Phi in the Sky: The Quest for Cosmological Scalar Fields. C. J. A. P. Martins et al., eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 736. Proc. wksp., Porto, Portugal, July 2004. AIP, Melville, NY, 2004. $127.00 (204 pp.). ISBN 0-7354-0218-3
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Device Physics
Modern Microwave Circuits. N. Kinayman, M. I. Aksun. Artech House, Norwood, MA, 2005. $131.00 (604 pp.). ISBN 1-58053-725-1, CD-ROM
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Optoelectronic Devices: Advanced Simulation and Analysis. J. Piprek, ed. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2005. $249.00 (452 pp.). ISBN 0-387-22659-1
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Thermophotovoltaic Generation of Electricity. A. Gopinath, T. J. Coutts, J. Luther, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 738. Proc. conf., Freiburg, Germany, June 2004. AIP, Melville, NY, 2004. $168.00 (491 pp.). ISBN 0-7354-0222-1
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Energy and Environment
Annual Review of Environment and Resources. Vol. 29. P. A. Matson, A. Gadgil, D. M. Kammen, eds. Annual Reviews, Palo Alto, CA, 2004. $89.00 (509 pp.). ISBN 0-8243-2329-7 Buy at Amazon
The Bottomless Well: The Twilight of Fuel, the Virtue of Waste, and Why We Will Never Run Out of Energy. P. W. Huber, M. P. Mills. Basic Books, New York, 2005. $26.00 (214 pp.). ISBN 0-465-03116-1
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Essentials of Medical Geology: Impacts of the Natural Environment on Public Health. O. Selinus et al., eds. Academic Press/Elsevier, Burlington, MA, 2005. $99.95 (812 pp.). ISBN 0-12-636341-2 Buy at Amazon
The Rebirth of Cold Fusion: Real Science, Real Hope, Real Energy. S. B. Krivit, N. Winocur. Pacific Oaks Press, Los Angeles, 2004. $25.95 paper (298 pp.). ISBN 0-9760545-8-2 Buy at Amazon
Scientists Debate Gaia: The Next Century. S. H. Schneider, J. R. Miller, E. Crist, P. J. Boston, eds. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2004. $50.00 (377 pp.). ISBN 0-262-19498-8 Buy at Amazon
Fluids
Handbook of Mathematical Fluid Dynamics. Vol. 3. S. Friedlander, D. Serre, eds. Elsevier, San Diego, CA, 2004. $175.00 (674 pp.). ISBN 0-444-51556-9 Buy at Amazon
Geophysics
The Interaction of Ocean Waves and Wind. P. Janssen. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2004. $120.00 (300 pp.). ISBN 0-521-46540-0 Buy at Amazon
Multiscale Processes in the Earth's Magnetosphere: From Interball to Cluster. J.-A. Sauvaud, Z. Nemecek, eds. NATO Science Series 2: Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry 178. Kluwer Academic, Norwell, MA, 2004. $179.00 (328 pp.). ISBN 1-4020-2766-4, CD-ROM Buy at Amazon
History and Philosophy
Annus Mirabilis: 1905, Albert Einstein, and the Theory of Relativity. J. Gribbin, M. Gribbin. Chamberlain Bros., New York, 2005. $25.95 (310 pp.). ISBN 1-59609-144-4, DVD Buy at Amazon
The Book Nobody Read: Chasing the Revolutions of Nicolaus Copernicus. O. Gingerich. Penguin Books, New York, 2005 [2004, reissued]. $15.00 paper (306 pp.). ISBN 0-14-30-3476-6 Buy at Amazon
The Born–Einstein Letters, 1916–1955: Friendship, Politics and Physics in Uncertain Times. M. Born. Macmillan, New York, 2005 [1971, reissued]. $26.95 (235 pp.). ISBN 1-4039-4496-2 Buy at Amazon
The Calculus Gallery: Masterpieces from Newton to Lebesgue. W. Dunham. Princeton U. Press, Princeton, NJ, 2005. $29.95 (236 pp.). ISBN 0-691-09565-5 Buy at Amazon
