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July 2005, page 67
Cosmology and Relativity Device Physics Energy and Environment
Fluids Geophysics History and Philosophy
Instrumentation and Techniques Materials Science Miscellaneous
Nonlinear Science and Chaos Nuclear Physics Optics and Photonics
Particle Physics Popularizations Texts and Education
Theory and Mathematical Methods

Cosmology and Relativity

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 Buy at Amazon


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 Buy at Amazon

Optoelectronic Devices: Advanced Simulation and Analysis. J. Piprek, ed. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2005. $249.00 (452 pp.). ISBN 0-387-22659-1 Buy at Amazon

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 Buy at Amazon


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 Buy at Amazon

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 Practice—Fundamentals, 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


Miscellaneous

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 Patents—A 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


Popularizations

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

Converging Realities: Toward a Common Philosophy of Physics and Mathematics. R. Omnès. Princeton U. Press, Princeton, NJ, 2005. $29.95 (264 pp.). ISBN 0-691-11530-3 Buy at Amazon

The Curvature of Spacetime: Newton, Einstein, and Gravitation. H. Fritzsch (translated from German by K. Heusch). Columbia U. Press, New York, 2005 [2002, reissued]. $17.95 paper (341 pp.). ISBN 0-231-11821-X Buy at Amazon

A Different Universe: Reinventing Physics from the Bottom Down. R. B. Laughlin. Basic Books, New York, 2005. $26.00 (254 pp.). ISBN 0-465-03828-X Buy at Amazon

Earth: An Intimate History. R. Fortey. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 2004. $30.00 (429 pp.). ISBN 0-375-40626-3 Buy at Amazon

Evolving Cosmos. G. Schilling. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2004. $40.00 (135 pp.). ISBN 0-521-83325-6 Buy at Amazon

Glowing Genes: A Revolution in Biotechnology. M. Zimmer. Prometheus Books, Amherst, NY, 2005. $28.00 (221 pp.). ISBN 1-59102-253-3 Buy at Amazon

Many Skies: Alternative Histories of the Sun, Moon, Planets, and Stars. A. Upgren. Rutgers U. Press, New Brunswick, NJ, 2005. $24.95 (198 pp.). ISBN 0-8135-3512-3 Buy at Amazon

Petit Point: A Candid Portrait on the Aberrations of Science. P.-G. de Gennes. DL/World Scientific, Hackensack, NJ, 2004. $14.00 paper (72 pp.). ISBN 981-256-011-4 Buy at Amazon

Puzzling Adventures: Tales of Strategy, Logic, and Mathematical Skill. D. E. Shasha. W. W. Norton, New York, 2005. $15.95 paper (227 pp.). ISBN 0-393-32663-2 Buy at Amazon

The Quantum Quark. A. Watson. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2004. $30.00 (464 pp.). ISBN 0-521-82907-0 Buy at Amazon

Understanding the Universe: From Quarks to the Cosmos. D. Lincoln. World Scientific, River Edge, NJ, 2004. $88.00, $28.00 paper (567 pp.). ISBN 981-238-703-X, ISBN 981-238-705-6 paper Buy at Amazon

Virtual LM: A Pictorial Essay of the Engineering and Construction of the Apollo Lunar Module—The 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

Europa—The 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


Texts and Education

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-ROM Buy at Amazon

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