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Tuning, Timbre, Spectrum, Scale. 2nd ed. W. A. Sethares. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2005 [1999]. $79.95 (426 pp.). ISBN 1852337974, Buy at Amazon CD-ROM

Astrophysics, Clocks and Fundamental Constants. S. G. Karshenboim, E. Peik, eds. Lecture Notes in Physics 648. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2004. $79.95 (346 pp.). ISBN 3540219676 Buy at Amazon

Coevolution of Black Holes and Galaxies. L. C. Ho, ed. Carnegie Observatories Astrophysics Series 1. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2004. $130.00 (474 pp.). ISBN 0521824494 Buy at Amazon

Cosmic Gamma-Ray Sources. K. S. Cheng, G. E. Romero, eds. Astrophysics and Space Science Library 304. Kluwer Academic, Norwell, MA, 2004. $158.00 (402 pp.). ISBN 1402022557 Buy at Amazon

Cosmic Rays in the Earth�s Atmosphere and Underground. L. I. Dorman. Astrophysics and Space Science Library 303. Kluwer Academic, Norwell, MA, 2004. $193.00 (855 pp.). ISBN 1402020716 Buy at Amazon

Equation-of-State and Phase-Transition Issues in Models of Ordinary Astrophysical Matter. V. Čelebonović, W. Däppen, D. Gough, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 731. Proc. wksp., Leiden, the Netherlands, June 2004. AIP, Melville, NY, 2004. $128.00 paper (312 pp.). ISBN 0735402132 Buy at Amazon

Gamma-Ray Bursts: 30 Years of Discovery. E. E. Fenimore, M. Galassi, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 727. Proc. symp., Santa Fe, NM, Sept. 2003. AIP, Melville, NY, 2004. $215.00 (783 pp.). ISBN 0735402086 Buy at Amazon

Handbook of Pulsar Astronomy. D. R. Lorimer, M. Kramer. Cambridge Observing Handbooks for Research Astronomers 4. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2005. $75.00 (301 pp.). ISBN 0521828236 Buy at Amazon

High-Velocity Clouds. H. van Woerden, B. P. Wakker, U. J. Schwarz, K. S. de Boer, eds. Astrophysics and Space Science Library 312. Kluwer Academic, Norwell, MA, 2004. $149.00 (400 pp.). ISBN 1402025785 Buy at Amazon

How Does the Galaxy Work? A Galactic Tertulia with Don Cox and Ron Reynolds. E. J. Alfaro, E. Pérez, J. Franco, eds. Astrophysics and Space Science Library 315. Kluwer Academic, Norwell, MA, 2004. $199.00 (418 pp.). ISBN 1402026196 Buy at Amazon

The Interstellar Medium. J. Lequeux, with the collaboration of E. Falgarone and C. Ryter (translated from French by J. Lequeux). Springer-Verlag, New York, 2005. $89.95 (437 pp.). ISBN 3540213260 Buy at Amazon

The New Rosetta Targets: Observations, Simulations and Instrument Performances. L. Colangeli, E. M. Epifani, P. Palumbo, eds. Astrophysics and Space Science Library 311. Kluwer Academic, Norwell, MA, 2004. $139.00 (307 pp.). ISBN 1402025726 Buy at Amazon

Observing Variable Stars, Novae, and Supernovae. G. North. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2004. $45.00 (230 pp.). ISBN 0521820472 Buy at Amazon , CD-ROM

Orbital Motion. 4th ed. A. E. Roy. IOP, Philadelphia, 2005 [1988]. $65.00 paper (526 pp.). ISBN 0750310154 Buy at Amazon

Order and Choas in Stellar and Planetary Systems. G. G. Byrd, K. V. Kholshevnikov, A. A. Mylläri, I. I. Nikiforov, V. V. Orlov, eds. Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series 316. Proc. mtg., St. Petersburg, Russia, Aug. 2003. Astronomical Society of the Pacific, San Francisco, 2004. $77.00 (394 pp.). ISBN 1583811729 Buy at Amazon

