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materials science

Handbook of Nitride Semiconductors and Devices. Vol. 1: Materials Properties, Physics and Growth. H. Morkoç. Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, Germany, 2008. $360.00 (1257 pp.). ISBN 978-3-527-40837-5  Buy at Amazon

Handbook of Nitride Semiconductors and Devices. Vol. 2: Electronic and Optical Processes in Nitrides. H. Morkoç. Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, Germany, 2008. $360.00 (847 pp.). ISBN 978-3-527-40838-2  Buy at Amazon

International Tables for Crystallography. Vol. B: Reciprocal Space. 3rd ed. U. Shmueli, ed. Springer, Dordrecht, the Netherlands, 2008 [2001]. $359.00 (686 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4020-8205-4  Buy at Amazon

Microstructuring of Glasses. D. Hülsenberg, A. Harnisch, A. Bismarck. Springer Series in Materials Science 87. Springer, Berlin, Germany, 2008. $164.95 (323 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-26245-9  Buy at Amazon

Nanomaterials and Nanochemistry. C. Bréchignac, P. Houdy, M. Lahmani, eds. (translated from French). Springer, Berlin, Germany, 2007. $219.00 (747 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-72992-1  Buy at Amazon

Semiconductor Nanocrystal Quantum Dots: Synthesis, Assembly, Spectroscopy and Applications. A. L. Rogach, ed. Springer, New York, 2008. $179.00 (372 pp.). ISBN 978-3-211-75235-7  Buy at Amazon

miscellaneous

Current Themes in Engineering Science 2007. A. M. Korsunsky, ed. AIP Conference Proceedings 1045. Proc. conf., London, July 2007. AIP, Melville, NY, 2008. $125.00 (144 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7354-0573-8  Buy at Amazon

The Science Book: Everything You Need to Know About the World and How It Works. National Geographic. National Geographic, Washington, DC, 2008. $35.00 (431 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4262-0337-4  Buy at Amazon

nonlinear science and chaos

Anomalous Transport: Foundations and Applications. R. Klages, G. Radons, I. M. Sokolov, eds. Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, Germany, 2008. $175.00 (584 pp.). ISBN 978-3-527-40722-4  Buy at Amazon

Chaos and Coarse Graining in Statistical Mechanics. P. Castiglione, M. Falcioni, A. Lesne, A. Vulpiani. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2008. $130.00 (268 pp.). ISBN 978-0-521-89593-4  Buy at Amazon

Handbook of Chaos Control. 2nd rev. enl. ed. E. Schöll, H. G. Schuster, eds. Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, Germany, 2008 [1999]. $275.00 (819 pp.). ISBN 978-3-527-40605-0  Buy at Amazon

Hidden Markov Models and Dynamical Systems. A. M. Fraser. SIAM, Philadelphia, 2008. $55.00 paper (132 pp.). ISBN 978-0-898716-65-8  Buy at Amazon

Reviews of Nonlinear Dynamics and Complexity. Vol. 1. H. G. Schuster, ed. Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, Germany, 2008. $138.00 (215 pp.). ISBN 978-3-527-40729-3  Buy at Amazon

nuclear physics

Low-Energy Nuclear Reactions Sourcebook. J. Marwan, S. B. Krivit, eds. ACS Symposium Series 998. American Chemical Society, Washington, DC, 2008. $175.00 (406 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8412-6966-8  Buy at Amazon

NSTAR 2007: Proceedings of the 11th Workshop on the Physics of Excited Nucleons. H.-W. Hammer, V. Kleber, U. Thoma, H. Schmieden, eds. Proc. wksp., Bonn, Germany, Sept. 2007. Società Italiana di Fisica/Springer, Berlin, Germany, 2008. $269.00 (279 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-85143-1  Buy at Amazon

optics and photonics

Handbook of Optical Systems. Vol. 4: Survey of Optical Instruments. H. Gross, F. Blechinger, B. Achtner. Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, Germany, 2008. $430.00 (1064 pp.). ISBN 978-3-527-40380-6  Buy at Amazon

