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acoustics

Acoustics and the Performance of Music: Manual for Acousticians, Audio Engineers, Musicians, Architects and Musical Instrument Makers. 5th ed. J. Meyer (translated from German by U. Hansen). Modern Acoustics and Signal Processing. Springer, New York, 2009 [2004]. $79.95 (438 pp.). ISBN 978-0-387-09516-5  Buy at Amazon

Ultrasonic Wave Propagation in Non Homogeneous Media. A. Leger, M. Deschamps, eds. Springer Proceedings in Physics 128. Proc. mtg., Anglet, France, June 2008. Springer, Berlin, 2009. $299.00 (434 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-89104-8   Buy at Amazon

astronomy and astrophysics

Astronomical Optics and Elasticity Theory: Active Optics Methods. G. R. Lemaitre. Astronomy and Astrophysics Library. Springer, Berlin, 2009. $129.00 (575 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-68904-1  Buy at Amazon

Astrophysics in the Next Decade: The James Webb Space Telescope and Concurrent Facilities. H. A. Thronson, M. Stiavelli, A. G. G. M. Tielens, eds. Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings. Proc. conf., Tucson, AZ, Sept. 2007. Springer, New York, 2009. $189.00 (519 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4020-9456-9  Buy at Amazon

Cool Stars, Stellar Systems and the Sun. E. Stempels, ed. AIP Conference Proceedings 1094. Proc. wksp., St. Andrews, Scotland, July 2008. AIP, Melville, NY, 2009. $349.00 (992 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7354-0627-8  Buy at Amazon

Globular Clusters—Guides to Galaxies. T. Richtler, S. Larsen, eds. ESO Astrophysics Symposia. Proc. wksp., Concepción, Chile, Mar. 2006. Springer, Berlin, 2009. $149.00 (456 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-76960-6  Buy at Amazon

High-Energy Astrophysics. F. Melia. Princeton Series in Astrophysics. Princeton U. Press, Princeton, NJ, 2009. $100.00, $45.00 paper (360 pp.). ISBN 978-0-691-13543-4, ISBN 978-0-691-14029-2 paper  Buy at Amazon

Neutron Stars and Pulsars. W. Becker, ed. Astrophysics and Space Science Library 357. Springer, Berlin, 2009. $239.00 (697 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-76964-4  Buy at Amazon

New Quests in Stellar Astrophysics II: Ultraviolet Properties of Evolved Stellar Populations. M. C. Dagostino, E. Bertone, D. R. González, L. H. Rodríguez-Merino, eds. Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings. Proc. conf., Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, Apr. 2007. Springer, New York, 2009. $159.00 (344 pp.). ISBN 978-0-387-87620-7  Buy at Amazon

Nucleosynthesis and Chemical Evolution of Galaxies. 2nd ed. B. Pagel. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2009 [1997]. $90.00 (466 pp.). ISBN 978-0-521-84030-9  Buy at Amazon

Planetary Systems: Detection, Formation and Habitability of Extrasolar Planets. M. Ollivier et al. Astronomy and Astrophysics Library. Springer, Berlin, 2009. $119.00 (340 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-75747-4  Buy at Amazon

Stellar Spectral Classification. R. O. Gray, C. J. Corbally. Princeton Series in Astrophysics. Princeton U. Press, Princeton, NJ, 2009. $100.00, $65.00 paper (592 pp.). ISBN 978-0-691-12510-7, ISBN 978-0-691-12511-4   Buy at Amazon paper

Structure Formation in Astrophysics. G. Chabrier, ed. Cambridge Contemporary Astrophysics. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2009. $150.00 (444 pp.). ISBN 978-0-521-88779-3  Buy at Amazon

Sunspots and Starspots. J. H. Thomas, N. O. Weiss. Cambridge Astrophysics Series 46. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2008. $130.00 (275 pp.). ISBN 978-0-521-86003-1  Buy at Amazon

The Variable Universe: A Celebration of Bohdan PaczyDski. K. Z. Stanek, ed. Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series 403. Proc. symp., Princeton, NJ, Sept. 2007. Astronomical Society of the Pacific, San Francisco, 2009. $77.00 (190 pp.). ISBN 978-1-58381-682-0  Buy at Amazon

atomic and molecular physics

Relativistic Transitions in the Hydrogenic Atoms: Elementary Theory. R. Boudet. Springer Series on Atomic, Optical, and Plasma Physics 52. Springer, Berlin, 2009. $169.00 (134 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-85549-1  Buy at Amazon

