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New Books List for April/May 2008

The following books were received at the Physics Library during April/May 2008. Please check library stacks or ask library staff for assistance. Check MadCat to see if anyone has the book checked out or request that a book be sent to a library near you with our Book Retrieval Service.

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REF QB8 U1 2009 . . . . ASTRONOMICAL ALMANAC FOR THE YEAR 2009.  Washington, D.C.:  US Government Printing Office, 2007.  (in Reference)  (Some material is available on the Internet at http://asa.usno.navy.mil)

QC176.2 F47 v.46 . . . . ADVANCES IN SOLID STATE PHYSICS, Volume 46.  Edited by Rolf Haug.  Berlin:  Springer-Verlag, 2008.

TJ265 L855 2007 . . . . COMPUTATIONAL THERMODYNAMICS:  THE CALPHAD METHOD.  By Hans Leo Lukas, Suzana G. Fries and Bo Sundman.  Cambridge:  Cambridge University Press, 2007.

QC454 A8 J35 2007 . . . . INTRODUCTION TO ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY.  By Vimal Kumar Jain.  Oxford:  Alpha Science International Ltd., 2007.

QC174.45 M85 2007 . . . . INTRODUCTION TO QUANTUM EFFECTS IN GRAVITY.   By V.F. Mukhanov and S. Winitzki.  Cambridge:  Cambridge University Press, 2007.

QC24.5 W55 2007 . . . . THE JOY OF PHYSICS.  By Arthur W. Wiggins.  Amherst, NY:  Prometheus Books, 2007.

QC23 M433 2003 . . . . THE MECHANICAL UNIVERSE ... AND BEYOND.  Programs 1-52.  South Burlington, VT:  Annenberg/CPB Project, 2003.  (in dvd format)

QC176.8 M46 A45 2007 . . . . MESOSCOPIC PHYSICS OF ELECTRONS AND PHOTONS.   By Eric Akkermans and Gilles Montambaux.  Cambridge:  Cambridge University Press, 2007.

QC711 B35 1940 . . . . ON THE ANGULAR DISTRIBUTION OF FAST NEUTRONS SCATTERED BY HYDROGEN, DEUTERIUM AND HELIUM.  By H.H. Barschall.  Princeton, 1940.  (manuscript edition of PhD dissertation)

QC793.5 P427 J63 2008 . . . . PHOTONIC CRYSTALS:  MOLDING THE FLOW OF LIGHT.  2nd Edition.  By John D. Joannopoulas, Steven G. Johnson, Joshua N. Winn and Robert D. Meade.  Princeton:  Princeton University Press, 2008.

GC959 G39 2005 . . . . THE PHYSICS OF FOOTBALL:  DISCOVER THE SCIENCE OF BONE-CRUNCHING HITS, SOARING FIELD GOALS, AND AWE-INSPIRING PASSES.  By Timothy Gay.  New York:  Harper, 2004.

QA76.889 B46 2004 v.2 . . . . PRINCIPLES OF QUANTUM COMPUTATION.  Volume II:  Basic Tools and Special Topics.  By Giuliano Benenti, Giulio Casati and Giuliano Strini.  Singapore:  World Scientific, 2007.

QC173.59 S65 S65 2007 . . . . THE QUANTUM STRUCTURE OF SPACE AND TIME:  PROCEEDINGS OF THE 23RD SOLVAY CONFERENCE.  (Proceedings)  Edited by David Gross, Marc Henneaux and Alexander Severin.  Singapore:  World Scientific, 2007.

QC754.2 Q34 M35 2007 . . . . QUANTUM THEORY OF MAGNETISM.  2nd Edition.  By Norberto Majlis.  Singapore:  World Scientific, 2007.

T57.62 B47 2007 . . . . SIMULATING THE PHYSICAL WORLD:  HIERARCHICAL MODELING FROM QUANTUM MECHANICS TO FLUID DYNAMICS.  By Herman J. Berendsen.  Cambridge:  Cambridge University Press, 2007.

QC178 G555 2008 . . . . THE UNIVERSAL FORCE:  GRAVITY – CREATOR OF WORLDS.  By Louis Al. Girifalco. Oxford:  Oxford University Press, 2008.