Laser Spectroscopy. Vol. 2: Experimental Techniques. 4th ed. W. Demtröder. Springer, Berlin, Germany, 2008 [2003]. $119.00 (697 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-74952-3  Buy at Amazon

Outdoor Lighting: Physics, Vision and Perception. D. Schreuder. Springer, New York, 2008. $209.00 (448 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4020-8601-4  Buy at Amazon

Progress in Nano-Electro-Optics VI: Nano-Optical Probing, Manipulation, Analysis, and Their Theoretical Bases. M. Ohtsu, ed. Springer Series in Optical Sciences 139. Springer, Berlin, Germany, 2008. $149.95 (172 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-77894-3  Buy at Amazon

Protein Crystallography: A Concise Guide. E. E. Lattman, P. J. Loll. Johns Hopkins U. Press, Baltimore, MD, 2008. $70.00, $35.00 paper (136 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8018-8806-9, ISBN 978-0-8018-8808-3 paper  Buy at Amazon

Standardization and Quality Assurance in Fluorescence Measurements I: Techniques. U. Resch-Genger, ed. Springer Series on Fluorescence 5. Springer, Berlin, Germany, 2008. $299.00 (496 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-75206-6  Buy at Amazon

Strong Field Laser Physics. T. Brabec, ed. Springer Series in Optical Sciences 134. Springer, New York, 2008. $189.00 (591 pp.). ISBN 978-0-387-40077-8  Buy at Amazon

Theoretical Femtosecond Physics: Atoms and Molecules in Strong Laser Fields. F. Grossmann. Springer Series on Atomic, Optical, and Plasma Physics 48. Springer, Berlin, Germany, 2008. $149.95 (214 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-77896-7  Buy at Amazon

Who’s Who in Fluorescence 2008. C. D. Geddes, ed. Springer, New York, 2008. $19.95 paper (232 pp.). ISBN 978-0-387-78176-1  Buy at Amazon

particle physics

Hadronic Physics (HLPW 2008). J. Cugnon, J.-P. Lansberg, N. Matagne, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 1038. Proc. mtg., Spa, Belgium, Mar. 2008. AIP, Melville, NY, 2008. $188.00 (326 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7354-0562-2  Buy at Amazon

Particle Detection with Drift Chambers. 2nd ed. W. Blum, W. Riegler, L. Rolandi. Particle Acceleration and Detection. Springer, Berlin, Germany, 2008 [1993]. $139.00 (448 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-76683-4  Buy at Amazon

Particles and Fields. H. Castilla-Valdez, O. Miranda, E. Santos, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 1026. Proc. wksp., Tuxtla Gutierrez, Mexico, Nov. 2007. AIP, Melville, NY, 2008. $167.00 (323 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7354-0548-6  Buy at Amazon

RF Linear Accelerators. 2nd rev. enl. ed. T. P. Wangler. Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, Germany, 2008 [1998]. $130.00 paper (450 pp.). ISBN 978-3-527-40680-7  Buy at Amazon

SCADRON70: Workshop on Scalar Mesons and Related Topics. G. Rupp et al., eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 1030. Proc. wksp., Lisbon, Portugal, Feb. 2008. AIP, Melville, NY, 2008. $243.00 (456 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7354-0554-7  Buy at Amazon

Uniformly Accelerating Charged Particles: A Threat to the Equivalence Principle. S. N. Lyle. Fundamental Theories of Physics 158. Springer, Berlin, Germany, 2008. $189.00 (353 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-68469-5  Buy at Amazon

plasmas and fusion

Advanced Plasma Technology. R. d’Agostino et al., eds. Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, Germany, 2008. $215.00 (457 pp.). ISBN 978-3-527-40591-6  Buy at Amazon

Cathodic Arcs: From Fractal Spots to Energetic Condensation. A. Anders. Springer Series on Atomic, Optical, and Plasma Physics 50. Springer, New York, 2008. $139.00 (540 pp.). ISBN 978-0-387-79107-4  Buy at Amazon

