BUSINESS / ECONOMICS
The Evolution of Macroeconomic Theory and Policy
AUTHOR: KAMRAN DADKHAH, Northeastern University, Boston, MA,
USA ISBN-13: 978-3-540-77007-7 PAGES/ILLUS: approx. 320 p., Hardcover PRICE: approx. $89.95 AVAILABLE (US): May 2009
The Great Depression of the 1930s gave birth to a branch of economics that in 1933 Ragnar Frisch christened macroeconomics. Over the decades that followed up to the present, the interactions of economic events, economic policy, and macroeconomic theory have created a fascinating story integral to the life and politics of national economies around the world. This book recounts that story. It brings together three strands of activities and trends: the economic events of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries that defined the economic problems facing the nation, policymakers, and economists; the responses of economists who brought the accumulated knowledge of the profession to bear on these problems; and the successes and failures of these policies as they reshaped the economic landscape and defined new sets of problems to be analyzed by macroeconomic theory.
SELLING POINTS: • This highly readable book presents an unconventional perspective on macroeconomics • Explores the interplay of theory and policy in a historical context
MARKET: Economists and everyone interested in economics
SUBJECTS: Macroeconomics; Methodology and the History of Economic Thought
LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: Business / Economics
RELATED TITLES: Kamps, The Dynamic Macroeconomic Effects of Public Capital (978-3-540-23897-3, 2005, $110) Alkan, Current Trends in Economics (978-3-540-65383-7, 1999, $199) Falkinger, A Theory of Employment in Firms (978-3-7908-1520-7, 2002, $79.95)
COMPETITION: Sargent, Dynamic Macroeconomic Theory (Harvard Univ Press, 0674218779, 1987, $76.50) Roth, The Evolution of Management Theory: Past, Present, Future (CRC, 0963568019, 1994, $29.95) Barron & Ewing, Understanding Macroeconomic Theory (Routledge, 0415701961, 2006, $56.95)
CHEMISTRY, FOOD SCIENCE
Prebiotics and Probiotics Science and Technology
EDITORS: DIMITRIS CHARALAMPOPOULOS, University of Reading,
UK and ROBERT A. RASTALL, University of Reading, UK ISBN-13: 978-0-387-79057-2 PAGES/ILLUS: approx. 1000 p., Hardcover PRICE: approx. $499.00 AVAILABLE (US): May 2009
Prebiotic and Probiotic Science and Technology provides a comprehensive overview on the advances in the field of prebiotics and probiotics. This volume presents the science underpinning the probiotic and prebiotic effects, the latest in vivo studies, the technological issues in the development and manufacture of these types of products, and the regulatory issues involved. It is structured so that it covers all aspects of the topics in a logical manner, avoiding replication.
SELLING POINTS: • The first comprehensive reference of its kind • Useful reference for both scientists and technologists working in academic and governmental institutes, and in the industry
MARKET: Scientists and technologists working in academic and governmental institutes, food scientists and researchers, nutritionists, microbiologists, health professionals
SUBJECTS: Food Science; Chemistry/Food Science, general; Nutrition
LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: Chemistry, Food Science
RELATED TITLES: Gibson, Colonic Microbiota, Nutrition and Health (978-0-412-79880-1, 1999, $239) Querol, Yeasts in Food and Beverages (978-3-540-28388-1, 2006, $369)
COMPETITION: Gordon, Dietary Fiber, Prebiotics, Probiotics and their Role in Intestinal Health (CRC Press, 978-0824709747, 2007, $179.95) Tannock, Probiotics and Prebiotics: Scientific Aspects (Caister Academic Press, 978- 1904455011, 2005, $199.00) Tannock, Probiotics and Prebiotics: Where Are We Going? (Caister Academic Press, 978- 0954246419, 2002, $180.00) Tannock, Probiotics: A Critical Review (Horizon Scientific Press, 978-1898486152, 1999, $144.00)
COMPUTER SCIENCE
Handbook of Multimedia for Digital Entertainment
EDITOR: BORKO FURHT, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton,
FL, USA ISBN-13: 978-0-387-89023-4 PAGES/ILLUS: approx. 600 p., Hardcover PRICE: approx. $199.00 AVAILABLE (US): May 2009
The Handbook of Multimedia for Digital Entertainment is an edited volume contributed by worldwide experts in the field of the new digital and interactive media, and their applications in entertainment and arts. This handbook will cover leading edge media technologies, and the latest research applied to digital entertainment and arts. The main focus of The Handbook of Multimedia for Digital Entertainment will target interactive and online games, edutainment, e- performance, personal broadcasting, innovative technologies for digital arts, digital visual and auditory media, augmented reality, moving media, and other advanced topics. The final chapters of this book will present future trends and developments within this explosive field. The Handbook of Multimedia for Digital Entertainment will serve as a primary reference for advanced-level students, researchers and professors studying computer science and electrical engineering. With the dramatic growth of interactive digital entertainment and art applications, this handbook is also suitable as a reference for practitioners, programmers, and engineers working in this field.
