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Fashion, Faith, and Fantasy in the New Physics of the Universe. R. Penrose. Princeton U. Press, 2016. $29.95 (501 pp.). ISBN 978-0-691-11979-3 Buy at Amazon

How Systems Form and How Systems Break: A Beginner’s Guide for Studying the World. C. H. Ren. Springer, 2017. $119.00 (179 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-44029-3 Buy at Amazon

The Joy of SET: The Many Mathematical Dimensions of a Seemingly Simple Card Game. L. McMahon, G. Gordon, H. Gordon, R. Gordon. Princeton U. Press, 2017. $29.95 (306 pp.). ISBN 978-0-691-16614-8 Buy at Amazon

The Madhouse Effect: How Climate Change Denial Is Threatening Our Planet, Destroying Our Politics, and Driving Us Crazy. M. E. Mann, T. Toles. Columbia U. Press, 2016. $24.95 (186 pp.). ISBN 978-0-231-17786-3 Buy at Amazon

A Most Improbable Journey: A Big History of Our Planet and Ourselves. W. Alvarez. W. W. Norton, 2017. $26.95 (246 pp.). ISBN 978-0-393-29269-5 Buy at Amazon

Placing Outer Space: An Earthly Ethnography of Other Worlds. L. Messeri. Duke U. Press, 2016. $23.95 paper (238 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8223-6203-6 Buy at Amazon

QBism: The Future of Quantum Physics. H. C. von Baeyer. Harvard U. Press, 2016. $24.95 (257 pp.). ISBN 978-0-674-50464-6 Buy at Amazon

Welcome to the Universe: An Astrophysical Tour. N. D. Tyson, M. A. Strauss, J. R. Gott. Princeton U. Press, 2016. $39.95 (472 pp.). ISBN 978-0-691-15724-5 Buy at Amazon

The Cellular Automaton Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics. G. ’t Hooft. Springer, 2016. $59.00 (298 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-41284-9 Buy at Amazon

A Primer on Quantum Fluids. C. F. Barenghi, N. G. Parker. Springer, 2016. $54.99 paper (119 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-42474-3 Buy at Amazon

The Principles of Quantum Theory, from Planck’s Quanta to the Higgs Boson: The Nature of Quantum Reality and the Spirit of Copenhagen. A. Plotnitsky. Springer, 2016. $109.00 (313 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-32066-3 Buy at Amazon

Probing the Meaning of Quantum Mechanics: Superpositions, Dynamics, Semantics and Identity. D. Aerts, C. de Ronde, H. Freytes, R. Giuntini, eds. World Scientific, 2016. $148.00 (360 pp.). ISBN 978-981-3146-27-3 Buy at Amazon

Quantum Field Theory II: Introductions to Quantum Gravity, Supersymmetry and String Theory. E. B. Manoukian. Springer, 2016. $69.99 (364 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-33851-4 Buy at Amazon

Quantum Measurement. P. Busch, P. Lahti, J.-P. Pellonpää, K. Ylinen. Springer, 2016. $149.00 (542 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-43387-5 Buy at Amazon

International Seminar on Nuclear War and Planetary Emergencies. 48th Session: The Role of Science in the Third Millennium. R. Ragaini, ed. World Scientific, 2016. $215.00 (887 pp.). ISBN 978-981-3148-64-2 Buy at Amazon

Chemical Rocket Propulsion: A Comprehensive Survey of Energetic Materials. L. T. DeLuca, T. Shimada, V. P. Sinditskii, M. Calabro, eds. Springer, 2017. $279.00 (1084 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-27746-2 Buy at Amazon

Chicxulub: The Impact and Tsunami; The Story of the Largest Known Asteroid to Hit the Earth. D. Shonting, C. Ezrailson. Springer, 2017. $29.99 (121 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-39485-5 Buy at Amazon

The Ethics of Space Exploration. J. S. J. Schwartz, T. Milligan, eds. Springer, 2016. $99.99 (267 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-39825-9 Buy at Amazon

The Exo-Weather Report: Exploring Diverse Atmospheric Phenomena Around the Universe. D. S. Stevenson. Springer, 2016. $34.00 paper (452 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-25677-1 Buy at Amazon

Rock Legends: The Asteroids and Their Discoverers. P. Murdin. Praxis/Springer, 2016. $29.00 (207 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-31835-6 Buy at Amazon

Science, Culture and the Search for Life on Other Worlds. J. W. Traphagan. Springer, 2016. $29.99 paper (161 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-41744-8 Buy at Amazon

Space Mining and Its Regulation. R. S. Jakhu, J. N. Pelton, Y. O. M. Nyampong. Praxis/ Springer, 2017. $99.00 (181 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-39245-5 Buy at Amazon

What We Know About Extraterrestrial Intelligence: Foundations of Xenology. M. Ashkenazi. Springer, 2017. $129.00 (430 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-44455-0 Buy at Amazon

Kinetic Theory of Nonequilibrium Ensembles, Irreversible Thermodynamics, and Generalized Hydrodynamics. Vol. 1: Nonrelativistic Theories. B. C. Eu. Springer, 2016. $229.00 (603 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-41146-0 Buy at Amazon

Analytical Mechanics. C. S. Helrich. Springer, 2017. $89.99 paper (349 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-44490-1 Buy at Amazon

Classical Electrodynamics: From Image Charges to the Photon Mass and Magnetic Monopoles. F. Lacava. Springer, 2016. $49.99 paper (195 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-39473-2 Buy at Amazon

A Course in Classical Physics 3—Electromagnetism. A. Bettini. Springer, 2016. $89.00 paper (403 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-40870-5 Buy at Amazon

Data Analysis for Scientists and Engineers. E. L. Robinson. Princeton U. Press, 2016. $75.00 (393 pp.). ISBN 978-0-691-16992-7 Buy at Amazon

Differential Equations as Models in Science and Engineering. G. Baker. World Scientific, 2016. $48.00 paper (368 pp.). ISBN 978-981-4656-97-9 Buy at Amazon

Key Competences in Physics Teaching and Learning. T. Greczyło, E. Dębowska, eds. Springer, 2017. $199.00 (230 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-44886-2 Buy at Amazon

Mathematics for Natural Scientists II: Advanced Methods. L. Kantorovich. Springer, 2016. $89.99 paper (675 pp.). ISBN 978-3-319-27859-9 Buy at Amazon

Mechanics of Solids and Structures. 2nd ed. D. W. A. Rees. Imperial College Press, 2016. $88.00 paper (835 pp.). ISBN 978-1-78326-396-7 Buy at Amazon

Space Physics: An Introduction. C. T. Russell, J. G. Luhmann, R. J. Strangeway. Cambridge U. Press, 2016. $99.00 (479 pp.). ISBN 978-1-107-09882-4 Buy at Amazon

Tensor Analysis and Elementary Differential Geometry for Physicists and Engineers. 2nd ed. H. Nguyen-Schäfer, J.-P. Schmidt. Springer, 2017. $149.00 (376 pp.). ISBN 978-3-662-48495-1 Buy at Amazon

Advances in Discrete Differential Geometry. A. I. Bobenko, ed. Springer, 2016. $59.99 (439 pp.). ISBN 978-3-662-50446-8 Buy at Amazon