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Biomechanics of the Human Urinary Bladder. R. N. Miftahof, H. G. Nam. Springer, 2013. $189.00 (177 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-36145-6 Buy at Amazon

Biophysics for Therapeutic Protein Development. L. O. Narhi, ed. Springer, 2013. $179.00 (278 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4614-4315-5 Buy at Amazon

Comparative Biomechanics: Life’s Physical World. 2nd ed. S. Vogel. Princeton U. Press, 2013. $99.50 (628 pp.). ISBN 978-0-691-15566-1 Buy at Amazon

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DNA Nanotechnology: From Structure to Function. C. Fan, ed. Springer, 2013. $179.00 (362 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-36076-3 Buy at Amazon

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Imaging in Nuclear Medicine. A. Giussani, C. Hoeschen, eds. Springer, 2013. $139.00 (237 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-31414-8 Buy at Amazon

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Multiscale Computer Modeling in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering. A. Gefen, ed. Springer, 2013. $129.00 (396 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-36481-5 Buy at Amazon

Electromigration Techniques: Theory and Practice. B. Buszewski, E. Dziubakiewicz, M. Szumski, eds. Springer, 2013. $129.00 (357 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-35042-9 Buy at Amazon

From Quantum Mechanics to Force Fields: A Topical Collection from Theoretical Chemistry Accounts. J.-P. Piquemal, K. D. Jordan, eds. Springer, 2013. $129.00 (204 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-34449-7 Buy at Amazon

Molecular Aggregation: Structure Analysis and Molecular Simulation of Crystals and Liquids. A. Gavezzotti. Oxford U. Press, 2013. $74.95 paper (425 pp.). ISBN 978-0-19-967365-0 Buy at Amazon

Computational Methods for Electromagnetic Phenomena: Electrostatics in Solvation, Scattering, and Electron Transport. W. Cai. Cambridge U. Press, 2013. $130.00 (461 pp.). ISBN 978-1-107-02105-1 Buy at Amazon

MARINE 2011, IV International Conference on Computational Methods in Marine Engineering: Selected Papers. L. Eça et al., eds. Springer, 2013. $129.00 (300 pp.). ISBN 978-94-007-6142-1 Buy at Amazon

Electronic and Optical Properties of Conjugated Polymers. 2nd ed. W. Barford. Oxford U. Press, 2013. $125.00 (305 pp.). ISBN 978-0-19-967746-7 Buy at Amazon

Field Theories of Condensed Matter Physics. 2nd ed. E. Fradkin. Cambridge U. Press, 2013. $99.00 (852 pp.). ISBN 978-0-521-76444-5 Buy at Amazon

Frustrated Spin Systems. 2nd ed. H. T. Diep, ed. World Scientific, 2013. $155.00 (617 pp.). ISBN 978-981-4440-73-8 Buy at Amazon

Non-Universal Superconducting Gap Structure in Iron-Pnictides Revealed by Magnetic Penetration Depth Measurements. K. Hashimoto. Springer, 2013. $129.00 (125 pp.). ISBN 978-4-431-54293-3 Buy at Amazon

Novel Superfluids. Vol. 1. K. H. Bennemann, J. B. Ketterson, eds. Oxford U. Press, 2013. $210.00 (624 pp.). ISBN 978-0-19-958591-5 Buy at Amazon

Polarons. D. Emin. Cambridge U. Press, 2013. $110.00 (227 pp.). ISBN 978-0-521-51906-9 Buy at Amazon

Polymer Electronics. M. Geoghegan, G. Hadziioannou. Oxford U. Press, 2013. $49.95 paper (256 pp.). ISBN 978-0-19-953383-1 Buy at Amazon

Quantum Hall Effects: Recent Theoretical and Experimental Developments. 3rd ed. Z. F. Ezawa. World Scientific, 2013. $138.00 (891 pp.). ISBN 978-981-4360-75-3 Buy at Amazon

Spectroscopic Study on Charge-Spin-Orbital Coupled Phenomena in Mott-Transition Oxides. M. Uchida. Springer, 2013. $129.00 (103 pp.). ISBN 978-4-431-54296-4 Buy at Amazon

Topological Insulators and Topological Superconductors. B. A. Bernevig, T. L. Hughes. Princeton U. Press, 2013. $80.00 (264 pp.). ISBN 978-0-691-15175-5 Buy at Amazon