Organizations and Strategies in Astronomy. Vol. 5. A. Heck, ed. Astrophysics and Space Science Library 310. Kluwer Academic, Norwell, MA, 2004. $209.00 (309 pp.). ISBN 140202570X Buy at Amazon , CD-ROM

Polarization in Spectral Lines. E. L. Degl�Innocenti, M. Landolfi. Astrophysics and Space Science Library 307. Kluwer Academic, 2004. $199.00 (890 pp.). ISBN 1402024142 Buy at Amazon

Soft X-Ray Emission from Clusters of Galaxies and Related Phenomena. R. Lieu, J. Mittaz, eds. Astrophysics and Space Science Library 309. Kluwer Academic, Norwell, MA, 2004. $99.00 (194 pp.). ISBN 1402025637 Buy at Amazon

Fundamentals of Molecular Symmetry. P. R. Bunker, P. Jensen. Series in Chemical Physics. IOP, Philadelphia, 2005. $65.00 paper (358 pp.). ISBN 0750309415 Buy at Amazon

Principles and Applications of Density Functional Theory in Inorganic Chemistry 1. N. Kaltsoyannis, J. E. McGrady, eds. Structure and Bonding 112. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2004. $149.00 (194 pp.). ISBN 3540218602 Buy at Amazon

Principles and Applications of Density Functional Theory in Inorganic Chemistry 2. N. Kaltsoyannis, J. E. McGrady, eds. Structure and Bonding 113. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2004. $199.00 (243 pp.). ISBN 3540218610 Buy at Amazon

Problems of Atomic Dynamics. M. Born. Dover Books on Physics. Dover, Mineola, NY, 2004 [1926, reissued]. $14.95 paper (200 pp.). ISBN 0486438732 Buy at Amazon

Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering. D. Shi, ed. Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2004. $129.00 (246 pp.). ISBN 3540222030 Buy at Amazon

Biomedical Devices and Their Applicatoins. D. Shi, ed. Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2004. $149.00 (201 pp.). ISBN 3540222049 Buy at Amazon

Contemporary IMRT: Developing Physics and Clinical Implementation. S. Webb. Series in Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering. IOP, Philadelphia, 2005. $120.00 (478 pp.). ISBN 0750310049 Buy at Amazon

Forces, Growth and Form in Soft Condensed Matter: At the Interface Between Physics and Biology. A. T. Skjeltorp, A. V. Belushkin, eds. NATO Science Series 2: Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry 160. Proc. inst., Geilo, Norway, Mar.�Apr. 2004. Kluwer Academic, Norwell, MA, 2004. $109.00 (244 pp.). ISBN 1402023383 Buy at Amazon

Ionizing Radiation Detectors for Medical Imaging. Albert Del Guerra. World Scientific, Hackensack, NJ, 2004. $68.00 (508 pp.). ISBN 9812386742 Buy at Amazon

Neural Engineering: Computation, Representation, and Dynamics in Neurobiological Systems. C. Eliasmith, C. H. Anderson. Computational Neuroscience. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2004 [2003, reissued]. $30.00 paper (356 pp.). ISBN 0262550601 Buy at Amazon

Radiation Therapy Physics. 3rd ed. W. R. Hendee, G. S. Ibbott, E. G. Hendee. Wiley, Hoboken, NJ, 2005 [1996]. $125.00 (450 pp.). ISBN 0471394939 Buy at Amazon

Heterogeneous Kinetics: Theory of Ziegler-Natta-Kaminsky Polymerization. T. Keii. Springer Series in Chemical Physics 77. Kodansha, Tokyo, and Springer-Verlag, New York, 2004. $159.00 (249 pp.). ISBN 3540229574 Buy at Amazon

Applied Geometry for Computer Graphics and CAD. 2nd ed. D. Marsh. Springer Undergraduate Mathematics Series. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2005 [1999]. $39.95 paper (350 pp.). ISBN 1852338016 Buy at Amazon

