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acoustics
Measured Tones: The Interplay of Physics and Music. 3rd ed. I. Johnston. CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, FL, 2009 [2002]. $59.95 (436 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4200-9347-6 Buy at Amazon
astronomy and astrophysics
Cosmic Rays and Astrophysics. C. J. S. Salinas, D. Wahl, J. Bellido, Ó. Saavedra, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 1123 . Proc. sch., Arequipa, Peru, Aug.—Sept. 2008. AIP, Melville, NY, 2009. $118.00 paper (278 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7354-0659-9 Buy at Amazon
Gamma-Ray Bursts. C. Meegan, N. Gehrels, C. Kouveliotou, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 1133 . Proc. symp., Huntsville, AL, Oct. 2008. AIP, Melville, NY, 2009. $259.00 (537 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7354-0670-4 Buy at Amazon
Simbol-X: Focusing on the Hard X-Ray Universe. P. Ferrando, J. Rodriguez, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 1126 . Proc. symp., Paris, Dec. 2008. AIP, Melville, NY, 2009. $170.00 (381 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7354-0662-9 Buy at Amazon
biological and medical physics
Biophysics and the Challenges of Emerging Threats. J. D. Puglisi, ed. NATO Science for Peace and Security Series B: Physics and Biophysics . Proc. inst., Erice, Italy, June 2007. Springer, Dordrecht, the Netherlands, 2009. $179.00, $74.95 paper (179 pp.). ISBN 978-90-481-2366-7, ISBN 978-90-481-2367-4 paper Buy at Amazon
Cellular Signaling in Health and Disease. M. Beckerman. Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering . Springer, New York, 2009. $159.00 (470 pp.). ISBN 978-0-387-98172-7 Buy at Amazon
Dendrimer-Based Nanomedicine. I. J. Majoros, J. R. Baker Jr, eds. Pan Stanford, Singapore, 2008. $215.00 (407 pp.). ISBN 978-981-4241-04-5 Buy at Amazon
Laser Florence 2008: A Bridge to the Laser Medicine World. L. Longo, ed. AIP Conference Proceedings 1142 . Proc. conf., Firenze, Italy, Oct.–Nov. 2008. AIP, Melville, NY, 2009. $79.00 paper (114 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7354-0679-7 Buy at Amazon
Nanobiotechnology and Nanobiosciences. C. Nicolini. Pan Stanford Series on Nanobiotechnology 1 . Pan Stanford, Singapore, 2009. $119.00 (367 pp.). ISBN 978-981-4241-38-0 Buy at Amazon
Nanomedicine: A Systems Engineering Approach. M. Zhang, N. Xi, eds. Pan Stanford, Singapore, 2009. $149.00 (348 pp.). ISBN 978-981-4241-36-6 Buy at Amazon
Nanopathology: The Health Impact of Nanoparticles. A. M. Gatti, S. Montanari. Pan Stanford, Singapore, 2008. $135.00 (298 pp.). ISBN 978-981-4241-00-7 Buy at Amazon
Nanotherapeutics: Drug Delivery Concepts in Nanoscience. A. Lamprecht, ed. Pan Stanford, Singapore, 2009. $155.00 (279 pp.). ISBN 978-981-4241-02-1 Buy at Amazon
chemical physics
Aldol Reactions. R. Mahrwald. Springer, New York, 2009. $239.00 (211 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4020-8700-4 Buy at Amazon
Chemorheology of Polymers: From Fundamental Principles to Reactive Processing. P. J. Halley, G. A. George. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2009. $150.00 (443 pp.). ISBN 978-0-521-80719-7 Buy at Amazon
Controlled Assembly and Modification of Inorganic Systems. X.-T. Wu, ed. Structure and Bonding 133 . Springer, Berlin, 2009. $249.00 (208 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-01561-8 Buy at Amazon
