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Mysteries and Discoveries of Archaeoastronomy June 2008 From Pre-History to Easter Island ISBN 978-0-387-76564-8 sky. In the second part, Giulio Magli uses the approx. $27.50 G. Magli, Politecnico of Milan, Italy elements presented in the tour to show that the Approx. 300 p. 150 illus. fundamental idea which led to the construc- Hardcover Professor Giulio Magli provides a clear, up- tion of the astronomically-related giant monu- to-date survey of current thinking on the ments was the foundation of power, a founda- motives of the ancients for building fabulous tion which was exploited by ‘replicating’ the and mysterious monuments all over our sky. planet. The book is divided into two parts. In Market: Popular Science Enthusiasts and Under- the first, the reader is taken on an ideal ‘world graduate Students Studying Archaeoastronomy tour’ of many wonderful and enigmatic places within Architecture Degree Courses in almost every continent, in search of traces Location in bookstore: Astronomy / Space of astronomical knowledge and lore of the

How Spaceships Fly April 2008 Spacecraft Without Formulae ISBN 978-0-387-76571-6 with a concise introductory chapter, chroni- approx. $27.50 G. Swinerd, School of Engineering cling the ‘space age’ up to the present, and a Approx. 250 p. 70 illus., 10 in color. Sciences, Hampshire, UK brief ‘forward look’ into near-future develop- Softcover ments. The book closes with a concluding In this popular science book, Graham Swinerd chapter, which reflects on prospects for the explains, without the use of mathematics and future of robotic and manned space explora- in an informal way, aerodynamic flight for tion. non-technical readers who are interested in Market: Popular Science and Space Exploration spaceflight and spacecraft. The book will open Location in bookstore: Astronomy / Space

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May 2008 Why Popcorn Costs so Much at the Movies ISBN 978-0-387-76999-8 and Other Pricing Puzzles approx. $29.95 to spur the use of alternative, supposedly Approx. 400 p. R. B. McKenzie, University of California, environmentally friendly fuels have caused Hardcover Irvine, CA, USA starvation among millions of people around the world and have given rise to the deforesta- Why Popcorn Costs So Much at the Movies, tion of rainforests in Malaysia and Indonesia. And Other Pricing Puzzles seeks to unravel How can this be? If you think you already have an array of pricing puzzles from the one an answer, read on. The solutions to this and captured in the book’s title to why so many other such puzzles are more sophisticated and prices end with “9” to why ink cartridges surprising than you likely now think. can cost as much as printers to why stores Market: Armchair Economists and the General use sales, coupons, and rebates. Professor Public, as well as Students and Professionals McKenzie explains how well-meaning efforts Location in bookstore: Business

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April 2008 Physicists on Wall Street ISBN 978-0-387-76505-1 Reflections in Science, History, and approx. $29.95 code breakers led to deciphering a language Finance Approx. 250 p. 10 illus. found on Crete-Linear-B. Surprisingly, this Hardcover J. Bernstein, New York, NY, USA language turned out to be a form of Ancient Greek that preceded Homer. Throughout, Bernstein’s incessant curiosity and prose style In this diverse collection of essays, renowned honed by thiry-five years of writing for the author Jeremy Bernstein assembles a diverse New Yorker magazine make these unlikely group of stories from various disciplines to subjects interesting. create an engaging and illuminating text. Bernstein employs his unique perspective Market: General Science Readers interested in to reveal and explain for the general reader Physics and Astronomy striking assertions that are not widely known. Location in bookstore: General Science For example, he describes how the skills of

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Spaceplanes April 2008 From Airport to Spaceport ISBN 978-0-387-76509-9 why the Space Tourist market could easily approx. $34.95 M. A. Bentley, Rock River, WY, USA become the single most important factor in Approx. 210 p. 160 illus., 10 in color. the mid-term future development of space Softcover Spaceplanes: From Airport to Safeport transportation. In a few years it will be possible presents a vision of the near future in which to board a spaceplane and fly into Earth orbit, space vehicles can take off from an interna- and pehaps visit a space station. This book tional airport, refuel in space, and fly regularly explains the technical details of precisely how between the Earth and the Moon. The book all this can be accomplished within the next is built on the solid engineering foundation few decades. prepared by David Ashford in his book Space- Market: Space and Astronomy Enthusiasts flight Revolution, but develops the argument. followed by Engineering and Space Science This is a coherent, lucid, and optimistic picture Enthusiasts of the future – aimed directly at the reader Location in bookstore: Astronomy / Engineering as a future space passenger – which explains

Asteroids and How to Observe Them July 2008 L. Garrett, Farfax, Vermont, USA ISBN 978-0-387-76547-1 Bulletin (MPB). The second part of the book is approx. $34.95 designed to help the reader become part of the Approx. 190 p. 50 illus., 10 in color. This book looks at asteroids, their origins, community of serious minor planet observers. Softcover orbits and composition, and at how amateur First time projects for those who have never astronomers can play a part in their detection, seen an asteroid explain everything needed tracking and imaging. It begins with a short for spotting asteroids and keeping records of review of the asteroids themselves, such as the sightings. This is not a book only for observers “big four” and a few other highlights – objects who can spend thousands of dollars on tele- such as close-approach objects, and some scopes and do world-class work, but is also a distant and historical types. The book then manual for newcomers: new visual observers reviews the beginnings of serious observa- who may be tomorrow’s groundbreakers. tions by amateurs, and the start of the ALPO’s Minor Planet Section and Minor Planet Market: Amateur Astronomers Location in bookstore: Astronomy / Space

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7 Published by Springer-Praxis June 2008 Building a Roll-off Roof Observatory ISBN 978-0-387-76603-4 approx. $59.95 A Complete Guide for Design and almost uniquely qualified to write this fully- Approx. 190 p. 70 illus., 10 in color. With Construction detailed book . A professionally designed CD-ROM. J. Hicks roll-off observatory could cost as much as Softcover $3000 just for the plans – which are provided free with the book. Real, existing buildings Building a Roll-off Roof Observatory is have been built from these plan-sets, with unique, covering all aspects of designing a photographs to show how they turned out. At roll-off roof observatory: planning the site, present there is no published book with the requirements for viewing, conforming to same degree of detail and expertise that this by-laws, and orientation of the structure. The text offers the amateur astronomer. Three sets chapters outline step-by-step construction of of scale plans are provided on the CD-R that a typical building, and the accompanying CD- accompanies the book. R provides complete, professional, detailed diagrams for each phase of construction. The Market: Amateur Astronomers, Professional Astro- author is both an amateur astronomer and nomers, Engineers, Students professional landscape architect, and thus is Location in bookstore: Astronomy / Space

Mars May 2008 ISBN 978-0-387-76507-5 A Myth Turned to Landscape Earth life. The up-to-date text is supported by approx. $29.95 M. Hotakainen, Helsinski, Finland both informative imagery and a simple, but Approx. 240 p. 240 illus., 170 in color. inspiring layout with some special features like Softcover This book tells the story of Mars since the a “flip movie” of the rotation of Mars and a dawn of mankind’s curiosity for celestial very illustrative comparison of the distances of wonders and the ancient beliefs through the the Martian satellites versus the distance of our revolution in our concepts of the cosmos Moon from their respective parent planets. around us in the 1600’s to the present day Market: Enthusiasts in Planetary Science, Astro- knowledge and beyond, all the way to the nomy, Space Research, and the History of Science futuristic visions of science fiction and Location in bookstore: Astronomy / Space terraformed Mars with conditions suitable to

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Saturn April 2008 ISBN 978-0-387-76467-2 The Complete Guide the current state of our understanding of the approx. $34.95 G. E. Hunt, Kingston University & Univer- Saturn system and Titan (its largest moon), Approx. 225 p. 70 illus., 30 in color. sity of California; P. Moore, West Sussex, and identifies the many questions which still Hardcover England, UK remain unresolved. We have still more to learn and understand about this beautiful and This book is a complete guide to Saturn and perplexing planet, so in the final chapter the our current understanding of it. In the first authors discuss the future missions to Saturn, part of this book, the authors provide a back- and to Titan, its most intriguing moon. ground for the Saturn systems, building on Market: Amateur Astronomers and Armchair the initial activities of Cassini and Huygens. Astronomers The penultimate part of the book looks at Location in bookstore: Astronomy / Space

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The Search for Life Continued June 2008 Planets Around Other Stars ISBN 978-0-387-76557-0 best to search for life elsewhere. Planets are $29.95 B. Jones, Open University, Milton Keynes, the most likely abode of life and so we start Approx. 300 p. 100 illus., 50 in color. UK the quest with the search for planets beyond Softcover the Solar System – exoplanets. The methods The first up-to-date popular science book of searching are outlined and the nature of the which examines, scientifically, the methods 150-odd exoplanetary systems so far discov- for detecting planets around other stars, ered described. In the near future we expect to the possibility that they might support life, discover habitable Earth-like planets. But are and speculates as to what aliens might look they actually inhabited? How could we tell? All like. The author concentrates on planetary will be revealed. systems beyond our own but starts with life Market: Amateur and Armchair Astronomers, on Earth, which is the only life we know to Students of Astrobiology exist, and which provides guidance on how Location in bookstore: Astronomy / Space

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7 Published by Springer-Praxis June 2008 Clocks in the Sky ISBN 978-0-387-76560-0 $29.95 The Story of Pulsars to one. Geoff McNamara ends by pointing out Approx. 200 p. 20 illus. G. McNamara, Australia that, despite the enormous success of pulsar Softcover research in the second half of the twentieth In this book, Geoff McNamara explores the century, the real discoveries are yet to be made history, subsequent discovery and contempo- including, perhaps, the detection of the hypo- rary research into pulsar astronomy.  thetical pulsar black hole binary system by the The story of pulsars is brought right up to date proposed Square Kilometre Array - the largest with the announcement in 2006 of a new breed single radio telescope in the world of pulsar, Rotating Radio Transients (RRATs), Market: Popular Science Enthusiasts and Armchair which emit short bursts of radio signals sepa- Astronomers rated by long pauses. These may outnumber Location in bookstore: Astronomy / Space conventional radio pulsars by a ratio of four

The Science and Art of Using Astronomical Telescopes April 2008 ISBN 978-0-387-76469-6 P. Pugh, Institute of Technical and Scien- visual observing, it concludes with a section on approx. $34.95 tific Communicators, UK imaging and the equipment currently avail- Approx. 220 p. 70 illus., 10 in color. able – from regular digital cameras, through Softcover The Science and Art of using Astronomical webcams, to specialized chilled-chip CCD Telescopes provides the required informa- cameras. This book is the perfect follow-up tion. First, it explains how to get the best from to Moore & Watson: Astronomy with a Budget entry-level equipment (that upgrade may not Telescope and Tonkin: AstroFAQs . It neatly even be needed for a year or two!). Second, fills the gap between these introductory books it explains how to select equipment that is at and the more advanced books in Springer’s the ‘next level’, and describes how use more Practical Astronomy list. advanced telescopes and accessories. The book is organized according to observational Market: Amateur and Practical Astronomers targets, and although it concentrates mainly on Location in bookstore: Astronomy / Space

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The Tunguska Mystery September 2008 ISBN 978-0-387-76573-0 V. Rubtsov, Kharkov, Ukraine approx. $29.95 E. Ashpole, Narbeth, UK (Ed.) the Tunguska phenomenon. All this is treated by the author in a scholarly and responsible Approx. 260 p. 25 illus., 10 in color. manner. Although the book does present Hardcover The purpose of the book is a dual one: to detail certain unusual findings of Russian and Ukrai- the nature and results of Tunguska investiga- nian scholars, it is important to stress that this tions in the former USSR and present-day CIS, is not a sensational book; it is, rather, a serious and to destroy two long-standing myths still exposition of the results of rational investiga- held the West. The first concerns alleged “final tions into a difficult scientific problem. solutions”that have ostensibly been found in Russia or elsewhere. The second concerns the Market: Specialists, Researchers, Students, and mistaken belief that there has been little or others interested in Astronomy, Environmental no progress in understanding the nature of Catastrophies, Planetology, and Scientific Mystery Location in bookstore: Astronomy / Space

My Heavens! November 2007 The Adventures of a Lonely Stargazer ISBN 978-0-387-73781-2 the edge of a country village between Oxford Building an Over-the-Top Observatory $34.95 and London. Comparisons are made with 220 p. 80 illus. G. Rogers, Fellow, Royal Astronomical similar large projects in the USA. Eventually Softcover Society, UK an observatory materializes, set up to facili- tate the taking of very high quality images My Heavens! describes how to set up a high of the deep sky. The story doesn’t end with class amateur observatory. Written by a quali- the construction of the observatory, but goes fied building surveyor, it looks at the planning, on to describe the author’s choice of equip- building and construction from a profes- ment, setting it up, and his own techniques sional viewpoint. The book tells the “warts for obtaining superb astronomical images like and all” story of small beginnings in amateur those displayed in his book. astronomy, leading to the construction of a Market: Amateur Astronomers “top of the range” observatory at a house on Location in bookstore: Astronomy / Space

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July 2008 Uranus, Neptune, Pluto and How to Observe Them ISBN 978-0-387-76601-0 R. J. Schmude, Gordon College, Barnes- approx. $29.95 ville, GA, USA scientific knowledge. The observational section Approx. 230 p. 160 illus., 10 in color. goes into great detail, including optical and Softcover CCD photometry, occultation measurements, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto and How to Observe imaging (including stacking and enhancement Them is unique in that it gives a completely techniques) and polarization measurements. up-to-date summary of our current knowledge There are finder charts (from 2010 to 2026), of the remote planets, and also explains how complete with two sets of star-magnitudes in amateur astronomers can contribute to our an appendix (one set of magnitudes are for knowledge of the remote planets. Readers are photoelectric photometry and the other set is given some inspiring examples of people who, for visual photometry) with modest commercially-made equipment, have made important contributions to our Market: Amateur Astronomers Location in bookstore: Astronomy / Space

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August 2008 Space Rescue ISBN 978-0-387-69905-9 Ensuring the Safety of Manned Space- escape towers and abort profiles during the $34.95 craft ascent from Earth to space, including the Approx. 500 p. 170 illus. D. J. Shayler, Astro Info Service Ltd., West safety requirements and contingency proce- Softcover Midlands, UK dures available during various mission profiles and in trying to get the crew safely back to In Space Rescue: Ensuring the Safety of Earth. The author also examines the various Manned Spacecraft, author David J. Shayler wilderness training programmes and abort reviews the development of crew survival and simulations used to help prepare the crews for escape methods from the earliest designs of almost any unplanned and emergency contin- manned spacecraft to the current discussions gency they may face during their mission. of systems for ISS and on to the future pros- Market: Space Exploration Enthusiasts, Space pect of sending men and women out towards Historians, Students and Engineers in the Aviation Mars. David Shayler reviews the numerous Industry and Space Agencies. proposed systems of crew rescue and also Location in bookstore: Astronomy / Space analyses the adopted systems of ejection seats,

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7 Published by Springer-Praxis Mars Base One August 2008 ISBN 978-0-387-73452-1 Creating a Permanent Presence on the $29.95 resources would be needed. The book exam- Red Planet Approx. 300 p. 190 illus., 30 in color. ines the physics and engineering issues related Softcover M. J. Turner, University of Leicester, UK to a permanent base on Mars. It also explores the sociological, economic and political chal- lenges posed by a permanent presence on Presented with scientific argument, Martin Mars. Turner describes how a permanent base could be established on Mars using existing tech- Market: Space Enthusiasts, including Space nology, how it would be supplied from Earth, Professionals, and Popular Science Readers and how the colonists could attempt to provide Location in bookstore: Astronomy / Space for themselves, what it would cost and what

Into the Solar System on a String March 2008 Space Tethers and Space Elevators ISBN 978-0-387-76555-6 feasibility. He illustrates how, because of their approx. $29.95 M. van Pelt, European Space Agency, inherent simplicity, space tethers have the Approx. 300 p. 60 illus. The Netherlands potential to make space travel much cheaper, Softcover while ongoing advances in tether material In this book, Michel van Pelt explains the technology may make even seemingly far- principle of space tethers: what they are and fetched ideas a reality in the not too distant how they can be used in space. He introduces future. non-technical space enthusiasts to the various Market: Popular Science and Space Exploration possibilities of space tethers, the technological Enthusiasts challenges, the potential benefits and their Location in bookstore: Astronomy / Space

The Sun June 2008 A User‘s Manual ISBN 978-1-4020-6880-5 warming while demonstrating how wild and $29.95 C. Vita-Finzi, Natural History Museum, variable is the so-called Solar Constant. The Approx. 170 p. 30 illus., 20 in color. London, UK book also includes analysis of the potential of Softcover the Sun as a major source of energy

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February 2008 The Next New World ISBN 978-0-387-75467-3 A Visual Tour of Mars approx. $34.95 of Mars, and much more. The book is an excel- Approx. 130 p. 110 illus. in color. G. L. Vogt, Friendswood, TX, USA lent introduction to the geology of Mars. At Hardcover the end of the book is an exciting gallery of Containing beautiful and exiting images that the best 3D images of Mars making the book will spark the imagination, this is essentially a perfect tool for understanding Mars and its a picture book providing a visual tour of place in the solar system. Mars. All the major regions and topographical Market: General Interest Readers, Readers of features are shown and supplemented with Popular Science and Science Fiction, Space chapter introductions and extended captions. Science Enthusiasts, Planetary Scientists, Space In a way, think of the book as a visual tourist Travel Advocates guide. Other topics covered include Martian Location in bookstore: Astronomy / Space uplands, Giant volcanoes, the Grand Canyon

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From Harvest to Home February 2008 The Science of the Foods We Eat ISBN 978-0-387-75844-2 approx. $25.00 R. W. Hartel, Dept. of Food Science, University of publication. Not only does the Professor include Approx 200 p. Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA; A. Hartel, Madison, WI, recipes and tips on, for example, how to make fruit Hardcover USA leather, but he also answers those pesky, niggling questions such as: Is the quality of beer really Readers will be mesmerized by this brilliant and affected by the type of water used? and Processed superbly written book–a voyage around the world foods–good or bad? With huge and growing of food science. Especially so, as their guide is interest in the science of food, this treasure trove none other than Prof. Richard Hartel, professor of knowledge and practical information, all in bite- of Food Engineering at UW-Madison, USA. Prof. sized chunks, is sure to be a bestseller. Hartel has for the last four years penned a witty and illuminating column on all aspects of food science for the Capital Times of Madison–and his Market: General Trade Audience, Food Scientists weekly wisdom is at last collected into a single Location in bookstore: Chemistry

Number Story March 2008 From Counting to Cryptography ISBN 978-1-84800-000-1 $25.00 P. M. Higgins, University of Essex, UK detail for those who wish to know more about the Approx. 240 p. 33 illus. questions and techniques highlighted. Number Hardcover Number Story is an entertaining introduction Story will appeal to anyone who is curious about to the development of numbers and their the mathematics behind real-life questions. It will applications. Written in the user-friendly style that inspire and motivate those thinking of studying characterises the author’s previous works, the book mathematics at university, and will provide blends easy material with more challenging ideas invaluable material for teachers and lecturers. about infinity and complex numbers and offers interesting examples ranging from recreational puzzles to very real world scenarios. There are Market: Students and Teachers in Mathematics; General historical notes, which give the mathematics Readers with an interest in Mathematics/Popular Science context, and short digressions. A final chapter, Location in bookstore: Mathematics/Popular Science For Connoisseurs, provides the mathematical

Disease, Diagnoses, and Dollars March 2008 Facing the Ever-Expanding Market for Medical Care ISBN 978-0-387-74044-7 $25.00 R. M. Kaplan, UCLA School of Public Health, Los Angeles, for expensive pharmaceutical products and tests. The Approx. 200 p. 81 illus. CA, USA overuse of medications and tests, Kaplan argues, runs Hardcover up the costs of health care. Later chapters of the book Disease, Diagnosis, and Dollars examines the offer suggestions for policy makers and for patients. costs of health care and their impact on health. The final chapter provides practical suggestions to The U.S. health care system is the largest sector in enable patients to share in decisions about treatments the world’s biggest economy, and the US spends or tests that can have uncertain benefits. significantly more per capita on health care than any other country, yet ranks last among comparison nations on major health indicators. The author takes Market: Professionals in Public Health, Health Care the controversial position that mass markets have Management; General Readers interested in the been created for services that may offer little or no Health Care Industry benefit to patients. Many of these are for preventive Location in bookstore: Medicine/Health Care medicine, creating a market among healthy people 11 Astronomy and Space Recently Announced

March 2008 The Book of Genes & Genomes ISBN 978-0-387-70915-4 approx. $25.00 H. Willard, S. Haga, Duke University, Durham, of genetics and genomics to us all. This exciting Approx. 155 p. North Carolina new title includes information on how genetics Hardcover and genomics has advanced our understanding The Book of Genes & Genomes presents a concise of health and medicine, evolution, and biology, overview of advances in genetics and genomics as well as how they are pushing the boundaries of and provides the unfamiliar reader with a succinct ethics and social values. description of many of the applications and implications of the field. Given the substantial investment in genetics and genomics over Market: Health Professionals, Educators, and the past several decades and the many recent Policy-makers to Students, Journalists, the discoveries and developments, this book helps General Public, and Patients the reader begin to understand the importance Location in bookstore: Biomedicine

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Setting-up a Small Observatory From Concept to Construction

D. Arditti, British Astronomical Association, UK and commissioning any amateur observatory. Uniquely, the book considers the aesthetics of Drawing on the author’s practical experience amateur observatories–fitting them in with family and that of many other experienced amateur and neighbors, and even disguising them as more astronomers, this book tells intermediate- common garden buildings if necessary. Every level amateur astronomers all they need to December 2007 amateur astronomer who wants a purpose-built know about observatories. Setting-up a Small ISBN 978-0-387-34521-5 observatory-which includes most of them-will Observatory covers the details of design, siting $29.95 find this book absolutely invaluable during both and construction once a basic type is chosen. 332 p. 115 illus. planning and construction. The book is written in a way that is equally Softcover applicable to the USA and UK (accommodating slightly different building regulations) and deals Market: Amateur and Practical Astronomers with the fundamental concerns of building Location in bookstore: Astronomy/Space

March 2008 The Universe Before the Big Bang ISBN 978-3-540-74419-1 Cosmology and String Theory approx. $29.95 Approx. 200 p. 32 illus. in color. M. Gasperini, Università di Bari, Italy new ideas of string cosmology. This picture is Hardcover conveyed in non-technical language accessible The idea that the Universe we observe today to non-specialists. The author, himself a leading originated from an enormous explosion (big bang) cosmologist, draws attention to ongoing and future is now well known and widely accepted, at all observations that might reveal relics of an era levels, in modern popular culture. However, in the before the big bang. emerging cosmological scenario the Universe, at the epoch of the big bang, instead of being a “new born baby” was actually a rather “aged” creature Market: Interested Laypersons, Teachers, Students, in the middle of its possibly infinitely enduring High-street Bookstores, Public Libraries evolution. The aim of this book is to provide Location in bookstore: Astronomy/Space an accessible introduction to the extraordinary

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Venus and Mercury, and How to Observe Them

P. Grego, UK sister planets well worthy of the amateur observer’s attention. Commercial telescopes and imaging Venus and Mercury have long been regarded systems have developed very rapidly, and are as difficult targets for amateur observers, but now capable of some excellent observations and advances in commercially-made telescopes have respectable images. The book provides–unlike any brought them within the skills of observers of other–a wealth of practical detail about observing only moderate experience. This book presents the inferior planets. Uniquely, both Mercury and December 2007 an up-to-date, detailed description of the history Venus are also explained in terms of their history ISBN 978-0-387-74285-4 and geology of the so-called inferior planets, and geology. and provides the latest, most useful advice on $34.95 observing and recording them with commercially- 184 p. 80 illus., 30 in color. available telescopes and cameras. Market: Amateur and Practical Astronomers Softcover Mercury and Venus, for too long the Cinderellas of Location in bookstore: Astronomy/Space Solar System observing, are exposed as fascinating

7 Published by Springer-Praxis Exploring the Moon The Apollo Expedition Second Edition

D. Harland, Glasgow, UK Foreword by one of the original astronauts and a short extra section at the end previewing the From the reviews of the first edition 7 A detailed prospect of a renewal of human exploration of guide to what the astronauts did during their stays the Moon. It will include new extra high quality on the lunar surface. Walk(s) the reader through graphics which are only now available and 32 February 2008 the prospecting excursions and then incorporate(s) pages of color illustrations. ISBN 978-0-387-74638-8 decades of subsequent analysis to put the $39.95 explorations of dust, rocks, craters, and rilles into 2nd ed. geologic context. 7 Sky & Telescope Market: Science and Space Enthusiasts Location in bookstore: Astronomy/Space 500 p. 176 illus., 16 in color. Softcover Highlighted as a “Commemorative Edition” on (Replaces 978-1-85233-099-6) the cover, this second edition will have a new

7 Published by Springer-Praxis Salyut-The First Space Station Triumph and Tragedy

G. S. Ivanovich, Ergon Energy, Toowoomba, QLD, the tragedy and the ramifications for the future Australia of human space exploration. The book ends with memories of all those affected by the DOS This remarkable book gives a comprehensive program and the tragedy of the heroic Soyuz 11 February 2008 account of the longest manned space mission of crew and looks forward to a continuation of the ISBN 978-0-387-73585-6 the time. It details for the first time the people historic mission of Salyut. involved and the crews assigned to operate the approx. $39.95 first space station Salyut. The book portrays the Approx. 300 p. 103 illus. selection of the crews, dramatic flights and tragedy Market: Space Enthusiasts and those interested in Softcover of Soyuz 11. It relates discussions between the Popular Science, Researchers and Historians of the key personnel-politicians, designers, generals Russian Space Program and cosmonauts, and investigates the causes of Location in bookstore: Astronomy/Astrophysics

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December 2007 7 Published by Springer-Praxis ISBN 978-0-387-73453-8 $29.95 The Search for Extraterrestrials Approx. 175 p. 54 illus. Intercepting Alien Signals Softcover M. Ross, Laser Space Signal Obervatory, Olivette, MO, USA more than 99% of the electromagnetic spectrum unexamined. The author therefore explores the Follow Monte Ross of the Laser Space Signal complete electromagnetic spectrum, taking into Observatory as he explores the challenges consideration all the ways that extraterrestrials in searching for extraterrestrials. The author might communicate with us. Throughout the book, circumvents the failure of searches at radio all the concepts and approaches are explained frequencies by arguing for searches at transmissions clearly, without the use of complex math or physics, in the optical range of the electromagnetic making the book accessible to all students of spectrum. Readers learn the fundamental astronomy as well as anyone interested in this topic. considerations and the physics of all the laser, UV, IR, and RF technologies involved in the search for extraterrestrials, as well as all the coding and Market: Those interested in Popular Science, Students information theory considerations. In particular, studying Astronomy readers discover that searches using RF leave Location in bookstore: Astronomy/Space

February 2008 7 Published by Springer-Praxis ISBN 978-0-387-74643-2 approx. $34.95 Opening the Frontiers of Space Tourism Approx. 255 p. 129 illus., 40 in color. A Comprehensive Guide for Future Travelers Softcover E. Seedhouse, Sooke, BC, Canada medical requirements for spaceflight participants. Over half of the book is dedicated to providing for the first Recent surveys have provided new and updated time essential training material for private spaceflight information into public insights of the nascent space participants. This book provides a much needed, tourism industry. This book uniquely explores in well-rounded understanding of what promises to be detail the cutting-edge technologies, spacecraft the most dynamic, multi-faceted and exciting industry capabilities, launch vehicles and the training that will in the world. define this commercial enterprise. The book also provides a manual for future suborbital and orbital private space explorers. This overview of the space Market: Space Enthusiasts, Aspiring Astronauts, tourism market is based upon choices the spaceflight Private Space Companies, Space Tourism and participant must make, such as choice of agency, mode Enterprise Personnel and spaceport. A detailed explanation is given of the Location in bookstore: Astronomy/Space

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Thinking in Complexity The Computational Dynamics of Matter, Mind, and Mankind Fifth Edition

K. Mainzer, University of Augsburg, Germany nontechnical language, the common framework behind these ideas and challenges. Emphasis is given The theory of nonlinear, complex systems has to the evolution of new structures in natural and become by now a proven problem-solving cultural systems and we are lead to see clearly how approach in the natural sciences. And it is now the new integrative approach can give insights not October 2007 also recognized that many if not most of our social, available from traditional reductionistic methods. ISBN 978-3-540-72227-4 ecological, economical and political problems The fifth edition enlarges and revises almost all $69.95 are essentially of a global, complex and nonlinear sections and supplements an entirely new chapter 5th rev. and enlarged ed. nature. And it is now further accepted than any on the complexity of economic systems. Approx. 500 p. 223 illus. holistic perspective of the human mind and brain Hardcover can hardly be achieved by any other approach. (Replaces 978-3-540-00239-0) In this wide-ranging, scholarly but very concise Market: Everyone interested in Complexity at the treatment, physicist, computer scientist and Scientific and Philosophical Level philosopher Klaus Mainzer discusses, in essentially Bookstore Location: Popular Science

Mathematics: Recently Announced

Chance April 2008 The Life of Games and the Game of Life ISBN 978-3-540-74416-0 $29.95 J. P. Marques de Sá, Universidade do Porto, Portugal entropy and randomness; randomness in life; Approx. 250 p. 110 illus. algorithmic complexity and the undecidability Softcover The book guides the reader in an almost of randomness; possibilities and limitations of chronological trip through the fascinating and learning the laws of a Universe immersed in amazing laws of chance, omnipresent in the chance events. natural world and in our daily lives. Along the trip many fascinating topics are discussed, such as: challenging probability paradoxes; “paranormal” Market: Science and Mathematics Enthusiasts, Scientists, coincidences; game odds; causes and effects; Laypersons, Gamblers interpretation of opinion polls; winning chances Location in bookstore: Mathematics/Popular Science as a game proceeds; the nature of randomness;

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Astronomy / Astrophysics

High-Redshift Galaxies July 2008 ISBN 978-3-540-75823-5 Light from the Early Universe $99.00 astronomy will find in this book important Approx. 400 p. I. Appenzeller, Landessternwarte Heidelberg information not (yet) available in standard Hardcover academic texts. The book will also be a valuable This book provides a comprehensive account of companion text for special lectures on the high- the scientific results on high-redshift galaxies redshift universe and cosmic evolution. And it accumulated during the past ten years. The will be an important tool for research students individual chapters provide detailed information, starting a thesis work in the field of extragalactic summaries and references on all important astronomy and observational cosmology. aspects and problems pertaining to the subject. The objective of the book is therefore to provide a thorough introduction to the topic for interested Market: Advanced Students and Researchers in researchers. Students interested in extragalactic Astronomy and Physics Location in bookstore: Astronomy / Astrophysics

Planetary Systems May 2008 ISBN 978-3-540-75747-4 Extrasolar Planets, Formation, Dynamics and $119.00 Habitability properties. They then consider the observations Approx. 250 p. of young stars and circumstellar disks and address Hardcover T. Encrenaz, LESIA, Paris Observatory, France; the case of the solar system as a specific example, M. Ollivier, IAS, Orsay, France; F. Roques, LESIA, Paris different from the newly discovered systems. Then Observatory, France; F. Selsis, CRAL, ENS-Lyon, France; the study of planetary systems and of exoplanets F. Casoli, IAS, Orsay, France is presented from a more theoretical point of view. The book ends with an outlook to future In the present book, the authors address the astronomical projects, and a description of the question of planetary systems from all aspects. search for life on exoplanets. Starting from the facts (the detection of more than 130 extraterrestrial planets), they first describe the various methods used for these discoveries, Market: Graduate and Advanced Undergraduate and propose a synthetic analysis of their global Students, Researchers Location in bookstore: Astronomy / Astrophysics

Electronic Imaging in Astronomy June 2008 ISBN 978-3-540-76582-0 Detectors and Instrumentation $99.00 Second Editon such as the Keck 10-meter telescopes in Hawaii 2nd ed. with their laser guide-star adaptive optics which 180 illus. I. McLean, University of California, CA, USA rival the image quality of the Hubble Space Hardcover Telescope. The book contains worked examples, The second edition of Electronic Imaging in problems, solutions, end-of-chapter references and Astronomy: Detectors and Instrumentation a glossary. describes the remarkable developments that have taken place in astronomical detectors and instrumentation in recent years, from the Market: Advanced Undergraduate Students, Graduate invention of the charge-coupled device (CCD) in Students, Amateurs 1970 to the current era of very large telescopes, Location in bookstore: Astronomy / Astrophysics

17 Biomedicine New & Forthcoming

Field Guide to Meteors and Meteorites March 2008 ISBN 978-1-84800-156-5 O. R. Norton, L. Chitwood, Bend, OR, USA approx. $29.95 with many colour photographs and expertly drawn Approx. 255 p. 100 illus. in color. diagrams. This book covers the techniques of observing Softcover meteors, with many useful hints and tips for amateur astronomers. It also deals with how and Market: Amateur and Practical Astronomers, Meteorite where to find meteorites, how to prepare them as Collectors specimens for display or analysis. Fully illustrated Location in bookstore: Astronomy / Astrophysics

August 2008 Handbook of Practical Astronomy ISBN 978-3-540-76377-2 approx. $99.00 G. D. Roth, Icking (Ed.) Approx. 900 p. 200 illus. With CD-ROM. amateur astronomers, which first appeared over 40 Hardcover years ago. The practical astronomer, whether student, novice or accomplished amateur, will find this handbook the most comprehensive, up-to-date and detailed Market: Amateur Astronomers single guide to the subject available. It is based on Location in bookstore: Astronomy / Astrophysics Roth’s celebrated German language handbook for

June 2008 Beyond the Big Bang ISBN 978-3-540-71422-4 Approx. $89.00 Prospects for an Eternal Universe Approx. 550 p. 40 illus. Cosmology, who describe their own work and Hardcover R. Vaas, University of Gießen, Germany (Ed.) results in a manner understandable even to non- specialists. This book is an up-to-date overview of the competing scenarios in cosmology and discusses their foundations, implications, and philosophical Market: Scientists, Cosmologists, Theoretical Physicists, aspects. It gathers original contributions from Students the world’s leading researchers in Quantum Location in bookstore: Astronomy / Astrophysics

