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Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrometry in the Age of the Next Generation of Large Telescopes. P. K. Seidelmann, A. K. B. Monet, eds. Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series 338. Proc. mtg., Flagstaff, AZ, Oct. 2004. Astronomical Society of the Pacific, San Francisco, 2005. $77.00 (380 pp.). ISBN 1-58381-205-9   Buy at Amazon

Astrophysics of Gaseous Nebulae and Active Galactic Nuclei. 2nd ed. D. E. Osterbrock, G. J. Ferland. U. Science Books, Sausalito, CA, 2006 [1989]. $64.50 (461 pp.). ISBN 1-891389-34-3  Buy at Amazon

Cores to Clusters: Star Formation with Next Generation Telescopes. M. S. N. Kumar, M. Tafalla, P. Caselli, eds. Astrophysics and Space Science Library 324. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2005. $149.00 (216 pp.). ISBN 0-387-26322-5  Buy at Amazon

Cosmic Magnetic Fields. R. Wielebinski, R. Beck, eds. Lecture Notes in Physics 664. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2005. $79.95 (279 pp.). ISBN 3-540-24175-2  Buy at Amazon

Fundamentals of Solar Astronomy. A. Bhatnagar, W. Livingston. World Scientific Series in Astronomy and Astrophysics 6. World Scientific, Hackensack, NJ, 2005. $58.00, $32.00 paper (445 pp.). ISBN 981-238-244-5, ISBN 981-256-357-1 paper  Buy at Amazon

Optics and Photonics

Polarization Mode Dispersion. A. Galtarossa, C. R. Menyuk, eds. Optical and Fiber Communications Reports. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2005. $249.00 (296 pp.). ISBN 0-387-23193-5  Buy at Amazon

Solid-State Random Lasers. M. A. Noginov. Springer Series in Optical Sciences 105. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2005. $89.95 (235 pp.). ISBN 0-387-23913-8  Buy at Amazon

Spectroscopic Properties of Rare Earths in Optical Materials. G. Liu, B. Jacquier, eds. Springer Series in Materials Science 83. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2005. $179.00 (550 pp.). ISBN 3-540-23886-7  Buy at Amazon

Terahertz Optoelectronics. K. Sakai, ed. Topics in Applied Physics 97. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2005. $199.00 (387 pp.). ISBN 3-540-20013-4   Buy at Amazon

Particle Physics

Advanced Quantum Mechanics. 3rd ed. F. Schwabl (translated from German by R. Hilton and A. Lahee). Springer-Verlag, New York, 2005 [2004]. $69.95 (405 pp.). ISBN 3-540-25901-5  Buy at Amazon

From Parity Violation to Hadronic Structure and More. S. Kox, D. Lhuillier, F. Maas, J. Van de Wiele, eds. Proc. conf., Grenoble, France, June 2004. Società Italiana di Fisica, Bologna, Italy, and Springer-Verlag, New York, 2005. $219.00 (208 pp.). ISBN 3-540-25501-X  Buy at Amazon

Intense Electron and Ion Beams. S. I. Molokovsky, A. D. Sushkov. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2005. $129.00 (281 pp.). ISBN 3-540-24220-1  Buy at Amazon

Lattice Hadron Physics. A. C. Kalloniatis, D. B. Leinweber, A. G. Williams, eds. Lecture Notes in Physics 663. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2005. $59.95 (230 pp.). ISBN 3-540-23911-1  Buy at Amazon

Lectures on the Physics of Highly Correlated Electron Systems IX. A. Avella, F. Mancini, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 789. Proc. course, Salerno, Italy, Oct. 2004. AIP, Melville, NY, 2005. $140.00 (307 pp.). ISBN 0-7354-0279-5  Buy at Amazon

Planck's Columbia Lectures. M. Planck. Adaptive Enterprises, Clatonia, NE, 2005. $28.95 paper (479 pp.). ISBN 0-9659176-3-0  Buy at Amazon

Scattering and Structures: Essentials and Analogies in Quantum Physics. B. Povh, M. Rosina (translated from German by M. Lavelle). Springer-Verlag, New York, 2005. $49.95 paper (264 pp.). ISBN 3-540-23156-0  Buy at Amazon

