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Physics of the Piano. N. J. Giordano Sr. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2010. $59.95 (170 pp.). ISBN 978-0-19-954602-2

1001 Celestial Wonders to See Before You Die: The Best Sky Objects for Star Gazers. M. E. Bakich. Patrick Moore’s Practical Astronomy Series. Springer, New York, 2010. $44.95 paper (479 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4419-1776-8

Astronomers Anonymous: Getting Help with the Puzzles and Pitfalls of Practical Astronomy. S. Ringwood. Springer, New York, 2010. $29.95 paper (222 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4419-5816-7

Dense Matter in Compact Stars: A Pedagogical Introduction. A. Schmitt. Lecture Notes in Physics 811. Springer, Berlin, 2010. $49.95 paper (147 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-12865-3

E. T. Talk: How Will We Communicate with Intelligent Life on Other Worlds? F. J. Ballesteros. Astronomers’ Universe. Springer, New York, 2010. $34.95 paper (212 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4419-6088-7

Galaxies in Isolation: Exploring Nature Versus Nurture. L. Verdes-Montenegro, A. del Olmo, J. Sulentic, eds. Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series 421. Proc. conf., Granada, Spain, May 2009. Astronomical Society of the Pacific, San Francisco, 2010. $77.00 (302 pp.). ISBN 978-1-58381-722-3

Hot and Cool: Bridging Gaps in Massive Star Evolution. C. Leitherer, P. D. Bennett, P. W. Morris, J. T. van Loon. Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series 425. Proc. wksp., Pasadena, CA, Nov. 2008. Astronomical Society of the Pacific, San Francisco, 2010. $77.00 (294 pp.). ISBN 978-1-58381-730-8

How Did the First Stars and Galaxies Form? A. Loeb. Princeton Frontiers in Physics. Princeton U. Press, Princeton, NJ, 2010. $75.00, $24.95 paper (193 pp.). ISBN 978-0-691-14515-0, ISBN 978-0-691-14516-7

Numerical Modeling of Space Plasma Flows, ASTRONUM-2009. N. V. Pogorelov, E. Audit, G. P. Zank, eds. Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series 429. Proc. conf., Chamonix, France, June-July 2009. Astronomical Society of the Pacific, San Francisco, 2010. $77.00 (336 pp.). ISBN 978-1-58381-738-4

Pathways Towards Habitable Planets. V. Coudé du Foresto, D. M. Gelino, I. Ribas, eds. Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series 430. Proc. conf., Barcelona, Spain, Sept. 2009. Astronomical Society of the Pacific, San Francisco, 2010. $77.00 (570 pp.). ISBN 978-1-58381-740-7

Proceedings of the 2009 Snowbird Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology Workshop (SNOWPAC 2009). D. B. Kieda, P. Gondolo, eds. Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series 426. Proc. wksp., Snowbird, UT, Feb. 2009. Astronomical Society of the Pacific, San Francisco, 2010. $77.00 (169 pp.). ISBN 978-1-58381-732-2

Optically Polarized Atoms: Understanding Light-Atom Interactions. M. Auzinsh, D. Budker, S. M. Rochester. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2010. $79.95 (376 pp.). ISBN 978-0-19-956512-2

Advances in Regenerative Medicine: Role of Nanotechnology, and Engineering Principles. V. P. Shastri, G. Altankov, A. Lendlein, eds. NATO Science for Peace and Security Series A: Chemistry and Biology. Proc. wksp., Varna, Bulgaria, Sept. 2007. Springer, Dordrecht, the Netherlands, 2010. $229.00, $119.00 paper (405 pp.). ISBN 978-90-481-8788-1, ISBN 978-90-481-8789-8 paper

Animal Locomotion. G. K. Taylor, M. S. Triantafyllou, C. Tropea, eds. Springer, Berlin, 2010. $169.00 (441 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-11632-2

The Physics of Proteins: An Introduction to Biological Physics and Molecular Biophysics. H. Frauenfelder; S. S. Chan, W. S. Chan, eds. Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering. Springer, New York, 2010. $159.00 (448 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4419-1043-1

RNA Helicases. E. Jankowsky, ed. RSC Biomolecular Sciences 19. Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, UK, 2010. $229.00 (282 pp.). ISBN 978-1-84755-914-2

Structural Bioinformatics of Membrane Proteins. D. Frishman, ed. Springer, New York, 2010. $139.00 (281 pp.). ISBN 978-3-7091-0044-8

Theoretical Molecular Biophysics. P. O. J. Scherer, S. F. Fischer. Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering. Springer, Berlin, 2010. $99.00 (371 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-85609-2

Many-Body Methods in Chemistry and Physics: MBPT and Coupled-Cluster Theory. I. Shavitt, R. J. Bartlett. Cambridge Molecular Science. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2009. $120.00 (532 pp.). ISBN 978-0-521-81832-2

Modeling and Diagnostics of Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells. U. Pasaogullari, C.-Y. Wang, eds. Modern Aspects of Electrochemistry 49. Springer, New York, 2010. $209.00 (397 pp.). ISBN 978-0-387-98067-6

