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Computational Ocean Acoustics. 2nd ed. F. B. Jensen, W. A. Kuperman, M. B. Porter, H. Schmidt. Modern Acoustics and Signal Processing. Springer, New York, 2011 [2000]. $119.00 (794 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4419-8677-1 Buy at Amazon

Underwater Acoustics: Analysis, Design and Performance of Sonar. R. P. Hodges. Wiley, Hoboken, NJ, 2010. $165.00 (353 pp.). ISBN 978-0-470-68875-5 Buy at Amazon

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Environment and the Formation of Galaxies: 30 Years Later. I. Ferreras, A. Pasquali, eds. Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings. Proc. symp., Lisbon, Portugal, Sept. 2010. Springer, Berlin, 2011. $199.00 (253 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-20284-1 Buy at Amazon

Fine Structure of Solar Radio Bursts. G. P. Chernov. Astrophysics and Space Science Library 375. Springer, Berlin, 2011. $169.00 (282 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-20014-4 Buy at Amazon

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The Inspiration of Astronomical Phenomena VI. E. M. Corsini, ed. Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series 441. Proc. conf., Venice, Italy, Oct. 2009. Astronomical Society of the Pacific, San Francisco, 2011. $77.00 (557 pp.). ISBN 978-1-58381-762-9 Buy at Amazon

International Workshop on Double and Multiple Stars: Dynamics, Physics, and Instrumentation. J. A. Docobo, V. S. Tamazian, Y. Y. Balega, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 1346. Proc. wksp., Santiago de Compostela, Spain, Dec. 2009. AIP, Melville, NY, 2011. $135.00 (155 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7354-0902-6, CD-ROM Buy at Amazon

Principles of Star Formation. P. H. Bodenheimer. Astronomy and Astrophysics Library. Springer, Berlin, 2011. $124.00 (343 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-15062-3 Buy at Amazon

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Quantum Phase Transitions in Cold Atoms and Low Temperature Solids. K. R. A. Hazzard. Springer Theses. Springer, New York, 2011. $179.00 (233 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4419-8178-3 Buy at Amazon

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Annual Review of Biophysics. Vol. 40. D. C. Rees, K. A. Dill, J. R. Williamson, eds. Annual Reviews, Palo Alto, CA, 2011. $86.00 (411 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8243-1840-6 Buy at Amazon

Applications of Statistics to Medicine and Medical Physics. E. L. Nickoloff. Medical Physics, Madison, WI, 2011. $80.00 (284 pp.). ISBN 978-1-930524-51-4 Buy at Amazon

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Self-Organization and Pattern-Formation in Neuronal Systems Under Conditions of Variable Gravity: Life Sciences Under Space Conditions. M. Wiedemann, F. P. M. Kohn, H. Roesner, W. R. L. Hanke. Nonlinear Physical Science. Higher Education Press, Beijing, and Springer, Berlin, 2011. $249.00 (196 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-14471-4 Buy at Amazon

Chemical Kinetics with Mathcad and Maple. V. I. Korobov, V. F. Ochkov. Springer, Heidelberg, Germany, 2011. $129.00 (344 pp.). ISBN 978-3-7091-0530-6 Buy at Amazon

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Emulsion-Based Free-Radical Retrograde-Precipitation Polymerization. G. Caneba, Y. Dar. Springer, Berlin, 2011. $129.00 (194 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-19871-7 Buy at Amazon

Reviews in Fluorescence 2009. Vol. 6. C. D. Geddes, ed. Springer, New York, 2011. $209.00 (390 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4419-9671-8 Buy at Amazon

Single-Ion Solvation: Experimental and Theoretical Approaches to Elusive Thermodynamic Quantities. P. Hünenberger, M. Reif. RSC Theoretical and Computational Chemistry Series 3. Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, UK, 2011. $144.99 (664 pp.). ISBN 978-1-84755-187-0 Buy at Amazon

Novel Colloidal Forming of Ceramics. Y. Huang, J. Yang. Tsinghua U. Press, Beijing, and Springer, Berlin, 2010. $219.00 (385 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-12280-4 Buy at Amazon

Fractional Dynamics: Applications of Fractional Calculus to Dynamics of Particles, Fields and Media. V. E. Tarasov. Nonlinear Physical Science. Higher Education Press, Beijing, and Springer, Berlin, 2010. $169.00 (504 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-14002-0 Buy at Amazon

Long-Range Interactions, Stochasticity and Fractional Dynamics. A. C. J. Luo, V. Afraimovich. Nonlinear Physical Science. Higher Education Press, Beijing, and Springer, Berlin, 2010. $129.00 (309 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-12342-9 Buy at Amazon

Nonlinear Dynamical Systems of Mathematical Physics: Spectral and Symplectic Integrability Analysis. D. Blackmore, A. K. Prykarpatsky, V. H. Samoylenko. World Scientific, Hackensack, NJ, 2011. $145.00 (542 pp.). ISBN 978-981-4327-15-2 Buy at Amazon

Exotic Nuclear Excitations. S. C. Pancholi. Springer Tracts in Modern Physics 242. Springer, New York, 2011. $129.00 (120 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4419-8037-3 Buy at Amazon

Impact of Nonlinearities on Fiber Optic Communications. S. Kumar, ed. Optical and Fiber Communications Reports 7. Springer, New York, 2011. $169.00 (543 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4419-8138-7 Buy at Amazon

Ultra-high Frequency Linear Fiber Optic Systems. 2nd ed. K. Y. Lau. Springer Series in Optical Sciences 159. Springer, Berlin, 2011 [2009]. $129.00 (256 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-16457-6 Buy at Amazon