Einstein 1905: The Standard of Greatness. J. S. Rigden. Harvard U. Press, Cambridge, MA, 2005. $21.95 (173 pp.). ISBN 0-674-01544-4 Buy at Amazon
The End of the Certain World: The Life and Science of Max Born, the Nobel Physicist Who Ignited the Quantum Revolution. N. T. Greenspan. Basic Books, New York, 2005. $26.95 (374 pp.). ISBN 0-7382-0693-8 Buy at Amazon
Establishing Research Corporation: A Case Study of Patents, Philanthropy, and Organized Research in Early Twentieth-Century America. T. D. Cornell, J. E. Turner, ed. Research Corp, Tucson, AZ, 2004. Available through university libraries in North America (328 pp.). ISBN 0-9633504-7-1 Buy at Amazon
The Fly in the Cathedral: How a Group of Cambridge Scientists Won the International Race to Split the Atom. B. Cathcart. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York, 2005. $25.00 (308 pp.). ISBN 0-374-15716-2 Buy at Amazon
Nobel Laureates and Twentieth-Century Physics. M. Dardo. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2004. $110.00, $39.99 paper (533 pp.). ISBN 0-521-83247-0, ISBN 0-521-54008-9 paper Buy at Amazon
On the Shoulders of Giants: Dialogues Concerning Two New Sciences. G. Galilei, S. Hawking, ed. Running Press, Philadelphia, 2005 [2002, reissued]. $12.95 paper (230 pp.). ISBN 0-7624-2015-4 Buy at Amazon
On the Shoulders of Giants: Harmonies of the World, Book Five. J. Kepler, S. Hawking, ed. Running Press, Philadelphia, 2005 [2002, reissued]. $9.95 paper (92 pp.). ISBN 0-7624-2018-9 Buy at Amazon
On the Shoulders of Giants: On the Revolutions of Heavenly Spheres. N. Copernicus, S. Hawking, ed. Running Press, Philadelphia, 2005 [2002, reissued]. $14.95 paper (384 pp.). ISBN 0-7624-2021-9 Buy at Amazon
On the Shoulders of Giants: Principia. I. Newton, S. Hawking, ed. Running Press, Philadelphia, 2005 [2002, reissued]. $14.95 paper (432 pp.). ISBN 0-7624-2022-7 Buy at Amazon
On the Shoulders of Giants: Selections from The Principle of Relativity. A. Einstein, S. Hawking, ed. Running Press, Philadelphia, 2005 [2002, reissued]. $9.95 paper (100 pp.). ISBN 0-7624-2023-5 Buy at Amazon
A Physicist's Labour in War and Peace: Memoirs 1933–1999. E. W. Kellermann. Stamford House, Peterborough, UK, 2004. $18.00 paper (242 pp.). ISBN 1-904985-09-2
Sneaking a Look at God's Cards: Unraveling the Mysteries of Quantum Mechanics. Rev. ed. G. Ghirardi (translated from Italian by G. Malsbary). Princeton U. Press, Princeton, NJ, 2005 [2004]. $35.00 (488 pp.). ISBN 0-691-12139-7 Buy at Amazon
When Physics Became King. I. R. Morus. U. of Chicago Press, Chicago, 2005. $60.00, $25.00 paper (303 pp.). ISBN 0-226-54201-7, 0-226-54202-5 paper Buy at Amazon
The World of Gerard Mercator: The Mapmaker Who Revolutionized Geography. A. Taylor. Walker, New York, 2004. $26.00 (291 pp.). ISBN 0-8027-1377-7 Buy at Amazon
Instrumentation and Techniques
Beam Instrumentation Workshop 2004. T. Shea, R. C. Sibley III, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 732. Proc. wksp., Knoxville, TN, May 2004. AIP, Melville, NY, 2004. $150.00 (503 pp.). ISBN 0-7354-0214-0, CD-ROM Buy at Amazon
Ewing's Analytical Instrumentation Handbook. 3rd ed. J. Cazes, ed. Marcel Dekker, New York, 2005. $249.95 (1037 pp.). ISBN 0-8247-5348-8 Buy at Amazon
Materials Science
Handbook of Polymer Synthesis. 2nd ed. H. R. Kricheldorf, O. Nuyken, G. Swift. Plastics Engineering 70. Marcel Dekker, New York, 2005 [1992]. $269.95 (965 pp.). ISBN 0-8247-5473-5 Buy at Amazon