Interface Controlled Organic Thin Films. H.-G. Rubahn, H. Sitter, G. Horowitz, K. Al-Shamery, eds. Springer Proceedings in Physics 129 . Springer, Berlin, 2009. $249.00 (230 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-95929-8 Buy at Amazon
Molecules: Nucleation, Aggregation and Crystallization—Beyond Medical and Other Implications. J. Sedzik, P. Riccio, eds. World Scientific, Hackensack, NJ, 2009. $98.00, $68.00 paper (352 pp.). ISBN 978-981-283-264-1, ISBN 978-981-283-265-8 paper Buy at Amazon
Solution Structure and Solution Dynamics in Chiral Ytterbium (III) Complexes. M. Lelli. Publications of the Scuola Normale Superiore, Theses 11 . Edizioni Della Normale/Birkhäuser, Boston, 2009. $24.95 paper (169 pp.). ISBN 978-88-7642-349-9 Buy at Amazon
Structural Crystallography of Inorganic Oxysalts. S. V. Krivovichev. IUCr Monographs on Crystallography 22 . Oxford U. Press, New York, 2009. $130.00 (308 pp.). ISBN 978-0-19-921320-7 Buy at Amazon
computers and computational physics
Brain-Mind Machinery: Brain-Inspired Computing and Mind Opening. G.-W. Ng. World Scientific, Hackensack, NJ, 2009. $72.00 (371 pp.). ISBN 978-981-279-025-5 Buy at Amazon
Information, Physics, and Computation. M. Mézard, A. Montanari. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2009. $99.00 (569 pp.). ISBN 978-0-19-857083-7 Buy at Amazon
Nanocomputing: Computational Physics for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology. J. J. Y. Hsu. Pan Stanford, Singapore, 2009. $135.00 (370 pp.). ISBN 978-981-4241-26-7 Buy at Amazon
Practical Guide to Computer Simulations. A. K. Hartmann. World Scientific, Hackensack, NJ, 2009. $83.00, $61.00 paper (368 pp.). ISBN 978-981-283-414-0, ISBN 978-981-283-415-7 paper Buy at Amazon
, CD-ROMQuick Finite Elements for Electromagnetic Waves. 2nd ed. G. Pelosi, R. Coccioli, S. Selleri. Electromagnetic Analysis Series . Artech House, Norwood, MA, 2009 [1998]. $139.00 (289 pp.). ISBN 978-1-59693-345-3, CD-ROM Buy at Amazon
condensed-matter physics
Advances in Theoretical Physics. V. Lebedev, M. Feigel’man, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 1134 . Proc. conf., Chernogolovka, Russia, June 2008. AIP, Melville, NY, 2009. $126.00 paper (220 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7354-0671-1 Buy at Amazon
Geometry and Phase Transitions in Colloids and Polymers. W. Kung. World Scientific Lecture Notes in Physics 79 . World Scientific, Hackensack, NJ, 2009. $70.00 (191 pp.). ISBN 978-981-283-496-6 Buy at Amazon
Neutron Scattering in Condensed Matter Physics. A. Furrer, J. Mesot, T. Strässle. Series on Neutron Techniques and Applications 4 . World Scientific, Hackensack, NJ, 2009. $68.00, $32.00 paper (301 pp.). ISBN 978-981-02-4830-7, ISBN 978-981-02-4831-4 paper Buy at Amazon
Semiconductor Quantum Bits. F. Henneberger, O. Benson. Pan Stanford, Singapore, 2009. $179.00 (504 pp.). ISBN 978-981-4241-05-2 Buy at Amazon
Spin Wave Confinement. S. O. Demokritov, ed. Pan Stanford, Singapore, 2009. $155.00 (229 pp.). ISBN 978-981-4241-06-9 Buy at Amazon
Superconductivity: A Very Short Introduction. S. Blundell. Very Short Introductions . Oxford U. Press, New York, 2009. $11.95 paper (151 pp.). ISBN 978-0-19-954090-7 Buy at Amazon
cosmology and relativity
