New Books

Acid Rain Science and Politics in Japan: A History of Knowledge and Action Toward Sustainability. K. E. Wilkening. Politics, Science, and the Environment. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2004. $62.00, $19.00 paper (322 pp.). ISBN 0262232359, ISBN 0262731665 paper Buy at Amazon

Fluids

Slow Dynamics in Complex Systems. M. Tokuyama, I. Oppenheim, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 708. Proc. symp., Sendai, Japan, Nov. 2003. AIP, Melville, NY, 2004. $210.00 (829 pp.). ISBN 0735401837 Buy at Amazon

Geophysics

Earthshaking Science: What We Know (and Don't Know) About Earthquakes. S. E. Hough. Princeton U. Press, Princeton, NJ, 2004 [2002, reissued]. $17.95 paper (238 pp.). ISBN 0691118191 Buy at Amazon

History and Philosophy

American Genesis: A Century of Invention and Technological Enthusiasm, 1870−1970. T. P. Hughes. U. of Chicago Press, Chicago, 2004 [1989, reissued]. $22.50 paper (529 pp.). ISBN 0226359271 Buy at Amazon

Compass: A Story of Exploration and Innovation. A. Gurney. W. W. Norton, New York, 2004. $22.95 (320 pp.). ISBN 0393050734 Buy at Amazon

Human−Built World: How to Think About Technology and Culture. T. P. Hughes. U. of Chicago Press, Chicago, 2004. $22.50 (223 pp.). ISBN 0226359336 Buy at Amazon

The Invisible Century: Einstein, Freud, and the Search for Hidden Universes. R. Panek. Viking, New York, 2004. $24.95 (258 pp.). ISBN 0670030740 Buy at Amazon

Isaac Newton's Natural Philosophy. J. Z. Buchwald, I. B. Cohen, eds. Dibner Institute for the History of Science and Technology. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2004 [2001, reissued]. $22.00 paper (354 pp.). ISBN 0262524252 Buy at Amazon

It Began with the Gift of Fire: The Growth of Science and Curbs on Scientists. W. M. Saltman. AuthorHouse, Bloomington, IN, 2004. $19.45 paper (287 pp.). ISBN 1418445487 Buy at Amazon

Knowledge and the World: Challenges Beyond the Science Wars. M. Carrier, J. Roggenhofer, G. Küppers, Ph. Blanchard, eds. The Frontiers Collection. Springer−Verlag, New York, 2004. $79.95 (326 pp.). ISBN 3540210091 Buy at Amazon

Monturiol's Dream: The Extraordinary Story of the Submarine Inventor Who Wanted to Save the World. M. Stewart. Pantheon Books, New York, 2003. $25.00 (338 pp.). ISBN 0375414398 Buy at Amazon

Quantum Closures and Disclosures: Thinking−Together Postphenomenology and Quantum Brain Dynamics. G. G. Globus. Advances in Consciousness Research 50. John Benjamins, Philadelphia, 2003. $107.00, $58.95 paper (198 pp.). ISBN 1588113701, ISBN 158811371X paper Buy at Amazon

Science and Polity in France: The End of the Old Regime. C. C. Gillispie. Princeton U. Press, Princeton, NJ, 2004 [1980, reissued]. $39.95 paper (601 pp.). ISBN 0691118493 Buy at Amazon

Science Serialized: Representations of the Sciences in Nineteenth−Century Periodicals. G. Cantor, S. Shuttleworth, eds. Dibner Institute Studies in the History of Science and Technology. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2004. $40.00 (358 pp.). ISBN 0262033186 Buy at Amazon

The Scientist as Philosopher: Philosophical Consequences of Great Scientific Discoveries. F. Weinert. Springer−Verlag, New York, 2004. $139.00 (342 pp.). ISBN 3540205802 Buy at Amazon

The Sky is Not the Limit: Adventures of an Urban Astrophysicist. N. D. Tyson. Prometheus Books, Amherst, NY, 2004. $18.00 paper (203 pp.). ISBN 159102188X

Space: In Science, Art and Society. F. Penz, G. Radick, R. Howell, eds. The Darwin College Lectures. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2004. $45.00 (206 pp.). ISBN 0521823765 Buy at Amazon