SELLING POINTS: • The first comprehensive handbook that covers recent research and technical trends in the field of digital entertainment and art • Includes an outline for future research directions within this explosive field
MARKET: Researchers and practitioners in the field of digital entertainment
SUBJECTS: Multimedia Information Systems; Computer Imaging, Graphics and Computer
Vision; Database Management
LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: Computer Science
RELATED TITLES: Furht, Encyclopedia of Multimedia (978-0-387-74724-8, 2009, $449) Maimon, Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery Handbook (978-0-387-24435-8, 2005, $269)
COMPETITION: Bovik, Handbook of Image and Video Processing for Multimedia (Academic Press, 0121197921, 2005, $142) Chapman, Digital Multimedia (Wiley, 0470858907, 2004, $60)
COMPUTER SCIENCE
Encyclopedia of Biometrics
EDITORS: STAN Z. LI, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China ISBN-13: 978-0-387-73002-8 PAGES/ILLUS: approx. 1000 p., 200 illus., Hardcover PRICE: $449.00 AVAILABLE (US): May 2009
Biometrics refers to automated methods of recognizing a person based on physiological or behavioral characteristics. The Encyclopedia of Biometrics provides a comprehensive reference to topics in Biometrics, including concepts, modalities, algorithms, devices, systems, security, performance testing, applications and standardization. With an A–Z format, the Encyclopedia of Biometrics provides easy access to relevant information on all aspects of biometrics for those seeking entry into this broad field. The Encyclopedia is composed of approximately 250 overview entries, and 800 definitional entries. Each entry includes a definition, key words, list of synonyms, list of related entries, illustration(s), applications, and a bibliography. Most entries include useful literature references providing the reader with a portal to more detailed information. The style of the entries is expository and tutorial, making the encyclopedia a practical resource for experts in the field and professionals in other fields.
SELLING POINTS: • Editor-in-Chief Stan Z. Li is an expert in face recognition, biometrics and intelligent video surveillance - Editorial advisor Anil K. Jain is a world renowned leader and author of several books in this field • First comprehensive reference work on biometrics
MARKET: Research scientists and industry practitioners in a wide variety of fields for a broad array of applications; computer scientists and academics in other areas such as engineering, math, statistics, political science, management science, psychology, biomedicine; advanced-level students interested in entering the field of biometrics or working in related areas
SUBJECTS: Computer Imaging, Graphics and Computer Vision
LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: Computer Science
RELATED TITLES: Furht, Encyclopedia of Multimedia (978-0-387-24395-5, 2005, $499) van Tilborg, Encyclopedia of Cryptography and Security (978-0-387-23473-1, 2005, $349)
COMPETITION: Jahne, Practical Handbook on Image Processing (CRC, 0849319005, 2004, $149.95) Chen, Handbook of Pattern Recognition (World Scientific, 9812561056, 2005, $195.00)
COMPUTER SCIENCE
Touch of Class Learning to Program Well with Objects and Contracts
AUTHOR: BERTRAND MEYER, ETH Zurich, Switzerland ISBN-13: 978-3-540-92144-8 PAGES/ILLUS: approx. 700 p., Hardcover PRICE: $79.95 AVAILABLE (US): March 2009
From object technology pioneer and ETH Zurich professor Bertrand Meyer, winner of the Jolt award and the ACM Software System Award, a revolutionary textbook that makes learning programming fun and rewarding. Meyer builds his presentation on a rich object-oriented software system supporting graphics and multimedia, which students can use to produce impressive applications from day one, and then understand inside out as they learn new programming techniques. Unique to Touch of Class is a combination of a practical, hands-on approach to programming with the introduction of sound theoretical support focused on helping students learn the construction of high quality software. The use of full color brings exciting programming concepts to life. Among the useful features of the book is the use of Design by Contract, critical to software quality and providing a gentle introduction to formal methods. Will give students a major advantage by teaching professional-level techniques in a literate, relaxed and humorous way.
