acoustics
A Geometry of Music: Harmony and Counterpoint in the Extended Common Practice. D. Tymoczko. Oxford Studies in Music Theory. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2011. $39.95 (450 pp.). ISBN 978-0-19-533667-2 Buy at Amazon
astronomy and astrophysics
Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems XX. I. N. Evans, A. Accomazzi, D. J. Mink, A. H. Rots, eds. Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series 442. Proc. conf., Boston, Nov. 2010. Astronomical Society of the Pacific, San Francisco, 2011. $77.00 (706 pp.). ISBN 978-1-58381-764-3 Buy at Amazon
Astronomical Spectroscopy: An Introduction to the Atomic and Molecular Physics of Astronomical Spectra. 2nd ed. J. Tennyson. World Scientific, Hackensack, NJ, 2011 [2005]. $65.00, $40.00 paper (223 pp.). ISBN 978-981-4291-96-5, ISBN 978-981-4291-97-2 paper Buy at Amazon
Black Holes. M. Livio, A. Koekemoer, eds. Space Telescope Science Institute 21. Proc. symp., Baltimore, MD, Apr. 2007. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2011. $115.00 (321 pp.). ISBN 978-1-10700-553-2 Buy at Amazon
Future Professional Communication in Astronomy II. A. Accomazzi, ed. Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings. Proc. colloq., Cambridge, MA, Apr. 2010. Springer, New York, 2011. $199.00 (147 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4419-8368-8 Buy at Amazon
The Galactic Center: A Window to the Nuclear Environment of Disk Galaxies. M. R. Morris, Q. D. Wang, F. Yuan, eds. Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series 439. Proc. wksp., Shanghai, China, Oct. 2009. Astronomical Society of the Pacific, San Francisco, 2011. $77.00 (494 pp.). ISBN 978-1-58381-758-2 Buy at Amazon
Physical Processes in Circumstellar Disks Around Young Stars. P. J. V. Garcia, ed. U. Chicago Press, Chicago, 2011. $150.00 $55.00 paper (422 pp.). ISBN 978-0-226-28228-2, ISBN 978-0-226-28229-9 paper Buy at Amazon
The Sky in Early Modern English Literature: A Study of Allusions to Celestial Events in Elizabethan and Jacobean Writing, 1572–1620. D. H. Levy. Springer, New York, 2011. $129.00 (111 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4419-7813-4 Buy at Amazon
atomic and molecular physics
Relativistic Many-Body Theory: A New Field-Theoretical Approach. I. Lindgren. Springer Series on Atomic, Optical, and Plasma Physics 63. Springer, New York, 2011. $169.00 (365 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4419-8308-4 Buy at Amazon
biological and medical physics
Fields, Forces, and Flows in Biological Systems. A. J. Grodzinsky. Garland Science/Taylor & Francis, New York, 2011. $120.00 (308 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8153-4212-0 Buy at Amazon
Trailblazing Medicine: Sustaining Explorers During Interplanetary Missions. E. Seedhouse. Springer-Praxis Books in Space Exploration. Praxis/Springer, New York, 2011. $34.95 paper (180 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4419-7828-8 Buy at Amazon
chemical physics
Annual Review of Physical Chemistry. Vol. 62. S. R. Leone, P. S. Cremer, J. T. Groves, M. A. Johnson, eds. Annual Reviews, Palo Alto, CA, 2011. $86.00 (681 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8243-1062-2 Buy at Amazon
Linear-Scaling Techniques in Computational Chemistry and Physics: Methods and Applications. R. Zaleśny, M. G. Papadopoulos, P. G. Mezey, J. Leszczynski, eds. Challenges and Advances in Computational Chemistry and Physics 13. Springer, New York, 2011. $309.00 (513 pp.). ISBN 978-90-481-2852-5 Buy at Amazon
computers and computational physics
Scientific Software Design: The Object-Oriented Way. D. Rouson, J. Xia, X. Xu. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2011. $99.00 (382 pp.). ISBN 978-0-521-88813-4 Buy at Amazon
condensed-matter physics
Colloids and the Depletion Interaction. H. N. W. Lekkerkerker, R. Tuinier. Lecture Notes in Physics 833. Springer, New York, 2011. $59.95 paper (233 pp.). ISBN 978-94-007-1222-5 Buy at Amazon
Computational Nanoscience: Applications for Molecules, Clusters, and Solids. K. Varga, J. A. Driscoll. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2011. $80.00 (431 pp.). ISBN 978-1-10700-170-1 Buy at Amazon
Condensed Matter Theories. Vol. 25. E. V. Ludeña, R. F. Bishop, P. Iza, eds. World Scientific, Hackensack, NJ, 2011. $130.00 (395 pp.). ISBN 978-981-4340-78-6 Buy at Amazon
Dynamics at Solid State Surfaces and Interfaces. Vol. 1: Current Developments. U. Bovensiepen, H. Petek, M. Wolf, eds. Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, Germany, 2010. $130.00 (619 pp.). ISBN 978-3-527-40937-2 Buy at Amazon