Comprehensive Mathematics for Computer Scientists 2: Calculus and ODEs, Splines, Probability, Fourier and Wavelet Theory, Fractals and Neural Networks, Categories and Lambda Calculus. G. Mazzola, G. Milmeister, J. Weissmann. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2005. $39.95 paper (355 pp.). ISBN 3540208615 Buy at Amazon

Computer Simulation Studies in Condensed-Matter Physics XVI. D. P. Landau, S. P. Lewis, H.-B. Schüttler, eds. Springer Proceedings in Physics 95. Proc. wksp., Athens, GA, Feb. 2003. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2004. $149.00 (258 pp.). ISBN 3540200215 Buy at Amazon

Introduction to MATLAB® with Numerical Preliminaries. A. Stanoyevitch. Wiley, Hoboken, NJ, 2005. $59.95 paper (331 pp.). ISBN 0471697370 Buy at Amazon

Electron Correlation in Metals. K. Yamada. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2004. $100.00 (245 pp.). ISBN 0521572320 Buy at Amazon

Electron Scattering in Solid Matter: A Theoretical and Computational Treatise. J. Zabloudil, R. Hammerling, L. Szunyogh, P. Weinberger, eds. Springer Series in Solid-State Sciences 147. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2005. $89.95 (379 pp.). ISBN 3540225242 Buy at Amazon

Impurities Confined in Quantum Structures. P. O. Holtz, Q. X. Zhao. Springer Series in Materials Science 77. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2004. $119.00 (137 pp.). ISBN 3540223207 Buy at Amazon

Many-Body Quantum Theory in Condensed Matter Physics: An Introduction. H. Bruus, K. Flensberg. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2004. $89.50 (435 pp.). ISBN 0198566336 Buy at Amazon

Multipole Theory in Electromagnetism: Classical, Quantum, and Symmetry Aspects, with Applications. R. E. Raab, O. L. de Lange. International Series on Monographs on Physics 128. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2005. $124.50 (235 pp.). ISBN 0198567278 Buy at Amazon

Quantum Magnetism. U. Schollw�ck, J. Richter, D. J. J. Farnell, R. F. Bishop, eds. Lecture Notes in Physics 645. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2004. $79.95 (481 pp.). ISBN 3540214224 Buy at Amazon

The Einstein Equations and the Large Scale Behavior of Gravitational Fields: 50 Years of the Cauchy Problem in General Relativity. P. T. Chrusciel, H. Friedrich. Birkhäuser Verlag, Boston, 2004. $129.00 (481 pp.). ISBN 3764371307 Buy at Amazon , CD-ROM

Measuring and Modeling the Universe. W. L. Freedman, ed. Carnegie Observatories Astrophysics Series 2. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2004. $130.00 (390 pp.). ISBN 052175576X Buy at Amazon

The Art and Science of Holography: A Tribute to Emmett Leith and Yuri Denisyuk. H. J. Caulfield, ed. SPIE Press Monograph 124. SPIE Press, Bellingham, WA, 2004. $80.00 (355 pp.). ISBN 0819450197 Buy at Amazon

Geometric Optics on Phase Space. K. B. Wolf. Springer Texts and Monographs in Physics. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2004. $89.00 (373 pp.). ISBN 3540220399 Buy at Amazon

Intermediate Optical Design. M. J. Kidger. SPIE Press Monograph 134. SPIE Press, Bellingham, WA, 2004. $66.00 (227 pp.). ISBN 0819452173 Buy at Amazon

Optical Properties of Surfaces. 2nd ed. D. Bedeaux, J. Vlieger. Imperial College Press, London, 2004 [2001]. $92.00 (450 pp.). ISBN 1860944507 Buy at Amazon

Photonic Crystals: Physics, Fabrication and Applications. K. Inoue, K. Ohtaka, eds. Springer Series in Optical Sciences 94. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2004. $129.00 (320 pp.). ISBN 3540205594 Buy at Amazon

