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4th International Conference on Biomedical Engineering in Vietnam. V. V. Toi, N. B. Toan, T. Q. D. Khoa, T. H. L. Phuong, eds. Springer, 2013. $259.00 paper (407 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-32182-5 Buy at Amazon

Advances in Medical Physics 2012. Vol. 4. A. B. Wolbarst et al., eds. Medical Physics, 2012. $115.00 (330 pp.). ISBN 978-1-930524-56-9 Buy at Amazon

Biologically Responsive Biomaterials for Tissue Engineering. I. Antoniac, ed. Springer, 2013. $129.00 (254 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4614-4327-8 Buy at Amazon

Computational Systems Biology of Cancer. E. Barillot et al., eds. Chapman & Hall/CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, 2013. $79.95 (423 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4398-3144-1 Buy at Amazon

Encyclopaedia of Medical Physics. Vol. 1: A–K. Vol. 2: L–Z. S.Tabakov et al., eds. CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, 2013. $719.00 set (822 pp. set). ISBN 978-1-4398-4652-0 Buy at Amazon

International Symposium on Biomedical Engineering and Medical Physics. Y. Dekhtyar, A. Katashev, L. Lancere, eds. Springer, 2013. $259.00 paper (220 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-34196-0 Buy at Amazon

Mechanical and Chemical Signaling in Angiogenesis. C. A. Reinhart-King, ed. Springer, 2013. $129.00 (280 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-30855-0 Buy at Amazon

Molecular Imaging of the Brain: Using Multi-Quantum Coherence and Diagnostics of Brain Disorders. M. M. Kaila, R. Kaila. Springer, 2013. $179.00 (385 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-30301-2 Buy at Amazon

Monte Carlo Calculations in Nuclear Medicine: Applications in Diagnostic Imaging. 2nd ed. M. Ljungberg, S.-E. Strand, M. A. King, eds. CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, 2013. $129.95 (337 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4398-4109-9 Buy at Amazon

Pulling G: Human Responses to High and Low Gravity. E. Seedhouse. Springer, 2013. $34.95 paper (210 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4614-3029-2 Buy at Amazon

Signals and Systems in Biomedical Engineering: Signal Processing and Physiological Systems Modeling. 2nd ed. S. R Devasahayam. Springer, 2013. $79.99 (389 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4614-5331-4 Buy at Amazon

Applied Chemistry: A Textbook for Engineers and Technologists. 2nd ed. O. V. Roussak, H. D. Gesser. Springer, 2013. $99.00 (372 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4614-4261-5 Buy at Amazon

Quantum Theory of Anharmonic Effects in Molecules. K. V. Kazakov. Elsevier, 2012. $150.00 (232 pp.). ISBN 978-0-12-397912-4 Buy at Amazon

Visualization of Hydrogen-Bond Dynamics: Water-Based Model Systems on a Cu(110) Surface. T. Kumagai. Springer, 2012. $129.00 (145 pp.). ISBN 978-4-431-54155-4 Buy at Amazon

Classical Mechanics with Mathematica. A. Romano. Birkhäuser, 2012. $129.00 (506 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8176-8351-1 Buy at Amazon

Computational Mathematical Modeling: An Integrated Approach Across Scales. D. Calvetti, E. Somersalo. SIAM, 2013. $69.00 paper (222 pp.). ISBN 978-1-611972-47-4 Buy at Amazon

Theoretical Foundations of Digital Imaging Using MATLAB. L. P. Yaroslavsky. CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, 2013. $99.95 (493 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4398-6140-0 Buy at Amazon

Incommensurate Crystallography. S. van Smaalen. Oxford U. Press, 2012. $69.99 paper (270 pp.). ISBN 978-0-19-965923-4 Buy at Amazon

Magnetic Nanostructures: Spin Dynamics and Spin Transport. H. Zabel, M. Farle, eds. Springer, 2013. $179.00 (268 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-32041-5 Buy at Amazon

Photoemission Spectroscopy on High Temperature Superconductor: A Study of Bi₂Sr₂CaCu₂O₈ by Laser-Based Angle-Resolved Photoemission. W. Zhang. Springer, 2013. $129.00 (139 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-32471-0 Buy at Amazon

Quantum Dots: Optics, Electron Transport and Future Applications. A. Tartakovskii, ed. Cambridge U. Press, 2012. $120.00 (376 pp.). ISBN 978-1-107-01258-5 Buy at Amazon