Zeldovich: Reminiscences. R. A. Sunyaev, ed. Chapman & Hall/CRC, Boca Raton, FL, 2004. $89.95 (360 pp.). ISBN 0415287901 Buy at Amazon

Instrumentation and Techniques

Nanoscale Characterisation of Ferroelectric Materials: Scanning Probe Microscopy Approach. M. Alexe, A. Gruverman, eds. Nanoscience and Technology. Springer−Verlag, New York, 2004. $119.00 (282 pp.). ISBN 3540206620 Buy at Amazon

The Satellite Communication Applications Handbook. 2nd ed. B. R. Elbert. Artech House, Boston, 2004 [1997]. $129.00 (532 pp.). ISBN 1580534902 Buy at Amazon

Synchrotron Radiation Instrumentation. T. Warwick, J. Arthur, H. A. Padmore, J. Stöhr, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 705. Proc. conf., San Francisco, Aug. 2003. AIP, Melville, NY, 2004. $290.00 (1428 pp.). ISBN 0735401802 Buy at Amazon

Materials Science

Amorphous and Nanocrystalline Metals. R. Busch, T. C. Hufnagel, J. Eckert, A. Inoue, W. L. Johnson, A. R. Yavari, eds. Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings 806. Proc. symp., Boston, Dec. 2003. MRS, Warrendale, PA, 2004. $95.00 (416 pp.). ISBN 155899744X Buy at Amazon

The Chemistry of Nanostructured Materials. P. Yang, ed. World Scientific, River Edge, NJ, 2003. $84.00, $48.00 paper (386 pp.). ISBN 9812384057, ISBN 9812385657 paper Buy at Amazon

Crystallography of Modular Materials. G. Ferraris, E. Makovicky, S. Merlino. IUCr Monographs on Crystallography 15. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2004. $144.50 (370 pp.). ISBN 0198526644 Buy at Amazon

Engineered Porosity for Microphotonics and Plasmonics. R. Wehrspohn, F. Garcia−Vidal, M. Notomi, A. Scherer, eds. Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings 797. Proc. symp., Boston, Dec. 2003. MRS, Warrendale, PA, 2004. $91.00 (266 pp.). ISBN 1558997350 Buy at Amazon

Ferroelectric Random Access Memories: Fundamentals and Applications. H. Ishiwara, M. Okuyama, Y. Arimoto, eds. Topics in Applied Physics 93. Springer−Verlag, New York, 2004. $199.00 (290 pp.). ISBN 3540407189 Buy at Amazon

Fullerene−Based Materials: Structures and Properties. K. Prassides, ed. Structure and Bonding 109. Springer−Verlag, New York, 2004. $229.00 (283 pp.). ISBN 3540201068 Buy at Amazon

Long−Term Properties of Polyolefins. A.−C. Albertsson, ed. Advances in Polymer Science 169. Springer−Verlag, New York, 2004. $299.00 (316 pp.). ISBN 3540407693 Buy at Amazon

Materials and Technology for Hydrogen Economy. G.−A. Nazri, M. Nazri, R. Young, P. Chen, eds. Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings 801. Proc. symp., Boston, Dec. 2003. MRS, Warrendale, PA, 2004. $82.00 (233 pp.). ISBN 1558997393 Buy at Amazon

Mathematical Techniques in Crystallography and Materials Science. 3rd ed. E. Prince. Springer−Verlag, New York, 2004 [1994]. $59.95 paper (224 pp.). ISBN 354021111X Buy at Amazon

Molecularly Imprinted Materials—2003. P. Kofinas, B. Sellergren, M. J. Roberts, eds. Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings 787. Proc. symp., Boston, Dec. 2003. MRS, Warrendale, PA, 2004. $82.00 (111 pp.). ISBN 1558997253 Buy at Amazon

Physical Foundations of Materials Science. G. Gottstein. Springer−Verlag, New York, 2004. $79.95 (502 pp.). ISBN 3540401393 Buy at Amazon

Plastic Deformation in Nanocrystalline Materials. M. Yu. Gutkin I. A. Ovid'ko. Springer Series in Materials Science 74. Springer−Verlag, New York, 2004. $119.00 (187 pp.). ISBN 354020993X Buy at Amazon