Portable Synchrotron Light Sources and Advanced Applications. H. Yamada, N. Mochizuki-Oda, M. Sasaki, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 716. Proc. symp., Shiga, Japan, Jan. 2004. AIP, Melville, NY, 2004. $125.00 (225 pp.). ISBN 0735401950 Buy at Amazon

B Physics at Hadron Machines. M. Paulini, S. Erhan, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 722. Proc. conf., Pittsburgh, PA, Oct. 2003. AIP, Melville, NY, 2004. $135.00 (298 pp.). ISBN 0735402035 Buy at Amazon

Developments in Quantum Physics. F. Columbus, V. Krasnoholovets, eds. Nova Science, Hauppauge, NY, 2004. $129.00 (280 pp.). ISBN 1594540039 Buy at Amazon

Dynamics of Charged Particles and Their Radiation Field. H. Spohn. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2004. $110.00 (360 pp.). ISBN 0521836972 Buy at Amazon

Elementary Quantum Mechanics in One Dimension. R. Gilmore. Johns Hopkins U. Press, Baltimore, MD, 2004. $69.95, $24.95 paper (229 pp.). ISBN 0801880149, ISBN 0801880157 Buy at Amazon paper

Frontiers in Quantum Physics Research. F. Columbus, V. Krasnoholovets, eds. Nova Science, Hauppauge, NY, 2004. $119.00 (206 pp.). ISBN 1594540020 Buy at Amazon

Hadron Spectroscopy. E. Klempt, H. Koch, H. Orth, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 717. Proc. conf., Aschaffenburg, Germany, Aug.�Sept. 2003. AIP, Melville, NY, 2004. $225.00 (970 pp.). ISBN 0735401977 Buy at Amazon

Heavy Ion Reactions: The Elementary Processes, Parts 1 and 2. R. A. Broglia, A. Winther. Frontiers in Physics 52. Westview Press, Boulder, CO, 2004. $45.00 paper (504 pp.). ISBN 081334283X Buy at Amazon

Neutrino Factories and Superbeams. A. Para, ed. AIP Conference Proceedings 721. Proc. wksp., New York, June 2003. AIP, Melville, NY, 2004. $165.00 (485 pp.). ISBN 0735402019 Buy at Amazon

Perspectives in Hadronic Physics. S. Boffi, C. Ciofi degli Atti, M. M. Giannini, eds. Conferences on Perspectives on Hadronic Physics. Proc. conf., Trieste, Italy, May 2003. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2004. $189.00 (296 pp.). ISBN 3540210644 Buy at Amazon

Principles of Magnetohydrodynamics: With Applications to Laboratory and Astrophysical Plasmas. J. P. Goedbloed, S. Poedts. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2004. $140.00, $70.00 paper (613 pp.). ISBN 0521623472 , ISBN 0521626072 Buy at Amazon paper

Centauri Dreams: Imagining and Planning Interstellar Exploration. P. Gilster. Copernicus Books, New York, 2004. $25.00 (302 pp.). ISBN 038700436X Buy at Amazon

The Illustrated on the Shoulders of Giants: The Great Works of Physics and Astronomy. S. Hawking. Running Press, Philadelphia, 2004. $35.00 (256 pp.). ISBN 0762418982 Buy at Amazon

Mendel in the Kitchen: A Scientist�s View of Genetically Modified Foods. N. V. Fedoroff, N. M. Brown. Joseph Henry Press, Washington, DC, 2004. $24.95 (370 pp.). ISBN 0309092051 Buy at Amazon

Moonrush: Improving Life on Earth with the Moon�s Resources. D. Wingo. Apogee Books, Burlington, Canada, 2004. $24.95 paper (260 pp.). ISBN 1894959108 Buy at Amazon

The New How Things Work: Everyday Technology Explained. Rev. ed. J. Langone. National Geographic Society, Washington, DC, 2004 [1999]. $35.00 (272 pp.). ISBN 079226956X Buy at Amazon

