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September 2004, page 64
Acoustics Astronomy and Astrophysics Atomic and Molecular Physics
Biological and Medical Physics Chemical Physics Computers and Computational Physics
Condensed Matter Physics Device Physics Energy and Environment
Fluids Geophysics History and Philosophy
Instrumentation and Techniques Materials Science Nonlinear Science and Chaos
Statistical Physics and Thermodynamics Texts and Education Theory and Mathematical Methods

Acoustics

Concert Halls and Opera Houses: Music, Acoustics, and Architecture. 2nd ed. L. Beranek. SpringerVerlag, New York, 2004 [1996]. $69.00 (661 pp.). ISBN 0387955240 Buy at Amazon


Astronomy and Astrophysics

Accretion Discs, Jets and High Energy Phenomena in Astrophysics. V. Beskin, G. Henri, F. Menard, G. Pelletier, J. Dalibard, eds. NATO Advanced Study Institute. Proc. sch., Grenoble, France, July−Aug. 2002. EDP Sciences, Paris, and SpringerVerlag, New York, 2003. $159.00 (625 pp.). ISBN 2868837026 (EDP Sciences), ISBN 3540201718 (SpringerVerlag) Buy at Amazon

Advanced Astrophysics. N. Duric. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2004. $110.00, $60.00 paper (296 pp.). ISBN 0521819679, ISBN 0521525713 paper Buy at Amazon

Astronomy Methods: A Physical Approach to Astronomical Observations. H. Bradt. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2004. $110.00, $60.00 paper (433 pp.). ISBN 052136440X, ISBN 0521535514 paper Buy at Amazon

Astrophysics Update. J. W. Mason, ed. SpringerPraxis Books in Astrophysics and Astronomy. Praxis/SpringerVerlag, New York, 2004. $119.00 (314 pp.). ISBN 3540406425 Buy at Amazon

High Energy Processes and Phenomena in Astrophysics. X. D. Li, V. Trimble, Z. R. Wang, eds. International Astronomical Union Symposium 214. Proc. symp., Suzhou, China, Aug. 2002. International Astronomical Union, Paris, and Astronomical Society of the Pacific, San Francisco, 2003. $95.00 (427 pp.). ISBN 1583811575 Buy at Amazon

Sky Vistas: Astronomy for Binoculars and RichestField Telescopes. C. Crossen, G. Rhemann. SpringerVerlag, New York, 2004. $69.95 (279 pp.). ISBN 3211008519 Buy at Amazon

Symbiotic Stars Probing Stellar Evolution. R. L. M. Corradi, J. Mikołajewska, T. J. Mahoney, eds. Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series 303. Proc. conf., La Palma, Spain, May 2002. Astronomical Society of the Pacific, San Francisco, 2003. $57.00 (564 pp.). ISBN 1583811524 Buy at Amazon


Atomic and Molecular Physics

Atom Tunneling Phenomena in Physics, Chemistry and Biology. T. Miyazaki, ed. Springer Series on Atomic, Optical, and Plasma Physics 36. SpringerVerlag, New York, 2004. $119.00 (313 pp.). ISBN 3540015264 Buy at Amazon

Atomic Physics: An Exploration Through Problems and Solutions. D. Budker, D. F. Kimball, D. P. DeMille. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2004. $99.50, $49.50 paper (441 pp.). ISBN 0198509499, ISBN 0198509502 paper Buy at Amazon

Dynamical Theory of Xray Diffraction. A. Authier. IUCr Monographs on Crystallography 11. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2004 [2002, reissued]. $89.50 paper (674 pp.). ISBN 0198528922 Buy at Amazon

Principles of Quantum Scattering Theory. D. Belkić. Series in Atomic and Molecular Physics. IOP, Philadelphia, 2004. $120.00 (371 pp.). ISBN 0750304960 Buy at Amazon

Quantum Squeezing. P. D. Drummond, Z. Ficek, eds. Springer Series on Atomic, Optical, and Plasma Physics 27. SpringerVerlag, New York, 2004. $89.95 (370 pp.). ISBN 3540659897 Buy at Amazon


Biological and Medical Physics

Biomicroelectromechanical Systems (BioMEMS). C. S. Ozkan, J. T. Santini, H. Gao, G. Bao, eds. Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings 773. Proc. symp., San Francisco, Apr. 2003. MRS, Warrendale, PA, 2003. $99.00 (187 pp.). ISBN 1558997105 Buy at Amazon

