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astronomy and astrophysics

Cosmic Frontiers. N. Metcalfe, T. Shanks, eds. Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series 379. Proc. conf., Durham, UK, July–Aug. 2006. Astronomical Society of the Pacific, San Francisco, 2007. $77.00 (364 pp.). ISBN 978-1-58381-320-1  Buy at Amazon

First Light in the Universe. A. Loeb, A. Ferrara, R. S. Ellis. Saas-Fee Advanced Course 36. Springer, New York, 2008. $99.00 (371 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-74162-6  Buy at Amazon

From Stars to Galaxies: Building the Pieces to Build Up the Universe. A. Vallenari, R. Tantalo, L. Portinari, A. Moretti, eds. Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series 374. Proc. wksp., Venice, Italy, Oct. 2006. Astronomical Society of the Pacific, San Francisco, 2007. $77.00 (512 pp.). ISBN 978-1-58381-309-6  Buy at Amazon

Galaxy Formation. 2nd ed. M. S. Longair. Astronomy and Astrophysics Library. Springer, New York, 2008 [1998]. $89.95 (735 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-73477-2  Buy at Amazon

Jupiter and How to Observe It. J. W. McAnally. Astronomers' Observing Guides. Springer, London, 2008. $39.95 paper (217 pp.). ISBN 978-1-85233-750-6  Buy at Amazon

Lights in the Sky: Identifying and Understanding Astronomical and Meteorological Phenomena. M. Maunder. Patrick Moore's Practical Astronomy Series. Springer, London, 2007. $29.95 paper (226 pp.). ISBN 978-1-84628-562-2   Buy at Amazon

Making Beautiful Deep-Sky Images: Astrophotography with Affordable Equipment and Software. G. Parker. Patrick Moore's Practical Astronomy Series. Springer, New York, 2007. $34.95 paper (177 pp.). ISBN 978-0-387-71352-6  Buy at Amazon

Relativistic Astrophysics. C. L. Bianco, S.-S. Xue, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 966. Proc. wksp., Pescara, Italy, July 2007. AIP, Melville, NY, 2008. $135.00 (354 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7354-0483-0  Buy at Amazon

The Science Opportunities for the Warm Spitzer Mission Workshop. L. J. Storrie-Lombardi, N. A. Silbermann, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 943. Proc. wksp., Pasadena, CA, June 2007. AIP, Melville, NY, 2007. $95.00 (254 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7354-0457-1  Buy at Amazon

Setting-Up a Small Observatory: From Concept to Construction. D. Arditti. Patrick Moore's Practical Astronomy Series. Springer, New York, 2008. $29.95 paper (235 pp.). ISBN 978-0-387-34521-5  Buy at Amazon

Stars and Planets: The Most Complete Guide to the Stars, Planets, Galaxies, and the Solar System. Rev. ed. I. Ridpath, W. Tirion. Princeton Field Guides. Princeton U. Press, Princeton, NJ, 2007 [2000]. $19.95 paper (400 pp.). ISBN 978-0-691-13556-4  Buy at Amazon

Venus and Mercury, and How to Observe Them. P. Grego. Astronomers' Observing Guides. Springer, New York, 2008. $34.95 paper (262 pp.). ISBN 978-0-387-74285-4  Buy at Amazon

atomic and molecular physics

Precision Physics of Simple Atoms and Molecules. S. G. Karshenboim, ed. Lecture Notes in Physics 745. Springer, New York, 2008. $99.00 (286 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-75478-7  Buy at Amazon

Single Molecules and Nanotechnology. R. Rigler, H. Vogel, eds. Springer Series in Biophysics 12. Springer, New York, 2008. $209.00 (318 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-73923-4  Buy at Amazon

biological and medical physics

Analysis of Evolutionary Processes: The Adaptive Dynamics Approach and Its Applications. F. Dercole, S. Rinaldi. Princeton Series in Theoretical and Computational Biology. Princeton U. Press, Princeton, NJ, 2008. $65.00 (333 pp.). ISBN 978-0-691-12006-5  Buy at Amazon