Warped Passages: Unraveling the Mysteries of the Universe's Hidden Dimensions. L. Randall. Ecco/HarperCollins, New York, 2005. $27.95 (499 pp.). ISBN 0-06-053108-8   Buy at Amazon

Plasmas and Fusion

Nonequilibrium Phenomena in Plasmas. A. S. Sharma, P. K. Kaw, eds. Astrophysics and Space Science Library 321. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2005. $179.00 (340 pp.). ISBN 1-4020-3108-4  Buy at Amazon

Plasma Physics: Confinement, Transport and Collective Effects. A. Dinklage, T. Klinger, G. Marx, L. Schweikhard, eds. Lecture Notes in Physics 670. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2005. $99.95 (496 pp.). ISBN 3-540-25274-6   Buy at Amazon

Popularizations

Basic Instinct: The Genesis of Behavior. M. S. Blumberg. Thunder's Mouth Press, New York, 2005. $24.00 (261 pp.). ISBN 1-56025-659-1  Buy at Amazon

A Briefer History of Time. S. Hawking, L. Mlodinow. Bantam Dell, New York, 2005. $25.00 (162 pp.). ISBN 0-553-80436-7  Buy at Amazon

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The Fate of the Most Massive Stars. R. M. Humphreys, K. Z. Stanek, eds. Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series 332. Proc. mtg., Grand Teton National Park, WY, 2004. Astronomical Society of the Pacific, San Francisco, 2005. $77.00 (423 pp.). ISBN 1-58381-195-8  Buy at Amazon

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Hiding in the Mirror: The Mysterious Allure of Extra Dimensions, from Plato to String Theory and Beyond. L. M. Krauss. Viking, New York, 2005. $24.95 (276 pp.). ISBN 0-670-03395-2  Buy at Amazon

Infinite Ascent: A Short History of Mathematics. D. Berlinski. Modern Library, New York, 2005. $21.95 (197 pp.). ISBN 0-679-64234-X   Buy at Amazon

Just a Theory: Exploring the Nature of Science. M. Ben-Ari. Prometheus Books, Amherst, NY, 2005. $21.00 paper (237 pp.) ISBN 1-59102-285-1  Buy at Amazon

The Labyrinth of Time: Introducing the Universe. M. Lockwood. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2005. $29.95 (405 pp.). ISBN 0-19-924995-4  Buy at Amazon

Logic Made Easy: How to Know When Language Deceives You. D. J. Bennett. W. W. Norton, New York, 2005 [2004, reissued]. $14.95 paper (256 pp.). ISBN 0-393-32692-6  Buy at Amazon

Meta Math!: The Quest for Omega. G. Chaitin. Pantheon Books, New York, 2005. $26.00 (220 pp.). ISBN 0-375-42313-3  Buy at Amazon

Nanotechnology for Dummies. R. Booker, E. Boysen. Wiley, Hoboken, NJ, 2005. $24.99 paper (361 pp.). ISBN 0-7645-8368-9   Buy at Amazon

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The Science in Science Fiction: 83 SF Predictions That Became Scientific Reality. R. W. Bly, J. Gunn, ed. Benbella Books, Dallas, TX, 2005. $24.00 (367 pp.). ISBN 1-932100-48-2  Buy at Amazon

The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology. R. Kurzweil. Viking, New York, 2005. $29.95 (652 pp.). ISBN 0-670-03384-7   Buy at Amazon

Stroke a Martian: And 99 Other Things to Do Before You Die: Plus 5 to Do Afterward. Editors of New Scientist. Walker, New York, 2005. $7.95 paper (106 pp.). ISBN 0-8027-7730-9  Buy at Amazon

The Theory of Almost Everything: The Standard Model, the Unsung Triumph of Modern Physics. R. Oerter. Pi Press, New York, 2006. $24.95 (327 pp.). ISBN 0-13-236678-9   Buy at Amazon

Society and Government

The Four Faces of Nuclear Terrorism. C. D. Ferguson, W. C. Potter. Routledge/ Taylor & Francis, New York, 2005. $90.00, $27.95 paper (376 pp.). ISBN 0-415-95243-3, ISBN 0-415-95244-1 paper  Buy at Amazon