Laser-Driven Relativistic Plasmas Applied for Science, Industry, and Medicine. S. V. Bulanov, H. Daido, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 1024. Proc. symp., Kyoto, Japan, Sept. 2007. AIP, Melville, NY, 2008. $179.00 (303 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7354-0545-5  Buy at Amazon

Low Temperature Plasmas: Fundamentals, Technologies, and Techniques. Vols. 1 and 2. 2nd rev. enl. ed. R. Hippler, H. Kersten, M. Schmidt, K. H. Schoenbach, eds. Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, Germany, 2008 [2000]. $485.00 set (891 pp. set). ISBN 978-3-527-40673-9  Buy at Amazon

Multifacets of Dusty Plasmas. J. T. Mendonça, D. P. Resendes, P. K. Shukla, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 1041. Proc. conf., Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal, May 2008. AIP, Melville, NY, 2008. $199.00 (353 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7354-0569-1  Buy at Amazon

Plasma Physics and Fusion Energy. J. P. Freidberg. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2008 [2007, reissued]. $80.00 paper (671 pp.). ISBN 978-0-521-73317-5  Buy at Amazon

Reviews of Plasma Physics. Vol. 24. V. D. Shafranov, ed. Springer, Berlin, Germany, 2008. $159.00 (203 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-74575-4  Buy at Amazon

popularizations

The Einstein Theory of Relativity: A Trip to the Fourth Dimension. L. R. Lieber. Paul Dry Books, Philadelphia, 2008 [1945, reissued]. $14.95 paper (350 pp.). ISBN 978-1-58988-044-3  Buy at Amazon

Genomes and What to Make of Them. B. Barnes, J. Dupré. U. Chicago Press, Chicago, 2008. $25.00 (273 pp.). ISBN 978-0-226-17295-8  Buy at Amazon

The Inner History of Devices. S. Turkle, ed. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2008. $24.95 (208 pp.). ISBN 978-0-262-20176-6  Buy at Amazon

Lewis Carroll in Numberland: His Fantastical Mathematical Logical Life. R. Wilson. W. W. Norton, New York, 2008. $24.95 (237 pp.). ISBN 978-0-393-06027-0  Buy at Amazon

On Space and Time. A. Connes et al., S. Majid, ed. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2008. $26.00 (287 pp.). ISBN 978-0-521-88926-1  Buy at Amazon

Planetology: Unlocking the Secrets of the Solar System. T. Jones, E. Stofan. National Geographic, Washington, DC, 2008. $35.00 (217 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4262-0121-9  Buy at Amazon

Playing with Planets. G. ’t Hooft. World Scientific, Hackensack, NJ, 2008. $45.00, $22.00 paper (143 pp.). ISBN 978-981-279-307-2, ISBN 978-981-279-020-0 paper  Buy at Amazon

Rock, Paper, Scissors: Game Theory in Everyday Life. L. Fisher. Basic Books, New York, 2008. $15.95 paper (265 pp.). ISBN 978-0-465-00938-1  Buy at Amazon

Superstition: Belief in the Age of Science. R. L. Park. Princeton U. Press, Princeton, NJ, 2008. $24.95 (215 pp.). ISBN 978-0-691-13355-3  Buy at Amazon

Three Steps to the Universe: From the Sun to Black Holes to the Mystery of Dark Matter. D. Garfinkle, R. Garfinkle. U. Chicago Press, Chicago, 2008. $25.00 (265 pp.). ISBN 978-0-226-28346-3  Buy at Amazon

society and government

Technology and Society: Building Our Sociotechnical Future. D. C. Johnson, J. M. Wetmore, eds. Inside Technology. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2009. $80.00, $42.00 paper (623 pp.). ISBN 978-0-262-10124-0,   Buy at Amazon