Neutrino Cosmology. J. Lesgourgues, G. Mangano, G. Miele, S. Pastor. Cambridge U. Press, 2013. $85.00 (389 pp.). ISBN 978-1-107-01395-7 Buy at Amazon

Architecture and Design of Molecule Logic Gates and Atom Circuits. N. Lorente, C. Joachim, eds. Springer, 2013. $199.00 (290 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-33136-7 Buy at Amazon

Fundamentals of Nanoscaled Field Effect Transistors. A. Chaudhry. Springer, 2013. $129.00 (201 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4614-6821-9 Buy at Amazon

Three-Phase AC–AC Power Converters Based on Matrix Converter Topology: Matrix-Reactance Frequency Converters Concept. P. Szcześniak. Springer, 2013. $129.00 (174 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4471-4895-1 Buy at Amazon

Variation-Aware Adaptive Voltage Scaling for Digital CMOS Circuits. M. Wirnshofer. Springer, 2013. $129.00 (83 pp.). ISBN 978-94-007-6195-7 Buy at Amazon

The Kolmogorov-Obukhov Theory of Turbulence: A Mathematical Theory of Turbulence. B. Birnir. Springer, 2013. $49.95 paper (97 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4614-6261-3 Buy at Amazon

Management and Minimisation of Uncertainties and Errors in Numerical Aerodynamics: Results of the German Collaborative Project MUNA. B. Eisfeld, H. Barnewitz, W. Fritz, F. Thiele, eds. Springer, 2013. $249.00 (339 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-36184-5 Buy at Amazon

Topics in Mathematical Fluid Mechanics. P. Constantin et al. Springer, 2013. $89.95 paper (313 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-36296-5 Buy at Amazon

Acquisition and Analysis of Terrestrial Gravity Data. L. T. Long, R. D. Kaufmann. Cambridge U. Press, 2013. $70.00 (171 pp.). ISBN 978-1-107-02413-7 Buy at Amazon

Carbon in Earth. R. M. Hazen, A. P. Jones, J. A. Baross, eds. Mineralogical Society of America/Geochemical Society, 2013. $30.00 paper (698 pp.). ISBN 978-0-939950-90-4 Buy at Amazon

Earth Dynamics: Deformations and Oscillations of the Rotating Earth. D. E. Smylie. Cambridge U. Press, 2013. $140.00 (543 pp.). ISBN 978-0-521-87503-5 Buy at Amazon

Global Optimization Methods in Geophysical Inversion. 2nd ed. M. K. Sen, P. L. Stoffa. Cambridge U. Press, 2013. $110.00 (289 pp.). ISBN 978-1-107-01190-8 Buy at Amazon

Modeling Volcanic Processes: The Physics and Mathematics of Volcanism. S. A. Fagents, T. K. P. Gregg, R. M. C. Lopes, eds. Cambridge U. Press, 2013. $80.00 (431 pp.). ISBN 978-0-521-89543-9 Buy at Amazon

Does Science Need a Global Language? English and the Future of Research. S. L. Montgomery. U. Chicago Press, 2013. $22.50 (240 pp.). ISBN 978-0-226-53503-6 Buy at Amazon

Le Verrier—Magnificent and Detestable Astronomer. J. Lequeux. Springer, 2013. $179.00 (337 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4614-5564-6 Buy at Amazon

The Long Road to Stockholm: The Story of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI); An Autobiography. P. Mansfield. Oxford U. Press, 2013. $44.95 (241 pp.). ISBN 978-0-19-966454-2 Buy at Amazon

Red Rover: Inside the Story of Robotic Space Exploration, from Genesis to the Mars Rover Curiosity. R. Wiens. Basic Books, 2013. $25.99 (256 pp.). ISBN 978-0-465-05598-2 Buy at Amazon

Science and the American Century: Readings from Isis. S. G. Kohlstedt, D. Kaiser, eds. U. Chicago Press, 2013. $30.00 paper (488 pp.). ISBN 978-0-226-92514-1 Buy at Amazon

Superconductivity: Discoveries and Discoverers; Ten Physics Nobel Laureates Tell Their Story. K. Fossheim. Springer, 2013. $89.95 (140 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-36058-9 Buy at Amazon

Advanced In-Flight Measurement Techniques. F. Boden, N. Lawson, H. W. Jentink, J. Kompenhans, eds. Springer, 2013. $179.00 (344 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-34737-5 Buy at Amazon

