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From Black Clouds to Black Holes. 3rd ed. J. V. Narlikar. World Scientific Series in Astronomy and Astrophysics 13. World Scientific, Hackensack, NJ, 2012 [1995]. $58.00 (202 pp.). ISBN 978-981-4350-37-2 Buy at Amazon

The Ninth Pacific Rim Conference on Stellar Astrophysics. S. Qian, K.-C. Leung, L. Zhu, S. Kwok, eds. Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series 451. Proc. conf., Lijiang, China, Apr. 2011. Astronomical Society of the Pacific, San Francisco, 2012. $77.00 (360 pp.). ISBN 978-1-58381-784-1 Buy at Amazon

One-Shot Color Astronomical Imaging: In Less Time, for Less Money! L. A. Kennedy. Patrick Moore’s Practical Astronomy Series. Springer, New York, 2012. $39.95 paper (191 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4614-3246-3 Buy at Amazon

Planetary Systems Beyond the Main Sequence. S. Schuh, H. Drechsel, U. Heber, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 1331. Proc. conf., Bamberg, Germany, Aug. 2010. AIP, Melville, NY, 2011. $146.00 paper (359 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7354-0886-9 Buy at Amazon

The Star Atlas Companion: What You Need to Know About the Constellations. P. M. Bagnall. Springer-Praxis Books in Popular Astronomy. Praxis/Springer, New York, 2012. $44.95 paper (486 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4614-0829-1 Buy at Amazon

The Synthesis of the Elements: The Astrophysical Quest for Nucleosynthesis and What It Can Tell Us About the Universe. G. Shaviv. Astrophysics and Space Science Library 387. Springer, Berlin, 2012. $229.00 (684 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-28384-0 Buy at Amazon

Processes in Isotopes and Molecules (PIM 2011). M. D. Lazar, ed. AIP Conference Proceedings 1425. Proc. conf., Cluj-Napoca, Romania, Oct. 2011. AIP, Melville, NY, 2012. $140.00 paper (195 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7354-1005-3 Buy at Amazon

Annual Review of Biophysics. Vol. 41. D. C. Rees, K. A. Dill, J. R. Williamson, eds. Annual Reviews, Palo Alto, CA, 2012. $89.00 (613 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8243-1841-3 Buy at Amazon

Correction Techniques in Emission Tomography. M. Dawood, X. Jiang, K. Schäfers, eds. Series in Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering. CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, FL, 2012. $119.95 (265 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4398-1298-3 Buy at Amazon

Migration on Wings: Aerodynamics and Energetics. L. Kantha. Springer Briefs in Applied Sciences and Technology. Springer, Heidelberg, 2012. $49.95 paper (83 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-27924-9 Buy at Amazon

Molecular Theory of the Living Cell: Concepts, Molecular Mechanisms, and Biomedical Applications. S. Ji. Springer, New York, 2012. $219.00 (748 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4614-2151-1 Buy at Amazon

Patch Clamp Techniques: From Beginning to Advanced Protocols. Y. Okada, ed. Springer Protocols Handbooks. Springer, Tokyo, 2012. $139.00 (439 pp.). ISBN 978-4-431-53992-6 Buy at Amazon

Principles of Diffuse Light Propagation: Light Propagation in Tissues with Applications in Biology and Medicine. J. R. Lorenzo. World Scientific, Hackensack, NJ, 2012. $118.00 (336 pp.). ISBN 978-981-4293-76-1 Buy at Amazon

2nd International Conference on Methods and Models in Science and Technology (ICM2ST-11). R. B. Patel, B. P. Singh, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 1414. Proc. conf., Jaipur, India, Nov. 2011. AIP, Melville, NY, 2011. $151.00 paper (272 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7354-0991-0 Buy at Amazon

Advances in Mathematical and Computational Methods: Addressing Modern Challenges of Science, Technology, and Society. I. Kotsireas, R. Melnik, B. West, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 1368. Proc. conf., Waterloo, Canada, July 2011. AIP, Melville, NY, 2011. $169.00 (333 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7354-0928-6 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

15th International Conference on Narrow Gap Systems (NGS15). G. A. Khodaparast, M. B. Santos, C. J. Stanton, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 1416. Proc. conf., Blacksburg, VA, Aug. 2011. AIP, Melville, NY, 2011. $133.00 paper (200 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7354-0993-4 Buy at Amazon

Exciton Polaritons in Microcavities: New Frontiers. D. Sanvitto, V. Timofeev, eds. Springer Series in Solid-State Sciences 172. Springer, Berlin, 2012. $179.00 (401 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-24185-7 Buy at Amazon

Lectures on the Physics of Strongly Correlated Systems XV. A. Avella, F. Mancini, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 1419. Proc. course, Vietri sul Mare, Italy, Oct. 2010. AIP, Melville, NY, 2011. $150.00 (277 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7354-0996-5 Buy at Amazon