Biomedicine

7 Published by Humana Press April 2008 RNAi ISBN 978-1-58829-874-4 $99.50 Design and Applications Approx. 290 p. 48 illus., 3 in color. enables a researcher with standard molecular S. Barik, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL, Hardcover biological training to perform major RNAi-related USA (Ed.) experiments and contribute to this revolutionary, growing field. In RNAi: Design and Applications, leaders in the field contribute state-of-the-art, easy to follow methods and bench protocols designed Market: Geneticists, Molecular and Cellular Biologists for practical, everyday use of RNAi in biological Location in bookstore: Biomedicine / Biology research. RNAi: Design and Applications

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7 Published by Humana Press Drug Delivery Systems March 2008 ISBN 978-1-58829-891-1 $99.50 K. K. Jain, Jain PharmaBiotech, Basel, Switzerland (Ed.) series format, offering readily reproducible results Approx. 260 p. 55 illus. vital for pharmaceutical physicians and scientists. Hardcover In Drug Delivery Systems, Dr. Kewal Jain and Concise and systematic, Drug Delivery Systems a team of experts select the most important, is a powerful reference tool for the hundreds of cutting-edge technologies used in drug delivery companies developing drug delivery technologies systems taking into account significant drugs, all around the world. new technologies such as nanoparticles, and therapeutic applications. The chapters present step-by-step laboratory protocols following the Market: Pharmaceutical Scientists, Academic highly successful Methods in Molecular Biology™ Pharmacologists, Pharmaceutical Physicians Location in bookstore: Biomedicine / Biology

7 Published by Humana Press The Handbook of Nanomedicine March 2008 ISBN 978-1-60327-318-3 $119.00 K. K. Jain, Jain PharmaBiotech, Basel, Switzerland of nanomedicine are nanodiagnostics and Approx. 315 p. 10 illus. nanopharmaceuticals and constitute the largest Hardcover This handbook covers the broad scope of chapters. nanomedicine. Starting with the basics, the subject is developed to potential clinical applications many of which are still at an experimental stage. Market: Scientific Researchers, Medical Clinicians, The prefix nano is used liberally and indicates the Biotechnologists, Pharmaceutical Research and nano dimension of existing scientific disciples and Developers, Physicians, and Molecular Biologists medical specialties. Two important componants Location in bookstore: Biomedicine / BioTechnology

7 Published by Humana Press Molecular Modeling of Proteins April 2008 ISBN 978-1-58829-864-5 $99.50 A. Kukol, University of Herfordshire, Hatfield, UK (Ed.) from free energy calculation to applications 308 p. 92 illus. for drug design. The book is written by an Hardcover Molecular Modeling of Proteins provides internationally distinguished panel of investigators thorough introductions and a compilation of step- and outlining the most striking developments in by-step methods applicable to problems faced the field by non-specialists – especially those new to the software packages used in molecular modeling. Tips on troubleshooting and avoiding common Market: Chemists, Biochemists, Biologists, Biophysicists, pitfalls are included in this book, along with Bioinformatics Scientists chapters covering a wide range of subjects ranging Location in bookstore: Biomedicine / Biology

19 Business/Economics/ New & Forthcoming Management

7 Published by Humana Press May 2008 Alcohol ISBN 978-1-58829-906-2 $99.00 Methods and Protocols Approx. 450 p. 74 illus. development of specific methodologies to mimic L. E. Nagy, Cleveland Clinic, Lerner Research Institute, Hardcover the impact of ethanol metabolism in cultured Cleveland, OH, USA (Ed.) cells, and methodologies to investigate a variety of cells and tissues that are known to be In Alcohol: Methods and Protocols, the disrupted by ethanol, amongst other topics. pleiotropic effects of ethanol in animal and cell culture models are rigorously examined through a collection of detailed procedures written by Market: Molecular and Cellular Biologists, experts in the field. Sections present clearly defined Pathophysiologists, Biochemists, and Clinical models of ethanol exposure, recent advances in the Investigators Location in bookstore: Biomedicine / Biology

7 Published by Humana Press March 2008 Pharmacogenomics in Drug Discovery and Development ISBN 978-1-58829-887-4 $99.50 Q. Yan, PharmTao, Santa Clara, CA, USA (Ed.) Approx. 550 p. 62 illus. edge technologies used to pursue systems-based Hardcover pharmacogenomics, followed by extensive In Pharmacogenomics in Drug Discovery chapters on gene-drug interactions and the use of and Development, leading experts present pharmacogenomics in therapeutics of diseases. methodical, state-of-the-art contributions covering topics from individual molecules to systemic diseases, examining both fundamental concepts Market: Geneticists, Pharmacologists, and Drug and advanced technologies. Divided into three Development Researchers sections, the volume begins by exploring cutting- Location in bookstore: Biomedicine / Biology

Business / Economics / Management

January 2008 Econometrics ISBN 978-3-540-76515-8 $59.95 Fourth Edition 4th ed. strengths of this book lie in presenting difficult Approx. 410 p. 48 illus. B. H. Baltagi, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, USA material in a simple, yet rigorous manner. Each Softcover chapter has a set of theoretical exercises as well This book teaches some of the basic econometric as an empirical illustration using a real economic methods and the underlying assumptions behind application. These empirical exercises usually them. It also includes a simple and concise replicate a published article using Stata or Eviews. treatment of more advanced topics in spatial correlation, panel data, limited dependent variables, regression diagnostics, specification Market: Students, Applied Economists testing and time series analysis. Some of the Location in bookstore: Business / Economics

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Lean for CEOs June 2008 ISBN 978-0-387-77136-6 approx. $79.95 M. Baudin, Manufacturing Management and trenches -- in both engineering and management Approx. 250 p. Technology Institute, Palo Alto, CA, USA -- and has worked on implementation issues Hardcover ranging from cell design to organization structure Lean for CEOs explains lean as a growth strategy and wage systems for 17 years. It distills the real that the CEO should drive, and not a cost issues into recommendations on what CEOs and reduction program among others, that can be executives need to change to support lean. delegated to lower levels. It describes the actions top managers must take first to transform the company to lean manufacturing, and then to run Market: Academics in the fields of Business and it in a way that sustains and enhances the results. Operations Management, Lean Vhampions and other This book provides guidance for executives, from Managers and Engineers involved in Implementation the perspective of someone who has been in the Location in bookstore: Business / Economics

RFID in Manufacturing April 2008 ISBN 978-3-540-76453-3 $59.95 O. P. Günther, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany; to intra-company production planning, but Approx. 190 p. W. Kletti, MPDV Mikrolab GmbH, Mosbach, Germany; also emphasizes the benefits of inter-company Hardcover U. Kubach, SAP Research, Dresden, Germany collaboration. Six case studies based on SAP’s ERP systems and MPDV’s MES solution show how to In this book, Günther, Kletti, and Kubach explain successfully implement cross-company supply the potential advantages of using RFID technology chain integration using RFID technology. in a modern manufacturing and supply chain context. Areas of emphasis include integration of RFID data into legacy IT architectures, Market: Professionals, Graduate Students in Business RFID-MES-ERP integration, and cost-benefit Information Systems considerations. Their presentation is not restricted Location in bookstore: Management

Production Economics January 2008 ISBN 978-3-540-75750-4 Integrating the Microeconomic and Engineering $99.00 Perspectives operations or plants should produce which Approx. 540 p. 36 illus. products at what time? Should resource capacity Hardcover S. T. Hackman, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, be expanded and, if so, which resources should GA, USA be acquired? Each group could benefit from the other group’s perspective. This book offers A production economicst focuses on assessment, a unified, integrated point of view that bridges and will use an aggregate description of technology the gap between these two historically distinct to answer such questions as: How does the firm perspectives. compare to its competitors? Has the firm improved its production capabilities? A production engineer focuses on optimizing resources, and will use Market: Teachers and Students in the fields of a detailed description of technology to answer Production and Microeconomics, Researchers a completely different set of questions: Which Location in bookstore: Business / Economics

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February 2008 Peer-to-Peer Video ISBN 978-0-387-76449-8 approx. $49.95 The Economics, Policy, and Culture of Today‘s Approx 300 p. 40 illus. New Mass Medium authors provide numerous contemporary examples Hardcover from the U.S. and around the world to shed light E. M. Noam, Columbia Institute for Tele-Information, on the implications of P2P as a mass medium, New York, New York, USA; L. M. Pupillo, Telecom Italia, considering such issues as pricing, licensing, Roma, Italy (Eds.) security, and regulation.

Peer-to-Peer Video is the first book to apply economic principles to analyze and understand Market: Professors, Researchers, and Students; the P2P phenomenon, considering such topics as Professionals and Consultants; Policymakers and “consumer demand and the commons” and “file Economists sharing and the copyright crisis.” Moreover, the Location in bookstore: Business / Economics

December 2007 Health Care Benchmarking and Performance Evaluation ISBN 978-0-387-75447-5 $99.00 An Assessment using Data Envelopment 222 p. 110 illus. Analysis (DEA) evaluation. Most important, the book provides Hardcover health care practitioners and administrators with Y. A. Ozcan, Virginia Commonwealth University, information of what is lacking in specific aspects of Richmond, VA, USA performance and then outlines the ways how these performance inadequacies can be improved. Health Care Benchmarking and Performance Evaluation applies the analytical framework of Data Envelopment Analysis methodology Market: Professors, Students and Health Care to provide health care administrators with Practitioners specific benchmarking tools for performance Location in bookstore: Management

March 2008 Readings in Public Choice and Constitutional Political Economy ISBN 978-0-387-74574-9 approx. $129.00 C. Rowley, Locke Institute, Fairfax, VA, USA; Approx. 300 p. 20 illus. behavior, dictatorship, and environmental issues, F. G. Schneider, Johannes Kepler University of Linz, Linz, Hardcover and featuring biographies of the founding fathers Austria (Eds.) of the field.

Readings in Public Choice and Constitutional Political Economy presents a comprehensive and Market: Scholars and Students, Policymakers, accessible overview of the field and its applications. Economists, Sociologists, and Non-Specialist Readers The book covers a wide array of topics, including interested in the Dynamics of Political Economy regulation and antitrust, taxation, trade Location in bookstore: Business / Economics liberalization, political corruption, interest group

January 2008 Service Chain Management ISBN 978-3-540-75503-6 $69.95 Technology Innovation for the Service Business from the different perspectives of service providers 308 p. 74 illus. C. Voudouris, G. Owusu, R. Dorne, D. Lesaint, BT Group and users, makes this an indispensable read for Hardcover plc, UK managers and system architects in the service industry. This book presents the latest innovations and technologies used to manage the operations of a service company. The unique combination of Market: Professionals, Students of Business Information technologies, experiences and systems, looked at Systems and Business Administration Location in bookstore: Management

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From Greed to Global Riches May 2008 ISBN 978-0-387-77097-0 A Blueprint for Modern Capitalism approx. $79.95 among entrepreneurship, economic development, 25 illus. A. C. Samli, University of North Florida, Jacksonville, FL, environmental protection, and political freedom, Hardcover USA and offering practical recommendations for enlarging the pie, rather than slicing it into smaller In From Greed to Global Riches, Josh Samli notes pieces, Samli presents a provocative, and ultimately that as the profit pictures of the fuel, arms, medical hopeful, view of a more inclusive, wealthier, and services, and financial services industries reach sustainable future. unbelievable levels, by definition, most consumers get poorer because they have fewer resources to devote to other essentials, such as food, Market: Professors, Students, Researchers, Policymakers, education, and housing. Making the direct links Bankers, Investors, and Consultants Location in bookstore: Business / Economics

Supply Chain Analysis December 2007 ISBN 978-0-387-75239-6 A Handbook on the Interaction of Information, $129.00 System and Optimization of study where, thus far, little work has been done Approx. 310 p. 40 illus., 3 in color. and where the “rubber meets the road” – the Hardcover C. S. Tang, University of California at Los Angeles, USA; supply chain process, information, and systems C. Teo, National University of Singapore, Singapore; integration. Readers will find this is a gap-bridging K. Wei, City University of Hong Kong, China (Eds.) handbook that analyzes interaction issues from both the research and practitioner sides. The result Edited by a team of top researchers including the is a volume that examines and provides practical world-renowned Christopher Tang of UCLA, solutions on interaction issues while being firmly this is a carefully developed work focused on grounded in research principles. the analysis of supply chain interaction issues in emerging markets and industry sectors. It is a leading-edge handbook that will emphasize areas Market: Practitioners, Students and Researchers Location in bookstore: Management

Chemistry / Food Science

Foodborne Microbial Pathogens December 2007 ISBN 978-0-387-74536-7 Mechanisms and Pathogenesis $69.95 must have certain understanding about the role Approx. 220 p. 93 illus. A. K. Bhunia, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA of immune system in the disease process. Thus, Hardcover unlike other textbooks this book will also cover Foodborne Bacterial Pathogens: Mechanisms the host parasite interaction to a level where the and Pathogenisis is a graduate level textbook readers would have better appreciation for the focusing on up-to-date information on molecular disease mechanism. For the first time a book will and cellular mechanism of several major link fooborne illness and immunology. foodborne bacterial pathogens, virulence genes and their regulation in the host or the food environment, pathogenicity testing models, clinical Market: Upper Level Students, Food Microbiologists, symptoms and prevention and control strategies. Animal Scientists, Veterinary Scientists In order to understand the disease process, one Location in bookstore: Chemistry / Food Science

23 Chemistry/Food Science New & Forthcoming

May 2008 The Sensory Evaluation of Dairy Products ISBN 978-0-387-77406-0 approx. $89.95 Second Edition 2nd ed. The book and contains updates of the original text Approx. 700 p. With 4 page color insert. S. Clark, M. Costello, Dept. of Food Science & Nutrition, of the well-received first edition, as well as brand Hardcover Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA; new material. This unique book is designed for M. Drake, Dept. of Food Science, Nort Carolina State professionals involved in many aspects of dairy University, Raleigh, NC, USA; F. Bodyfelt, Dept. of Food production, including academic teaching and Science, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, research, processing, quality assurance, product USA (Eds.) development and marketing. It is an invaluable tool for those who compete in the annual The Sensory Evaluation of Dairy Products, Collegiate Dairy Product Evaluation Contest Second Edition is for all who seek a book entirely devoted to sensory evaluation of dairy products and modern applications of the science. It is an Market: Professionals, Researchers, and Academics excellent scientific reference for training in dairy with responsibilities for Product Development, Quality product evaluation and is a practical guide to the Assurance, Production/Operations, Marketing and Sales, preparation of samples for sensory evaluation. in-house Training, Finance, and Cost Management Location in bookstore: Chemistry

June 2008 How to Get and Keep a Job in Food Science ISBN 978-0-387-77390-2 approx. $29.95 R. W. Hartel, C. P. c, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Approx. 180 p. This book also provides day-to-day examples of WI, USA (Eds.) Softcover what to expect from many jobs in this sector to help students decide not only what to do, but also How to Get and Keep a Job in Food Science where to go. This book seeks to shed some light provides detailed guidelines for students and on starting, or furthering, a career in this exciting new employees in the food industry to ensure a field, written by people who have experience or are successful start to their career. Every step towards working in each sector. a rewarding career in this rapidly evolving industry is covered, from which classes to take in college and which degrees to earn, to internships, Market: Food Science Students and finally how to land, and keep, the first job. Location in bookstore: Chemistry / Food Science

May 2008 Food Emulsifiers and Their Applications ISBN 978-0-387-75283-9 $79.95 Second Edition 2nd ed. discusses the use of emulsifiers in a variety of food Approx. 350 p. 110 illus. G. L. Hasenhuettl, Port Saint Lucie, FL, USA; R. W. Hartel, products including infant nutrition products, Hardcover University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA (Eds.) baked products, confectionary products, and margarine and spreads. This book also discusses This book integrates theoretical background the application, processing, and future of with practical orientation and serves as the emulsifiers. definitive reference on Food Emulsifiers. It offers practioners an organized overview of the manufacture, analysis, physical properties, Market: Students, Academics, Researchers, Scientists interactions and applications of emulsifiers used in the fields of Food Science, Food Engineering, and in processed food. Written for food technologists, Emulsion Technology R&D, and product development personnel, it Location in bookstore: Chemistry / Food Science

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Intellectual Property in the Food Technology Industry June 2008 ISBN 978-0-387-77388-9 Protecting Your Innovation approx. $39.95 production. Readers will have an understanding Approx. 150 p. J. J. O’Malley, R. W. O’Donnell, R. J. Huis, G. B. Halt, Jr., of the intellectual property protections afforded to Softcover Volpe and Koenig, P.C., Philadelphia, PA, USA U.S. corporations, methods to pro-actively reduce potential problems, and guidelines for future Considering the effort and funding devoted to considerations-to reduce legal spending, prevent a company’s success, understanding Intellectual IP theft, and allow for greater profitability from Property rights-patents, trade secrets, trademarks, corporate innovation and inventiveness. licensing-are essential. With Intellectual Property in the Food Technology Industry one will learn what to consider-throughout the various creative Market: Food Companies – especially Start-up phases of a product’s lifespan-from initial research Businesses, IP Counsels working in the Food Industry, IP and development initiatives through post- Law Firms Location in bookstore: Chemistry

Computational Methods for Sensor Material Selection May 2008 ISBN 978-0-387-73714-0 approx. $120.00 M. A. Ryan, A. V. Shevade, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, environmental monitorins, and medical diagnosis. Approx. 350 p. Pasadena, CA, USA; C. J. Taylor, Pomona College, This is the first in-depth analysis of the process Hardcover Claremont, CA, USA; M. L. Homer, Jet Propulsion of choosing materials and components for these Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, USA; M. Blanco, California “electronic noses”, with special emphasis on Inst. of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA (Eds.) computational methods.

Chemical vapor sensing arrays have grown in popularity over the past two decades, finding Market: Chemists and Chemical Engineers in Academia applications for tasks such as process control, and Industry; Graduate Students Location in bookstore: Chemistry

Computer Science

The Fortran 2003 Handbook May 2008 ISBN 978-1-84628-378-9 Foundations, Methods and Applications $79.95 not only a readable explanation of features, but Approx. 800 p. J. C. Adams, W. S. Brainerd, R. A. Hendrickson, also some rationale for the inclusion of features Hardcover R. E. Maine, J. T. Martin, B. T. Smith and their use. This handbook is intended for anyone who wants a comprehensive survey of The Fortran 2003 Handbook is a definitive and Fortran 2003, including those familiar with comprehensive guide to Fortran 2003 and its programming language concepts but unfamiliar use. Fortran 2003, the latest standard version of with Fortran. Fortran, has many excellent features that assist the programmer in writing efficient, portable, and maintainable programs. This book is an informal Market: Professionals description of Fortran 2003, developed to provide Location in bookstore: Professional Computing

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June 2008 Privacy-Preserving Data Mining ISBN 978-0-387-70991-8 $99.00 Models and Algorithms Approx. 600 p. 60 illus. and inference control, query auditing methods, Hardcover C. C. Aggarwal, P. S. Yu, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, randomization and perturbation-based techniques. Yorktown Heights, NY, USA (Eds.) The book is an edited volume by distinguished world class leaders in the field. Each chapter Privacy Preserving Data Mining: Models and includes a survey, which contains the key research Algorithms proposes a number of techniques content on the topic and future directions of to perform the data mining tasks in a privacy- research in this field. preserving way that alleviate these concerns. These techniques generally fall into the following categories: data modification techniques, Market: Researchers, Professors and Graduate-level cryptographic methods, and protocols for data Students sharing, statistical techniques for disclosure Location in bookstore: Professional Computing

February 2008 An Introduction to Computer Graphics and Creative 3-D ISBN 978-1-84800-041-4 approx. $69.95 Environments Approx. 465 p. 250 illus. in color. Hardcover B. G. Blundell, University of the US Virgin Islands stereoscopic, and Pulfrich viewing glasses. Designed to be a core teaching text at the This book introduces the fundamentals of 2-D undergraduate level, accessible to students with and 3-D computer graphics. Additionally, a range wide-ranging backgrounds, only an elementary of emerging, creative 3-D display technologies grounding in mathematics is assumed as key maths are described, including stereoscopic systems, is provided. Regular ‘Over to You’ activities are immersive virtual reality, volumetric, varifocal, included, and each chapter concludes with review and others. Interaction is a vital aspect of modern and discussion questions. computer graphics, and issues concerning interaction (including haptic feedback) are discussed. Included with the book are anaglyph, Market: Computer Graphics Undergraduates Location in bookstore: Computer Science

November 2007 New Computational Paradigms ISBN 978-0-387-36033-1 $139.00 Changing Conceptions of What is Computable 560 p. 19 illus. mathematics, philosophy, and computer science Hardcover S. Cooper, University of Leeds, UK; B. Löwe, Institute of with a special interest in logic and foundational Logic, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; A. Sorbi, Universita issues. Most useful to graduate students are di Siena, Italy (Eds.) the survey papers on computable analysis and biological computing. Logicians and theoretical This book examines new developments in the physicists will also benefit from this book. theory and practice of computation from a mathematical perspective, with topics ranging from classical computability to complexity, from Market: Researchers and Graduate Students in biocomputing to quantum computing. This book Mathematics and Philosophy is suitable for researchers and graduate students in Location in bookstore: Computer Science

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Algorithmic Randomness and Complexity April 2008 ISBN 978-0-387-95567-4 approx. $59.95 R. Downey, Victoria University of Wellington, New development of “algorithmic randomness” and 588 p. 40 illus. Zealand; D. Hirschfeldt, University of Chicago, IL, USA complexity. It presents concepts and results for Hardcover understanding relative randomness and its relation Computability and complexity theory are two to computational complexity. These new results are central areas of research in theoretical computer important for addressing fundamental problems science. Until recently, most work in these in computational geometry, modeling of dynamic areas concentrated on problems over discrete systems, and classical problems in numerical structures, but there has been enormous growth of computations. computability theory and complexity theory over the real numbers and other continuous structures, especially incorporating concepts of “randomness.” Market: Researchers, Scientists This book provides a systematic, technical Location in bookstore: Computer Science

Exploring Computer Science with Scheme March 2008 ISBN 978-0-387-76624-9 Second Editon approx. $79.95 used throughout as the programming language 2nd ed. O. Grillmeyer, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA and the author stresses a functional programming Approx. 610 p. approach which concentrates on the creation of Hardcover The aim of this textbook is to present the central simple functions that are composed to obtain the and basic concepts, techniques, and tools of desired programming goal. computer science. The emphasis is on presenting a problem-solving approach and on providing a survey of all of the most important topics covered Market: Undergraduates in computer science degree programs. Scheme is Location in bookstore: Computer Science

Web Accessibility February 2008 ISBN 978-1-84800-049-0 A Foundation for Research approx. $99.00 future developments and include expert opinions. Approx. 270 p. 35 illus. S. Harper, Y. Yesilada, University of Manchester, This kind of insight cannot be derived purely from Hardcover UK (Eds.) existing research publication stores such as Google Scholar. If you need to know about deeper Web This book, containing a strong foundation Accessibility, and about current and future trends, of research, is aimed at academics, scientists, this is the book for you. engineers, and postgraduate students as the definitive, foundational text on Web Accessibility from a deeply research perspective. Written by Market: Researchers, Academics, Research & leading experts in the field, it will provide not only Development Staff an overview of existing research but will look to Location in bookstore: Computer Science

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May 2008 Semantic Multimedia and Ontologies ISBN 978-1-84800-075-9 $119.00 Theory and Applications Approx. 285 p. 97 illus. approach guides the reader from fundamental Hardcover Y. Kompatsiaris, Informatics and Telematics Institute, enabling technologies of ontologies, analysis and Thermi-Thessaloniki, Greece; P. Hobson, Motorola reasoning, through to applications which have Laboratory, UK (Eds.) hitherto had less attention such as personalisation of multimedia content and personalised content This book draws together experts from the adaptation. Presenting a fundamental work which multimedia, the knowledge and the integrated can serve as a reference book for researchers and multimedia-knowledge domains to explore how graduate students going forward, this book is an knowledge technologies can be exploited to create invaluable tool. new multimedia applications, and how multimedia technologies can provide new contexts for the use of knowledge technologies. The step-by-step Market: Researchers, Graduate Students Location in bookstore: Computer Science

March 2008 Elementary Logic ISBN 978-1-84800-081-0 $39.95 For Software Development Approx. 305 p. to computing. This book provides a reader Softcover R. Lover friendly foundation and offers valuable insight into the topic, serving as a helpful reference for The ability to reason correctly is critical to most practitioners and advanced students involved with aspects of computer science and to software software development. development in particular. Since logic is the discipline concerned with the general rules and criteria of correct reasoning anyone involved with Market: Practitioners, Graduates, Advanced computer science and software development will Undergraduates benefit from studying logic and its applications Location in bookstore: Professional Computing

May 2008 Interactive Media: The Semiotics of Embodied Interaction ISBN 978-1-84800-035-3 approx. $79.95 S. O‘Neill, University of Dundee, UK Approx 250 p. develop his argument. He concludes that this Softcover semiotics of interaction is more appropriate The author discusses the existing theoretical than other versions because it focuses on the approaches of semiotically informed research characteristics of interactive media as they are in HCI, what is useful and the limitations. He experienced and the way in which users make proposes a radical rethink to this approach sense of them rather than thinking about interface through a re-evaluation of important semiotic design or usability issues. concepts and applied semiotic methods. Using a semiotic model of interaction he explores this concept through several studies that help to Market: Researchers in Semiotics or HCI Location in bookstore: Computer Science

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A Concise Introduction to Data Compression January 2008 ISBN 978-1-84800-071-1 $39.95 D. Salomon, California State University, Northridge, CA, the basic approaches to data compression and Approx. 325 p. 89 illus. USA describes a few popular techniques and methods Softcover that are commonly used to compress data. The This book offers readers a succinct and reader- reader will discover essential concepts. Part friendly foundation to the most important topics II concentrates on advanced techniques, such in the field of data compression. Complete and as arithmetic coding, orthogonal transforms, clear, it is the perfect reference for advanced subband transforms and Burrows-Wheeler undergraduates in computer science and requires a transform. minimum of mathematics. An author-maintained website provides readers with errata and auxiliary material. Divided into two parts, Part I presents Market: Undergraduates Location in bookstore: Computer Science

One Jump Ahead: June 2008 ISBN 978-0-387-76575-4 Challenging Human Supremacy in Checkers approx. $34.95 Second Editon interested in computer intelligence and computer 2nd ed. games. It is written by world re-nowned researcher Approx. 500 p. J. Schaeffer, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, at the leader center on computer games, University Softcover Canada of Alberta’s GAMES group.

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Guide to Advanced Empirical Software Engineering December 2007 ISBN 978-1-84800-043-8 $99.00 F. Shull, Fraunhofer Center for Experimental Software Organized into 4 parts; the first 2 parts describe 388 p. 37 illus. Engineering, College Park, MD, USA; J. Singer, National techniques usable for data collection and analysis. Hardcover Research Council Institute for Information Technology, The third provides techniques for constructing a Ottawa, ON, Canada; D. I. Sjøberg (Eds.) “body of knowledge” out of individual studies, and a final section tackles topics related to empirical This book gathers chapters from some of the top study. international empirical software engineering researchers focusing on the practical knowledge necessary for conducting, reporting and using Market: Graduates, Researchers, Practitioners empirical methods in software engineering. Location in bookstore: Computer Science

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Due August 2008 The Algorithm Design Manual ISBN 978-1-84800-069-8 $69.95 Second Editon 2nd ed. programs, ‘combinatorics’ (in Mathematica 4.0). Approx. 745 p. 75 illus. S. S. Skiena, State University of New York, Stony Brook, Advanced students and practitioners in computer Hardcover NY, USA science, scientific computing, and algorithm analysis will find the book of benefit. This book is a new advanced text presenting a computational approach to discrete mathematics. It will also serve as a brief manual for the Market: Advanced Undergraduates, Practitioners, accompanying combinatorial computing Beginning Grads Location in bookstore: Computer Science

January 2008 OpenGL Graphics Through Applications ISBN 978-1-84800-022-3 $59.95 R. Whitrow, London Metropolitan University, UK Approx. 365 p. 130 illus., 80 in color. oriented approach when building artefacts from Softcover simple objects. Robert Whitrow has taught OpenGL Graphics Through Applications is a computing courses from first year undergraduate practical introduction to Computer Graphics to postgraduate MSc at a range of different with an emphasis on understanding through institutions. practice. Throughout the book, theory is followed by implementation using C / C++. A procedural approach has been taken to Market: Undergraduates in Computing, Engineering or algorithmic development while taking an object Mathematics Location in bookstore: Computer Science

April 2008 Representation and Management of Narrative Information ISBN 978-1-84800-077-3 $99.00 Theoretical Principles and Implementation Approx. 350 p. version and a file-oriented one. Written from a Hardcover G. P. Zarri, University Paris IV-Sorbonne, France multidisciplinary perspective, this exhaustive description of NKRL and of the associated This book presents the main properties of NKRL knowledge representation principles will be an (‘Narrative Knowledge Representation Language’), invaluable source of reference for practitioners, a language expressly designed for representing, researchers, and graduates. in a standardized way, the ‘meaning’ of complex multimedia narrative documents. NKRL is a fully implemented language/environment. The software Market: Practitioners, Researchers, Graduates exists in two versions, an ORACLE-supported Location in bookstore: Computer Science

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Human Ear Recognition by Computer April 2008 ISBN 978-1-84800-128-2 $79.95 B. Bhanu, H. Chen, University of California at Riverside, Ear detection and recognition in 2D image - 3D Approx. 225 p. 85 illus. CA, USA object recognition and 3D biometrics - 3D ear Hardcover recognition - Performance comparison and This book explores all aspects of 3D ear prediction. recognition: representation, detection, recognition, indexing and performance prediction. It uses large datasets to quantify and compare the performance Market: Researchers, Developers, Decision Makers of various techniques. Features and topics include: Location in bookstore: Computer Science

Software Engineering Tools July 2008 ISBN 978-3-540-74939-4 Trends of Software Engineering Tools and $69.95 Platforms future trends of software development. The book Approx. 400 p. summarizes the features of each class of software Hardcover D. Draheim, Software Comptence Center, Hagenberg, engineering tools on a conceptual level, so that the Austria; J. Grundy, J. Hosking, C. Lutteroth, G. Weber, reader is able to estimate the potential risks and University of Auckland, New Zealand rewards of various software tools to decide which is best suited for their task. The authors provide a high-level discussion of tools successfully used in today’s software engineering projects. Beyond state-of-the-art Market: IT Architects, Developers, Project Managers and technology and current trends, the book also System Administrators provides a discussion of visions and possible Location in bookstore: Professional Computing

Introduction to Geometric Computing February 2008 ISBN 978-1-84800-114-5 approx. $69.95 S. Ghali, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada design decisions that were made were lacking in Approx. 350 p. 275 illus. some respect. This book reviews the geometric Softcover Every programmer tackling a geometric theory then applies it in an attempt to find that computing problem encounters design decisions elusive “right” design. that need to be solved. What may not be clear to individual programmers is that these design decisions have already been contemplated by Market: Graduate/Advanced Undergraduates studying others who have down some system design path Computer Graphics only to discover (usually much later) that the Location in bookstore: Computer Science

Designing User Friendly Augmented Work Environments July 2008 ISBN 978-1-84800-097-1 From Meeting Rooms to Digital Collaborative approx. $99.00 Spaces evaluating, and promoting such environments Approx. 295 p. because they have built and used actual AE, mostly Hardcover S. Lahlou, EDF R&D, France (Ed.) workspaces. This book formalises and shares their experiences. This book gathers, summarizes and puts into perspective material from some of the most prominent teams who pioneered the domain of Market: Academic, Students, Professionals involved in Augmented Environments (AE). The authors the CHI, CSCW, UBIcomp, Cobuild Communities have a deep experience in developing, running, Location in bookstore: Computer Science

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August 2008 Color Management ISBN 978-3-540-67119-0 $59.95 Principles and Practical Applications Approx. 220 p. 200 illus., 120 in color. numerous tips and tricks on how to work with With CD-ROM. J. Homann, Berlin, Germany color in pre-press. And it does so in a practical and Hardcover graphic manner. This edition pays special attention The use of differing input and output equipment to a digital media production workflow that makes (scanners, monitors, printers, etc.) in computer- use of Adobe Photoshop.The accompanying CD- aided publishing often results in the unsatisfactory ROM includes numerous demo versions of color reproduction of color originals in print and online management tools. media. The theoretical principles of a theory of color, color measurement, and offset printing are indispensable for calibrating the overall course Market: Graphic Designers, Advertising and Multimedia of production.This volume, printed in four-color Agencies, Publishers, Pre-press Firms, Printers throughout, provides not only this, but also Location in bookstore: Professional Computing

April 2008 Decision Procedures ISBN 978-3-540-74104-6 $69.95 An Algorithmic Point of View Approx. 335 p. concentrates on decision procedures for first-order Hardcover D. Kroening, Computer Science, ETH, Zürich, theories that are commonly used in automated Switzerland; O. Strichman, Technion - Israel Institute of verification and reasoning, theorem-proving, Technology, Haifa, Israel compiler optimization and operations research. The techniques described in the book draw from A decision procedure is an algorithm that, given a fields such as graph theory and logic, and are decision problem, terminates with a correct yes/no routinely used in industry. answer. Here, the authors focus on theories that are expressive enough to model real problems, but are still decidable. Specifically, the book Market: Graduate Students, Researchers Location in bookstore: Computer Science

7 Published by Birkhäuser December 2007 Issues in Multi-Agent Systems ISBN 978-3-7643-8542-2 $54.95 The AgentCities.ES Experience 225 p. book discusses software engineering issues for the A. Moreno, Universitat Rovira I Virgili Escola Tecnica, Softcover development of multi-agent systems, how much Tarragona, Spain; J. Pavón, Universidad Complutense, it costs to build a multi-agent system, and which Madrid, Spain (Eds.) methods and tools are currently available. The book is written by researchers with experience in The agent paradigm has been a subject of research technology transfer, and therefore it is oriented to for the last years, and the purpose of this book practice. is to present current status of this technology by looking at its application in different domains, such as electronic markets, e-tourism, ambience Market: Researchers, Computer Scientists, IT Managers, intelligence, and complex system analysis. The and Students Location in bookstore: Computer Science

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A Concise Introduction to Languages, Machines and Logic July 2008 ISBN 978-1-84800-120-6 $29.95 A. P. Parkes undergraduates in mind and will be suitable for Approx. 305 p. use on course covering formal languages, formal Softcover A Concise Introduction to Languages, Machines logic, computability and automata theory. It will and Logic provides an accessible introduction also make an excellent supplementary text for to three key topics within computer science: courses on algorithm complexity and compilers. formal languages, abstract machines and formal logic. Written in an easy-to-read, informal style, this textbook assumes only a basic knowledge Market: Undergraduate Students of programming on the part of the reader. This Location in bookstore: Computer Science reader-friendly textbook has been written with

From P2P to Web Services and Grids October 2008 ISBN 978-1-84800-122-0 Evolving Distributed Communities $79.95 Second Editon and Grid computing but also other technologies, 2nd ed. such as client/server based systems and agent Approx. 550 p. I. J. Taylor, A. Harrison, University of Cardiff, UK technologies. A wide range of diverse middleware Softcover and application-based technologies are covered, From P2P to Web Services and Grids provides a such as JXTA, Jini, Globus, Web services, OGSA, comprehensive overview of emerging peer-to-peer J2EE, Napster and Gnutella. (P2P) technologies that have revolutionized the way we think about distributed computing and the internet. These technologies are compared to Market: Students (Undergraduate and MSc), alternative solutions, most notably web services Practitioners Location in bookstore: Computer Science

Web Component Development with Zope 3 February 2008 ISBN 978-3-540-76447-2 Third Edition $49.95 platform. The book introduces the key concepts 3rd ed. P. v. Weitershausen, Dresden, Germany of Zope and its Component Architecture. Each of Approx. 580 p. 48 illus. Zope’s capabilities is demonstrated by first building Softcover This new edition details all the changes and a sample application and then extended with the new features in Zope 3. It also makes it easier to addition of more features. get started with Zope, incorporating input and suggestions from Zope 3 experts and newcomers alike. In addition, the book addresses the needs Market: Web Applications Developers, IT Architects, of Zope 2 developers who want to use Zope 3 Project Managers and System Administrators features as they are backported into the Zope 2 Location in bookstore: Professional Computing

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April 2008 Stepping into Virtual Reality: A Practical Approach ISBN 978-1-84800-116-9 $69.95 M. Gutierrez, F. Vexo, D. Thalmann, EPFL VRlab, Approx. 230 p. 71 illus., 58 in color. Very practical in its approach, the book is fully Switzerland Softcover illustrated in colour and contains numerous examples, exercises and case studies. This book looks at how to generate advanced virtual reality worlds. It covers principles, techniques, devices and mathematical foundations, Market: Undergraduate/Graduate Students on Virtual beginning with basic definitions, and then moving Reality Courses and Professional Programmers and on to the latest results from current research Researchers requiring an understanding of Virtual and exploring the social implications of these. Reality Concepts Location in bookstore: Computer Science

June 2008 The Semantic Web ISBN 978-3-540-76451-9 $79.95 Semantics for Data and Services on the Web Approx. 400 p. for academic courses on the Semantic Web and Hardcover V. Kashyap, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD, architectures of information systems, and for self- USA; C. Bussler, BEA Systems Inc., San Jose, CA, USA; studying professionals engaged in the design and M. Moran, Nortel Networks Ltd., Galway, Ireland implementation of advanced application systems.