Biomineralization. P. M. Dove, J. J. De Yoreo, S. Weiner, eds. Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry 54. Geochemical Society, St. Louis, MO, and Mineralogical Society of America, Washington, DC, 2003. $36.00 paper (381 pp.). ISBN 0939950669 Buy at Amazon

Physics in Nuclear Medicine. 3rd ed. S. R. Cherry, J. A. Sorenson, M. E. Phelps. Saunders, Philadelphia, 2003 [1987]. $79.95 (523 pp.). ISBN 072168341X Buy at Amazon


Chemical Physics

Basic Principles in Applied Catalysis. M. Baerns, ed. Springer Series in Chemical Physics 75. SpringerVerlag, New York, 2004. $189.00 (557 pp.). ISBN 3540441352 Buy at Amazon

Organic Reaction Mechanisms: 40 Solved Cases. M. G. Gallego, M. A. Sierra. SpringerVerlag, New York, 2004. $54.95 (290 pp.). ISBN 3540003525 Buy at Amazon


Computers and Computational Physics

Advanced Excel® for Scientific Data Analysis. R. de Levie. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2004. $85.00, $45.00 paper (615 pp.). ISBN 019517089X, ISBN 0195152751 paper Buy at Amazon

Applications and Science in Soft Computing. A. Lotfi, J. Garibaldi, eds. Advances in Soft Computing. SpringerVerlag, New York, 2004. $169.00 paper (346 pp.). ISBN 3540408568 Buy at Amazon

Aspects of Molecular Computing: Essays Dedicated to Tom Head on the Occasion of His 70th Birthday. N. Jonoska, G. Paun, G. Rozenberg, eds. Lecture Notes in Computer Science 2950. SpringerVerlag, New York, 2004. $75.00 paper (389 pp.). ISBN 3540207813 Buy at Amazon

Formal Methods at the Crossroads: From Panacea to Foundational Support. B. K. Aichernig, T. Maibaum, eds. Lecture Notes in Computer Science 2757. Proc. colloq., Lisbon, Portugal, March 2002. SpringerVerlag, New York, 2003. $74.00 paper (453 pp.). ISBN 3540205276 Buy at Amazon

The Logic System of Concept Graphs With Negation: And Its Relationship to Predicate Logic. F. Dau. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence 2892. SpringerVerlag, New York, 2003. $47.00 paper (213 pp.). ISBN 3540206078 Buy at Amazon

Recent Trends in Algebraic Development Techniques. M. Wirsing, D. Pattinson, R. Hennicker, eds. Lecture Notes in Computer Science 2755. Proc. wksp., Frauenchiemsee, Germany, Sept. 2002. SpringerVerlag, New York, 2003. $75.00 paper (456 pp.). ISBN 3540205373 Buy at Amazon

Turbulence Models and Their Application: Efficient Numerical Methods With Computer Programs. T. Cebeci. Horizons/SpringerVerlag, New York, 2004. $129.00 (118 pp.). ISBN 3540402888, CDROM Buy at Amazon


Condensed Matter Physics

Electrodynamics of Magnetoactive Media. I. D. Vagner, B. I. Lembrikov, P. Wyder. Springer Series in SolidState Sciences 135. SpringerVerlag, New York, 2004. $99.00 (422 pp.). ISBN 3540436944 Buy at Amazon

Electronic Properties of Semiconductor Interfaces. W. Mönch. Springer Series in Surface Sciences 43. SpringerVerlag, New York, 2004. $139.00 (263 pp.). ISBN 3540202153 Buy at Amazon

Excitons in LowDimensional Semiconductors: Theory, Numerical Methods, Applications. S. Glutsch. Springer Series in SolidState Sciences 141. SpringerVerlag, New York, 2004. $119.00 (294 pp.). ISBN 3540202404 Buy at Amazon

High κ Gate Dielectrics. M. Houssa, ed. Series in Materials Science and Engineering. IOP, Philadelphia, 2004. $120.00 (601 pp.). ISBN 0750309067 Buy at Amazon

Similarity in Diversity. S. Fujita, H. Hara, D. L. Morabito, Y. Okamura, eds. Proc. wksp., Niagara Falls, NY, May 2002. Nova Science, Hauppauge, NY, 2003. $89.00 (362 pp.). ISBN 1590337808 Buy at Amazon

Single Quantum Dots: Fundamentals, Applications, and New Concepts. P. Michler, ed. Topics in Applied Physics 90. SpringerVerlag, New York, 2003. $199.00 (352 pp.). ISBN 3540140220 Buy at Amazon

