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Good Vibrations: The Physics of Music. B. Parker. Johns Hopkins U. Press, Baltimore, MD, 2009. $27.95 (274 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8018-9264-6

Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems XVIII. D. A. Bohlender, D. Durand, P. Dowler, eds. Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series 411. Proc. wksp., Québec City, QC, Canada, Nov. 2008. Astronomical Society of the Pacific, San Francisco, 2009. $77.00 (588 pp.). ISBN 978-1-58381-702-5

Graduate School in Astronomy: XIII Special Courses at the National Observatory of Rio de Janeiro (XIII CCE). F. Roig, D. Lopes, R. de la Reza, V. Ortega, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 1192. Proc. sch., Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Oct. 2008. AIP, Melville, NY, 2009. $97.00 (141 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7354-0730-5

Gravity’s Fatal Attraction: Black Holes in the Universe. 2nd ed. M. Begelman, M. Rees. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2010 [1995]. $99.00, $36.99 paper (302 pp.). ISBN 978-0-521-88944-5, ISBN 978-0-521-71793-9 paper

High-Redshift Galaxies: Light from the Early Universe. I. Appenzeller. Astronomy and Astrophysics Library. Springer, Berlin, 2009. $99.00 (349 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-75823-5

Jets from Young Stars IV: From Models to Observations and Experiments. P. J. V. Garcia, J. M. Ferreira, eds. Lecture Notes in Physics 793. Springer, Berlin, 2010. $79.95 (252 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-02288-3

Preserving Astronomy’s Photographic Legacy: Current State and the Future of North American Astronomical Plates. W. Osborn, L. Robbins, eds. Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series 410. Proc. wksp., Rosman, NC, Nov. 2007. Astronomical Society of the Pacific, San Francisco, 2009. $77.00 (202 pp.). ISBN 978-1-58381-700-1

The Rainbow Sky: An Exploration of Colors in the Solar System and Beyond. T. Buick. Patrick Moore’s Practical Astronomy Series. Springer, New York, 2010. $34.95 paper (359 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4419-1052-3

How Physics Confronts Reality: Einstein Was Correct, but Bohr Won the Game. R. G. Newton. World Scientific, Hackensack, NJ, 2009. $54.00, $29.95 paper (147 pp.). ISBN 978-981-4277-02-0, ISBN 978-981-4277-03-7 paper

Laws and Lawmakers: Science, Metaphysics, and the Laws of Nature. M. Lange. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2009. $99.00, $24.95 paper (257 pp.). ISBN 978-0-19-532813-4, ISBN 978-0-19-532814-1 paper

National Geographic Concise History of Science and Invention: An Illustrated Time Line. J. Goddard, ed. National Geographic, Washington, DC, 2009. $40.00 (352 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4262-0544-6

Nuclear Insights: The Cold War Legacy. Vol. 2: Nuclear Threats and Prospects (A Knowledgeable Assessment). A. DeVolpi. Devolpi Inc., Oceanside, CA, 2009. $20.00 paper (394 pp.). ISBN 978-09777734-3-5

Perfect Rigor: A Genius and the Mathematical Breakthrough of the Century. M. Gessen. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, New York, 2009. $26.00 (242 pp.). ISBN 978-0-15-101406-4

Pluto Confidential: An Insider Account of the Ongoing Battles over the Status of Pluto. L. A. Marschall, S. P. Maran. Ben-Bella Books, Dallas, TX, 2009. $14.95 paper (223 pp.). ISBN 978-1-933771-80-9

Selected Papers on the Periodic Table. E. Scerri. Imperial College Press, London, 2009. $88.00 (143 pp.). ISBN 978-1-84816-425-3

Acoustic Microscopy. 2nd ed. G. A. D. Briggs, O. V. Kolosov. Monographs on the Physics and Chemistry of Materials. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2010 [1992]. $110.00 (356 pp.). ISBN 978-0-19-923273-4

Two-Dimensional X-Ray Diffraction. B. B. He. Wiley, Hoboken, NJ, 2009. $115.00 (426 pp.). ISBN 978-0-470-22722-0