Nanophysics and Nanotechnology: An Introduction to Modern Concepts in Nanoscience. E. L. Wolf. Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, Germany, 2004. $84.95 paper (174 pp.). ISBN 3-527-40407-4 Buy at Amazon
Polymer Synthesis. Y. Furusho et al. Advances in Polymer Science 171. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2004. $199.00 (213 pp.). ISBN 3-540-21711-8 Buy at Amazon
Polymer Synthesis: Theory and PracticeFundamentals, Methods, Experiments. 4th ed. D. Braun et al. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2005 [2001]. $89.95 (385 pp.). ISBN 3-540-20770-8 Buy at Amazon
Soft Materials: Structure and Dynamics. J. R. Dutcher, A. G. Marangoni, eds. Marcel Dekker, New York, 2005. $175.00 (409 pp.). ISBN 0-8247-5358-5 Buy at Amazon
Stress-Induced Phenomena in Metallization. P. S. Ho, S. P. Baker, T. Nakamura, C. A. Volkert, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 741. Proc. wksp., Austin, TX, June 2004. AIP, Melville, NY, 2004. $136.00 (272 pp.). ISBN 0-7354-0225-6 Buy at Amazon
Transport Processes in Ion-Irradiated Polymers. D. Fink, ed. Springer Series in Materials Science 65. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2004. $139.00 (335 pp.). ISBN 3-540-20943-3 Buy at Amazon
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Artificial Life IX: Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on the Simulation and Synthesis of Artificial Life. J. Pollack et al., eds. Proc. conf., Boston, Sept. 2004. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2004. $80.00 paper (589 pp.). ISBN 0-262-66183-7 Buy at Amazon
Exploring Ancient Skies: An Encyclopedic Survey of Archaeoastronomy. D. H. Kelley, E. F. Milone. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2005. $298.00 (612 pp.). ISBN 0-387-95310-8 Buy at Amazon
Make Your Mark in Science: Creativity, Presenting, Publishing and PatentsA Guide for Young Scientists. C. Ascheron, A. Kickuth. Wiley, Hoboken, NJ, 2005. $29.95 paper (235 pp.). ISBN 0-471-65733-6 Buy at Amazon
The Penguin Dictionary of Biology. 11th ed. M. Thain, M. Hickman. Penguin Books, New York, 2004 [2000]. $16.00 paper (753 pp.). ISBN 0-141-01396-6 Buy at Amazon
A Sense of the Mysterious: Science and the Human Spirit. A. Lightman. Pantheon Books, New York, 2005. $23.00 (211 pp.). ISBN 0-375-42320-6 Buy at Amazon
Nonlinear Science and Chaos
Collective Dynamics of Nonlinear and Disordered Systems. G. Radons, W. Just, P. Häussler, eds. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2005. $139.00 (378 pp.). ISBN 3-540-21383-X Buy at Amazon
Experimental Chaos. S. Boccaletti et al., eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 742. Proc. conf., Florence, Italy, June 2004. AIP, Melville, NY, 2004. $145.00 (365 pp.). ISBN 0-7354-0226-4 Buy at Amazon
Minority Games: Interacting Agents in Financial Markets. D. Challet, M. Marsili, Y.-C. Zhang. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2005. $84.50 (344 pp.). ISBN 0-19-856640-9 Buy at Amazon
Quantitative Finance for Physicists: An Introduction. A. B. Schmidt. Academic Press Advanced Finance Series. Academic Press/Elsevier, Burlington, MA, 2005. $59.95 (167 pp.). ISBN 0-12-088464-X Buy at Amazon
Nuclear Physics
Nuclear Renaissance: Technologies and Policies for the Future of Nuclear Power. W. J. Nuttall. IOP, Philadelphia, 2005. $65.00 (322 pp.). ISBN 0-7503-0936-9 Buy at Amazon
Optics and Photonics