SELLING POINTS: • Revolutionary introduction to programming • First introductory programming book to use concepts of Design by Contract for software safety and reliability • Examples and exercises allow all students to build graphical and multimedia applications right from the start
MARKET: Students, programmers, software engineers.
SUBJECTS: Programming Techniques; Software Engineering
LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: Computer Science
RELATED TITLES: Olsson, The JR Programming Language (978-1-4020-8085-2, 2004, $139) Palmer, Essential Java 3D Fast (978-1-85233-394-2, 2001, $44.95)
COMPETITION: Horstmann, Big Java (Wiley, 0470105542, 2007, $107.61) van Dam, Object-Oriented Programming in Java (Addison Wesley, 0321245741, 2005, $103)
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
Mobile Broadband Including WiMAX and LTE
AUTHOR: MUSTAFA ERGEN, Wichorus, Inc., San Jose, CA, USA ISBN-13: 978-0-387-68189-4 PAGES/ILLUS: approx. 665 p., 311 illus., Hardcover PRICE: $139.00 AVAILABLE (US): February 2009
This book addresses the emerging technology for OFDMA. It covers OFDMA physical layer as well as network technology. This book also includes information on IEEE 802.16e and WiMAX networks as well as comparision with the other OFDMA technologies. OFDMA is the fastest growing area in the wireless marketplace. OFDMA is the backbone of systems used in WiMAX. WiMAX is the technology that enables users to communicate at any time from any location without having to find a WiFi hotspot. The author is very active in this area, he is a developer, and works with one of the leading Silicon Valley companies that has developed technology in this area. This plus the author's role as one of the principal contributors to the book, Multi-Carrier Digital Communications: Theory and Applications of OFDM, makes him an ideal person to write such a book.
SELLING POINTS: • Offers thorough information on OFDMA and its present technology in 4G • Helps industry to understand the OFDMA and IEEE 802.16e • Assists developers and designers of OFDMA based networking systems
MARKET: Graduate students and professionals in the OFDMA and IP communication field
SUBJECTS: Communications Engineering, Networks; Circuits and Systems; Signal
Processing
LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: Electrical Engineering
RELATED TITLES: Bahai, Multi-Carrier Digital Communications (978-0-387-22575-3, 2004, $125) Tsang, Broadband Communications (978-0-7923-8677-3, 2000, $285) Cooper, Frontiers of Broadband, Electronic and Mobile Commerce (978-3-7908-0087-6, 2004, $99.95)
COMPETITION: Correia, Mobile Broadband Multimedia Networks (Academic Press, 0123694221, 2006, $97.95) Zhang, Mobile WiMAX (Auerbach Publications, 0849326249, 2007, $99.95) Dahlman, 3G Evolution, Second Edition: HSPA and LTE for Mobile Broadband (Academic Press, 0123745381, 2008, $119.95)
MANAGEMENT / BUSINESS FOR PROFESSIONALS
Design for Six Sigma + LeanToolset Implementing Innovations Successfully
AUTHORS: CHRISTIAN STAUDTER, UMS Consulting GmbH, Frankfurt/Main; JENS-PETER MOLLENHAUER, UMS Consulting GmbH, Frankfurt/Main; RENATA MERAN, UMS Consulting GmbH, Frankfurt/Main; OLIN ROENPAGE, UMS Consulting GmbH, Frankfurt/Main; CLEMENS VON HUGO, UMS Consulting GmbH, Frankfurt/Main and ALEXIS HAMALIDES, UMS Consulting GmbH, Frankfurt/Main ISBN-13: 978-3-540-89513-8 PAGES/ILLUS: XII, 363 p., Hardcover PRICE: $79.95 AVAILABLE (US): January 2009
Six Sigma is a business management strategy, originally developed by Motorola, which today enjoys widespread application in many sectors of industry. The Toolset is a comprehensive collection of the relevant Design for Six Sigma+Lean tools, which are necessary for successfully implementing innovations. The chronology of the listed tools corresponds to the procedure in a Design for Six Sigma+Lean development project with the stages Define, Measure, Analyze, Design, and Verify. Due to this unique structure by which tools can be found and applied quickly we created a book that facilitates project work in practical use enormously.