Biological Database Modeling. J. Chen, A. S. Sidhu, eds. Bioinformatics and Biomedical Imaging. Artech House, Norwood, MA, 2008. $115.00 (224 pp.). ISBN 978-1-59693-258-6  Buy at Amazon

Biology and Mechanics of Blood Flows. Part 1: Biology. M. Thiriet. CRM Series in Mathematical Physics. Springer, New York, 2008. $129.00 (657 pp.). ISBN 978-0-387-74846-7  Buy at Amazon

Biology and Mechanics of Blood Flows. Part 2: Mechanics and Medical Aspects. M. Thiriet. CRM Series in Mathematical Physics. Springer, New York, 2008. $129.00 (467 pp.). ISBN 978-0-387-74848-1  Buy at Amazon

Electrotherapeutic Devices: Principles, Design, and Applications. G. D. O'Clock. Engineering in Medicine and Biology. Artech House, Norwood, MA, 2007. $109.00 (236 pp.). ISBN 978-1-59693-077-3  Buy at Amazon

Food Materials Science: Principles and Practice. J. M. Aguilera, P. J. Lillford, eds. Food Engineering Series. Springer, New York, 2008. $149.00 (616 pp.). ISBN 978-0-387-71946-7  Buy at Amazon

Genome Sequencing Technology and Algorithms. S. Kim, H. Tang, E. R. Mardis, eds. Artech House, Norwood, MA, 2008. $99.00 (259 pp.). ISBN 978-1-59693-094-0  Buy at Amazon

Introduction to DNA Self-Assembled Computer Design. C. Dwyer, A. Lebeck. Artech House, Norwood, MA, 2008. $89.00 (215 pp.). ISBN 978-1-59693-168-8  Buy at Amazon

Introduction to the Mathematics of Medical Imaging. 2nd ed. C. L. Epstein. SIAM, Philadelphia, 2008 [2003]. $99.00 paper (761 pp.). ISBN 978-0-89871-642-9  Buy at Amazon

Lectures in Supercomputational Neuroscience: Dynamics in Complex Brain Networks. P. B. Graben, C. Zhou, M. Thiel, J. Kurths, eds. Understanding Complex Systems. Springer, New York, 2008. $109.00 (375 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-73158-0   Buy at Amazon

Nanomaterials for Application in Medicine and Biology. M. Giersig, G. B. Khomutov, eds. NATO Science for Peace and Security Series B: Physics and Biophysics. Proc. wksp., Bonn, Germany, Oct. 2006. Springer, Dordrecht, the Netherlands, 2008. $149.95, $64.95 paper (187 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4020-6827-0,   Buy at Amazon

Optics of Biological Particles. A. Hoekstra, V. Maltsev, G. Videen, eds. NATO Science Series 2: Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry 238. Proc. wksp., Novosibirsk, Russia, Oct. 2005. Springer, Dordrecht, the Netherlands, 2007. $189.00, $79.95 paper (284 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4020-5500-3, ISBN   Buy at Amazon

Sensing with Ion Channels. B. Martinac, ed. Springer Series in Biophysics 11. Springer, Berlin, 2008. $189.00 (304 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-72683-8  Buy at Amazon

Smart Structures: Blurring the Distinction Between the Living and the Nonliving. V. K. Wadhawan. Monographs on the Physics and Chemistry of Materials 65. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2007. $110.00 (341 pp.). ISBN 978-0-19-922917-8  Buy at Amazon

Systems Bioinformatics: An Engineering Case-Based Approach. G. Alterovitz, M. F. Ramoni, eds. Artech House, Norwood, MA, 2007. $99.00 (386 pp.). ISBN 978-1-59693-124-4, CD-ROM  Buy at Amazon

