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2008; AIP Publishing; Volume: 61; Issue: 11 Linguagem: Inglês

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acousticsSection:ChooseTop of pageacoustics <<astronomy and astrophysic...atomic and molecular phys...biological and medical ph...chemical physicscomputers and computation...cosmology and relativityenergy and environmentfluidsgeophysicshistory and philosophyinstrumentation and techn...materials sciencemiscellaneousnonlinear science and cha...nuclear physicsoptics and photonicsparticle physicsplasmas and fusionpopularizationssociety and governmentspace and planetary scien...statistical physics and t...texts and educationtheory and mathematical m...CITING ARTICLES Nonlinear Acoustics—Fundamentals and Applications. B. O. Enflo, C. M. Hedberg, L. Kari, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 1022. Proc. symp., Stockholm, July 2008. AIP, Melville, NY, 2008. $280.00 (628 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7354-0544-8, CD-ROM astronomy and astrophysics Section:ChooseTop of pageacousticsastronomy and astrophysic... <<atomic and molecular phys...biological and medical ph...chemical physicscomputers and computation...cosmology and relativityenergy and environmentfluidsgeophysicshistory and philosophyinstrumentation and techn...materials sciencemiscellaneousnonlinear science and cha...nuclear physicsoptics and photonicsparticle physicsplasmas and fusionpopularizationssociety and governmentspace and planetary scien...statistical physics and t...texts and educationtheory and mathematical m...CITING ARTICLES 14th Cambridge Workshop on Cool Stars, Stellar Systems, and the Sun. G. van Belle, ed. Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series 384. Proc. wksp., Pasadena, CA, Nov. 2006. Astronomical Society of the Pacific, San Francisco, 2008. $77.00 (441 pp.). ISBN 978-1-58321-331-7, CD-ROM At the Edge of the Universe: Latest Results from the Deepest Astronomical Surveys. J. Afonso, H. C. Ferguson, B. Mobasher, R. Norris, eds. Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series 380. Proc. mtg., Sintra, Portugal, Oct. 2006. Astronomical Society of the Pacific, San Francisco, 2007. $77.00 (580 pp.). ISBN 978-1-58381-323-2 Classical Novae. 2nd ed. M. F. Bode, A. Evans, eds. Cambridge Astrophysics Series 43. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2008 [1989]. $145.00 (375 pp.). ISBN 978-0-521-84330-0 Clusters of Galaxies: Beyond the Thermal View. J. Kaastra, ed. Springer, New York, 2008. $179.00 (418 pp.). ISBN 978-0-387-78874-6 First Stars III. B. W. O’Shea, A. Heger, T. Abel, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 990. Proc. conf., Santa Fe, NM, July 2007. AIP, Melville, NY, 2008. $270.00 (516 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7354-0509-7 Frontiers in Nuclear Structure, Astrophysics, and Reactions: FINUSTAR 2. P. Demetriou, R. Julin, S. V. Harissopulos, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 1012. Proc. conf., Aghios Nikolaos, Crete, Greece, Sept. 2007. AIP, Melville, NY, 2008. $199.00 (453 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7354-0532-5 Gamma-Ray Bursts 2007. M. Galassi, D. Palmer, E. Fenimore, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 1000. Proc. conf., Santa Fe, NM, Nov. 2007. AIP, Melville, NY, 2008. $237.00 (657 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7354-0533-2 An Introduction to Nuclear Astrophysics. R. N. Boyd. U. Chicago Press, Chicago, 2008. $85.00 (422 pp.). ISBN 978-0-226-06971-5 The Ninth Torino Workshop on Evolution and Nucleoesynthesis in AGB Stars and the Second Perugia Workshop on Nuclear Astrophysics. R. Guandalini, S. Palmerini, M. Busso, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 1001. Proc. wksp., Perugia, Italy, Oct. 2007. AIP, Melville, NY, 2008. $203.00 (378 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7354-0520-2 A Population Explosion. R. M. Bandyopadhyay, S. Wachter, D. Gelino, C. R. Gelino, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 1010. Proc. conf., St. Pete Beach, FL, Oct.