With this textbook, the authors deliver an application-driven state-of-the-art presentation Market: Graduate Students, Advanced Professionals of Semantic Web technologies, ideally suited Location in bookstore: Computer Science

February 2008 A Brief History of Computing ISBN 978-1-84800-083-4 $29.95 G. O‘Regan, Cork, Ireland day. Focusing on the fundamental areas in the Approx. 280 p. 72 illus. computing field, this clearly written and broad- Hardcover This book provides an introduction into the key ranging text will catch the attention and greatly topics in the history of computing in an easy-to- benefit computer science students. follow and concise manner. It covers significant areas and events in the field from the beginnings of computation 3000B.C. through to the present Market: Undergraduates, Graduates, General Readers Location in bookstore: Computer Science

7 Published by Birkhäuser January 2008 Defense Industry Applications of Autonomous Agents and Multi- ISBN 978-3-7643-8570-5 $49.95 Agent Systems Approx. 180 p. Softcover M. Pechoucek, Czech Technical University, Praha, students investigating the technology of Intelligent Czech Republic; S. G. Thompson, BT, Research and Agents that are curious to see how the technology Venturing, Suffolk, UK; H. Voos, Hochschule Ravensburg- is applied in practice. Weingarten, Germany (Eds.)

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7 Published by Birkhäuser Ideal Sequence Design in Time-Frequency Space April 2008 ISBN 978-0-8176-4737-7 Applications to Radar, Sonar, and approx. $59.95 Communication Systems convolution, and correlation, and allows for the Approx. 210 p. 40 illus. design of sequences directly in Zak space. Hardcover M. An, Prometheus, Inc., Newport, RI, USA; Application areas covered include pulse radars A. K. Brodzik, The MITRE Corporation, Bedford, MA, USA; and sonars, multibeam radar and sonar imaging R. Tolimieri, Prometheus, Inc., Newport, RI, USA systems, remote dielectric material identification, and code division multiple-access communication This book develops theory and algorithms leading systems. to systematic waveform design in time-frequency space. The key tool employed in the work is the Zak transform, which provides a two-dimensional Market: Graduate Students, Researchers, and Engineers image for sequences, the Fourier transform, in Radar, Sonar, and Communication Systems Location in bookstore: Electrical Engineering

Nonlinear and Adaptive Control with Applications December 2007 ISBN 978-1-84800-065-0 $99.00 A. Astolfi, D. Karagiannis, Imperial College, London, UK; and adaptive control laws for nonlinear systems. Approx. 300 p. 75 illus. R. Ortega, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, The methods proposed lead to modular schemes. Hardcover Gif-sur-Yvette, France These algorithms cater for nonlinear systems with both parametric and dynamic uncertainties. Nonlinear and Adaptive Control with This innovative strategy is illustrated with several Applications provides a detailed treatment of the examples and case studies from real applications. design of robust adaptive controllers for nonlinear systems with uncertainties. The authors employ a new tool based on the ideas of system immersion Market: Researchers working on Adaptive and Nonlinear and manifold invariance. Departing, in part, Control Theory or on Control Applications; Graduate from the Lyapunov-function approach of classical Students in Control Systems; Control Engineers working control, new algorithms are delivered for the with Electrical, Mechanical and Electromechanical construction of robust asymptotically-stabilising Systems Location in bookstore: Electrical Engineering

Fundamentals of Power Semiconductor Devices March 2008 ISBN 978-0-387-47313-0 $139.00 B. J. Baliga, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, all power semiconductor devices are shown. The Approx. 800 p. NC, USA treatment focuses on silicon devices and includes Hardcover the unique attributes and design requirements for Fundamentals of Power Semiconductor Devices emerging silicon carbide devices. provides an in-depth treatment of the physics of operation of power semiconductor devices that are commonly used by the power electronics industry. Market: Practicing Engineers in the Power Analytical models for explaining the operation of Semiconductor Device Community Location in bookstore: Electrical Engineering

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April 2008 Model based Fault Diagnosis Techniques ISBN 978-3-540-76303-1 $79.95 Schemes, Algorithms, and Tools Approx. 400 p. is receiving considerable attention. The objective Softcover S. X. Ding, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany of this book is to introduce basic model-based FDI schemes, advanced analysis and design algorithms A most critical and important issue surrounding and the needed mathematical and control the design of automatic control systems with the theory tools at a level for graduate students and successively increasing complexity is guaranteeing researchers. a high system performance over a wide operating range and meeting the requirements on system reliability and dependability. As one of the key Market: Graduate Students and Researchers in Electrical technologies for the problem solutions, advanced Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics, fault detection and identification (FDI) technology Automation, Control Eng, Process Engineers Location in bookstore: Electrical Engineering

June 2008 Multimedia Content Analysis ISBN 978-0-387-76567-9 approx. $89.95 Theory and Applications Approx. 350 p. Some of the topics covered include low-level Hardcover A. Divakaran, Mitsubishi Electronic Research audio-visual analysis based retrieval and indexing Laboratories, Cambridge, MA, USA (Ed.) techniques, the TRECVID effort, video browsing interfaces, content creation and content analysis, Multimedia Content Analysis: Theory and and multimedia analysis-based applications, Applications covers the latest in multimedia among others. The chapters are written by leading content analysis and applications based on researchers in the multimedia field. such analysis. As research has progressed, it has become clear that this field has to appeal to other disciplines such as psycho-physics, media Market: Academic and Industry Researchers and production, etc. This book consists of invited Practitioners chapters that cover the entire range of the field. Location in bookstore: Electrical Engineering

June 2008 Network Planning and Traffic Engineering ISBN 978-0-387-76563-1 $129.00 Translucent Optical WDM Networks Approx. 400 p. random or transient traffic demands. The format Hardcover M. Gagnaire, ENST, Paris, France; J. Kuri, France Telecom of this book is based on optimization techniques Research and Development, San Francisco, CA, USA; and a great majority of research is in the context M. Koubaa, ENIT, Tunis, Tunisia of industrial contracts. This book analyzes the impact of time-space correlation between traffic This book focuses on two types of approaches to demands (SLDs) on optical network design. It also optical network design. One approach is network discusses the impact of physical layer impairments planning for the routing and wavelength allocation on optical network design. (RWA) problem within the context of static or permanent traffic demands. The other approach is traffic engineering which also addresses the RWA Market: Research Engineers and Graduate Students in problem but it approaches it within the context of Optical and Telecommunications Networks Location in bookstore: Electrical Engineering

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Passive Eye Monitoring February 2008 ISBN 978-3-540-75411-4 Algorithms, Applications and Experiments $109.00 measurements, and user calibration, feedback Approx. 415 p. 180 illus., 79 in color. R. I. Hammoud, Delco, Kokomo, IN, USA (Ed.) and acceptance. It helps you to understand the Hardcover motivations, activities, trends and directions of This practical reference provides you a researchers and engineers in Intelligent Human comprehensive in-depth coverage of both theory Machine Interaction and Eye Tracking in today’s and practice of cutting-edge Passive Eye (-Gaze) market, and offers you a view of the future of this Monitoring technology. It describes and examines rapidly evolving technological area. vision algorithms, Human Factors methodologies, and hardware build in eye-gaze monitoring systems designed for various real-world Market: Developers and Practitioners responsible applications, along with practical issues, including for implementing Eye Tracking Systems, Advanced performance on experimental subjects, real-time Undergraduate and Postgraduate Students, Researchers Location in bookstore: Electrical Engineering

DNS Security July 2008 ISBN 978-0-387-76545-7 $49.95 A. Karasaridis, AT&T Labs, Middletown, NJ, USA (e.g., large, medium or small corporation, Approx. 300 p. educational organization, government). Hardcover This book provides a comprehensive coverage of DNS security. It gives the reader an in depth understanding of how DNS works securely. Market: Network and System Administrators, After reading the book, the reader will be able Operations Personnel, and Network Design/Architecture to complete the setup of DNS knowing which Professionsals as well as Researchers in the Applied architecture and what type of software and Network Security Community configuration is needed in certain environments Location in bookstore: Electrical Engineering

RFID Security March 2008 ISBN 978-0-387-76480-1 Techniques, Protocols and System-On-Chip $129.00 Design system architectures and applications. Part 2 Approx. 400 p. addresses RFID security protocols and techniques Hardcover P. Kitsos, Hellenic Open University, Digital Systems & with a comprehensive collection of the recent Media Computing Laboratory, Patras, Greece; Y. Zhang, state-of-art protocols and techniques to secure Simula Research Laboratory, Lysaker, Norway (Eds.) RFID avoiding all potential security forces and cracks. Finally, the book discusses hardware RFID Security: Techniques, Protocols and implementation of security algorithms. System-On-Chip Design is an edited book covering fundamentals, security theories and protocols, and hardware implementations for Market: VLSI Hardware Developers, Engineers working cryptography algorithms and security techniques on Security Issues in Wireless Communications, in RFID. The volume is structured in three parts. VLSI Hardware Students, and Researchers as well as Part 1 deals with RFID fundamentals, including researchers and Students in Wireless Communications Location in bookstore: Electrical Engineering

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April 2008 Electromagnetic Field Theory for Engineers and Physicists ISBN 978-3-540-76305-5 approx. $99.95 G. Lehner, University of Stuttgart, Germany Approx. 700 p. boundary elements, image charge methods, and Hardcover Monte-Carlo methods to field theory problems. He Discussed is the electromagnetic field theory and offers an outlook on fundamental issues in physics its mathematical methods. Maxwell’s equations including quantum mechanics. Some of these are presented and explained. It follows a detailed issues are still unanswered questions. discussion of electrostatics, flux, magnetostatics, quasi stationary fields and electromagnetic fields. The author presents how to apply numerical Market: Students in Electrical Engineering and in Physics methods like finite differences, finite elements, Location in bookstore: Electrical Engineering

April 2008 Principles of Signal Detection and Parameter Estimation ISBN 978-0-387-76542-6 $89.95 B. C. Levy, University of California, Davis, CA, USA Approx. 600 p. of tests with the theory of large deviations, and Hardcover robust detection. This textbook provides a comprehensive and current understanding of signal detection and estimation, including problems and solutions for Market: Graduate Students in Eectrical Engineering each chapter. The book explores both Gaussian Courses such as Signal Detection and Estimation, or detection and detection of Markov chains, Detection and Estimation Theory. presenting a unified treatment of coding and Location in bookstore: Electrical Engineering modulation topics. It also addresses the asymptotic

April 2008 Green Software Defined Radios ISBN 978-1-4020-4210-8 approx. $119.00 Enabling seamless connectivity while saving on Approx. 200 p. hardware and energy with energy friendly and low power aspects, thus Hardcover making this a must read book for all students L. Perre, Van der, J. Craninckx, A. Dejonghe, IMEC, and engineers in the Wireless Technologies Leuven, Belgium community.

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The Designer‘s Guide to Low Jitter Oscillators March 2008 ISBN 978-0-387-76526-6 $129.00 J. A. McNeill, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, which allows designers to find appropriate Approx. 250 p. With CD-ROM. MA, USA; D. Ricketts, Carnegie Mellon University, publications for more detailed design guidance. Hardcover Pittsburgh, PA, USA It also includes classification of measurement techniques to help designers understand how the The Designer’s Guide to Low Jitter Oscillators eventual performance of circuit design is verified. emphasizes jitter for time domain applications so This book contains a CD-ROM with MATLAB that there is not a need to translate from frequency examples of design optimization, system level domain. This provides a more direct path to the behavioral simulation, and intuitive presentation results for designing in an application area where of probability background. performance is specified in the time domain. The book includes classification of oscillator types and an exhaustive guide to existing research literature Market: Circuits and Systems Designers Location in bookstore: Electrical Engineering

Low-Power High-Level Synthesis for Nanoscale CMOS Circuits April 2008 ISBN 978-0-387-76473-3 $129.00 S. P. Mohanty, University of North Texas, Denton, TX, because the behavioral level is not as highly Approx. 200 p. USA; N. Ranganathan, University of South Florida, abstracted as the system level nor is it as complex Hardcover Tampa, FL, USA; E. Kougianos, University of North Texas, as the gate/transistor level. At the behavioral Denton, TX, USA; P. Patra, Intel Corporation, Hillsboro, level there is a balanced degree of freedom to OR, USA explore power reduction mechanisms, the power reduction opportunities are greater, and it can Low-Power High-Level Synthesis for Nanoscale cost-effectively help in investigating lower power CMOS Circuits addresses the need for analysis, design alternatives prior to actual circuit layout or characterization, estimation, and optimization silicon implementation. of the various forms of power dissipation in the presence of process variations of nano-CMOS technologies. This book deals primarily with Market: Nanoscale VLSI Design Engineers and high-level (architectural or behavioral) leakage Researchers Location in bookstore: Electrical Engineering

mm-Wave Silicon Technology Due March 2008 ISBN 978-0-387-76558-7 60GHz and Beyond $129.00 using standard silicon based technology such as Approx. 350 p. 60 illus. A. M. Niknejad, University of California at Berkeley, CA, digital CMOS and SiGe HBTs. This book covers Hardcover USA; H. Hashemi, University of Southern California, Los device modeling, circuit building blocks, phased Angeles, CA, USA (Eds.) array systems, and antennas and packaging. It focuses on the techniques that uniquely take This book compiles and presents the research advantage of the scale and integration offered by results from the past 5 years in mm-wave silicon based technologies. Silicon circuits. This area has received a lot of interest from the research community including several university and research groups who have Market: RF/Microwave Engineers and Graduate Students demonstrated record high frequency performance Location in bookstore: Electrical Engineering

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December 2007 Advanced Mixed-Signal Design using Cadence Design Tools ISBN 978-1-4020-8226-9 approx. $99.95 A comprehensive and detailed description of a 200 p. state-of-the-art industrial mixed-signal design Cadence, the market leader in this segment of the Hardcover flow EDA market. The book will cover all the different steps in the design process, from design concept K. Lampaert, Starport Systems, San Jose, CA, USA to full layout realization. The intention is to focus on the real life problems that mixed-signal design The purpose of Advanced Mixed-Signal Design engineers face in their day-to-day work and to using Cadence Design Tools is to describe an provide solutions that can be directly applied to advanced state-of-the-art mixed-signal design existing flows and design methodologies. flow from an industrial point of view. The book details the advanced tools and methodologies necessary to design today’s complex mixed-signal Market: Practicing Analog / Mixed-Signal Design systems, based on the mixed-signal tool set from Engineers Location in bookstore: Electrical Engineering

May 2008 Synchronized Phasor Measurements and Their Applications ISBN 978-0-387-76535-8 $129.00 A. Phadke, J. Thorp, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA Approx. 300 p. The authors created the field about 20 years ago Hardcover and with the blackouts occurring in major power Synchronized Phasor Measurements and systems around the world, it is currently of great Their Applications is an account of the technical interest in electrical power engineering. field of synchronized Phasor Measurement Most of the installations planned or now in technology, its beginning, its technology and its existance around the world are based on the principal applications. It is a book on wide Area authors’ work. Measurements (WAM) and their applications. The measurements are done using GPS systems and eventually will replace the existing technology. Market: Professionals in Power Engineering Location in bookstore: Electrical Engineering

May 2008 Energy Harvesting Technologies ISBN 978-0-387-76463-4 $129.00 S. Priya, University of Texas, Arlington; D. Inman, Approx. 400 p. based vibration energy systems, the theory and Virginia Tech, Blackburg. VA, USA (Eds.) Hardcover design rules required for the fabrication of efficient electronics, in addition to the progress in the Energy Harvesting Technologies combines field of photovoltaic and thermoelectric energy chapters from leading researchers in the field of harvesting systems. energy harvesting and associated fields on to one platform to provide a comprehensive overview of the fundamentals and current developments. In Market: Students and Professionals conducting research an a well-organized six part structure, this book on Power Sources, Sensor Networks, Smart Materials, describes the background and basic principles Microsystems, Microelectronics, Microbatteries, and for design and fabrication of the bulk and MEMS Thermoelectronics Location in bookstore: Electrical Engineering

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FPGA Based Design and Applications July 2008 ISBN 978-0-387-72668-7 $89.95 A. Rahman, Xilinx Research Labs, San Jose, CA, USA (Ed.) reconfigurable computing. Materials presented Approx. 250 p. here are based on the most recent advances in Hardcover FPGA Based Design and Applications presents FPGA technologies and system-level design tools. recent advances in field programmable gate Leading researchers and industry experts provide array (FPGA) technologies, focusing primarily insights into the capabilities of state-of-the-art on applications, design methodology, and FPGAs and technology trends. technology evolution. This book serves as a reference for FPGA based design and applications in networking and communication, digital signal Market: FPGA users in both Industry and Academia as processing, high-performance computation, and well as Students taking Advanced VLSI Courses Location in bookstore: Electrical Engineering

Introduction to Optical Network Design and Planning April 2008 ISBN 978-0-387-76475-7 $99.00 J. Simmons, Monarch Network Architects, Holmdel, NJ, networks, taking advantage of the author’s Approx. 300 p. USA extensive experience with actual commercial Hardcover equipment and carrier networks. The code for Telecommunications carriers have begun to some of the routing algorithms is provided in the upgrade their networks with state-of-the-art appendix, which adds to the utility of the book. optical equipment, referred to as optical-bypass technology. The ramifications of this technology are manifold, affecting the architecture, operation, Market: Professionals in the Telecommunications and economics of the network, all of which are Industry, as well as Graduate Students or Senior-level covered in this book. The book is oriented towards Undergraduate Students practical implementation in metro and backbone Location in bookstore: Electrical Engineering

SystemVerilog for Verification April 2008 ISBN 978-0-387-76529-7 A Guide to Learning the Testbench Language $129.00 Features constructs such as classes, program blocks, C 2nd ed. Second Editon interface, randomization, and functional coverage. Approx. 425 p. SystemVerilog for Verification also reviews some Hardcover C. Spear, Synopsys, Inc., Marlboro, MA, USA design topics such as interfaces and array types. There are extensive code examples and detailed SystemVerilog for Verification teaches the reader explanations. how to use the power of the new SystemVerilog testbench constructs plus methodology without requiring in-depth knowledge of Object Oriented Market: Hardware and Software Engineers in Electronic Programming or Constrained Random Testing. Design The book covers the SystemVerilog verification Location in bookstore: Electrical Engineering

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May 2008 Wafer Level 3-D ICs Process Technology ISBN 978-0-387-76532-7 $129.00 C. S. Tan, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore; Approx. 300 p. However, this book does not include a detailed R. J. Gutmann, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, Hardcover discussion of 3-D ICs design and 3-D packaging. USA; L. R. Reif, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, This is an edited book based on chapters Cambridge, MA, USA (Eds.) contributed by various experts in the field of wafer-level 3-D ICs process technology. This book focuses on foundry-based process technology that enables the fabrication of 3-D ICs. The core of the book discusses the technology Market: Professionals and Engineers in the field of 3-D platform for pre-packaging wafer lever 3-D ICs. ICs. Location in bookstore: Electrical Engineering

February 2008 Adaptive Techniques for Dynamic Processor Optimization ISBN 978-0-387-76471-9 $129.00 Theory and Practice Approx. 300 p. process variation, temperature, and termal effects. Hardcover A. Wang, Texas Instruments, Dallas, TX, USA; S. This book will look at the underlying process Naffziger, Advanced Micro Devices, Fort Collins, CO, technology for adaptive designs and then different USA (Eds.) circuits, architecture and software that address the different aspects. The chapters are written by both This book is about various adaptive and dynamic people in academia and the industry in order to techniques used to optimize processor power and show the scope of alternative practices. performance. It is based on a very successful forum at ISSCC which focused on Adaptive Techniques. Most high performance processors and embedded Market: Engineers interested in Adaptive Techniques for processors use adaptive techniques to overcome Processors Location in bookstore: Electrical Engineering

April 2008 The Essence of Dielectric Waveguides ISBN 978-0-387-30929-3 $119.00 C. Yeh, Los Angeles, CA, USA; F. Shimabukuro, California Approx. 400 p. boundary conditions and attenuation, and of the Advanced Studies, Santa Monica, CA, USA Hardcover propagation characteristics of guided waves along classical canonical dielectric structures - planar, The Essence of Dielectric Waveguides provides circular cylindrical, rectangular and elliptical an overview of the fundamental behavior of waveguides. guided waves, essential to finding and interpreting the results of electromagnetic waveguide problems. Clearly and concisely written in Market: Senior and Graduate level Guided an organized manner, this volume includes a Electromagnetic Wave Course or Optical Waveguide detailed description of the fundamentals of Course electromagnetics, including a new discussion on Location in bookstore: Electrical Engineering

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CMOS Active Inductors and Transformers May 2008 ISBN 978-0-387-76477-1 Principle, Implementation, and Applications approx. $129.00 The content of the book is drawn from recently Approx. 300 p. F. Yuan, Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada published research papers and are not available Hardcover in a single, cohesive book. Equal emphasis is This book provides an in-depth examination given to the theory of CMOS active inductors and and a systematic presentation of the operation transformers, and their emerging applications. principles and implementation details of CMOS active inductors and transformers, and a detailed examination of their emerging applications in Market: Senior Undergraduate and Graduate Students high-speed analog signal processing and data and IC Design Engineers communications over wire and wireless channels. Location in bookstore: Electrical Engineering

Engineering

Dynamics of Road Vehicles April 2008 ISBN 978-3-540-36044-5 Modelling and Simulation approx. $109.00 simulation model for vehicle dynamics and to Approx. 350 p. With CD-ROM. M. Hiller, D. Schramm, University Duisburg-Essen, apply commercial simulation programs. Softcover Germany

The authors explain the basics on vehicle dynamics Market: Students and Researchers in Applied Mechanics, and offer the rules for building simulation models. Mechatronics, Mechanical Engineering, Robotics The book enables the reader to develop his own Location in bookstore: Engineering

Career Development in Bioengineering and Biotechnology July 2008 ISBN 978-0-387-76494-8 Roads Well Laid and Paths Less Traveled $39.95 law, and entrepreneurship. Many innovative Approx. 300 p. 50 illus. G. Madhavan, SUNY Binghamton, NY, USA; B. Oakley, ancillary areas open to the bioengineers and Softcover Oakland University, Rochester, MI, USA; L. Kun, National biotechnologists are also explored, including Defense University, Washington, DC, USA (Eds.) policy, finance, forensics, regulatory affairs, consulting, public relations, marketing, and sports. This book provides a roadmap to the broad and varied career development opportunities in bioengineering, biotechnology, and related fields. Market: Undergraduate and Graduate Students, Post- Eminent practitioners lay out career paths related doctoral Fellows in Engineering and Biomedicine to academia, industry, government, healthcare, Location in bookstore: Engineering

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July 2008 Fatigue of Structures and Materials ISBN 978-1-4020-6807-2 approx $89.00 Second Editon 2nd ed. indicates. It is of great importance that all these Approx. 550 p. With CD-ROM. J. Schijve, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The aspects are well recognized and understood. The Hardcover Netherlands author explains the various topics in a number of chapters. This book is primarily a textbook written for people working on fatigue problems of engineering structures and materials associated with design, Market: Persons in Structural Design Offices, Testing predictions, load spectra and experimental Laboratories, Teachers, Researchers on Fatigue Problems verifications. Many different fields of interest are and Students involved, as the block diagram on the front cover Location in bookstore: Engineering

Environmental Sciences

January 2008 Advances in Urban Ecology ISBN 978-0-387-75509-0 $119.00 Integrating Humans and Ecological Processes in Approx. 380 p. 77 illus., 10 in color. Urban Ecosystems development of an integrated urban ecological Hardcover approach is crucial to advance ecological M. Alberti, University of Washington, Seattle, USA research and to help planners and managers to solve complex urban environmental issues. This The greatest challenge for urban ecologists in book seeks to meet these needs by providing a the next few decades is to understand the role conceptual framework to synthesize urban and that humans play in urban ecosystems. So far, ecological dynamics into a common framework. research on the dynamics of urban development and ecosystems has proceeded separately; neither disciplinary approach has adequately addressed Market: Urban Ecologists, Economists, Geographers, the processes and variables that couple them. The Engineers, Political Scientists and Planners Location in bookstore: Environmental Sciences

Due May 2008 Material Flow Management ISBN 978-3-540-36015-5 approx. $139.00 Systems, Technology and Finance for a Approx. 500 p. 30 illus. in color. Sustainable Future flow management and thus, encourages the Hardcover reader to develop new material flow management P. Heck, University of Appl. Sciences, Trier, projects. An interactive web-based e-Learning tool Germany (Ed.) will complete the book.

This guidebook gives a comprehensive introduction into the optimization of energy Market: Bachelor / Master Students and Applied and material systems, i.e., companies, cities, Scientists in the fields of Environmental Management, and counties. It combines the fields of ecology, Ecosystem Management, Industrial Ecology, Ecological management, technology and microeconomics. Economics and Environmental Technologies So the book offers the theoretical background of Location in bookstore: Environmental Sciences material flow, it explains how to apply material

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Handbook of Transdisciplinary Research January 2008 ISBN 978-1-4020-6698-6 $199.00 G. Hirsch Hadorn, ETH Zurich, Switzerland; science and policy in addressing issues such as Approx. 470 p. H. Hoffmann-Riem, Swiss Academies of Arts and global environmental and socio-cultural change, Hardcover Sciences, Berne, Switzerland; S. Biber-Klemm, University new technologies, migration, and public health. of Basel, Switzerland; W. Grossenbacher-Mansuy, Swiss This handbook provides exemplary projects and Science and Technology Council, Berne, Switzerland; methodological developments, and provides 15 D. Joye, University of Lausanne, Switzerland; propositions for enhancing transdisciplinary C. Pohl, Swiss Academies of Arts and Sciences, Berne research. and ETH Zurich, Switzerland; U. Wiesmann, University of Berne, Switzerland; E. Zemp, University of Basel, Market: Students, Researchers, Project Managers, Switzerland (Eds.) Planners, and Administrators involved in Problem- Transdisciplinary research is an emerging field driven, Transdisciplinary Projects of research in the knowledge society for relating Location in bookstore: Environmental Sciences

Geosciences / Geography

Interplanetary Travel and Space Weather July 2008 ISBN 978-3-540-74877-9 Scientific, Technological and Biological Issues $119.00 mission scenarios. The book aims to improve the Approx. 250 p. 50 illus., 15 in color. N. Crosby, Belgian Institute of Aeronomy, Brussels, quality of traditional space related educational Hardcover Belgium material, taking into consideration the skills required for modern space industry and science. The goal of this textbook is to provide an In addition, it is useful for those already working interdisciplinary approach to the subject of space in the space industry. weather, so as to benefit anybody aiming to work in a space related field, be it a scientist, an engineer, a medical doctor or a future manager of Market: Graduate and Advanced Undergraduate a space project. A main introduction is followed Students in Science, Engineering and other Space by four parts: the space environment, technical related majors and biological effects, mitigation techniques, and Location in bookstore: Geosciences / Geography

Plate Tectonics March 2008 ISBN 978-3-540-76503-5 approx. $79.95 W. Frisch, Tübingen University, Tübingen, Germany; and Meschede answer all these questions and more Approx. 180 p. M. Meschede, Greifswald University, Greifswald, through the presentation and explanation of the Hardcover Germany geo-dynamic processes upon which the theory of continental drift is based and which have lead to How are mountains formed? Why are there old the concept of plate tectonics. and young mountains? Why do the shapes of South America and Africa fit so well together? Why is the Pacific surrounded by a ring of Market: Students studying Earth Science volcanoes and earthquake prone areas while the Location in bookstore: Geosciences / Geography edges of the Atlantic are relatively peaceful? Frisch

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April 2008 Groundwater Geochemistry ISBN 978-3-540-74667-6 $109.00 A Practical Guide to Modeling of Natural and 2nd, enlarged ed. Contaminated Aquatic Systems CD music concept within the new version of Approx. 250 p. With CD-ROM. PHREEQC. Examples for reactive transport use Hardcover Second Edition PHREEQC´s 1d features with multicomponent diffusion as well as PHAST with the graphical B. J. Merkel, B. Planer-Friedrich, Technische Universität user interface GoPhast on 2d and 3d examples. Bergakademie Freiberg, Germany As in the 1st edition, detailed descriptions on D. K. Nordstrom, US Geological Survey, Boulder, CO, how to solve each problem step by step guide USA (Ed.) the user from basic to more and more advanced hydrogeochemical modelling. The 2nd edition of Groundwater Geochemistry remains the comprehensive text book offering beginners and advanced modellers alike a Market: Practitioners and Professionals in the fields of minimum theoretical background and a strong Hydrogeology, Analytical Chemistry and Waste Water focus on the practical solution of geochemical Technology modeling with PHREEQC. The new edition covers Location in bookstore: Geosciences / Geography the possibility to use PITZER equation and the

Life Sciences

April 2008 Treasure Your Exceptions ISBN 978-0-387-75687-5 approx. $59.95 The Science and Life of William Bateson Approx. 745 p. 47 illus. George Williams and Richard Dawkins with the Hardcover A. Cock, D. R. Forsdyke, Queen‘s University, Kingston, hierarchical thinking of Richard Goldschmidt and ON, Canada Stephen Jay Gould. The anti-Darwinian arguments of Bateson are only now, a century later, gaining William Bateson brought the work of Mendel recognition. At last, Evolutionists can present a (and much more) to the attention of the English- unified front to their creationist opponents. speaking world. He commanded the biological sciences in the decades after Darwin’s death in 1882. To understand these years we must first Market: Students, Educated Laypersons, Researchers, understand Bateson. Through examination of and Biohistorians in the fields of Evolutionary Biology, the life of a major contributor to the turn-of- Genetics, Developmental Biology, Cell Biology, the-century revolution in biology, the authors Bioinformatics, and Biochemistry. of this volume reconcile the genocentrism of Location in bookstore: Life Sciences

7 Published by Humana Press May 2008 Autophagosome and Phagosome ISBN 978-1-58829-853-9 $99.00 V. Deretic, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Approx. 480 p. 97 illus., 1 in color. differences. Comprehensive and forward-thinking, Center, Albuquerque, NM, USA (Ed.) Hardcover Autophagosome and Phagosome offers a valuable guide to both cellular processes while inciting In Autophagosome and Phagosome, authoritative researchers to explore the potentially important scientists present easy-to-follow methods on connections between the two. autophagy, a rapidly growing field with a need for standards of assessment, and phagocytosis, a relatively mature field which could benefit Market: Cell Biologists, Molecular Biologists, Molecular greatly from updated methods, in order to prompt Geneticists, Microbiologists, Biochemists further explorations of their similarities and Location in bookstore: Life Sciences

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7 Published by Humana Press Plant Virology Protocols April 2008 ISBN 978-1-58829-827-0 From Viral Sequence to Protein Function, $119.00 Second Edition of Plant Virology Protocols, Second Edition 2nd ed. presents the most novel methods and protocols 816 p. 62 illus. G. Foster, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK; E. Johansen, to allow researchers more effective approaches to Hardcover Danish Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Denmark; study plant viruses. The many subjects covered in Y. Hong, University of Warwick, Warwick, UK; this important new edition make it indispensable P. Nagy, University of Kentucky, Kentucky, USA (Eds.) to laboratory investigators studying plant viruses.

