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1981; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 22; Issue: 6 Linguagem: Africâner

10.1080/00107518108231563

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Material Science and Thermodynamics

Abstract Electrical Transport in Solids. By Kwan C. Kao and Wei Hwang. (Pergamon Press, 1981.) [Pp. xx+663.] £50.00; $100.00. Scope: Treatise; Textbook. Level: Specialist; postgraduate. Gallium Arsenide and Related Compounds, 1980. Eighth International Conference, Vienna. Edited by H. W. Thim. (The Institute of Physics, 1981.) [xvi+762.] £35.00; $87.00. Scope: Conference Proceedings. Level: For specialists only. Radioactive Waste Management and its Disposal. Edited by R. Simon and S. Orlowski. (Harwood Academic for OEEC, 1981.) [Pp. xii + 693.] $82.00. Scope: Conference Proceedings. Level: For specialists only. Solid State Devices, 1980. Edited by J. E. Carroll. (The Institute of Physics, 1981.) [Pp, viii + 255.] £25.00; $62.50. Scope: Conference Proceedings. Level: Specialist/postgraduate. Structural Phase Transitions, I. Edited by K. A. Müller and H. Thomas. (Springer-Verlag, 1981.) [Pp. ix+ 190.] DM50; $29.50. Scope: Survey. Level: Specialist/postgraduate. Optical Physics. Second edition. By S. G. Lipson and H. Lipson. (Cambridge University Press, 1981.) [Pp. xiii+463.] £25.00. Scope: Textbook. Level: Postgraduate/undergraduate. Physics. A Practical Approach. By O. N. Bishop. (Macmillan Education, 1981.) [Pp. vii + 405.] £3.95. Scope: Textbook. Level: School. Giant Multipole Resonances. Edited by F. E. Bertrand. (Harwood Academic Publishers. 1980.) [Pp. xiv + 479.] $42.50. Scope: Conference Proceedings. Level: Specialist/postgraduate. Turbulent Shear Flows 2. Selected papers from the Second International Symposium on Turbulent Shear Flows. Edited by L. J. S. Bradbury, F. Durst, B. E. Launder, F. W. Schmidt and J. H. Whitelaw. (Springer-Verlag, 1980.) [Pp. ix + 391.] DM 128; $75.60. Scope: Recent developments. Level: Post-graduate, specialist. SQUID '80. Edited by H. D. Hahlbohm and H. Lubbig. (Walter de Gruyter, 1981.) [Pp. xxvii+990.] DM 220. Scope: Conference Proceedings. Level: Specialist/postgraduate. Current Topics in Material Science. Volume 6. Edited by E. Kaldis. (North-Holland, 1981.) [Pp. vii + 481.] $81.75; Dfl. 180.00. Scope: Treatise/Textbook. Level: For specialists only. Cosmic Plasma. By H. Alfvén. (D. Reidel, 1981.) [Pp. xi + 164.] Dfl. 75.00. Scope: Textbook; library. Level: Specialist/post-graduate. The Physics-Astronomy Frontier. By Fred Hoyle and Jayant Narlikar. (W. H. Freeman, 1981.) [Pp. viii+483.] £10.95. Scope: Textbook; library. Level: Undergraduate; school. Optical Fiber Transmission Systems. By S. D. Personnick. (Plenum Press, 1981.) [pp. xi+179.] $25.00. Scope: Treatise. Level: Specialist/post-graduate; undergraduate: general reader. Functional Integration: Theory and Applications. Edited by J.-P. Antoine and E. Tirapegui. (Plenum Press, 1980.) [Pp. x + 355.] $42.50. Scope: Conference Proceedings. Level: For specialists only. Unification of the Fundamental Particle Interactions. Edited by S. Ferrara, J. Ellis and P. Niewenhuizen. (Plenum, 1981.) [Pp. x + 727.] Scope: Conference proceedings. Level: for specialists only. Superspace and Supergravity. Edited by S. W. Hawking and M. Rocek. (Cambridge University Press, 1981.) [Pp. xii + 527.] £24.00. Scope: Conference proceedings. Level: for specialists only. Lehrbuch der Mathematischen Physik, Part 4 By W. Thirring, (Springer-Verlag, 1980.) [Pp. x + 278.] Sch 278; DM 39; $23.10. Scope: Libraries and personal copies. Textbook. Supplementary reading for course on Thermodynamics/Statistical Mechanics. Level: Undergraduate/post-graduate/research. Third E. C. Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference, Cannes, October 1980. Edited by W. Palz. (D. Reidel, 1981.) [pp. xliv + 1132.] Dfl. 155, $81.50. Scope: Conference Proceedings. Level: Specialist/Postgraduate. Organic Molecular Crystals. By E. A. Silinsh, translated by J. Eiduss. (Springer-Verlag, 1980.) [Pp. xvii + 389.] DM92; $54.10. Physics of Dielectric Solids. Edited by C. H. L. Goodman. Institute of Physics Conference Series No. 58. (Institute of Physics, 1981.) [Pp. viii+151.] £23.00, $57.50. Current Trends in Optics. Edited by F. T. Arecchi and F. R. Ausseneg (Taylor & Francis Ltd, 1981.) [Pp. vii +190.] £12.00. Scope: Invited conference papers. Level: General for non-specialist physicists. The Physics of Everyday Phenomena. Readings from 8rientifi AnLeriran, with an introduction by JEABL WALKER. (W. H. Freeman, 1981.) [Pp. 86.1 £7.70 boards, £3.30 paper. The Social Costs of Solar Energy. A Study of Photovoltaic Energy Systems. By T. L. NEFF. (Pergamon Press, 1981.) [Pp. ix +125.] $1800. Transitional Energy Policy, 1980-2300. Alternative Nuclear Technologies. By H. B. STEWART. (Pergamon Press, 1981.) [Pp. xi+266.] H a d cover $30.00; Soft cover $12.50.