Advances in the Casimir Effect. M. Bordag, G. L. Klimchitskaya, U. Mohideen, V. M. Mostepanenko. International Series of Monographs on Physics 145. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2009. $150.00 (749 pp.). ISBN 978-0-19-923874-3

Crystallography of Quasicrystals: Concepts, Methods and Structures. W. Steurer, S. Deloudi. Springer Series in Materials Science 126. Springer, Berlin, 2009. $159.00 (384 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-01898-5

Frontiers of Characterization and Metrology for Nanoelectronics. D. G. Seiler et al., eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 1173. Proc. conf., Albany, NY, May 2009. AIP, Melville, NY, 2009. $219.00 (398 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7354-0712-1, CD-ROM

High Density Data Storage: Principle, Technology, and Materials. Y. Song, D. Zhu, eds. World Scientific, Hackensack, NJ, 2009. $75.00 (263 pp.). ISBN 978-981-283-469-0

Seismic Design, Assessment and Retrofitting of Concrete Buildings: Based on EN-Eurocode 8. M. N. Fardis. Geotechnical, Geological and Earthquake Engineering 8. Springer, New York, 2009. $169.00 (743 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4020-9841-3

Selected Topics in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology. A. T. S. Wee, ed. World Scientific, Hackensack, NJ, 2009. $78.00 (259 pp.). ISBN 978-981-283-955-8

Transport in Nanostructures. 2nd ed. D. K. Ferry, S. M. Goodnick, J. Bird. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2009 [1997]. $99.00 (659 pp.). ISBN 978-0-521-87748-0

The Astronaut’s Cookbook: Tales, Recipes, and More. C. T. Bourland, G. L. Vogt. Springer, New York, 2010. $29.95 paper (219 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4419-0623-6

Doing Science: Design, Analysis, and Communication of Scientific Research. 2nd ed. I. Valiela. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2009 [2001]. $34.95 paper (333 pp.). ISBN 978-0-19-538573-1

Chaos: Concepts, Control and Constructive Use. Y. Bolotin, A. Tur, V. Yanovsky. Understanding Complex Systems. Springer, Berlin, 2009. $129.00 (198 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-00936-5

Discontinuous Dynamical Systems on Time-Varying Domains. A. C. J. Luo. Nonlinear Physical Science. Higher Education Press, Beijing, and Springer, Berlin, 2009. $189.00 (222 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-00252-6

Dynamics of Markets: The New Financial Economics. 2nd ed. J. L. McCauley. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2009 [2007]. $75.00 (270 pp.). ISBN 978-0-521-42962-7

From Leonardo to ITER: Nonlinear and Coherence Aspects. J. Weiland, ed. AIP Conference Proceedings 1177. Proc. wksp., Göteborg, Sweden, May 2009. AIP, Melville, NY, 2009. $99.00 paper (113 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7354-0716-9

Introduction to Modern Traffic Flow Theory and Control: The Long Road to Three-Phase Traffic Theory. B. S. Kerner. Springer, Berlin, 2009. $129.00 (265 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-02604-1

4th International Workshop on Nuclear Fission and Fission-Product Spectroscopy. A. Chatillon et al., eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 1175. Proc. wksp., Cadarache, France, May 2009. AIP, Melville, NY, 2009. $224.00 (419 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7354-0714-5

Physics of the Manhattan Project. B. C. Reed. Trafford, Victoria, BC, Canada, 2009. $16.50 paper (182 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4269-0079-2

The 7th International Conference on Laser Applications-ICLA 2009. M. A. Harith, ed. AIP Conference Proceedings 1172. Proc. conf., Cairo, Egypt, May 2009. AIP, Melville, NY, 2009. $99.00 paper (142 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7354-0711-4

Characterization of Partially Polarized Light Fields. R. Martínez-Herrero, P. M. Mejías, G. Piquero. Springer Series in Optical Sciences 147. Springer, Berlin, 2009. $129.00 (183 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-01326-3

Fundamentals of Guided-Wave Optoelectronic Devices. W. S. C. Chang. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2010. $75.00 (199 pp.). ISBN 978-0-521-86823-5