SELLING POINTS: • All tools are presented in a clear structure, providing a good overview of the methodology • Written by experts in the field
MARKET: Practioners
SUBJECTS: Media Management; Technology Management
LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: Management / Business for Professionals
RELATED TITLES: John, Six Sigma+Lean Toolset (978-3-540-32349-5, 2008, $74.95) Kumar, Reliability and Six Sigma (978-0-387-30255-3, 2006, $109)
COMPETITION: Pyzdek, The Six Sigma Handbook (McGraw-Hill, 0071410155, 2003, $89.95) George, Lean Six Sigma for Service (McGraw-Hill, 0071418210, 2003, $34.95)
MATHEMATICS
Fourier–Mukai and Nahm Transforms in Geometry and Mathematical Physics
AUTHORS: CLAUDIO BARTOCCI, Università degli Studi di Genova, Italy; UGO BRUZZO, SISSA, Trieste, Italy and DANIEL HERNANDEZ RUIPEREZ, Universidad de Salamanca, Spain ISBN-13: 978-0-8176-3246-5 PAGES/ILLUS: approx. 300 p., Hardcover PRICE: approx. $74.95 AVAILABLE (US): May 2009
Integral transforms, such as the Laplace and Fourier transforms, have been major tools in mathematical physics for at least two centuries. In the last 25 years, the development of gauge theory has been closely related to new generalizations of integral transforms of a more geometric character. Fourier–Mukai and Nahm Transforms in Geometry and Mathematical Physics examines the differential-geometric constructions (Nahm) as well as the algebro- geometric approach (Fourier–Mukai functors). Also included is a considerable amount of material scattered in the literature and not systematically organized in any existing textbook or monograph.
SELLING POINTS: • Basic constructions and definitions are presented in preliminary background chapters so that the work is self-contained • Applications and open questions for graduate students and researchers are presented • Provides an introduction to current research in mathematical physics and is particularly useful to graduate students or researchers just entering this field
MARKET: graduate students researchersn/a
SUBJECTS: Algebraic Geometry; Partial Differential Equations; Differential Geometry
LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: Mathematics
RELATED TITLES: Manin, Gauge Field Theory and Complex Geometry (978-3-540-61378-7, 1997, $179) Bouwknegt, Geometric Analysis and Applications to Quantum Field Theory (978-0-8176-4287-7, 2002, $74.95) Cnops, An Introduction to Dirac Operators on Manifolds (978-0-8176-4298-3, 2002, $84.95) Williams, Topics in Quantum Mechanics (978-0-8176-4311-9, 2003, $84.95)
COMPETITION: Donaldson, Geometry of Four-Manifolds (Oxford University, 0198502699, 1997, $155.00) Ward, Twistor Geometry and Field Theory (Cambridge Univ Press, 052142268X, 1991, $70.00)
MATHEMATICS
Post Quantum Cryptography
EDITORS: DANIEL J. BERNSTEIN, University of Illinois at Chicago, IL, USA; JOHANNES BUCHMANN, Technical University,
Darmstadt, Germany and ERIK DAHMEN, Technical University, Darmstadt, Germany ISBN-13: 978-3-540-88701-0 PAGES/ILLUS: IX, 245 p. 25 illus., Hardcover PRICE: $89.95 AVAILABLE (US): December 2008
Quantum computers will break today's most popular public-key cryptographic systems, including RSA, DSA, and ECDSA. This book introduces the reader to the next generation of cryptographic algorithms, the systems that resist quantum-computer attacks: in particular, post-quantum public-key encryption systems and post-quantum public-key signature systems. Leading experts have joined forces for the first time to explain the state of the art in quantum computing, hash-based cryptography, code-based cryptography, lattice-based cryptography, and multivariate cryptography. Mathematical foundations and implementation issues are included.