–Nov. 2007. AIP, Melville, NY, 2008. $221.00 (420 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7354-0530-1, CD-ROM Science with the Atacama Large Millimeter Array: A New Era for Astrophysics. R. Bachiller, J. Cernicharo, eds. Springer, New York, 2008. $179.00 (335 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4020-6934-5, CD-ROM The Second Annual Spitzer Science Center Conference: Infrared Diagnostics of Galaxy Evolution. R.-R. Chary, H. I. Teplitz, K. Sheth, eds. Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series 381. Proc. mtg., Pasadena, CA, Nov. 2005. Astronomical Society of the Pacific, San Francisco, 2008. $77.00 (525 pp.). ISBN 978-1-58381-325-6 Statistical Challenges in Modern Astronomy IV. G. J. Babu, E. D. Feigelson, eds. Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series 371. Proc. conf., University Park, PA, June 2006. Astronomical Society of the Pacific, San Francisco, 2007. $65.00 (448 pp.). ISBN 978-1-58381-240-2 Status and Prospects of Astronomy in Germany 2003—2016: Memorandum. A. Burkert et al., eds. (translated from German), Wiley, Weinheim, Germany, 2008 [2003]. $75.00 paper (223 pp.). ISBN 978-3-527-31910-7 Topics in Gravitational Dynamics: Solar, Extra-Solar and Galactic Systems. D. Benest, C. Froeschlé, E. Lega, eds. Lecture Notes in Physics 729. Springer, New York, 2007. $119.00 (413 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-72983-9 The Universe in X-Rays. J. E. Trümper, G. Hasinger, eds. Springer, New York, 2008. $119.00 (496 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-34411-7 atomic and molecular physics Section:ChooseTop of pageacousticsastronomy and astrophysic...atomic and molecular phys... <<biological and medical ph...chemical physicscomputers and computation...cosmology and relativityenergy and environmentfluidsgeophysicshistory and philosophyinstrumentation and techn...materials sciencemiscellaneousnonlinear science and cha...nuclear physicsoptics and photonicsparticle physicsplasmas and fusionpopularizationssociety and governmentspace and planetary scien...statistical physics and t...texts and educationtheory and mathematical m...CITING ARTICLES Dissociative Recombination of Molecular Ions. M. Larsson, A. E. Orel. Cambridge Molecular Science. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2008. $150.00 (380 pp.). ISBN 978-0-521-82819-2 Molecules and Models: The Molecular Structures of Main Group Element Compounds. A. Haaland. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2008. $80.00 (311 pp.). ISBN 978-0-19-923535-3 NMR-MRI, µSR and Mössbauer Spectroscopies in Molecular Magnets. P. Carretta, A. Lascialfari, eds. Springer, New York, 2007. $89.95 paper (293 pp.). ISBN 978-88-470-0531-0biological and medical physics Section:ChooseTop of pageacousticsastronomy and astrophysic...atomic and molecular phys...biological and medical ph... <<chemical physicscomputers and computation...cosmology and relativityenergy and environmentfluidsgeophysicshistory and philosophyinstrumentation and techn...materials sciencemiscellaneousnonlinear science and cha...nuclear physicsoptics and photonicsparticle physicsplasmas and fusionpopularizationssociety and governmentspace and planetary scien...statistical physics and t...texts and educationtheory and mathematical m...CITING ARTICLES Annual Review of Biophysics. Vol. 37. D. C. Rees, M. P. Sheetz, J. R. Williamson, eds. Annual Reviews, Palo Alto, CA, 2008. $84.00 (513 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8243-1837-6 Biological Physics. L. Dagdug, L. García-Colín Scherer, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 978. Proc. mtg., Mexico City, Sept. 2007. AIP, Melville, NY, 2008. $115.00 (150 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7354-0497-7 Curvature and Variational Modeling in Physics and Biophysics. Ó. J. Garay, E. García-Río, R. Vázquez-Lorenzo, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 1002. Proc. sch., Santiago de Compostela, Spain, Sept. 2007. AIP, Melville, NY, 2008. $152.00 (255 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7354-0521-9 Evolutionary Genomics and Proteomics. M. Pagel, A. Pomiankowski, eds. Sinauer Associates, Sunderland, MA, 2008. $79.95, $54.95 paper (351 pp.). ISBN 978-0-87893-655-7, ISBN 978-0-87893-654-0 paper Handbook of Biomedical Nonlinear Optical Microscopy. B. R. Masters, P. T. C. So, eds. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2008. $150.00 (860 pp.). ISBN 978-0-19-516260-8 Health Physics in the 21st Century. J. J. Bevelacqua. Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, Germany, 2008. $175.00 (562 pp.). ISBN 978-3-527-40822-1 Mathematical Modeling of Biological Systems, Vol. II: Epidemiology, Evolution and Ecology, Immunology, Neural Systems and the Brain, and Innovative Mathematical Methods. A. Deutsch et al., eds. Modeling and Simulation in Science, Engineering and Technology. Birkhäuser, Boston, 2008. $109.00 (386 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8176-4555-7 Neutron and X-Ray Scattering in Materials Science and Biology. A. Ikram et al., eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 989. Proc. conf., Serpong and Bandung, Indonesia, July 2007. AIP, Melville, NY, 2008. $149.00 (281 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7354-0508-0 NMR in Biological Systems: From Molecules to Humans. K. V. R. Chary, G. Govil. Focus on Structural Biology 6. Springer, Dordrecht, the Netherlands, 2008. $169.00 (521 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4020-6679-5 Physical Biology: From Atoms to Medicine. A. H. Zewail. Imperial College Press, London, 2008. $158.00, $78.00 paper (567 pp.). ISBN 978-0-84816-199-3, ISBN 978-1-84816-200-6 paper Stochastic and Quantum Dynamics of Biomolecular Systems. C. C. Bernido, M. V. Carpio-Bernido, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 1021. Proc. wksp., Jagna, Philippines, Jan. 2008. AIP, Melville, NY, 2008. $139.00 (214 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7354-0543-1 Structured Population Models in Biology and Epidemiology. P. Magal, S. Ruan, eds. Lecture Notes in Mathematics 1936. Springer, Berlin, Germany, 2008. $74.95 paper (302 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-78272-8 chemical physics Section:ChooseTop of pageacousticsastronomy and astrophysic...atomic and molecular phys...biological and medical ph...chemical physics <<computers and computation...cosmology and relativityenergy and environmentfluidsgeophysicshistory and philosophyinstrumentation and techn...materials sciencemiscellaneousnonlinear science and cha...nuclear physicsoptics and photonicsparticle physicsplasmas and fusionpopularizationssociety and governmentspace and planetary scien...statistical physics and t...texts and educationtheory and mathematical m...CITING ARTICLES Advanced Structural Inorganic Chemistry. W.-K. Li, G.-D. Zhou, T. C. W. Mak. IUCr Texts on Crystallography 10. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2008. $150.00, $75.00 paper (819 pp.). ISBN 978-0-19-921694-9, ISBN 978-0-19-921695-6 paper Annual Review of Physical Chemistry. Vol. 59. S. R. Leone, J. T. Groves, R. F. Ismagilov, G. Richmond, eds. Annual Reviews, Palo Alto, CA, 2008. $205.00 (803 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8243-1059-2 Chemistry and Physics of Carbon. Vol. 30. L. R. Radovic, ed. CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, FL, 2008. $199.95 (244 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4200-4298-6 Halogen Bonding: Fundamentals and Applications. P. Metrangolo, G. Resnati, eds. Structure and Bonding 126. Springer, Berlin, Germany, 2008. $229.00 (221 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-74329-3 Liquid Crystalline Functional Assemblies and Their Supramolecular Structures. T. Kato, ed. Structure and Bonding 128. Springer, Berlin, Germany, 2008. $239.00 (237 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-77866-0 Modern Aspects of Electrochemistry No. 42. C. G. Vayenas, R. E. White, M. E. Gamboa-Aldeco, eds. Springer, New York, 2008. $119.00 (420 pp.). ISBN 978-0-387-49488-3 Nitrides with Nonpolar Surfaces: Growth, Properties, and Devices. T. Paskova, ed. Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, Germany, 2008. $200.00 (418 pp.). ISBN 978-3-527-40768-2 computers and computational physicsSection:ChooseTop of pageacousticsastronomy and astrophysic...atomic and molecular phys...biological and medical ph...chemical physicscomputers and computation... <<cosmology and relativityenergy and environmentfluidsgeophysicshistory and philosophyinstrumentation and techn...materials sciencemiscellaneousnonlinear science and cha...nuclear physicsoptics and photonicsparticle physicsplasmas and fusionpopularizationssociety and governmentspace and planetary scien...statistical physics and t...texts and educationtheory and mathematical m...CITING ARTICLES Brain Dynamics: An Introduction to Models and Simulations. 2nd ed. H. Haken. Springer Series in Synergetics. Springer, Berlin, Germany, 2008 [2002]. $109.00 (333 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-75236-3 Computational Complexity: A Conceptual Perspective. O. Goldreich. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2008. $70.00 (606 pp.). ISBN 978-0-521-88473-0 Computational Statistics Handbook with MATLAB. 2nd ed. W. L. Martinez, A. R. Martinez. Computer Science and Data Analysis Series 10. Chapman & Hall/CRC/Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, FL, 2008 [2002]. $89.95 (767 pp.). ISBN 978-1-58488-566-5 Frontiers of Fundamental and Computational Physics. B. G. Sidharth et al., eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 1018. Proc. symp., Udine and Trieste, Italy, Jan. 2008. AIP, Melville, NY, 2008. $145.00 (264 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7354-0539-4 Linear Feedback Control: Analysis and Design and with MATLAB. D. Xue, Y. Chen, D. P. Atherton. Advances in Design and Control. SIAM, Philadelphia, 2007. $99.00 paper (354 pp.). ISBN 978-0-898716-38-2 Numerical Computing with Simulink: Vol. 1: Creating Simulations. R. J. Gran. SIAM, Philadelphia, 2007. $81.00 paper (306 pp.). ISBN 978-0-898716-37-5 cosmology and relativity Section:ChooseTop of pageacousticsastronomy and astrophysic...atomic and molecular phys...biological and medical ph...chemical physicscomputers and computation...cosmology and relativity <<energy and environmentfluidsgeophysicshistory and philosophyinstrumentation and techn...materials sciencemiscellaneousnonlinear science and cha...nuclear physicsoptics and photonicsparticle physicsplasmas and fusionpopularizationssociety and governmentspace and planetary scien...statistical physics and t...texts and educationtheory and mathematical m...CITING ARTICLES The Oxford Companion to Cosmology. A. Liddle, J. Loveday. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2008. $89.95 (343 pp.). ISBN 978-0-19-860858-5 Recent Developments in Gravitation and Cosmology. A. Macías, C. Lämmerzahl, A. Camacho, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 977. Proc. mtg., Mexico City, Mexico, Sept. 2007. AIP, Melville, NY, 2008. $153.00 (315 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7354-0496-0energy and environmentSection:ChooseTop of pageacousticsastronomy and astrophysic...atomic and molecular phys...biological and medical ph...chemical physicscomputers and computation...cosmology and relativityenergy and environment <<fluidsgeophysicshistory and philosophyinstrumentation and techn...materials sciencemiscellaneousnonlinear science and cha...nuclear physicsoptics and photonicsparticle physicsplasmas and fusionpopularizationssociety and governmentspace and planetary scien...statistical physics and t...texts and educationtheory and mathematical m...CITING ARTICLES Disappearing Destinations: 37 Places in Peril and What Can Be Done to Help Save Them. K. Lisagor, H. Hansen. Vintage, New York, 2008. $15.95 paper (384 pp.). ISBN 978-0-307-27736-7 Earth: The Sequel—The Race to Reinvent Energy and Stop Global Warming. F. Krupp, M. Horn. W. W. Norton, New York, 2008. $24.95 (279 pp.). ISBN 978-0-393-06690-6 Renewable Energy: Sustainable Energy Concepts for the Future. R. Wengenmayr, T. Bührke, eds. Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, Germany, 2008. $38.00 (118 pp.). ISBN 978-3-527-40804-7fluidsSection:ChooseTop of pageacousticsastronomy and astrophysic...atomic and molecular phys...biological and medical ph...chemical physicscomputers and computation...cosmology and relativityenergy and environmentfluids <<geophysicshistory and philosophyinstrumentation and techn...materials sciencemiscellaneousnonlinear science and cha...nuclear physicsoptics and photonicsparticle physicsplasmas and fusionpopularizationssociety and governmentspace and planetary scien...statistical physics and t...texts and educationtheory and mathematical m...CITING ARTICLES Atmospheric Turbulence: A Molecular Dynamics Perspective. A. F. Tuck. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2008. $90.00 (157 pp.). ISBN 978-0-19-923653-4 Control of Turbulent and Magnetohydrodynamic Channel Flows: Boundary Stabilization and State Estimation. R. Vazquez, M. Krstic. Systems and Control: Foundations and Applications. Birkhäuser, Boston, 2008. $69.95 (211 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8176-4698-1 Rheology for Chemists: An Introduction. 2nd ed. J. W. Goodwin, R. W. Hughes. Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, UK, 2008 [2000]. $89.95 (264 pp.). ISBN 978-0-85404-839-7geophysicsSection:ChooseTop of pageacousticsastronomy and astrophysic...atomic and molecular phys...biological and medical ph...chemical physicscomputers and computation...cosmology and relativityenergy and environmentfluidsgeophysics <<history and philosophyinstrumentation and techn...materials sciencemiscellaneousnonlinear science and cha...nuclear physicsoptics and photonicsparticle physicsplasmas and fusionpopularizationssociety and governmentspace and planetary scien...statistical physics and t...texts and educationtheory and mathematical m...CITING ARTICLES Geological Atlas of Africa: With Notes on Stratigraphy, Tectonics, Economic Geology, Geohazards, Geosites and Geoscientific Education of Each Country. 2nd. ed. T. Schlüter. Springer, Berlin, Germany, 2008 [2006]. $249.00 (307 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-76324-6, CD-ROM GIS in Geology and Earth Sciences. K. Oleschko et al., eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 1009. Proc. conf., Queretaro, Mexico, Oct. 2007. AIP, Melville, NY, 2008. $152.00 (288 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7354-0528-8 Reservoir Simulation: Mathematical Techniques in Oil Recovery. Z. Chen. CBMS-NSF Regional Conference Series in Applied Mathematics 77. SIAM, Philadelphia, 2007. $86.00 paper (219 pp.). ISBN 978-0-898716-40-5 Terrestrial Fluids, Earthquakes and Volcanoes: The Hiroshi Wakita Volume III. N. M. Pérez, S. Gurrieri, C.-Y. King, Y. Taran, eds. Pageoph Topical Volumes. Birkhäuser, Boston, 2008. $59.95 paper (180 pp.). ISBN 978-3-7643-8737-2history and philosophySection:ChooseTop of pageacousticsastronomy and astrophysic...atomic and molecular phys...biological and medical ph...chemical physicscomputers and computation...cosmology and relativityenergy and environmentfluidsgeophysicshistory and philosophy <<instrumentation and techn...materials sciencemiscellaneousnonlinear science and cha...nuclear physicsoptics and photonicsparticle physicsplasmas and fusionpopularizationssociety and governmentspace and planetary scien...statistical physics and t...texts and educationtheory and mathematical m...CITING ARTICLES Against the Tide: A Critical Review by Scientists of How Physics and Astronomy Get Done. M. L. Corredoira, C. C. Perelman, eds. Universal, Boca Raton, FL, 2008. $25.95 paper (265 pp.). ISBN 978-1-59942-993-9 Alexander von Humboldt: A Metabiography. N. A. Rupke. U. Chicago Press, Chicago, 2008 [2005, reissued]. $21.00 paper (316 pp.). ISBN 978-0-226-73149-0 Beyond the Hoax: Science, Philosophy and Culture. A. Sokal. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2008. $34.95 (465 pp.). ISBN 978-0-19-923920-7 Cosmos: An Illustrated History of Astronomy and Cosmology. J. North. U. Chicago Press, Chicago, 2008. $95.00, $39.00 paper (876 pp.). ISBN 978-0-226-59440-8, ISBN 978-0-226-59441-5 paper Geometry and Monadology: Leibniz’s Analysis Situs and Philosophy of Space. V. De Risi. Science Networks–Historial Studies 33. Birkhäuser, Boston, 2007. $179.00 (658 pp.). ISBN 978-3-7643-7985-8 In Pursuit of the Gene: From Darwin to DNA. J. Schwartz. Harvard U. Press, Cambridge, MA, 2008. $29.95 (370 pp.). ISBN 978-0-674-02670-4 Kelvin: Life, Labours and Legacy. R. Flood, M. McCartney, A. Whitaker, eds. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2008. $110.00 (358 pp.). ISBN 978-0-19-923125-6 Leonhard Euler. E. A. Fellmann (translated from German by E. Gautschi, W. Gautschi). Birkhäuser, Boston, 2007 [1995]. $39.95 (179 pp.). ISBN 978-3-7643-7538-6 Maria Mitchell and the Sexing of Science: An Astronomer Among the American Romantics. R. Bergland. Beacon Press, Boston, 2008. $29.95 (300 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8070-2142-2 The Music of Pythagoras: How An Ancient Brotherhood Cracked the Code of the Universe and Lit the Path from Antiquity to Outer Space. K. Ferguson. Walker, New York, 2008. $26.95 (366 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8027-1631-6 Out of Orbit: The True Story of How Three Astronauts Found Themselves Hundreds of Miles Above the Earth with No Way Home. C. Jones. Broadway Books, New York, 2008 [2007, reissued]. $14.95 paper (288 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7679-1991-3 Particle or Wave: The Evolution of the Concept of Matter in Modern Physics. C. Anastopoulos. Princeton U. Press, Princeton, NJ, 2008. $35.00 (410 pp.). ISBN 978-0-691-13512-0 The Quantum Ten: A Story of Passion, Tragedy, Ambition and Science. S. Jones. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2008. $24.95 (323 pp.). ISBN 978-0-19-536909-0 Sacred Mathematics: Japanese Temple Geometry. F. Hidetoshi, T. Rothman. Princeton U. Press, Princeton, NJ, 2008. $35.00 (348 pp.). ISBN 978-0-691-12745-3 Secrets of the Hoary Deep: A Personal History of Modern Astronomy. R. Giacconi. Johns Hopkins U. Press, Baltimore, MD, 2008. $45.00 (411 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8018-8809-0 To a Distant Day: The Rocket Pioneers. C. Gainor. Outward Odyssey: A People’s History of Spaceflight. U. Nebraska Press, Lincoln, 2008. $29.95 (236 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8032-2209-0 Tool and Object: A History and Philosophy of Category Theory. R. Krömer. Science Networks–Historical Studies 32. Birkhäuser, Boston, 2007. $129.00 (367 pp.). ISBN 978-3-7643-7523-2 The Universe in a Mirror: The Saga of the Hubble Space Telescope and the Visionaries Who Built It. R. Zimmerman. Princeton U. Press, Princeton, NJ, 2008. $29.95 (287 pp.). ISBN 978-0-691-13297-6 What Science Offers the Humanities: Integrating Body and Culture. E. Slingerland. Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2008. $85.00, $24.99 paper (370 pp.). ISBN 978-0-521-87770-1, ISBN 978-0-521-70151-8 paper instrumentation and techniquesSection:ChooseTop of pageacousticsastronomy and astrophysic...atomic and molecular phys...biological and medical ph...chemical physicscomputers and computation...cosmology and relativityenergy and environmentfluidsgeophysicshistory and philosophyinstrumentation and techn... <<materials sciencemiscellaneousnonlinear science and cha...nuclear physicsoptics and photonicsparticle physicsplasmas and fusionpopularizationssociety and governmentspace and planetary scien...statistical physics and t...texts and educationtheory and mathematical m...CITING ARTICLES Applied Scanning Probe Methods VIII: Scanning Probe Microscopy Techniques. B. Bhushan, H. Fuchs, M. Tomitori, eds. Nanoscience and Technology. Springer, Berlin, Germany, 2008. $189.95 (465 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-74079-7 Applied Scanning Probe Methods IX: Characterization. B. Bhushan, H. Fuchs, M. Tomitori, eds. Nanoscience and Technology. Springer, Berlin, Germany, 2008. $164.95 (387 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-74082-7 Applied Scanning Probe Methods X: Biomimetics and Industrial Applications. B. Bhushan, H. Fuchs, M. Tomitori, eds. Nanoscience and Technology. Springer, Berlin, Germany, 2008. $189.95 (427 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-74084-1 Floating to Space: The Airship to Orbit Program. J. M. Powell. Apogee Books Space Series 72. Apogee Books, Burlington, ON, Canada, 