Optical Properties and Spectroscopy of Nanomaterials. J. Z. Zhang. World Scientific, Hackensack, NJ, 2009. $64.00, $38.00 paper (383 pp.). ISBN 978-981-283-664-9, ISBN 978-981-283-665-6 paper

Quantum Aspects of Light Propagation. A. Lukš, V. Peřinová. Springer, New York, 2009. $209.00 (477 pp.). ISBN 978-0-387-85589-9

Theoretical and Computational Nano-photonics (TaCoNa-Photonics 2009). D. N. Chigrin, ed. AIP Conference Proceedings 1176. Proc. wksp., Bad Honnef, Germany, Oct. 2009. AIP, Melville, NY, 2009. $129.00 paper (175 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7354-0715-2

Beta Beams: Neutrino Beams. M. Lindroos, M. Mezzetto. Imperial College Press, London, 2010. $78.00 (154 pp.). ISBN 978-1-84816-377-5

The Origin of Discrete Particles. T. Bastin, C. W. Kilmister. Series on Knots and Everything 42. World Scientific, Hackensack, NJ, 2009. $68.00 (180 pp.). ISBN 978-981-4261-67-8

Particle and Nuclear Physics at J-PARC. T. Sato, T. Takahashi, K. Yoshimura, eds. Lecture Notes in Physics 781. Springer, Berlin, 2009. $79.95 (265 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-00960-0

Lectures in Magnetohydrodynamics: With an Appendix on Extended MHD. D. D. Schnack. Lecture Notes in Physics 780. Springer, Berlin, 2009. $89.95 (323 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-00687-6

Did Time Begin? Will Time End? Maybe the Big Bang Never Occurred. P. H. Frampton. World Scientific, Hackensack, NJ, 2010. $28.00 (108 pp.). ISBN 978-981-4280-58-7

Exposed! Ouija, Firewalking, and Other Gibberish. H. Broch (translated from French by B. K. Holland). Johns Hopkins U. Press, Baltimore, MD, 2009 [2006]. $24.95 (149 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8018-9246-2

Far Out: A Space-Time Chronicle. M. Benson. Abrams, New York, 2009. $55.00 (328 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8109-4948-5

Mythematics: Solving the Twelve Labors of Hercules. M. Huber. Princeton U. Press, New York, 2009. $24.95 (183 pp.). ISBN 978-0-691-13575-5

The Physics of Superheroes: Spectacular Second Edition. J. Kakalios. Gotham Books, New York, 2009 [2005]. $16.00 paper (424 pp.). ISBN 978-1-592-40508-4

The Plasma Universe. C. Suplee. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2009. $20.99 paper (76 pp.). ISBN 978-0-521-51927-4

Quantum Leaps. J. Bernstein. Belknap Press/Harvard U. Press, Cambridge, MA, 2009. $18.95 (230 pp.). ISBN 978-0-674-03541-6

Radiation and Reason: The Impact of Science on a Culture of Fear. W. Allison. Wade Allison, Oxford, UK, 2009. $24.88 paper (211 pp.). ISBN 978-0-9562756-1-5

The Search for Extraterrestrials: Intercepting Alien Signals. M. Ross. Springer-Praxis Books in Popular Astronomy. Praxis/Springer, New York, 2009. $29.95 paper (171 pp.). ISBN 978-0-387-73453-8

When the Universe Took a U-Turn. B. G. Sidharth. World Scientific, Hackensack, NJ, 2010. $58.00 (186 pp.). ISBN 978-981-4277-81-5

Chips, Clones, and Living Beyond 100: How Far Will the Biosciences Take Us? P. J. H. Schoemaker, J. A. Schoemaker. FT Press/Pearson Education, Upper Saddle River, NJ, 2010. $24.99 (216 pp.). ISBN 978-0-13-715385-5

The Paradox of Scientific Authority: The Role of Scientific Advice in Democracies. W. E. Bijker, R. Bal, R. Hendriks. Inside Technology. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2009. $32.00 (223 pp.). ISBN 978-0-262-02658-1

Comets and the Origin of Life. J. Wickramasinghe, C. Wickramasinghe, W. Napier. World Scientific, Hackensack, NJ, 2010. $55.00 (221 pp.). ISBN 978-981-256-635-5