SELLING POINTS: • An essential resource for students and researchers who want to contribute to the field of post-quantum cryptography • The contributors to the book take on the big challenge in cryptography, namely: what to do when someone will break the crypto-systems of today
MARKET: Cryptologists in mathematics, computer science, engineering, and industry
SUBJECTS: Number Theory; Data Encryption; Mathematics of Computing
LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: Mathematics
RELATED TITLES: Buchmann, Post-Quantum Cryptography (978-3-540-88402-6, 2008, $64.95) Bouwmeester, The Physics of Quantum Information (978-3-540-66778-0, 2000, $115)
COMPETITION: Van Assche, Quantum Cryptography and Secret-Key Distillation (Cambridge University Press, 0521864852, 2006, $89.00) Sergienko, Quantum Communications and Cryptography (CRC, 0849336848, 2005, $119.95)
MATHEMATICS
Optimal Quadratic Programming Algorithms With Applications to Variational Inequalities
AUTHOR: ZDENEK DOSTÁL, Technical University of Ostrava, Czech
Republic ISBN-13: 978-0-387-84805-1 PAGES/ILLUS: approx. 300 p., 55 illus., Hardcover PRICE: $89.95 AVAILABLE (US): January 2009
Solving optimization problems in complex systems often requires the implementation of advanced mathematical techniques. Quadratic programming (QP) is one technique that allows for the optimization of a quadratic function in several variables in the presence of linear constraints. QP problems arise in fields as diverse as electrical engineering, agricultural planning, and optics. Given its broad applicability, a comprehensive understanding of quadratic programming is a valuable resource in nearly every scientific field. Optimal Quadratic Programming Algorithms presents recently developed algorithms for solving large QP problems. The presentation focuses on algorithms which are, in a sense optimal, i.e., they can solve important classes of problems at a cost proportional to the number of unknowns. For each algorithm presented, the book details its classical predecessor, describes its drawbacks, introduces modifications that improve its performance, and demonstrates these improvements through numerical experiments. This self-contained monograph can serve as an introductory text on quadratic programming for graduate students and researchers. Additionally, since the solution of many nonlinear problems can be reduced to the solution of a sequence of QP problems, it can also be used as a convenient introduction to nonlinear programming. The reader is required to have a basic knowledge of calculus in several variables and linear algebra.
SELLING POINTS: • The first monograph to present the solution to quadratic programming problems, a topic usually addressed only in journal publications • Offers theoretical and practical results in the field of bound-constrained and equality- constrained optimization • Provides algorithms with the rate of convergence independent of constraints • Develops theoretically supported scalable algorithms for variational inequalities • Comprehensive presentation of working set methods and inexact augmented Lagrangians
MARKET: Mathematicians and engineers interested in solving very large quadratic programming problems.
SUBJECTS: Calculus of Variations and Optimal Control; Optimization; Operations Research, Mathematical Programming; Appl.Mathematics/Computational Methods of Engineering
LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: Mathematics
RELATED TITLES: Vanderbei, Linear Programming (978-0-387-74387-5, 2007, $99) Carl, Nonsmooth Variational Problems and their Inequalities (978-0-387-30653-7, 2006, $89.95) Antoniou, Practical Optimization (978-0-387-71106-5, 2007, $99) Lee, Quadratic Programming and Affine Variational Inequalities (978-0-387-24277-4, 2005, $149)
COMPETITION: Aronson, Operations Research: Methods, Models, And Applications (IAP, 978-159-311-266-0, 2008, $45.99) Pistikopoulos, Multi-Parametric Programming: Theory, Algorithms, and Applications (Wiley, 978-352-731-691-5, 2007, $200) Robinett, Applied Dynamic Programming for Optimization of Dynamical Systems" (Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematic, 978-089-871-586-6, 2005, $70.00)
MATHEMATICS
MATHKNOW Mathematics, Applied Science and Real Life
EDITORS: MICHELE EMMER, Roma, Italy and ALFIO M.
QUARTERONI, Milano,Italy ISBN-13: 978-88-470-1121-2 PAGES/ILLUS: approx. 320 p., Hardcover PRICE: $59.95 AVAILABLE (US): April 2009
Mathematics forms bridges between knowledge, tradition, and contemporary life. The continuous development and growth of its many branches, both classical and modern, permeates and fertilizes all aspects of applied science and technology, and so has a vital impact on our modern society. The book will focus on these aspects and will benefit from the contribution of several world-famous scientists from mathematics and related sciences.