Illegal Beings: Human Clones and the Law. K. L. Macintosh. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2005. $28.00 (272 pp.). ISBN 0-521-85328-1   Buy at Amazon

Why Geography Matters: Three Challenges Facing America: Climate Change, the Rise of China, and Global Terrorism. H. de Blij. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2005. $30.00 (308 pp.). ISBN 0-19-518301-0   Buy at Amazon

Space and Planetary Science

Deep-Space Probes: To the Outer Solar System and Beyond. 2nd ed. G. L. Matloff. Springer-Praxis Books in Astronautical Engineering. Praxis/Springer-Verlag, New York, 2005 [2000]. $139.00 (242 pp.). ISBN 3-540-24772-6  Buy at Amazon

The Hatfield SCT Lunar Atlas: Photographic Atlas for Meade, Celestron and Other SCT Telescopes. J. Cook, ed. Springer-Verlag, London, 2005. $39.95 (122 pp.). ISBN 1-85233-749-4  Buy at Amazon

Marswalk One: First Steps on a New Planet. D. J. Shayler, A. Salmon, M. D. Shayler. Springer-Praxis Books in Space Exploration. Praxis/Springer-Verlag, New York, 2005. $29.95 paper (244 pp.). ISBN 1-85233-792-3  Buy at Amazon

Materials for Space Applications. M. Chipara, D. L. Edwards, R. S. Benson, S. Phillips, eds. Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings 851. Proc. symp., Boston, Nov.–Dec. 2004. MRS, Warrendale, PA, 2005. $102.00 (581 pp.). ISBN 1-55899-799-7   Buy at Amazon

Statistical Physics and Thermodynamics

Fractal-Based Point Processes. S. B. Lowen, M. C. Teich. Wiley Series in Probability and Statistics. Wiley, Hoboken, NJ, 2005. $99.95 (594 pp.). ISBN 0-471-38376-7   Buy at Amazon

Texts and Education

Advanced University Physics. 2nd ed. M. S. Rogalski, S. B. Palmer. Chapman & Hall/CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, FL, 2006 [1996]. $99.95 (1006 pp.). ISBN 1-58488-511-4  Buy at Amazon

Bayesian Logical Data Analysis for the Physical Sciences: A Comparative Approach with Mathematica® Support. P. C. Gregory. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2005. $70.00 (468 pp.). ISBN 0-521-84150-X  Buy at Amazon

Dynamics of Multibody Systems. 3rd ed. A. A. Shabana. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2005 [1998]. $85.00 (374 pp.). ISBN 0-521-85011-8  Buy at Amazon

Hydrology: An Introduction. W. Brutsaert. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2005. $75.00 (605 pp.). ISBN 0-521-82479-6  Buy at Amazon

Introduction to Color Imaging Science. H.-C. Lee. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2005. $110.00 (695 pp.). ISBN 0-521-84388-X  Buy at Amazon

An Introduction to Partial Differential Equations. Y. Pinchover, J. Rubinstein. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2005. $120.00, $45.00 paper (371 pp.). ISBN 0-521-84886-5, ISBN 0-521-61323-X paper  Buy at Amazon

Introduction to Semiconductor Devices: For Computing and Telecommunications Applications. K. F. Brennan. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2005. $80.00 (316 pp.). ISBN 0-521-83150-4  Buy at Amazon

Mechanical Behavior of Materials. W. F. Hosford. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2005. $90.00 (425 pp.). ISBN 0-521-84670-6  Buy at Amazon

Modern Physical Organic Chemistry. E. V. Anslyn, D. A. Dougherty. University Science Books, Sausalito, CA, 2005. $132.50 (1095 pp.). ISBN 1-891389-31-9  Buy at Amazon

The Moon and How to Observe It. P. Grego. Astronomers' Observing Guides. Springer-Verlag, London, 2005. $29.95 paper (274 pp.). ISBN 1-85233-748-6  Buy at Amazon

Present at the Flood: How Structural Molecular Biology Came About. R. E. Dickerson. Sinauer, Sunderland, MA, 2005. $34.95 paper (307 pp.). ISBN 0-87893-168-6  Buy at Amazon