Dark Matter, Neutrinos, and Our Solar System. N. Prakash. World Scientific, 2013. $133.00 (700 pp.). ISBN 978-981-4304-53-5 Buy at Amazon

IX Workshop of the Gravitation and Mathematical Physics Division of the Mexican Physical Society. L. A. Ureña-López, R. Bercerril-Bárcenas, R. Linares-Romero, eds. AIP, 2012. $141.00 paper (270 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7354-1080-0 Buy at Amazon

Space Atlas: Mapping the Universe and Beyond. J. Trefil. National Geographic, 2012. $50.00 (335 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4262-0971-0 Buy at Amazon

Electrical Impedance: Principles, Measurement, and Applications. L. Callegaro. Taylor & Francis, 2013. $129.95 (300 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4398-4910-1 Buy at Amazon

Mutilayer Integrated Film Bulk Acoustic Resonators. Y. Zhang, D. Chen. Springer and SJTU Press, 2013. $129.00 (152 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-31775-0 Buy at Amazon

Nanodevices and Nanomaterials for Ecological Security. Y. N. Shunin, A. E. Kiv, eds. Springer, 2012. $119.00 paper (348 pp.). ISBN 978-94-007-4121-8 Buy at Amazon

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Silicon Solid State Devices and Radiation Detection. C. Leroy, P.-G. Rancoita. World Scientific, 2012. $135.00 (432 pp.). ISBN 978-981-4390-04-0 Buy at Amazon

Annual Review of Environment and Resources. Vol. 37. A. Gadgil, D. M. Liverman, eds. Annual Reviews, 2012. $83.00 (512 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8243-2337-0 Buy at Amazon

Hydrogen Storage Technology: Materials and Applications. L. Klebanoff, ed. CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, 2013. $159.95 (455 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4398-4107-5 Buy at Amazon

Counterflows: Paradoxical Fluid Mechanics Phenomena. V. N. Shtern. Cambridge U. Press, 2012. $135.00 (470 pp.). ISBN 978-1-107-02759-6 Buy at Amazon

Light Scattering Reviews 7: Radiative Transfer and Optical Properties of Atmosphere and Underlying Surface. A. A. Kokhanovsky, ed. Springer, 2013. $129.00 (267 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-21906-1 Buy at Amazon

Monitoring Atmospheric Water Vapour: Ground-Based Remote Sensing and In-situ Methods. N. Kämpfer, ed. Springer, 2013. $179.00 (334 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4614-3908-0 Buy at Amazon

Europe to the Stars: ESO’s First 50 Years of Exploring the Southern Sky. G. Schilling, L. L. Christensen. Wiley-VCH, 2012. $49.95 (264 pp.). ISBN 978-3-527-41192-4, DVD-ROMBuy at Amazon

Heavenly Mathematics: The Forgotten Art of Spherical Trigonometry. G. Van Brummelen. Princeton U. Press, 2013. $35.00 (192 pp.). ISBN 978-0-691-14892-2 Buy at Amazon

Henri Poincaré: A Scientific Biography. J. Gray. Princeton U. Press, 2013. $35.00 (592 pp.). ISBN 978-0-691-15271-4 Buy at Amazon

The Jewel on the Mountaintop: Fifty Years of the European Southern Observatory. C. Madsen. Wiley-VCH, 2012. $75.00 (560 pp.). ISBN 978-3-527-41203-7 Buy at Amazon

Mankind Beyond Earth: The History, Science, and Future of Human Space Exploration. C. A. Piantadosi. Columbia U. Press, 2012. $35.00 (279 pp.). ISBN 978-0-231-16242-5 Buy at Amazon

Newton and the Origin of Civilization. J. Z. Buchwald, M. Feingold. Princeton U. Press, 2013. $49.50 (528 pp.). ISBN 978-0-691-15478-7 Buy at Amazon

Origin(s) of Design in Nature: A Fresh, Interdisciplinary Look at How Design Emerges in Complex Systems, Especially Life. L. Swan, R. Gordon, J. Seckbach, eds. Springer, 2012. $209.00 (839 pp.). ISBN 978-94-007-4155-3 Buy at Amazon

Radioactive Transformations. E. Rutherford. Yale U. Press, 2012. $23.00 paper (287 pp.). ISBN 978-0-300-18130-2 Buy at Amazon

Reminiscences: A Journey Through Particle Physics. A. Melissinos. World Scientific, 2013. $42.00 (200 pp.). ISBN 978-981-4405-00-3 Buy at Amazon

