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Condensed Matter Physics Section:ChooseTop of pageCondensed Matter Physics <<Optics and PhotoncsParticle PhysicsPlasmas and FusionPopularizationsSociety and GovernmentSpace and Planetary Scien...Statistical Physics and T...Theory and Mathematical M...Undergraduate Texts and E...Miscellaneous Semiconductor Cavity Quantum Electrodynamics. Y. Yamamoto, T. Tassone, H. Cao. Springer Tracts in Modern Physics 169. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2000. $74.95 (154 pp.). ISBN 3-540-67520-5 Soft Condensed Matter: Configurations, Dynamics and Functionality. A. T. Skjeltorp, S. F. Edwards, eds. NATO Science Series C: Mathematical and Physical Sciences 552. Proc. inst., Geilo, Norway, Apr. 1999. Kluwer Academic, Norwell, Mass., 2000. $118.00 (295 pp.). ISBN 0-7923-6402-3 Studies of High Temperature Superconductors: Advances in Research and Applications. Vol. 34: Organic Superconductors and More on Striped Phase in Cuprates. A. Narlikar, ed. Nova Science, Huntington, N.Y., 2000. $98.00 (321 pp.). ISBN 1-56072-854-X Optics and PhotoncsSection:ChooseTop of pageCondensed Matter PhysicsOptics and Photoncs <<Particle PhysicsPlasmas and FusionPopularizationsSociety and GovernmentSpace and Planetary Scien...Statistical Physics and T...Theory and Mathematical M...Undergraduate Texts and E...Miscellaneous Mesoscopic Quantum Optics. Y. Yamamoto, A. Imamolu. Wiley, New York, 1999. $79.95 (301 pp.). ISBN 0-471-14874-1 Optics and Lasers: Including Fibers and Optical Waveguides. 5th edition. M. Young. Advanced Texts in Physics. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2000 [1992]. $59.95 (498 pp.). ISBN 3-540-65741-X Optics of Liquid Crystal Displays. P. Yeh, C. Gu. Wiley Series in Pure and Applied Optics. Wiley, New York, 1999. $79.95 (438 pp.). ISBN 0-471-18201-X Statistical Optics. J. W. Goodman. Wiley Classics Library. Wiley, New York, 2000 [1985, reissued]. $59.95 paper (550 pp.). ISBN 0-471-39916-7 Particle Physics Section:ChooseTop of pageCondensed Matter PhysicsOptics and PhotoncsParticle Physics <<Plasmas and FusionPopularizationsSociety and GovernmentSpace and Planetary Scien...Statistical Physics and T...Theory and Mathematical M...Undergraduate Texts and E...Miscellaneous Calorimetry: Energy Measurement in Particle Physics. R. Wigmans. International Series of Monographs on Physics. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2000. $145.00 (726 pp.). ISBN 0-19-850296-6 Deep Inelastic Positron–Proton Scattering in the High-Momentum-Transfer Regime of HERA. U. F. Katz. Springer Tracts in Modern Physics 168. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2000. $114.00 (237 pp.). ISBN 3-540-67708-9 Gauge Theory of Elementary Particle Physics: Problems and Solutions. T.-P. Cheng, L.-F. Li. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2000. $45.00 paper (306 pp.). ISBN 0-19-850621-X Neutrino Physics. 2nd edition. K. Winter, ed. Cambridge Monographs on Particle Physics, Nuclear Physics and Cosmology 14. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2000 [1991]. $140.00 (576 pp.). ISBN 0-521-65003-8 Particle Physics and Cosmology. J. F. Nieves, ed. AIP Conference Proceedings 540. Proc. wksp., San Juan, Puerto Rico, May 2000. AIP, Melville, N.Y., 2000. $130.00 (381 pp.). ISBN 1-56396-965-3 The Physics of Particle Detectors. D. Green. Cambridge Monographs on Particle Physics, Nuclear Physics and Cosmology 12. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2000. $100.00 (361 pp.). ISBN 0-521-66226-5 Relativistic Heavy-Particle Collision Theory. D. S. F. Crothers. Physics of Atoms and Molecules 43. Kluwer Academic/Plenum, New York, 2000. $110.00 (307 pp.). ISBN 0-306-46424-1 Symmetries in Subatomic Physics. X.-H. Guo, A. W. Thomas, A. G. Williams, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 539. Proc. symp., Adelaide, Australia, Mar. 2000. $125.00 (361 pp.). ISBN 1-56396-964-5Plasmas and Fusion Section:ChooseTop of pageCondensed Matter PhysicsOptics and PhotoncsParticle PhysicsPlasmas and Fusion <<PopularizationsSociety and GovernmentSpace and Planetary Scien...Statistical Physics and T...Theory and Mathematical M...Undergraduate Texts and E...Miscellaneous Magnetic Reconnection in Plasmas. D. Biskamp. Cambridge Monographs on Plasma Physics 3. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2000. $110.00 (387 pp.). ISBN 0-521-58288-1PopularizationsSection:ChooseTop of pageCondensed Matter PhysicsOptics and PhotoncsParticle PhysicsPlasmas and FusionPopularizations <<Society and GovernmentSpace and Planetary Scien...Statistical Physics and T...Theory and Mathematical M...Undergraduate Texts and E...Miscellaneous Circles: 50 Round Trips through History, Technology, Science, Culture. J. Burke. Simon & Schuster, New York, 2000. $24.00 (286 pp.). ISBN 0-7432-0008-X Deep-Sky Observing: The Astronomical Tourist. S. R. Coe. Patrick Moore’s Practical Astronomy Series. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2000. $34.95 paper (370 pp.). ISBN 1-85233-627-7 E = mc2: A Biography of the World’s Most Famous Equation. D. Bodanis. Walker, New York, 2000. $25.00 (337 pp.). ISBN 0-8027-1352-1 The Little Book of Stars. J. B. Kaler. Corpernicus Books/Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001. $20.00 (184 pp.). ISBN 0-387-95005-2 Math Trek 2: A Mathematical Space Odyssey. I. Peterson, N. Henderson. Wiley, New York, 2001. $12.95 paper (120 pp.). ISBN 0-471-31571-0 Mother Nature’s Two Laws: Ringmasters for Circus Earth—Lessons on Entropy, Energy, Critical Thinking, and the Practice of Science. A. D. Kirwan Jr. World Scientific, River Edge, N.J., 2000. $28.00 (173 pp.). ISBN 981-02-4314-6 The Runaway Universe: The Race to Find the Future of the Cosmos. D. Goldsmith. Perseus, Cambridge, Mass., 2000. $16.00 paper (232 pp.). ISBN 0-7382-0429-3 Scientific American: How Things Work Today. M. Wright, M. N. Patel, eds. Crown, New York, 2000. $29.95 (288 pp.). ISBN 0-375-41023-6 Splitting the Second: The Story of Atomic Time. T. Jones. IOP, Philadelphia, 2000. $24.99 paper (109 pp.). ISBN 0-7503-0640-8 A Thin Cosmic Rain: Particles from Outer Space. M. W. Friedlander. Harvard U. Press, Cambridge, Mass., 2000 [1989, reissued]. $29.95 (241 pp.). ISBN 0-674-00288-1 Timeless Reality: Symmetry, Simplicity, and Multiple Universes. V. J. Stenger. Prometheus Books, Amherst, N.Y., 2000. $33.00 (396 pp.). ISBN 1-57392-859-3Society and GovernmentSection:ChooseTop of pageCondensed Matter PhysicsOptics and PhotoncsParticle PhysicsPlasmas and FusionPopularizationsSociety and Government <<Space and Planetary Scien...Statistical Physics and T...Theory and Mathematical M...Undergraduate Texts and E...Miscellaneous Electrical Discharges for Environmental Purposes: Fundamentals and Applications. E. M. Van Veldhuizen, ed. Nova Science, Huntington, N.Y., 2000. $79.00 (432 pp.). ISBN 1-56072-743-8 Legal Alchemy: The Use and Misuse of Science in the Law. D. L. Faigman. Freeman, New York, 2000 [1999, reissued]. $24.95, $14.95 paper (233 pp.). ISBN 0-7167-3143-6, ISBN 0-7167-4169-5 paper Permissible