Structure of Matter: An Introductory Course with Problems and Solutions. A. Rigamonti, P. Carretta. 2nd ed. Springer, Milan, Italy, 2009 [2007]. $59.95 paper (489 pp.). ISBN 978-88-470-1128-1  Buy at Amazon

Ultracold Quantum Fields. H. T. C. Stoof, K. B. Gubbels, D. B. M. Dickerscheid. Theoretical and Mathematical Physics. Springer, Dordrecht, the Netherlands, 2009. $99.95 (485 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4020-8762-2  Buy at Amazon

biological and medical physics

Applied Biomedical Engineering Mechanics. D. N. Ghista. CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, FL, 2009. $139.95 (528 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8247-5831-8  Buy at Amazon

Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging. 2nd ed. S. A. Huettel, A. W. Song, G. McCarthy. Sinauer Associates, Sunderland, MA, 2009 [2004]. $88.95 (542 pp.). ISBN 978-0-87893-286-3  Buy at Amazon

Fundamentals of Cryobiology: Physical Phenomena and Mathematical Models. A. I. Zhmakin. Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering. Springer, Berlin, 2009. $179.00 (278 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-88784-3  Buy at Amazon

Introduction to Molecular Biology, Genomics and Proteomics for Biomedical Engineers. R. B. Northrop, A. N. Connor. Biomedical Engineering. CRC Press/ Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, FL, 2009. $99.95 (453 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4200-6119-2  Buy at Amazon

Principles of Biomechanics. R. L. Huston. Mechanical Engineering 213. CRC Press/ Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, FL, 2009. $99.95 (430 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8493-3494-8  Buy at Amazon

chemical physics

Atomic Charges, Bond Properties, and Molecular Energies. S. Fliszár. Wiley, Hoboken, NJ, 2009. $99.95 (234 pp.). ISBN 978-0-470-37622-5   Buy at Amazon

Three-Dimensional Free-Radical Polymerization: Cross-Linked and Hyper-Branched Polymers. G. V. Korolev, M. M. Mogilevich. Springer, Berlin, 2009. $319.00 (270 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-87566-6  Buy at Amazon

computers and computational physics

Applications of Soft Computing: Updating the State of the Art. E. Avineri et al., eds. Advances in Soft Computing 52. Springer, Berlin, 2009. $219.00 paper (274 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-88078-3  Buy at Amazon

Assignment Problems. R. Burkard, M. Dell’Amico, S. Martello. SIAM, Philadelphia, 2009. $110.00 (382 pp.). ISBN 978-0-898716-63-4   Buy at Amazon

Classical and Quantum Information Theory: An Introduction for the Telecom Scientist. E. Desurvire. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2009. $80.00 (691 pp.). ISBN 978-0-521-88171-5  Buy at Amazon

Diffuse Scattering and Defect Structure Simulations: A Cook Book Using the Program DISCUS. R. B. Neder, T. Proffen. IUCr Texts on Crystallography 11. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2008. $90.00 (228 pp.). ISBN 978-0-19-923369-4, CD-ROM   Buy at Amazon

Expert Systems in Chemistry Research. M. C. Hemmer. CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, FL, 2008. $144.95 (393 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4200-5323-4  Buy at Amazon

Introduction to Derivative-Free Optimization. A. R. Conn, K. Scheinberg, L. N. Vicente. MPS-SIAM Series on Optimization. SIAM, Philadelphia, 2009. $73.00 paper (277 pp.). ISBN 978-0-898716-68-9  Buy at Amazon

Introduction to Interval Analysis. R. E. Moore, R. B. Kearfott, M. J. Cloud. SIAM, Philadelphia, 2009. $72.00 paper (223 pp.). ISBN 978-0-898716-69-6  Buy at Amazon

Linear and Nonlinear Optimization. 2nd ed. I. Griva, S. G. Nash, A. Sofer. SIAM, Philadelphia, 2009 [1995]. $95.00 (742 pp.). ISBN 978-0-898716-61-0  Buy at Amazon

Mathematical Modeling and Simulation: Introduction for Scientists and Engineers. K. Velten. Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, Germany, 2009. $115.00 paper (348 pp.). ISBN 978-3-527-40758-3  Buy at Amazon