New Moon Rising: The Making of America�s New Space Vision and the Remaking of NASA. F. Sietzen Jr, K. L. Cowing. Apogee Books, Burlington, Canada, 2004. $33.95 (280 pp.). ISBN 1894959124 Buy at Amazon , CD-ROM

Pushing the Limits: New Adventures in Engineering. H. Petroski. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 2004. $25.00 (288 pp.). ISBN 1400040515 Buy at Amazon

Schrödinger�s Rabbits: The Many Worlds of Quantum. C. Bruce. Joseph Henry Press, Washington, DC, 2004. $24.95 (272 pp.). ISBN 0309090512 Buy at Amazon

Science and Sensibility: The Elegant Logic of the Universe. K. J. Laidler. Prometheus Books, Amherst, NY, 2004. $28.00 (233 pp.). ISBN 1591021383 Buy at Amazon

The Science of Supervillains. L. H. Gresh, R. Weinberg. Wiley, Hoboken, NJ, 2005. $24.95 (212 pp.). ISBN 0471482056 Buy at Amazon

The Simple Universe. I. Brewster, K. Shiwram. Apogee Books, Burlington, Canada, 2003. $21.95 paper (108 pp.). ISBN 1894959116 Buy at Amazon

Soft Machines: Nanotechnology and Life. R. A. L. Jones. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2004. $29.95 (229 pp.). ISBN 0198528558 Buy at Amazon

Space Tourism: Do You Want to Go? J. Spencer, K. L. Rugg. Apogee Books, Burlington, Canada, 2004. $20.95 paper (218 pp.). ISBN 1894959086 Buy at Amazon

Symmetry and the Beautiful Universe. L. M. Lederman, C. T. Hill. Prometheus Books, Amherst, NY, 2004. $29.00 (363 pp.). ISBN 1591022428 Buy at Amazon

Uncorked: The Science of Champagne. G. Liger-Belair. Princeton U. Press, Princeton, NJ, 2004. $19.95 (152 pp.). ISBN 0691119198 Buy at Amazon

Weighing the Soul: Scientific Discovery from the Brilliant to the Bizarre. L. Fisher. Arcade, New York, 2004. $25.00 (248 pp.). ISBN 1559707321 Buy at Amazon

The Yoga of Time Travel: How the Mind Can Defeat Time. F. A. Wolf. Quest Books, Wheaton, IL, 2004. $17.95 paper (258 pp.). ISBN 083560828X Buy at Amazon

Interstellar Travel and Multi-Generation Space Ships. Y. Kondo, F. Bruhweiler, J. Moore, C. Sheffield, eds. Apogee Books, Burlington, Canada, 2003. $24.95 (125 pp.). ISBN 1896522998 Buy at Amazon

Mars: The NASA Mission Reports. Vol. 2. Apogee Books, Burlington, Canada, 2004. $28.95 paper (416 pp.). ISBN 1894959051 Buy at Amazon , CD-ROM

The Neurolab Spacelab Mission: Neuroscience Research in Space�Results from the STS-90, Neurolab Spacelab Mission. J. C. Buckey Jr, J. L. Homick, eds. NASA, Houston, TX, 2003. $67.00 (333 pp.). ISBN 0972533907 Buy at Amazon

Rocket Science: Rocket Science in the Second Millennium. A. J. Zaehringer, S. Whitfield. Apogee Books, Burlington, Canada, 2004. $20.95 paper (215 pp.). ISBN 1894959094 Buy at Amazon

Kinetic Theory of Granular Gases. N. V. Brilliantov, T. P�schel. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2004. $84.50 (329 pp.). ISBN 0198530382 Buy at Amazon

Quantitative Finance and Risk Management: A Physicist�s Approach. J. W. Dash. World Scientific, River Edge, NJ, 2004. $98.00 (781 pp.). ISBN 9812387129 Buy at Amazon