Dose: A History of Radiation Protection in the Twentieth Century. J. S. Walker. U. of Calif. Press, 2000. $35.00 (168 pp.). ISBN 0-520-22328-4Space and Planetary Science Section:ChooseTop of pageCondensed Matter PhysicsOptics and PhotoncsParticle PhysicsPlasmas and FusionPopularizationsSociety and GovernmentSpace and Planetary Scien... <<Statistical Physics and T...Theory and Mathematical M...Undergraduate Texts and E...Miscellaneous Helioseismic Diagnostics of Solar Convection and Activity. Z. Švestka, J. W. Harvey, eds. Proc. wksp., Stanford, Calif., July, 1999. $196.00 (494 pp.). ISBN 0-7923-6520-8 Jupiter Odyssey: The Story of NASA’s Galileo Mission. D. M. Harland. Praxis/Springer-Verlag, New York, 2000. $34.95 paper (448 pp.). ISBN 1-85233-301-4 The Outer Heliosphere: Beyond the Planets. K. Scherer, H. Fichtner, E. Marsch, eds. Proc. sch., Bad Honnef, Germany, Apr. 1999. Copernicus Gesellschaft e.V., Katlenburg-Lindau, Germany, 2000. $75.00 (436 pp.). ISBN 3-9804862-3-0 Pluto and Charon: Ice Worlds on the Ragged Edge of the Solar System. A. Stern, J. Mitton. Wiley, New York, 1999. $36.95, $19.95 paper (216 pp.). ISBN 0-471-15297-8, ISBN 0-471-35384-1 paper Statistical Physics and Thermodynamics Section:ChooseTop of pageCondensed Matter PhysicsOptics and PhotoncsParticle PhysicsPlasmas and FusionPopularizationsSociety and GovernmentSpace and Planetary Scien...Statistical Physics and T... <<Theory and Mathematical M...Undergraduate Texts and E...Miscellaneous Critical Phenomena in Natural Sciences: Chaos, Fractals, Selforganization and Disorder: Concepts and Tools. D. Sornette. Springer Series in Synergetics. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2000. $72.00 (434 pp.). ISBN 3-540-67462-4 Equilibrium Statistical Mechanics. E. A. Jackson. Dover Books on Physics. Dover, Mineola, N.Y., 2000 [1968, reissued]. $9.95 paper (241 pp.). ISBN 0-486-41185-0 Equilibrium Statistical Mechanics. G. F. Mazenko. Wiley, New York, 2000 [1968, reissued]. $95.00 (613 pp.). ISBN 0-471-32839-1 A Guide to Monte Carlo Simulations in Statistical Physics. D. P. Landau, K. Binder. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2000. $100.00, $37.95 paper (384 pp.). ISBN 0-521-65314-2, ISBN 0-521-65366-5 paper Introduction to the Replica Theory of Disordered Statistical Systems. V. Dotsenko. Collection Aléa–Saclay: Monographs and Texts in Statistical Physics. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2001. $74.95 (220 pp.). ISBN 0-521-77340-7 Theory of Financial Risks: From Statistical Physics to Risk Management. J.-P. Bouchaud, M. Potters. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2000. $49.95 (218 pp.). ISBN 0-521-78232-5 Theory and Mathematical Methods Section:ChooseTop of pageCondensed Matter PhysicsOptics and PhotoncsParticle PhysicsPlasmas and FusionPopularizationsSociety and GovernmentSpace and Planetary Scien...Statistical Physics and T...Theory and Mathematical M... <<Undergraduate Texts and E...Miscellaneous Collective Electrodynamics: Quantum Foundations of Electromagnetism. C. A. Mead. MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass., 2000. $22.95 (135 pp.). ISBN 0-262-13378-4 Cosmic Strings and Other Topological Defects. A. Vilenkin, E. P. S. Shellard. Cambridge Monographs on Mathematical Physics. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2000 [1994, reissued]. $115.00, $49.95 paper (517 pp.). ISBN 0-521-39153-9, ISBN 0-521-65476-9 paper Diffusions, Markov Processes, and Martingales. Vol. 1: Foundations. 