Electronic and Photoelectron Spectroscopy: Fundamentals and Case Studies. A. M. Ellis, M. Feher, T. G. Wright. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2005. $55.00 (286 pp.). ISBN 0-521-81737-4 Buy at Amazon
Encyclopedia of Modern Optics. Vols. 1–5. R. D. Guenther, D. G. Steel, L. Bayvel, eds. Academic Press/Elsevier, Burlington, MA, 2005. $1795.00 set (2415 pp. set). ISBN 0-12-227600-0 Buy at Amazon
Fast Light, Slow Light and Left-Handed Light. P. W. Milonni. Series in Optics and Optoelectronics. IOP, Philadelphia, 2005. $105.00 (247 pp.). ISBN 0-7503-0926-1 Buy at Amazon
Femtosecond Optical Frequency Comb: Principle, Operation, and Applications. J. Ye, S. T. Cundiff, eds. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2005. $89.95 (361 pp.). ISBN 0-387-23790-9 Buy at Amazon
Fluorescence Spectroscopy in Biology: Advanced Methods and Their Applications to Membranes, Proteins, DNA, and Cells. M. Hof, R. Hutterer, V. Fidler, eds. Springer Series on Fluorescence: Methods and Applications 3. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2005. $129.00 (305 pp.). ISBN 3-540-22338-X Buy at Amazon
Handbook of Coherent Domain Optical Methods: Biomedical Diagnostics, Environmental and Material Science. Vols. 1 and 2. V. V. Tuchin, ed. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Norwell, MA, 2004. $189.50 set (1003 pp. set). ISBN 1-4020-7576-6 Buy at Amazon
Infrared Ellipsometry on Semiconductor Layer Structures: Phonons, Plasmons, and Polaritons. M. Schubert. Springer Tracts in Modern Physics 209. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2004. $159.00 (193 pp.). ISBN 3-540-23249-4 Buy at Amazon
Nonimaging Optics. R. Winston, J. C. Miñano, P. Benítez. Academic Press/Elsevier, Burlington, MA, 2005. $89.95 (497 pp.). ISBN 0-12-759751-4 Buy at Amazon
Optical Frequency-Modulated Continuous-Wave (FMCW) Interferometry. J. Zheng. Springer Series in Optical Sciences 107. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2005. $139.00 (245 pp.). ISBN 0-387-23009-2 Buy at Amazon
Polarization Optics in Telecommunications. J. N. Damask. Springer Series in Optical Sciences 101. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2005. $159.00 (520 pp.). ISBN 0-387-22493-9 Buy at Amazon
Tribute to Emil Wolf: Science and Engineering Legacy of Physical Optics. T. P. Jannson, ed. SPIE Press, Bellingham, WA, 2005. $92.00 (510 pp.). ISBN 0-8194-5441-9 Buy at Amazon
Particle Physics
Advanced Visual Quantum Mechanics. B. Thaller. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2005. $79.95 (516 pp.). ISBN 0-387-20777-5, CD-ROM Buy at Amazon
Annual Review of Nuclear and Particle Science. Vol. 54. B. Kayser, B. R. Holstein, A. Jawahery, eds. Annual Reviews, Palo Alto, CA, 2004. $84.00 (590 pp.). ISBN 0-8243-1554-5 Buy at Amazon
Effective Field Theories in Flavour Physics. T. Mannel. Springer Tracts in Modern Physics 203. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2004. $159.00 (175 pp.). ISBN 3-540-21931-5 Buy at Amazon
50 Years of Yang–Mills Theory. G. 't Hooft, ed. World Scientific, Hackensack, NJ, 2005. $84.00, $34.00 paper (487 pp.). ISBN 981-238-934-2, ISBN 981-256-007-6 paper Buy at Amazon
Learning About Particles: 50 Privileged Years. J. Steinberger. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2005. $49.95 (181 pp.). ISBN 3-540-21329-5 Buy at Amazon
IX Hadron Physics and VII Relativistic Aspects of Nuclear Physics. M. E. Bracco, M. Chiapparini, E. Ferreira, T. Kodama, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 739. Proc. mtg., Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Mar.–Apr. 2004. AIP, Melville, NY, 2004. $192.00 (736 pp.). ISBN 0-7354-0223-X Buy at Amazon