CMB Polarization Workshop: Theory and Foregrounds. S. Dodelson et al., eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 1141 . Proc. wksp., Batavia, IL, June 2008. AIP, Melville, NY, 2009. $189.00 paper (316 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7354-0678-0 Buy at Amazon
Cosmology and Gravitation. M. Novello, S. E. P. Bergliaffa, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 1132 . Proc. sch., Mangaratiba, Brazil, July–Aug. 2008. AIP, Melville, NY, 2009. $144.00 (442 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7354-0669-8 Buy at Amazon
From Quantum to Cosmos: Fundamental Physics Research in Space. S. G. Turyshev, ed. World Scientific, Hackensack, NJ, 2009. $142.00 (751 pp.). ISBN 978-981-4261-20-3 Buy at Amazon
General Relativistic Dynamics: Extending Einstein’s Legacy Throughout the Universe. F. I. Cooperstock. World Scientific, Hackensack, NJ, 2009. $51.00 (232 pp.). ISBN 978-981-4271-16-5 Buy at Amazon
The Oxford Companion to Cosmology. A. Liddle, J. Loveday. Oxford Paperback Reference . Oxford U. Press, New York, 2009 [2008, reissued]. $24.99 paper (343 pp.). ISBN 978-0-19-956084-4 Buy at Amazon
Physics and Mathematics of Gravitation. K. E. Kunze, M. Mars, M. A Vázquez-Mozo, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 1122 . Proc. mtg., Salamanca, Spain, Sept. 2008. AIP, Melville, NY, 2009. $204.00 (433 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7354-0658-2 Buy at Amazon
Quantum Mechanics of Fundamental Systems: The Quest for Beauty and Simplicity—Claudio Bunster Festschrift. M. Henneaux, J. Zanelli, eds. Springer, New York, 2009. $219.00 (307 pp.). ISBN 978-0-387-87498-2 Buy at Amazon
device physics
Electronic Device Architectures for the Nano-CMOS Era: From Ultimate CMOS Scaling to Beyond CMOS Devices. S. Deleonibus, ed. Pan Stanford, Singapore, 2009. $167.00 (425 pp.). ISBN 978-981-4241-28-1 Buy at Amazon
Noise and Fluctuations: 20th International Conference on Noise and Fluctuations (ICNF 2009). M. Macucci, G. Basso, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 1129 . Proc. conf., Pisa, Italy, June 2009. AIP, Melville, NY, 2009. $218.00 (664 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7354-0665-0 Buy at Amazon
Plasmonic Nanoguides and Circuits. S. I. Bozhevolnyi, ed. Pan Stanford, Singapore, 2009. $149.00 (441 pp.). ISBN 978-981-4241-32-8 Buy at Amazon
energy and environment
Air Pollution: From a Local to a Global Perspective. J. Fenger, J. C. Tjell, eds. Polyteknisk, Lyngby, Denmark, and Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, UK, 2009. $189.00 (488 pp.). ISBN 978-1-84755-865-7 Buy at Amazon
Basic Water Treatment. 4th ed. C. Binnie, M. Kimber. Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, UK, 2009 [2007]. $89.95 paper (318 pp.). ISBN 978-1-84755-878-7 Buy at Amazon
The Entropy Crisis. G. Deutscher. World Scientific, Hackensack, NJ, 2008. $51.00, $30.00 paper (172 pp.). ISBN 978-981-277-968-7, ISBN 978-981-277-969-4 paper Buy at Amazon
Mechanics of Wind-Blown Sand Movements. X. Zheng. Environmental Science and Engineering: Environmental Science . Springer, Berlin, 2009. $159.00 (309 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-88253-4 Buy at Amazon
fluids
Novel Trends in Rheology III. M. Zatloukal, ed. AIP Conference Proceedings 1152 . Proc. conf., Zlin, Czech Republic, July 2009. AIP, Melville, NY, 2009. $169.00 (324 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7354-0689-6 Buy at Amazon
geophysics
