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Advances in Hellenic Astronomy During the IYA09. K. Tsinganos, D. Hatzidimitriou, T. Matsakos, eds. Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series 424. Proc. conf., Athens, Greece, Sept. 2009. Astronomical Society of the Pacific, San Francisco, 2010. $77.00 (515 pp.). ISBN 978-1-58381-728-5

Cosmic Dust—Near and Far. T. Henning, E. Grün, J. Steinacker, eds. Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series 414. Proc. conf., Heidelberg, Germany, Sept. 2008. Astronomical Society of the Pacific, San Francisco, 2009. $77.00 (543 pp.). ISBN 978-1-58381-708-7

Galaxy Evolution: Emerging Insights and Future Challenges. S. Jogee, L. Marinova, L. Hao, G. A. Blanc, eds. Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series 419. Proc. conf., Austin, TX, Nov. 2008. Astronomical Society of the Pacific, San Francisco, 2009. $77.00 (426 pp.). ISBN 978-1-58381-718-6

Galaxy Wars: Stellar Populations and Star Formation in Interacting Galaxies. B. Smith, N. Bastian, S. J. U. Higdon, J. L. Higdon, eds. Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series 423. Proc. conf., Johnson City, TN, July 2009. Astronomical Society of the Pacific, San Francisco, 2010. $77.00 (376 pp.). ISBN 978-1-58381-726-1

High Energy Phenomena in Massive Stars. J. Martí, P. L. Luque-Escamilla, J. A. Combi, eds. Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series 422. Proc. conf., Jaén, Spain, Feb. 2009. Astronomical Society of the Pacific, San Francisco, 2010. $77.00 (306 pp.). ISBN 978-1-58381-724-7

Hunting for the Dark: The Hidden Side of Galaxy Formation. V. P. Debattista, C. C. Popescu, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 1240. Proc. conf., Qawra, Malta, Oct. 2009. AIP, Melville, NY, 2010. $236.00 (459 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7354-0786-2

The Monster’s Fiery Breath: Feedback in Galaxies, Groups, and Clusters. S. Heinz, E. Wilcots, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 1201. Proc. conf., Madison, WI, June 2009. AIP, Melville, NY, 2009. $212.00 paper (394 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7354-0738-1

Planets in Binary Star Systems. N. Haghighipour, ed. Astrophysics and Space Science Library 366. Springer, New York, 2010. $159.00 (332 pp.). ISBN 978-90481-8686-0

Principles and Perspectives in Cosmo-chemistry. A. Goswami, B. E. Reddy, eds. Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings. Proc. sch., Kodaikanal, India, Apr.-May 2008. Springer, Berlin, 2010. $249.00 (421 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-10351-3

So You Want a Meade LX Telescope! How to Select and Use the LX200 and Other High-End Models. L. Harris. Springer, New York, 2010. $29.95 paper (233 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4419-1774-4

Stars Above, Earth Below: A Guide to Astronomy in the National Parks. T. Nordgren. Springer-Praxis Books in Popular Astronomy. Praxis/Springer, New York, 2010. $29.95 paper (444 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4419-1648-8

Tours Symposium on Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics – VII. H. Susa et al., eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 1238. Proc. symp., Kobe, Japan, Nov. 2009. AIP, Melville, NY, 2010. $211.00 (403 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7354-0784-8

Quantum Electronics for Atomic Physics. W. Nagourney. Oxford Graduate Texts. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2010. $85.00 (381 pp.). ISBN 978-0-19-953262-9

Annual Review of Biophysics. Vol. 39. D. C. Rees, K. A. Dill, J. R. Williamson, eds. Annual Reviews, Palo Alto, CA, 2010. $214.00 (581 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8243-1839-0

Mathematical Foundations and Biomechanics of the Digestive System. R. N. Miftahof, H. G. Nam. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2010. $120.00 (220 pp.). ISBN 978-0-521-11662-6