Thermodynamics in Mineral Sciences: An Introduction. L. Cemič. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2005. $95.00 (386 pp.). ISBN 3-540-24364-X  Buy at Amazon

Theory and Mathematical Methods

Analytical Mechanics for Relativity and Quantum Mechanics. O. D. Johns. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2005. $79.50 (597 pp.). ISBN 0-19-856726-X   Buy at Amazon

Classical and Nonclassical Logics: An Introduction to the Mathematics of Propositions. E. Schechter. Princeton U. Press, Princeton, NJ, 2005. $79.50 (507 pp.). ISBN 0-691-12279-2  Buy at Amazon

Feynman's Thesis: A New Approach to Quantum Theory. L. M. Brown, ed. World Scientific, Hackensack, NJ, 2005. $28.00, $14.00 paper (119 pp.). ISBN 981-256-366-0, ISBN 981-256-380-6 paper  Buy at Amazon

Finite Element Methods and Their Applications. Z. Chen. Scientific Computation. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2005. $79.95 (410 pp.). ISBN 3-540-24078-0  Buy at Amazon

Fundamentals of Quantum Mechanics: For Solid State Electronics and Optics. C. L. Tang. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2005. $65.00 (208 pp.). ISBN 0-521-82952-6  Buy at Amazon

Geometric and Topological Methods for Quantum Field Theory. H. Ocampo, S. Paycha, A. Vargas, eds. Lecture Notes in Physics 668. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2005. $59.95 (229 pp.). ISBN 3-540-24283-X  Buy at Amazon

Introduction to Plane Algebraic Curves. E. Kunz (translated from German by R. G. Belshoff). Birkhäuser, Boston, 2005. $59.95 paper (293 pp.). ISBN 0-8176-4381-8  Buy at Amazon

Magnetic Monopoles. Y. M. Shnir. Texts and Monographs in Physics. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2005. $89.95 (532 pp.). ISBN 3-540-25277-0  Buy at Amazon

Mathematical Modeling in Continuum Mechanics. 2nd ed. R. Temam, A. Miranville. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2005 [2000]. $50.00 paper (342 pp.). ISBN 0-521-61723-5  Buy at Amazon

Measurement Errors and Uncertainties: Theory and Practice. 3rd ed. S. G. Rabinovich. AIP Press/Springer-Verlag, New York, 2005 [2000]. $59.95 (308 pp.). ISBN 0-387-25358-0  Buy at Amazon

Mechanics and Mathematics of Crystals: Selected Papers of J. L. Ericksen. M. F. Beatty, M. A. Hayes, eds. World Scientific, Hackensack, NJ, 2005. $118.00 (621 pp.). ISBN 981-256-283-4  Buy at Amazon

Optimization: Insights and Applications. J. Brinkhuis, V. Tikhomirov. Princeton Series in Applied Mathematics. Princeton U. Press, Princeton, NJ, 2005. $79.50 (658 pp.). ISBN 0-691-10287-2  Buy at Amazon

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The Quantum Hall Effect: Poincaré Seminar 2004. B. Douçot, B. Duplantier, V. Pasquier, V. Rivasseau, eds. Progress in Mathematical Physics 45. Birkhäuser Verlag, Boston, 2005. $89.95 (197 pp.). ISBN 3-7643-7300-8  Buy at Amazon

Quantum Kinetic Theory and Applications: Electrons, Photons, Phonons. F. T. Vasko, O. E. Raichev. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2005. $149.00 (784 pp.). ISBN 0-387-26028-5  Buy at Amazon

Quantum Mechanics. 2nd ed. J.-L. Basdevant, J. Dalibard. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2005 [2002]. $79.95 (511 pp.). ISBN 3-540-27706-4, CD-ROM  Buy at Amazon

Relativistic Quantum Mechanics. 2nd ed. H. M. Pilkuhn. Texts and Monographs in Physics. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2005 [2003]. $89.95 (278 pp.). ISBN 3-540-25502-8  Buy at Amazon

Spectra and Pseudospectra: The Behavior of Nonnormal Matrices and Operators. L. N. Trefethen, M. Embree. Princeton U. Press, Princeton, NJ, 2005. $65.00 (606 pp.). ISBN 0-691-11946-5  Buy at Amazon

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