cosmos. M. Carmeli, ed. World Scientific, Hackensack, NJ, 2008. $98.00 (524 pp.). ISBN 978-981-281-375-6
Statistical physics and thermodynamics
Non-equilibrium Statistical Mechanics and Turbulence. J. Cardy, G. Falkovich, K. Gawedzki. London Mathematical Society Lecture Note Series 355. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2008. $52.00 paper (161 pp.). ISBN 978-0-521-71514-0
Questions and Answers on Thermoluminescence (TL) and Optically Stimulated Luminescence (OSL). C. Furetta. World Scientific, Hackensack, NJ, 2008. $58.00 (144 pp.). ISBN 978-981-281-883-6
Statistical Models and Methods for Biomedical and Technical Systems. F. Vonta, M. Nikulin, N. Limnios, C. Huber-Carol, eds. Statistics for Industry and Technology. Birkhäuser, Boston, 2008. $139.00 (555 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8176-4464-2
The Theory of the Top. Vol. 1: Introduction to the Kinematics and Kinetics of the Top. F. Klein, A. Sommerfeld (translated from German by R. J. Nagem and G. Sandri). History of Science. Birkhäuser, Boston, 2008. $79.95 (279 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8176-4720-9
Texts and education
Applied Dynamics: With Applications to Multibody and Mechatronic Systems. 2nd rev. ed. F. C. Moon. Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, Germany, 2008 [1998]. $115.00 paper (567 pp.). ISBN 978-3-527-40751-4
Basic Biostatistics for Geneticists and Epidemiologists: A Practical Approach. R. C. Elston, W. D. Johnson. Wiley, Hoboken, NJ, 2008. $130.00, $50.00 paper (373 pp.). ISBN 978-0-470-02489-8, ISBN 978-0-470-02490-4 paper
Combinatorial Methods with Computer Applications. J. L. Gross. Discrete Mathematics and Its Applications. Chapman & Hall/CRC/Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, FL, 2008. $99.95 (644 pp.). ISBN 978-1-58488-743-0
Elementary Calculus of Financial Mathematics. A. J. Roberts. Mathematical Modeling and Computation 15. SIAM, Philadelphia, 2009. $59.00 paper (128 pp.). ISBN 978-0-898716-67-2
An Introduction to Lagrangian Mechanics. A. J. Brizard. World Scientific, Hackensack, NJ, 2008. $65.00, $38.00 paper (259 pp.). ISBN 978-981-281-836-2, ISBN 978-981-281-837-9 paper
Introduction to Modern Cryptography: Principles and Protocols. J. Katz, Y. Lindell. Chapman & Hall/CRC Cryptography and Network Security. Chapman & Hall/CRC/Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, FL, 2008. $79.95 (534 pp.). ISBN 978-1-58488-551-1
Introduction to Nanoscience. G. L. Hornyak, J. Dutta, H. F. Tibbals, A. K. Rao. CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, FL, 2008. $89.95 (815 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4200-4805-6
Introduction to Spintronics. S. Bandyopadhyay, M. Cahay. CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, FL, 2008. $89.95 (515 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8493-3133-6
Introduction to the Physics and Chemistry of Materials. R. J. Naumann. CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, FL, 2009. $129.95 (546 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4200-6133-8
Isotope Geology. C. J. Allègre (translated from French by C. Sutcliffe). Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2008. $80.00 (512 pp.). ISBN 978-0-521-86228-8
Mere Thermodynamics. D. S. Lemons. Johns Hopkins U. Press, Baltimore, MD, 2009. $50.00, $30.00 paper (207 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8018-9014-7, ISBN 978-0-8018-9015-4 paper
The Noisy Pendulum. M. Gitterman. World Scientific, Hackensack, NJ, 2008. $46.00 (120 pp.). ISBN 978-981-283-299-3
Particle Astrophysics. 2nd ed. D. H. Perkins. Oxford Master Series in Particle Physics, Astrophysics, and Cosmology. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2009 [2003]. $110.00, $55.00 paper (339 pp.). ISBN 978-0-19-954545-2, ISBN 978-0-19-954546-9 paper
Wave Physics: Oscillations—Solitons—Chaos. 4th ed. S. Nettel. Springer, Berlin, 2009 [2003]. $79.95 paper (289 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-87907-7
Theory and mathematical methods
An Atlas of Functions: With Equator, the Atlas Function Calculator. 2nd ed. K. Oldham, J. Myland, J. Spanier. Springer, New York, 2009. $129.00 (748 pp.). ISBN 978-0-387-48806-6, CD-ROM
A Course in Formal Languages, Automata and Groups. I. Chiswell. Universitext. Springer, London, 2009. $49.95 paper (157 pp.). ISBN 978-1-84800-939-4