A Field Guide to Geophysics in Archaeology. J. Oswin. Springer-Praxis Books in Geophysical Sciences . Praxis/Springer, New York, 2009. $149.00 (221 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-76691-9 Buy at Amazon
materials science
Carbon Nanotube Science: Synthesis, Properties and Applications. P. J. F. Harris. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2009. $90.00 (301 pp.). ISBN 978-0-521-82895-6 Buy at Amazon
Sapphire: Material, Manufacturing, Applications. E. R. Dobrovinskaya, L. A. Lytvynov, V. Pishchik. Micro- and Opto-Electronic Materials, Structures, and Systems . Springer, New York, 2009. $179.00 (481 pp.). ISBN 978-0-387-85694-0 Buy at Amazon
Smart Light-Responsive Materials: Azobenzene-Containing Polymers and Liquid Crystals. Y. Zhao, T. Ikeda, eds. Wiley, Hoboken, NJ, 2009. $140.00 (514 pp.). ISBN 978-0-470-17578-1 Buy at Amazon
The Theory of Laser Materials Processing: Heat and Mass Transfer in Modern Technology. J. Dowden, ed. Springer Series in Materials Science 119 . Springer, Dordrecht, the Netherlands, 2009. $179.00 (387 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4020-9339-5 Buy at Amazon
miscellaneous
Application of Accelerators in Research and Industry. F. D. McDaniel, B. L. Doyle, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 1099 . Proc. conf., Fort Worth, TX, Aug. 2008. AIP, Melville, NY, 2009. $429.00 (1042 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7354-0633-9 Buy at Amazon
Practising Science Communication in the Information Age: Theorizing Professional Practices. R. Holliman et al., eds. Communicating Science in the Information Age 2 . Oxford U. Press, New York, 2009. $40.00 paper (238 pp.). ISBN 978-0-19-955267-2 Buy at Amazon
Space, Propulsion and Energy Sciences International Forum—SPESIF-2009. G. A. Robertson, ed. AIP Conference Proceedings 1103 . Proc. conf., symp., and wksp., Huntsville, AL, Feb. 2009. AIP, Melville, NY, 2009. $260.00 paper (725 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7354-0639-1 Buy at Amazon
Technical Communication: English Skills for Engineers. M. Raman, S. Sharma. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2008. $19.95 paper (536 pp.). ISBN 978-0-19-569574-8 Buy at Amazon
Writing Successful Science Proposals. 2nd ed. A. J. Friedland, C. L. Folt. Yale U. Press, New Haven, CT, 2009 [2000]. $18.00 paper (201 pp.). ISBN 978-0-300-11939-8 Buy at Amazon
nonlinear science and chaos
Multi-Wave Mixing Processes: From Ultrafast Polarization Beats to Electromagnetically Induced Transparency. Y. Zhang, M. Xiao. Higher Education Press, Beijing, and Springer, Berlin, 2009. $259.00 (319 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-89527-5 Buy at Amazon
nuclear physics
FUSION08: New Aspects of Heavy Ion Collisions Near the Coulomb Barrier. K. E. Rehm, B. B. Back, H. Esbensen, C. J. Lister, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 1098 . Proc. conf., Chicago, Sept. 2008. AIP, Melville, NY, 2009. $173.00 paper (363 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7354-0631-5 Buy at Amazon
Nuclear Physics and Applications. D. Dashdorj, U. Agvaanluvsan, G. E. Mitchell, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 1109 . Proc. conf., Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Sept. 2008. AIP, Melville, NY, 2009. $119.00 (204 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7354-0646-9 Buy at Amazon