Networks in Cell Biology. M. Buchanan et al., eds. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2010. $75.00 (271 pp.). ISBN 978-0-521-88273-6

Radiation Physics for Medical Physicists. 2nd ed. E. B. Podgoršak. Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering. Springer, Berlin, 2010 [2005]. $169.00 (745 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-00874-0

Annual Review of Physical Chemistry. Vol. 61. S. R. Leone et al., eds. Annual Reviews, Palo Alto, CA, 2010. $214.00 (499 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8243-1061-5

Atmospheric Chemistry. A. M. Holloway, R. P. Wayne. Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, UK, 2010. $59.95 (271 pp.). ISBN 978-1-84755-807-7

Chromic Phenomena: Technological Applications of Colour Chemistry. 2nd ed. P. Bamfield, M. G. Hutchings. Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, UK, 2010 [2001]. $229.00 (562 pp.). ISBN 978-1-84755-868-8

Frontiers in Physical Organic Chemistry. P. Earis, ed. Faraday Discussions 145. Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, UK, 2010. $299.00 (570 pp.). ISBN 978-1-84755-040-8

Fulleranes: The Hydrogenated Fullerenes. F. Cataldo, S. Iglesias-Groth, eds. Carbon Materials: Chemistry and Physics 2. Springer, New York, 2010. $189.00 (278 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4020-9886-4

Recent Developments in Asymmetric Organocatalysis. H. Pellissier. RSC Catalysis Series. Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, UK, 2010. $189.00 (241 pp.). ISBN 978-1-84973-054-9

Relativistic Methods for Chemists. M. Barysz, Y. Ishikawa, eds. Challenges and Advances in Computational Chemistry and Physics 10. Springer, New York, 2010. $249.00 (613 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4020-9974-8

Computational Methods in Chemical Engineering with Maple. R. E. White, V. R. Subramanian. Springer, Berlin, 2010. $99.00 (860 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-04310-9

Introduction to Optical Quantum Information Processing. P. Kok, B. W. Lovett. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2010. $78.00 (488 pp.). ISBN 978-0-521-51914-4

Mathematica in Action: Problem Solving Through Visualization and Computation. 3rd ed. S. Wagon. Springer, New York, 2010 [1999]. $84.95 paper (578 pp.). ISBN 978-0-387-75366-9, CD-ROM

Quantum Mechanics Using Computer Algebra: Includes Sample Programs in C++, SymbolicC++, Maxima, Maple, and Mathematica. 2nd ed. W.-H. Steeb, Y. Hardy. World Scientific, Hackensack, NJ, 2010 [1994]. $55.00 (234 pp.). ISBN 978-981-4307-16-1

Interatomic Forces in Condensed Matter. M. Finnis. Oxford Series on Materials Modelling. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2010 [2003, reissued]. $50.00 paper (286 pp.). ISBN 978-0-19-958812-1

Molecular Forces and Self Assembly: In Colloid, Nano Sciences and Biology. B. W. Ninham, P. Lo Nostro. Cambridge Molecular Science. Cambridge, New York, 2010. $78.00 (365 pp.). ISBN 978-0-521-89600-9

Optical Generation and Control of Quantum Coherence in Semiconductor Nanostructures. G. Slavcheva, P. Roussignol, eds. Nanoscience and Technology. Springer, Berlin, 2010. $169.00 (338 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-12490-7

Quantum Quenching, Annealing and Computation. A. K. Chandra, A. Das, B. K. Chakrabarti, eds. Lecture Notes in Physics 802. Springer, Berlin, 2010. $89.95 paper (307 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-11469-4

Simple Models of Many-Fermion Systems. J. A. Maruhn, P.-G. Reinhard, E. Suraud. Springer, Berlin, 2010. $129.00 (279 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-03838-9

Dark Energy: Observational and Theoretical Approaches. P. Ruiz-Lapuente, ed. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2010. $70.00 (321 pp.). ISBN 978-0-521-51888-8