The Earth’s Plasmasphere: A CLUSTER and IMAGE Perspective. F. Darrouzet, J. De Keyser, V. Pierrard, eds. Springer, New York, 2009. $129.00 (296 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4419-1322-7

Totality: Eclipses of the Sun. 3rd ed. M. Littmann, F. Espenak, K. Willcox. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2009 [2008, reissued]. $18.95 paper (343 pp.). ISBN 978-0-19-956552-8

Basics of Statistical Physics: A Bachelor Degree Introduction. H. J. W. Müller-Kirsten. World Scientific, Hackensack, NJ, 2010. $58.00 (211 pp.). ISBN 978-981-4287-22-7

Entropy and Information. M. V. Volkenstein (translated from Russian by A. Shenitzer, R. G. Burns). Progress in Mathematical Physics 57. Birkhäuser, Boston, 2009. $59.95 (209 pp.). ISBN 978-3-0346-0077-4

Entropy Theory of Aging Systems: Humans, Corporations and the Universe. D. Hershey. Imperial College Press, London, 2010. $58.00 (264 pp.). ISBN 978-1-84816-292-1

A Guide to Monte Carlo Simulations in Statistical Physics. 3rd ed. D. P. Landau, K. Binder. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2009 [2005]. $75.00 (471 pp.). ISBN 978-0-521-76848-1

Quantum Statistical Mechanics. W. C. Schieve, L. P. Horwitz. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2009. $81.00 (414 pp.). ISBN 978-0-521-84146-7

Basic Physics for All. B. N. Kumar. University Press of America, Lanham, MD, 2009. $18.95 paper (80 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7618-4782-3

Classical and Relativistic Mechanics. D. Agmon, P. Gluck. World Scientific, Hackensack, NJ, 2009. $95.00, $68.00 paper (564 pp.). ISBN 978-981-283-669-4, ISBN 978-981-283-670-0 paper

Compendium of Quantum Physics: Concepts, Experiments, History and Philosophy. D. Greenberger, K. Hentschel, F. Weinert, eds. Springer, Berlin, 2009. $199.00 (901 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-70622-9

Concepts in Thermal Physics. 2nd ed. S. J. Blundell, K. M. Blundell. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2010 [2006]. $99.00, $55.00 paper (493 pp.). ISBN 978-0-19-956209-1, ISBN 978-0-19-956210-7 paper

Instant Egghead Guide: Physics. B. Clegg, Scientific American. St. Martin’s Griffin, New York, 2009. $14.99 paper (218 pp.). ISBN 978-0-312-59210-3

Introduction to Statistical Physics. 2nd ed. K. Huang. CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, FL, 2010 [2001]. $59.95 (318 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4200-7902-9

A Modern Course in Statistical Physics. 3rd rev. ed. L. E. Reichl. Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, Germany, 2009 [1998]. $130.00 paper (411 pp.). ISBN 978-3-527-40782-8

The New Physics: For the Twenty-First Century. G. Fraser, ed. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2009 [2006, reissued]. $34.99 paper (548 pp.). ISBN 978-0-521-14002-7

Non-relativistic Quantum Theory: Dynamics, Symmetry, and Geometry. K. S. Lam. World Scientific, Hackensack, NJ, 2009. $72.00 (441 pp.). ISBN 978-981-4271-79-0

Quantum Information. S. M. Barnett. Oxford Master Series in Atomic, Optical, and Laser Physics 16. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2009. $100.00, $49.95 paper (300 pp.). ISBN 978-0-19-852762-6, ISBN 978-0-19-852763-3 paper

Quantum Theory of Magnetism. W. Nolting, A. Ramakanth. Springer, Berlin, 2009. $99.00 (752 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-85415-9

Reading and Writing in Science: Tools to Develop Disciplinary Literacy. M. C. Grant, D. Fisher. Corwin/Sage, Thousand Oaks, CA, 2010. $52.95, $23.95 paper (100 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4129-5613-0, ISBN 978-1-4129-5614-7 paper

Spacetime, Geometry and Gravitation. P. Sharan. Progress in Mathematical Physics 56. Birkhäuser, Boston, 2009. $99.95 (355 pp.). ISBN 978-3-7643-9970-2