Vortex Electronics and SQUIDS. T. Kobayashi, H. Hayakawa, M. Tonouchi, eds. Topics in Applied Physics 91. SpringerVerlag, New York, 2003. $199.00 (302 pp.). ISBN 3540402314 Buy at Amazon

Xray Diffuse Scattering From SelfOrganized Mesoscopic Semiconductor Structures. M. Schmidbauer. Springer Tracts in Modern Physics 199. SpringerVerlag, New York, 2004. $159.00 (202 pp.). ISBN 3540201793 Buy at Amazon


Device Physics

Hall Effect Devices. 2nd ed. R. S. Popovic. Series in Sensors. IOP, Philadelphia, 2004 [1991]. $125.00 (419 pp.). ISBN 0750308559 Buy at Amazon

Silicon Microchannel Heat Sinks: Theories and Phenomena. L. Zhang, K. E. Goodson, T. W. Kenny. Microtechnology and MEMS. SpringerVerlag, New York, 2004. $99.00 (140 pp.). ISBN 3540401814 Buy at Amazon


Energy and Environment

Annual Review of Environment and Resources. Vol. 28. P. A. Matson, A. Gadgil, D. M. Kammen, eds. Annual Reviews, Palo Alto, CA, 2003. $85.00 (665 pp.). ISBN 0824323289 Buy at Amazon

Humic Substances: Nature's Most Versatile Materials. E. A. Ghabbour, G. Davies, eds. Taylor and Francis, New York, 2004. $110.00 (372 pp.). ISBN 0591690153 Buy at Amazon

Out of Gas: The End of the Age of Oil. D. Goodstein. W. W. Norton, New York, 2004. $21.95 (140 pp.). ISBN 0393058573 Buy at Amazon

Red Sky at Morning: America and the Crisis of the Global Environment. J. G. Speth. Yale U. Press, New Haven, CT, 2004. $24.00 (299 pp.). ISBN 0300102321 Buy at Amazon

Three Mile Island: A Nuclear Crisis in Historical Perspective. J. S. Walker. U. of Calif. Press, Berkeley, 2004. $24.95 (303 pp.). ISBN 0520239407 Buy at Amazon


Fluids

Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics. Vol. 36. J. L. Lumley, S. H. Davis, P. Moin, eds. Annual Reviews, Palo Alto, CA, 2004. $74.00 (505 pp.). ISBN 0824307364 Buy at Amazon

Dynamics of Viscous Compressible Fluids. E. Feireisl. Oxford Lecture Series in Mathematics and Its Applications 26. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2004. $94.50 (212 pp.). ISBN 0198528388 Buy at Amazon

A Gallery of Fluid Motion. M. Samimy, K. S. Breuer, L. G. Leal, P. H. Steen, eds. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2003. $95.00, $35.00 paper (118 pp.). ISBN 0521827736, ISBN 052153500X paper Buy at Amazon

Interfacial Fluid Dynamics and Transport Processes. R. Narayanan, D. Schwabe, eds. Lecture Notes in Physics 628. SpringerVerlag, New York, 2003. $79.95 (367 pp.). ISBN 3540405836 Buy at Amazon

Polymeric Liquids and Networks: Structure and Properties. W. W. Graessley. Garland Science, New York, 2004. $84.95 (559 pp.). ISBN 0815341695 Buy at Amazon

Structured Fluids: Polymers, Colloids, Surfactants. T. Witten, P. Pincus. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2004. $69.50 (216 pp.). ISBN 0198526881 Buy at Amazon


Geophysics

Volcanism. H.U. Schmincke. SpringerVerlag, New York, 2004. $79.95 (324 pp.). ISBN 3540436502 Buy at Amazon


History and Philosophy

Alan Turing: Life and Legacy of a Great Thinker. C. Teuscher, ed. SpringerVerlag, New York, 2004. $69.95 (542 pp.). ISBN 3540200207 Buy at Amazon

The Book Nobody Read: Chasing the Revolutions of Nicolaus Copernicus. O. Gingerich. Walker, New York, 2004. $25.00 (306 pp.). ISBN 0802714153 Buy at Amazon

David Sarnoff Research Center: RCA Labs to Sarnoff Corporation. A. B. Magoun. Images of America. Arcadia, Charleston, SC, 2003. $19.99 paper (128 pp.). ISBN 0738513318 Buy at Amazon