Modeling and Simulation of New Materials. P. L. Garrido, P. I. Hurtado, J. Marro, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 1091. Proc. lecture, Granada, Spain, Sept. 2008. AIP, Melville, NY, 2009. $169.00 (303 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7354-0624-7  Buy at Amazon

Multiscale Modeling and Simulation in Science. B. Engquist, P. Lötstedt, O. Runborg, eds. Lecture Notes in Computational Science and Engineering 66. Springer, Berlin, 2009. $69.95 paper (320 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-88856-7  Buy at Amazon

Parallel Computing in Quantum Chemistry. C. L. Janssen, I. M. B. Nielsen. CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, FL, 2008. $89.95 (210 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4200-5164-3  Buy at Amazon

Python for Software Design: How to Think Like a Computer Scientist. A. B. Downey. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2009. $90.00, $39.99 paper (251 pp.). ISBN 978-0-521-89811-9, ISBN 978-0-521-72596-5   Buy at Amazon paper

Using Artificial Intelligence in Chemistry and Biology: A Practical Guide. H. Cartwright. CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, FL, 2008. $129.95 (340 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8493-8412-7, CD-ROM  Buy at Amazon

condensed-matter physics

Advanced Condensed Matter Physics. L. M. Sander. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2009. $80.00 (274 pp.). ISBN 978-0-521-87290-4  Buy at Amazon

Bose-Condensed Gases at Finite Temperatures. A. Griffin, T. Nikuni, E. Zaremba. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2009. $130.00 (462 pp.). ISBN 978-0-521-83702-6  Buy at Amazon

Polymers, Liquids and Colloids in Electric Fields: Interfacial Instabilities, Orientation and Phase Transitions. Y. Tsori, U. Steiner, eds. Series in Soft Condensed Matter 2. World Scientific, Hackensack, NJ, 2009. $78.00 (281 pp.). ISBN 978-981-4271-68-4  Buy at Amazon

Quantum Theory of Conducting Matter: Superconductivity. S. Fujita, K. Ito, S. Godoy. Springer, New York, 2009. $69.95 (249 pp.). ISBN 978-0-387-88205-5  Buy at Amazon

Quantum Theory of the Optical and Electronic Properties of Semiconductors. 5th ed. H. Haug, S. W. Koch. World Scientific, Hackensack, NJ, 2009 [2004]. $86.00, $48.00 paper (469 pp.). ISBN 978-981-283-883-4,   Buy at Amazon ISBN 978-981-283-884-1 paper  Buy at Amazon

cosmology and relativity

A First Course in String Theory. 2nd ed. B. Zwiebach. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2009 [2004]. $80.00 (673 pp.). ISBN 978-0-521-88032-9  Buy at Amazon

The Kerr Spacetime: Rotating Black Holes in General Relativity. D. L. Wiltshire, M. Visser, S. M. Scott, eds. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2009. $120.00 (362 pp.). ISBN 978-0-521-88512-6  Buy at Amazon

Physics of Black Holes: A Guided Tour. E. Papantonopoulos, ed. Lecture Notes in Physics 769. Springer, Berlin, 2009. $129.00 (511 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-88459-0  Buy at Amazon

Relativity: Modern Large-Scale Spacetime Structure of the Cosmos. M. Carmeli, ed. World Scientific, Hackensack, NJ, 2008. $98.00 (524 pp.). ISBN 978-981-281-375-6  Buy at Amazon

statistical physics and thermodynamics

Non-equilibrium Statistical Mechanics and Turbulence. J. Cardy, G. Falkovich, K. Gawedzki. London Mathematical Society Lecture Note Series 355. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2008. $52.00 paper (161 pp.). ISBN 978-0-521-71514-0  Buy at Amazon

Questions and Answers on Thermoluminescence (TL) and Optically Stimulated Luminescence (OSL). C. Furetta. World Scientific, Hackensack, NJ, 2008. $58.00 (144 pp.). ISBN 978-981-281-883-6  Buy at Amazon

Statistical Models and Methods for Biomedical and Technical Systems. F. Vonta, M. Nikulin, N. Limnios, C. Huber-Carol, eds. Statistics for Industry and Technology. Birkhäuser, Boston, 2008. $139.00 (555 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8176-4464-2  Buy at Amazon