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Astro Turf: The Private Life of Rocket Science. M. G. Lord. Walker, New York, 2005. $24.00 (259 pp.). ISBN 0-8027-1427-7 Buy at Amazon
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Virtual LM: A Pictorial Essay of the Engineering and Construction of the Apollo Lunar ModuleThe Historic Spacecraft that Landed Man on the Moon. S. P. Sullivan. Apogee Books Space Series 47. Apogee Books, Burlington, Canada, 2004. $29.95 paper (249 pp.). ISBN 1-894959-14-0, CD-ROM Buy at Amazon
Weighing the Soul: Scientific Discovery from the Brilliant to the Bizarre. L. Fisher. Arcade Publishing, New York, 2004. $25.00 (248 pp.). ISBN 1-55970-732-1 Buy at Amazon
Society and Government
The Bomb: A Life. G. J. DeGroot. Harvard U. Press, Cambridge, MA, 2005. $27.95 (397 pp.). ISBN 0-674-01724-2 Buy at Amazon
NASA Office of Space Science Education and Public Outreach Conference. C. Narasimhan, B. Beck-Winchatz, I. Hawkins, C. Runyon, eds. Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Proceedings 319. Proc. mtg., Chicago, June 2002. Astronomical Society of the Pacific, San Francisco, 2004. $77.00 (482 pp.). ISBN 1-58381-181-8 Buy at Amazon
Shades of Gray: National Security and the Evolution of Space Reconnaissance. L. P. Temple III. American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Reston, VA, 2005. $49.95 (613 pp.). ISBN 1-56347-723-8 Buy at Amazon
Space and Planetary Science
EuropaThe Ocean Moon: Search for an Alien Biosphere. R. Greenberg. Springer–Praxis Books in Geophysical Sciences. Praxis/Springer-Verlag, New York, 2005. $89.95 (380 pp.). ISBN 3-540-22450-5 Buy at Amazon
Methods of Celestial Mechanics. Vol. 1: Physical, Mathematical, and Numerical Principles. G. Beutler. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2005. $99.00 (464 pp.). ISBN 3-540-40749-9, CD-ROM Buy at Amazon
Methods of Celestial Mechanics. Vol. 2: Application to Planetary System, Geodynamics and Satellite Geodesy. G. Beutler. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2005. $99.00 (448 pp.). ISBN 3-540-40750-2, CD-ROM Buy at Amazon
The Origin of Chondrules and Chondrites. D. W. G. Sears. Cambridge Planetary Science 3. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2004. $110.00 (209 pp.). ISBN 0-521-83603-4 Buy at Amazon
Solar and Space Weather Radiophysics: Current Status and Future Developments. D. E. Gary, C. U. Keller, eds. Astrophysics and Space Science Library 314. Kluwer Academic, Norwell, MA, 2004. $159.00 (394 pp.). ISBN 1-4020-2813-X Buy at Amazon
Statistical Physics and Thermodynamics
Analysis of Heat Equations on Domains. E. M. Ouhabaz. London Mathematical Society Monograph Series. Princeton U. Press, Princeton, NJ, 2005. $60.00 (284 pp.). ISBN 0-691-12016-1 Buy at Amazon
Basics of Aerothermodynamics. E. H. Hirschel. Progress in Astronautics and Aeronautics 204. Springer-Verlag, New York, and American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Reston, VA, 2005. $99.00 (412 pp.). ISBN 3-540-22132-8 Buy at Amazon
Beyond Equilibrium Thermodynamics. H. C. Öttinger. Wiley, Hoboken, NJ, 2005. $110.00 (617 pp.). ISBN 0-471-66658-0 Buy at Amazon
Physical and Chemical Processes in Gas Dynamics: Physical and Chemical Kinetics and Thermodynamics. Vol. 2. G. G. Chernyi, S. A. Losev, S. O. Macheret, B. V. Potapkin, eds. Progress in Astronautics and Aeronautics 197. American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Reston, VA, 2004. $90.95 (328 pp.). ISBN 1-56347-519-7 Buy at Amazon