SR-71: The Complete Illustrated History of the Blackbird, the World’s Highest, Fastest Plane. R. H. Graham. Zenith Press, 2013. $35.00 (192 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7603-4327-2 Buy at Amazon

Unravelling the Mystery of the Atomic Nucleus: A Sixty Year Journey 1896–1956. B. Fernandez. Springer, 2013. $79.95 (547 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4614-4180-9 Buy at Amazon

Applications of Neutron Powder Diffraction. E. H. Kisi, C. J. Howard. Oxford U. Press, 2012. $84.99 paper (486 pp.). ISBN 978-0-19-965742-1 Buy at Amazon

Industrial Accelerators and Their Applications. R. W. Hamm, M. E. Hamm, eds. World Scientific, 2012. $144.00 (421 pp.). ISBN 978-981-4307-04-8 Buy at Amazon

Liquid Surfaces and Interfaces: Synchrotron X-Ray Methods. P. S. Pershan, M. L. Schlossman. Cambridge U. Press, 2012. $140.00 (311 pp.). ISBN 978-0-521-81401-0 Buy at Amazon

RF Linear Accelerators for Medical and Industrial Applications. S. Hanna. Artech House, 2012. $119.00 (202 pp.). ISBN 978-1-60807-090-9 Buy at Amazon

2nd International Advances in Applied Physics and Materials Science Congress. M. H. Aslan, A. Y. Oral, eds. AIP, 2012. $159.00 paper (408 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7354-1085-5 Buy at Amazon

The 4th International Meeting of Advances in Thermofluids (IMAT 2011). Parts 1 and 2. M. A. Wahid et al. AIP, 2012. $326.00 paper set (1346 pp. set). ISBN 978-0-7354-1032-9 Buy at Amazon

Adiabatic Shear Localization: Frontiers and Advances. 2nd ed. B. Dodd, Y. Bai, eds. Elsevier, 2012. $150.00 (454 pp.). ISBN 978-0-08-097781-2 Buy at Amazon

Annual Review of Materials Research. Vol. 42. D. R. Clarke, ed. Annual Reviews, 2012. $94.00 (471 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8243-1742-3 Buy at Amazon

Chemical Resistance of Specialty Thermoplastics. Vol. 3. W. A. Woishnis, S. Ebnesajjad, eds. William Andrew/Elsevier, 2012. $299.00 (1666 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4557-3110-7 Buy at Amazon

Dynamic Behavior of Materials, Volume 1: Proceedings of the 2012 Annual Conference on Experimental and Applied Mechanics. V. Chalivendra, B. Song, D. Casem, eds. Springer, 2013. $349.00 (597 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4614-4237-0 Buy at Amazon

The Effect of Sterilization on Plastics and Elastomers. 3rd ed. L. McKeen. William Andrew/Elsevier, 2012. $330.00 (363 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4557-2598-4 Buy at Amazon

Functional Materials. S. M. Bose, S. K. Tripathy, eds. AIP, 2012. $171.00 (428 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7354-1065-7 Buy at Amazon

Handbook of Biopolymers and Biodegradable Plastics: Properties, Processing, and Applications. S. Ebnesajjad, ed. William Andrew/Elsevier, 2013. $249.00 (462 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4557-2834-3 Buy at Amazon

Handbook of Plasticizers. 2nd ed. G. Wypych. ChemTec, 2012. $285.00 (748 pp.). ISBN 978-1-895198-50-8 Buy at Amazon

Handbook of Zinc Oxide and Related Materials. Vol. 1: Materials. Z. C. Feng, ed. CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, 2013. $149.95 (446 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4398-5570-6 Buy at Amazon

Handbook of Zinc Oxide and Related Materials. Vol. 2: Devices and Nano-Engineering. Z. C. Feng, ed. CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, 2013. $149.95 (562 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4398-5574-4 Buy at Amazon

The Handbook on Optical Constants of Metals: In Tables and Figures. S. Adachi. World Scientific, 2012. $188.00 (671 pp.). ISBN 978-981-4405-94-2 Buy at Amazon

The Handbook on Optical Constants of Semiconductors: In Tables and Figures. S. Adachi. World Scientific, 2012. $188.00 (619 pp.). ISBN 978-981-4405-97-3 Buy at Amazon

Low Dimensional Semiconductor Structures: Characterization, Modeling and Applications. H. Ünlü, N. J. M. Horing, eds. Springer, 2013. $179.00 (162 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-28423-6 Buy at Amazon

