New Books List for April and May 2007
The following books were received at the Physics Library during April and May 2007. 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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Online only . . . . ADVANCED SUMMER SCHOOL IN PHYSICS 2006: FRONTIERS IN CONTEMPORARY PHYSICS: EAV06. (Proceedings) Edited by Omar Miranda-Romagnoli, Mauricio Carbajal, Luis Manuel Montano, Oscar Rosas-Ortiz and Sergio A. Tomas Velazquez. Melville, NY: American Institute of Physics, 2007. [AIP Conference Proceedings, no.885] (Available on the Internet at http://proceedings.aip.org/proceedings/confproceed/885.jsp)
QC688 N35 2006 . . . . ATOMS, MOLECULES AND LASERS. By K.P.R. Nair. Oxford: Alpha Science International Ltd, 2006.
Online only . . . . BAYESIAN INFERENCE AND MAXIMUM ENTROPY METHODS IN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING. (Proceedings) Edited by Ali Mohammad-Djafari. Melville, NY: American Institute of Physics, 2006. [AIP Conference Proceedings, no.872] (Available on the Internet at http://proceedings.aip.org/proceedings/confproceed/872.jsp)
QC75 G75 2007 . . . . BRAINTEASER PHYSICS: CHALLENGING PHYSICS PUZZLES. By Göran Grimvall. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007.
Online only . . . . CAIRO INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS. (Proceedings) Edited by Shaaban Khalil. Melville, NY: American Institute of Physics, 2007. [AIP Conference Proceedings, no.881] (Available on the Internet at http://proceedings.aip.org/proceedings/confproceed/881.jsp)
Online only . . . . COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR IN NEURAL SYSTEMS: NINTH GRANADA LECTURES. (Proceedings) Edited by Joaquín Marro, Pedro L. Garrido and Joaquín J. Torres. Melville, NY: American Institute of Physics, 2007. [AIP Conference Proceedings, no.887] (Available on the Internet at http://proceedings.aip.org/proceedings/confproceed/887.jsp)
QC174.84 S38 2005 . . . . DETERMINISTIC CHAOS: AN INTRODUCTION. 4th Edition. By Heinz Schuster. Weinheim: Wiley-VCH, 2005.
QC278 E45 2006 . . . . EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES FOR LOW-TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENTS: CRYOSTAT DESIGN, MATERIAL PROPERTIES, AND SUPERCONDUCTOR CRITICAL-CURRENT TESTING. By J.W. Ekin. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006.
QC446.2 W44 2005 . . . . EXTREME NONLINEAR OPTICS: AN INTRODUCTION. By Martin Wegener. Berlin: Springer-Verlag, 2005. [Advanced Texts in Physics]
Online only . . . . FIFTY YEARS OF ROMANIAN ASTROPHYSICS. (Proceedings) Edited by Cristiana Dumitrache, Nedelia A. Popescu, Marian Doru Suran and Vasile Mioc. Melville, NY: American Institute of Physics, 2007. [AIP Conference Proceedings, no.895] (Available on the Internet at http://proceedings.aip.org/proceedings/confproceed/895.jsp)
QA76.73 C153 Y48 2005 . . . . A FIRST COURSE IN COMPUTATIONAL AND OBJECT-ORIENTED PROGRAMMING WITH C++. By David Yevick. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005.
Online only . . . . FOUNDATIONS OF PROBABILITY AND PHYSICS - 4. (Proceedings) Edited by Guillaume Adenier, Christopher A. Fuchs and Andrei Yu. Khrennikov. Melville, NY: American Institute of Physics, 2007. [AIP Conference Proceedings, no.889] (Available on the Internet at http://proceedings.aip.org/proceedings/confproceed/889.jsp)
QC173.6 S7713 2004 . . . . GENERAL RELATIVITY: WITH APPLICATIONS TO ASTROPHYSICS. By Norbert Straumann. Berlin: Springer-Verlag, 2004. [Texts and Monographs in Physics]
QC981.8 G56 H68 2004 . . . . GLOBAL WARMING: THE COMPLETE BRIEFING. 3rd Edition. By John Houghton. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004.
QA641 I45 2006 . . . . HANDBOOK OF NORMAL FRAMES AND COORDINATES. By Bozhidar Z. Iliev . Basel: Birkhaüser, 2006. [Progress in Mathematical Physics, v.42]
Q111 S71 v.218 . . . . HIGH-ENERGY PROTON BEAMS: A MODERN VIEW. By Georg Hoffstaetter. New York: Springer-Verlag, 2006. [Springer Tracts in Modern Physics, no. 218] (Available on the Internet at http://www.springerlink.com/openurl.asp?genre=issue&issn=1615-0430&volume=218)
QC151 H69 2007 . . . . HYDRODYNAMICS AND SOUND. By M.S. Howe. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007.
Online only . . . . VI LATIN AMERICAN SYMPOSIUM ON NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND APPLICATIONS. (Proceedings) Edited by Andres J. Kreiner, Osvaldo Civitarese, Claudio Dorso, Gerardo Garcia Bermudez, Alberto J. Pacheco and Norberto N. Scoccola. Melville, NY: American Institute of Physics, 2007. [AIP Conference Proceedings, no.884] (Available on the Internet at http://proceedings.aip.org/proceedings/confproceed/884.jsp)
Online only . . . . MODERN TRENDS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH - MTPR-06. (Proceedings) Edited by Lotfia M. El Nadi. Melville, NY: American Institute of Physics, 2007. [AIP Conference Proceedings, no.888] (Available on the Internet at http://proceedings.aip.org/proceedings/confproceed/888.jsp)
Online only . . . . NEW TRENDS IN ASTRODYNAMICS AND APPLICATIONS III. (Proceedings) Edited by Edward Belbruno. Melville, NY: American Institute of Physics, 2007. [AIP Conference Proceedings, no.886] (Available on the Internet at http://proceedings.aip.org/proceedings/confproceed/886.jsp)
QC15 O97 2006 . . . . OUT OF THE SHADOWS: CONTRIBUTIONS OF TWENTIETH-CENTURY WOMEN TO PHYSICS. Edited By Nina Byers and Gary Williams. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006.
