New Books
2002; AIP Publishing; Volume: 55; Issue: 9 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1063/1.2408493
ISSN1945-0699
Tópico(s)Geological Modeling and Analysis
ResumoEnergy and EnvironmentSection:ChooseTop of pageEnergy and Environment <<FluidsGeophysicsHistory and PhilosophyInstrumentation and Techn...Materials ScienceNonlinear Science and Cha...Nuclear PhysicsOptics and PhotonicsParticle PhysicsPlasmas and FusionPopularizations Encyclopedia of Global Environmental Change, Vols. 1–5. Vol. 1: The Earth System: Physical and Chemical Dimensions of Global Environmental Change. M. C. MacCracken, J. S. Perry, eds. (773 pp.). Vol. 2: The Earth System: Biological and Ecological Dimensions of Global Environmental Change. H. A. Mooney, J. G. Canadell, eds. (625 pp.). Vol. 3: Causes and Consequences of Global Environmental Change. I. Douglas, ed. (753 pp.). Vol. 4: Responding to Global Environmental Change. M. K. Tolba, ed. (567 pp.). Vol. 5: Social and Economic Dimensions of Global Environmental Change. P. Timmerman, ed. (608 pp.). Wiley, New York, 2002. $2250.00 set (3326 pp. set). ISBN 0-471-97796-9] (set) Energy and the Environment. J. A. Fay, D. 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ISBN 981-02-4794-X Plasmas and Fusion Section:ChooseTop of pageEnergy and EnvironmentFluidsGeophysicsHistory and PhilosophyInstrumentation and Techn...Materials ScienceNonlinear Science and Cha...Nuclear PhysicsOptics and PhotonicsParticle PhysicsPlasmas and Fusion <<Popularizations Collisional Transport in Magnetized Plasmas. P. Helander, D. J. Sigmar. Cambridge Monographs on Plasma Physics 4. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2002. $110.00 (292 pp.). ISBN 0-521-80798-0 Non-Neutral Plasma Physics IV. F. Anderegg, L. Schweikhard, C. Fred Driscoll, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 606. Proc. wksp., San Diego, Calif, July-Aug. 2001. AIP, Melville, N.Y., 2002. $235.00 (738 pp.). ISBN 0-7354-0050-4 Plasma Astrophysics. T. Tajima, K. Shibata. Frontiers in Physics 98. Westview Press, New York, 2002. $43.00 paper (494 pp.). ISBN 0-8133-3996-0 Superstrong Fields in Plasmas. M. Lontano, G. Mourou, O. Svelto, T. Tajima, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 611. Proc. conf., Varenna, Italy, Aug.-Sept. 2001. AIP, Melville, N.Y., 2002. $175.00 (464 pp.). ISBN 0-7354-0057-1PopularizationsSection:ChooseTop of pageEnergy and EnvironmentFluidsGeophysicsHistory and PhilosophyInstrumentation and Techn...Materials ScienceNonlinear Science and Cha...Nuclear PhysicsOptics and PhotonicsParticle PhysicsPlasmas and FusionPopularizations << All the Mathematics You Missed: But Need to Know for Graduate School. T. A. Garrity. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2002. $55.00, $25.00 paper (347 pp.). ISBN 0-521-79285-1, ISBN 0-521-79707-1 paper Bad Astronomy: Misconceptions and Misuses Revealed, from Astrology to the Moon Landing “Hoax.” P. C. Plait. Wiley, New York, 2002. $15.95 paper (277 pp.). ISBN 0-471-40976-6 Beyond Earth: Mapping the Universe. D. DeVorkin, ed. National Geographic Society, Washington, DC, 2002. $40.00 (256 pp.). ISBN 0-7922-6467-3 The Big Bang Theory: What It is, Where It Came From, and Why It Works. K. C. Fox. 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