Essential Mathematical Methods for Physicists. H. J. Weber, G. B. Arfken. Academic Press/Elsevier, San Diego, CA, 2004. $29.95 (932 pp.). ISBN 0120598779 Buy at Amazon

A Guided Tour of Mathematical Methods for the Physical Sciences. 2nd ed. R. Snieder. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2004 [2001]. $60.00 (507 pp.). ISBN 0521834929 Buy at Amazon

Introduction to RF Stealth. D. Lynch Jr. SciTech, Raleigh, NC, 2004. $129.00 (573 pp.). ISBN 1891121219 Buy at Amazon , CD-ROM

Thermodynamics and Introductory Statistical Mechanics. B. Linder. Wiley, Hoboken, NJ, 2004. $66.50 (209 pp.). ISBN 0471474592 Buy at Amazon

Approximation Theory Using Positive Linear Operators. R. Paltanea. Birkh�user, Boston, 2004. $69.95 paper (202 pp.). ISBN 0817643508 Buy at Amazon

Equations of Mathematical Diffraction Theory. M. A. Sumbatyan, A. Scalia. Differential and Integral Equations and Their Applications 5. Chapman & Hall/CRC, Boca Raton, FL, 2005. $99.95 (291 pp.). ISBN 0415308496 Buy at Amazon

Global Analysis and Applied Mathematics. K. Tas, D. Baleanu, D. Krupka, O. Krupková, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 729. Proc. wksp., Ankara, Turkey, Apr. 2004. AIP, Melville, NY, 2004. $160.00 (398 pp.). ISBN 0735402094 Buy at Amazon

Mathematical Physics Frontiers. C. V. Benton, ed. Nova Science, Hauppauge, NY, 2004. $79.00 (237 pp.). ISBN 1590339835 Buy at Amazon

New Optimization Algorithms in Physics. A. K. Hartmann, H, Rieger, eds. Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, Germany, 2004. $155.00 (300 pp.). ISBN 3527404066 Buy at Amazon

The Number π. P. Eymard, J.-P. Lafon (translated from French by S. S. Wilson). American Mathematical Society, Providence, RI, 2004. $36.00 paper (322 pp.). ISBN 0821832468 Buy at Amazon

Quantum-Classical Analogies. D. Dragoman, M. Dragoman. The Frontiers Collection. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2004. $89.00 (344 pp.). ISBN 3540210475 Buy at Amazon

Quantum Theory as an Emergent Phenomenon: The Statistical Mechanics of Matrix Models as the Precursor of Quantum Field Theory. S. L. Adler. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2004. $50.00 (225 pp.). ISBN 0521831946 Buy at Amazon

Representation Theory of Algebraic Groups and Quantum Groups. T. Shoji, M. Kashiwara, N. Kawanaka, G. Lusztig, K. Shinoda, eds. Advanced Studies in Pure Mathematics 40. Proc. conf., Tokyo, Aug. 2001. Mathematical Society of Japan, Tokyo, 2004. $116.00 (490 pp.). ISBN 4931469256 Buy at Amazon

Spectral Theory of Schr�dinger Operators. R. del R�o, C. Villegas-Blas, eds. Contemporary Mathematics 340. American Mathematical Society, Providence, RI, 2004. $69.00 paper (249 pp.). ISBN 0821832972 Buy at Amazon

The Static and Dynamic Continuum Theory of Liquid Crystals: A Mathematical Introduction. I. W. Stewart. Liquid Crystals Book Series 2. Taylor & Francis, New York, 2004. $79.95, $49.95 paper (360 pp.). ISBN 0748408959 , ISBN 0748408967 Buy at Amazon paper

Studies in Mathematical Physics Research. C. V. Benton, ed. Nova Science, Hauppauge, NY, 2004. $98.00 (245 pp.). ISBN 1594540276 Buy at Amazon

Working Analysis. J. Cooper. Academic Press/Elsevier, Burlington, MA, 2005. $99.95 (663 pp.). ISBN 0121876047 Buy at Amazon

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