Modern Theories of Many-Particle Systems in Condensed Matter Physics. D. C. Cabra, A. Honecker, P. Pujol, eds. Lectures Notes in Physics 843. Springer, Berlin, 2012. $89.95 paper (368 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-10448-0 Buy at Amazon

Quantum Dissipative Systems. 4th ed. U. Weiss. World Scientific, Hackensack, NJ, 2012 [2008]. $84.00 paper (566 pp.). ISBN 978-981-4374-91-0 Buy at Amazon

3+1 Formalism in General Relativity: Bases of Numerical Relativity. É. Gourgoulhon. Lecture Notes in Physics 846. Springer, Berlin, 2012. $59.95 paper (294 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-24524-4 Buy at Amazon

VIII Workshop of the Gravitation and Mathematical Physics Division of the Mexican Physical Society. L. A. Ureña-López et al., eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 1396. Proc. wksp., Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Mexico, Nov. 2010. AIP, Melville, NY, 2011. $135.00 paper (220 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7354-0969-9 Buy at Amazon

The Twelfth Marcel Grossmann Meeting. Parts A–C. T. Damour, R. T. Jantzen, R. Ruffini, eds. Proc. mtg., Paris, July 2009. World Scientific, Hackensack, NJ, 2012. $490.00 set (2475 pp. set ). ISBN 978-981-4374-51-4 Buy at Amazon

Vignettes in Gravitation and Cosmology. L. Sriramkumar, T. R. Seshadri, eds. World Scientific, Hackensack, NJ, 2012. $94.00 (271 pp.). ISBN 978-981-4322-06-5 Buy at Amazon

Atomic Scale Interconnection Machines. C. Joachim, ed. Advances in Atom and Single Molecule Machines. Proc. wksp., Singapore, June 2011. Springer, Berlin, 2012. $199.00 (244 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-28171-6 Buy at Amazon

Compound Semiconductor Radiation Detectors. A. Owens. Series in Sensors. CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, FL, 2012. $129.95 (521 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4398-7312-0 Buy at Amazon

Power Electronic Packaging: Design, Assembly Process, Reliability and Modeling. Y. Liu. Springer, New York, 2012. $229.00 (591 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4614-1052-2 Buy at Amazon

Efficiency Evaluation of Energy Systems. M. Kanoğlu, Y. A. Çengel, İ. Dinçer. Springer Briefs in Energy. Springer, New York, 2012. $49.95 paper (170 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4614-2241-9 Buy at Amazon

Physics of Sustainable Energy II: Using Energy Efficiently and Producing It Renewably. D. Hafemeister, D. Kammen, B. G. Levi, P. Schwartz. AIP Conference Proceedings 1401. Proc. conf., Berkeley, CA, Mar. 2011. AIP, Melville, NY, 2011. $178.00 (487 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7354-0972-9 Buy at Amazon

The 7th International Symposium on Measurement Techniques for Multiphase Flows. F. Dong, X. Cai, Y. Murai, C. Tan, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 1428. Proc. symp., Tianjin, China, Sept. 2011. AIP, Melville, NY, 2012. $170.00 paper (389 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7354-1011-4 Buy at Amazon

Flux-Corrected Transport: Principles, Algorithms, and Applications. 2nd ed. D. Kuzmin, R. Löhner, S. Turek, eds. Scientific Computation. Springer, Dordrecht, the Netherlands, 2012 [2005]. $129.00 (451 pp.). ISBN 978-94-007-4037-2 Buy at Amazon

Tracer Technology: Modeling the Flow of Fluids. O. Levenspiel. Fluid Mechanics and Its Applications 96. Springer, New York, 2012. $129.00 (137 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4419-8073-1 Buy at Amazon

Turbomachinery Flow Physics and Dynamic Performance. 2nd ed. M. T. Schobeiri. Springer, Berlin, 2012 [2005]. $229.00 (725 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-24674-6 Buy at Amazon

Turbulence, Coherent Structures, Dynamical Systems and Symmetry. 2nd ed. P. Holmes, J. L. Lumley, G. Berkooz, C. W. Rowley. Cambridge Monographs on Mechanics. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2012 [1998]. $90.00 (386 pp.). ISBN 978-1-107-00825-0 Buy at Amazon

Active Faults of the World. R. Yeats. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2012. $85.00 (621 pp.). ISBN 978-0-521-19085-5 Buy at Amazon

Atmospheric Temperature Profiles of the Northern Hemisphere: A Compendium of Data. Y. P. Yee, K. Y. Yee, E. Y. Yee. Springer Atmospheric Sciences. Springer, New York, 2012. $179.00 (314 pp.). ISBN 978-94-007-4028-0 Buy at Amazon

The Continental Drift Controversy. Vol. 3: Introduction of Seafloor Spreading. H. R. Frankel. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2012. $130.00 (476 pp.). ISBN 978-0-521-87506-6 Buy at Amazon