Following the considerable success of the first edition of Plant Virology Protocols, this exciting Market: Plant Scientists, Plant Nirologists, Plant new edition covers the many new techniques Pathologists, Plant Biotechnologists, Plant Breeders, that are now applied to the examination and Virologists, and Plant Geneticists understanding of plant viruses. Each section Location in bookstore: Life Sciences

7 Published by Humana Press Germline Stem Cells April 2008 ISBN 978-1-60327-213-1 $99.50 S. X. Hou, S. R. Singh, National Cancer Institute, current techniques involving in vitro culture and Approx. 295 p. 57 illus., 2 in color. Frederick, MD, USA (Eds.) the applications of the cells. Comprehensive and Hardcover cutting-edge, Germline Stem Cells is the perfect In Germline Stem Cells, leading experts explore reference for scientists exploring this particular the parameters that define germline stem cells and exciting and important subdivision in the fast- the mechanisms that regulate the cell behavior in paced field of stem cell research. order to better isolate, characterize and maintain them. Divided into two parts, the volume begins by providing protocols for germline stem cell Market: Cell and Molecular Biologist, Tissue Engineers, identification and regulation in model organisms, Clinicians, Geneticists, and Students involved in various and concludes with detailed chapters covering aspects of Germline Stem Cell Research and Application Location in bookstore: Life Sciences

Decision Support for Forest Management March 2008 ISBN 978-1-4020-6786-0 approx. $94.00 A. Kangas, University of Helsinki, Finland; J. Kangas, Including examples which illustrate the application Approx. 250 p. Metsähallitus, Vantaa, Finland; M. Kurttila, University of of each technique to specific management Hardcover Joensuu, Finland planning problems, the book offers an invaluable resource for both researchers and advanced The goal of Decision Support for Forest students specializing in management and planning Management is to provide students and issues relating to forestry. researchers with a toolbox of methods for approaching the different planning situations that may arise in practice. It draws together a Market: Researchers and Advanced Students wide range of methods used in planning forest Specializing in Management and Planning Issues management regimes and presents a systematic relating to Forestry and Natural Resource Management overview of current methodological approaches. Location in bookstore: Life Sciences

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7 Published by Humana Press April 2008 Post-translational Modification of Proteins ISBN 978-1-58829-719-8 $99.50 Tools for Functional Proteomics, Second Edition 2nd ed. Second Editon as practical guide for researchers working in the Approx. 415 p. 128 illus. field of protein structure-function relationships C. Kannicht, Octapharma, Berlin, Germany (Ed.) Hardcover and the rapidly growing field of proteomics, as well as scientists in the pharmaceutical industries. In Post-translational Modification of Proteins: Tools for Functional Proteomics, Second Edition, this important area of research is brought Market: Researchers studying Protein Structure- up-to-date by the leading scientists in the field. function and Proteomics, Pharmaceutical Scientists, Cell Comprehensive and cutting edge, the book serves Biologists Location in bookstore: Life Sciences

7 Published by Humana Press May 2008 Bioinformatics ISBN 978-1-58829-707-5 $119.00 Volume I: Data, Sequence Analysis and Approx. 505 p. 136 illus., 3 in color. Evolution structures, microarray expression data and Hardcover functional annotations, methods for discovering J. M. Keith, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, QLD, the functional components of genomes, whether Australia (Ed.) they be genes, alternative splice sites, non-coding RNAs or regulatory motifs, and several of the In Bioinformatics, leading researchers in the most interesting methods in phylogenetics and field provide a selection of the most useful and evolution. widely applicable methods, able to be applied as is, or with minor variations, to many specific problems. Volume I: Data, Sequence Analysis Market: Molecular Biologists, Bioinformaticians, and Evolution examines a selection of methods Geneticists, Microbiologists, Biochemists, Plant and involving the generation and organization of Agricultural Scientists, Medical Researchers and data, including sequence data, RNA and protein Evolution Researchers Location in bookstore: Life Sciences

7 Published by Humana Press March 2008 Tissue Proteomics ISBN 978-1-58829-679-5 $99.50 Pathways, Biomarkers, and Drug Discovery 300 p. 37 illus., 6 in color. still in its early stages. This important book will B. Liu, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA (Ed.) Hardcover prove indispensable to investigators of biomarker discovery and therapeutic response profiling, as Tissue Proteomics constitutes in one volume well as those forging new paths in the fields of useful and innovative protocols developed theranostics and personalized medicine. specifically for the proteomic profiling of human tissues. A unique resource for researchers, Tissue Proteomics provides high-throughput gel-based Market: Biomedical Researchers, Tissue Proteomics techniques, microarrays and a number of other Researchers, Medical Practitioners methods used in proteomic research, a field Location in bookstore: Life Sciences

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The Golgi complex April 2008 ISBN 978-3-211-76309-4 The state of art after 110 years of Camillo‘s approx. $99.00 discovery book will be devoted to molecular modes of the Approx. 500 p. 25 illus. With CD-ROM. function of the Golgi apparatus as a whole, taking Hardcover A. Mironov, Mario Negri Sud Institute, S.Maria Imbaro, into account all experimental data even if they Italy; M. Pavelka, Medical University Vienna; A. Luini, contradict existing models of Golgi function. Mario Negri Sud Institute, S.Maria Imbaro, Italy (Eds.) The aim of the book is to make the functional organization of the Golgi apparatus more This book summarizes all new data obtained after understandable by keeping it as simple as possible development of methods of Golgi complex sub but also as full as possible. fractionation, molecular biology and microscopy collecting the full range of expertise, different points of view and different approaches. The Market: Cell Biologists, Pathologists, Clinicians Location in bookstore: Life Sciences

Wildlife Study Design June 2008 ISBN 978-0-387-75527-4 Second Editon approx. $69.95 of studies and variables, impact assessment, 2nd ed. M. L. Morrison, Texas A&M University, College Station, statistics, sampling techniques, inventorying and Approx. 295 p. 55 illus. TX, USA; M. D. Strickland, Western EcoSystems monitoring, and analysis of data. This new edition Hardcover Technology, Inc., Cheyenne, WY, USA; W. M. Block, includes substantial new and updated content, Rocky Mountain Research Station, USDA Forest Service, including an increase in the number of non- Flagstaff, AZ, USA; M. J. Peterson, B. A. Collier, Texas terrestrial vertebrate examples, a glossary of terms, A&M University, College Station, TX, USA expanded chapter summaries and additional examples in text boxes for easy reference. Wildlife Study Design provides researchers and resource managers with a comprehensive guide to planning new studies by covering all aspects Market: Graduate Students, Research Scientists, Wildlife of study design, including surveys of major types Managers Location in bookstore: Life Sciences

7 Published by Humana Press Mesenchymal Stem Cells April 2008 ISBN 978-1-58829-771-6 Methods and Protocols $99.50 stroke, lung diseases, spinal cord injury and other Approx. 220 p. 41 illus., 7 in color. D. J. Prockop, D. G. Phinney, B. A. Bunnell, Tulane neurological disorders, thus promising a boundless Hardcover University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA, future in their study.Cutting edge and easy to use, USA (Eds.) Mesenchymal Stem Cells: Methods and Protocols is the perfect resource for scientists attempting to In Mesenchymal Stem Cells: Methods and pursue this important and ever-developing field of Protocols, leaders in the field were assembled to research. contribute detailed methodologies for the isolation and characterization of human and rodent MSCs. Recently, these vital cells have shown therapeutic Market: Stem Cell Biologists, Molecular and Cellular benefits in the treatment of myocardial infarction, Biologists Location in bookstore: Life Sciences

49 Life Sciences New & Forthcoming

March 2008 Theory and Mathematical Methods in Bioinformatics ISBN 978-3-540-74890-8 $179.95 S. Shen, Nankai University, Tianjin, China; Approx. 475 p. 47 illus. multiple sequence alignment algorithms, stochastic J. A. Tuszynski, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Hardcover models of mutations, modulus structure theory Canada and protein configuration analysis. The book can also be used as textbook and for this reason most This monograph addresses, in a systematic and of the chapters include exercises and problems at pedagogical manner, the mathematical methods the level of a graduate program in bioinformatics. and the algorithms required to deal with the molecularly based problems of bioinformatics. Among the methods presented in the book, Market: Advanced Students, Scientists prominent attention is given to pair-wise and Location in bookstore: Life Sciences

7 Published by Humana Press June 2008 Membrane Trafficking ISBN 978-1-58829-925-3 $99.50 A. Vancura, St. John‘s University, Queens, NY, USA (Ed.) Approx. 450 p. 76 illus., 1 in color. materials and reagents, and the greatly beneficial Hardcover Notes section, which aids in troubleshooting and Membrane Trafficking reflects these advances by avoiding known pitfalls. Membrane Trafficking devoting one section of the book to yeast cells and is the ideal reference for both senior researchers the other to mammalian cells, with each section experienced in the field and graduate students providing both classic and cutting-edge techniques studying membrane trafficking for the first time. to study macromolecular transport across the membranes. These protocols, contributed by top experts in the field, have been tested in laboratories Market: Cellular and Membrane Biologists, Experienced all around world. The chapters include step- Researchers and Graduate Students by-step laboratory protocols, a list of necessary Location in bookstore: Life Sciences

February 2008 Conservation Biology ISBN 978-1-4020-6890-4 approx. $55.00 Foundations, Concepts, Applications 2nd ed. Second Editon make this book an invaluable resource for students Approx. 450 p. in conservation around the globe. Presenting Hardcover F. Van Dyke, Wheaton College, Illinois, USA key information and well-selected examples, this student-friendly volume carefully integrates Fred Van Dyke’s new textbook, Conservation the science of conservation biology with its Biology: Foundations, Concepts, Applications, implications for ethics, law, policy and economics. 2nd Edition represents a major new text for anyone interested in conservation. Building on his experience as a successful textbook author, van Market: Students and Teachers in Conservation Biology Dyke’s organizational clarity and readable style courses Location in bookstore: Life Sciences

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7 Published by Humana Press Clinical Proteomics March 2008 ISBN 978-1-58829-837-9 Methods and Protocols $99.50 liquid chromatography, SELDI/MALDI mass Approx. 480 p. 74 illus. A. Vlahou, Foundation for Biomedical Research, Athens, spectrometry and protein arrays, as well as the Hardcover Greece (Ed.) bioinformatic and statistical tools pertinent to the analysis of proteomics data, are thoroughly In Clinical Proteomics, a select group of leading detailed in these readily reproducible methods researchers has contributed their state-of-the- and protocols, explained with a step-by-step art methodologies on protein profiling and instructional format. identification of disease biomarkers in tissues, microdissected cells and body fluids. Experimental approaches involving the application of two- Market: Clinicians, Molecular Biologists, Chemists, dimensional electrophoresis, multi-dimensional Bioinformaticians, and Computational Biologists Location in bookstore: Life Sciences

Materials Science

Springer Handbook of Crystal Growth September 2008 ISBN 978-3-540-74182-4 approx. $199.00 G. Dhanaraj, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook/NY, available both for crystal fabrication and defects Approx. 1200 p. 700 illus. With DVD. USA; K. Byrappa, University of Mysore, India; V. Prasad, understanding in this rapidly advancing field of Hardcover Florida International University, Miami/FL, USA; science and technology in one exceptionally useful M. Dudley, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook/NY, USA and long-awaited volume. This book deals with (Eds.) three main sections: Crystal growth and defect formation, case studies of some crystal growth and The Springer Handbook of Crystal Growth defect characterization, and various techniques brings together the science and technology used in defect characterization. of growing crystals, defect characterization and techniques, and understanding the defect formation including defects modelling. This Market: Materials Scientists, Physicists, Chemists, unique effort will provide users with fundamental Engineers (Electrical, Chemical and Production) and understanding of crystal growth and defects Graduate Students in each of these fields with the latest instrumentation/ techniques Location in bookstore: Materials Science

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May 2008 Nanoelectronics and Photonics ISBN 978-0-387-76498-6 $129.00 From Atoms to Materials, Devices, and with device and circuit design and performance Approx. 400 p. 200 illus. Architectures requirements. Theoretical and experimental Hardcover A. Korkin, Nano and Giga, Gilbert, AZ, USA; F. Rosei, research efforts and technology development are University of Quebec, QC, Canada; Y. Zhang, Arizona presented as a coherent in this intrinsically inter- State University, Tempe, AZ, USA (Eds.) disciplinary area. The book include the tutorial review chapters written by leading experts in their Nanoelectronics and Photonics provides a fields of research. fundamental description of the core elements and problems of advanced and future information technology. The book covers fundamental topics Market: Researchers and Gaduate Students in Materials from materials to devices and system architecture, Science, Device Physics, and Eectrical and Computer and bridges the fundamental laws of physics Engineering and chemistry of materials at the atomic scale Location in bookstore: Materials Science

July 2008 Springer Handbook of Experimental Solid Mechanics ISBN 978-0-387-26883-5 approx. $199.00 W. N. Sharpe, Jr., The Johns Hopkins University, Approx. 1400 p. 800 illus. in color. internationally renowned experts in the field, Baltimore, MD, USA (Ed.) With DVD-ROM. this book is a timely, updated reference for both Hardcover practitioners and researchers in science and As a reference book, the Handbook provides a engineering. comprehensive exposition of the techniques and tools of experimental mechanics. An informative introduction to each topic is provided, which Market: Professional/technical Readers, Mechanical advises the reader on suitable techniques for Engineers, Aeronautical and Aerospace Engineers, practical applications. Written and compiled by Structural Engineers, Chemical Engineers Location in bookstore: Materials Science

February 2008 Science and Engineering of Casting Solidification ISBN 978-0-387-74609-8 approx. $99.00 Second Editon 2nd ed. theory, even when they have no engineering Approx. 400 p. D. M. Stefanescu, Ohio State University, OH, USA applications at this time. In this respect, this is a Hardcover unique attempt to integrate the newest information The main goal of this book is to educate the reader in a textbook format. in the fast moving area of computational modeling of solidification of castings. In this, its second edition, an extra chapter has been provided on Market: Grad Students in Materials Science, Mechanical semi-solid casting. While the book is not intended Engineering or Industrial and Manufacturing to be a monograph, for the sake of completion, Departments taking the course on Solidification Courses, a special effort has been made to introduce the Research and Design Engineers in the field of Metallurgy reader to the latest developments in solidification Location in bookstore: Materials Science

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Transmission Electron Microscopy June 2008 ISBN 978-0-387-76502-0 A Textbook for Materials Science approx. $95.00 Second Editon edition in 12 years, many sections have been 2nd ed. completely re-written with all others revised Approx. 830 p. 700 illus., 500 in color. D. B. Williams, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, USA; and updated. The new edition also includes an Softcover C. B. Carter, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, extensive collection of questions for the student, USA providing approximately 800 self-assessment questions and over 400 questions that are suitable This groundbreaking text has been established for homework assignment. Four-color illustrations as the market leader throughout the world. throughout also enhance the new edition. Profusely illustrated, Transmission Electron Microscopy: A Textbook for Materials Science provides the necessary instructions for successful Market: Advanced Undergraduate and Graduate hands-on application of this versatile materials Students characterization technique. For this first new Location in bookstore: Materials Science

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7 Published by Birkhäuser Conformal Groups in Geometry and Spin Structures November 2007 ISBN 978-0-8176-3512-1 $99.00 P. Anglès, Universite Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France concepts are introduced and followed by detailed 284 p. 40 illus. descriptions and definitions, and a comprehensive Hardcover This book provides a self-contained overview bibliography and index round out the work. The of the role of conformal groups in geometry book is rich in exercises that are accompanied by and mathematical physics. It features a careful full proofs and many hints. development of the material, from the basics of Clifford algebras to more advanced topics. Each chapter covers a specific aspect of conformal Market: Advanced Undergraduates, Gaduate Students, groups and conformal spin geometry. All major Researchers in Mathematics and Mathematical Physics Location in bookstore: Mathematics

Convergence and Applications of Newton-type Iterations February 2008 ISBN 978-0-387-72741-7 approx. $79.95 I. K. Argyros, Cameron University, Lawton, OK, USA some with solutions, the book may be used as a Approx. 515 p. supplementary text in the classroom for seminars Hardcover This monograph is devoted to a comprehensive in advanced numerical and functional analysis or treatment of iterative methods for solving computer science. nonlinear equations with particular emphasis on semilocal convergence analysis. Theoretical results are applied to engineering, dynamic economic Market: Graduate Students and Researchers in systems, input-output systems, nonlinear and Numerical and Functional Analysis as well as Computer linear differential equations, and optimization Science problems. Accompanied by many exercises, Location in bookstore: Mathematics

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June 2008 Unitals in Projective Planes ISBN 978-0-387-76364-4 approx. $89.95 S. Barwick, Pure Mathematics, The University of Approx. 240 p. There is a considerable number of research articles Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia; G. Ebert, Department of Hardcover about unitals, and there also exist many open Mathematics, The University of Delaware, Newark, DE, problems. This book is a thorough survey of the USA research literature on embedded unitals which collects this material in book form for the first This book is a monograph on unitals embedded in time. The book is aimed at graduate students and finite projective planes. Unitals are key structures researchers who want to learn about this topic in projective planes, and have connections with without reading all the original articles. other structures in algebra. They play a significant role in the classification of finite planes and provide a link between groups and geometries. Market: Graduate Students and Researchers Location in bookstore: Mathematics

June 2008 Polytopes, Rings, and K-Theory ISBN 978-0-387-76355-2 approx. $69.95 W. Bruns, University of Osnabruck, Germany; Approx. 360 p. 55 illus. algebra, and K-theory. The only prerequisite for J. Gubeladze, San Francisco State University, Hardcover the reader is a background in algebra, and the San Francisco, CA, USA basics of polyhedral geometry have been included in Chapter 1. Included are numerous exercises, This book examines interactions of polyhedral historical background, and notes throughout the discrete geometry and algebra. What makes this chapters. book different from others is the presentation of several central results in all three areas of the exposition - discrete geometry, commutative Market: Gaduate Students, Mathematicians Location in bookstore: Mathematics

7 Published by Birkhäuser November 2007 Integral Methods in Science and Engineering ISBN 978-0-8176-4670-7 $89.95 Techniques and Applications Approx. 315 p. 62 illus. variety of important practical disciplines. The C. Constanda, University of Tulsa, OK, USA; Hardcover problems examined arise in real-life processes S. Potapenko, University of Waterloo, ON, Canada (Eds.) and phenomena and use a wide range of solution techniques. This self-contained work illustrates the application of integral methods to diverse problems in mathematics, physics, biology, and engineering. Market: Graduate Students, Researchers, and The thirty two chapters of the book contain state- Practitioners in Pure and Applied Mathematics, Physics, of-the-art information on current research in a Biology, and Civil and Mechanical Engineering Location in bookstore: Mathematics

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7 Published by Birkhäuser Shape-Preserving Approximation by Real and Complex March 2008 ISBN 978-0-8176-4702-5 Polynomials approx. $99.00 Approx. 340 p. S. G. Gal, University of Oradea, Romania reality. Three different constructive methods Hardcover are applicable to all four categories of shape- Consulting editor: G. A. Anastassiou, The University of preserving approximation by polynomials and thus Memphis, TN, USA serve as ‘red lines’ for the book: Bernstein-type, Shisha-type, and convolution-type. This monograph presents the first comprehensive treatment in book form of shape-preserving approximation by real or complex polynomials Market: Graduate Students and Researchers in in one or several variables. Such approximation Approximation Theory, Mathematical Analysis, methods are useful in many problems arising in Numerical Analysis, Computer Aided Geometric Design, science and engineering requiring an optimal Robotics, Data Fitting, Chemistry, Fluid Mechanics, and mathematical representation of physical Engineering Location in bookstore: Mathematics

Complex Analysis December 2007 ISBN 978-0-387-74714-9 In the Spirit of Lipman Bers $69.95 the book to a very precise goal: the statement and 240 p. 20 illus. J. P. Gilman, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ, USA; I. Kra, proof of the Fundamental Theorem for functions Hardcover Math for America, New York, NY, USA; R. E. Rodriguez, of one complex variable. The book covers most, if Pontificia Università Catolica de Chile, Santiago, Chile not all, of the material contained in Bers’s courses on first year complex analysis. In addition, topics Here is a work that breaks with tradition and of current interest such as zeros of holomorphic organizes the basic material of complex analysis functions and the connection between hyperbolic in a unique manner. The authors’ aim is to present geometry and complex analysis are explored. a precise and concise treatment of those parts of complex analysis that should be familiar to every research mathematician. They follow a path in Market: Graduate Students in Mathematics, the tradition of Ahlfors and Bers by dedicating Mathematicians Location in bookstore: Mathematics

The Cinderella.2 Manual March 2008 ISBN 978-3-540-34924-2 $34.95 U. Kortenkamp, Pädagogische Hochschule, Schwäbisch properties. Cinderella.2 Manual is the first book Approx. 300 p. Gmünd, Germany; J. Richter-Gebert, Technische to offer complete instruction and techniques for Softcover Universität, München, Germany using Cinderella.2, including the new components feature algorithms via a specially developed Cinderella.2, the new version of the well-known scripting language, which interacts smoothly with interactive geometry software, has become an the geometry and physics components. even more versatile tool than its predecessor. The geometry component extends the functionality to such spectacular objects as dynamic fractals, and Market: Students in Mathematics, Physics and Computer the software includes two major new components: Science physical simulation such as of mechanical objects, Location in bookstore: Mathematics virtual electronic devices, and electromagnetic

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January 2008 Queuing Theory ISBN 978-0-387-49704-4 approx. $69.95 A Linear Algebraic Approach 2nd ed. Second Editon techniques. The book is readable and the author Approx. 500 p. provides numerous examples and exercises to Hardcover L. Lipsky, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA illustrate crucial points.

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June 2008 Probability Measures on Semigroups ISBN 978-0-387-77547-0 approx. $89.95 Convolution Products, Random Walks and 2nd ed. Random Matrices This substantially revised text includes exercises 484 p. Second Editon at various levels at the end of each section and Hardcover includes the best available proofs on the most A. Mukherjea, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, important theorems used in a book, making it U.S.A.; G. Högnäs, Abo Akedemi University, Abo, Finland suitable for a one semester course on semigroups. In addition, it could also be used as a main text This second edition presents up-to-date material or supplementary material for courses focusing on the theory of weak convergance of convolution on probability on algebraic structures or weak products of probability measures in semigroups, convergence. the theory of random walks on semigroups, and their applications to products of random matrices. In addition, this unique work examines the Market: Graduate Students in Mathematics; Students in essentials of abstract semigroup theory and its Engineering, Sciences and Statistics application to concrete semigroups of matrices. Location in bookstore: Mathematics

December 2007 Problems in Analytic Number Theory ISBN 978-0-387-72349-5 $69.95 Second Editon 2nd ed. subject of number theory. Since the subject 506 p. M. R. Murty, Queen‘s University, Kingston, ON, Canada is rapidly expanding such an expedient route Hardcover becomes indispensable. The material in these two This book is a collection of about 500 problems in books provides a “basic tool kit” for the number analytic number theory with the singular purpose theorist. of training the beginning graduate student in some of its significant techniques. This book, along with Murty’s other book “Problems in Algebraic Market: Graduate Mathematics Students, Number Theory” are intended to enable the Mathematicians, Senior Undergraduates student to gain a quick initiation into the beautiful Location in bookstore: Mathematics

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Optimization and Control of Bilinear Systems February 2008 ISBN 978-0-387-73668-6 Theory, Algorithms, and Applications approx. $89.95 of open physical processes functioning in a non- Approx. 415 p. 40 illus. P. M. Pardalos, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA; equilibrium mode. The material will be of interest Hardcover V. Yatsenko, NASU, Kyiv, Ukraine to graduate students, researchers, and specialists engaged in the fields of quantum and molecular The purpose of this book is to acquaint the reader computing, control of physical processes, with the developments in bilinear systems theory biophysics, superconducting magnetism, and and its applications. This book provides a unified physical information science. approach for the identification and control of nonlinear complex objects that can be transformed into bilinear systems, with a focus on the control Market: Graduate Students, Researchers, and Specialists Location in bookstore: Mathematics

Subdivision Surfaces March 2008 ISBN 978-3-540-76405-2 approx. $79.95 U. Reif, Peters strengths of subdivision algorithms, academics Approx. 230 p. may find short proofs, surprising examples and Hardcover The goal of this book is to provide engineers and clear definitions convenient for reference. mathematicians with a careful, cohesive exposition of subdivision surfaces that, concerning the core issues, can claim to be complete, and puts forth a consistent notation and a uniform view of the Market: Engineers, Mathematicians, Practicioners, subject. While practitioners will find a deeper Academics explanation of some of the restrictions and Location in bookstore: Mathematics

Variational Methods in Imaging July 2008 ISBN 978-0-387-30931-6 approx. $69.95 O. Scherzer, M. Grasmair, H. Grossauer, M. Haltmeier, mathematics. Researchers in the area of imaging Approx. 255 p. 40 illus. F. Lenzen, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria science will also find this book appealing. It Hardcover can serve as a main text in courses in image This book focuses on variational methods in processing or as a supplemental text for courses imaging science. Many numerical examples on regularization and inverse problems at the accompany the theory throughout the text. This graduate level. systematic presentation includes a one page color insert, with additional material and images available on the website. It is geared towards Market: Graduate Students, Researchers graduate students and researchers in applied Location in bookstore: Mathematics

History of Mathematics November 2007 ISBN 978-0-387-75480-2 A Supplement $49.95 with material that could encourage more critical Approx. 275 p. 42 illus. C. Smorynski, Westmont, IL, USA thinking. It also includes proofs of important Hardcover results typically neglected in the modern history of General textbooks, attempting to cover three mathematics curriculum. thousand or so years of mathematical history, must necessarily oversimplify almost everything, which can scarcely promote a critical approach to Market: Advanced Undergraduates, Historians of the subject. History of Mathematics offers deeper Mathematics coverage of key select topics, providing students Location in bookstore: Mathematics

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June 2008 Geometric Etudes in Combinatorial Mathematics ISBN 978-0-387-75469-7 approx. $24.95 Second Editon 2nd ed. introduction to graph theory and combinatorics, Approx. 250 p. 300 illus. A. Soifer, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, CO, and presents numerous practical applications Softcover USA that will prepare his readers for the mathematical world. Sofier captivates his audience, propelling This second edition of Alexander Sofier’s them to search for solutions of life’s problems- Geometric Etudes in Combinatorial problems that previously seemed hopeless. Mathematics provides supplementary reading materials to advanced students at various levels interested in pursuing mathematics, Market: Mathematicians and Talented Students at especially in algebra, geometry, or combinatorial various levels interested in Problem Solving Techniques geometry. Within the text, the author outlines an Location in bookstore: Mathematics

June 2008 Berkeley Problems in Mathematics ISBN 978-0-387-74521-3 approx. $49.95 Fourth Editon 4th ed. differential equations, metric spaces, complex 147 p. P. N. Souza, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA; analysis, algebra, and linear algebra. This new Hardcover J. Silva, University of Lisbon, Portugal edition has been updated with the most recent exams, including exams given during the Fall 2003 The book is a compilation of more than 1,250 semester. There are numerous new problems and problems which have appeared on the preliminary solutions which were not included in previous exams in Berkeley over the last twenty-five years. It editions. is an invaluable source of problems and solutions for every mathematics student who plans to enter a Ph.D. program. Students who work through Market: Undergraduate and Graduate Students in this book will develop problem solving skills in Mathematics areas such as real analysis, multivariable calculus, Location in bookstore: Mathematics

7 Published by Birkhäuser November 2007 Algebraic K-Theory ISBN 978-0-8176-4736-0 $39.95 Second Editon 2nd ed. accessible to readers with a limited background V. Srinivas, Tata Institute, India 342 p. in topology. This new edition also includes an Softcover appendix on algebraic geometry that contains The book is based on lectures given at the author’s the required definitions and results needed to home institution, the Tata Institute in Bombay, understand the core of the book; this makes the and elsewhere. With its connections to algebra, book accessible to a wider audience. algebraic geometry, topology, and number theory, algebraic k-theory has implications for a wide variety of researchers and graduate students in Market: Graduate Students and Researchers interested mathematics. A detailed appendix on topology was in K-theory provided in the first edition to make the treatment Location in bookstore: Mathematics

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A Course on Mathematical Logic February 2008 ISBN 978-0-387-76275-3 approx. $49.95 S. M. Srivastava, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, The book is written in a totally mathematical Approx. 155 p. 2 illus. India style, and any mathematician should feel at Softcover home reading this. After reading this book, the This textbook is written for advanced reader will be ready to branch into model Theory, undegraduates or first year graduate students recursion Theory, axiomatic set theory or even of mathematics and computer science. It is also theoretical computer science. intended for the working mathematician who wants to gain an appreciation of Mathematical Logic. There are no prerequisites for this book; Market: Advanced Undergraduate/Graduate Math however, some mathematical maturity is required. Students Location in bookstore: Mathematics

Generalized Measure Theory April 2008 ISBN 978-0-387-76851-9 approx. $79.95 Z. Wang, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, NE, Nonadditive Measures and Theory of Monotone Approx. 400 p. 30 illus. USA; G. J. Klir, SUNY at Binghamton, Binghamton, NY, Measures. It can also be used as a reference in Hardcover USA. courses on Fuzzy Sets, Fuzzy Control and Fuzzy Logic. This textbook provides an exhaustive review of generalized measures, from the theoretical background to the latest applications. It is designed Market: EE, CS and Math instructors and Gaduate as a main text for graduate courses on Generalized Sudents researching Fuzzy Measure Theory and Measure Theory, Fuzzy Measure Theory, Theory of Applications, Fuzzy Set Theory and Fuzzy Logic Location in bookstore: Mathematics

Analysis by Its History February 2008 ISBN 978-0-387-77031-4 approx. $39.95 G. Wanner, E. Hairer, University of Geneva, Switzerland variables is treated in chapters III and IV. The text Approx. 385 p. 192 illus. is complemented by a large number of examples, Softcover This book presents first-year calculus roughly in calculations and mathematical pictures and will the order in which it first was discovered. The first provide stimulating and enjoyable reading for two chapters show how the ancient calculations of students, teachers, as well as researchers. practical problems led to infinite series, differential and integral calculus and to differential equations. The establishment of mathematical rigour for these Market: First-year Mathematics Students and their subjects in the 19th century for one and several Teachers, Sudents of Physics and Computer Science Location in bookstore: Mathematics

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7 Published by Birkhäuser October 2007 Mathematical Control Theory ISBN 978-0-8176-4732-2 $39.95 An Introduction 260 p. stabilization of nonlinear systems using topological J. Zabczyk, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland Softcover methods, realization theory for nonlinear systems, impulsive control and positive systems, Mathematical Control Theory: An Introduction the control of rigid bodies, the stabilization of presents, in a mathematically precise manner, infinite dimensional systems, and the solution of a unified introduction to deterministic control minimum energy problems. theory. With the exception of a few more advanced concepts required for the final part of the book, this presentation requires only a knowledge Market: Graduate Students in Systems and Control, of basic facts from linear algebra, differential Mathematicians needing a good introduction to Control equations, and calculus. In addition to classical Theory concepts and ideas, the author covers the Location in bookstore: Mathematics

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April 2008 Synchronization ISBN 978-3-540-72127-7 $99.00 From Simple to Complex Approx. 465 p. 105 illus., 5 in color. such systems range from mechanical clocks to Hardcover A. Balanov, Technische Universität Berlin, Germany; population dynamics, from human heart to neural N. Janson, Loughborough University, Leicestershire, UK; networks. The authors study this phenomenon D. Postnov, Saratov State University, Russia; as applied to oscillations of different nature. The O. Sosnovtseva, Technical University of Denmark, main purpose of this book is to demonstrate Lyngby, Denmark that the complexity of synchronous patterns of real oscillating system can be described in the Syncronization: From Simple to Complex is framework of the general approach. devoted to the fundamental phenomenon in physics – synchronization that occurs in coupled non-linear dissipative oscillators. Examples of Market: Scientists and Graduate Students Location in bookstore: Physics

December 2007 Patterns of Light ISBN 978-0-387-75106-1 $69.95 Chasing the Spectrum from Aristotle to LEDs 196 p. 100 illus. in color. well-written and extensive volumes in the “physics Hardcover S. Beeson, San Francisco, CA, USA; J. W. Mayer, Solid of light and color” market; however, Patterns of State Science Center, Tempe, AZ, USA Light will fill a niche by providing an overview of the entire electromagnetic spectrum, rather than This book is an elegant, and aesthetically pleasing simply focusing on visible light. volume that is intended for science students, and will be enjoyed by those with a background in optics. Exercises and activities will be found in Market: Physics Students in Optics, Lasers and an appendix, but the primary volume can stand Engineering alone if the reader so desires. There are several Location in bookstore: Physics

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Fluid Mechanics January 2008 ISBN 978-3-540-71342-5 An Introduction to the Theory of Fluid Flows $99.00 book also fully addresses the numerical and Approx. 775 p. 350 illus. F. Durst, FMP Technology GmbH, Erlangen, Germany experimental methods applied to flows. This text Hardcover is specifically written to meet the needs of students This book’s logical organization begins with an in engineering and science. introductory chapter summarizing the history of fluid mechanics and then moves on to the essential mathematics and physics needed to Market: Students understand and work in fluid mechanics. The Location in bookstore: Physics