Multifunctional Oxide Heterostructures. E. Y. Tsymbal, E. R. A. Dagotto, C.-B. Eom, R. Ramesh, eds. Oxford U. Press, 2012. $135.00 (396 pp.). ISBN 978-0-19-958412-3 Buy at Amazon

Nanostructures and Nanoconstructions Based on DNA. Y. M. Yevdokimov, V. I. Salyanov, S. G. Skuridin. CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, 2012. $139.95 (250 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4665-0569-8 Buy at Amazon

Structure of Materials: An Introduction to Crystallography, Diffraction and Symmetry. 2nd ed. M. De Graef, M. E. McHenry. Cambridge U. Press, 2012. $115.00 (739 pp.). ISBN 978-1-107-00587-7 Buy at Amazon

Proceedings of the Physics Conference TIM–11. M. Bunoiu, N. Avram, C. G. Biris, eds. AIP, 2012. $150.00 (280 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7354-1079-4 Buy at Amazon

Let’s Face Chaos Through Nonlinear Dynamics. M. Robnik, V. G. Romanovski, eds. AIP, 2012. $159.00 paper (410 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7354-1075-6 Buy at Amazon

Biomimetics in Photonics. O. Karthaus, ed. CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, 2013. $119.95 (259 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4398-7746-3 Buy at Amazon

Photons in Natural and Life Sciences: An Interdisciplinary Approach. H.-J. Lewerenz. Springer, 2012. $169.00 (288 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-23748-5 Buy at Amazon

Flavor Physics at the Tevatron: Decay, Mixing and CP-Violation Measurements in pp‾-Collisions. T. Kuhr. Springer, 2013. $159.00 (172 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-10299-8 Buy at Amazon

Gauge Theories in Particle Physics: A Practical Introduction. Vol. 1: From Relativistic Quantum Mechanics to QED. 4th ed. I. J. R. Aitchison, A. J. G. Hey. CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, 2013. $69.95 (438 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4665-1299-3 Buy at Amazon

Gauge Theories in Particle Physics: A Practical Introduction. Vol. 2: Non-Abelian Gauge Theories; QCD and the Electroweak Theory. 4th ed. I. J. R. Aitchison, A. J. G. Hey. CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, 2013. $69.95 (518 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4665-1307-5 Buy at Amazon

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Superstring Theory: 25th Anniversary Edition. Vol. 1: Introduction. M. B. Green, J. H. Schwarz, E. Witten. Cambridge U. Press, 2012. $60.00 (470 pp.). ISBN 978-1-107-02911-8 Buy at Amazon

Superstring Theory: 25th Anniversary Edition. Vol. 2: Loop Amplitudes, Anomalies and Phenomenology. M. B. Green, J. H. Schwarz, E. Witten. Cambridge U. Press, 2012. $60.00 (596 pp.). ISBN 978-1-107-02913-2 Buy at Amazon

Quantum Plasmadynamics: Magnetized Plasmas. D. Melrose. Springer, 2013. $89.95 paper (490 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4614-4044-4 Buy at Amazon

Turbulent Transport in Magnetized Plasmas. W. Horton. World Scientific, 2012. $128.00 (501 pp.). ISBN 978-981-4383-53-0 Buy at Amazon

Waves and Oscillations in Plasmas. H. L. Pécseli. CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, 2013. $119.95 (553 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4398-7848-4 Buy at Amazon

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Massive: The Missing Particle That Sparked the Greatest Hunt in Science. I. Sample. Basic Books, 2012. $16.99 paper (304 pp.). ISBN 978-0-465-05873-0 Buy at Amazon

Mathematics: An Illustrated History of Numbers. T. Jackson, ed. Shelter Harbor Press, 2012. $24.95 (144 pp.). ISBN 978-0-9853230-4-2 Buy at Amazon

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The Conceptual Framework of Quantum Field Theory. A. Duncan. Oxford U. Press, 2012. $120.00 (782 pp.). ISBN 978-0-19-957326-4 Buy at Amazon

Introduction to Quantum Mechanics: Schrödinger Equation and Path Integral. 2nd ed. H. J. W. Müller-Kirsten. World Scientific, 2012. $88.00 paper (919 pp.). ISBN 978-981-4397-74-2 Buy at Amazon

Physics in Mind: A Quantum View of the Brain. W. R. Loewenstein. Basic Books, 2013. $28.99 (325 pp.). ISBN 978-0-465-02984-6 Buy at Amazon

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Quantum Computing from the Ground Up. R. T. Perry. World Scientific, 2012. $58.00 paper (244 pp.). ISBN 978-981-4412-11-7 Buy at Amazon

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