Deep Crustal Structure of the Son–Narmada–Tapti Lineament, Central India. G. D. Naidu. Springer Theses. Springer, Berlin, 2012. $129.00 (147 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-28441-0 Buy at Amazon

The Magnetotelluric Method: Theory and Practice. A. D. Chave, A. G. Jones, eds. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2012. $150.00 (552 pp.). ISBN 978-0-521-81927-5 Buy at Amazon

Terrigenous Mass Movements: Detection, Modelling, Early Warning and Mitigation Using Geoinformation Technology. B. Pradhan, M. Buchroithner, eds. Springer, Berlin, 2012. $179.00 (398 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-25494-9 Buy at Amazon

Alan M. Turing: Centenary Edition. S. Turing. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2012 [1959]. $29.99 (169 pp.). ISBN 978-1-107-02058-0 Buy at Amazon

Ancient Astronomical Observations and the Study of the Moon’s Motion (1691–1757). J. M. Steele. Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences. Springer, New York, 2012. $124.00 (158 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4614-2148-1 Buy at Amazon

A Brief History of Radio Astronomy in the USSR: A Collection of Scientific Essays. S. Y. Braude et al., eds; K. I. Kellerman, English translation ed. (translated from Russian by D. C. Gabuzda). Astrophysics and Space Science Library 382. Springer, New York, 2012. $129.00 (251 pp.). ISBN 978-94-007-2833-2 Buy at Amazon

The Day the World Discovered the Sun: An Extraordinary Story of Scientific Adventure and the Race to Track the Transit of Venus. M. Anderson. Da Capo Press, Boston, 2012. $26.00 (280 pp.). ISBN 978-0-306-82038-0 Buy at Amazon

Einstein’s Jewish Science: Physics at the Intersection of Politics and Religion. S. Gimbel. Johns Hopkins U. Press, Baltimore, MD, 2012. $24.95 (245 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4214-0554-4 Buy at Amazon

The End of Discovery: Are We Reaching the Boundaries of the Knowable? R. Stannard. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2012 [2010, reissued]. $16.95 paper (228 pp.). ISBN 978-0-19-964571-8 Buy at Amazon

Léon Rosenfeld: Physics, Philosophy, and Politics in the Twentieth Century. A. S. Jacobsen. World Scientific, Hackensack, NJ, 2012. $81.00 (354 pp.). ISBN 978-981-4307-81-9 Buy at Amazon

Structural Realism: Structure, Object, and Causality. E. M. Landry, D. P. Rickles, eds. The Western Ontario Series in Philosophy of Science 77. Springer, New York, 2012. $139.00 (209 pp.). ISBN 978-94-007-2578-2 Buy at Amazon

Magneto Luminous Chemical Vapor Deposition. H. Yasuda. Green Chemistry and Chemical Engineering. CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, FL, 2011. $179.95 (253 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4398-3877-8 Buy at Amazon

Mass Spectrometry of Polymers—New Techniques. M. Hakkarainen, ed. Advances in Polymer Science 248. Springer, Berlin, 2012. $259.00 (209 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-28040-5 Buy at Amazon

Reviews of Accelerator Science and Technology. Vol. 4: Accelerator Applications in Industry and the Environment. A. W. Chao, W. Chou, eds. World Scientific, Hackensack, NJ, 2011. $168.00 (291 pp.). ISBN 978-981-4383-98-1 Buy at Amazon

Second International Symposium on Negative Ions, Beams and Sources. Y. Takeiri, K. Tsumori, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 1390. Proc. symp., Takayama City, Japan, Nov. 2010. AIP, Melville, NY, 2011. $231.00 (705 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7354-0955-2 Buy at Amazon

Ultrasonic Nondestructive Testing of Materials: Theoretical Foundations. K.-J. Langenberg, R. Marklein, K. Mayer. CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, FL, 2012. $179.95 (754 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4398-5588-1 Buy at Amazon

XVI National Seminar on Ferroelectrics and Dielectrics (NSFD-XVI). P. K. Bajpai, K. S. Ojha, K. N. Singh, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 1372. Proc. sem., Bilaspur, India, Dec. 2010. AIP, Melville, NY, 2011. $187.00 paper (339 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7354-0932-3 Buy at Amazon

International Congress on Advances in Applied Physics and Materials Science. M. H. Aslan, A. Y. Oral, M. Özer, S. H. Çağlar, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 1400. Proc. mtg., Antalya, Turkey, May 2011. AIP, Melville, NY, 2011. $185.00 paper (602 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7354-0971-2 Buy at Amazon

Optical Coatings and Thermal Noise in Precision Measurement. G. Harry, T. P. Bodiya, R. Desalvo, eds. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2012. $140.00 (328 pp.). ISBN 978-1-107-00338-5 Buy at Amazon