Engineering Optics January 2008 ISBN 978-0-387-75723-0 Third Edition approx. $89.99 electro- and acousto-optic devices, and integrated 3rd ed. K. Iizuka, University of Toronto, ON, Canada optics (including optical bistability). Practical Approx. 600 p. 422 illus., 24 in color. examples, such as the video disk, the Fresnel zone Hardcover Engineering Optics is a book for students plate, and many more, appear throughout the text, who want to apply their knowledge of optics to together with numerous solved exercises. There is engineering problems, as well as for engineering an entirely new section in this updated edition on students who want to acquire the basic principles 3-D imaging. of optics. It covers such important topics as optical signal processing, holography, tomography, holographic radars, fiber optical communication, Market: Students, Engineers, Scientists Location in bookstore: Physics

Chaos January 2008 ISBN 978-3-540-74866-3 A Program Collection for the PC $99.00 Third Edition for the PC, each of the previous twelve programs 3rd rev. and enlarged ed. is polished and rewritten in C++ (both Windows Approx. 325 p. 250 illus. With CD-ROM. H. J. Korsch, H. Jodl, University of Kaiserslautern, and Linux versions are included). A new program Hardcover Germany treats kicked systems, an important class of two- dimensional problems, which is introduced in This new edition strives yet again to provide Chapter 13. readers with a working knowledge of chaos theory and dynamical systems through parallel introductory explanations in the book and Market: Graduate Sudents in Physics, Mathematics and interaction with carefully-selected programs Engineering supplied on the accompanying CD-ROM. For the Location in bookstore: Physics third edition of Chaos: A Program Collection

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May 2008 Ultra-high Frequency Linear Fiber Optic Systems ISBN 978-3-540-25350-1 $89.95 K. Y. Lau, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA; Approx. 250 p. 50 illus. on optical fiber communication. It is designed J. Park, Bridgewave Communications Inc., Santa Clara, Hardcover for a one-semester course on fiber-optics systems CA, USA and communication links. This broad but concise text will thus be invaluable not only to students of This book provides a concise but rigorous fiber-optics communication but also to practicing treatment of the theory behind analog and digital engineers. fiber-optics links and system issues. The book’s approach is lean and mean, and it reduces the complex subject to simple core explanations and Market: Advanced Students interpretations to provide the most basic textbook Location in bookstore: Physics

Due April 2008 Symmetry Rules ISBN 978-3-540-75972-0 $59.95 How Science and Nature Are Founded on Approx. 290 p. 85 illus. Symmetry cannot possess exact symmetry, which is a Hardcover principle of fundamental significance. Curie’s J. Rosen, Rockville, MD, USA principle - which states that the symmetry of the effect is at least that of the cause - features Emphasizing key concepts, this book leads the prominently. An introduction to group theory, the reader coherently and comprehensively into the mathematical language of symmetry, is included. fertile field of symmetry and its applications. Among the most important applications considered are the fundamental forces of nature Market: Students, Scientists, Hobby Scientists and the Universe. It is shown that the Universe Location in bookstore: Physics

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March 2008 Little Matters of Life and Death ISBN 978-0-387-75625-7 approx. $29.95 The Human Rights of Children Facing Trauma Approx. 250 p. and Risk of their lives, the book offers some lessons learned Softcover about the psychological and spiritual foundations J. Garbarino, Loyola University, Chicago, IL, USA of resilience and vulnerability among children and youth, lessons that adults need to learn to guide In this book, the author looks back on three action. decades of confronting the dark side of human experience in the lives of children, youth, and families. The focus is on the lives of 10 children Market: Developmental, Clinical Child, School, and whose living conditions exemplify human rights Educational Psychologists as well as Community issues embedded in the lives of children facing Psychologists, Social Workers, General and Special trauma, poverty, terror, homelessness, mental and Educators, and Allied Researchers, Professionals, physical health issues, and violence in its many Clinicians, and Practitioners aspects, from child abuse to war. Through analysis Location in bookstore: Psychology

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Helping Couples Cope with Women‘s Cancers November 2007 ISBN 978-0-387-74802-3 An Evidence-Based Approach for Practitioners $49.95 in coping, and the individuality of each patient Approx. 255 p. K. Kayser, Boston College, Chesnut Hill, MA, USA; and couple. In addition to proven intervention Hardcover J. L. Scott, University of Tasmania, Australia techniques and helpful assessment tools, the book features case illustrations, “What to do Helping Couples Cope with Women’s Cancer if…” sections, sociocultural considerations, and shows readers not only how to enlist the patient’s suggestions for when the patient’s caregiver is not closest support person in coping with the disease, her partner. but also to help that partner with the stressors, such as feelings of inadequacy and loss, that so often come with the role. The authors, established Market: Social Workers, Clinical Psychologists, Nurses, experts on their subject, recognize the challenges Counselors, Psychiatrists, Upper-level Graduate Students couples face, the central role of communication in Health Psychology, Couples Therapy Courses Location in bookstore: Psychology

Prenatal Exposures March 2008 ISBN 978-0-387-74397-4 Psychological and Educational Consequences $59.95 for Children factors) events that result in low incidence and Approx. 460 p. profound teratogenic outcomes often resulting in Hardcover R. P. Martin, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, U.S.A.; fetal or infant death. The focus is on effects that S. C. Dombrowski, Rider University, Lawrenceville, NJ, may be linked to the common psychopathologies U.S.A. of childhood (e.g., learning disabilities, childhood depression, attention problems, etc.). This book is first attempt to bring together the full range of prenatal events that have been shown to affect the childhood psychopathologies. It Market: School Psychologists, Clinical Psychologists, excludes genetic factors and will give only passing Counselors, and Social Workers either in Training or reference to very early occurring (first trimester Practice Location in bookstore: Psychology

Handbook of Giftedness in Children February 2008 ISBN 978-0-387-74399-8 Psycho-Educational Theory, Research, and Best approx. $89.95 Practices legal concerns. Particular attention is given Approx. 790 p. to social and family contexts, and evidence- Hardcover S. I. Pfeiffer, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, based strategies and interventions offer solid USA (Ed.) guidelines on assessment, curriculum design, and encouraging and nurturing talent – from preschool In one comprehensive resource, the Handbook through adolescence. of Giftedness in Children brings together leading experts from the fields of psychology and education, combining theory and applied Market: Clinical Child and School Psychologists, empirical research on such crucial topics Educators and other Allied Professionals, Child as conceptualization, types of intelligence, Psychiatrists, Family Therapists, Social Workers, developmental considerations, and ethical and Pediatricians, and other Healthcare Professionals Location in bookstore: Psychology

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June 2008 Handbook of Clinical Child Neuropsychology ISBN 978-0-387-70708-2 approx. $150.00 Third Edition 3rd ed. working in pediatric coma rehabilitation, using Approx. 1100 p. C. R. Reynolds, Texas A&M University, College Station, the planning, attention, sequential, simultaneous Hardcover TX, USA; E. Fletcher-Janzen, University of Northern theory of neuropsychological processes, additions Colorado, Greeley, CO, USA (Eds.) on ADHD, and more appear written by the leading experts and practitioners in these fields to reflect In this new editin, every chapter has been updated the demands of current practice in clinical child to reflect current thought and research in the neuropsychology. field. Chapters devoted to specialized tests in neuropsychology have been updated to reflect new editions of these popular instruments. Market: Practicioners in Clinical Child Neuropsychology Special topic chapters have been added such as Location in bookstore: Psychology

February 2008 Emotions as Biocultural Processes ISBN 978-0-387-74134-5 approx. $55.00 B. Rottger-Rossler, Max Planck Institute for Social Approx. 335 p. as neurobiologists, philosophers, sociologists, Anthroplogy, Halle, Germany; H. J. Markowitsch, Hardcover developmental, physiological and social University of Bielefeld, Germany (Eds.) psychologists as well as social anthropologists, working together to establish an integrative model Their aim of this book to develop a theoretical of emotion research. and methodological framework which allows an analysis of emotions as a complex, multi-layered process, in which biological, cultural, social and Market: Emotion Researchers, Developmental individual components interact equally. The book Psychologists, Social Psychologists, Social gathers researchers from various disciplines, such Anthropologists, Sociologists Location in bookstore: Psychology

December 2007 Handbook of Consumer Finance Research ISBN 978-0-387-75733-9 approx. $63.95 J. J. Xiao, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, USA Approx. 320 p. specific settings and populations. The Handbook (Ed.) Hardcover is timely and instructive reading for educators, researchers, and policymakers who wish to The Handbook of Consumer Finance Research develop or evaluate financial education programs, surveys the social aspects of consumer behavior, design research initiatives, and understand better offering latest data and original research on how to help families with the economic problems current consumer needs as well as identifying of our times. emerging areas of research. This accessible volume (which can be read without advanced training in the field) starts with current concepts of risk Market: Researchers in the fields of Consumer Science, tolerance, consumer socialization, and financial Economics, Business, Family Studies, and Human well-being, and moves on to salient data on Development Location in bookstore: Psychology

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Improving Oral Health for the Elderly February 2008 ISBN 978-0-387-74336-3 An Interdisciplinary Approach approx. $79.95 places oral health in the larger context of physical Approx. 500 p. 83 illus. I. B. Lamster, Columbia University College of Dental and mental well-being. The book contains an Hardcover Medicine, New York, NY, USA; M. E. Northridge, Mailman invaluable set of recommendations to the clinical, School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, research, and administrative communities that NY, USA (Eds.) they can use to better understand and serve this steadily growing population. Improving Oral Health for the Elderly: An Interdisciplinary Approach examines in depth a crucial yet frequently overlooked indicator of Market: Professionals in Community Health, Health seniors’ quality of life. By combining a lifespan Promotion, Disease Prevention, Health Disparities, Public approach to health with a biopsychosocial Health perspective on health disparities, this book Location in bookstore: Public Health

Health Issues Confronting Minority Men Who Have Sex with Men December 2007 ISBN 978-0-387-74538-1 $59.95 S. Loue, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, regarding their experiences and/or perspective on Approx. 305 p. 13 illus. USA (Ed.) the issue at hand. This book uniquely focuses on Hardcover both gay/queer-self-identified men from diverse Each section of this edited book will be devoted to minority communities (African American, Latino, a particular health issue affecting minority MSM. Native American, Asian and Pacific Islander) and Each section will consist of one or more scholarly men of these ethnic communities who have sex chapters that address the particular issue, followed with men but are not gay/queer-self-identified. by a chapter or short piece from an individual associated with a nonprofit organization or public health department. In addition, each section will Market: Public Health Professionals, Graduate Students contain one or more writings from minority MSM in Public Health, Social Workers Location in bookstore: Public Health

Emerging Infections in Asia March 2008 ISBN 978-0-387-75721-6 $49.95 Y. Lu, M. Essex, Harvard School of Public Health, the infectious diseases, analysis of the cause and Approx. 255 p. 42 illus. Boston, MA, USA; B. Roberts, Apex Consulting Group, forecast of future outbreaks, and the regional and Hardcover Cambridge, MA (Eds.) global impact of the diseases.

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February 2008 School Violence and Primary Prevention ISBN 978-0-387-75660-8 $69.95 Approx. 400 p. 36 illus. T. W. Miller, Department of Psychiatry, College of school shootings. And uniquely, the book will go Hardcover Medicine, University of Kentucky, KY, USA (Ed.) into topics such as sexual boundaries and body image. In all, this book aims for a theoretical School Violence and Primary Prevention and applied picture of the current state of school covers clinical issues in treating victims of school violence and prevention. violence and assessing children with the potential for violence. The editor will also examine the effectiveness of prevention intervention programs Market: School Professionals including Teachers, and offer larger policy recommendations. The Counselors and Administrators, and Medical and Mental book will look at environmental factors such as Health Professionals cultural issues on behaviors from bullying to mass Location in bookstore: Public Health

January 2008 Physical Activity and Nutrition ISBN 978-0-387-74840-5 $59.95 Health Information Activities of the EU, Approx. 360 p. 15 illus. WHO, other European Networks and National and methodologies. This variety makes it Hardcover Examples necessary to bring the results of these activities into a coordinated framework. This book aims to N. Wolfram, Faculty of Medicine, Dresden, Germany; summarize the activities carried out by the EU R. G. Frazzica, CEFPAS, Palermo, Italy; M. Rigby, Centre countries to address these determinants of health. for Health Planning and Management, Keele University, Contributors are drawn from Germany, Italy, United Kingdom; W. Kirch, Faculty of Medicine, Dresden, Sweden, and United Kingdom. Germany (Eds.)

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April 2008 Maritime Archaeology ISBN 978-0-387-76985-1 approx. $29.95 Australian Approaches Approx. 240 p. interest to students and practitioners of maritime Softcover M. Staniforth, Flinders University, Adelaide, SA, and historical archaeology and cultural heritage Australia, M. Nash, Tasmanian Parks and Wildlife Service, managers throughout the world as example of Hobart, TAS, Australia good practice and innovative approaches to maritime archaeology. The effect of National and State legislation and management regimes to these underwater cultural heritage sites is also highlighted, together with the Market: Underwater and Maritime Archaeologists, important role of avocational divers and training Terrestrial Archaeologists, Underwater Cultural Heritage programs in raising the profile of underwater Managers, as well as Students in these fields and maritime heritage sites. This book will be of Location in bookstore: Social Sciences / Archaeology

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Past Meets Present April 2008 ISBN 978-0-387-76980-6 Archaeologists Partnering with Museum approx. $39.95 Curators, Teachers and Community Groups the past. These developments have occurred Approx. 480 p. 110 illus. amidst a realization that community-based Softcover S. Baugher, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA; partnerships are the most effective mechanism for J. H. Jameson, National Park Service, Tallahassee, FL, long-term success. This volume addresses these USA (Eds.) latest trends and provides case studies of successful partnerships. The last decade has witnessed increased interest in establishing partnerships between professional practitioners in public interpretation and Market: Archaeologists, both Academic and Professional, educational institutions to excavation and preserve and those who work in Public Interpretation Location in bookstore: Social Sciences / Archaeology

The Taking and Displaying of Human Body Parts as Trophies by April 2008 ISBN 978-0-387-76983-7 Amerindians approx. $39.95 Approx. 700 p. 169 illus. R. J. Chacon, Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC, USA; from both continents) examine the evidence and Softcover D. H. Dye, University of Memphis, TN, USA (Eds.) causes of Amerindian trophy taking as reflected in osteological, archaeological, ethnohistoric and What this collection demonstrates is that the ethnographic accounts. Additionally, they present practice of trophy-taking predates European objectively and discuss dispassionately the topic of contact in the Americas but was also practiced human proclivity toward ritual violence. in other parts of the world (Europe, Africa, Asia) and has been practiced prehistorically, historically and up to and including the twentieth century. Market: Scholars in the field of Amerindian Research This edited volume mainly focuses on this practice covering Archaeology, Anthropology, Culture Studies, in both North and South America. The editors Minority Studies and Sociology, those who study and contributors (which include Native Peoples Violence and Warfare Location in bookstore: Social Sciences / Archaeology

Nuclear Test Ban May 2008 ISBN 978-1-4020-6883-6 Converting Political Visions to Reality approx. $89.00 CTBT), one of the key guardians against nuclear Approx. 250 p. 80 illus. O. Dahlman, Swedish Institute of International Affairs, proliferation. The book gives a unique insight into Hardcover Stockholm, Sweden; S. Mykkeltveit, NORSAR, Norway; the challenging international work to establish H. Haak, Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute, the a complex technical system of global reach in a Netherlands political environment, provided by those who guided this work for more than 25 years. The book gives a broad presentation in laymen’s language of the creation and the implementation of the treaty prohibiting nuclear test explosions Market: Professionals, Politicians, Scientists and (Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty: Graduate Students in Political Science Location in bookstore: Social Sciences / Political Science

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May 2008 Evaluating Multiple Narratives ISBN 978-0-387-76459-7 approx. $39.95 Beyond Nationalist, Colonialist, Imperialist Approx. 200 p. Archaeologies at the forefront of archaeological theory research Softcover and the commentators are eminent archaeological C. Fawcett, Saint Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, theoreticians. This volume will also contribute Nova Scotia, Canada; J. M. Matsunaga, J. Habu, to the debate about the social and political University of California at Berkeley,CA, USA (Eds.) implications of archaeological practice.

The goal of this volume is to use archaeological case studies from around the world to evaluate Market: Archaeologists both Academic and Professional, the implications of providing alternative Social Anthropologists and Historians interpretations of the past The contributors are Location in bookstore: Social Sciences / Archaelogy

February 2008 Globalization and Summit Reform ISBN 978-0-387-76531-0 approx. $79.95 An Experiment in International Governance Approx. 180 p. traces the origins and findings of the project, Hardcover P. C. Heap, University of Victoria, BC, Canada which generated a broad array of cutting-edge research and over twenty substantive, action- This account of the ‘L-20 project’ describes and oriented workshops involving hundreds of experts analyses a 3-year mobilization designed as an and practitioners around the world. alternative to the political deadlocks preventing progress on critical global issues. The L-20 would include leaders from the existing G-countries, Market: Academics, Researchers; Postgraduate, and augmented by key regional powers such as China, Senior Undergraduate Students in Social Sciences, Brazil, India, South Africa and Egypt. The book Environmental and Health Fields Location in bookstore: Social Sciences / Political Science

May 2008 Contemporary Sociological Theory ISBN 978-0-387-76521-1 approx. $54.95 An Integrated Multi-Level Approach Approx. 450 p. involving face-to-face encounters. The macro level, Hardcover D. P. Johnson, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, USA in contrast, is concerned with larger-scale social systems, typically at the level of total societies. The overall organizing framework employed in With its unique focus on multiple levles of this textbook is based primarily on the distinctions analysis, this graduate-level text will be of interest among different levels of social reality. Theorists to sociologists and those they teach. routinely distinguish between micro and macro levels of analysis. The micro level involves a focus on human agency and choice and the dynamics Market: Sociologists focused on Theory as well as their of personal relationships and small-scale social Graduate-level Students systems of various types, particularly those Location in bookstore: Social Sciences / Sociology

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Handbook of Social Movements Across Disciplines August 2008 ISBN 978-0-387-76580-8 approx. $79.95 B. Klandermans, C. Roggeband, Free University, approach their sector has developed and discuss Approx. 335 p. 14 illus. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (Eds.) their disciplines’ contributions and insights to the Softcover knowledge of social movements. Furthermore, This important book revisits the interdisciplinary each chapter addresses the “unanswered questions” roots of social movement studies. Each discipline and discusses the overlaps with other fields as well raises its own questions and approaches the as reviewing the interdisciplinary advances so far. subject from a different angle or perspective. The chapters of this handbook are written by internationally renowned scholars representing the Market: Researchers, Students, and Professionals various disciplines involved. They each review the Location in bookstore: Social Sciences / Sociology

Organized Crime December 2007 ISBN 978-0-387-74732-3 Culture, Markets and Policies $109.00 underground banking, crime facilitators) in 230 p. 7 illus. D. Siegel, Vrije Universiteit of Amsterdam, Netherlands; various parts of the world (Sicily, Sinai, the US, Hardcover H. Nelen, University of Maastricht, Netherlands (Eds.) Quebec, Amsterdam, Antwerp, tropical rain forests in Africa and Asia and so on). Distinguished The central premise of this book is that we need scholars explore different theoretical arguments more in-depth, empirically funded, knowledge on from the perspective of their own disciplines, organized crime in specific situational contexts, which include sociology, criminology, political rather than trying to predict how organized science and anthropology. crime might develop throughout the world. The fifteen contributions in the book deal with various aspects of organized crime (drugs, diamonds, Market: Sociologists, Criminologists, Political Scientists, human trafficking, eco-crime, conflict resolution, Anthropologists Location in bookstore: Social Sciences / Criminology

Religion and Family Links January 2008 ISBN 978-0-387-75620-2 Neofunctionalist Reflections $69.95 multidimensional understanding of religion. With Approx. 225 p. 57 illus. D. Swenson, Mount Royal College, Calgary, AB, Canada a focus on systems and a holistic interpretation Hardcover of religion, the author uses a systems approach to The author of this text captures the important construct a synthesis of the salient literature on the relationship between religion and the family with link between religion and the family. a review of relevant literature on the subject, synthesizing it within a theoretical framework. The work begins with an introduction to the Market: Those in the Sociology of the Family and the neofunctionalist theoretical framework of Sociology of Religion as well as those in Religious the family. This framework is connected to a Studies Programs Location in bookstore: Social Sciences / Sociology

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April 2008 Handbook of the Sociology of Racial and Ethnic Relations ISBN 978-0-387-76462-7 approx. $79.95 H. Vera, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA; Approx. 494 p.15 illus. “traditional” cultures are feeling threatened by J. R. Feagin, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, Softcover immigrants from Latin America, Africa and Asia. USA (Eds.) This handbook is a true international collaboration looking at racial and ethnic relations from an This important new work draws together much academic perspective. of the current thinking on a highly relevant contemporary issue. The study of racial and ethnic relations has become one of the most written about Market: Sociologists working in the field of Race and aspects in sociology and sociological research. Ethnic Relations, Social Psychologists, Anthropologists, In both North America and Europe, many Cultural Researchers Location in bookstore: Social Sciences / Sociology

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7 Published by Birkhäuser January 2008 An Introduction to Queueing Theory ISBN 978-0-8176-4724-7 approx. $59.95 Modeling and Analysis in Applications Approx. 290 p. 5 illus. With its rigorous coverage of basic material and U. N. Bhat, Professor Emeritus, Southern Methodist Hardcover extensive bibliography of the queueing literature, University, Dallas, TX, USA the work may also be useful to applied scientists and practitioners as a self-study reference for This is the first textbook designed for a one- applications and further research. semester course on queueing theory that does not require a course in stochastic processes as a prerequisite. Containing exercises and examples Market: Advanced Undergraduates, Graduate Students, as motivational and pedagogical tools, this Researchers, and Practitioners in Applied Mathematics, volume may be used as a textbook by first-year Statistics, Computer Science, Operations Research graduate and upper-level undergraduate students. Location in bookstore: Statistics

March 2008 Statistical Design ISBN 978-0-387-75964-7 approx. $84.95 G. Casella, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA 290 p. principles that still apply today. Statistical design Hardcover is all about understanding where the variance In this book, the basic theoretical underpinnings comes from, and making sure that is where the of statistical design are covered. The book also replication is. Indeed, it is probably correct to say describes the principles that drive good designs that these principles are even more important and good statistics. Statistical design is one of the today. fundamentals of our subject, being at the core of the growth of statistics during the previous century. Design played a key role in agricultural statistics and set down principles of good practic, Market: Grad Students, Researchers Location in bookstore: Statistics

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Software for Data Analsyis June 2008 ISBN 978-0-387-75935-7 Programming with R approx. $79.95 extract information from some source of data by Approx. 500 p. J. M. Chambers, Bell Labs, Alcatel-Lucent Technologies, organizing, visualizing, modeling, or performing Hardcover Summit, NJ, USA any other relevant computation on the data.

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Time Series Analysis with Applications in R March 2008 ISBN 978-0-387-75958-6 Second Editon $84.95 necessary for a thorough understanding of some 2nd ed. J. D. Cryer, K. Chan, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, of the theory. Actual time series data drawn from 483 p. USA various disciplines are used throughout the book Hardcover to illustrate the methodology. The book contains The book was developed for a one-semester additional topics of a more advanced nature that course usually attended by students in statistics, could be selected for inclusion in a course if the economics, business, engineering, and quantitative instructor so chooses. social sciences. Basic applied statistics is assumed through multiple regression. Calculus is assumed only to the extent of minimizing sums of squares Market: Grad Students but a calculus-based introduction to statistics is Location in bookstore: Statistics

Asymptotic Theory of Statistics and Probability March 2008 ISBN 978-0-387-75970-8 $89.95 A. DasGupta, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA of the latest developments in some of the most Approx. 695 p. contemporary topics, such as false discovery, Hardcover This is a unique book that provides an unmatched treatment of dependent data, and the bootstrap. coverage of topics of interest to a very broad There is no other book in large sample theory spectrum of statisticians and also probabilists. The that matches this book in coverage, exercies and book can be used in multiple roles. It can be used examples, bibliography, and lucid conceptual as a graduate text with a huge choice of topics for discussion of issues and theorems. the instructor, as an invaluable general purpose reference, for independent reading by students and reserachers, and for getting an overview Market: Students Location in bookstore: Statistics

Simulation and Inference for Stochastic Differential Equations March 2008 ISBN 978-0-387-75838-1 With R Examples $79.95 and will prove popular with many readers.While 257 p. S. M. Iacus, University of Milan, Milan, Italy there are several recent texts available that cover Hardcover stochastic differential equations, the emphasis here This book covers a modern and timely topic on inference makes this book stand out. No other that is likely to be of wide interest, especially in direct competitors are known up to date. finance, engineering and computational biology. The introductory material on simulation and stochastic differential equation is very accessible Market: Researchers, Graduate Students Location in bookstore: Statistics

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January 2008 Introduction to Empirical Processes and Semiparametric Inference ISBN 978-0-387-74977-8 $89.95 M. R. Kosorok, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Approx. 490 p. such methods. Each main idea is introduced with NC, USA Hardcover a non-technical motivation, and examples are given throughout to illustrate important concepts. This book provides a self-contained, linear, and Homework problems are also included at the end unified introduction to empirical processes and of each chapter to help the reader gain additional semiparametric inference. These powerful research insights. techniques are surprisingly useful for developing methods of statistical inference for complex models and in understanding the properties of Market: Statisticians, Researchers, Grad Students Location in bookstore: Statistics

June 2008 Multiscale Methods in Statistics ISBN 978-0-387-75960-9 approx. $79.95 G. Nason, University of Bristol, UK Approx. 305 p. book describes new topics and presents multiscale Softcover as a unifying force able to be used in many One of the “image” problems with wavelets is different kinds of interesting problems. that because they have been a dominant area of interest (in nonparametric smoothing) people have forgotten that they are general tools with a Market: Graduate Students, Researchers fascinating role and future in other areas. This Location in bookstore: Statistics

December 2007 Proportional Hazards Regression ISBN 978-0-387-25148-6 $79.95 J. O‘Quigley, University of California, San Diego, CA, USA Approx. 480 p. survival analysis. Hardcover Unlike other books in this area the emphasis is The place in survival analysis now occupied not on measure theoretic arguments for stochastic by proportional hazards models and their integrals and martingales. Instead, while inference generalizations is so large that it is no longer based on counting processes and the theory of conceivable to offer a course on the subject martingales is covered, much greater weight is without devoting at least half of the content to placed on more traditional results such as the this topic alone. This book focuses on the theory functional central limit theorem. and applications of a very broad class of models – proportional hazards and non-proportional hazards models, the former being viewed as a Market: Researchers, Graduate Students special case of the latter – which underlie modern Location in bookstore: Statistics

August 2008 Analysis of Integrated and Co-integrated Time Series with R ISBN 978-0-387-75966-1 approx. $54.95 Second Editon 2nd ed. addition, the book encompasses seasonal unit Approx. 175 p. B. Pfaff, Kronberg, Germany roots, fractional integration, coping with structural Softcover breaks and inference in co-integrated vector This is the only book devoted to the main autoregressive models, and includes numerous methodology employed in applied econometrics: programming examples involving artificial and the analysis of integrated and co-integrated time real data. series. Beyond introducing the core concepts, the text shows how to conduct the various unit root tests and co-integration methods using the Market: Analysts, Researchers free statistical programming environment R. In Location in bookstore: Statistics

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Lattice March 2008 ISBN 978-0-387-75968-5 Multivariate Data Visualization with R $54.95 The book contains close to 150 figures produced Approx. 290 p. 8 illus. in color. D. Sarkar, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, with lattice. Many of the examples emphasize Softcover Seattle, WA, USA principles of good graphical design; almost all use real data sets that are publicly available in various Written by the author of the lattice system, this R packages. All code and figures in the book are book describes it in considerable depth, beginning also available online, along with supplementary with the essentials and systematically delving into material covering more advanced topics. specific low levels details as necessary. No prior experience with lattice is required to read the book, although basic familiarity with R is assumed. Market: Researchers, Grad Students Location in bookstore: Statistics

High-Dimensional Statistical Genomics in Plants August 2008 ISBN 978-0-387-75962-3 approx. $79.95 R. Wu, S. Wu, J. S. Yap, University of Florida, Gainesville, a hope that statistical mapping approaches can Approx. 300 p. FL, USA be immediately useful to proactical genetic and Hardcover genomic research in agriculture, evolutionary The principal goal of this book is to introduce a biology and health sciences. series of high-dimensional statistical methods that have been developed to map and estimate the genetic architecture of complex traits, with Market: Researchers, Grad Students Location in bookstore: Statistics

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Curve Ball 2003 ball’s traditions and conventional wisdom. Rather Baseball, Statistics, and the Role of Chance in the Game it tests whether baseball’s accepted measurements 978-0-387-00193-7 Jim Albert and Jay Bennett stand up to scrutiny. . . . This is great stuff…Curve $19.95 Ball makes clear how pleasurable [stats] can be, and 432 pages, 125 illus. From the reviews 7 Smart and energetic…hardcore arguably how important, to view the great American Softcover fans will find its mission refreshing. Curve Ball game with real precision. 7 The Wall Street Journal doesn’t pay the usual misty-eyed homage to base-

Secrets of the Old One October 2005 twentieth century physics. A fourth short paper was Einstein, 1905 received by the journal on the 27th of September. It 978-0-387-26005-1 Jeremy Bernstein contained Einstein’s derivation of the formula E=mc2. $25.00 These papers with their many technological ramifica- 214 p. 118 illus. Noted science writer Jeremy Bernstein tells the tions changed our lives in the twentieth century and Softcover remarkable story of Einstein’s papers and their impact beyond. While to a professional physicist the mathe- one century ago. Beginning on the 18th of March, matics in these papers is quite straight forward, the 1905, at approximately eight week intervals, the noted ideas behind the mathematics are not. In fact, none of German physics journal Annalen der Physik received Einstein’s contemporaries fully understood what he three hand-written manuscripts from a relatively had done. This book makes these ideas accessible to unknown patent examiner in Bern. The patent a general reader with no more mathematics than one examiner was the twenty-six year old Albert Einstein learns in high school. and the three papers would set the agenda for

Distant Worlds January 2007 ments in scientific exploration possible. Bond’s Milestones in Planetary Exploration perspective provides a much-needed overview, but 978-0-387-40212-3 Peter Bond it also details the very human feelings that animated $32.50 the intense rivalries between the Soviet Union and 326 pages Peter Bond provides an overview of key, unmanned the United States, and most recently the difficulties 16 page color insert missions, chapter by chapter, to planets in the that arose in collaborations between NASA and ESA Hardcover twentieth century. He tells the story of the mission on the Rosetta and Halley’s Comet missions. A Copernicus/ planners and engineers who, working mostly in the Praxis Co-publication background, made these unprecedented achieve-

Columbia: Final Voyage January 2006 hand account of what happened that fateful day in The Last Flight of NASA‘s First Space Shuttle February 2003. The author provides a comprehensive 978-0-387-27148-4 Philip Chien, Merritt Island, FL, USA and personal look at both the Columbia astronauts $27.50 and the STS-107 mission, together with a behind- 464 p., 235 illus. Aerospace writer Philip Chien, who has over 20 the-scenes account of other people involved in the Hardcover years’ experience covering the US space program, mission and their personal reactions to the accident. provides a unique insight into the crew members Chien interviewed all seven crew members several who lost their lives in the Columbia disaster. He times and got to know them as individuals. Includes reviews in detail their scientific work and other up-to-the-minute coverage of the fuel tank foam activities during their successful 16-day flight, the investigation by NASA. background of the accident itself and a detailed first-

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2001 Chemical and Biological Warfare 7 The portion devoted to biological warfare, which 978-0-387-95076-1 A Comprehensive Survey for the Concerned Citizen I am qualified to comment on, is most informative $27.50 Eric Croddy without getting into the ‚how to’ business. The book is 352 pages, 25 illus. very readable and addresses all aspects of biological Hardcover From the reviews 7 Croddy’s robust study helps warfare that an informed citizen should know. CBW experts hone their opinions after the events 7 William C. (Bill) Patrick III, President of Biothreats of September 11, 2001. From armchair generals to Assessment, and the “Father” of the U.S. Biowarfare scholars everyone should feel informed after reading Program Croddy’s concise and illuminating tour de force on CBW. 7 Theodore Karasik, Political Scientist, Rand Corporation

February 2005 Brute Force DESCHALL (the DES Challenge) sent shockwaves Cracking the Data Encryption Standard 978-0-387-20109-2 through government and financial networks world- $25.00 Matt Curtin wide. In this captivating book, Matt Curtin traces 288 pages, DES’s rise and fall, providing an insider’s view into 10 illus. In 1997, in a remarkable demonstration of collective the group of strangers who banded together to over- Hardcover computing, a loosely organized team of univer- turn public encryption policy nearly overnight. He sity students, programmers, and scientists linked tells us not just how this motley crew made strong together thousands of computers over the Internet cryptography available to all of us, but why this to crack DES and thus dramatize its vulnerabili- “opening up” of a powerful computer technology was ties. Networking literally thousands of CPUs (most a critically important step forward—economically of them in desktop PCs) and testing as many as and politically, as well as technologically. 7 billion keys per second, these participants in

Sound Sense July 2008 animals have evolved an echolocation sense that is so Echolocation by Dolphins 978-0-387-30257-7 well tuned to the underwater environment that it can Approx. $27.50 Peter Dobbins, Bristol, UK outperform any man-made sonar. There is still much 300 p. 120 ilus. to discover about dolphins, and this book covers Softcover Many of the dolphin’s sensory abilities seem “beyond science in progress and how creative scientists ask explanation” but, in Sound Sense, Peter Dobbins new questions and find ways to extract the answers demonstrates that dolphin research has come a long from masses of apparently meaningless data. The way in the past half-century and that the truth about author’s purpose in writing this book is to persuade cetaceans is far more interesting than fanciful specu- the reader that studying and understanding whales lation. The author examines the latest discoveries in and dolphins makes them more interesting and dolphin anatomy-their bulging foreheads and unique exciting, not less. dental arrangement, and shows how these amazing

December 2005 The Square Root of Two teacher and student, shows readers why this number A Mathematical Dialog and Excursion 978-0-387-20220-4 is so important, and how, in puzzling out its special $25.00 David A. Flannery qualities, mathematicians came to their insights 240 pages, 31 illus. about the nature of irrational numbers. Using no Hardcover Often overshadowed by its more famous cousins more than the most basic algebra and geometry, (like pi and zero), the square root of 2 is nonetheless Flannery manages to convey not just why irrational a very important number. While pi is the circum- numbers are fascinating and significant, but how the ference of a unit circle, the square root of 2 is the whole enterprise of mathematical thinking can be diagonal of a unit square. What’s more, the square played out in a dialog that is imaginative, intriguing, root of 2 was the first known, and mathematically and engaging. Original and informative, this book proven, irrational number. is a one-of-a-kind introduction to the pleasure and This book, through an imaginary dialog between a beauty of mathematical thinking

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Alice in Quantumland 1995 land—a whole new Wonderland, smaller than an An Allegory of Quantum Physics 978-0-387-91495-4 atom, where each attraction demonstrates a different $24.00 Robert Gilmore aspect of quantum theory. Alice’s unusual encoun- 200 pages, 50 illus. ters, enhanced by illustrations by Gilmore himself, Hardcover In this cleverly conceived book, physicist Robert make the Uncertainty Principle, wave functions, the Gilmore makes accessible some complex concepts in Pauli Principle, and other elusive concepts easier and quantum mechanics by sending Alice to Quantum- fun to grasp.