Translational Approaches in Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine. J. J. Mao, G. Vunjak-Novakovic, A. G. Mikos, A. Atala, eds. Engineering in Medicine and Biology. Artech House, Norwood, MA, 2008. $139.00 (516 pp.). ISBN 978-1-59693-111-4, CD-ROM  Buy at Amazon

Voltage-Sensitive Ion Channels: Biophysics of Molecular Excitability. H. R. Leuchtag. Springer, Dordrecht, the Netherlands, 2008. $229.00 (529 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4020-5524-9  Buy at Amazon

chemical physics

Ion Exchange and Solvent Extraction: A Series of Advances. Vol. 18. A. K. Sengupta, ed. CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, FL, 2007. $199.95 (418 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8493-7397-8  Buy at Amazon

computers and computational physics

Applied Stochastic Processes and Control for Jump-Diffusions: Modeling, Analysis, and Computation. F. B. Hanson. Advances in Design and Control. SIAM, Philadelphia, 2007. $104.00 paper (443 pp.). ISBN 978-0-898716-33-7  Buy at Amazon

Computational Many-Particle Physics. H. Fehske, R. Schneider, A. Weiße, eds. Lecture Notes in Physics 739. Springer, New York, 2008. $139.00 (780 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-74685-0  Buy at Amazon

Computational Multiscale Modeling of Fluids and Solids: Theory and Applications. M. O. Steinhauser. Springer, New York, 2008. $159.00 (427 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-75116-8  Buy at Amazon

Encyclopedia of GIS. S. Shekhar, H. Xiong, eds. Springer, New York, 2008. $349.00 (1370 pp.). ISBN 978-0-387-30858-6  Buy at Amazon

High Performance Computing in Science and Engineering '07: Transactions of the High Performance Computing Center Stuttgart (HLRS) 2007. W. E. Nagel, D. Kröner, M. Resch, eds. Springer, Berlin, 2008. $139.00 (676 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-74738-3  Buy at Amazon

Mathematics of Quantum Computation and Quantum Technology. G. Chen, L. Kauffman, S. J. Lomonaco, eds. Applied Mathematics and Nonlinear Science Series 14. Chapman & Hall/CRC/Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, FL, 2008. $99.95 (601 pp.). ISBN 978-1-58488-899-4  Buy at Amazon

Open Source GIS: A GRASS GIS Approach. 3rd ed. M. Neteler, H. Mitasova. Springer, New York, 2008 [2004]. $99.00 (406 pp.). ISBN 978-0-387-35767-6  Buy at Amazon

Practical Algorithms for Image Analysis: Description, Examples, Programs, and Projects. 2nd ed. L. O'Gorman, M. J. Sammon, M. Seul. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2008 [2000]. $65.00 (349 pp.). ISBN 978-0-521-88411-2,   Buy at Amazon

condensed-matter physics

Advances in Solid State Physics 46. R. Haug, ed. Advances in Solid State Physics 46. Springer, New York, 2008. $199.00 (324 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-38234-8  Buy at Amazon

Group Theory: Application to the Physics of Condensed Matter. M. S. Dresselhaus, G. Dresselhaus, A. Jorio. Springer, New York, 2008. $89.95 (582 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-32897-1  Buy at Amazon

Polarization Effects in Semiconductors: From Ab Initio Theory to Device Applications. C. Wood, D. Jena, eds. Springer, New York, 2008. $129.00 (515 pp.). ISBN 978-0-387-36831-3  Buy at Amazon

Shock Compression of Condensed Matter—2007. Parts 1 and 2. M. Elert et al., eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 955. Proc. conf., Waikoloa, HI, June 2007. AIP, Melville, NY, 2007. $435.00 set (1452 pp. set). ISBN 978-0-7354-0469-4, CD-ROM  Buy at Amazon

cosmology and relativity

Gravitational Waves. Vol. 1: Theory and Experiments. M. Maggiore. Oxfrord U. Press, New York, 2008. $90.00 (554 pp.). ISBN 978-0-19-857074-5  Buy at Amazon