Degrees Kelvin: A Tale of Genius, Invention, and Tragedy. D. Lindley. Joseph Henry Press, Washington, DC, 2004. $27.95 (366 pp.). ISBN 0309090733 Buy at Amazon

Galileo's Pendulum: From the Rhythm of Time to the Making of Matter. R. G. Newton. Harvard U. Press, Cambridge, MA, 2004. $22.95 (153 pp.). ISBN 067401331X Buy at Amazon

Giant Telescopes: Astronomical Ambition and the Promise of Technology. W. P. McCray. Harvard U. Press, Cambridge, MA, 2004. $45.00 (367 pp.). ISBN 0674011473 Buy at Amazon

Nature From Within: Gustav Theodor Fechner and His Psychophysical Worldview. M. Heidelberger (translated from German by C. Klohr). U. of Pittsburgh Press, Pittsburgh, PA, 2004. $49.95 (446 pp.). ISBN 0822942100 Buy at Amazon

On the Shoulders of Giants: The Great Works of Physics and Astronomy. S. Hawking. Running Press, Philadelphia, 2003 [2002, reissued]. $21.95 paper (1264 pp.). ISBN 076241698X Buy at Amazon

Oppenheimer: Portrait of an Enigma. J. Bernstein. Ivan R. Dee, Chicago, 2004. $25.00 (223 pp.). ISBN 1566635691 Buy at Amazon

Remarkable Physicists: From Galileo to Yukawa. I. James. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2004. $85.00, $30.00 paper (389 pp.). ISBN 0521816874, ISBN 0521017068 paper Buy at Amazon

Who Rules in Science: An Opinionated Guide to the Wars. J. R. Brown. Harvard U. Press, Cambridge, MA, 2004 [2001, reissued]. $16.95 paper (236 pp.). ISBN 0674006526 Buy at Amazon


Instrumentation and Techniques

Applied Scanning Probe Methods. B. Bhushan, H. Fuchs, S. Hosaka, eds. Nanoscience and Technology. SpringerVerlag, New York, 2004. $139.00 (476 pp.). ISBN 3540005277 Buy at Amazon

Explosion Protection: Electrical Apparatus and Systems for Chemical Plants, Oil and Gas Industry, Coal Mining. H. Groh. Elsevier, New York, 2004. $74.95 (524 pp.). ISBN 0750647779 Buy at Amazon


Materials Science

Diffraction Analysis of the Microstructure of Materials. E. J. Mittemeijer, P. Scardi, eds. Springer Series in Materials Science 68. SpringerVerlag, New York, 2004. $169.00 (549 pp.). ISBN 3540405194 Buy at Amazon

Epitaxy: Physical Principles and Technical Implementation. M. A. Herman, W. Richter, H. Sitter. Springer Series in Materials Science 62. SpringerVerlag, New York, 2004. $119.00 (522 pp.). ISBN 3540678212 Buy at Amazon

Fatigue in Ferroelectric Ceramics and Related Issues. D. C. Lupascu. Springer Series in Materials Science 61. SpringerVerlag, New York, 2004. $89.95 (225 pp.). ISBN 3540402357 Buy at Amazon

HighPressure Surface Science and Engineering. Y. Gogotsi, V. Domnich, eds. Series in Materials Science and Engineering. IOP, Philadelphia, 2004. $175.00 (639 pp.). ISBN 0750308818 Buy at Amazon

Integration of Heterogeneous Thin− Film Materials and Devices. H. A. Atwater, M. I. Current, M. Levy, T. Sands, eds. Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings 768. Proc. symp., San Francisco, Apr. 2003. MRS, Warrendale, PA, 2003. $99.00 (131 pp.). ISBN 1558997059 Buy at Amazon

Microstructure of Martensite: Why It Forms and How It Gives Rise to the ShapeMemory Effect. K. Bhattacharya. Oxford Series on Materials Modelling 2. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2003. $89.50 (288 pp.). ISBN 0198509340 Buy at Amazon

Nano and Microstructural Design of Advanced Materials: A Commemorative Volume on Professor G. Thomas' Seventieth Birthday. M. A. Meyers, R. O. Ritchie, M. Sarikaya, eds. Elsevier, New York, 2003. $150.00 (303 pp.). ISBN 0080443737 Buy at Amazon

Physical Methods for Materials Characterisation. 2nd ed. P. E. J. Flewitt, R. K. Wild. Series in Materials Science and Engineering. IOP, Philadelphia, 2003 [1994]. $59.99 paper (602 pp.). ISBN 0750308087 Buy at Amazon