Centauri Dreams 2004 take at least 40 years to complete? Gilster investigates Imagining and Planning Interstellar Travel the science, and just as importantly the spirit, of the 978-0-387-00436-5 Paul Gilster researchers who are actually at work on just such a $25.00 project. The challenges in terms of materials science, 319 pages An audacious plan to send an unmanned craft to propulsion systems, and communications, to say Hardcover Centauri, the star system nearest to our Sun, is already nothing of distances measured in light-years and underway at a number of NASA sites around the missions lasting decades, pushes thinking about such U.S. Why, today, would anyone undertake to think a project to the brink of science fiction. Yet the work and plan seriously for such a hypothetical spacecraft? on the Centauri project is unambiguously thoughtful Can scientists and engineers seriously contemplate and serious and profound in its implications for the such a vehicle, when its existence is at least 30 years future of human exploration. in the future, and its first one-way journey would

7 Published by Springer-Praxis about the rough and tumble of the very human enter- July 2008 Unmasking Europa 978-0-387-47936-1 prise of science, as well as the fantastic new world that The Search for Life on Jupiter’s Ocean Moon has been discovered. With its great scientific core (an Approx. $27.50 Richard Greenberg, Tucson, AZ, USA oceanic moon, extraterrestrial life), with its amazing Approx. 200 p. images, and with its inside story of the rough and Hardcover The story of Europa has broad appeal, not only tumble of a very human enterprise in science, leading because of its implications for extraterrestrial life, but to the discovery of a fantastic new world that might also because the fabulous images obtained by Galileo well harbor life, Unmasking Europa: The Search for spacecraft show spectacular crack patterns, extensive Life on Jupiter’s Ocean Moon will attract a broad rifts and ridges, and refrozen pools of exposed water readership. filled with rafts of displaced ice. The story of Europa is

The Hundred Greatest Stars 2002 first lists each star’s resident constellation, its apparent James B. Kaler brightness as viewed from Earth, its distance from 978-0-387-95436-3 our Sun, and its visual luminosity. Then the real story $32.50 In this arresting and lavishly illustrated volume, noted begins. In choosing his “top 100,” Kaler has aimed 240 pages, astronomy writer and teacher Jim Kaler has chosen not just at providing a representative sample of the 150 illus. (50 in color) 100 stars to illustrate the mind-boggling variety of Universe’s extraordinarily diverse population, but at Hardcover stars’ shapes and sizes, their immense ages, and their capturing their complexity, their dynamism, and the vast range of configurations. From AG Draconis to amazing view they provide into the extraordinary Z Andromedae, this alphabetically arranged volume physical forces at play.

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June 2006 A Seat on the Aisle, Please! as an inevitable consequence of the aging process or, 978-0-387-95509-4 The Essential Guide to Urinary Tract Problems in Women worse still, as indicators of underlying psychological $27.50 Elizabeth Kavaler, M.D. disease. 413 p. 50 illus. In this concise, clearly written, and sympathetic Hardcover In the course of a lifetime, more than half of all new book, Elizabeth Kavaler suggests that a new women will experience some form of debilitating approach to UT disorders is long overdue. One of pelvic disease or discomfort, including chronic the surprisingly small number of female urologists urinary tract infections, various kinds of inconti- practicing in the U.S., Dr. Kavaler explains what nence, pelvic floor prolapse, and interstitial cystitis. these diseases are and what patients can do to get Surprisingly, until recently there has been only themselves diagnosed and treated properly. But scant attention paid to this very common group more than that, she extends an expert, sympathetic, of disorders, considering the vast population of and skilled hand to those who’ve been distressed, sufferers. What’s more, doctors have long tended to isolated, and embarrassed for too long. dismiss many symptoms of urinary tract disorders

October 2006 The Seven Secrets of How to Think Like and personal perspective. Without being preachy, 978-0-387-30876-0 A Rocket Scientist lessons are offered that apply to anyone seeking to $25.00 James Longuski, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, make professional or personal life just a little bit more 170 p. USA successful and fun. I just couldn’t set this book down! Hardcover 7 Robert Cesarone, Rocket Scientist From the reviews 7 People of Earth… Attention! Jim Longuski’s book takes you on a journey This book explains the methods that rocket scien- of exploration to that nearly infinite space between the tists use, expressed in ways that can be applied in ears and behind the brows of that most mysterious of everyday life. The book illustrates the Seven Secrets all creatures - the rocket scientist! Going well beyond with anecdotes, quotations and biographical sketches the oft-used aphorisms, where no writer has gone of famous scientists, ideas from sci-fi, personal before, he shows you how these gifted individuals stories and insights, and an occasional bit of space think, feel, work, play, fantasize, rationalize, laugh and history. The author reveals that rocket science is cry. From the glories of their epoch-making achieve- just common sense applied to the extraordinarily ments to the tragedies of their magnificent failures, uncommon environment of outer space and that it is all here, told with insight, humor, objectivity rocket scientists are people, too.

November 2006 Contact with Alien Civilizations into contact with extraterrestrial intelligence. The text 978-0-387-28598-6 Our Hopes and Fears about Encountering Extraterrestrials examines and analyzes the assumptions underlying these $27.50 Michael Michaud, International Institute of Space Law, speculations. The book also includes brief background 466 p. 50 illus. Dulles, VA, USA summaries of the history of thinking about extraterres- Hardcover trial intelligence, searches for life and for signals, contras- This book reviews a wide variety of speculations by many ting paradigms of how contact might take place, and the authors about the consequences for humanity of coming paradox that those paradigms allegedly create.

January 2008 Published by Springer-Praxis 7 achieve it, since those of Sagan. The book presents 978-0-387-34164-4 Mars, A Cosmic Stepping Stone the broadest, most complete, most up-to-date and $27.50 Kevin Nolan most exciting account of humanity’s fascination 240 p. with, and future intentions regarding the Red Planet. Hardcover Mars, A Cosmic Stepping Stone connects ordinary The book is built on the author’s 31 years experience people with the relevance of space exploration in a of astronomy and 22 years of communicating science way not seen since Carl Sagan. The book encapsu- to the public, resulting in many unique ideas and lates, completely and understandibly, the ‘big picture’ unprecedented ways of conveying them. Such an about humanity’s path to uncovering its cosmic emphasis is a priority for the book–more so than connections and how Mars is critical to that. Few, if conveying facts. any books in the area have attempted to do this and

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Space Invaders December 2006 logy, design, development, operation and results of How Robotic Spacecraft Explore the Solar System 978-0-387-33232-1 modern space probe missions understandable by lay $27.50 Michel Van Pelt, Noordwijk, Netherlands readers. Instead of describing one specific spacec- 208 p. 35 illus. raft or mission, Michel van Pelt offers a “behind the Hardcover Manned space programs attract the most media scenes“ look at the life of a space probe: from Its first attention, and it is not hard to understand why- conceptual design to the analysis of the scientific data the danger, the heroism, the sheer adventure we as returned by the spacecraft. While most popular books earthbound observers can imagine when humans are on space concentrate on manned spaceflight, this involved. But robotic missions deserve a respectful book shows that unmanned space exploration is just and detailed history and analysis of their own, and as exciting. It demonstrates to the reader just what it this book provides it. Focusing on future modern takes to send a robotic spacecraft to another planet spacecraft, Michel van Pelt explains the exciting life and what fascinating insight and knowledge we have of unmanned space explorers, making the techno- gained from these probes.

Space Tourism March 2005 describing the technological developments that will Adventures in Earth Orbit and Beyond 978-0-387-40213-0 make space tourism feasible, he tells us: What will $27.50 Michel van Pelt it take for an individual to get into space? What will 304 pages, 40 illus. space feel like, and why are so many people (appa- Hardcover There is a significant community of scientists, resear- rently) determined to sign up for the trip? How is our A Copernicus/Praxis chers, and even investors who are seriously investiga- definition of space changing, and how will launch and Co-publication ting the idea of privately funded space travel that’s liftoff technologies (including reusable airplane-like safer, cheaper, and more available than anything space vehicles) change our expectations? The space we’ve ever imagined. aficionado with a taste for adventure will find Space In Space Tourism, Michel van Pelt gives us an up-to- Tourism an informative, entertaining, and irresistible date report on just what these scientists, engineers, guide to where we’re going. researchers, and entrepreneurs are up to. Besides

Return to the Moon November 2005 industry will turn the moon into the richest energy Exploration, Enterprise, and Energy in the Human 978-0-387-24285-9 source humans have ever mined. As he sees it, Settlement of Space $25.00 twenty-five years from now there should be a perma- 336 pages, 30 illus. Harrison J. Schmitt nent human settlement on the Moon, supported Hardcover by commercial operations producing helium-3 for The key question behind Harrison Schmitt’sReturn terrestrial fusion electrical power. Other resources to the Moon is: What unifying constant is going to would be sold for use in space. The Space Station animate and sustain the next great push into space would also, as Schmitt imagines it, be a tourist desti- by the United States? nation of significant interest with a National Parks In a word, Schmitt’s answer is that the need for new Service Space Module staffed by Park Rangers of the sources of energy is what will drive the U.S., and the Department of Interior. rest of the industrialized nations on earth, back into space, and more specifically back to the moon.What Schmitt envisions is a scenario in which private

Hot House September 2007 the concern of other diverse disciplines such as Global Climate Change and the Human Condition 978-0-387-34179-8 economics, agriculture, demographics and popula- $27.50 Robert G. Strom, University of Arizona and tion statistics, medicine, engineering, and political Approx. 295 p. Jeffrey Kargel science. This book attempts to address these complex Softcover interactions, integrate them, and derive meaningful Global warming is extremely complex because conclusions and possible solutions. Robert Strom it deals with so many different characteristics of and Jeffrey Kargel provide a complete, easy-to- the Earth and their complex interactions. It is read explanation of past and present global climate addressed by almost all sciences including many change, causes and possible solutions to the problem, aspects of geosciences, atmospheric, the biological including the politics and reasons why this is such a sciences, and even astronomy. It has recently become politically charged issue.

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2004 Out of This World how these two theories simply cannot both be true. 978-0-387-02930-6 Colliding Universes, Branes, Strings, and Other Wild Then, in a series of increasingly astonishing chapters, $27.50 Ideas of Modern Physics he introduces us to the seemingly outlandish and 320 pages, 100 illus. Stephen Webb bizarre ideas that astronomers and physicists have Hardcover come up with to account for this apparent theoretical A Copernicus/Praxis During the past few years cosmologists have just inconsistency, ultimately leading us to the wholly new Co-publication begun to develop a new theory—a so-called “Theory realms of understanding that many scientists and of Everything”. In Out of This World, Webb examines mathematicians are now proposing. In a model of these amazing recent theories. After introducing lucid and compelling popular science writing, Webb general relativity and quantum mechanics—the twin makes these strange and wonderful goings-on acces- foundations of twentieth century physics—he explains sible, engaging, and enjoyable.

January 2008 Solar Sails and what they will be used for in the exploration of 978-0-387-34404-1 A Novel Approach to Interplanetary Travel space as well as current plans for solar sails and how Approx. $27.50 G. Vulpetti, International Academy of Astronautics, advanced technology, such as nanotechnology, might Approx. 250 p. Paris, France; L. Johnson, Madison, AL; G. Matloff, CUNY, enhance their performance. Coverage shows how Hardcover Brooklyn, New York solar sail propulsion will make space exploration more affordable and demonstrates how access to Much has been accomplished recently to make destinations within (and beyond) the solar system solar sail technology very close to becoming an will become within reach. The book also details the engineering reality and it will soon be used by the construction of current and future sailcraft, inclu- world’s space agencies in the exploration of the solar ding the work of both government and private space system and beyond. This book provides an accessible organizations and features images of sail hardware introduction to solar sails. It details how they work that has been built, tested and, in some cases, flown.

2002 If the Universe is Teeming with Aliens…Where is Everybody? 978-0-387-95501-8 Fifty Solutions to Fermi’s Paradox and the Problem of Extraterrestrial Life $27.50 Stephen Webb 7 Everyone who has ever considered the possibility 304 pages, 72 illus., that other intelligent civilizations exist elsewhere Hardcover From the reviews 7 …a delightful mental romp… within our galaxy will enjoy Where Is Everybody? This book is a must read for anyone who has ever 7 Science pondered the question, ‘Are we alone?’ 7 Astronomy 7 I have read a number of good astronomy books this past year; but this is the one I regard as indispensable. 7 Mercury Magazine

2003 The Pathological Protein so far proved resistant to drug therapies and even Mad Cow, Chronic Wasting, and Other Deadly 978-0-387-95508-7 standard sterilization. In a medical detective story Prion Diseases $27.50 with an undercurrent of urgency, Yam describes how 284 pages, 15 illus. Philip Yam the mysterious prion was discovered, how it has been Hardcover linked to a number of exotic and poorly understood In The Pathological Protein, Philip Yam describes illnesses, and how likely it is that scientists will how scientists discovered that the agent of disease in soon find effective tools for controlling its spread, Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease and a host of other devas- diagnosing its presence, and treating the devastating tating neurological disorders is a bizarre, misshapen disorders it causes. version of a protein called a prion. Unlike the better- known pathogens that afflict humans, prions have

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Published by Springer-Praxis 2003 7 better to describe the technical innovations of the Russian Spacesuits 978-1-85233-732-2 past 40 years, which enabled Gagarin’s first flight The Soviet/Russian Spacesuit History $39.95 in 1961, the first space walk in 1965 and the Mir 300 pages, 100 illus. Isaac Abramov and Ingemar Skoog (eds.) missions of the 1990s, and which have culminated in Softcover today’s International Space Station. Many documents Russian Spacesuits is a unique contribution to space are published for the first time that, together with science. The authors, part of the original Zveda team photographs, detailed descriptions of the events that manufactured spacesuits for the first Russian of the time and the authors’ personal memo- space flights, still play an integral role in spacesuit ries, provide a fascinating review of a previously research and development. Thus there is no one unknown aspect of space science.

Star Clusters and How to Observe Them December 2005 detailed images. Contained here also is detailed 978-1-84628-190-7 Mark Allison, Cheshire, UK information on using refractors, reflectors, and, of $29.95 course, Meade and Celestron’s ubiquitous range 212 p. Modern commercially-made telescopes enable of computer-controlled SCT telescopes. The book Softcover amateur astronomers to see a surprising amount of features a list of suitable clusters to observe accor- detail, and to record - using CCD cameras, video, ding to the instruments available, from binoculars to webcams and film - some remarkably beautiful and large-aperture telescopes.

Observing and Measuring Visual Double Stars 2004 978-1-85233-558-8 Robert W. Argyle (ed.) $39.95 Double stars are the rule, rather than the exception: numbers of wide, faint pairs under-observed or not 338 pages our solar system, having a single sun, is in the mino- observed at all. This is where amateur astronomers Softcover with CD-ROM rity. Orbiting satellites, ground based observatories can help. Bob Argyle shows where enthusiastic and interferometers have all helped discover many amateur observers can best direct their efforts. The hundreds of new pairs—but this has left enormous book caters to the use of every level of equipment.

Navigating the Night Sky 2004 astronomical observation. His book emphasizes the Guilherme de Almeida (ed.) point that getting to know the night sky with the 978-1-85233-737-7 naked eye is an essential platform from which to $29.95 This book will interest anyone who marvels at the start any astronomical observation. Step-by-step, 196 pages night sky and would like to learn to recognize cons- the reader is guided through the knowledge needed Softcover tellations and identify the brightest stars by name. to recognize key constellations, identify stars and Renowned amateur astronomer, Guilherme de planets, and interpret changes in the overall appea- Almeida, dispels the myth that specialist knowledge rance of the sky throughout the year. and elaborate instruments are a prerequisite for all

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July 2007 Published by Springer-Praxis 7 evolved into a truly international outpost, with visi- 978-0-387-30775-6 The Story of Manned Space Stations tors from all over the world taking advantage of the $29.95 Philip Baker only permanent space station in orbit at that time. Approx. 390 p. This book will be the only one of its kind to tell the Softcover Philip Baker charts the history of manned space whole story of the manned space stations from both stations from the very beginning in a logical, chro- nations, from the very beginning, to the current ISS nological order. He tells the story of the two major story, and to the possibilities beyond. Each chapter space powers starting out on their very separate of this book will contain interviews with many of programs, but slowly coming together through the primary participants, including the astronauts, ASTP, Shuttle-Mir, and the ISS, and includes cosmonauts, designers, mission controllers, doctors programs that rarely get mentioned–the US Manned and managers most directly involved in the flights. Orbiting Laboratory, and the Soviet Almaz station, The author paints a vivid picture of two competing both military backed projects.The Mir space station nations slowly coming together to form an alliance was one of the greatest human achievements in that is shaky and uncertain to begin with, but grows modern history, and a thorough telling of its story from fierce competition into solid collaboration. is essential to this book. During its life it grew and

November 2007 Rejuvenating the Sun and Avoiding Other Global Catastrophes 978-0-387-68128-3 Martin Beech, The University of Regina, Regina, SK, defense against impacting comets and asteroids, the Approx. $29.95 Canada book considers other, more distant, astronomical Approx. 280 p. phenomena (supernova explosions, close passing Softcover The book details a method that just might be able to ‘rogue’ stars, and gamma-ray bursts) that pose a stop the Sun from losing its power and, ultimately, long-term threat to life on Earth. It also outlines save humanity and the Earth itself. It investigates how asteroengineering might work in principle and the idea that the distant future evolution of our Sun describes what the future solar system could look might be controlled (or asteroengineered) so that like. It also addresses the idea of asteroengineering it maintains its present-day energy output rather as a galaxy-wide imperative, explaining why the than becoming a bloated red giant star: a process Earth has never been visited by extraterrestrial that would destroy all life on Earth. Starting with travelers in the past. the ideas currently being promoted for planetary

December 2005 Saturn and How to Observe It 978-1-85233-887-9 retinue of moons and is probably the most commonly $29.95 Julius Benton, ALPO Saturn Section, Savannah, GA, USA observed and imaged planet for amateur astronomers, 184 p. because it is always changing-the moons move visibly 96 illus. This is a book in a new series designed for practical in the course of an hour, the weather systems on the Softcover amateur astronomers who not only want to observe, planet change, and the orientation of the ring alters but want to know the details of exactly what they are this way and that. The concept of the book-and of the looking at. Saturn is the second largest planet in the series-is to present an up-to-date detailed description solar system, and the only one with a spectacular (part one); and then (part two) to consider how best ring system that is easily visible from Earth. It is a to observe and record the planet, its moons and its gas-giant, a huge world dominated by its rings and a ring system successfully.

February 2008 Practical Guide to Astrophotography astronomers, and describes step-by-step how to get 978-0-387-68122-1 John Birdlebough, Sultan, Washington, USA from “dreaming about it” through buying the mate- Approx. $29.95 rials and building the system, to obtaining the best Approx 224 p. 60 illus., 20 in color. Here is a complete guide to amateur astrophoto- possible images. The combination of the product mix Softcover graphy, from planning and purchasing equipment and practical processes covers a very large amateur through to making high-quality images. This book astronomer user-base. This is not only a guide to covers the commercial “hot products,” comparing setting up, it’s also a book that readers will frequently their features and ensuring that the reader chooses the take with them in the field to help them on their best equipment—within his budget—for his chosen journey to make images of the stars. area. It covers the most common telescopes, software and cameras used for astrophotography by amateur

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Aurora July 2007 technology have appeared in recent years . None, Observing and Recording Nature’s Spectacular Light Show 978-0-387-36052-2 however, has addressed the observational angle. This $34.95 Neil Bone new book addresses a gap in the literature, offe- Approx. 190 p. 30 illus., ring an explanation of the aurora’s causes, how the 50 in color For the majority of amateur astronomers, who live occurrence of major events may now be predicted, Softcover at the latitudes of North America, the British Isles and how amateur observers can go about recording and Australia, the aurora is a relatively infrequent displays. While the principal aim of the book is to visitor to the night sky. Major displays visible to describe the aurora from the amateur observati- the southern United States or the south of England onal viewpoint, it discusses professional studies of occur perhaps 20 times in each 11-year sunspot auroral/geomagnetic phenomena, to put amateur cycle. When they occur, such auroral storms are a work in context. A glossary gives concise explana- source of great interest and excitement. A number of tions of necessary technical terms, and there is also a books highlighting the impact of auroral/geomag- short bibliography. netic storms on communications and satellite

Human Vision and The Night Sky August 2006 set up and care for the instrument. Readers tour the How to Improve Your Observation Skills 978-0-387-30776-3 solar system as they have never viewed it before– $29.95 Michael Borgia through their own eyes. We start close to home with 291 p. the hidden treasures of the Moon, on to investigate 50 illus. This book is intended to take amateur astronomers the power of the Sun, incredibly hot Mercury, the Softcover - typically readers of Sky & Telescope similar astro- subtleties of Venus, the changing surface of Mars, nomy periodicals–to the “next level” in observational the outer solar system and then on into deep space. astronomy. It begins with teaching astronomers to use Each chapter includes a series of observing challenges their most important astronomy tool, their eyes, and that will entertain and push the reader to continually discusses how to select the right telescope, and how to higher levels of achievement.

7 Published by Springer-Praxis July 2007 The Sky is Your Laboratory 978-0-387-71822-4 Advanced Astronomy Projects for Amateurs $34.95 Approx. 352 p. 65 illus. R. K. Buchheim, Lockheed Martin Corporation, Coto de where amateurs can gather new scientific data that is Softcover Caza, CA, USA then utilized by professional astronomers. For each research area, the book provides a concise expla- This book is for experienced amateur astronomers nation of the purpose and value of the amateurs’ who are ready to take a new step in their astrono- observations, a description of the equipment that mical journey and use their skills to help further is needed, specific observing procedures, complete advance science. Written by an astronomer who is data reduction instructions, and an explanation of well known amongst the amateur and professional how, and where, to submit results so that they will community for the skill and quality of his work, be available to the professional users. this book describes a wide range of research areas

How to Photograph the Moon and Planets with your Digital Camera February 2006 978-1-85233-990-6 Tony Buick of techniques (including details of how to make a $29.95 low-cost DIY camera mount) and examples, it also 274 p. Tony Buick has written this illustrated step-by-step provides a concise photographic atlas of the whole 330 illus. manual for anyone who has a telescope (of any of the nearside of the Moon–with every image made Softcover size) and a digital camera. The color images he has using a standard digital camera–and describes the produced–there are over 300 of them in the book– various lunar features, including the sites of manned are of breathtaking quality. More than a manual and robotic landings.

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January 2007 7 Published by Springer-Praxis orbital space flights. It will also recount the way this 978-0-387-36053-9 Animals in Space happened; the secrecy involved and the methods $39.95 From Research Rockets to the Space Shuttle employed, and offer an objective analysis of how 406 p. 160 illus. Colin Burgess and Chris Dubbs the role of animals as spaceflight test subjects not Softcover only evolved, but subsequently changed over the This book is intended as a detailed, but highly years in response to a public outcry led by animal readable and balanced account of the history of activists. It will explore the ways in which animal animal space flights, and the resultant application high-altitude and space flight research impacted on of hard-won research to space technology and space flight biomedicine and technology, and how astrobiology. Animals in Space will explain why the results–both successful and disappointing– dogs, primates, mice and other rodents were chosen allowed human beings to then undertake that same and tested, at a time when dedicated scientists from hazardous journey with far greater understanding both space nations were determined to establish the and confidence. This book will undoubtedly become survivability of human subjects on both ballistic and the ultimate authority on animal space flights.

April 2007 Published by Springer-Praxis 7 planets, the very first discoveries, and the observa- 978-0-387-44906-7 The New Worlds tional techniques involved. The book examines the $29.95 Extrasolar Planets very wide range of extrasolar planets that have been Approx. 200 p. Fabienne Casoli, Institut d’Astrophysique Spatiale, Paris, discovered during the past ten years and looks at Softcover France; Thérèse Encrenaz, Laboratoire de Recherche what can be learned about such planets by studying Spatial, Meudon, France the bodies in our own solar system. It also discusses the formation of planetary systems, the way in which Offering an engaging and complete story of the hunt such systems may evolve and the final systems of for new worlds, this volume fully details the detec- planets that result. In addition, the authors demons- tion and exploration of extrasolar planets. Coverage trate how life might evolve on an extrasolar planet begins by first looking at early searches for extrasolar and how such life might be detected.

December 2006 Celestial Mechanics Solar System. The book provides an interdisciplinary 978-0-387-30777-0 The Waltz of the Planets cross section of all Celestial Mechanics, to explain $29.95 Alessandra Celletti, Ettore Perozzi, University of Rome, the topic without the use of mathematics. The book Approx. 204 p. 20 illus. Rome, Italy emphasizes public awareness as a key issue for appre- Softcover ciating and exploiting the wealth of astronomical In Celestial Mechanics, the authors cover topics data and images gathered during the space age. which are on the front line of scientific research and technology in spaceflight for the exploration of our

March 2006 Pattern Asterisms dome of the sky. This book applies the same pattern 978-1-84628-327-7 A New Way to Chart the Stars approach, outlining a set of memorable mini-cons- $39.95 John Chiravalle, Safford, AZ, USA tellations to help amateur astronomers identify and 182 p. 120 illus., remember stars in typical binocular or low-magnifi- 40 in color. Since the very beginning of astronomy, people have cation telescopic fields. This is a new aspect of astro- Softcover constructed patterns–the constellations–out of the nomy that does not involve dry science, but makes almost random scattering of stars in the night sky. it easy to learn about the night sky. Size, stellar The fact that the constellations are still used today magnitudes, and coordinates are provided, along reflects not just their historical origins, but their with north direction, star-hopping instructions and usefulness in identifying bright stars in the rotating Sky Atlas 2000 references.

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Nebulae, and How to Observe Them February 2007 book is to present an up-to-date detailed description 978-1-84628-482-3 Steven Coe and categorization (part one); and then (part two) $29.95 to consider how best to successfully observe and 156 p. Nebulae are the places where the stars are born. For record the large range of astronomical objects that Softcover amateur astronomers, the many different kinds of fall under the general heading of “nebulae”. Nebulae, nebulae vary from “easy” targets that can be seen with and How to Observe Themis a mine of information modest equipment under mediocre skies, to “challen- for all levels of amateur observers, from the beginner ging” objects that require experienced observers, large to the experienced. telescopes and excellent seeing. The concept of the

Visual Astronomy Under Dark Skies June 2005 A New Approach to Observing Deep Space 978-1-85233-901-2 book provides the reader with everything he needs $39.95 Antony Cooke to know about what to observe, and using some of 214 p. 118 illus. today’s state-of-the-art technique and commercial Softcover Modern astronomical telescopes, along with other equipment, how to get superb views of faint and advances in technology, have brought the deep distant astronomical objects. But, rather than the sky–star clusters, nebulae and the galaxies–within plethora of books emphasizing imaging for later reach of amateur astronomers. Given a site with viewing, this book explores what can be done in real clear, dark night skies everything else follows. This time at the location and during the viewing session.

Origins January 2007 Now the answers to how the planets, the stars, the How the Planets, Stars, Galaxies, and the Universe 978-1-84628-401-4 galaxies, and the universe itself were formed are Began $29.95 coming within our grasp. Origins explains, in lucid 284 p. Steve Eales, University of Cardiff, UK language, and without advanced math, how we Hardcover have come to understand these questions, and how The four big “Origin Questions” have driven science is closing in on the answers. modern scientific exploration of earth and space.

7 Published by Springer-Praxis October 2006 Searching for Water in the Universe 978-0-387-34174-3 $29.95 Therese Encrenaz methods by which the presence of water is detected, 193 p. both within the solar system and beyond. One by Softcover Water plays an essential role in the appearance, one she visits a diversity of locations in the cosmos, evolution and maintenance of life on Earth. In from the nearest planets to the furthest galaxies, Searching for Water in the Universe, Thérèse where water has been discovered. In the forma- Encrenaz takes the reader on a journey through tion of the solar system, she explains how the water the Universe in search of water. She begins by molecule played a major part, with the so-called ‘ice introducing the most well-known molecule H2O, frontier’ determining the natures of the terrestrial its physical and chemical characteristics and its and giant planets. cosmic formation and abundance. She examines the

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December 2006 Space Shuttle Challenger personnel who designed her and nursed her from 978-0-387-46355-1 Ten Journeys into the Unknown humble beginnings as a structural test article into $39.95 Ben Evans, Warwickshire, UK one of the most capable Shuttles in NASA’s service. It 294 p. combines technical esoterica with interviews, stories Softcover This book, which complements Ben Evans’s previous and anecdotes from the lifetime of this remarkable work: “Space Shuttle Columbia—Her Missions spacecraft. Challenger veterans, including Gordon and Crews”, looks back to a time when the Shuttle Fullerton and Vance Brand, describe their expe- was truly the future: untarnished by disaster and riences and the differences between Challenger and bolstered by apparent success. The book recounts her sister ships. The development of Challenger Challenger’s missions from the points of view of the herself is explored in detail, including her design, astronauts, engineers and scientists who flew and development, construction and preparation for knew her and the managers, technicians and ground missions.

2003 Published by Springer-Praxis 7 odyssey. In 1977, the two Voyager space probes set 978-1-85233-745-2 NASA’s Voyager Missions out to explore the giant planets Jupiter and Saturn. $39.95 Exploring the Outer Solar System and Beyond However, for both crafts their journeys have involved 255 pages, 129 illus. Ben Evans and David M. Harland far more than this and for one of them it would Softcover feature close encounters with Uranus and Neptune. This book tells the story of Voyagers 1 and 2, There can be little doubt that the Voyager mission undoubtedly the most far-reaching missions of rates as one of the greatest stories of exploration. The exploration ever undertaken. Evans and Harland tell book is illustrated with stunning color images, which the human story that is interwoven in the Voyager chronicle the missions’ major achievements.

November 2005 Published by Springer-Praxis 7 spacecraft– disintegrated during its return to Earth, 978-0-387-21517-4 Space Shuttle Columbia with a crew of seven. This book chronicles each of $39.95 Her Missions and Crews Columbia’s 28 missions, as described by scientists 500 p. Ben Evans and researchers who developed and supported its 280 illus. many payloads, by the engineers who worked on Softcover On February 1st 2003, one most public disaster it and by the astronauts who flew Columbia. This in the human space program unfolded in the record is intended to provide a fitting tribute to this skies above north central Texas. The Space Shuttle remarkable flying machine and those who perished Columbia– the world’s first truly reusable manned on its last mission.

November 2007 Guide to Observing Deep Sky Objects year-long graphs that show when the constellation 978-0-387-72850-6 A Complete Global Resource for Astronomers is visible in the sky, allowing the user to quickly $29.95 J. A. Farinacci, California, USA determine whether a given constellation can be seen 190 p. 200 illus. With as well as the best time to see it. An accompanying CD-ROM. This book will help amateur astronomers easily find CD-ROM contains a PC program that produces a list Softcover and view all 88 constellations. It contains, for each of the deep-sky objects that are visible in the sky at constellation, a star chart showing the Bayer labels; a a user-determined time and place, for any location table for many of the stars in the constellation, along on the Earth, which serves as a perfect guide that with their positions and magnitudes; and a table of the user can take to the telescope for an observing the deep-sky objects in the constellation, with rele- session. vant observational data. Facing pages provide unique

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7 Published by Springer-Praxis July 2007 the recent results from the space missions of Mars Planet Mars 978-0-387-48925-4 Express, Spirit, and Opportunity, it introduces a new Story of Another World $39.95 world and reveals the workings of the red planet. Approx. 200 p. 300 illus. François Forget, Dynamic Meteorology Dept, Paris, The volume, illustrated with many beautiful images, in color. France; François Costard, University Paris South, France; details the magnificent scenery on Mars, such as Softcover Philippe Lognonné, Inst de Physique du Globe de Paris, Olympus Mons, more than 20,000 meters high and France the solar system’s biggest volcano. Coverage answers many questions, including: How was Mars formed? Mars is a complex and vast world with a long history, Why has its evolution followed a different path to the story of which is fully presented in this book. that of Earth? What do its river beds, volcanoes It provides new insight into Mars, focusing on its and glaciers tell us about its past? Could life have past and present evolution. The volume details the existed there? Does it exist there now? The volume processes and phenomena that make up the history, also describes current research to prepare for future geology, and climate of the planet. Featuring all missions to Mars.