Inflationary Cosmology. M. Lemoine, J. Martin, P. Peter, eds. Lecture Notes in Physics 738. Springer, New York, 2008. $79.95 (428 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-74352-1  Buy at Amazon

device physics

Adaptive Cooling of Integrated Circuits Using Digital Microfluidics. P. Y. Paik, K. Chakrabarty, V. K. Pamula. Integrated Microsystems Series. Artech House, Norwood, MA, 2007. $89.00 (203 pp.). ISBN 978-1-59693-138-1  Buy at Amazon

Multimodal Surveillance: Sensors, Algorithms, and Systems. Z. Zhu, T. S. Huang, eds. Artech House, Norwood, MA, 2007. $139.00 (428 pp.). ISBN 978-1-59693-184-8  Buy at Amazon

Noise and Fluctuations. M. Tacano, Y. Yamamoto, M. Nakao, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 922. Proc. conf., Tokyo, Sept. 2007. AIP, Melville, NY, 2007. $186.00 (738 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7354-0432-8  Buy at Amazon

Pressure-Driven Microfluidics. V. Tesař. Integrated Microsystems Series. Artech House, Norwood, MA, 2007. $119.00 (410 pp.). ISBN 978-1-59693-134-3  Buy at Amazon

Ultra-Wideband, Short-Pulse Electromagnetics 8. C. E. Baum, A. P. Stone, J. S. Tyo, eds. Proc. conf., Albuquerque, NM, July 2006. Springer, New York, 2007. $249.00 (259 pp.). ISBN 978-0-387-73045-5  Buy at Amazon

energy and environment

Energy in Nature and Society: General Energetics of Complex Systems. V. Smil. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2008. $70.00, $32.00 paper (480 pp.). ISBN 978-0-262-19565-2, ISBN 978-0-262-69356-1 paper  Buy at Amazon

Greenhouse Solutions with Sustainable Energy. M. Diesendorf. U. New South Wales Press, Sydney, Australia, 2007. $40.00 paper (413 pp.). ISBN 978-0-868409-733

Humanity's Footprint: Momentum, Impact, and Our Global Environment. W. K. Dodds. Columbia U. Press, New York, 2008. $79.50, $29.50 paper (270 pp.). ISBN 978-0-231-13966-3, ISBN 978-0-231-13967-0 paper  Buy at Amazon

Power to Save the World: The Truth About Nuclear Energy. G. Cravens. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 2007. $27.95 (439 pp.). ISBN 978-0-307-26656-9  Buy at Amazon

particle physics

Proceedings of the IX International Conference on Hypernuclear and Strange Particle Physics: HYP 2006. J. Pochodzalla, T. Walcher, eds. Proc. conf., Mainz, Germany, Oct. 2006. Springer, New York, 2007. $239.00 (400 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-76365-9   Buy at Amazon

QCD@Work 2007. P. Colangelo et al., eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 964. Proc. wksp., Martina Franca, Italy, June 2007. AIP, Melville, NY, 2007. $150.00 (360 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7354-0480-9  Buy at Amazon

Symmetry Breaking. 2nd ed. F. Strocchi. Lecture Notes in Physics 732. Springer, New York, 2008 [2005]. $59.95 (216 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-73592-2  Buy at Amazon

plasmas and fusion

Plasma Polarization Spectroscopy. T. Fujimoto, A. Iwamae, eds. Springer Series on Atomic, Optical, and Plasma Physics 44. Springer, New York, 2008. $169.00 (382 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-73586-1  Buy at Amazon

popularizations

Beyond the Black Box: The Forensics of Airplane Crashes. G. Bibel. Johns Hopkins U. Press, Baltimore, MD, 2008. $30.00 (393 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8018-8631-7  Buy at Amazon

Earth & Space Science for Everybody. L. A. Kivioja. Trafford, Victoria, BC, Canada, 2007. $31.95 paper (332 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4251-1975-1  Buy at Amazon