Discrete Wavelet Transformations: An Elementary Approach with Applications. P. J. Van Fleet. Wiley, Hoboken, NJ, 2008. $121.95 (535 pp.). ISBN 978-0-470-18311-3
Entanglement and Decoherence: Foundations and Modern Trends. A. Buchleitner, C. Viviescas, M. Tiersch, eds. Lecture Notes in Physics 768. Springer, Berlin, 2009. $109.00 (320 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-88168-1
Ettore Majorana: Unpublished Research Notes on Theoretical Physics. S. Esposito, E. Recami, A. van der Merwe, R. Battiston, eds. Fundamental Theories of Physics 159. Springer, New York, 2009. $219.00 (451 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4020-9113-1
Geometric Methods in Physics. P. Kielanowski, A. Odzijewicz, M. Schlichenmaier, T. Voronov, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 1079. Proc. wksp., Białowieza, Poland, June–July 2008. AIP, Melville, NY, 2008. $149.00 (282 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7354-0610-0
Handbook of Fourier Analysis and Its Applications. R. J. Marks II. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2009. $150.00 (772 pp.). ISBN 978-0-19-533592-7
Homological Mirror Symmetry: New Developments and Perspectives. A. Kapustin, M. Kreuzer, K.-G. Schlesinger, eds. Lecture Notes in Physics 757. Springer, Berlin, 2009. $79.95 (272 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-68029-1
Integrability. A. V. Mikhailov, ed. Lecture Notes in Physics 767. Springer, Berlin, 2009. $109.00 (339 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-88110-0
Introduction to Hamiltonian Dynamical Systems and the N-Body Problem. 2nd ed. K. R. Meyer, G. R. Hall, D. Offin. Applied Mathematical Sciences 90. Springer, New York, 2009 [1992]. $79.95 (399 pp.). ISBN 978-0-387-09723-7
An Introduction to the Theory of Numbers. 6th ed. G. H. Hardy, E. M. Wright. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2008 [2006]. $150.00, $60.00 paper (621 pp.). ISBN 978-0-19-921985-8, ISBN 978-0-19-921986-5 paper
Mathematical Analysis of Urban Spatial Networks. P. Blanchard, D. Volchenkov. Understanding Complex Systems. Springer, Berlin, 2009. $129.00 (181 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-87828-5
Mechanical Systems, Classical Models. Vol. 2: Mechanics of Discrete and Continuous Systems. P. P. Teodorescu (translated from Romanian by P. P. Teodorescu). Mathematical and Analytical Techniques with Applications to Engineering. Springer, New York, 2009 [2002]. $209.00 (564 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4020-8987-9
Number Theory in Science and Communication: With Applications in Cryptography, Physics, Digital Information, Computing, and Self-Similarity. 5th ed. M. Schroeder. Springer, Berlin, 2009 [2006]. $99.00 (431 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-85297-1
Path Integral Quantization and Stochastic Quantization. 2nd ed. M. Masujima. Springer, Berlin, 2009 [2000]. $89.95 paper (282 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-87850-6
Quantum Field Theory: Competitive Models. B. Fauser, J. Tolksdorf, E. Zeidler, eds. Birkhäuser, Boston, 2009. $129.00 (436 pp.). ISBN 978-3-7643-8735-8
Quantum Field Theory II: Quantum Electrodynamics—A Bridge Between Mathematicians and Physicists. E. Zeidler. Springer, Berlin, 2009. $139.00 (1101 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-85376-3
Quantum Gravitation: The Feynman Path Integral Approach. H. W. Hamber. Springer, Berlin, 2009. $109.00 (342 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-85292-6
Robust Numerical Methods for Singularly Perturbed Differential Equations: Convection-Diffusion-Reaction and Flow Problems. 2nd ed. H.-G. Roos, M. Stynes, L. Tobiska. Springer Series in Computational Mathematics 24. Springer, Berlin, 2008 [1996]. $139.00 (604 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-34466-7
Spherical Functions of Mathematical Geosciences: A Scalar, Vectorial, and Tensorial Setup. W. Freeden, M. Schreiner. Advances in Geophysical and Environmental Mechanics and Mathematics. Springer, Berlin, 2009. $269.00 (602 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-85111-0
Supersymmetry and the Unification of Fundamental Interactions. D. K. Hong, P. Ko, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 1078. Proc. conf., Seoul, Korea, June 2008. AIP, Melville, NY, 2008. $279.00 (644 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7354-0609-4