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Arrays and Array Methods in Global Seismology. Y. J. Gu, ed. Springer, New York, 2010. $109.00 (273 pp.). ISBN 978-90-481-3679-7

Geophysical Hazards: Minimizing Risk, Maximizing Awareness. T. Beer, ed. International Year of Planet Earth. Springer, New York, 2010. $129.00 (262 pp.). ISBN 978-90-481-3235-5

Introduction to Numerical Geodynamic Modelling. T. V. Gerya. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2010. $70.00 (345 pp.). ISBN 978-0-521-88754-0

Landform—Structure, Evolution, Process Control: Proceedings of the International Symposium on Landform Organised by the Research Training Group 437. J.-C. Otto, R. Dikau, eds. Lecture Notes in Earth Sciences 115. Springer, Berlin, 2010. $149.00 (258 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-75760-3

Stochastic Physics and Climate Modelling. T. Palmer, P. Williams, eds. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2010. $150.00 (480 pp.). ISBN 978-0-521-76105-5

Atomic Obsession: Nuclear Alarmism from Hiroshima to Al-Qaeda. J. Mueller. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2010. $27.95 (319 pp.). ISBN 978-0-19-538136-8

The Babylonian Theorem: The Mathematical Journey to Pythagoras and Euclid. P. S. Rudman. Prometheus Books, Amherst, NY, 2010. $26.00 (248 pp.). ISBN 978-1-59102-773-7

Cosmic Noise: A History of Early Radio Astronomy. W. T. Sullivan III. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2009. $140.00 (542 pp.). ISBN 978-0-521-76524-4

Crafting the Quantum: Arnold Sommerfeld and the Practice of Theory, 1890–1926. S. Seth. Transformations: Studies in the History of Science and Technology. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2010. $32.00 (378 pp.). ISBN 978-0-262-01373-4

Einstein and Oppenheimer: The Meaning of Genius. S. S. Schweber. Harvard U. Press, Cambridge, MA, 2009 [2008, reissued]. $18.95 paper (412 pp.). ISBN 978-0-674-03452-5

Erich Hückel (1896–1980): From Physics to Quantum Chemistry. A. Karachalios (translated from German by A. M. Hentschel). Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science 283. Springer, New York, 2010. $139.00 (200 pp.). ISBN 978-90-481-3559-2

Evolution: The Modern Synthesis. Definitive ed. J. Huxley. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2010 [1942]. $35.00 paper (770 pp.). ISBN 978-0-262-51366-1

From Clockwork to Crapshoot: A History of Physics. R. G. Newton. Belknap Press/Harvard U. Press, Cambridge, MA, 2010 [2007, reissued]. $17.95 paper (340 pp.). ISBN 978-0-674-03487-7

The Great Ocean of Truth: Memories of “Hudson-70”, the First Circumnavigation of the Americas. P. Wadhams. Melrose Books/Melrose Press, Cambridgeshire, UK, 2009. $25.85 paper (378 pp.). ISBN 978-1-907040-30-6

Heisenberg in the Atomic Age: Science and the Public Sphere. C. Carson. Publications of the German Historical Institute. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2010. $80.00 (541 pp.). ISBN 978-0-521-82170-4

The Life of Stars: The Controversial Inception and Emergence of the Theory of Stellar Structure. G. Shaviv. Hebrew University Magnes Press, Jersusalem, and Springer, Berlin, 2009. $129.00 (504 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-02087-2

Manhattan Project to the Santa Fe Institute: The Memoirs of George A. Cowan. G. A. Cowan. U. New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, 2010. $27.95 (175 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8263-4870-8

On Fact and Fraud: Cautionary Tales from the Front Lines of Science. D. Goodstein. Princeton U. Press, Princeton, NJ, 2010. $22.95 (168 pp.). ISBN 978-0-691-13966-1

Women in Early British and Irish Astronomy: Stars and Satellites. M. Brück. Springer, New York, 2009. $129.00 (277 pp.). ISBN 978-90-481-2472-5

LACAME 2008. J. Desimoni et al., eds. Proc. conf., La Plata, Argentina, Nov. 2008. Springer, Berlin, 2010. $189.00 (280 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-10763-4

Materials Science with Ion Beams. H. Bernas, ed. Topics in Applied Physics 116. Springer, Berlin, 2010. $209.00 (376 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-88788-1