The Far Side of the Moon: A Photographic Guide. C. J. Byrne. Springer, New York, 2008. $39.95 (215 pp.). ISBN 978-0-387-73205-3,   Buy at Amazon

Flatland: The Movie Edition. E. A. Abbott et al. Princeton U. Press, Princeton, NJ, 2008. $15.00 (168 pp.). ISBN 978-0-691-13657-8   Buy at Amazon

Four Laws That Drive the Universe. P. Atkins. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2007. $19.95 (130 pp.). ISBN 978-0-19-923236-9  Buy at Amazon

The Genius of China: 3,000 Years of Science, Discovery, and Invention. R. Temple. Inner Traditions, Rochester, VT, 2007 [1986, reissued]. $29.95 paper (288 pp.). ISBN 978-1-59477-217-7  Buy at Amazon

Hollywood Science: Movies, Science, and the End of the World. S. Perkowitz. Columbia U. Press, New York, 2007. $24.95 (255 pp.). ISBN 978-0-231-14280-9   Buy at Amazon

How Round Is Your Circle?: Where Engineering and Mathematics Meet. J. Bryant, C. Sangwin. Princeton U. Press, Princeton, NJ, 2008. $29.95 (306 pp.). ISBN 978-0-691-13118-4  Buy at Amazon

Infinite Ascent: A Short History of Mathematics. D. Berlinski. Modern Library Chronicles. Modern Library/Random House, New York, 2008 [2005, reissued]. $14.00 paper (197 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8129-7871-1  Buy at Amazon

The Lunar Exploration Scrapbook: A Pictorial History of Lunar Vehicles. R. Godwin. Apogee Books/Collector's Guide, Burlington, ON, Canada, 2007. $36.95 paper (221 pp.). ISBN 978-1-894959-69-8  Buy at Amazon

The Mystery of the Missing Antimatter. H. R. Quinn, Y. Nir. Science Essentials. Princeton U. Press, Princeton, NJ, 2008. $29.95 (278 pp.). ISBN 978-0-691-13309-6  Buy at Amazon

Nature's Palette: The Science of Plant Color. D. Lee. U. Chicago Press, Chicago, 2007. $35.00 (409 pp.). ISBN 978-0-226-47052-8   Buy at Amazon

Our Changing Planet: The View from Space. M. D. King, C. L. Parkinson, K. C. Partington, R. G. Williams, eds. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2007. $45.00 (390 pp.). ISBN 978-0-521-82870-3  Buy at Amazon

Physics for Entertainment. Vol. 2. Y. Perelman (translated from Russian by A. Shkarovsky). Hyperion, New York, 2007 [1975]. $18.95 (330 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4013-0921-3  Buy at Amazon

The Science of Dune: An Unauthorized Exploration into the Real Science Behind Frank Herbert's Fictional Universe. K. R. Grazier, ed. Science of Pop Culture Series. Benbella Books, Dallas, TX, 2008. $17.95 paper (232 pp.). ISBN 978-1-933771-28-1  Buy at Amazon

Sneakiest Uses for Everyday Things: How to Make a Boomerang with a Business Card, Convert a Pencil into a Microphone, Make Animated Origami, Turn a TV Tray into a Giant Robot, and Create Alternative Energy Science Projects. C. Tymony. Andrews McMeel, Kansas City, MO, 2007. $10.95 paper (170 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7407-6874-3  Buy at Amazon

Time Traveler: A Scientist's Personal Mission to Make Time Travel a Reality. R. L. Mallett, B. Henderson. Thunder's Mouth Press, New York, 2007 [2006, reissued]. $16.95 paper (216 pp.). ISBN 978-1-56858-363-1  Buy at Amazon

The Void. F. Close. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2007. $19.50 (166 pp.). ISBN 978-0-19-922590-3  Buy at Amazon