Properties of Perovskites and Other Oxides. K. A. Müller, T. W. Kool, eds. World Scientific, Hackensack, NJ, 2010. $138.00, $69.00 paper (562 pp.). ISBN 978-981-4293-35-8, ISBN 978-981-4317-69-6 paper

Recent Progress in Coupled Cluster Methods: Theory and Applications. P. Čársky, J. Paldus, J. Pittner, eds. Challenges and Advances in Computational Chemistry and Physics 11. Springer, New York, 2010. $249.00 (657 pp.). ISBN 978-90-481-2884-6

Computer-Based Modeling of Novel Carbon Systems and Their Properties: Beyond Nanotubes. L. Colombo, A. Fasolino, eds. Carbon Materials: Chemistry and Physics 3. Springer, New York, 2010. $129.00 (249 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4020-9717-1

Discrete Calculus: Applied Analysis on Graphs for Computational Science. L. J. Grady, J. R. Polimeni. Springer, London, 2010. $129.00 (366 pp.). ISBN 978-1-84996-289-6

Kinetics and Dynamics: From Nano-to Bio-Scale. P. Paneth, A. Dybala-Defratyka, eds. Challenges and Advances in Computational Chemistry and Physics 12. Springer, New York, 2010. $449.00 (530 pp.). ISBN 978-90-481-3033-7

Modeling, Simulation, and Optimization of Supply Chains: A Continuous Approach. C. D’Apice, S. Göttlich, M. Herty, B. Piccoli. SIAM, Philadelphia, 2010. $69.00 paper (206 pp.). ISBN 978-0-898717-00-6

On the Construction of Artificial Brains. U. Ramacher, C. von der Malsburg, eds. Springer, Berlin, 2010. $169.00 (359 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-00188-8

Robotics: Science and Systems V. J. Trinkle, Y. Matsuoka, J. A. Castellanos, eds. Proc. conf., Seattle, WA, June-July 2009. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2010. $75.00 paper (312 pp.). ISBN 978-0-262-51463-7

Soft Computing in Industrial Applications: Algorithms, Integration, and Success Stories. X.-Z. Gao et al., eds. Advances in Intelligent and Soft Computing 75. Springer, Berlin, 2010. $199.00 paper (316 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-11281-2

50 Years of Anderson Localization. E. Abrahams, ed. World Scientific, Hackensack, NJ, 2010. $128.00, $48.00 paper (597 pp.). ISBN 978-981-4299-06-0, ISBN 978-981-4299-07-7 paper

Non-Equilibrium Nano-Physics: A Many-Body Approach. J. Fransson. Lecture Notes in Physics 809. Springer, New York, 2010. $59.95 paper (225 pp.). ISBN 978-90-481-9209-0

General Relativity and John Archibald Wheeler. I. Ciufolini, R. A. Matzner, eds. Astrophysics and Space Science Library 367. Springer, New York, 2010. $159.00 (545 pp.). ISBN 978-90-481-3734-3

Gravitational Physics: Testing Gravity from Submillimeter to Cosmic Scale. H. A. Morales-Técotl, L. A. Ureña-López, R. Linares-Romero, H. H. García-Compeán, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 1256. Proc. sch., Playa del Carmen, Mexico, Dec. 2009. AIP, Melville, NY, 2010. $148.00 paper (364 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7354-0805-0

Invisible Universe International Conference. J.-M. Alimi, A. Füzfa, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 1241. Proc. conf., Paris, June-July 2009. AIP, Melville, NY, 2010. $169.00 (182 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7354-0789-3

Numerical Relativity: Solving Einstein’s Equations on the Computer. T. W. Baumgarte, S. L. Shapiro. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2010. $90.00 (698 pp.). ISBN 978-0-521-51407-1

Introduction to Microfluidics. P. Tabeling (translated from French by S. Chen). Oxford U. Press, New York, 2010 [2005, reissued]. $49.50 paper (301 pp.). ISBN 978-0-19-958816-9

Essay on the Geography of Plants. A. von Humboldt, A. Bonpland (translated from French by S. Romanowski). U. Chicago Press, Chicago, 2009. $45.00 (274 pp.). ISBN 978-0-226-36066-9

Dynamics of the Earth: Theory of the Planet’s Motion Based on Dynamic Equilibrium. V. I. Ferronsky, S. V. Ferronsky. Springer, New York, 2010. $129.00 (299 pp.). ISBN 978-90-481-8722-5

Proximal Soil Sensing. R. A. Viscarra Rossel, A. B. McBratney, B. Minasny, eds. Progress in Soil Science. Springer, New York, 2010. $179.00 (446 pp.). ISBN 978-90-481-8858-1

Three-Dimensional Flows. V. Araújo, M. J. Pacifico. A Series of Modern Surveys in Mathematics 53. Springer, Berlin, 2010. $189.00 (358 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-11413-7

The Versatile Soliton. A. T. Filippov. Modern Birkhäuser Classics. Birkhäuser, Boston, 2010 [2000, reissued]. $59.95 paper (261 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8176-4973-9

A Window into Zeta and Modular Physics. K. Kirsten, F. L. Williams, eds. Mathematical Sciences Research Institute Publications 57. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2010. $90.00 (351 pp.). ISBN 978-0-521-19930-8