Characterisation of Areal Surface Texture. R. Leach, ed. Springer, 2013. $179.00 (350 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-36457-0 Buy at Amazon

Ellipsometry at the Nanoscale. M. Losurdo, K. Hingerl, eds. Springer, 2013. $279.00 (730 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-33955-4 Buy at Amazon

Handbook of Accelerator Physics and Engineering. 2nd ed. A. W. Chao, K. H. Mess, M. Tigner, F. Zimmermann, eds. World Scientific, 2013. $58.00 paper (802 pp.). ISBN 978-981-4417-17-4 Buy at Amazon

Heat and Mass Transfer Intensification and Shape Optimization: A Multi-Scale Approach. L. Luo, ed. Springer, 2013. $129.00 (180 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4471-4741-1 Buy at Amazon

Magnetic Resonance Imaging with Nonlinear Gradient Fields: Signal Encoding and Image Reconstruction. G. Schultz. Springer Spektrum, 2013. $109.00 paper (352 pp.). ISBN 978-3-658-01133-8 Buy at Amazon

Photo-Excited Charge Collection Spectroscopy: Probing the Traps in Field-Effect Transistors. S. Im, Y.-G. Chang, J. H. Kim. Springer, 2013. $49.95 paper (125 pp.). ISBN 978-94-007-6391-3 Buy at Amazon

TOF Range-Imaging Cameras. F. Remondino, D. Stoppa, eds. Springer, 2013. $129.00 (240 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-27522-7 Buy at Amazon

Amorphous Silicon / Crystalline Silicon Heterojunction Solar Cells. W. R. Fahrner, ed. Springer, 2013. $49.99 paper (111 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-37038-0 Buy at Amazon

Aperiodic Crystals. S. Schmid, R. L. Withers, R. Lifshitz, eds. Springer, 2013. $259.00 (286 pp.). ISBN 978-94-007-6430-9 Buy at Amazon

Design and Realization of Novel GaAs Based Laser Concepts. T. D. Germann. Springer, 2013. $129.00 (150 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-34078-9 Buy at Amazon

The Electron Glass. M. Pollak, M. Ortuño, A. Frydman. Cambridge U. Press, 2013. $99.00 (291 pp.). ISBN 978-0-521-19552-2 Buy at Amazon

International Conference on Nanotechnology—Research and Commercialization 2011. K. Noorsal, A. K. Masrom, eds. AIP, 2012. $177.00 paper (549 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7354-1119-7 Buy at Amazon

Micromechanisms of Friction and Wear: Introduction to Relativistic Tribology. D. Lyubimov, K. Dolgopolov, L. Pinchuk. Springer, 2013. $129.00 (219 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-35147-1 Buy at Amazon

New Frontiers of Nanoparticles and Nanocomposite Materials: Novel Principles and Techniques. A. Öchsner, A. Shokuhfar, eds. Springer, 2013. $179.00 (371 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-14696-1 Buy at Amazon

One-Dimensional Nanostructures: Electrospinning Technique and Unique Nanofibers. Z. Li, C. Wang. Springer, 2013. $49.95 paper (141 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-36426-6 Buy at Amazon

Polymers at Cryogenic Temperatures. S. Kalia, S.-Y. Fu, eds. Springer, 2013. $179.00 (292 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-35334-5 Buy at Amazon

Surface Effects in Solid Mechanics: Models, Simulations and Applications. H. Altenbach, N. F. Morozov, eds. Springer, 2013. $129.00 (194 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-35782-4 Buy at Amazon

Transition-Metal Defects in Silicon: New Insights from Photoluminescence Studies of Highly Enriched ²⁸Si. M. Steger. Springer, 2013. $129.00 (97 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-35078-8 Buy at Amazon

The Vitreous State: Thermodynamics, Structure, Rheology, and Crystallization. 2nd ed. I. S. Gutzow, J. W. P. Schmelzer. Springer, 2013. $229.00 (553 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-34632-3 Buy at Amazon

The Language Phenomenon: Human Communication from Milliseconds to Millennia. P.-M. Binder, K. Smith, eds. Springer, 2013. $89.95 (251 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-36085-5 Buy at Amazon

Shaping Space: Exploring Polyhedra in Nature, Art, and the Geometrical Imagination. M. Senechal, ed. Springer, 2013. $39.99 (341 pp.). ISBN 978-0-387-92713-8 Buy at Amazon