Statistical Mechanics: Selecta of Elliott H. Lieb. B. Nachtergaele, J. P. Solovej, J. Yngvason, eds. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2004. $99.00 (505 pp.). ISBN 3-540-22297-9 Buy at Amazon
Statistical Physics for Cosmic Structures. A. Gabrielli, F. S. Labini, M. Joyce, L. Pietronero. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2005. $89.95 (424 pp.). ISBN 3-540-40745-6 Buy at Amazon
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Classical Electromagnetic Theory. 2nd ed. J. Vanderlinde. Fundamental Theories of Physics 145. Kluwer Academic, Norwell, MA, 2004 [1993]. $99.00 (411 pp.). ISBN 1-4020-2699-4 Buy at Amazon
Theory and Mathematical Methods
A Career in Theoretical Physics. 2nd ed. P. W. Anderson. World Scientific Series in 20th Century Physics 35. World Scientific, Hackensack, NJ, 2004 [1994]. $98.00, $48.00 paper (862 pp.). ISBN 981-238-865-6, ISBN 981-238-866-4 paper Buy at Amazon
Computers, Rigidity, and Moduli: The Large-Scale Fractal Geometry of Riemannian Moduli Space. S. Weinberger. M.B. Porter Lectures. Princeton U. Press, Princeton, NJ, 2005. $39.50 (174 pp.). ISBN 0-691-11889-2 Buy at Amazon
Field Mathematics for Electromagnetics, Photonics, and Materials Science: A Guide for the Scientist and Engineer. B. Maxum. Tutorial Texts in Optical Engineering 64. SPIE Press, Bellingham, WA, 2005. $56.00 paper (272 pp.). ISBN 0-8194-5523-7 Buy at Amazon
First Course on Fuzzy Theory and Applications. K. H. Lee. Advances in Soft Computing. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2005. $79.95 paper (335 pp.). ISBN 3-540-22988-4 Buy at Amazon
Group Theory: The Application to Quantum Mechanics. P. H. E. Meijer, E. Bauer. Dover Classics of Science and Mathematics. Dover, Mineola, NY, 2004 [1962, reissued]. $18.95 paper (290 pp.). ISBN 0-486-43798-1 Buy at Amazon
Independent Component Analysis: A Tutorial Introduction. J. V. Stone. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2004. $35.00 paper (193 pp.). ISBN 0-262-69315-1 Buy at Amazon
Iterative Methods for Toeplitz Systems. M. K. Ng. Numerical Mathematics and Scientific Computation. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2004. $119.50 (350 pp.). ISBN 0-19-850420-9 Buy at Amazon
Mathematical Methods for the Natural and Engineering Sciences. R. E. Mickens. Series on Advances in Mathematics for Applied Sciences 65. World Scientific, River Edge, NJ, 2004. $78.00 (509 pp.). ISBN 981-238-750-1 Buy at Amazon
Mechanics: From Newton's Laws to Deterministic Chaos. 4th ed. F. Scheck. Advanced Texts in Physics. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2005 [2003]. $79.95 (547 pp.). ISBN 3-540-21925-0 Buy at Amazon
Multipole Theory in Electromagnetism: Classical, Quantum, and Symmetry Aspects, with Applications. R. E. Raab, O. L. de Lange. International Series of Monographs on Physics 128. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2005. $124.50 (235 pp.). ISBN 0-19-856727-8 Buy at Amazon
Nuclear Shell Theory. A. de-Shalit, I. Talmi. Dover Books on Physics. Dover, Mineola, NY, 2004 [1963, reissued]. $32.95 paper (573 pp.). ISBN 0-486-43933-X Buy at Amazon
Parameter Estimation and Inverse Problems. R.C. Aster, B. Borchers, C.H. Thurber. Academic Press/Elsevier, Burlington, MA, 2005. $79.95 (301 pp.). ISBN 0-12-065604-3, CD-ROMBuy at Amazon