Polyelectrolytes With Defined Molecular Architecture. Vol. 1. M. Schmidt, ed. Advances in Polymer Science 165. SpringerVerlag, New York, 2004. $249.00 (267 pp.). ISBN 3540005285 Buy at Amazon

Springer Handbook of Nanotechnology. B. Bhushan, ed. SpringerVerlag, New York, 2004. $199.00 (1222 pp.). ISBN 3540012184, CDROM Buy at Amazon

Underneath the Bragg Peaks: Structural Analysis of Complex Materials. T. Egami, S. J. L. Billinge. Pergamon Materials Series 7. Pergamon/Elsevier, New York, 2003. $165.00 (404 pp.). ISBN 0080426980 Buy at Amazon


Nonlinear Science and Chaos

Critical Phenomena in Natural Sciences: Chaos, Fractals, Selforganization and Disorder: Concepts and Tools. 2nd ed. D. Sornette. Springer Series in Synergetics. SpringerVerlag, New York, 2004 [2000]. $99.00 (528 pp.). ISBN 3540407545 Buy at Amazon

Fractals and Chaos: The Mandelbrot Set and Beyond. Selecta Vol. C. B. B. Mandelbrot. SpringerVerlag, New York, 2004. $49.95 (308 pp.). ISBN 0387201580 Buy at Amazon

The Frenkel−Kontorova Model: Concepts, Methods, and Applications. O. M. Braun, Y. S. Kivshar. Texts and Monographs in Physics. SpringerVerlag, New York, 2004. $109.00 (472 pp.). ISBN 3540407715 Buy at Amazon

Nonlinear Dynamics in Polymeric Systems. J. A. Pojman, Q. TranCongMiyata, eds. ACS Symposium Series 869. Proc. symp., Boston, Aug. 2002. American Chemical Society, Washington, DC, 2004. $145.00 (351 pp.). ISBN 0841238502 Buy at Amazon


Statistical Physics and Thermodynamics

Thermodynamic Data, Models, and Phase Diagrams in Multicomponent Oxide Systems: An Assessment for Materials and Planetary Scientists Based on Calorimetric, Volumetric and Phase Equilibrium Data. O. B. Fabrichnaya, S. K. Saxena, P. Richet, E. F. Westrum, eds. Data and Knowledge in a Changing World. SpringerVerlag, New York, 2004. $129.00 (198 pp.). ISBN 3540140182 Buy at Amazon


Texts and Education

Biodynamics: Why the Wirewalker Doesn't Fall. B. J. West, L. A. Griffin. Wiley, Hoboken, NJ, 2004. $92.50 (456 pp.). ISBN 0471346195 Buy at Amazon

Classical Mechanics: Point Particles and Relativity. W. Greiner. Classical Theoretical Physics. SpringerVerlag, New York, 2004. $69.95 paper (488 pp.). ISBN 0387955860 Buy at Amazon

Exploring Chaos: Theory and Experiment. B. Davies. Studies in Nonlinearity. Westview Press, Boulder, CO, 2004 [1999, reissued]. $30.00 paper (241 pp.). ISBN 0813341272 Buy at Amazon

Fundamentals of Beam Physics. J. B. Rosenzweig. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2003. $74.50 (294 pp.). ISBN 0198525540 Buy at Amazon

Game Physics. D. H. Eberly. The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Interactive 3D Technology. Morgan Kaufmann/Elsevier, San Francisco, 2004. $69.95 (776 pp.). ISBN 1558607404, CDROM Buy at Amazon


Theory and Mathematical Methods

Applied Adaptive Statistical Methods: Tests of Significance and Confidence Intervals. T. W. O'Gorman. ASASIAM Series on Statistics and Applied Probability. Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Philadelphia, 2004. $60.00 paper (174 pp.). ISBN 0898715539 Buy at Amazon

Axiomatic Consensus Theory in Group Choice and Biomathematics. W. H. E. Day, F. R. McMorris. Frontiers in Applied Mathematics. Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Philadelphia, 2003. $54.00 paper (155 pp.). ISBN 0898715512 Buy at Amazon

Bioterrorism: Mathematical Modeling Applications in Homeland Security. H. T. Banks, C. CastilloChavez, eds. Frontiers in Applied Mathematics. Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Philadelphia, 2003. $78.00 paper (240 pp.). ISBN 0898715490 Buy at Amazon