Online only . . . . PLASMA AND FUSION SCIENCE: 16th IAEA TECHNICAL MEETING ... (Proceedings) Edited by J. Julio E. Herrera Velázquez. Melville, NY: American Institute of Physics, 2006. [AIP Conference Proceedings, no.875] (Available on the Internet at http://proceedings.aip.org/proceedings/confproceed/875.jsp)
QC174.12 L57 2006 . . . . PROGRAMMING THE UNIVERSE: A QUANTUM COMPUTER SCIENTIST TAKES ON THE COSMOS. By Seth Lloyd. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2006.
QC794.6 C58 P65 2005 . . . . QUANTUM DECOHERENCE: POINCARÉ SEMINAR 2005. Edited by Bertrand Duplantier, Jean-Michel Raimond, and Vincent Rivasseau. Basel: Birkhaüser, 2007. [Progress in Mathematical Physics, v. 48]
Online only . . . . QUARK CONFINEMENT AND THE HADRON SPECTRUM VII. (Proceedings) Edited by Jose Emilio F. T. Ribeiro, Nora Brambilla, A. Vairo, K. Maung, Giovanni Maria Prosperi. Melville, NY: American Institute of Physics, 2007. [AIP Conference Proceedings, no.892] (Available on the Internet at http://proceedings.aip.org/proceedings/confproceed/892.jsp)
QC176.8 S68 D43 2003 . . . . RANDOM FIELDS AND SPIN GLASSES: A FIELD THEORY APPROACH. By Cirano de Dominicis. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006.
QC20.7 S8 L39 2006 . . . . RANDOM PROCESSES IN PHYSICS AND FINANCE. By Melvin Lax, Wei Cai, and Min Xu. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006. [Oxford Finance Series]
Online only . . . . REVIEW OF PROGRESS IN QUANTITATIVE NONDESTRUCTIVE EVALUATION. (Proceedings) Edited by Donald O. Thompson and Dale E. Chimenti. Melville, NY: American Institute of Physics, 2007. [AIP Conference Proceedings, no.894] (Available on the Internet at http://proceedings.aip.org/proceedings/confproceed/894.jsp)
RC1128 U6 N38 2006 . . . . SPACE RADIATION HAZARDS AND THE VISION FOR SPACE EXPLORATION: REPORT OF A WORKSHOP. National Research Council. Washington, DC: National Academics Press, 2006. (Available on the Internet at http://www.nap.edu/books/0309102642/html)
Online only . . . . SPACE TECHNOLOGY AND APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL FORUM-STAIF 2007. (Proceedings) Edited by Mohamed S. El-Genk. Melville, NY: American Institute of Physics, 2007. [AIP Conference Proceedings, no.880] (Available on the Internet at http://proceedings.aip.org/proceedings/confproceed/880.jsp)
QC174.8 H35 2007 . . . . STATISTICAL MECHANICS: FROM FIRST PRINCIPLES TO MACROSCOPIC PHENOMENA. By J. Halley. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007.
QC174.84 S73 2005 . . . . STATISTICAL PHYSICS FOR COSMIC STRUCTURES. By Andrea Gabrielli, Francesco Sylos Labini, Michael Joyce, and Luciano Pietronero. Berlin: Springer-Verlag, 2005.
QC794.6 S85 B43 2007 . . . . STRING THEORY AND M-THEORY: A MODERN INTRODUCTION. By Katrin Becker, Melanie Becker and John H. Schwarz. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007.
Online only . . . . SYNCHROTRON RADIATION INSTRUMENTATION. (Proceedings) Edited by Jae-Young Choi and Seungyu Rah. Melville, NY: American Institute of Physics, 2007. [AIP Conference Proceedings, no.879] (Available on the Internet at http://proceedings.aip.org/proceedings/confproceed/879.jsp)
Online only . . . . THERMOPHOTOVOLTAIC GENERATION OF ELECTRICITY: TPV7. (Proceedings) Edited by Carlos Algora and Victoria Corregidor. Melville, NY: American Institute of Physics, 2007. [AIP Conference Proceedings, no.890] (Available on the Internet at http://proceedings.aip.org/proceedings/confproceed/890.jsp)
Online only . . . . TOURS SYMPOSIUM ON NUCLEAR PHYSICS VI. (Proceedings) Edited by M. Arnould, et al. Melville, NY: American Institute of Physics, 2007. [AIP Conference Proceedings, no.891] (Available on the Internet at http://proceedings.aip.org/proceedings/confproceed/891.jsp)
Online only . . . . X-RAY ABSORPTION FINE STRUCTURE - XAFS13: 13TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE. (Proceedings) Edited by Britt Hedman and Piero Pianetta. Melville, NY: American Institute of Physics, 2007. [AIP Conference Proceedings, no.882] (Available on the Internet at http://proceedings.aip.org/proceedings/confproceed/882.jsp)