Praxis Manned Spaceflight Log 1961-2006 February 2007 lights” of the 1960s that only achieved an altitude of 978-0-387-34175-0 Tim Furniss, David J. Shayler c. 50 miles and the two 1961 Mercury and Redstone $39.95 missions which were non-orbital. There will be an 829 p. Praxis Manned Spaceflight Log 1961-2006 will image depicting each manned spaceflight, and data Softcover open with a section entitled: Quest for Space, which boxes containing brief biographies of all the space will provide an explanation of the methods employed travellers and basic flight data. The main text will be to get in and out of orbit and brief overviews of the a narrative of each mission, its highlights and accom- different international space programmes. It will be plishments, including those strange facts and humo- a complete chronological log of all attempted orbital rous stories that are connected to every mission. manned spaceflights, including the X-15 “astrof-

7 Published by Springer-Praxis March 2006 In Search of Dark Matter 978-0-387-27616-8 $34.95 Ken Freeman, Geoff McNamara, Mount Stromlo the craters of our Moon, and the myriad stars in 158 p. Observatory, Weston Creek, Australia the Milky Way. Modern telescopes bring images of 15 illus. objects so distant they are not only near the edge of Softcover Astronomy was first a quest for light. Our ancestors the Universe, but at the edge of physical detectability. never suspected that the stars they saw with only Now, with telescopes that observe the highest and their eyes were other suns, the planets other worlds. lowest frequencies, we search for Dark Matter–one of Such revelations had to wait for the invention of the most profound questions ever put to science. the telescope, which revealed the moons of Jupiter,

Real Astronomy with Small Telescopes January 2007 scientific observations. Emphasis is on measurement Step-by-Step Activities for Discovery 978-1-84628-478-6 and discovery activities rather than on casual obser- $29.95 Michael Gainer ving. There are two objectives to these activities: 148 p. 90 illus. to re-enact the process of discovery and to provide Softcover This book is about using an 80mm refractor/90mm amateur observers with the knowledge and skill that Maksutov (such as a Helios 80 or Meade ETX90) will help them make genuine contributions to the as more than a “quick look” instrument, but rather field of astronomy. something capable of use as an introduction to

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June 2007 Lonely Minds in the Universe 978-0-387-33925-2 The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence $27.50 Giancarlo Genta light space travel and radio communication, as well as Approx. 304 p. 58 illus. the philosophical and religious ones of extraterrestrial Hardcover The possibility that humans are not alone in the intelligent life. It gives a summary of the chemical and Universe is one of the most intriguing unanswered biological evolution of the Universe to demonstrate, as questions for mankind. Lonely Minds in the a counterbalance to the ‘rare earth’ theory, why intel- Universe provides a discussion of the scientific and ligent life might exist somewhere else in the Universe, technical implications, including possible faster-than- apart from on Earth.

May 2007 Astronomical Sketching 978-0-387-26240-6 A Step-by-Step Introduction $39.95 Richard Handy, Sol Robbins, Erika Rix, David B. Moody, computer graphics programs. This unique book can Approx. 195 p. 390 illus. Jeremy Perez teach almost anyone to create beautiful sketches of Softcover celestial objects by following simple, illustrated, step- Despite the fact that there are a wide variety of by-step instructions. Readers can select a chapter drawing media and techniques, there exists no related to their preferred class of object, and rapidly comprehensive treatment of the subject of astrono- learn techniques in several media. Each chapter mical sketching. This book will present the amateur contains useful information regarding equipment, with fine examples of astronomical sketches and types of telescope and eyepiece combinations, tech- step-by-step tutorials in each medium, including niques for preserving and archiving sketches, and pencil, pen and ink, chalks and pastels, painting and suggestions for accurate record keeping.

July 2008 Published by Springer-Praxis 7 style. Coverage of the Apollo missions will feature 978-0-387-68131-3 NASA’s Moon Program dialogue from the in-flight transcripts, inclu- Approx. $39.95 Paving the Way for Apollo 11 ding some conversations never before publicly Approx. 415 p. David M. Harland, Kelvinsbridge, Glasgow, UK broadcast. In addition, each book contains color Softcover sections displaying high-resolution scans from This series details NASA’s Moon Program of the NASA/original Hasselblad film. This series will allow 1960s and early 1970s. Presented chronologically, enthusiasts to completely know and understand what the series starts with an outline of the Mercury and transpired during the missions at a very detailed Gemini manned missions and the unmanned lunar level. The books bring to life the stories of flight probes. It then fully covers the Apollo missions, plans, mission reports and flight transcripts, provi- including a sourcebook that details all the missions, ding an invaluable and entertaining resource. including the unmanned tests, in an encyclopedic

Published by Springer-Praxis 7 on records and main feats, as well as basic data on October 2007 Space Exploration 2008 978-0-387-71667-1 all launchers currently in operation, schedules of D. Harland, Glasgow, UK; B. Harvey, Dublin, Ireland Approx. $29.95 upcoming missions, anniversaries and landmarks. Approx. 190 p. In addition, leading figures in astronomy and space Softcover Space Exploration 2008 records annual statis- exploration cover the field from a variety of angles, tical material on space developments. It includes including a special section entitled Return to the details of all satellite and rocket launches in 2007 Moon. The volume also contains a Solar System Log and satellite recoveries, analysis of developments that features the very latest in the exploration of the and emerging trends in space exploration, notes planets, their moons and small Solar System bodies.

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The First Men on the Moon November 2006 what was learned of the moonrocks, and review the The Story of Apollo 11 978-0-387-34176-7 follow-on missions. In order to bring the story to life, $39.95 David Harland, Glasgow, Scotland, UK David Harland makes use of the flight plan, mission 400 p. report, in-flight transcripts, including conversations Softcover The introductory chapters review the motivation among the crew in the spacecraft that were not trans- to land on the Moon by the end of the 1960s, the mitted, as well as the post-flight debriefing. In addi- development of the Saturn V rocket and the Apollo tion to having many ‘small’ in-line black-and-white spacecraft as the means of doing so, the selection illustrations with the text running around them, the of potential landing sites, the precursor missions, book will feature the high-resolution scans recently and the backgrounds of the three men who were to produced by NASA from the original Hasselblad fly Apollo 11, the book will relate in detail the first film, reproduced in a substantial color section. moonlanding mission. The final chapters will discuss

7 Published by Springer-Praxis November 2005 Cassini at Saturn- Huygens Results 978-0-387-26129-4 $39.95 David M. Harland obtained by a space mission. The book contains a Approx. 350 p. 16-page colour section, with a selection of the most Softcover Cassini at Saturn–Huygens Results brings the stunning early images. There is great interest in story of the Cassini-Huygens mission and their joint the first results and images of the surface of Titan, exploration of the Saturnian system right up to date. Saturn’s largest moon, and this book will be the first Here the author reports 8 months of scientific data to appear with an incisive summary of this ground- available for review, including the most specta- breaking material. cular images of Saturn, its rings and satellites ever

7 Published by Springer-Praxis 2004 The Story of the Space Shuttle 978-1-85233-793-3 $29.95 David Harland tion the Space Shuttle has made to the international 468 pages, 174 illus. space program, detailing missions to Mir, Hubble Softcover The Space Shuttle remains the most successful and more recently its role in the assembly of the spacecraft ever developed. Conceived and designed International Space Station (ISS). It concludes with as a reusable spacecraft to provide cheap access a chapter beyond the Shuttle, looking at possible to low Earth orbit, and to supersede expendable future concepts for a partly or totally reusable space launch vehicles, it now coexists with a new range of vehicle that is being considered as a replacement for commercial rockets. Harland’s definitive work on the Shuttle. the Space Shuttle explains the scientific contribu-

7 Published by Springer-Praxis 2003 The Big Bang 978-1-85233-713-1 A View from the 21st Century $39.95 350 pages, 100 illus. David M. Harland the very smallest particles and earliest structures (the Softcover ‘microscale’) in the Universe evolved to produce the David M. Harland describes how particle physics has Universe as it is now (the ‘macroscale’). Harland also influenced the structure of the Universe from the describes how scientists are attempting to develop very beginning of time. He discusses how our under- a ‘Theory of Everything’ that would explain how an standing of the Universe has developed, to the idea instant after the Big Bang a single primordial force that all matter originated in a hot, Big Bang, then was transformed into the four forces of nature that explains the many subtle improvements to the basic we observe today. theory that have been necessary to understand how

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November 2005 7 Published by Springer-Praxis 978-0-387-26020-4 Water and the Search for Life on Mars $29.95 David Harland, Glasgow, UK highly absorbing book relates how NASA and ESA 239 p. 324 illus., many have sought evidence of life on Mars. The author in color. Mars was thought to have been cold, dead and dry provides a comprehensive account of the recent Softcover for eons, but striking new evidence suggests the Spirit and Opportunity Mars Exploration Rover planet was relatively warm and wet in geologically missions, and describes the planning for the tests recent times, and that even today there are reserves carried out by the Viking missions in 1976, with an of water frozen beneath the planet’s surface. This account of the debate over their results.

April 2007 The Complete CD Atlas of the Universe about 270 double star images and sketches, and 590 978-0-387-46893-8 R. Harshaw, Stardeck Observatory, Kansas City, MO, USA or so deep-sky images and sketches. Spanning some $49.95 3,000 pages, this is a project that is possible only on 120 p. With CD-ROM. This is the largest and most comprehensive atlas of CD-ROM. The CD-R pages are extensively indexed Hardcover the universe ever created for amateur astronomers. and referenced for quick location of objects, areas, It is the first major observing guide for amateurs classes of objects etc. The accompanying book gives since Burnham’s Celestial Handbook. With finder an introduction to the Atlas, showcases the maps charts of large-scale and unprecedented detail, (thus buyers can see what they are getting without in both normal and mirror-image views, and an running the CD-R), describes the CD-R content and extensive list of 14,000 objects, it provides a detailed organization, and includes various appendices. This observing guide for almost any practical amateur is much more than just a catalog of objects. astronomer, up to the most advanced. The atlas has

January 2007 Published by Springer-Praxis 7 to the Phobos type. The engineering techniques 978-0-387-46343-8 Russian Planetary Exploration used and the science packages are examined, as well $39.95 History, Development, Legacy and Prospects as the nature of the difficulties encountered which 351 p. Brian Harvey, Dublin, Ireland ruined several missions. The program’s scientific Softcover and engineering legacy is also addressed, as well as This is the first book bringing together the Soviet its role within the Soviet space program as a whole. Union and Russia’s exploration of the planets. The The book is illustrated with the photographs taken book assesses the scientific haul of data from the by Soviet Venus and Mars probes, pictures of the Venus and Mars missions and looks at the engi- spacecraft, diagrams of the flight paths, and landing neering approaches. The USSR developed several techniques and maps of the landing sites. generations of planetary probes: from MV and Zond

August 2006 Space Exploration 2007 The annual will cover space exploration from a 978-0-387-33330-4 Space Launches, Missions and Events variety of angles: looking back at past missions, $29.95 Brian Harvey, Dublin, Ireland reviewing those currently under way and looking to 178 p., 156 illus. those planned for the future. The ten invited contri- Softcover The aim of theSpace Exploration 2007 is to provide butions each year will cover a variety of topics within an annual update on recent space launches, missions these areas, to appeal to a wide readership. and results, to be published every year in September.

2004 7 Published by Springer-Praxis 978-1-85233-566-3 China’s Space Program—From Conception to Manned Spaceflight $34.95 376 pages, 60 illus. Brian Harvey This new edition also brings readers up-to-date with Softcover other developments in the Chinese space program This book is designed for publication straight after from 1998 to the manned flight and looks forward the launch of China’s first manned spacecraft. China’s to China’s future plans and ambitions in space Space Program builds upon the previous edition to exploration. take into account China’s first manned space flight.

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7 Published by Springer-Praxis April 2007 sometimes creative, and occasionally humorous On the Moon 978-0-387-48939-1 adaptation to these conditions. It also provides The Apollo Journals $34.95 excerpts from the mission transcripts in which the 498 p. 24 illus. Grant Heiken, Freeland, WA, USA; Apollo astronauts discuss their progress between Softcover Eric Jones, Wodonga, VIC, Australia themselves and with their colleagues on Earth. Readers will discover how each Apollo landing site This book puts the reader on the lunar surface with was selected, why it was expected to contribute to the the astronauts of the Apollo missions, allowing them study of the history of the Moon, and how our views to share, firsthand, their observations, excitement, evolved as the program proceeded. Also, included and frustrations. It explains how the Apollo crews in the book are post-mission and recent interviews learned to work on the challenging yet exhilarating and carefully selected photographs that illustrate the lunar environment and reveals their courageous, stark beauty of the lunar surface.

7 Published by Springer-Praxis February 2007 achieve our current scientific understanding of the Sirius 978-0-387-48941-4 nature and fate of the stars. These two topics have a $29.95 Brightest Diamond in the Night Sky long intertwined history, and the telling of one story 250 p. eventually leads back to the other. Presently, new Softcover Jay B. Holberg, University of Arizona, Tuscon, AZ, USA observations from space are revealing, in precise terms, how stars like Sirius and the Sun have evolved The fixed star Sirius has many names as well as many and what they will ultimately become, while at the stories associated with it. This book explores why same time answering some of the age-old questions this star has been regarded as an important fixture of about Sirius. This book integrates the cultural history the night sky by many civilizations and cultures since of Sirius with modern astrophysics in a way that the beginnings of history. It also details the promi- provides a realistic view of how science progresses nent part that Sirius has played in how we came to over time.

Astrophysics is Easy! July 2007 and look at the objected or objects under discussion A Complete Introduction for Amateur Astronomers 978-1-85233-890-9 using only commercial amateur equipment. Astro- $39.95 Mike Inglis, State University of New York, NY, USA physics is a subject that is often -with some justifi- 200 p. 40 illus. cation -regarded as extremely difficult, requiring at Softcover This book’s quantitative approach to astrophysics least degree-level mathematics as a prerequisite to its cuts through all the incomprehensible mathematics understanding. Consequently, many amateur astro- and explains all aspects of astrophysics in simple nomers just don’t bother. But this book will ensure terms. A unique feature of this book is the way that they don’t miss out on the fascinating fundamentals example objects for practical observation are given of the subject and will understand exactly what they at every stage, so that practical astronomers can go are observing.

Galaxies and How to Observe Them February 2007 author describes the theory and features of galaxies 978-1-85233-752-0 Richard Jakiel, USA; Wolfgang Steinicke, Umkirch, (including groups and clusters), offers observing $29.95 Germany techniques and instruments, and lists many objects, Approx. 255 p. with observing hints. The book is written for Softcover This book provides up-to-date information for amateur observers with experience ranging from the amateur astronomers who want to know all about novice to the seasoned veteran. what they are observing, and details more advanced observation techniques for practical astronomers, working with a range of different instruments. The

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September 2007 7 Published by Springer-Praxis 978-0-387-71668-8 Star Maps $34.95 A History of Celestial Cartography ideas of man’s place in the universe and to advances Approx. 400 p. 60 illus. N. Kanas, University of California San Francisco, CA, USA in map-making. Photographs from actual antiqua- Softcover rian celestial atlases and prints, many previously The beauty and awe generated by the celestial void unpublished, enrich the text, and a legend accom- captures our imagination and delights our aesthetic panies each illustration to explain its astronomical sense. Antiquarian map societies are prospering, and and cartographic features. Also included in the book celestial maps are now viewed as a specialty of map are discussions of non-European celestial maps and collecting. This book traces the history of celestial chapters on early American influences and celestial cartography and relates this history to the changing map-collecting.

2004 Mars: A Warmer, Wetter Planet 978-1-85233-568-7 Jeffrey S. Kargel As well as casting fascinating new insights into Mars’ $34.95 past, this discovery is also forcing a complete rethink 605 pages, 185 illus. Long believed to have been cold, dead and dry for about the mechanisms of global planetary change. Softcover eons, there is now striking new proof that not only In this absorbing, beautifully illustrated book, Jeffrey was Mars a relatively warm and wet place in geologi- Kargel describes the still unfolding revolution in our cally recent times, but that even today there are vast knowledge about the Red Planet. reserves of water frozen beneath the planet’s surface.

September 2007 The Observer‘s Sky Atlas 978-0-387-48537-9 With 50 Star Charts Covering the Covering the This comprehensive sky guide includes a short $34.95 Entire Sky introduction to observing, a thorough description 3rd ed. Third Edition of the star charts and tables, a glossary and much 164 p. 60 illus., 1 in E. Karkoschka, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA more. Geared to both the beginner and seasoned color. observer, the Atlas contains star charts and infor- Softcover Praise for the previous editions 7 the most informa- mation for all those who observe the night sky with tive little sky guide in the business. 7 ASTRONOMY small telescope, binoculars or the unaided eye. The updated Third edition offers 32 new pages with 7 The more experienced observer will find this images of all 250 nebulae covered in the atlas; an slim volume useful at the telescope and packed with updated sky calendar for the next 20 years, double interesting observing projects. 7 SKY & TELESCOPE star ephemerides from 2005-2020, and updated minima/maxima of variable stars.

November 2005 7 Published by Springer-Praxis 978-0-387-26130-0 The Sky at Einstein‘s Feet $34.95 W. Keel scale. This accessible overview explains to general 246 p., 50 illus. readers the many applications of relativity that have Softcover The impact of Einstein’s relativity are perhaps not been shown in earlier popular-level books. Using most dramatic in astronomy, radically altering our no mathematics beyond e=mc2, it explains how interpretation of the observations of the stars and deeply realtivistic ways of viewing the Universe have galaxies. Astronomers now encounter challenging informed our interpretations of it, and how many of phenomena that Einstein never lived to see, in which the amazing discoveries of these decades have made the bizarre effects of relativity played out on a cosmic sense only as part of Einstein’s universe.

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Galaxies in Turmoil June 2007 The Active and Starburst Galaxies and the Black Holes That Drive Them 978-1-84628-670-4 $29.95 C. Kitchin, University of Hertfordshire, UK and complete source of information for non-tech- Approx. 244 p. nical readers on an area of astronomy that fascinates Hardcover This book provides an up-to-date account of active many people. It makes sense of the chaotic and appa- galaxies which are a major field of current astrono- rently innumerable types of violently active galaxies. mical research - up to a fifth of all research astrono- It also provides the data and teaches the skills needed mers are working on active galaxies. Lists of such for users of small telescopes to observe and image objects and their visual and imaged appearance in some of these “galaxies in turmoil” for themselves. commercially available telescopes are an important component of this book. This is the first coherent

Parting the Cosmic Veil August 2006 978-0-387-30735-0 Kenneth R. Lang, Tufts University, Medford, MA, USA $39.95 250 p. 89 illus., Parting the Cosmic Veil describes our gradual creation, destruction, and re-birth. But even though 42 in color. awareness of a vast, previously concealed Universe. It we are pushing the boundaries of knowledge closer Hardcover is a story of expanding horizons and the discovery of to an understanding of the origins and destinies, invisible worlds, made possible with new technology of either the Universe or Life, the ultimate answers and novel telescopes that have broadened our range to these grand questions still lie hidden behind the of perception and sharpened our vision. The Cosmos Cosmic Veil. is evolving, participating in ongoing processes of

Calibrating the Cosmos September 2006 How Cosmology Explains our Big Bang Universe 978-0-387-30778-7 $29.95 Frank Levin symmetries lead to only one quantity being needed 302 p. to describe the growth of the universe from its Hardcover Calibrating the Cosmos explains in clear, non- infancy to the present time, and how the so-called mathematical language the measurements and the parameters of the universe are the ingredients used interpretation of the resulting data that have led to to construct the model universes to which ours the current understanding of the origin, evolution - the real thing - is compared. Coverage includes and properties of our expanding Big Bang universe. background material, a description of the current Theoretical concepts are explored, in particular the understanding and how it emerged, and a glimpse of symmetries of homogeneity and isotropy observed unsolved questions and conjectured solutions. in our universe on the largest scales, how these

Hubble May 2006 15 Years of Discovery 978-0-387-28599-3 $39.95 Lars Lindberg Christensen, Bob Fosbury, ESA Hubble 15th Anniversary volume enables the reader to peer 124 p., Space Telescope, Munich, Germany deeply into the wonders of the Universe in full color 108 illus. in color with unprecedented clarity and resolution. The With DVD. As an observatory in space, the Hubble Space Teles- photos are unmatched in competing titles, because Hardcover cope is one of the most successful scientific projects the images have been prepared straight from the data of all time, both in terms of scientific output and its by scientists to reach the highest possible quality. immediate public appeal. The only Hubble Heritage picture book endorsed by NASA and ESA, this lush

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December 2006 The Hands-On Guide to Science Communication 978-0-387-26324-3 With Examples From Physics and Astronomy $29.95 Lars Lindberg Christensen, ESO, Garching, Munich communication, revealing a tightly interwoven Approx. 250 p. fabric of issues: product types, target groups, written 280 illus., 80 in color. Many people know something about communica- communication, visual communication, validation With CD-ROM tion–it is after all an innate human ability–but a full processes, practices of efficient workflow, distribu- Softcover comprehension of effective science communication tion, promotion, advertising and much more. Check is not easily acquired. Unique in the publishing lists and short “to-the-point” overviews enable rapid world, this guide touches on all aspects of science progress and quick results.

June 2007 Living Off the Land in Space 978-0-387-36054-6 Green Roads to the Cosmos $27.50 Gregory L. Matloff, Les Johnson, C. Bangs early ancestors began to move out of Africa, humans Approx. 300 p. have constantly expanded their range. Today, the Softcover Human civilization has evolved to the point at pattern of human settlement extends from pole to which we can consider tapping space resources and pole. Humans regularly visit the upper troposphere expanding beyond Earth’s atmosphere. Living Off and ocean floor and technology has enabled a few to the Land in Space surveys possible motivations for even reside above the atmosphere in space stations. large-scale human emigration to space. Since our

July 2007 Lights in the Sky trial visitors. The first part of this book is an identi- 978-1-84628-562-2 Understanding Astronomical and Meteorological fication guide, very much like the “plant identifier” $29.95 Phenomena sections found in a good gardening or botany book. Approx. 225 p. Michael Maunder The second part gives a full description, physical Softcover explanation, and where relevant notes on observing Many lights and other objects in the sky go and photographing the various phenomena. The unrecognized, or at least are little understood by final portion of the book approaches UFOs from a those observing them. Such things range from scientific standpoint, particularly the way in which the commonplace like rainbows and meteors, to human perception and often preconception affects the distinctly unusual like the green flash and ball the outcome. It does however finish with a short lightning. And there is still a residuum of objects section on “extraterrestrial UFOs”, emphasizing the that remain unidentified by the watcher–classed burden of proof aspect and touching on the scientific generally as ‘UFOs’, a description which today has theories of life on other worlds and the improbability connotations of the mysterious, even of extraterres- of visitors.

January 2008 Jupiter and How to Observe It second part details observing techniques for prac- 978-1-85233-750-6 John McAnally tical astronomers, working with a range of different $39.95 instruments. 255 p. The Astronomers’ Observing Guides provide up- Softcover to-date information for amateur astronomers who want to know all about what it is they are observing. This is the basis of the first part of the book. The

September 2006 system? What about our galaxy? Indeed, how long will The Future of the Universe 978-1-85233-946-3 the universe as we recognize it survive? It is only in $29.95 A.J. Meadows, Loughborough University, UK recent years that astronomers and cosmologists have 182 p., 20 illus. come to any kind of consensus about the probable 9 in color. Many books have been written about the Big Bang history of the universe, so have been relatively few Hardcover and how the universe became the way it is today. books speculating about its future evolution. This “Armchair astronomers” have found them endlessly will be a “must read” for all amateur astronomers, and fascinating. But, what about the future of the scientifically inclined general readers. universe? What will happen to the Earth and solar

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Total Solar Eclipses and How to Observe Them September 2007 978-0-387-69827-4 M. Mobberley, Suffolk, UK provides a checklist of where to go to see total solar $29.95 eclipses for next 15 years. It provides a good feeling Approx. 192 p. 77 illus., There are some important eclipses coming up in for what a trip abroad to an eclipse is like, including 38 in color. the years ahead and the technology available to a humorous look at all that can and has gone wrong. Softcover amateur astronomers is improving fast. Here is the Travel details are also included, essential in these ultimate, easy-to-read guide for eclipse-chasers. It days of high-security. The book also details a wealth includes everything an eclipse chaser needs to ensure of information about solar eclipses: how and why that they have with them all the right equipment they happen, the physics of the Sun and solar system, to observe or image a total solar eclipse. Coverage and what can be observed only during a total eclipse.

Supernovae and How to Observe Them February 2007 that explains to amateur astronomers what they are, 978-0-387-35257-2 Martin Mobberley, Suffolk, UK and how to observe and discover them. Moreover, $29.95 the book contains detailed information about the 209 p. 167 illus. This book is intended for amateur astronomers who probable physics of supernovae, a subject which Softcover are readers of Sky & Telescope magazine or similar even today is imperfectly understood, and contains astronomy periodicals–or are at least at the same detailed galaxy images for readers to begin their level of knowledge and enthusiasm. Supernovae own search for new supernova. Here is a book that represent the most violent stellar explosions in the is essential reading for any amateur astronomer who universe. This is a unique guide to supernova facts, is interested in discovering, observing, or learning and it is also an observing/discovery guide, all in about supernovae. one package. It is the only book about supernovae

Lunar and Planetary Webcam User‘s Guide May 2006 and planets with a webcam. He looks at each obser- 978-1-84628-197-6 Martin Mobberley, Suffolk, England ving target separately, describing and explaining all $39.95 specialised techniques in context. Glance through 224 p. In the Lunar and Planetary Webcam User’s the images in this book to see just how much you 160 illus., 40 in color. Guide, Martin Mobberley de-mystifies the jargon can–easily–achieve by using a webcam with your Softcover of webcams and computer processing, and provides telescope! detailed hints and tips for imaging the Sun, Moon

The New Amateur Astronomer 2004 inspire determined beginners and experienced 978-1-85233-663-9 Martin Mobberley observers alike. All the aspects of the new hi-tech $34.95 astronomy are covered. The book is divided into two 239 pages, 155 illus. In recent years technology has advanced so much parts, the first dealing with the basics and equip- Softcover that amateur astronomers are now able to achieve ment, and the second discussing the observers and what only professionals were doing at the end of the their techniques. Throughout the book there are 1960s. Observers are able to make use of sophisti- numerous planetary, cometary, and Deep Sky images cated equipment such as CCDs and robotic teles- and also pictures of the observers and the equipment copes in the comfort of their own homes. Mobberley discussed—all designed to spur the astronomer into has written The New Amateur Astronomer to this exciting field!

Choosing and Using a Schmidt-Cassegrain Telescope 2001 A Guide to Commercial SCTs and Maksutovs 978-1-85233-631-8 describes what these instruments will do, how to $39.95 Rod Mollise, Mobile, AL, USA use them, and which are the best to choose. There 368 pages, 53 illus. are sections on accessories, observing techniques, Softcover Amateur astronomy is becoming more and more and hints and tips gleaned from the author’s 25 popular, mostly because of the availability of rela- years experience with this type of telescope: clea- tively low-cost astronomical telescopes of superb ning, collimating, maintaining the telescope and quality—commercially made Schmidt-Cassegrain mounting; using the telescope in various conditions; and Maksutovs. Featuring (but not exclusively) the computer control; and imaging. ubiquitous Meade and Celestron ranges, Mollise

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June 2006 The Urban Astronomer‘s Guide worth viewing from home. This book covers the 978-1-84628-216-4 Rod Mollise, Mobile, AL, USA “why,” “how,” and “what” of astronomy under light- $39.95 polluted skies. The author describes the many objects 257 p. 100 illus., Most amateur astronomers yearn to observe more that can be seen in a bright urban sky, and shows the 50 in color. frequently. Many of them, however, live in urban city or suburban astronomer how to observe object Softcover and highly developed suburban areas that are heavily after object, season after season. About 50% of the light polluted. Due to this light pollution, they are book is devoted to describing “tours” of the sky, under the impression that deep sky objects–nebulae, with physical and observational descriptions, at the galaxies, star clusters - are either invisible or not eyepiece drawings, and photographs.

January 2005 Astronomy with a Home Computer astronomers, information, and software. The list goes 978-1-85233-805-3 Neale Monks, Lincoln, NE (ed.) on and on. Find out here how to choose the best $39.95 planetarium program. Learn how to optimize a go-to 255 pages, 87 illus. Here is a one-volume guide to just about everything telescope, or connect it to a laptop. Discover how to Softcover computer-related for amateur astronomers! Today’s choose the best webcam and use it with your tele- amateur astronomy is inextricably linked to personal scope. Create a mosaic of the Moon, or high-resolu- computers. Computer-controlled “go-to” telescopes tion images of the planets. Astronomy with a Home are inexpensive. CCD and webcam imaging make Computer is designed for every amateur astronomer intensive use of the technology for capturing and who owns a home computer. processing images. The Internet offers links to other

2003 Astronomy with a Budget Telescope parts. The first provides reports on some available 978-1-85233-586-1 Patrick Moore and John Watson models along with detailed and essential hints and $19.95 tips about what to look for when buying. The second 140 pages, 100 illus. Having surveyed some the best and worst of today’s part describes how best to use the telescope, which (98 in color) inexpensive mail-order-catalog and main-street celestial objects to observe (with full-page star charts Softcover astronomical telescopes, the authors have admitted to help find them), what you can expect to see, and to being astonished by how good some of them how to take and even computer-enhance astrono- are. Astronomy with a Budget Telescope is in two mical photographs.

February 2007 Moore on Mercury but orbits the Sun at an average distance of only 58 978-1-84628-257-7 The Planet and the Missions million km, compared to the Earth’s 150 million km. $29.95 Patrick Moore On its sunlit side, Mercury’s surface temperature Approx. 160 p. can exceed 450C while the night side freezes at 180C. Softcover Mercury is one of the more difficult objects for In his inimitable, easy-going style, Patrick Moore amateur astronomers to observe because of its describes Mercury, the professional astronomers who close proximity to the Sun. It is also one of the have observed it over the centuries, amateur observa- most fascinating and strange planets. Amateur tions, and the past, present and future space missions astronomers can see Mercury and its ever-changing to this extraordinary world. The book includes infor- phases all year, and sometimes watch it transit the mation on the Mercury Messenger mission. Sun. Mercury is not much larger that our Moon,

2002 More Small Astronomical Observatories part, by amateur astronomers. Almost every serious 978-1-85233-572-4 Patrick Moore (ed.) amateur astronomer wants a fixed observatory of some $39.95 sort—it saves a vast amount of time and effort—and 256 pages, This book is a sequel to the successfulSmall Astrono- this book provides the necessary help. As a bonus, 185 illus. mical Observatories, also edited by Patrick Moore. It the enclosed CD-ROM contains the entire first book, Softcover with CD-ROM contains detailed descriptions of even more innova- Small Astronomical Observatories in PDF format. tive and interesting observatories built, for the most

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The Herschel Objects, and How to Observe October 2007 guide to seeing the most impressive of Herschel’s star Them 978-0-387-68124-5 clusters, nebulae and galaxies. There has never been Exploring Sir William Herschel’s Star Clusters, Nebulae, $29.95 an observer’s book devoted to the Herschel objects. and Galaxies Approx. 220 p. 110 illus. The US-based Astronomical League has for several Softcover James Mullaney, Rehoboth Beach, DE, USA years sponsored a “Herschel Club”, reflecting the interest amateur astronomers have in this important Amateur astronomers–particularly deep-sky obser- but less widely known listing. The Herschel Objects, vers–are always on the lookout for new observing and How to Observe Them covers more than 600 of challenges. The Herschel Objects, and How to the brightest of the objects that Herschel saw, with Observe Them offers the exciting opportunity of detailed descriptions and images of 150 to 200 of the retracing the steps of the greatest visual observer and very best for viewing with amateur telescopes. celestial explorer that ever lived. This is a practical

A Buyer’s and User’s Guide to December 2006 It offers help in the “resurrection” of telescopes Astronomical Telescopes & Binoculars 978-1-84628-439-7 now collecting dust (instead of starlight!) in attics, $29.95 James Mullaney cellars and garages by sharing with readers the 203 p. many exciting and rewarding uses to which these Softcover Amateur astronomers are always contemplating instruments can be put in exploring the wonders of the “next telescope up” and this book will point the the cosmos! Provides both existing and prospective way to the most suitable instrument, and serve as a owners of classic telescopes marketed over the past guide for first-time buyers. Evaluations of hundreds 50 years with hard-to-find, little-known information of binoculars and telescopes help readers make on their manufacturers. The book is an invaluable an appropriate selection based on such factors as treasure-trove of information and helpful advice for intended use, portability requirements and budget. all amateur astronomers.

Icy Worlds at the Edge of the Solar System December 2008 exquisite structure in the solar systems “terminal 978-0-387-71670-1 K. Noll, Space Telescope Sci Inst, MD, USA moraine” and the perplexing diversity of colors and $29.95 albedos seen in the Kuiper belt. Next, it discusses the Approx. 200 p. 20 illus. This book details the Kuiper belt, one of the most fascinating hypothesis by Hal Levison and Ales- Softcover exciting regions for exploration and scientific sandro Morbidelli that explains not only the origin research in planetary science. It describes basic of the Kuiper belt, but traces the early migrations of concepts through the use of colorful analogies and the giant planets as they interacted with the remains metaphors before introducing the unsolved and of the protoplanetary disc and with each other. In intriguing questions that motivate researchers. addition, the book also details the surprising number Coverage begins with the hunt for planets after the of binaries that are being found in the Kuiper belt. discovery of Pluto. The book then examines the

Published by Springer-Praxis October 2007 7 the most important historical applications of space Spies in the Sky 978-0-387-71672-5 science for the benefit of the human race during that Surveillance Satellites in War and Peace $34.95 half century, focusing particularly on the prevention Approx. 224 p. 20 illus. P. Norris, LogicaCMG, Leatherhead, Surrey, UK of nuclear war. Hardcover

In Spies in the Sky, Patrick Norris responds to the occasion of the 50th Anniversary of the dawn of the Space Age–the launch of Sputnik 1–with a review of

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March 2006 Apollo was protracted, but in December 1968 Apollo 8 was 978-0-387-30043-6 The Definitive Sourcebook launched on a pioneering mission to perform an $49.95 Richard Orloff, Oakhurst, NJ, USA; David Harland, initial reconnaissance in lunar orbit. When Apollo 633 p., 224 illus. Glasgow, Scotland, UK 17 lifted off from the Moon in December 1972, the Softcover program was concluded. Now, at long last, there is a On 25 May 1961, John F Kennedy announced the real prospect of a resumption of human exploration goal of landing an American man on the Moon by of the Moon. This book provides an overview of the the end of the decade. This challenge forced NASA origins of the Apollo program and descriptions of the to review the planned lunar landing of a three-man ground facilities, launch vehicles and spacecraft that spaceship named Apollo in the mid-1970s. In 1962, will serve as an invaluable single-volume ‘sourcebook’ it was decided that a specialized vehicle would for space enthusiasts, space historians, journalists, accompany the main spacecraft, to make the lunar and program-makers on radio/TV. It supplements landing while the mothership remained in lunar orbit. that other books that have focused on the politics and To send these vehicles to the Moon would require the management of the Apollo program, the astronauts, development of an enormous rocket. Development and their training and exploits.