Fundamentals of the Physics of Solids. Vol. 3: Normal, Broken-Symmetry, and Correlated Systems. J. Sólyom. Springer, Berlin, 2010. $179.00 (746 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-04517-2 Buy at Amazon
Theory of High Temperature Superconductivity: A Conventional Approach. T. M. Mishonov, E. S. Penev. World Scientific, Hackensack, NJ, 2011. $88.00 (259 pp.). ISBN 978-981-4343-14-5 Buy at Amazon
Understanding Soft Condensed Matter Via Modeling and Computation. W. Hu, A.-C. Shi, eds. Series in Soft Condensed Matter 3. World Scientific, Hackensack, NJ, 2011. $118.00 (367 pp.). ISBN 978-981-4295-58-1 Buy at Amazon
cosmology and relativity
Geometry of Minkowski Space–Time. F. Catoni et al. Springer Briefs in Physics. Springer, Heidelberg, Germany, 2011. $49.95 paper (116 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-17976-1 Buy at Amazon
An Introduction to String Theory and D-Brane Dynamics: With Problems and Solutions. 2nd ed. R. J. Szabo. Imperial College Press, London, 2011 [2004]. $68.00 (148 pp.). ISBN 978-1-84816-622-6 Buy at Amazon
texts and education
Learning from Inquiry in Practice. L. Hunter, A. J. Metevier, eds. Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series 436. Proc. conf., Santa Cruz, CA, Jan. 2010. Astronomical Society of the Pacific, San Francisco, 2010. $77.00 (586 pp.). ISBN 978-1-58381-752-0 Buy at Amazon
Mechanics of Real Fluids. M. Rahman. WIT Press, Billerica, MA, 2011. $194.00 (229 pp.). ISBN 978-1-84564-502-1 Buy at Amazon
Particle Physics Experiments at High Energy Colliders. J. Hauptman. Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, Germany, 2011. $99.95 paper (210 pp.). ISBN 978-3-527-40825-2 Buy at Amazon
Physics: The First Science. P. Lindenfeld, S. W. Brahmia. Rutgers U. Press, Piscataway, NJ, 2011. $72.00 paper (366 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8135-4937-8 Buy at Amazon
Quantum Computation and Quantum Information: 10th Anniversary Edition. M. A. Nielsen, I. L. Chuang. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2010 [2009, reissued]. $75.00 (676 pp.). ISBN 978-1-10700-217-3 Buy at Amazon
Reliability in Scientific Research: Improving the Dependability of Measurements, Calculations, Equipment, and Software. I. R. Walker. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2011. $79.00 (587 pp.). ISBN 978-0-521-85770-3 Buy at Amazon
Research Methods for Science. M. P. Marder. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2011. $25.99 paper (227 pp.). ISBN 978-0-521-14584-8 Buy at Amazon
Science and the Educated American: A Core Component of Liberal Education. J. Meinwald, J. G. Hildebrand, eds. American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Cambridge, MA, 2010. $6.00 paper (262 pp.). ISBN 0-87724-088-4 Buy at Amazon
To Measure the Sky: An Introduction to Observational Astronomy. F. R. Chromey. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2010. $130.00, $55.00 paper (446 pp.). ISBN 978-0-521-76386-8, ISBN 978-0-521-74768-4 paper Buy at Amazon
theory and mathematical methods
Adaptation in Dynamical Systems. I. Tyukin. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2011. $120.00 (410 pp.). ISBN 978-0-521-19819-6 Buy at Amazon
Applications of Fourier Transforms to Generalized Functions. M. Rahman. WIT Press, Billerica, MA, 2011. $166.00 (170 pp.). ISBN 978-1-84564-564-9 Buy at Amazon
Blow-up Theories for Semilinear Parabolic Equations. B. Hu. Lecture Notes in Mathematics 2018. Springer, Berlin, 2011. $49.95 paper (127 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-18459-8 Buy at Amazon
Density Functional Theory: An Advanced Course. E. Engel, R. M. Dreizler. Theoretical and Mathematical Physics. Springer, Berlin, 2011. $129.00 (531 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-14089-1 Buy at Amazon
Discrete Mathematics. J. Gallier. Universitext. Springer, New York, 2011. $74.95 paper (465 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4419-8046-5 Buy at Amazon
Dynamical Symmetry. C. E. Wulfman. World Scientific, Hackensack, NJ, 2011. $109.00 (437 pp.). ISBN 978-981-4291-36-1 Buy at Amazon
Generalized Lorenz-Mie Theories. G. Gouesbet, G. Gréhan. Springer, Berlin, 2011. $179.00 (308 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-17193-2 Buy at Amazon
Introduction to Classical and Modern Analysis and Their Application to Group Representation Theory. D. Basu. World Scientific, Hackensack, NJ, 2011. $85.00, $58.00 paper (367 pp.). ISBN 978-981-4273-29-9, ISBN 978-981-4273-30-5 paper Buy at Amazon
Topology and Geometry for Physics. H. Eschrig. Lecture Notes in Physics 822. Springer, Berlin, 2011. $79.95 paper (389 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-14699-2 Buy at Amazon