Capture Dynamics and Chaotic Motions in Celestial Mechanics: With Applications to the Construction of Low Energy Transfers. E. Belbruno. Princeton U. Press, Princeton, NJ, 2004. $49.95 (211 pp.). ISBN 0691094802 Buy at Amazon

Catastrophe Theory. 2nd ed. D. P. L. Castrigiano, S. A. Hayes. Westview Press, Boulder, CO, 2004 [1993]. $90.00, $30.00 paper (264 pp.). ISBN 0813341264, ISBN 0813341256 paper Buy at Amazon

Consistent Quantum Theory. R. B. Griffiths. Cambridge U. Press, 2003 [2002, reissued]. $95.00, $50.00 paper (391 pp.). ISBN 0521539293 Buy at Amazon

The Evolution of Applied Harmonic Analysis: Models of the Real World. E. Prestini. Applied and Numerical Harmonic Analysis. Birkhäuser, Boston, 2004. $59.95 paper (349 pp.). ISBN 0817641254 Buy at Amazon

Fields Medallists' Lectures. 2nd ed. M. Atiya, D. Iagolnitzer, eds. World Scientific Series in 20th Century Mathematics 9. World Scientific, River Edge, NJ, 2003 [1997]. $118.00, $62.00 paper (806 pp.). ISBN 9812382569, ISBN 9812382593 paper Buy at Amazon

Geometry and Integrability. L. Mason, Y. Nutku, eds. London Mathematical Society Lecture Note Series 295. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2003. $45.00 paper (153 pp.). ISBN 0521529999 Buy at Amazon

Handbook of Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations. A. D. Polyanin, V. F. Zaitsev. Chapman & Hall/CRC, Boca Raton, FL, 2004. $99.95 (814 pp.). ISBN 1584883553 Buy at Amazon

An Introduction to Modern Variational Techniques in Mechanics and Engineering. B. D. Vujanovic, T. M. Atanackovic. Birkhäuser, Boston, 2004. $74.95 (346 pp.). ISBN 0817633995 Buy at Amazon

Orientations and Rotations: Computations in Crystallographic Textures. A. Morawiec. SpringerVerlag, New York, 2004. $79.95 (200 pp.). ISBN 3540407340 Buy at Amazon

Physical Processes in the Solar System: An Introduction to the Physics of Asteroids, Comets, Moons and Planets. J. D. Landstreet. Keenan & Darlington, London, Canada, 2003. $69.00 paper (350 pp.). ISBN 0973205105 Buy at Amazon

Planning Based on Decision Theory. G. D. Riccia, D. Dubois, R. Kruse, H.J. Lenz, eds. CISM Courses and Lectures 472. SpringerVerlag, New York, 2003. $69.95 paper (165 pp.). ISBN 3211407561 Buy at Amazon

Proofs From THE BOOK. 3rd ed. M. Aigner, G. M. Ziegler. SpringerVerlag, New York, 2004 [2001]. $34.95 (239 pp.). ISBN 3540404600 Buy at Amazon

Quantum Control: Mathematical and Numerical Challenges. A. D. Bandrauk, M. C. Delfour, C. Le Bris, eds. CRM Proceedings and Lecture Notes 33. Proc. wksp., Montreal, Oct. 2002. American Mathematical Society, Providence, RI, 2003. $61.00 paper (211 pp.). ISBN 0821833308 Buy at Amazon

Research Directions in Distributed Parameter Systems. R. C. Smith, M. A. Demetriou, eds. Frontiers in Applied Mathematics. Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Philadelphia, 2003. $61.50 paper (271 pp.). ISBN 0898715482 Buy at Amazon

The Shaggy Steed of Physics: Mathematical Beauty in the Physical World. 2nd ed. D. Oliver. SpringerVerlag, New York, 2004 [1994]. $59.95 (300 pp.). ISBN 0387403078 Buy at Amazon

Small Viscosity and Boundary Layer Methods: Theory, Stability Analysis, and Applications. G. Métivier. Modeling and Simulation in Science, Engineering and Technology. Birkhäuser, Boston, 2004. $69.95 (194 pp.). ISBN 0817633901 Buy at Amazon

Stability of Strong Discontinuities in Magnetohydrodynamics and Electrohydrodynamics. A. Blokhin, Y. Trakhinin. Nova Science, Hauppauge, NY, 2003. $89.00 (307 pp.). ISBN 1590337522 Buy at Amazon

The Theory of Complex Angular Momenta: Gribov Lectures on Theoretical Physics. V. N. Gribov. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2003. $90.00 (297 pp.). ISBN 0521818346 Buy at Amazon

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