SELLING POINTS: • Illustrates how mathematics can be applicable to many aspects of everyday life • Includes contributions from scientists and mathematicians, including Ralph Abraham, Andrew Crumey, Peter Markowich, Claudio Procesi, Clive Ruggles, Ismail Serageldin, Amin Shokrollahi, and Tobias Wallisser
MARKET: Mathematicians, both Researchers and Students
SUBJECTS: Applications of Mathematics; Mathematics, general; Mathematical Modeling and
Industrial Mathematics
LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: Mathematics
RELATED TITLES: Emmer, Mathematics and Culture IV (978-3-540-34254-0, 2006, $64.95) Engquist, Mathematics Unlimited (978-3-540-66913-5, 2001, $69.95)
COMPETITION: Furati, Mathematical Models and Methods for Real World Systems (Chapman & Hall/CRC, 0849337437, 2005, $189.95) Martin, Making Math Connections (Corwin Press, 1412937655, 2006, $75.95)
MATHEMATICS
The q-theory of Finite Semigroups
AUTHORS: JOHN RHODES, University of California, Berkeley, California, U.S.A. and BENJAMIN STEINBERG, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada ISBN-13: 978-0-387-09780-0 PAGES/ILLUS: approx. 690 p., Hardcover PRICE: $99.00 AVAILABLE (US): January 2009
Discoveries in finite semigroups have influenced several mathematical fields, including theoretical computer science, tropical algebra via matrix theory with coefficients in semirings, and other areas of modern algebra. This comprehensive, encyclopedic text will provide the reader - from the graduate student to the researcher/practitioner – with a detailed understanding of modern finite semigroup theory, focusing in particular on advanced topics on the cutting edge of research.
SELLING POINTS: • This book redevelops the foundations of finite semigroup theory so that many major open problems fit into a single simple framework • Provides a unifying approach to finite semigroup theory via quantization • Many important techniques and results are clearly exposited in book form for the first time, thereby updating and modernizing the semigroup theory literature and placing all the most important results into context • Introduces Spectral Theory into Finite Semigroup Theory • Over 70 research problems are presented, many of which can serve as the basis for a doctoral thesis
MARKET: • Graduate students and researchers in the areas of semigroups, formal language and automata, and semirings•Practitioners in profinite group theory, geometric group theory, finite group theory, universal algebra and lattice theory
SUBJECTS: Group Theory and Generalizations; Order, Lattices, Ordered Algebraic
Structures; General Algebraic Systems
LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: Mathematics
RELATED TITLES: Ganyushkin, Classical Finite Transformation Semigroups (978-1-84800-280-7, 2009, $89.95) Levin, Difference Algebra (978-1-4020-6946-8, 2008, $109)
COMPETITION: Andre, Semigroups and Formal Languages (World Scientific, 9812707387, 2007, $98.00) Peetre, Semigroups and Automata (IOS Press, 586035827, 2006, $178.00)
MEDICINE, ANESTHESIOLOGY
Pediatric Anesthesiology Review Clinical Cases for Self-Assessment
AUTHORS: ROBERT HOLZMAN, The Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, MA, USA; THOMAS J. MANCUSO, The Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, MA, USA; NAVIL F. SETHNA,
Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA and JAMES A. DINARDO, The Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, MA, USA ISBN-13: 978-1-60327-901-7 PAGES/ILLUS: approx. 350 p., Softcover PRICE: approx. $89.50 AVAILABLE (US): April 2009
This text is designed for those who would become consultants in pediatric anesthesia. It is a self-assessment programmed text for residents, fellows, and clinicians in the field of pediatric anesthesiology. Its case-based approach encourages readers to collaborate with colleagues, improve their oral presentation skills, and prepare for challenging OR situations by explaining various anesthesia care plans and why various data are required before or during the care of the pediatric patient.