November 2007 Making Beautiful Deep-Sky Images available telescopes and CCD cameras. Subsequent 978-0-387-71352-6 Astrophotography with Affordable Equipment and processing and image enhancement in the “elect- $34.95 Software ronic darkroom” is covered in detail as well. Not Approx. 225 p. G. Parker, University of Southampton, UK everybody can afford the biggest and best telescopes Softcover and CCD cameras, so a range of telescopes and This book is based on the author’s beautiful, often equipment is considered, from the author’s 11-inch awe-inspiring color images and mosaics of deep-sky with Hyperstar camera, down to more affordable objects, which were the basis of a public exhibition instruments. Appendices provide links to free soft- held at the University of Southampton in summer, ware – not available from a single source – and are 2006. The book describes how amateur astrono- themselves an invaluable resource. mers can create similar images, using commercially

October 2007 The Night Sky Companion processing and image enhancement in the “elect- 978-0-387-71608-4 G. Parker, University of Southampton, UK ronic darkroom” is covered in detail as well. Not $29.95 everybody can afford the biggest and best telescopes Approx. 220 p. 180 illus., This book is based on the author’s beautiful, often and CCD cameras, so a range of telescopes and 80 in color. awe-inspiring color images and mosaics of deep-sky equipment is considered, from the author’s 11-inch Softcover objects, which were the basis of a public exhibition with Hyperstar camera, down to more affordable held at the University of Southampton in summer, instruments. Appendices provide links to free soft- 2006. The book describes how amateur astrono- ware – not available from a single source – and are mers can create similar images, using commercially themselves an invaluable resource. available telescopes and CCD cameras. Subsequent

2004 Care of Astronomical Telescopes and owners—and prospective owners—of astronomical 978-1-85233-715-5 Accessories instruments. This is a unique and essential book for $49.95 A Manual for the Astronomical Observer and Amateur today’s amateur astronomer, dealing in depth with 252 pages, Telescope Maker the practicalities of the purchase, care, and upkeep of 82 illus. M. Barlow Pepin (ed.) astronomical telescopes and accessories. Softcover

Barlow has written this complete manual for all

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A User’s Guide to the Meade LXD55 and June 2007 both beginners and more advanced practical amateur LXD75 Telescopes 978-0-387-36489-6 astronomers. It will also cover advanced techniques for $34.95 Martin Peston more experienced LXD series users. There is already a Approx. 250 p. large user-base of these telescopes around the world, 110 illus. Following up on the highly successful book by Mike but there is as yet no comprehensive guide commer- Softcover Weasner, “Using the Meade ETX” and the more cially available for users to fully get to grips with using recently published book by Swanson, “The NexStar the LXD series of telescopes. The manufacturer’s Guide”, this extends Springer’s range of books written manuals are nowhere near detailed enough to be of real for the most popular commercially-available telescopes. help to beginners, nor are there advanced technical tips The book provides a comprehensive introductory and user information to help the experienced astro- guide to “choosing and using” an LXD55/75 computer- nomer get the best out of these instruments. controlled (“goto”) series of telescopes, and is useful for

Creating and Enhancing Digital Astro April 2007 quality pictures that you could hang on your wall, Images 978-1-84628-580-6 show to your spouse, local society friends or even $39.95 Grant Privett, Herefordshire, UK your supervisor. The author works for the Ministry 142 p. 88 illus., 39 in of Defence in the UK, heading up the Advanced color. This book describes how to create the best astro- Image Processing Team. He is one of the world’s Softcover nomical images you can with the digital camera professional experts in image processing. His book equipment at your disposal. It does this in jargon- has a non-mathematical approach and contains free, blow-by-blow terms. It explains the steps we go illustrated examples in colour and monochrome. through to extract results from the raw-and-dirty There are as yet few books available on this aspect of original imagery, and then transform them into high amateur astronomy.

Observing the Sun with Coronado™ June 2007 tion of the Coronado range of solar telescopes, were Telescopes 978-0-387-68126-9 too expensive for amateur use. The entry-level Coro- $39.95 Philip Pugh, Wiltshire, UK nado telescope, the PST (Personal Solar Telescope) Approx. 220 pp costs under $500. Solar prominences (vast columns Softcover The Sun provides amateur astronomers with one of plasma, best seen at the edge of the solar disk), of the few opportunities for daytime astronomy. In filaments, flares, sunspots, plage and active regions order to see the major features of our nearest star, are all visible and can be imaged to produce specta- special telescopes that admit a very narrow visible cular solar photographs. Philip Pugh has assembled bandwidth are essential. This makes many major a team of contributors who show just how much features of the Sun’s chromosphere visible to the solar work can be done with Coronado telescopes, observer. Such narrow-band “Fabry-Perot etalon and explain how to get the best from these marvel- filters” are high technology, and until the introduc- lous instruments.

Published by Springer-Praxis October 2007 7 major announcements and news items. Leading State of the Universe 2008 978-0-387-71674-9 astronomers and science writers fully explain all New Images, Discoveries and Events $29.95 major discoveries and events, and web links are Approx. 190 p. M. Ratcliffe, Valley Center, KS, USA included for all major news stories, providing a Hardcover bridge between the public news stories and the State of the Universe 2008 captures the excitement actual research web sites. Written at an accessible and vibrancy of modern astronomical research. It level for both novice and experienced astronomy details discoveries made from the world’s leading enthusiasts, this volume enables the reader to stay ground based and orbiting observatories in astro- up to date with the rapid pace and development of nomy, astrophysics and cosmology in the last year. modern astronomical research. The volume also presents brief summaries of the

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December 2006 State of the Universe 2007 the context of the longer term goals that astronomers 978-0-387-34178-1 New Images, Discoveries and Events and astrophysicists around the world are aiming for. $29.95 Martin Ratcliffe, Wichita, KS, USA The target is to capture the excitement and vibrancy Approx. 300 pp. of modern astronomical research. The book will Softcover The aim ofState of the Universe 2007 (and subse- present a complete list of the major announcements, quent volumes issued annually) is to provide an discoveries and news items from each year, with annual astronomy review suitable for the popular the major ones being explained in detail through science level reader to be published every year. The selected chapters being written by invited contribu- book will cover all major astronomical news on tors who are at the forefront in those fields. topics beyond the Solar System and place them in

January 2007 Spectroscopy: The Key to the Stars amateur astronomers. It includes all the science 978-0-387-36786-6 Reading the Lines in Stellar Spectra $29.95 needed for a qualitative understanding of stellar Keith Robinson, Royal Astronomical Society, UK 160 p. spectra, but avoids bogging down in heavy math. It’s Softcover the only book written for the amateur astronomer Most amateur astronomers may know about red interested in and doing observational spectroscopy, shift, and have a general idea of the ways that stellar who wants a non-technical account of the physical spectra provide insight into the atomic processes of processes that determine the intensity and profile the star, but detailed knowledge is unusual. This is morphology of lines in stellar spectra. Of course, because most available books are pitched at professi- “armchair astronomers” who simply want to under- onal astronomers and college-level students, and are stand the physical processes which shape lines in difficult to read. This is the first non-technical book stellar spectra will find this book equally fascinating. on spectroscopy, written specifically for practical

September 2007 Published by Springer-Praxis 7 has been lengthened, drawing on the latest satellite 978-0-387-36055-3 The Moon data to emphasize the power potential and commu- $34.95 Resources, Future Development and Colonization nications advantages of Malapert Mountain in the 578 p. Second Edition South Polar region of the Moon, being the optimum Softcover David Schrunk, Burton Sharpe, Bonnie L. Cooper, location for the establishment of the first lunar base. Madhu Thangavelu It will follow the same theme as the first edition; Second Edition concepts of space exploration from the Moon and The Moon–Resources, Future Development and discussions of Earth benefits will be expanded. A Colonization tells the story of the feasible transfor- color section depicting graphic images will be added mation of the Moon into an inhabited sister planet of in the second edition and the number of appendices the Earth in the coming century. This second edition will be reduced.

September 2006 Published by Springer-Praxis 7 October 1964 the Soviets launched Voskhod 1 whose 978-0-387-21897-7 NASA’s Scientist-Astronauts 3-man crew were identified as the first ‘scientific $39.95 David J. Shayler and Colin Burgess passengers’ in space. A few days later NASA and the 534 pages, NAS completed joint studies into the possibility of 170 illus. Mounting pressure in the early 1960s from the using scientists in the manned space program, and Softcover National Academy of Sciences (NAS) led to invited scientists to apply for astronaut training. NASA’s conclusion that flying scientifically trained crewmembers would generate greater returns. In

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7 Published by Springer-Praxis July 2005 in the crew. Shayler tells the story from the first Women In Space: Following Valentina 978-1-85233-744-5 woman balloonist in 1784 to their breakthrough as $39.95 David J. Shayler and Ian A. Moule astronauts and cosmonauts detailing the contribu- 410 p. tion women have made to space exploration. These 100 illus. Space exploration has developed from early, and other events are presented in a highly readable Softcover unmanned space probes, through the pioneering account that recalls the difficult path to space explo- years of the ‘Manned’ Mercury, Gemini and Apollo ration by women. missions, to missions that now include women

Published by Springer-Praxis August 2005 7 their feet in the red dust of the planet. The book also Marswalk One 978-1-85233-792-6 addresses why we need to carry out these tasks and, First Steps on a New Planet $29.95 more importantly, what a human crew could achieve 244 p., 150 illus. David J. Shayler, Andy Salmon, and Michael Shayler that an automated mission could not. The main (16 color pages) objective is to look at what science will be done on Softcover Marswalk One addresses the question of why we the surface—supported by orbital operations—and should embark on a journey to Mars, documenting what hardware and technology will be employed to what the first human crew will do when they place achieve the mission objectives.

CCD Astrophotography April 2006 used for high-quality imaging. The many wonderful High-quality Imaging from the Suburbs 978-0-387-26241-3 images Dr Stuart has produced allow the reader to $39.95 Adam Stuart, Physician Offices of South Florida, Florida see the product of– initially– a fellow beginner’s 196 p., City, FL, USA efforts. The glorious images found in numerous 201 illus., 196 in color. books, and especially those seen in Sky & Telescope Softcover Adam Stuart has written this reference book for magazine–might seem out of reach. But this is not all amateur astronomers who are interested in the case. Respectable images are attainable with CCD imaging, especially those who have to work modest equipment. This book outlines a complete under suburban conditions. The book outlines the and thoroughly tested working program for every materials and (commercially-available) equipment beginner to high-quality digital imaging.

The NexStar User Guide 2004 978-1-85233-714-8 $29.95 Michael W. Swanson all buyers and potential buyers of these telescopes. 220 pages, 140 illus. The NexStar User Guide contains just about every- Softcover Celestron’s NexStar telescopes, along with Meade’s thing, from basic descriptions of models to technical ETX and LX ranges, together dominate the inter- details of alignment and even programming. The national market for affordable computer-controlled book is highly comprehensive, including a chapter “go to” telescopes. Michael Swanson has written on Astronomy Basics, and is suitable for beginners this complete, detailed guide to buying, using, and and experts alike. Every NexStar owner will want maintaining NexStar telescopes, which will appeal to this book!

7 Published by Springer-Praxis December 2005 US Spacesuits 978-0-387-27919-0 $39.95 Kenneth S. Thomas, Harold J. McMann future. The text explains how the routine use of 415 p. clothing provides a link to the function of spacesuits Softcover This highly focused reference reviews the technical and why spacesuits are far more than garments. They evolution of U.S. spacesuits from their roots in high are a last refuge for survival in disaster and a perso- altitude aviation and vacuum tube development nalized spacecraft that allows direct contact and to the present day, with a stimulating look into the interaction with everything beyond our world.

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October 2006 Binocular Astronomy are effectively two astronomical telescopes working 978-1-84628-308-6 Stephen Tonkin, Kent, UK in tandem. This book takes an in-depth look at the $29.95 instruments themselves, and offers sections on evalu- 288 p., 161 illus. Binoculars–the common kinds–are surprisingly ating and buying binoculars and binocular telescopes, Softcover useful for wide-field observing, but “binocular astro- their care, mounting, and accessories. In addition nomy” is much more than that, including binocular there is a selection of fine objects to be seen with eyepieces that can be fitted to normal astronomical 50mm and 100mm binoculars. telescopes, and even giant binocular telescopes that

August 2007 Quirky Sides of Scientists True Tales of Ingenuity and Error from Physics and Astronomy 978-0-387-71018-1 $39.95 D. R. Topper, University of Winnipeg, MT, Canada miss an important deduction from his own theory, Approx. 200 p. 57 illus. and Newton missing the important deduction from Hardcover These historical narratives of scientific behavior one of his most celebrated discoveries. Outside a reveal the often irrational way scientists arrive at and circle of specialized academics, these little-known assess their theories. The book clearly demonstrates yet fascinating stories are told in a clear and enga- that the greatest minds throughout history arrived at ging style to captivate the scientific-educated reader. their famous scientific theories in very unorganized A theme running throughout the book is the notion ways and they often did not fully grasp the signi- that what is obvious today was not so in the past. ficance and implications of their own work. There Scientists seen in their historical context shatter are stories of Einstein’s stubbornness leading him to myths and show them to be less modern than we reject a correct interpretation of an experiment and often like to think of them.

2004 7 Published by Springer-Praxis 978 -1-85233-735-3 Expedition Mars $39.95 Martin J. L. Turner 342 pages, 130 illus. latest rocket propulsion and spacecraft technology, Softcover and planned developments in nuclear and electric For those interested in the human conquest of propulsion technologies, are the key factors that will space and exploration of the planets, Martin Turner enable a human expedition to Mars. Of particular describes the challenges that will be presented by importance are the challenges of transporting cargo the next “giant leap” in the human exploration of to Mars and in providing necessary life support for our Solar System—a return journey to the Red the crew, including supply of consumables, such as Planet. The author begins by describing how the very food, water, air and fuel, for the return journey.

October 2007 Robotic Exploration of the Solar System Scientific results will be discussed in considerable 978-0-387-49326-8 Part I: The Golden Age 1957-1982 $39.95 depth, together with details of mission management. Paolo Ulivi, David M. Harland Approx. 400 p. The book will be comprehensive, covering missions Softcover and results from the 1950s until the present day, Paolo Ulivi and David Harland provide in Robotic and some of the latest missions and their results will Exploration of the Solar System a detailed history appear in a popular science book for the first time. of unmanned missions of exploration of our Solar The authors will also cover many unflown missions, System. As in their previous book ‘Lunar Explora- providing an indication of the ideas that proved to be tion’, the subject will be treated wherever possible unfulfilled at the time but which may still be proven from an engineering and scientific standpoint. Tech- and useful in the future. nical descriptions of the spacecraft, of their mission designs and of instrumentations will be provided.

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The Invisible Universe December 2006 The Story of Radio Astronomy 978-0-387-30816-6 Second Edition $29.95 Approx. 280 p. Gerrit Verschuur, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN in Puerto Rico, in the green Pocahontas Valley in Hardcover West Virginia, as well as dozens of other remote sites This is the story of radio astronomy, of how radio around the world. With each of these observatories, Second Edition waves are generated by stars, supernova, quasars, the scientists collect and analyze their data, “liste- colliding galaxies, and by the very beginnings of ning” to the radio signals from space, in order to the universe itself. In The Invisible Universe, you learn what is out there, and perhaps even if someone learn what astronomers are doing with those huge else may be listening as well. dishes in the New Mexico desert, in a remote valley

Einstein’s Enigma or Black Holes in my September 2006 diagrams come tumbling the rudiments of relativity, Bubblebath 978-3-540-33199-5 spacetime and much of modern physics, narrated $27.50 C.V. Vishveshwara with high didactic and literary talent, and each 360 p. embedded in casual lessons given by a worldly astro- Hardcover Einstein’s Enigma or Black Holes in My Bubble physicist to his friend Alfie, a freelance organizer of Bath tells the story of gravitation theory from the proposals. Join the intellectual fun and exalt in the early historic origins to the latest developments in frothy ideas while vicariously taking relaxing baths astrophysics, focusing on Albert Einstein’s theory of in this magical bathtub. general relativity and black hole physics. Through engaging conversations and napkin-scribbled

Practical Guide to Lightcurve Photometry February 2006 analyzing, and publishing their data. The text helps and Analysis 978 -0-387-29365-3 the reader understand–and avoid–common pitfalls Brian Warner, Minor Planet Observer, Colorado Springs, in the process, and offers detailed examples on how $39.95 CO, USA to obtain and analyze data. Under “choosing the right 298 p. 110 illus. software,” the author looks critically at the commer- Softcover This practical text provides those with access to even a cially-available packages, providing screen shots and modest telescope and a CCD camera the background useful advice. Amateur astronomers who want to go and detailed steps to contribute to astronomical beyond CCD imaging will find everything they need research, including joint projects in which they to step into the world of “real” science. can take part, as well as techniques for gathering,

7 Published by Springer-Praxis February 2008 by President John F Kennedy, were subsequently How Apollo Flew to the Moon 978-0-387-71675-6 recognised as an example of human exploration at $29.95 W. D. Woods its greatest, demonstrating a peak of technological 300 p. excellence. Between 1968 and 1972, twenty four Softcover Out of the battlefields of World War II came the daring men journeyed from Earth to the Moon. gifted German engineers and designers who Woods traces this massive accomplishment from developed the V-2 rocket, which evolved into the early launches through manned orbital spaceflights, powerful Saturn V booster that propelled men to the detailing each step: computer configuration, the role Moon. David Woods tells this exciting story, starting of ground control, trajectory planning, lunar orbi- from America’s postwar astronautical research ting, separation of the lander, walking and working facilities. The techniques and procedures developed on the Moon, retrieval of the lunar astronauts and for what was at first seen as a political decision returning to Earth.

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December 2006 Lunar and Planetary Rovers Vision for Exploration now underway at NASA. 978-0-387-30774-9 The Wheels of Apollo and the Quest for Mars The text includes extensive coverage of the back- $39.95 Anthony Young, Miami, FL, USA ground, research, design and execution of the Lunar 305 p. Rover, the Mars Sojourner, Spirit and Opportu- Softcover Lunar and Planetary Rovers fills the need for a nity missions, and the plans for both manned and complete history of the Lunar Roving Vehicle used unmanned rovers in NASA’s future missions. Exten- on Apollo 15, 16 and 17. The book draws on many sively researched, the book is based on interviews photographs never before published. It goes on to with the astronauts who drove the LRV, and the recount the story of the successful robotic rovers engineers, past, present and future, who design and used on Mars, and concludes with a description build planetary rovers. of the new designs of rovers planned for The New Biomedicine: Trade Backlist

December 2005 The ABCs of Gene Cloning The essential concepts in biology relevant to the 978-0-387-28663-1 Second Edition understanding of gene cloning are presented in a $49.95 Dominic Wong, Western Regional Research Center, well-organized and accessible manner. This updated 248 p. Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of version of the first edition is an invaluable book Softcover Agriculture, Albany, CA for nonscientists as well as scientists with little background knowledge in gene cloning, providing a wealth of information for anyone wishing to gain Clear and concise, this easy-to-use text offers an proficiency in reading and speaking the language of introductory course on the language of gene cloning, gene cloning. covering microbial, plant, and animal systems.

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December 2006 Inside Relational Databases with 978-1-84628-394-9 Examples in Access $49.95 378 p. Mark Whitehorn, University College of Worcester, UK Softcover

August 2008 Inside Relational Databases with 978-1-84628-393-2 readers will be able to apply the model using their Examples in SQL Server $49.95 preferred database engine. The books show just how Approx. 350 p. Mark Whitehorn, University College of Worcester, UK simple and useful databases can be. No prior know- Softcover ledge is required i.e. real world examples show how The first two editions ofInside Relational Databases to manage data efficiently. A significant amount of have both been best sellers. These new editions will new material is included in the core of the book and also cover the relational database model but will use particular emphasis is given to showing how to make different engines to illustrate the model. In doing so, a database run faster and more efficiently.

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The Craft of Scientific Presentations from four perspectives: speech, structure, visual aids, 2003 Critical Steps to Succeed and Critical Errors to Avoid and delivery. It discusses ways of organizing graphics 978-0-387-95555-1 Michael Alley and text in projected images and of using layout and $29.95 design to present information effectively. Unlike 264 pages, 43 illus. The Craft of Scientific Presentations provides a other books that discuss technical presentations, Softcover score of examples from contemporary and historical this book anchors its advice in the experiences of scientific presentations to show clearly what makes scientists and engineers, including examples from an oral presentation effective. It considers presenta- such successful presenters as Robert Oppenheimer, tions made to persuade an audience to adopt some Richard Feynman, Niels Bohr, and Rita Levi-Montal- course of action as well as presentations made to cini, as well as currently active laboratory directors, communicate information, and it considers these scientists, and engineers.

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A C Frisch, 45 Hotakainen, 4 Levin, 93 Abramov, 81 Casella, 70 Furniss, 87 Hou, 47 Levy, 38 Adams, 25 Casoli, 84 Hunt, 5 Lipsky, 56 Adams, 106 Celletti, 84 G Liu, 48 Aggarwal, 26 Chacon, 67 Gagnaire, 36 I Longuski, 78 Albert, 75 Chambers, 71 Gainer, 87 Iacus, 71 Loue, 65 Alberti, 44 Chien, 75 Gal, 55 Iizuka, 61 Lover, 28 Alley, 105 Chiravalle, 84 Garbarino, 62 Inglis, 91 Lu, 65 Alley, 105 Christensen, 93 Garrett, 3 Ivanovich, 13 Alley, 105 Christensen, 94 Gasperini, 12 M Allison, 81 Clark, 24 Genta, 88 J Madhavan, 43 An, 35 Cock, 46 Ghali, 31 Jain, 19 Magli, 1 Anglès, 53 Coe, 85 Gilman, 55 Jain, 19 Mainzer, 15 Appenzeller, 17 Constanda, 54 Gilmore, 77 Jakiel, 91 Marques de Sá, 15 Arditti, 12 Cooke, 85 Gilster, 77 Johnson, 68 Martin, 63 Argyle, 81 Cooper, 26 Gosling, 105 Johnson, 105 Matloff, 94 Argyros, 53 Croddy, 76 Greenberg, 77 Jones, 5 Maunder, 94 Astolfi, 35 Crosby, 45 Grego, 13 Jorgensen, 106 McAnally, 94 Cryer, 71 Grillmeyer, 27 McKenzie, 2 B Curtin, 76 Günther, 21 K McLean, 17 Baker, 82 Kaler, 77 McNamara, 6 Balanov, 60 D H Kanas, 92 McNeill, 39 Baliga, 35 Dahlman, 67 Hackman, 21 Kangas, 47 Meadows, 94 Baltagi, 20 DasGupta, 71 Hammoud, 37 Kannicht, 48 Merkel, 46 Barik, 18 de Almeida, 81 Handy, 88 Kaplan, 11 Michaud, 78 Barwick, 54 Deretic, 46 Harland, 13 Karasaridis, 37 Miller, 66 Baudin, 21 Dhanaraj, 51 Harland, 88 Kargel, 92 Mironov, 49 Baugher, 67 Ding, 36 Harland, 90 Karkoschka, 92 Mobberley, 95 Beech, 82 Divakaran, 36 Harland, 89 Kavaler, 78 Mobberley, 95 Beeson, 60 Dobbins, 76 Harland, 89 Kayser, 63 Mobberley, 95 Bentley, 3 Downey, 27 Harland, 89 Keel, 92 Mobberley, 95 Benton, 82 Draheim, 31 Harland, 89 Keith, 48 Mohanty, 39 Bernstein, 2 Durst, 61 Harland, 88 Kitchin, 93 Molisse, 95 Bernstein, 75 Harper, 27 Kitsos, 37 Monks, 96 Bhanu, 31 E Harshaw, 90 Klandermans, 69 Moore, 96 Bhat, 70 Eales, 85 Hartel, 24 Kompatsiaris, 28 Moore, 96 Bhunia, 23 Encrenaz, 17 Hartel, 11 Korkin, 52 Moore, 96 Birdlebough, 82 Encrenaz, 85 Harvey, 90 Korsch, 61 Moreno, 32 Blundell, 26 Evans, 86 Harvey, 90 Kortenkamp, 55 Morrison, 49 Bond, 75 Evans, 86 Harvey, 90 Kosorok, 72 Mukherjea, 56 Bone, 83 Evans, 86 Hasenhuettl, 24 Kroening, 32 Mullaney, 97 Borgia, 83 Heap, 68 Kukol, 19 Mullaney, 97 Boss, 106 F Heck, 44 Murty, 56 Bruns, 54 Farinacci, 86 Heiken, 91 L Buchheim, 83 Fawcett, 68 Hicks, 4 Lahlou, 31 N Buick, 83 Feagin, 70 Higgins, 11 Lampaert, 40 Nagy, 20 Burgess, 84 Flannery, 76 Hiller, 43 Lamster, 65 Nason, 72 Bussler, 34 Forget, 87 Hirsch Hadorn, 45 Lang, 93 Nelen, 69 Foster, 47 Holberg, 91 Lau, 62 Niknejad, 39 Freeman, 87 Homann, 32 Lehner, 38 Noam, 22 108 springer.com/booksellers O–Z / A–C Author Index / Title Index

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A Analysis of Integrated and B C China’s Space Program - From ABCs of Gene Cloning, 104 Co-integrated Time Series Berkeley Problems in Calibrating the Cosmos, 93 Conception to Manned Adaptive Techniques with R, 72 Mathematics, 58 Care of Astronomical Spaceflight, 90 for Dynamic Processor Animals in Space, 84 Beyond the Big Bang, 18 Telescopes and Accessories, Cinderella.2 Manual, 55 Optimization, 42 Apollo, 98 Big Bang, 89 98 Clinical Proteomics, 51 Advanced Mixed-Signal Asteroids and How to Observe Binocular Astronomy, 102 Career Development in Clinician’s Guide to Medical Design using Cadence Them, 3 Bioinformatics, 48 Bioengineering and Writing, 107 Design Tools, 40 Astronomical Sketching, 88 Book of Genes & Genomes, 12 Biotechnology, 43 Clocks in the Sky, 6 Advances in Consumer Astronomy With a Budget Brief History of Computing, 34 Caring for the Country, 107 CMOS Active Inductors and Finance Research, 64 Telescope, 96 Brute Force, 76 Cassini at Saturn- Huygens Transformers, 43 Advances in Urban Ecology, 44 Astronomy with a Home Building a Roll-off Roof Results, 89 Color Management, 32 Alcohol, 20 Computer, 96 Observatory, 4 CCD Astrophotography, 101 Columbia: Final Voyage, 75 Algebraic K-Theory, 58 Astrophysics is Easy!, 91 Buyer’s and User’s Guide to Celestial Mechanics, 84 Complete CD Atlas of Algorithm Design Manual, 30 Asymptotic Theory of Statistics Astronomical Telescopes & Centauri Dreams, 77 Universe, 90 Algorithmic Randomness and and Probability, 71 Binoculars, 97 Chance, 15 Complex Analysis, 55 Complexity, 27 Aurora, 83 Chaos, 61 Computational Methods for Alice in Quantumland, 77 Autophagosome and Chemical and Biological Sensor Material Selection, Analysis by Its History, 59 Phagosome, 46 Warfare, 76 25

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Concise Introduction to Electronic Imaging in Geometric Etudes in How to Photograph the Moon Lattice: Trellis Graphics with DatCompression, 29 Astronomy, 17 Combinatorial Mathematics, and Planets with your R, 73 Concise Introduction to Elementary Logic, 28 58 Digital Camera, 83 Lean for CEOs, 21 Languages, Machines and Emerging Infections in Asia, Germline Stem Cells, 47 Hubble, 93 Lights in the Sky, 94 Logic, 33 65 Globalization and Summit Human Ear Recognition by Little Matters of Life and Conformal Groups in Emotions as Biocultural Reform, 68 Computer, 31 Death, 62 Geometry and Spin Processes, 64 Golgi complex, 49 Human Vision and The Night Living Off the Land in Space, Structures, 53 Energy Harvesting Grade Inflation, 105 Sky, 83 94 Conservation Biology, 2nd Technologies, 40 Green Software Defined Hundred Greatest Stars, 77 Lonely Minds in the Universe, Edition, 50 Engineering Optics, 61 Radios, 38 I 88 Contact with Alien Civilizatins, Essence of Dielectric Groundwater Geochemistry, Icy Worlds at the Edge of the Low-Power High-Level 78 Waveguides, 42 46 Solar System, 97 Synthesis for Nanoscale Contemporary Sociological Europa, 77 Guide to Advanced Empirical Ideal Sequence Design in CMOS Circuits, 39 Theory, 68 Evaluating Multiple Software Engineering, 29 Time-Frequency Space, 35 Lunar and Planetary Rovers, Convergence and Applications Narratives, 68 If the Universe is Teeming 104 of Newton-type Iterations, Expedition Mars, 102 H with Aliens … Where is Lunar and Planetary Webcam 53 Exploring Computer Science Handbook of Clinical Child Everybody?, 80 User’s Guide, 95 Course on Mathematical with Scheme, 27 Neuropsychology, 64 In Search of Dark Matter, 87 Logic, 59 Exploring the Moon, 13 Handbook of Nanomedicine, Inside Relational Databases M Craft of Editing, 105 19 with Examples in Access, 104 Making Beautiful Deep-Sky Craft of Scientific F Handbook of Practical Inside Relational Databases Images, 98 Presentations, 105 Fantastic Voyages, 106 Astronomy, 18 with Examples in SQL Server, Maritime Archaeology, 66 Craft of Scientific Writing, 105 Fathom Dynamic Statistics, Handbook of Social 104 Mars, 4 Creating and Enhancing 106 Movements Across Integral Methods in Science Mars Base One, 9 Digital Astro Images, 99 Fatigue of Structures and Disciplines, 69 and Engineering, 54 Mars, A Cosmic Stepping Curve Ball, 75 Materials, 44 Handbook of the Sociology of Interplanetary Travel and Stone, 78 Field Guide to Meteors and Racial and Ethnic Relations, Space Weather, 45 Mars: A Warmer, Wetter D Meteorites, 18 70 Into the Solar System on a Planet, 92 Decision Procedures, 32 First Men on Moon, 89 Handbook of Transdisciplinary String, 9 Marswalk One, 101 Decision Support for Forest Fluid Mechanics, 61 Research, 45 Introduction to Computer Mastering Your PhD, 105 Management, 47 Food Emulsifiers and Their Hands-On Guide to Science Graphics and Creative 3-D Material Flow Management, Defense Industry Applications Applications, 24 Communication, 94 Environments, 26 44 of Autonomous Agents and Foodborne Microbial Health Care Benchmarking Introduction to Empirical Mathematical Control Theory, Multi-Agent Systems, 34 Pathogens, 23 and Performance Processes and 60 Designer’s Guide to Low Jitter Fortran 2003 Handbook, 25 Evaluation, 22 Semiparametric Inference, Meeting the Oral Health Care Oscillators, 39 FPGA Based Design and Health Issues Confronting 72 Needs of Older Adults, 65 Designing User Friendly Applications, 41 Minority Men Who Have Sex Introduction to Geometric Membrane Traficking, 50 Augmented Work From Greed to Global Riches, with Men, 65 Computing, 31 Mesenchymal Stem Cells, 49 Environments, 31 23 Helping Couples Cope with Introduction to Optical mm-Wave Silicon Technology, Disease, Diagnoses, and From Harvest to Home, 11 Women’s Cancers, 63 Network Design and 39 Dollars, 11 From P2P to Web Services and Herschel Objects, and How to Planning, 41 Model based Fault Diagnosis Distant Worlds, 75 Grids, 33 Observe Them, 97 Introduction to Queueing Techniques, 36 DNS Security, 37 Fundamentals of Power High-Dimensional Statistical Theory, 70 Molecular Modeling of Drug Delivery Systems, 19 Semiconductor Devices, 35 Genomics in Plants, 73 Invisible Universe, 103 Proteins, 19 Dynamics of Road Vehicles, 43 Future of Universe, 94 High-Redshift Galaxies, 17 Issues in Multi-Agent Systems, Moon, 100 History of Mathematics, 57 32 Moore on Mercury, 96 E G Hot House, 79 More Small Astronomical Econometrics, 20 Galaxies and How to Observe How Apollo Flew to the Moon, J Observatories, 96 Einstein’s Enigma or Black Them, 91 103 Jupiter and How to Observe Multimedia Content Analysis, Holes in my Bubblebath, 103 Galaxies in Turmoil, 93 How Spaceships Fly, 1 It, 94 36 Electromagnetic Field Theory Generalized (Fuzzy) Measures, How to Get and Keep a Job in Multiscale Methods in for Engineers and Physicists, 59 Food Science, 24 L Statistics, 72 38 Geometer’s Sketchpad, 106 Landing Your First Job, 107 My Heavens!, 7

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