The Physics of Metrology: All About Instruments, from Trundle Wheels to Atomic Clocks. A. J. Hebra. Springer, New York, 2010. $139.00 (383 pp.). ISBN 978-3-211-78380-1

Reviews of Accelerator Science and Technology. Vol. 2: Medical Applications of Accelerators. A. W. Chao, W. Chou, eds. World Scientific, Hackensack, NJ, 2009. $108.00 (312 pp.). ISBN 978-981-4299-34-3

Single Molecule Spectroscopy in Chemistry, Physics and Biology: Nobel Symposium. A. Gräslund, R. Rigler, J. Widengren, eds. Springer Series in Chemical Physics 96. Proc. symp., Stockholm, June 2008. Springer, Berlin, 2010. $179.00 (572 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-02596-9

Solid-State Spectroscopy: An Introduction. 2nd ed. H. Kuzmany. Springer, Berlin, 2009 [1998]. $99.00 (554 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-01478-9

WIRMS 2009: 5th International Workshop on Infrared Microscopy and Spectroscopy with Accelerator Based Sources. A. Predoi-Cross, B. E. Billing-hurst, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 1214. Proc. wksp., Banff, AB, Canada, Sept. 2009. AIP, Melville, NY, 2010. $107.00 (113 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7354-0757-2

Basic Semiconductor Physics. 2nd ed. C. Hamaguchi. Springer, Berlin, 2010 [2001]. $99.00 (570 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-03302-5

Bonds and Bands in Semiconductors. 2nd ed. J. C. Phillips, G. Lucovsky. Momentum Press, New York, 2010 [1973]. $89.95 (318 pp.). ISBN 978-1-60650-133-7

Diffuse X-Ray Scattering and Models of Disorder. T. R. Welberry. IUCr Monographs on Crystallography 16. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2010 [2004, reissued]. $65.00 paper (266 pp.). ISBN 978-0-19-958381-2

Electronic Structure and Magnetism of 3d-Transition Metal Pnictides. K. Motizuki, H. Ido, T. Itoh, M. Morifuji. Springer Series in Materials Science 131. Springer, Berlin, 2009. $129.00 (142 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-03419-0

High-Temperature Superconductors. A. K. Saxena. Springer Series in Materials Science 125. Springer, Berlin, 2010. $159.00 (223 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-00711-8

Introduction to Space Charge Effects in Semiconductors. K. W. Böer. Springer Series in Solid-State Sciences 160. Springer, Berlin, 2010. $159.00 (331 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-02235-7

Introduction to Thermoelectricity. H. J. Goldsmid. Springer Series in Materials Science 121. Springer, Berlin, 2010. $129.00 (242 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-00715-6

Laser-Surface Interactions for New Materials Production: Tailoring Structure and Properties. A. Miotello, P. M. Ossi, eds. Springer Series in Materials Science 130. Springer, Berlin, 2010. $159.00 (358 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-03306-3

The Science of Construction Materials. P. F. Hansen; O. M. Jensen, ed. (translated from Danish by O. M. Jensen, K. Aakjær). Springer, Berlin, 2009. $169.00 (308 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-70897-1

Shock Wave Science and Technology Reference Library. Vol. 5: Non-Shock Initiation of Explosives. B. W. Asay, ed. Shock Wave Science and Technology Reference Library. Springer, Berlin, 2010. $179.00 (614 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-87952-7

Thermal Nanosystems and Nanomaterials. S. Volz, ed. Topics in Applied Physics 118. Springer, Berlin, 2009. $179.00 (587 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-04257-7

Evaluating Measurement Accuracy: A Practical Approach. S. G. Rabinovich. Springer, New York, 2010. $129.00 (271 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4419-1455-2

TIME — From Earth Rotation to Atomic Physics. D. D. McCarthy, P. K. Seidelmann. Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, Germany, 2009. $145.00 (351 pp.). ISBN 978-3-527-40780-4

Probabilistic Boolean Networks: The Modeling and Control of Gene Regulatory Networks. I. Shmulevich, E. R. Dougherty. SIAM, Philadelphia, 2010. $59.00 paper (267 pp.). ISBN 978-0-898716-92-4