Women and Information Technology: Research on Underrepresentation. J. M. Cohoon, W. Aspray, eds. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2008 [2006, reissued]. $25.00 paper (500 pp.). ISBN 978-0-262-53307-2  Buy at Amazon

space and planetary science

Advances in Meteoroid and Meteor Science. J. M. Trigo-Rodríguez, F. J. M. Rietmeijer, J. Llorca, D. Janches, eds. Springer, New York, 2008. $179.00 (561 pp.). ISBN 978-0-387-78418-2  Buy at Amazon

Exploring the Solar System and the Universe. V. Mioc, C. Dumitrache, N. A. Popescu, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 1043. Proc. conf., Bucharest, Romania, Apr. 2008. AIP, Melville, NY, 2008. $229.00 (439 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7354-0571-4  Buy at Amazon

Extreme Solar Systems. D. Fischer, F. A. Rasio, S. E. Thorsett, A. Wolszczan, eds. Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series 398. Proc. conf., Santorini Island, Greece, June 2007. Astronomical Society of the Pacific, San Francisco, 2008. $77.00 (543 pp.). ISBN 978-1-58381-666-0  Buy at Amazon

First Results from Hinode. S. A. Matthews, J. M. Davis, L. K. Harra, eds. Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series 397. Proc. wksp., Dublin, Ireland, Aug. 2007. Astronomical Society of the Pacific, San Francisco, 2008. $77.00 (200 pp.). ISBN 978-1-58381-664-6  Buy at Amazon

How Spacecraft Fly: Spaceflight Without Formulae. G. Swinerd. Copernicus/ Springer, New York, 2008. $27.50 (268 pp.). ISBN 978-0-387-76571-6  Buy at Amazon

Orbits. G. Xu. Springer, Berlin, Germany, 2008. $119.00 (229 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-78521-7  Buy at Amazon

Particle Acceleration and Transport in the Heliosphere and Beyond. G. Li et al., eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 1039. Proc. conf., Kauai, HI, Mar. 2008. AIP, Melville, NY, 2008. $209.00 (441 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7354-0566-0  Buy at Amazon

Solar System Astrophysics: Planetary Atmospheres and the Outer Solar System. E. F. Milone, W. J. F. Wilson. Astronomy and Astrophysics Library. Springer, New York, 2008. $79.95 (405 pp.). ISBN 978-0-387-73156-8  Buy at Amazon

The STEREO Mission. C. T. Russell, ed. Springer, New York, 2008. $239.00 (646 pp.). ISBN 978-0-387-09648-3  Buy at Amazon

Strategies of Life Detection. O. Botta et al., eds. Space Sciences Series of ISSI. Springer, New York, 2008. $169.00 (380 pp.). ISBN 978-0-387-77515-9  Buy at Amazon

Ultraviolet and X-Ray Spectroscopy of the Solar Atmosphere. K. J H. Phillips, U. Feldman, E. Landi. Cambridge Astrophysics Series 44. Cambridge U. Press, New York 2008. $170.00 (349 pp.). ISBN 978-0-521-84160-3  Buy at Amazon

statistical physics and thermodynamics

Advances in Mathematical and Statistical Modeling. B. C. Arnold, N. Balakrishnan, J. M. Sarabia, R. Mínguez, eds. Statistics for Industry and Technology. Birkhäuser, Boston, 2008. $99.00 (368 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8176-4625-7  Buy at Amazon

Statistical Analysis and Modelling of Spatial Point Patterns. J. Illian, A. Penttinen, H. Stoyan, D. Stoyan. Statistics in Practice. Wiley, Hoboken, NJ, 2008. $140.00 (534 pp.). ISBN 978-0-470-01491-2  Buy at Amazon

Thermal Transport for Applications in Micro/Nanomachining. B. T. Wong, M. P. Mengüç. Microtechnology and MEMS. Springer, New York, 2008. $179.00 (231 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-73605-9  Buy at Amazon

texts and education

Advanced Quantum Mechanics. 4th ed. F. Schwabl (translated from German by R. Hilton, A. Lahee). Springer, Berlin, Germany, 2008 [2005]. $89.95 (405 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-85061-8  Buy at Amazon