The Theory of the Top. Vol. 1: Introduction to the Kinematics and Kinetics of the Top. F. Klein, A. Sommerfeld (translated from German by R. J. Nagem and G. Sandri). History of Science. Birkhäuser, Boston, 2008. $79.95 (279 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8176-4720-9  Buy at Amazon

texts and education

Applied Dynamics: With Applications to Multibody and Mechatronic Systems. 2nd rev. ed. F. C. Moon. Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, Germany, 2008 [1998]. $115.00 paper (567 pp.). ISBN 978-3-527-40751-4  Buy at Amazon

Basic Biostatistics for Geneticists and Epidemiologists: A Practical Approach. R. C. Elston, W. D. Johnson. Wiley, Hoboken, NJ, 2008. $130.00, $50.00 paper (373 pp.). ISBN 978-0-470-02489-8, ISBN 978-0-470-02490-4   Buy at Amazon paper

Combinatorial Methods with Computer Applications. J. L. Gross. Discrete Mathematics and Its Applications. Chapman & Hall/CRC/Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, FL, 2008. $99.95 (644 pp.). ISBN 978-1-58488-743-0  Buy at Amazon

Elementary Calculus of Financial Mathematics. A. J. Roberts. Mathematical Modeling and Computation 15. SIAM, Philadelphia, 2009. $59.00 paper (128 pp.). ISBN 978-0-898716-67-2  Buy at Amazon

An Introduction to Lagrangian Mechanics. A. J. Brizard. World Scientific, Hackensack, NJ, 2008. $65.00, $38.00 paper (259 pp.). ISBN 978-981-281-836-2, ISBN 978-981-281-837-9 paper  Buy at Amazon

Introduction to Modern Cryptography: Principles and Protocols. J. Katz, Y. Lindell. Chapman & Hall/CRC Cryptography and Network Security. Chapman & Hall/ CRC/Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, FL, 2008. $79.95 (534 pp.). ISBN 978-1-58488-551-1  Buy at Amazon

Introduction to Nanoscience. G. L. Hornyak, J. Dutta, H. F. Tibbals, A. K. Rao. CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, FL, 2008. $89.95 (815 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4200-4805-6  Buy at Amazon

Introduction to Spintronics. S. Bandyopadhyay, M. Cahay. CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, FL, 2008. $89.95 (515 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8493-3133-6  Buy at Amazon

Introduction to the Physics and Chemistry of Materials. R. J. Naumann. CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, FL, 2009. $129.95 (546 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4200-6133-8  Buy at Amazon

Isotope Geology. C. J. Allègre (translated from French by C. Sutcliffe). Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2008. $80.00 (512 pp.). ISBN 978-0-521-86228-8  Buy at Amazon

Mere Thermodynamics. D. S. Lemons. Johns Hopkins U. Press, Baltimore, MD, 2009. $50.00, $30.00 paper (207 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8018-9014-7, ISBN 978-0-8018-9015-4 paper  Buy at Amazon

The Noisy Pendulum. M. Gitterman. World Scientific, Hackensack, NJ, 2008. $46.00 (120 pp.). ISBN 978-981-283-299-3  Buy at Amazon

Particle Astrophysics. 2nd ed. D. H. Perkins. Oxford Master Series in Particle Physics, Astrophysics, and Cosmology. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2009 [2003]. $110.00, $55.00 paper (339 pp.). ISBN 978-0-19-954545-2,   Buy at Amazon ISBN 978-0-19-954546-9 paper  Buy at Amazon

Wave Physics: Oscillations—Solitons—Chaos. 4th ed. S. Nettel. Springer, Berlin, 2009 [2003]. $79.95 paper (289 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-87907-7  Buy at Amazon

theory and mathematical methods

An Atlas of Functions: With Equator, the Atlas Function Calculator. 2nd ed. K. Oldham, J. Myland, J. Spanier. Springer, New York, 2009. $129.00 (748 pp.). ISBN 978-0-387-48806-6, CD-ROM  Buy at Amazon

A Course in Formal Languages, Automata and Groups. I. Chiswell. Universitext. Springer, London, 2009. $49.95 paper (157 pp.). ISBN 978-1-84800-939-4  Buy at Amazon

Discrete Wavelet Transformations: An Elementary Approach with Applications. P. J. Van Fleet. Wiley, Hoboken, NJ, 2008. $121.95 (535 pp.). ISBN 978-0-470-18311-3  Buy at Amazon

Entanglement and Decoherence: Foundations and Modern Trends. A. Buchleitner, C. Viviescas, M. Tiersch, eds. Lecture Notes in Physics 768. Springer, Berlin, 2009. $109.00 (320 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-88168-1  Buy at Amazon