Time: Poincaré Seminar 2010. B. Duplantier, ed. Birkhäuser, 2013. $109.00 (219 pp.). ISBN 978-3-0348-0358-8 Buy at Amazon

Complex and Adaptive Dynamical Systems: A Primer. 3rd ed. C. Gros. Springer, 2013. $79.95 paper (345 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-36585-0 Buy at Amazon

Dispersal, Individual Movement and Spatial Ecology: A Mathematical Perspective. M. A. Lewis, P. K. Maini, S. V. Petrovskii, eds. Springer, 2013. $89.95 paper (380 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-35496-0 Buy at Amazon

Dissipative Solitons in Reaction Diffusion Systems: Mechanisms, Dynamics, Interaction. A. W. Liehr. Springer, 2013. $109.00 (212 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-31250-2 Buy at Amazon

Dynamical System Synchronization. A. C. J. Luo. Springer, 2013. $179.00 (239 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4614-5096-2 Buy at Amazon

Econophysics of Income and Wealth Distributions. B. K. Chakrabarti, A. Chakraborti, S. R. Chakravarty, A. Chatterjee. Cambridge U. Press, 2013. $110.00 (222 pp.). ISBN 978-1-107-01344-5 Buy at Amazon

Evolvodynamics—The Mathematical Theory of Economic Evolution: A Coherent Way of Interpreting Time, Scarceness, Value and Economic Growth. L. H. Wallast. Springer, 2013. $89.95 paper (279 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-34055-0 Buy at Amazon

Interest Rate Derivatives: Valuation, Calibration and Sensitivity Analysis. I. Beyna. Springer, 2013. $89.95 paper (220 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-34924-9 Buy at Amazon

Scale-Free Networks: Complex Webs in Nature and Technology. G. Caldarelli. Oxford U. Press, 2013. $44.95 paper (309 pp.). ISBN 978-0-19-966517-4 Buy at Amazon

Nuclear Reactor Kinetics and Plant Control. Y. Oka, K. Suzuki, eds. Springer, 2013. $129.00 (305 pp.). ISBN 978-4-431-54194-3 Buy at Amazon

All-Optical Noninvasive Delayed Feedback Control of Semiconductor Lasers. S. Schikora. Springer Spektrum, 2013. $89.99 paper (118 pp.). ISBN 978-3-658-01539-8 Buy at Amazon

Amorphous Nanophotonics. C. Rockstuhl, T. Scharf, eds. Springer, 2013. $179.00 (372 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-32474-1 Buy at Amazon

Fundamentals of Electro-Optic Systems Design: Communications, Lidar, and Imaging. S. Karp, L. B. Stotts. Cambridge U. Press, 2013. $125.00 (318 pp.). ISBN 978-1-107-02139-6 Buy at Amazon

Generalized Optomechanics and Its Applications: Quantum Optical Properties of Generalized Optomechanical System. J.-J. Li, K.-D. Zhu. World Scientific, 2013. $89.00 (234 pp.). ISBN 978-981-4417-03-7 Buy at Amazon

Handbook of 3D Machine Vision: Optical Metrology and Imaging. S. Zhang, ed. CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, 2013. $159.95 (414 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4398-7219-2 Buy at Amazon

Handbook of Terahertz Technology for Imaging, Sensing and Communications. D. Saeedkia, ed. Woodhead Publishing, 2013. $315.00 (688 pp.). ISBN 978-0-85709-235-9 Buy at Amazon

Interaction of Ultrashort Electromagnetic Pulses with Matter. V. Astapenko. Springer, 2013. $49.95 paper (94 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-35968-2 Buy at Amazon

Introduction to Aberrations in Optical Imaging Systems. J. Sasián. Cambridge U. Press, 2013. $99.00 (283 pp.). ISBN 978-1-107-00633-1 Buy at Amazon

Magnetophotonics: From Theory to Applications. M. Inoue, M. Levy, A. V. Baryshev, eds. Springer, 2013. $229.00 (228 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-35508-0 Buy at Amazon

Optical Antennas. M. Agio, A. Alù, eds. Cambridge U. Press, 2013. $135.00 (455 pp.). ISBN 978-1-107-01414-5 Buy at Amazon