Perspectives in Nuclear Physics. S.-C. Jeong et al., eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 1120 . Proc. symp., Tokai, Japan, Nov. 2008. AIP, Melville, NY, 2009. $139.00 paper (329 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7354-0655-1 Buy at Amazon
optics and photonics
Integrated Optics: Theory and Technology. 6th ed. R. G. Hunsperger. Springer, New York, 2009 [2002]. $99.00 (513 pp.). ISBN 978-0-387-89774-5 Buy at Amazon
Physics of Solar Cells: From Basic Principles to Advanced Concepts. 2nd rev. ed. P. Würfel. Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, Germany, 2009 [2005]. $95.00 paper (244 pp.). ISBN 978-3-527-40857-3 Buy at Amazon
particle physics
The Dark Side of the Universe. S. Khalil, ed. AIP Conference Proceedings 1115 . Proc. wksp., Cairo, Egypt, June 2008. AIP, Melville, NY, 2009. $186.00 (369 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7354-0652-0 Buy at Amazon
Diffraction 2008. R. Fiore, I. Ivanov, A. Papa, J. Soffer, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 1105 . Proc. wksp., La Londe-les-Maures, France, Sept. 2008. AIP, Melville, NY, 2009. $204.00 (417 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7354-0641-4 Buy at Amazon
Modern Supersymmetry: Dynamics and Duality. J. Terning. International Series of Monographs 132 . Oxford U. Press, New York, 2009 [2006, reissued]. $65.00 paper (324 pp.). ISBN 978-0-19-955951-0 Buy at Amazon
Particles and Fields. A. Ayala et al., eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 1116 . Proc. sch., Hermosillo and San Carlos, Mexico, Oct. 2008. AIP, Melville, NY, 2009. $189.00 paper (489 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7354-0653-7 Buy at Amazon
Progress in High-Energy Physics and Nuclear Safety. V. Begun, L. L. Jenkovszky, A. Polański, eds. NATO Science for Peace and Security Series B: Physics and Biophysics . Proc. wksp., Yalta, Ukraine, Sept.–Oct. 2008. Springer, Dordrecht, the Netherlands, 2009. $229.00, $119.00 paper (366 pp.). ISBN 978-90-481-2285-1, ISBN 978-90-481-2286-8 paper Buy at Amazon
plasmas and fusion
Laser-Plasma Interactions. D. A. Jaroszynski, R. Bingham, R. A. Cairns, eds. Scottish Graduate Series 60 . CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, FL, 2009. $139.95 (434 pp.). ISBN 978-1-58488-778-2 Buy at Amazon
Negative Ions, Beams and Sources. E. Surrey, A. Simonin, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 1097 . Proc. symp., Aix-en-Provence, France, Sept. 2008. AIP, Melville, NY, 2009. $229.00 (499 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7354-0630-8 Buy at Amazon
Non-neutral Plasma Physics VII. J. R. Danielson, T. S. Pedersen, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 1114 . Proc. wksp., New York, June 2008. AIP, Melville, NY, 2009. $144.00 (212 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7354-0651-3 Buy at Amazon
popularizations
125 Physics Projects for the Evil Genius. J. Silver. Evil Genius Series . McGraw-Hill, New York, 2009. $24.95 paper (340 pp.). ISBN 978-0-07-162131-1 Buy at Amazon
The Drunkard’s Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives. L. Mlodinow. Vintage Books, New York, 2009 [2008, reissued]. $15.00 paper (252 pp.). ISBN 978-0-307-27517-2 Buy at Amazon
License to Orbit: The Future of Commercial Space Travel. J. N. Pelton, P. Marshall. Apogee Books Space Series 77 . Apogee Books, Burlington, ON, Canada, 2009. $23.95 paper (197 pp.). ISBN 978-1-894959-98-8 Buy at Amazon