Welcome to Your Brain: Why You Lose Your Car Keys But Never Forget How to Drive and Other Puzzles of Everyday Life. S. Aamodt, S. Wang. Bloomsbury, New York, 2008. $24.95 (220 pp.). ISBN 978-1-59691-283-0  Buy at Amazon

society and government

Access Denied: The Practice and Policy of Global Internet Filtering. R. Deibert, J. Palfrey, R. Rohozinski, J. Zittrain, eds. The Information Revolution and Global Politics. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2008. $45.00, $20.00 paper (449 pp.). ISBN 978-0-262-04245-1, ISBN 978-0-262-54196-1 paper  Buy at Amazon

Arsenals of Folly: The Making of the Nuclear Arms Race. R. Rhodes. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 2007. $28.95 (386 pp.). ISBN 978-0-375-41413-8  Buy at Amazon

Bomb Scare: The History and Future of Nuclear Weapons. J. Cirincione. Columbia U. Press, New York, 2007. $27.95, $18.95 paper (206 pp.). ISBN 978-0-231-13510-8, ISBN 978-0-231-13511-5 paper  Buy at Amazon

Disrupting Science: Social Movements, American Scientists, and the Politics of the Military, 1945–1975. K. Moore. Princeton Studies in Cultural Sociology. Princeton U. Press, Princeton, NJ, 2008. $35.00 (311 pp.). ISBN 978-0-691-11352-4  Buy at Amazon

Iran and the Bomb: The Abdication of International Responsibility. T. Delpech (translated from French by R. Schwartz). CERI Series in Comparative Politics and International Studies. Columbia U. Press, New York, 2007 [2006]. $26.95 (148 pp.). ISBN 978-0-231-70006-1  Buy at Amazon

Mathematics and Democracy: Designing Better Voting and Fair-Division Procedures. S. J. Brams. Princeton U. Press, Princeton, NJ, 2008. $65.00, $27.95 paper (373 pp.). ISBN 978-0-691-13320-1, ISBN 978-0-691-13321-8   Buy at Amazon

Natural Security: A Darwinian Approach to a Dangerous World. R. D. Sagarin, T. Taylor, eds. U. California Press, Berkeley, 2008. $49.95 (289 pp.). ISBN 978-0-520-25347-6  Buy at Amazon

Open Source: Technology and Policy. F. P. Deek, J. A. M. McHugh. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2008. $99.00, $27.99 paper (369 pp.). ISBN 978-0-521-88103-6, ISBN 978-0-521-70741-1 paper  Buy at Amazon

space and planetary science

The Composition of Matter. R. von Steiger, G. Gloeckler, G. M. Mason, eds. Space Science Series of ISSI 27. Springer, New York, 2007. $169.00 (526 pp.). ISBN 978-0-387-74183-3  Buy at Amazon

Extrasolar Planets: Formation, Detection and Dynamics. R. Dvorak, ed. Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, Germany, 2008. $135.00 paper (287 pp.). ISBN 978-3-527-40671-5  Buy at Amazon

New Solar Physics with Solar-B Mission. K. Shibata, S. Nagata, T. Sakurai, eds. Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series 369. Proc. mtg., Kyoto, Japan, Nov. 2005. Astronomical Society of the Pacific, San Francisco, 2007. $77.00 (596 pp.). ISBN 978-1-58381-237-2  Buy at Amazon

statistical physics and thermodynamics

Bayesian Inference and Maximum Entropy Methods in Science and Engineering. K. H. Knuth et al., eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 954. Proc. wksp., Saratoga Springs, NY, July 2007. AIP, Melville, NY, 2007. $227.00 (492 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7354-0468-7  Buy at Amazon

Entropy Methods for the Boltzmann Equation. F. Rezakhanlou, C. Villani. Lecture Notes in Mathematics 1916. Springer, New York, 2008. $44.95 paper (107 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-73704-9  Buy at Amazon

Equilibrium Between Phases of Matter: Phenomenology and Thermodynamics. H. A. J. Oonk, M. T. Calvet. Springer, Dordrecht, the Netherlands, 2008. $109.00 (404 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4020-6123-3  Buy at Amazon