New Paths Towards Quantum Gravity. B. Booß-Bavnbek, G. Esposito, M. Lesch, eds. Lecture Notes in Physics 807. Springer, Berlin, 2010. $89.95 paper (359 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-11896-8

Persistence and Spacetime. Y. Balashov. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2010. $55.00 (233 pp.). ISBN 978-0-19-957992-1

Probing the Nature of Gravity: Confronting Theory and Experiment in Space. C. W. F. Everitt et al., eds. Space Sciences Series of ISSI. Springer, New York, 2010. $199.00 (572 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4419-1361-6

Quantum Cosmology—The Supersymmetric Perspective. Vol. 1: Fundamentals. P. V. Moniz. Lecture Notes in Physics 803. Springer, Berlin, 2010. $89.95 paper (351 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-11574-5

Energy Transitions: History, Requirements, Prospects. V. Smil. Praeger/ABC-CLIO, LLC, Santa Barbara, CA, 2010. $34.95 (178 pp.). ISBN 978-0-313-38177-5

Advanced Ocean Modelling: Using Open-Source Software. J. Kämpf. Springer, Berlin, 2010. $129.00 (181 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-10609-5

Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences. Vol. 38. R. Jeanloz, K. H. Freeman, eds. Annual Reviews, Palo Alto, CA, 2010. $89.00 (599 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8243-2038-6

Cosmogenic Nuclides: Principles, Concepts and Applications in the Earth Surface Sciences. T. J. Dunai. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2010. $60.00 (187 pp.). ISBN 978-0-521-87380-2

The El Niño-Southern Oscillation Phenomenon. E. S. Sarachik, M. A. Cane. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2010. $75.00 (369 pp.). ISBN 978-0-521-84786-5

Fronts, Waves and Vortices in Geophysical Flows. J.-B. Flór, ed. Lecture Notes in Physics 805. Springer, Berlin, 2010. $79.95 paper (192 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-11586-8

The Great Wenchuan Earthquake of 2008: A Photographic Atlas of Surface Rupture and Related Disaster. A. Lin, Z. Ren. Higher Education Press, Beijing, and Springer, Berlin, 2010. $139.00 (121 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-03758-0

Monitoring Induced Seismicity. C. I. Trifu, ed. Pageoph Topical Volumes. Birkhäuser, Boston, 2010. $59.95 paper (213 pp.). ISBN 978-3-0346-0305-8

The Physics of Clouds. 2nd rev. ed. B. J. Mason. Oxford Classic Texts in the Physical Sciences. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2010 [1971]. $85.00 paper (671 pp.). ISBN 978-0-19-958804-6

Routine Data Processing in Earthquake Seismology: With Sample Data, Exercises and Software. J. Havskov, L. Ottemöller. Springer, New York, 2010. $120.00 (347 pp.). ISBN 978-90-481-8696-9

Statistical Methods of Geophysical Data Processing. V. Troyan, Y. Kiselev. World Scientific, Hackensack, NJ, 2010. $108.00 (436 pp.). ISBN 978-981-4293-74-7

Theoretical and Computational Methods in Mineral Physics: Geophysical Applications. R. Wentzcovitch, L. Stixrude, eds. Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry 71. Geochemical Society, St. Louis, MO, and Mineralogical Society of America, Chantilly, VA, 2010. $40.00 paper (484 pp.). ISBN 978-0-939950-85-0

Beam: The Race to Make the Laser. J. Hecht. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2010 [2005, reissued]. $24.95 paper (274 pp.). ISBN 978-0-19-973871-7

Elegance in Science: The Beauty of Simplicity. I. Glynn. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2010. $29.95 (271 pp.). ISBN 978-0-19-957862-7

The Making of History’s Greatest Star Map. M. Perryman. Astronomers’ Universe. Springer, Berlin, 2010. $29.95 (282 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-11601-8

No Time to Be Brief: A Scientific Biography of Wolfgang Pauli. C. P. Enz. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2010 [2002, reissued]. $55.00 paper (573 pp.). ISBN 978-0-19-958815-2