Optical Magnetometry. D. Budker, D. F. J. Kimball, eds. Cambridge U. Press, 2013. $120.00 (429 pp.). ISBN 978-1-107-01035-2 Buy at Amazon

Progress in Ultrafast Intense Laser Science: Volume IX. K. Yamanouchi, K. Midorikawa, eds. Springer, 2013. $129.00 (228 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-35051-1 Buy at Amazon

Elementary Particle Physics: Foundations of the Standard Model. Vol. 2. Y. Nagashima. Wiley-VCH, 2013. $215.00 (614 pp.). ISBN 978-3-527-40966-2 Buy at Amazon

The Mass Gap and Its Applications. V. Gogokhia, G. G. Barnaföldi. World Scientific, 2013. $88.00 (242 pp.). ISBN 978-981-4440-70-7 Buy at Amazon

Renormalization Group and Fixed Points: In Quantum Field Theory. T. J. Hollowood. Springer, 2013. $49.95 paper (70 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-36311-5 Buy at Amazon

Selected Papers II: With Commentaries. C. N. Yang. World Scientific, 2013. $48.00 paper (346 pp.). ISBN 978-981-4449-01-4 Buy at Amazon

Three-Particle Physics and Dispersion Relation Theory. A. V. Anisovich et al. World Scientific, 2013. $98.00 (325 pp.). ISBN 978-981-4478-80-9 Buy at Amazon

Fundamental Aspects of Plasma Chemical Physics: Transport. M. Capitelli, D. Bruno, A. Laricchiuta. Springer, 2013. $129.00 (352 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4419-8171-4 Buy at Amazon

Let There Be Light: The Story of Light from Atoms to Galaxies. 2nd ed. A. Breslin, A. Montwill. Imperial College Press, 2013. $54.00 paper (531 pp.). ISBN 978-1-84816-759-9 Buy at Amazon

Mad Science 2: Experiments You Can Do at Home, But Still Probably Shouldn’t. T. Gray. Black Dog & Leventhal, 2013. $24.95 (184 pp.). ISBN 978-1-57912-932-3 Buy at Amazon

Night Vision: Exploring the Infrared Universe. M. Rowan-Robinson. Cambridge U. Press, 2013. $50.00 (250 pp.). ISBN 978-1-107-02476-2 Buy at Amazon

A First Course in Topos Quantum Theory. C. Flori. Springer, 2013. $89.95 paper (449 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-35712-1 Buy at Amazon

The Quantum Divide: Why Schrödinger’s Cat Is Either Dead or Alive. C. C. Gerry, K. M. Bruno. Oxford U. Press, 2013. $44.95 (197 pp.). ISBN 978-0-19-966656-0 Buy at Amazon

Quantum Walks and Search Algorithms. R. Portugal. Springer, 2013. $69.95 (222 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4614-6335-1 Buy at Amazon

The Wave Function: Essays on the Metaphysics of Quantum Mechanics. A. Ney, D. Albert, eds. Oxford U. Press, 2013. $29.95 paper (229 pp.). ISBN 978-0-19-979054-8 Buy at Amazon

Apollo: The Epic Journey to the Moon, 1963–1972. 2nd ed. D. W. Reynolds. Zenith Press, 2013. $40.00 (272 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7603-4452-1 Buy at Amazon

Cross-Calibration of Far UV Spectra of Solar System Objects and the Heliosphere. E. Quémerais, M. Snow, R.-M. Bonnet, eds. Springer, 2013. $129.00 (275 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4614-6383-2 Buy at Amazon

A Scenario for Interstellar Exploration and Its Financing. G. F. Bignami, A. Sommariva. Springer, 2013. $49.95 paper (101 pp.). ISBN 978-88-470-5336-6 Buy at Amazon

Weird Worlds: Bizarre Bodies of the Solar System and Beyond. D. A. J. Seargent. Springer, 2013. $34.95 paper (309 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4614-7063-2 Buy at Amazon

Statistical Mechanics of Magnetic Excitations: From Spin Waves to Stripes and Checkerboards. E. Rastelli. World Scientific, 2013. $114.00 (346 pp.). ISBN 978-981-4355-50-6 Buy at Amazon

Advanced Quantum Mechanics: A Practical Guide. Y. V. Nazarov, J. Danon. Cambridge U. Press, 2013. $80.00 (354 pp.). ISBN 978-0-521-76150-5 Buy at Amazon