CPT and Lorentz Symmetry: Proceedings of the Fifth Meeting. V. A. Kostelecký, ed. Proc. mtg., Bloomington, IN, June–July 2010. World Scientific, Hackensack, NJ, 2011. $118.00 (298 pp.). ISBN 978-981-4327-67-1 Buy at Amazon

Electron Cyclotron Emission and Electron Cyclotron Resonance Heating (EC-16). R. Prater, ed. Proc. wksp., Sanya, China, Apr. 2010. World Scientific, Hackensack, NJ, 2011. $168.00 (409 pp.). ISBN 978-981-4340-26-7, CD-ROM Buy at Amazon

Exclusive Reactions at High Momentum Transfer IV. A. Radyushkin, ed. Proc. wksp., Newport News, VA, May 2010. World Scientific, Hackensack, NJ, 2011. $175.00 (471 pp.). ISBN 978-981-4329-55-2 Buy at Amazon

Foundations of Perturbative QCD. J. Collins. Cambridge Monographs on Particle Physics, Nuclear Physics and Cosmology 32. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2011. $130.00 (624 pp.). ISBN 978-0-521-85533-4 Buy at Amazon

Gribov-80 Memorial Volume: Quantum Chromodynamics and Beyond. Y. L. Dokshitzer, P. Lévai, J. Nyíri, eds. Proc. wksp., Trieste, Italy, May 2010. World Scientific, Hackensack, NJ, 2011. $180.00 (582 pp.). ISBN 978-981-4350-18-1 Buy at Amazon

Latin-American School of Physics XL ELAF: Symmetries in Physics. O. Castaños, R. Bijker, R. Jáuregui, O. Rosas-Ortiz, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 1334. Proc. sch., Mexico City, July–Aug. 2010. AIP, Melville, NY, 2011. $150.00 paper (395 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7354-0890-6 Buy at Amazon

Physics Beyond the Standard Models of Particles, Cosmology and Astrophysics. H. V. Klapdor-Kleingrothaus, I. V. Krivosheina, R. Viollier, eds. World Scientific, Hackensack, NJ, 2011. $220.00 (745 pp.). ISBN 978-981-4340-85-4 Buy at Amazon

Physics of the Large and the Small (TASI 2009). C. Csaki, S. Dodelson, eds. Proc. inst., Boulder, CO, June 2009. World Scientific, Hackensack, NJ, 2011. $188.00 (838 pp.). ISBN 978-981-4327-17-6 Buy at Amazon

Predicted and Totally Unexpected in the Energy Frontier Opened by LHC. A. Zichichi, ed. The Subnuclear Series 46. Proc. sch., Erice, Italy, Aug.–Sept. 2008. World Scientific, Hackensack, NJ, 2011. $238.00 (673 pp.). ISBN 978-981-4340-20-5 Buy at Amazon

A Search for Muon Neutrino to Electron Neutrino Oscillations in the MINOS Experiment. J. P. Ochoa-Ricoux. Springer Theses. Springer, New York, 2011. $179.00 (294 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4419-7948-3 Buy at Amazon

Strong Coupling Gauge Theories in LHC Era. H. Fukaya, M. Harada, M. Tanabashi, K. Yamawaki, eds. Proc. wksp., Nagoya, Japan, Dec. 2009. World Scientific, Hackensack, NJ, 2011. $150.00 (440 pp.). ISBN 978-981-4329-51-4 Buy at Amazon

Fusion: An Introduction to the Physics and Technology of Magnetic Confinement Fusion. 2nd rev. ed. W. M. Stacey. Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, Germany, 2010 [1984]. $130.00 paper (246 pp.). ISBN 978-3-527-40967-9 Buy at Amazon

Physics of Radio-Frequency Plasmas. P. Chabert, N. Braithwaite. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2011. $95.00 (385 pp.). ISBN 978-0-521-76300-4 Buy at Amazon

The Quest for a Fusion Energy Reactor: An Insider’s Account of the INTOR Workshop. W. M. Stacey. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2010. $24.95 (188 pp.). ISBN 978-0-19-973384-2 Buy at Amazon

Alice and the Quantum Cat. W. B. Shanley, ed. Pari Publishing, Pari, Italy, 2011. $16.95 paper (213 pp.). ISBN 978-88-95604-10-7 Buy at Amazon

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Atlas of Astronomical Discoveries. G. Schilling. Springer, New York, 2011. $39.95 (234 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4419-7810-3 Buy at Amazon

The Book of Universes: Exploring the Limits of the Cosmos. J. D. Barrow. W. W. Norton, New York, 2011. $26.95 (354 pp.). ISBN 978-0-393-08121-3 Buy at Amazon

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The Fallacy of Fine-Tuning: Why the Universe Is Not Designed for Us. V. J. Stenger. Prometheus Books, Amherst, NY, 2011. $28.00 (345 pp.). ISBN 978-1-61614-443-2 Buy at Amazon

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Heisenberg’s Quantum Mechanics. M. Razavy. World Scientific, Hackensack, NJ, 2011. $120.00, $61.00 paper (657 pp.). ISBN 978-981-4304-10-8, ISBN 978-981-4304-11-5 paper Buy at Amazon

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Covariant Electrodynamics: A Concise Guide. J. M. Charap. Johns Hopkins U. Press, Baltimore, MD, 2011. $65.00, $30.00 paper (164 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4214-0014-3, ISBN 978-1-4214-0015-0 paper Buy at Amazon

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