Statistical Field Theory: An Introduction to Exactly Solved Models in Statistical Physics. G. Mussardo. Oxford Graduate Texts. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2010. $99.00 (755 pp.). ISBN 978-0-19-954758-6

Vibrations and Waves. G. C. King. Manchester Physics Series. Wiley, Hoboken, NJ, 2009. $160.00, $60.00 paper (228 pp.). ISBN 978-0-470-01188-1, ISBN 978-0-470-01189-8 paper

theory and mathematical methods   Algebraic Topology: The Abel Symposium 2007. N. A. Baas, E. M. Friedlander, B. Jahren, P. A. Østvæer, eds. Abel Symposia 4. Proc. symp., Oslo, Norway, Aug. 2007. Springer, Berlin, 2009. $139.00 (409 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-01199-3

Analisando o Teorema de Pitágoras. J. C. V. Saraiva. Kosmos, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2009. $11.25 paper (81 pp.). ISBN 978-85-904882-5-5

Boundary Collocation Techniques and Their Application in Engineering. J. A. Kolodziej, A. P. Zieliński. WIT Press, Billerica, MA, 2009. $230.00 (320 pp.). ISBN 978-1-84564-394-2

Data Assimilation: The Ensemble Kalman Filter. 2nd ed. G. Evensen. Springer, Berlin, 2009 [2007]. $169.00 (307 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-03710-8

Dealing with Uncertainties: A Guide to Error Analysis. 2nd ed. M. Drosg. Springer, Berlin, 2009 [2007]. $129.00 (235 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-01383-6

Differential Equations — Geometry, Symmetries and Integrability: The Abel Symposium 2008. B. Kruglikov, V. Lychagin, E. Straume, eds. Abel Symposia 5. Proc. symp., Tromsø, Norway, June 2008. Springer, Berlin, 2009. $139.00 (386 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-00872-6

Geometric Mechanics and Symmetry: From Finite to Infinite Dimensions. D. D. Holm, T. Schmah, C. Stoica. Oxford Texts in Applied and Engineering Mathematics 12. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2009. $130.00, $60.00 paper (515 pp.). ISBN 978-0-19-921290-3, ISBN 978-0-19-921291-0 paper

Geometry and Physics. J. Jost. Springer, Berlin, 2009. $59.95 (217 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-00540-4

Groups and Symmetries: From Finite Groups to Lie Groups. Y. Kosmann-Schwarzbach (translated from French by S. F. Singer). Universitext. Springer, New York, 2010. $49.95 paper (194 pp.). ISBN 978-0-387-78865-4

Introduction to the Graphical Theory of Angular Momentum: Case Studies. E. Balcar, S. W. Lovesey. Springer Tracts in Modern Physics 234. Springer, Berlin, 2009. $159.00 (227 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-03117-5

New Trends in Mathematical Physics: Selected Contributions of the XVth International Congress on Mathematical Physics. V. Sidoravičius, ed. Springer, New York, 2009. $189.00 (872 pp.). ISBN 978-90-481-2809-9

Problems and Solutions in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics. 3rd ed. Vol. 1: Introductory Level. W.-H. Steeb. World Scientific, Hackensack, NJ, 2009 [2003]. $59.00, $35.00 paper (248 pp.). ISBN 978-981-4282-14-7, ISBN 978-981-4282-15-4 paper

Problems and Solutions in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics. 3rd ed. Vol. 2: Advanced Level. W.-H. Steeb. World Scientific, Hackensack, NJ, 2009 [2003]. $59.00, $35.00 paper (415 pp.). ISBN 978-981-4282-16-1, ISBN 978-981-4282-17-8 paper

Thermoelasticity with Finite Wave Speeds. J. Ignaczak, M. Ostoja-Starzewski. Oxford Mathematical Monographs. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2010. $130.00 (413 pp.). ISBN 978-0-19-954164-5

Variational Principles of Continuum Mechanics: I. Fundamentals. V. L. Berdichevsky. Interaction of Mechanics and Mathematics. Springer, Berlin, 2009. $89.95 paper (586 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-88466-8