A Shock-Fitting Primer. M. D. Salas. Chapman & Hall/CRC Applied Mathematics and Nonlinear Science Series. CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, FL, 2010. $129.95 (400 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4398-0758-3, CD-ROM

Isotope Effects: In the Chemical, Geological, and Bio Sciences. M. Wolfsberg, W. A. Van Hook, P. Paneth, L. P. N. Rebelo. Springer, New York, 2010. $199.00 (466 pp.). ISBN 978-90-481-2264-6

Nuclear Physics Methods and Accelerators in Biology and Medicine. A. Dubnickova et al., eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 1204. Proc. sch., Bratislava, Slovak Republic, July 2009. AIP, Melville, NY, 2009. $149.00 (267 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7354-0741-1

The 2nd International Conference on Ultra-Intense Laser Interaction Science (ULIS 2009). A. Gamucci, A. Giulietti, L. Labate, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 1209. Proc. conf., Frascati (Rome), Italy, May 2009. AIP, Melville, NY, 2010. $119.00 (152 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7354-0746-6

Fiber Optics: Physics and Technology. F. Mitschke. Springer, Berlin, 2009. $99.00 (301 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-03702-3

Integrated Silicon Optoelectronics. 2nd ed. H. Zimmermann. Springer Series in Optical Sciences 148. Springer, Berlin, 2010 [2000]. $159.00 (385 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-01520-5

Lens Design Fundamentals. 2nd ed. R. Kingslake, R. B. Johnson. Academic Press/Elsevier, Burlington, MA, 2010 [1978]. $99.95 (549 pp.). ISBN 978-0-12-374301-5

Modern Theory of Gratings: Resonant Scattering—Analysis Techniques and Phenomena. Y. K. Sirenko, S. Ström, eds. Springer Series in Optical Sciences 153. Springer, New York, 2010. $179.00 (390 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4419-1199-5

Photonic Crystals: Physics and Practical Modeling. I. A. Sukhoivanov, I. V. Guryev. Springer Series in Optical Sciences 152. Springer, Berlin, 2009. $129.00 (242 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-02645-4

Progress in Ultrafast Intense Laser Science V. K. Yamanouchi, A. Giulietti, K. Ledingham, eds. Springer Series in Chemical Physics 98. Springer, Berlin, 2010. $129.00 (212 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-03824-2

At the Leading Edge: The ATLAS and CMS LHC Experiments. D. Green, ed. World Scientific, Hackensack, NJ, 2010. $120.00, $58.00 paper (436 pp.). ISBN 978-981-4277-61-7, ISBN 978-981-4304-67-2 paper

Group Theory for the Standard Model of Particle Physics and Beyond. K. J. Barnes. Series in High Energy Physics, Cosmology, and Gravitation. CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, FL, 2010. $59.95 (241 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4200-7874-9

Intersections of Particle and Nuclear Physics: Proceedings of the 10th International

Conference. M. L. Marshak, ed. AIP Conference Proceedings 1182. Proc. conf., San Diego, CA, May 2009. AIP, Melville, NY, 2009. $399.00 (975 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7354-0723-7

Lepton Dipole Moments. B. L. Roberts, W. J. Marciano, eds. Advanced Series on Directions in High Energy Physics 20. World Scientific, Hackensack, NJ, 2010. $145.00 (757 pp.). ISBN 978-981-4271-83-7

The Little Book of String Theory. S. S. Gubser. Science Essentials. Princeton U. Press, Princeton, NJ, 2010. $19.95 (174 pp.). ISBN 978-0-691-14289-0

Murray Gell-Mann: Selected Papers. H. Fritzsch, ed. World Scientific Series in 20th Century Physics 40. World Scientific, Hackensack, NJ, 2010. $105.00, $48.00 paper (449 pp.). ISBN 978-981-283-684-7, ISBN 978-981-4261-62-3 paper

The Physics of the Quark–Gluon Plasma: Introductory Lectures. S. Sarkar, H. Satz, B. Sinha, eds. Lecture Notes in Physics 785. Springer, Berlin, 2010. $89.95 (369 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-02285-2

Quantum Chromodynamics: Perturbative and Nonperturbative Aspects. B. L. Ioffe, V. S. Fadin, L. N. Lipatov. Cambridge Monographs on Particle Physics, Nuclear Physics and Cosmology 30. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2010. $180.00 (585 pp.). ISBN 978-0-521-63148-8