2008. $27.95 paper (204 pp.). ISBN 978-1-894959-73-5, DVD-ROM materials science Section:ChooseTop of pageacousticsastronomy and astrophysic...atomic and molecular phys...biological and medical ph...chemical physicscomputers and computation...cosmology and relativityenergy and environmentfluidsgeophysicshistory and philosophyinstrumentation and techn...materials science <<miscellaneousnonlinear science and cha...nuclear physicsoptics and photonicsparticle physicsplasmas and fusionpopularizationssociety and governmentspace and planetary scien...statistical physics and t...texts and educationtheory and mathematical m...CITING ARTICLES Advanced Tomographic Methods in Materials Research and Engineering. J. Ban-hart, ed. Monographs on the Physics and Chemistry of Materials. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2008. $150.00 (462 pp.). ISBN 978-0-19-921324-5, CD-ROM Instabilities and Self-Organization in Materials. Vol. 1: Fundamentals of Nanoscience. Vol. 2: Applications in Materials Design and Nanotechnology. N. M. Ghoniem, D. D. Walgraef. Monographs on the Physics and Chemistry of Materials. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2008. $225.00 set (1158 pp. set). ISBN 978-0-19-929868-6 NASSAU 2006. E. E. Alp, C. I. Wynter, eds. Proc. symp., Garden City, NY, Jan. 2006. Springer, Dordrecht, the Netherlands, 2007. $179.00 (177 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-71124-7 Surfaces, Interfaces, and Thin Films for Microelectronics. E. A. Irene. Wiley, Hoboken, NJ, 2008. $125.00 (515 pp.). ISBN 978-0-470-17447-0 Tribology on the Small Scale: A Bottom Up Approach to Friction, Lubrication, and Wear. C. M. Mate. Mesoscopic Physics and Nanotechnology 6. Oxford U. Press, New York, 2008. $110.00 (333 pp.). ISBN 978-0-19-852678-0miscellaneousSection:ChooseTop of pageacousticsastronomy and astrophysic...atomic and molecular phys...biological and medical ph...chemical physicscomputers and computation...cosmology and relativityenergy and environmentfluidsgeophysicshistory and philosophyinstrumentation and techn...materials sciencemiscellaneous <<nonlinear science and cha...nuclear physicsoptics and photonicsparticle physicsplasmas and fusionpopularizationssociety and governmentspace and planetary scien...statistical physics and t...texts and educationtheory and mathematical m...CITING ARTICLES Pocket Book of Integrals and Mathematical Formulas. 4th ed. R. J. Tallarida. Chapman & Hall/CRC/Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, FL, 2008 [1999]. $24.95 paper (268 pp.). ISBN 978-1-4200-6304-2 Survival Guide for Scientists: Writing–Presentation–Email. A. Lagendijk. Amsterdam U. Press, the Netherlands, 2008. $19.95 paper (260 pp.). ISBN 978-90-5356-512-4nonlinear science and chaos Section:ChooseTop of pageacousticsastronomy and astrophysic...atomic and molecular phys...biological and medical ph...chemical physicscomputers and computation...cosmology and relativityenergy and environmentfluidsgeophysicshistory and philosophyinstrumentation and techn...materials sciencemiscellaneousnonlinear science and cha... <<nuclear physicsoptics and photonicsparticle physicsplasmas and fusionpopularizationssociety and governmentspace and planetary scien...statistical physics and t...texts and educationtheory and mathematical m...CITING ARTICLES Complex and Adaptive Dynamical Systems: A Primer. C. Gros. Springer, Berlin, Germany, 2008. $69.95 paper (250 pp.). ISBN 978-3-540-71873-4 Complex Systems. M. Tokuyama, I. Oppenheim, H. Nishiyama, eds. AIP Conference Proceedings 982. Proc. wksp., Sendai, Japan, Sept. 2007. AIP, Melville, NY, 2008. $255.00 (829 pp.). ISBN 978-0-7354-0501-1 Modeling Complex Living Systems: A Kinetic Theory and Stochastic Game Approach. N. Bellomo. Modeling and Simulation in Science, Engineering and Technology. Birkhäuser, Boston, 2008. $69.95 (220 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8176-4510-6 Nonlinear Dynamical Systems and Control: A Lyapunov-Based Approach. W. M. Haddad, V. Chellaboina. Princeton U. Press, Princeton, NJ, 2008. $85.00 (948 pp.). 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