A Passion for the Planets: Envisioning Other Worlds, From the Pleistocene to the Age of the Telescope. W. Sheehan. Springer, New York, 2010. $34.95 paper (217 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4419-5970-6

Science and Technology in World History. Vol. 1: The Ancient World and Classical Civilization. D. Deming. McFarland & Co Inc, Jefferson, NC, 2010. $65.00 paper (269 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7864-3932-4

Science and Technology in World History. Vol. 2: Early Christianity, the Rise of Islam and the Middle Ages. D. Deming. McFarland & Co Inc, Jefferson, NC, 2010. $65.00 paper (231 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7864-5839-4

Tacit and Explicit Knowledge. H. Collins. U. Chicago Press, Chicago, 2010. $32.50 (186 pp.). ISBN 978-0-226-11380-7

9th International Conference on Vibration Measurements by Laser and Non-contact Techniques and Short Course. E. P. Tomasini, ed. AIP Conference Proceedings 1253. Proc. conf., Ancona, Italy, June 2010. AIP, Melville, NY, 2010. $236.00 paper (449 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7354-0802-9

Higher Mathematics for Physics and Engineering. H. Shima, T. Nakayama. Springer, Berlin, 2010. $129.00 (688 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-87863-6

An Introduction to Physical Science. 12th ed. J. T. Shipman, J. D. Wilson, A. W. Todd. Brooks/Cole, Boston, 2009 [2006]. $186.95 (720 pp.). ISBN 978-0-538-73187-4

Mechanics: From Newton’s Laws to Deterministic Chaos. 5th ed. F. Scheck. Graduate Texts in Physics. Springer, Berlin, 2010 [2005]. $109.00 (554 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-05369-6

Modern Physics for Scientists and Engineers. J. C. Morrison. Academic Press/Elsevier, San Diego, CA, 2010. $99.95 (447 pp.). ISBN 978-0-12-375112-6

Numerical Linear Algebra and Applications. 2nd ed. B. N. Datta. SIAM, Philadelphia, 2010 [1995]. $79.00 (530 pp.). ISBN 978-0-898716-85-6

Stochastic Processes for Physicists: Understanding Noisy Systems. K. Jacobs. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2010. $45.00 (188 pp.). ISBN 978-0-521-76542-8

Street-Fighting Mathematics: The Art of Educated Guessing and Opportunistic Problem Solving. S. Mahajan. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2010. $25.00 paper (134 pp.). ISBN 978-0-262-51429-3

Waves and Oscillations: A Prelude to Quantum Mechanics. W. F. Smith. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2010. $75.00 (399 pp.). ISBN 978-0-19-539349-1

Causality, Measurement Theory and the Differentiable Structure of Space-Time. R. N. Sen. Cambridge Monographs on Mathematical Physics. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2010. $130.00 (391 pp.). ISBN 978-0-521-88054-1

Discrete Inverse Problems: Insight and Algorithms. P. C. Hansen. Fundamentals of Algorithms. SIAM, Philadelphia, 2010. $65.00 paper (213 pp.). ISBN 978-0-898716-96-2

Elliptic Differential Equations: Theory and Numerical Treatment. W. Hackbusch (translated from German by R. Fadiman, P. D. F. Ion). Springer Series in Computational Mathematics 18. Springer, Berlin, 2010 [1992, reissued]. $119.00 paper (311 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-05244-6

Generalized Gaussian Error Calculus. M. Grabe. Springer, Berlin, 2010. $159.00 (301 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-03304-9

Stability by Linearization of Einstein’s Field Equation. J. Girbau, L. Bruna. Progress in Mathematical Physics 58. Birkhäuser, Boston, 2010. $79.95 (208 pp.). ISBN 978-3-0346-0303-4

Ubiquitous Quantum Structure: From Psychology to Finance. A. Khrennikov. Springer, Berlin, 2010. $129.00 (216 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-05100-5