Mad Science: Experiments You Can Do at Home—But Probably Shouldn’t. T. Gray. Black Dog & Leventhal, New York, 2009. $24.95 (239 pp.). ISBN 978-1-57912-791-6 Buy at Amazon
Make Time for the Stars: Fitting Astronomy into Your Busy Life. A. Cooke. Patrick Moore’s Practical Astronomy Series . Springer, New York, 2009. $34.95 paper (259 pp.). ISBN 978-0-387-89340-2 Buy at Amazon
Mathematics in 10 Lessons: The Grand Tour. J. P. King. Prometheus Books, Amherst, NY, 2009. $18.95 paper (394 pp.). ISBN 978-1-59102-686-0 Buy at Amazon
Mysteries and Discoveries of Archaeoastronomy: From Giza to Easter Island. G. Magli. Copernicus/Springer, New York, 2009. $27.50 (444 pp.). ISBN 978-0-387-76564-8 Buy at Amazon
Newton and the Counterfeiter: The Unknown Detective Career of the World’s Greatest Scientist. T. Levenson. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Boston, 2009. $25.00 (318 pp.). ISBN 978-0-15-101278-7 Buy at Amazon
Out of the Blue: A History of Lightning—Science, Superstition, and Amazing Stories of Survival. J. S. Friedman. Delta/Random House, New York, 2009 [2008, reissued]. $16.00 paper (290 pp.). ISBN 978-0-385-34116-5 Buy at Amazon
Quantum Gods: Creation, Chaos, and the Search for Cosmic Consciousness. V. J. Stenger. Prometheus Books, Amherst, NY, 2009. $26.98 (292 pp.). ISBN 978-1-59102-713-3 Buy at Amazon
The Universe: Order Without Design. C. I. Calle. Prometheus Books, Amherst, NY, 2009. $27.98 (304 pp.). ISBN 978-1-59102-714-0 Buy at Amazon
society and government
The Genie in the Machine: How Computer-Automated Inventing Is Revolutionizing Law and Business. R. Plotkin. Stanford Law Books/Stanford U. Press, Stanford, CA, 2009. $29.95 (270 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8047-5699-0 Buy at Amazon
Nuclear Test Ban: Converting Politi-cal Visions to Reality. O. Dahlman, S. Mykkeltveit, H . Haak. Springer, New York, 2009. $89.95 (277 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4020-6883-6 Buy at Amazon
space and planetary science
Deep Space Flight and Communications: Exploiting the Sun as a Gravitational Lens. C. Maccone. Springer-Praxis Books in Astronautical Engineering . Praxis/Springer, New York, 2009. $139.00 (401 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-72942-6 Buy at Amazon
Discovering the Expanding Universe. H. Nussbaumer, L. Bieri. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2009. $59.00 (226 pp.). ISBN 978-0-521-51484-2 Buy at Amazon
Giant Planets of Our Solar System: Atmospheres, Composition, and Structure. 2nd ed. P. G. J. Irwin. Springer-Praxis Books in Astronomy and Planetary Sciences . Praxis/Springer, New York, 2009 [2003]. $169.00 (403 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-85157-8 Buy at Amazon
The Hinode Mission. T. Sakurai, ed. Springer, New York, 2008. $179.00 (207 pp.). ISBN 978-0-387-88738-8 Buy at Amazon
New Horizons: Reconnaissance of the Pluto–Charon System and the Kuiper Belt. C. T. Russell, ed. Springer, New York, 2009. $169.00 (402 pp.). ISBN 978-0-387-89517-8 Buy at Amazon
Rosetta: ESA’s Mission to the Origin of the Solar System. R. Schulz, C. Alexander, H. Boehnhardt, K.-H. Glassmeier, eds. Springer, New York, 2009. $169.00 (785 pp.). ISBN 978-0-387-77517-3 Buy at Amazon
Smithsonian Atlas of Space Exploration. R. D. Launius, A. K. Johnston. Collins/HarperCollins, New York, 2009. $34.99 (230 pp.). ISBN 978-0-06-156526-7 Buy at Amazon