Ettore Majorana: Unpublished Research Notes on Theoretical Physics. S. Esposito, E. Recami, A. van der Merwe, R. Battiston, eds. Fundamental Theories of Physics 159. Springer, New York, 2009. $219.00 (451 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4020-9113-1  Buy at Amazon

Geometric Methods in Physics. P. Kielanowski, A. Odzijewicz, M. Schlichenmaier, T. Voronov, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 1079. Proc. wksp., BiaBowie|a, Poland, June–July 2008. AIP, Melville, NY, 2008. $149.00 (282 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7354-0610-0  Buy at Amazon

Handbook of Fourier Analysis and Its Applications. R. J. Marks II. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2009. $150.00 (772 pp.). ISBN 978-0-19-533592-7  Buy at Amazon

Homological Mirror Symmetry: New Developments and Perspectives. A. Kapustin, M. Kreuzer, K.-G. Schlesinger, eds. Lecture Notes in Physics 757. Springer, Berlin, 2009. $79.95 (272 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-68029-1  Buy at Amazon

Integrability. A. V. Mikhailov, ed. Lecture Notes in Physics 767. Springer, Berlin, 2009. $109.00 (339 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-88110-0  Buy at Amazon

Introduction to Hamiltonian Dynamical Systems and the N-Body Problem. 2nd ed. K. R. Meyer, G. R. Hall, D. Offin. Applied Mathematical Sciences 90. Springer, New York, 2009 [1992]. $79.95 (399 pp.). ISBN 978-0-387-09723-7  Buy at Amazon

An Introduction to the Theory of Numbers. 6th ed. G. H. Hardy, E. M. Wright. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2008 [2006]. $150.00, $60.00 paper (621 pp.). ISBN 978-0-19-921985-8, ISBN 978-0-19-921986-5 paper  Buy at Amazon

Mathematical Analysis of Urban Spatial Networks. P. Blanchard, D. Volchenkov. Understanding Complex Systems. Springer, Berlin, 2009. $129.00 (181 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-87828-5  Buy at Amazon

Mechanical Systems, Classical Models. Vol. 2: Mechanics of Discrete and Continuous Systems. P. P. Teodorescu (translated from Romanian by P. P. Teodorescu). Mathematical and Analytical Techniques with Applications to Engineering. Springer, New York, 2009 [2002]. $209.00 (564 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4020-8987-9  Buy at Amazon

Number Theory in Science and Communication: With Applications in Cryptography, Physics, Digital Information, Computing, and Self-Similarity. 5th ed. M. Schroeder. Springer, Berlin, 2009 [2006]. $99.00 (431 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-85297-1  Buy at Amazon

Path Integral Quantization and Stochastic Quantization. 2nd ed. M. Masujima. Springer, Berlin, 2009 [2000]. $89.95 paper (282 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-87850-6  Buy at Amazon

Quantum Field Theory: Competitive Models. B. Fauser, J. Tolksdorf, E. Zeidler, eds. Birkhäuser, Boston, 2009. $129.00 (436 pp.). ISBN 978-3-7643-8735-8  Buy at Amazon

Quantum Field Theory II: Quantum Electrodynamics—A Bridge Between Mathematicians and Physicists. E. Zeidler. Springer, Berlin, 2009. $139.00 (1101 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-85376-3  Buy at Amazon

Quantum Gravitation: The Feynman Path Integral Approach. H. W. Hamber. Springer, Berlin, 2009. $109.00 (342 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-85292-6  Buy at Amazon

Robust Numerical Methods for Singularly Perturbed Differential Equations: Convection-Diffusion-Reaction and Flow Problems. 2nd ed. H.-G. Roos, M. Stynes, L. Tobiska. Springer Series in Computational Mathematics 24. Springer, Berlin, 2008 [1996]. $139.00 (604 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-34466-7  Buy at Amazon

Spherical Functions of Mathematical Geosciences: A Scalar, Vectorial, and Tensorial Setup. W. Freeden, M. Schreiner. Advances in Geophysical and Environmental Mechanics and Mathematics. Springer, Berlin, 2009. $269.00 (602 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-85111-0  Buy at Amazon

Supersymmetry and the Unification of Fundamental Interactions. D. K. Hong, P. Ko, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 1078. Proc. conf., Seoul, Korea, June 2008. AIP, Melville, NY, 2008. $279.00 (644 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7354-0609-4   Buy at Amazon