Extremes in Nature: An Approach Using Copulas. G. Salvadori, C. De Michele, N. T. Kottegoda, R. Rosso. Water Science and Technology Library 56. Springer, Dordrecht, the Netherlands, 2007. $129.00 (292 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4020-4414-4  Buy at Amazon

Introduction to Bayesian Statistics. 2nd rev. ed. K.-R. Koch (translated from German by K.-R. Koch). Springer, New York, 2007 [2000]. $119.00 (249 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-72723-1  Buy at Amazon

Thermodynamics of the Glassy State. L. Leuzzi, T. M. Nieuwenhuizen. Series in Condensed Matter Physics. Taylor & Francis, New York, 2008. $129.95 (344 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7503-0997-4  Buy at Amazon

texts and education

2007 Physics Education Research Conference. L. Hsu, C. Henderson, L. McCullough, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 951. Proc. conf., Greensboro, NC, Aug. 2007. AIP, Melville, NY, 2007. $89.00 paper (218 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7354-0465-6  Buy at Amazon

Introduction to Planetary Science: The Geological Perspective. G. Faure, T. M. Mensing. Springer, Dordrecht, the Netherlands, 2007. $99.00 (526 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4020-5233-0  Buy at Amazon

Molecular Biology of the Cell. 5th ed. B. Alberts et al. Garland Science/Taylor & Francis, New York, 2008 [2002]. $142.00 (1268 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8153-4105-5, CD-ROM  Buy at Amazon

Molecular Biology of the Cell: The Problems Book. 5th ed. J. Wilson, T. Hunt. Garland Science/Taylor & Francis, New York, 2008 [2002]. $39.95 paper (587 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8153-4110-9, CD-ROM  Buy at Amazon

Quantum Mechanics. 4th ed. F. Schwabl. Springer, New York, 2007 [2002]. $69.95 (424 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-71932-8  Buy at Amazon

Quantum Mechanics: Foundations and Applications. D. G. Swanson. Taylor & Francis, New York, 2007. $69.95 (343 pp.). ISBN 978-1-58488-752-2  Buy at Amazon

Rejuvenating the Sun and Avoiding Other Global Catastrophes. M. Beech. Astronomers' Universe. Springer, New York, 2008. $29.95 paper (225 pp.). ISBN 978-0-387-68128-3  Buy at Amazon

theory and mathematical methods

XXVI Workshop on Geometrical Methods in Physics. P. Kielanowski, A. Odzijewicz, M. Schlichenmaier, T. Voronov, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 956. Proc. wksp., Białowieża, Poland, July 2007. AIP, Melville, NY, 2007. $108.00 (252 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7354-0470-0  Buy at Amazon

Approaches to Fundamental Physics: An Assessment of Current Theoretical Ideas. I.-O. Stamatescu, E. Seiler, eds. Lecture Notes in Physics 721. Springer, New York, 2007. $79.95 (422 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-71115-5  Buy at Amazon

Dynamics of Third-Order Rational Difference Equations with Open Problems and Conjectures. E. Camouzis, G. Ladas. Advances in Discrete Mathematics and Applications 5. Chapman & Hall/CRC/Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, FL, 2008. $109.95 (554 pp.). ISBN 978-1-58488-765-2  Buy at Amazon

Integral Transforms and Their Applications. 2nd ed. L. Debnath, D. Bhatta. Chapman & Hall/CRC/ Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, FL, 2007 [1995]. $79.95 (700 pp.). ISBN 978-1-58488-575-7  Buy at Amazon

An Introduction to Sequential Dynamical Systems. H. S. Mortveit, C. M. Reidys. Universitext. Springer, New York, 2008. $59.95 paper (248 pp.). ISBN 978-0-387-30654-4  Buy at Amazon

Noncommutative Geometry and Cayley-Smooth Orders. L. Le Bruyn. Pure and Applied Mathematics 290. Chapman & Hall/CRC/Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, FL, 2008. $99.95 (524 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4200-6422-3   Buy at Amazon