SELLING POINTS: • Will be the most up to date review book study aid for pediatric anesthesiology available • Takes a case-based approach
MARKET: Anesthesiologists, Nurse Anesthetists, Emergency Medicine Specialists, Critical Care Specialists, Pediatricians
SUBJECTS: Anesthesiology; Pediatrics; Intensive / Critical Care Medicine
LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: Medicine, Anesthesiology
RELATED TITLES: Stanley, Pediatric and Obstetrical Anesthesia (978-0-7923-3346-3, 1995, $209) Ashburn, Pain Management and Anesthesiology (978-0-7923-4995-2, 1998, $217)
COMPETITION: Esturo, Smith’s Anesthesia for Infants and Children (Mosby, 978-0-32302647-5, 2005, $190.00) Litman, Pediatric Anesthesia: The Requisites (Mosby, 978-0-3230-2216-3, 2004, $89.00) Gregory, Pediatric Anesthesia (Churchill Livingstone, 978-0-4430-6561-3, 2002, $195.00) Bissonnette, Pediatric Anesthesia: Principles and Practice (McGraw Hill, 978-0-0713-5454-7, 2001, $171.00) Yemen, Pediatric Anesthesia Handbook (McGraw Hill, 978-0-0715-8687-0, 2001, $54.95)
MEDICINE, CARDIOLOGY
Short Stay Management of Chest Pain
EDITORS: WILLIAM FRANKLIN PEACOCK, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, USA and CHRISTOPHER P.
CANNON, Brigham & Women's Hospital, TIMI Study Group, Boston, MA, USA ISBN-13: 978-1-60327-947-5 PAGES/ILLUS: approx. 300 p., Hardcover PRICE: approx. $99.50 AVAILABLE (US): May 2009
Short Stay Management of Chest Pain explores the areas of chest pain treatment and recovery. This title covers all medical aspects of CPU use and management as well as the staffing legal regulatory and fiscal necessities that are required. In addition it outlines the rationale for the establishment of a CPU and to demonstrate how this fits within the current practice of acute care medicine.
SELLING POINTS: • Represents the second in a series produced in collaboration with the Society of Chest Pain Centers • Covers treatment that is appropriate to administer during the risk stratification process • Consists of numerous clinical pathways currently used by various hospitals and systems to adapt the successful strategies utilized by other institutions to their own patient care environment
SUBJECTS: Cardiology; Emergency Medicine; Internal Medicine
LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: Medicine, Cariology
RELATED TITLES: Morrow, Cardiovascular Biomarkers (978-1-58829-526-2, 2006, $185) Cannon, Management of Acute Coronary Syndromes (978-1-58829-130-1, 2002, $145) Mittal, Coronary Heart Disease in Clinical Practice (978-1-85233-936-4, 2005, $44.95) Lohe, Coronary Heart Disease in Women (978-3-540-00128-7, 2003, $44.95)
COMPETITION: Bertrand, Acute Coronary Syndromes (Blackwell, ISBN 9781405135016, 2006, $99.95) Albarran, Chest Pain Advanced Assessment and Management (Blackwell, ISBN 9781405144223, 2007, $54.99) Theroux, Acute Coronary Syndromes: A Companion to Braunwald’s Heart Disease (Elsevier, 9780721696133, 2003, $175) Crawford, Chest Pain Units: An Issue of Cardiology Clinics (Elsevier, 9781416027010, 2005, $80.95) Nolan, Emergency Cardiology (Hodder Arnold, 9780340807194, 2003, $39.50)
MEDICINE, CARDIOLOGY
Textbook of Pulmonary Vascular Disease
EDITORS: JASON X.-J. YUAN, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, USA; JOE G.N. GARCIA, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA; CHARLES A. HALES, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA; RICH STUART, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA; STEPHEN L. ARCHER, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA and JOHN B. WEST, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, USA ISBN-13: 978-0-387-87428-9 PAGES/ILLUS: approx. 2000 p., 770 illus., 150 in color, Hardcover PRICE: approx. $249.00 AVAILABLE (US): May 2009
Textbook of Pulmonary Vascular Diseases combines basic scientific knowledge on the pulmonary circulatory system at levels of the molecule, cell, tissue, and organ with clinical diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary vascular diseases. State-of-the-art techniques and their potential applications in research, diagnosis, and treatment of pulmonary vascular diseases are also covered.