Quantum Chromodynamics on the Lattice: An Introductory Presentation. C. Gattringer, C. B. Lang. Lecture Notes in Physics 788. Springer, Berlin, 2010. $89.95 (343 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-01849-7

Quark–Gluon Plasma 4. R. C. Hwa, X.-N. Wang, eds. World Scientific, Hackensack, NJ, 2010. $118.00 (437 pp.). ISBN 978-981-4293-28-0

Self-Force and Inertia: Old Light on New Ideas. S. N. Lyle. Lecture Notes in Physics 796. Springer, Berlin, 2010. $89.95 (405 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-04784-8

Antimatter. F. Close. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2010 [2009, reissued]. $12.95 paper (166 pp.). ISBN 978-0-19-957887-0

The Battery: How Portable Power Sparked a Technological Revolution. H. Schlesinger. Smithsonian Books/HarperCollins, New York, 2010. $25.99 (308 pp.). ISBN 978-0-06-144293-3

Cremona Violins: A Physicist’s Quest for the Secrets of Stradivari. K. C. Wali. World Scientific, Hackensack, NJ, 2010. $49.00, $35.00 paper (157 pp.). ISBN 978-981-279-109-2, ISBN 978-981-279-110-8 paper, DVD-ROM

The Edge of Physics: A Journey to Earth’s Extremes to Unlock the Secrets of the Universe. A. Ananthaswamy. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, New York, 2010. $25.00 (322 pp.). ISBN 978-0-618-88468-1

Einstein’s Telescope: The Hunt for Dark Matter and Dark Energy in the Universe. E. Gates. W. W. Norton, New York, 2010 [2009, reissued]. $16.95 paper (305 pp.). ISBN 978-0-393-33801-0

From Eternity to Here: The Quest for the Ultimate Theory of Time. S. Carroll. Dutton, New York, 2010. $26.95 (438 pp.). ISBN 978-0-525-95133-9

Guidebook for the Scientific Traveler: Visiting Physics and Chemistry Sites Across America. D. S. Nickell. The Scientific Traveler. Rutgers U. Press, New Brunswick, NJ, 2010. $19.95 paper (258 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8135-4730-5

Hollywood Science: Movies, Science, and the End of the World. S. Perkowitz. Columbia U. Press, New York, 2010 [2007, reissued]. $18.95 paper (255 pp.). ISBN 978-0-231-14281-6

In Praise of Science: Curiosity, Understanding, and Progress. S. Bais. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2010. $24.95 (192 pp.). ISBN 978-0-262-01435-9

Nuclear Weapons: What You Need to Know. J. Bernstein. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2010 [2008, reissued]. $19.99 paper (299 pp.). ISBN 978-0-521-12637-3

The Physics of Soccer: Using Math and Science to Improve Your Game. D. Badiru. iUniverse, Bloomington, IN, 2010. $32.95, $22.95 paper (296 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4401-9226-5, ISBN 978-1-4401-9224-1 paper

A User’s Guide to the Universe: Surviving the Perils of Black Holes, Time Paradoxes, and Quantum Uncertainty. D. Goldberg, J. Blomquist. Wiley, Hoboken, NJ, 2010. $24.95 (296 pp.). ISBN 978-0-470-49651-0

Voyage to the Heart of Matter: The ATLAS Experiment at CERN. A. Radevsky, E. Sanders. Papadakis, Winterbourne, Berkshire, UK, 2009. $27.54 (8 pp.). ISBN 978-1-906506-06-3 pop-up book

What If the Earth Had Two Moons? And Nine Other Thought-Provoking Speculations on the Solar System. N. F. Comins. St. Martin’s Press, New York, 2010. $26.99 (288 pp.). ISBN 978-0-312-59892-1

A Zeptospace Odyssey: A Journey into the Physics of the LHC. G. F. Giudice. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2010. $45.00 (276 pp.). ISBN 978-0-19-958191-7

At the Edge of the Solar System: Icy New Worlds Unveiled. A. Doressoundiram, E. Lellouch (translated from French by B. Mizon). Springer-Praxis Books in Popular Astronomy. Praxis/Springer, New York, 2010. $34.95 paper (205 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4419-0864-3