2nd edition. L. C. G. Rogers, D. Williams. Cambridge Mathematical Library. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2000 [1994]. $37.95 paper (386 pp.). ISBN 0-521-77594-9 Foundations of Radiation Hydrodynamics. D. Mihalas, B. Weibel-Mihalas. Dover, Mineola, N.Y., 1999 [1984, reissued]. $22.95 paper (718 pp.). ISBN 0-486-40925-2 Gauge Field Theories. 2nd edition. P. H. Frampton. Wiley, New York, 2000 [1987]. $79.95 (343 pp.). ISBN 0-471-34783-3 Introduction to Perturbation Theory in Quantum Mechanics. F. M. Fernández. CRC Press, New York, 2001. $99.95 (271 pp.). ISBN 0-8493-1877-7 An Introduction to Variational Inequalities and Their Applications. D. Kinderlehrer, G. Stampacchia. Classics in Applied Mathematics 31. Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Philadelphia, 2000 [1980, reissued]. $42.00 paper (313 pp.). ISBN 0-89871-466-4 Irreversibilities in Quantum Mechanics. B. Fain. Fundamental Theories of Physics 113. Kluwer Academic, Norwell, Mass., 2000. $93.00 (213 pp.). ISBN 0-7923-6581-X Mathematical Perspectives on Theoretical Physics: A Journey from Black Holes to Superstrings. N. Prakash. Tata McGraw-Hill, New Delhi, India, 2000. $26.00 paper (835 pp.). ISBN 0-07-463796-7 Modern Mathematical Methods for Physicists and Engineers. C. D. Cantrell. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2000. $120.00, $49.95 paper (763 pp.). ISBN 0-521-59180-5, ISBN 0-521-59827-3 paper Multiple-Time-Scale Dynamical Systems. C. K. R. T. Jones, A. I. Khibnik, eds. The IMA Volumes in Mathematics and its Applications 122. Proc. wksp., Minneapolis, Minn., Sept. 1997–June 1998. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001. $69.95 (263 pp.). ISBN 0-387-95126-1 Perturbation Methods. A. H. Nayfeh. Wiley Classics Library. Wiley, New York, 2000 [1973, reissued]. $59.95 paper (425 pp.). ISBN 0-471-39917-5 Photon: Old Problems in Light of New Ideas. V. V. Dvoeglazov, ed. Contemporary Fundamental Physics. Nova Science, Huntington, N.Y., 2000. $98.00 (519 pp.). ISBN 1-56072-810-8 Progress in Nonequilibrium Green’s Functions. M. Bonitz, ed. Proc. conf., Rostock, Germany, Sept. 1999. World Scientific, River Edge, N.J., 2000. $98.00 (564 pp.). ISBN 981-02-4218-2 The Pursuit of Perfect Packing. T. Aste, D. Weaire. IOP, Philadelphia, 2000. $80.00, $29.00 paper (136 pp.). ISBN 0-7503-0647-5, ISBN 0-7503-0648-3 paper Quantum Non-linear Sigma-Models: From Quantum Field Theory to Supersymmetry, Conformal Field Theory, Black Holes and Strings. S. V. Ketov. Texts and Monographs in Physics. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2000. $49.95 (420 pp.). ISBN 3-540-67461-6 The Standard Model in the Making: Precision Study of the Electroweak Interactions. D. Bardin, G. Passarino. International Series of Monographs on Physics 104. Oxford U. Press, New York, 1999. $150.00 (685 pp.). ISBN 0-19-850280-X Theoretical High Energy Physics. C. R. Hagen, ed. AIP Conference Proceedings 541. Proc. conf., Rochester, N.Y., May 2000. AIP, Melville, N.Y., 2000. $115.00 (220 pp.). ISBN 1-56396-966-1 Undergraduate Texts and EducationSection:ChooseTop of pageCondensed Matter PhysicsOptics and PhotoncsParticle PhysicsPlasmas and FusionPopularizationsSociety and GovernmentSpace and Planetary Scien...Statistical Physics and T...Theory and Mathematical M...Undergraduate Texts and E... <<Miscellaneous Applied Quantum Mechanics. W. A. Harrison. World Scientific, River Edge, N.J., 2000. $48.00, $18.00 paper (353 pp.). ISBN 981-02-4375-8, ISBN 981-02-4394-4 paper Classical Mechanics: A Modern Introduction. M. W. McCall. Wiley, New York, 2001. $89.95, $39.95 paper (276 pp.). ISBN 0-471-49711-8, ISBN 0-471-49714-2 paper Dynamics and Relativity. W. D. McComb. Oxford U. Press, New York, 1999. $85.00, $45.00 paper (372 pp.). ISBN 0-19-850113-7, ISBN 0-19-850112-9 paper Essentials of Electromagnetics for Engineering. D. A. De Wolf. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2001. $69.95 (509 pp.). ISBN 0-521-66281-8 Essentials of Semiconductor Physics. W. T. Wenckebach. Wiley, New York, 1999. $95.00, $44.95 paper (318 pp.). ISBN 0-471-96539-1, ISBN 0-471-96540-5 paper An Introduction to the Theory of Stellar Structure and Evolution. D. Prialnik. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2000. $69.95, $24.95 paper (261 pp.). ISBN 0-521-65065-8, ISBN 0-521-65937-X paper Introductory Statistical Mechanics. 2nd edition. R. Bowley, M. Sánchez. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2000 [1996]. $37.50 paper (352 pp.). ISBN 0-19-850576-0 Looking into the Earth: An Introduction to Geological Geophysics. A. E. Mussett, M. A. Khan. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2000. $110.00, $42.95 paper (470 pp.). ISBN 0-521-78085-3, ISBN 0-521-78574-X paper Modern Instrumentation for Scientists and Engineers. J. A. Blackburn. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001. $64.95 (319 pp.). ISBN 0-387-95056-7 Modern Physical Chemistry: A Molecular Approach. G. H. Duffey. Kluwer Academic/Plenum, New York, 2000. $85.00 (554 pp.). ISBN 0-306-46395-4 Orbitals in Chemistry: A Modern Guide for Students. V. M. S. Gil. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2000. $90.00, $32.95 paper (314 pp.). ISBN 0-521-66167-6, ISBN 0-521-66649-X paper Physics for the Biological Sciences: A Topical Approach to Biophysical Concepts. 3rd edition. F. R. Hallett, J. L. Hunt, E. L. McFarland, G. H. Renninger, R. H. Stinson, D. E. Sullivan. Harcourt Canada, New York, 2001. $72.95 paper (527 pp.). ISBN 0-7747-3728-X The Physics of Atoms and Quanta: Introduction to Experiments and Theory. 6th edition. H. Haken, H. C. Wolf (translated from German by W. D. Brewer). Advanced Texts in Physics. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2000 [1996]. $68.00 (503 pp.). ISBN 3-540-67274-5 Principles of Condensed Matter Physics. P. M. Chaikin, T. C. Lubensky. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2000 [1997, reissued]. $69.95, $47.95 paper (699 pp.). ISBN 0-521-43224-3, ISBN 0-521-79450-1 paper Quantum Mechanics: Two Volumes Bound as One. A. Messiah. Dover Books on Physics. Dover, Mineola, N.Y., 1999 [1958, reissued]. $29.95 paper (1136 pp.). ISBN 0-486-40924-4MiscellaneousSection:ChooseTop of pageCondensed Matter PhysicsOptics and PhotoncsParticle PhysicsPlasmas and FusionPopularizationsSociety and GovernmentSpace and Planetary Scien...Statistical Physics and T...Theory and Mathematical M...Undergraduate Texts and E...Miscellaneous << Crossing Over: Where Art and Science Meet. S. J. Gould, R. W. Purcell. Three Rivers Press, New York, 2000. $27.50 paper (159 pp.). ISBN 0-609-80586-X Duelling Idiots and Other Probability Puzzlers. P. J. Nahin. Princeton U. Press, Princeton, N.J., 2000. $24.95 (269 pp.). ISBN 0-691-00979-1 Interacting with Audiences: Social Influences on the Production of Scientific Writing. A. M. Blakeslee. Rhetoric, Knowledge, and Society: A Series of Monographs. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Mahwah, N.J., 2001. $29.95 (141 pp.). ISBN 0-8058-2299-2© 2001 American Institute of Physics.

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