Space Plasma Physics. I. Zhelyazkov, ed. AIP Conference Proceedings 1121 . Proc. sch. and wksp., Sozopol, Bulgaria, Aug.–Sept. 2008. AIP, Melville, NY, 2009. $129.00 paper (182 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7354-0656-8 Buy at Amazon
The THEMIS Mission. J. L. Burch, V. Angelopoulos, eds. Springer, New York, 2009. $179.00 (583 pp.). ISBN 978-0-387-89819-3 Buy at Amazon
texts and education
Atmospheric Thermodynamics: Elementary Physics and Chemistry. G. R. North, T. L. Erukhimova. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2009. $70.00 (267 pp.). ISBN 978-0-521-89963-5 Buy at Amazon
Dynamics and Relativity. J. R. Forshaw, A. G. Smith. Manchester Physics Series . Wiley, Hoboken, NJ, 2009. $160.00, $60.00 paper (323 pp.). ISBN 978-0-470-01459-2, ISBN 978-0-470-01460-8 paper Buy at Amazon
E-Z Physics. 4th ed. R. L. Lehrman. Barron’s E-Z Series . Barron’s Educational Series, Hauppauge, NY, 2009 [1998]. $16.99 paper (614 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7641-4126-3 Buy at Amazon
Force and Motion: An Illustrated Guide to Newton’s Laws. J. Zimba. Johns Hopkins U. Press, Baltimore, MD, 2009. $85.00, $50.00 paper (428 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8018-9159-5, ISBN 978-0-8018-9160-1 paper Buy at Amazon
Global Warming: The Complete Briefing. 4th ed. J. Houghton. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2009 [2004]. $120.00, 59.00 paper (438 pp.). ISBN 978-0-521-88256-9, ISBN 978-0-521-70916-3 paper Buy at Amazon
Quantum Mechanics: Concepts and Applications. 2nd ed. N. Zettili. Wiley, Hoboken, NJ, 2009 [2001]. $200.00, $80.00 paper (671 pp.). ISBN 978-0-470-02678-6, ISBN 978-0-470-02679-3, paper Buy at Amazon
The Uncertainty in Physical Measurements: An Introduction to Data Analysis in the Physics Laboratory. P. Fornasini. Springer, New York, 2008. $89.95 (289 pp.). ISBN 978-0-387-78649-0 Buy at Amazon
theory and mathematical methods
Bohmian Mechanics: The Physics and Mathematics of Quantum Theory. D. Dürr, S. Teufel. Springer, Berlin, 2009. $99.00 (393 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-89343-1 Buy at Amazon
Contextual Approach to Quantum Formalism. A. Khrennikov. Fundamental Theories of Physics 160 . Springer, New York, 2009. $159.00 (353 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4020-9592-4 Buy at Amazon
CRC Encyclopedia of Mathematics. 3rd ed. Vols. 1–3. E. W. Weisstein. CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, FL, 2009 [2003]. $395.00 set (4307 pp. set ). ISBN 978-1-4200-7221-1 Buy at Amazon
Dynamics, Information and Complexity in Quantum Systems. F. Benatti. Theoretical and Mathematical Physics . Springer, New York, 2009. $109.95 (535 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4020-9305-0 Buy at Amazon
Mathematical Analysis: An Introduction to Functions of Several Variables. M. Giaquinta, G. Modica. Birkhäuser, Boston, 2009. $149.00 (348 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8176-4509-0 Buy at Amazon
The Monster Group and Majorana Involutions. A. A. Ivanov. Cambridge Tracts in Mathematics 176 . Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2009. $99.00 (252 pp.). ISBN 978-0-521-88994-0 Buy at Amazon
Sub-Riemannian Geometry: General Theory and Examples. O. Calin, D.-C. Chang. Encyclopedia of Mathematics and Its Applications 126 . Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2009. $99.00 (370 pp.). ISBN 978-0-521-89730-3 Buy at Amazon