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Amateur Telescope Making in the Internet Age: Finding Parts, Getting Help, and More. R. L. Clark. Patrick Moore’s Practical Astronomy Series. Springer, New York, 2011. $34.95 paper (204 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4419-6414-4

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Asteroids and Dwarf Planets and How to Observe Them. R. Dymock. Astronomers’ Observing Guides. Springer, New York, 2010. $39.95 paper (248 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4419-6438-0

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Library and Information Services in Astronomy VI: 21st Century Astronomy Librarianship, From New Ideas to Action. E. Isaksson, J. Lagerstrom, A. Holl, N. Bawdekar, eds. Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series 433. Proc. conf., Pune, India, Feb. 2010. Astronomical Society of the Pacific, San Francisco, 2010. $77.00 (359 pp.). ISBN 978-1-58381-746-9

The Radio Sky and How to Observe It. J. Lashley. Astronomers’ Observing Guides. Springer, New York, 2010. $34.95 paper (236 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4419-0882-7

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X-Ray Polarimetry: A New Window in Astrophysics. R. Bellazzini, E. Costa, G. Matt, G. Tagliaferri, eds. Cambridge Contemporary Astrophysics. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2010. $125.00 (362 pp.). ISBN 978-0-521-19184-5

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

Biomaterials: A Tantalus Experience. J. A. Helsen, Y. Missirlis. Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering. Springer, Berlin, 2010. $169.00 (340 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-12531-7

Environmental Radiation Effects on Mammals: A Dynamical Modeling Approach. O. A. Smirnova. Springer, New York, 2011. $129.00 (214 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4419-7212-5

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Theoretical Alchemy: Modeling Matter. W. Harrison. World Scientific, Hackensack, NJ, 2010. $64.00, $28.00 paper (196 pp.). ISBN 978-981-4322-13-3, ISBN 978-981-4322-14-0 paper

Theoretical and Experimental Sonochemistry Involving Inorganic Systems. Pankaj, M. Ashokkumar, eds. Springer, New York, 2011. $189.00 (404 pp.). ISBN 978-90-481-3886-9

Adaptive Control of Robot Manipulators: A Unified Regressor-Free Approach. A.-C. Huang, M.-C. Chien. World Scientific, Hackensack, NJ, 2010. $99.00 (262 pp.). ISBN 978-981-4307-41-3

The Allure of Machinic Life: Cybernetics, Artificial Life, and the New AI. J. Johnston. Bradford Books. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2010 [2008, reissued]. $20.00 paper (461 pp.). ISBN 978-0-262-51502-3

Analysis and Synthesis of Computer Systems. 2nd ed. E. Gelenbe, I. Mitrani. Advances in Computer Science and Engineering: Texts 4. Imperial College Press, London, 2010. $99.00 (313 pp.). ISBN 978-1-84816-395-9

Computational Intelligence in Complex Decision Systems. D. Ruan, ed. Atlantis Computational Intelligence Systems 2. Atlantis Press, Paris, and World Scientific, Hackensack, NJ, 2010. $115.00 (388 pp.). ISBN 978-90-78677-27-7

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High Performance Computing on Vector Systems 2010. M. Resch et al., eds. Springer, Berlin, 2010. $124.00 (198 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-11850-0

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Quality and Reliability of Large-Eddy Simulations II. M. V. Salvetti, B. Geurts, J. Meyers, P. Sagaut, eds. ERCOFTAC Series 16. Proc. wksp., Pisa, Italy, Sept. 2009. Springer, New York, 2011. $259.00 (430 pp.). ISBN 978-94-007-0230-1

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Information and the Nature of Reality: From Physics to Metaphysics. P. Davies, N. H. Gregersen, eds. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2010. $30.00 (382 pp.). ISBN 978-0-521-76225-0

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Boron Rich Solids: Sensors, Ultra High Temperature Ceramics, Thermoelectrics, Armor. N. Orlovskaya, M. Lugovy, eds. NATO Science for Peace and Security Series B: Physics and Biophysics. Proc. wksp., Orlando, FL, Dec. 2009. Springer, Dordrecht, the Netherlands, 2011. $229.00, $119.00 paper (330 pp.). ISBN 978-90-481-9817-7, ISBN 978-90-481-9823-8 paper

The MOCVD Challenge: A Survey of GaInAsP-InP and GaInAsP-GaAs for Photonic and Electronic Device Applications. 2nd ed. M. Razeghi. Electronic Materials and Devices Series. CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, FL, 2011 [1995]. $199.99 (779 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4398-0698-2

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Moonshine: The First Quarter Century and Beyond. J. Lepowsky, J. McKay, M. P. Tuite, eds. London Mathematical Society Lecture Note Series 372. Proc. wksp., Edinburgh, UK, July 2004. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2010. $78.00 paper (403 pp.). ISBN 978-0-521-10664-1

Nonlinear Markov Processes and Kinetic Equations. V. N. Kolokoltsov. Cambridge Tracts in Mathematics 182. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2010. $75.00 (375 pp.). ISBN 978-0-521-11184-3

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Szegő’s Theorem and Its Descendants: Spectral Theory for L2 Perturbations of Orthogonal Polynomials. B. Simon. M. B. Porter Lectures. Princeton U. Press, Princeton, NJ, 2011. $110.00 (650 pp.). ISBN 978-0-691-14704-8

Variational Principles in Mathematical Physics, Geometry, and Economics: Qualitative Analysis of Nonlinear Equations and Unilateral Problems. A. Kristály, V. D. Rădulescu, C. G. Varga. Encyclopedia of Mathematics and Its Applications 136. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2010. $99.00 (368 pp.). ISBN 978-0-521-11782-1

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