SELLING POINTS: • Comprehensive reference • Written by experts in the field
MARKET: Physicians, Surgeons, Clinical Scientists, Basic Scientists, Cardiopulmonary and Critical Care Practitioners, Postdoctoral Fellows, Medical and Graduate Students
SUBJECTS: Cardiology; Intensive / Critical Care Medicine
LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: Medicine, Cardiology
RELATED TITLES: Bittar, Pulmonary Biology in Health and Disease (978-0-387-95215-4, 2002, $299.00) Crapo, Bone's Atlas of Pulmonary Medicine (978-1-57340-211-8, 2005, $119.00) Konstantanides, Pulmonary Embolism (978-1-58829-644-3, 2007, $149.00) McCormack, Molecular Basis of Pulmonary Disease (978-1-58829-963-5, 2008, $155.00)
COMPETITION: Crapo, Baum's Textbook of Pulmonary Diseases (LWW, 978-0781737272, 2003, $300.00) Fishman, Fishman's Manual of Pulmonary Diseases and Disorders (McGraw Hill, 978- 0070220026, 2002, $25.17) Mandel, Pulmonary Vascular Disease (Saunders, 978-1416022466, 2006, $105.00)
MEDICINE, INTERNAL MEDICINE
Pediatric Nephrology Sixth Edition
EDITORS: ELLIS D. AVNER, Children's Hospital Wisconsin, WI, USA; WILLIAM E. HARMON, Children's Hospital Boston, MA, USA; PATRICK NIAUDET, Hôpital Necker Enfants Malades, Paris, France and NORISHIGE YOSHIKAWA, Wakayama Medical University, Japan ISBN-13: 978-3-540-76327-7
(Previous Edition by LWW - 9780781735452) PAGES/ILLUS: 1800 p. 600 illus., 50 in color. In 2 volumes, not available
separately, Hardcover PRICE: $369.00 AVAILABLE (US): May 2009
Through 5 editions, Pediatric Nephrology has become the standard reference text for students, trainees, practicing physicians (Pediatricians, Nephrologists, Internists, and Urologists), sub- specialists, and allied health professionals seeking information about Children’s Kidney Diseases. It is global in perspective and reflects the international group of editors, who are well- recognized world’s experts in Pediatric Nephrology. In a single text, the development of kidney structure and function is followed by detailed and comprehensive chapters on all childhood kidney diseases. These chapters, grouped by major disease categories, utilize molecular and cellular pathophysiology of disease to provide unique and comprehensive information of the current state of the art on all known childhood kidney diseases. Each chapter makes new genetic information easily understandable for the practitioner, and uses many algorithms and diagrams to describe appropriate clinical evaluation of symptoms, differential diagnosis, specific diagnostics, and currently available therapies. The text is not only found in University/Hospital libraries, but on the shelves of sub-specialists, pediatricians, internists, urologists, and extensively in the clinics where it is used during clinical encounters with childhood kidney disease.
SELLING POINTS: • Now in its 6th edition, Pediatric Nephrology has become THE standard medical reference textbook in the field • This standard textbook with its well-structured and reader-friendly text covers all clinically relevant aspects on pediatric congenital and acquired kidney diseases • With up-to-date treatment guidelines based on newest research findings • With extensive clinical algorithms to improve the understanding of kidney disease and to apply the most appropriate treatment • Edited and written by international and renowned experts in the field – with a global perspective • Each chapter of the new edition has not only been completely rewritten and updated but includes approximately 40% of entirely new material
MARKET: All physicians and health care professionals treating children with kidney disease, such as pediatric and internist nephrologists, pediatricians, pediatric urologists,
family practitioners, physicians in training, nurses and dialysis personnel
SUBJECTS: Nephrology; Pediatrics; Urology/Andrology
LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: Medicine, Internal Medicine
RELATED TITLES: Wolff, The ASCRS Textbook of Colon and Rectal Surgery (978-0-387-24846-2, 2006, $299) Fogo, Fundamentals of Renal Pathology (978-0-387-31126-5, 2006, $69.95) Hsu, Calcium and Phosphate Metabolism Management in Chronic Renal Disease (978-0-387- 33369-4, 2006, $129)
COMPETITION: Hogg, Kidney Disorders in Children and Adolescents: A Global Perspective of Clinical Practice (Taylor & Francis, 9781841842509, 2006, $99.00) Kaplan, Pediatric Nephrology and Urology (Elsevier, 9780323018418, 2004, $72.95) Kher, Clinical Pediatric Nephrology (Taylor & Francis, 978184184473, 2006, $369.95)
MEDICINE, INTERNAL MEDICINE
Bone Densitometry in Clinical Practice Application and Interpretation Third Edition
AUTHOR: SYDNEY LOU BONNICK, Clinical Research Center of North
Texas, Denton, TX, USA ISBN-13: 978-1-60327-498-2
(Replaces ISBN: 978-1-58829-275-9) PAGES/ILLUS: approx. 480 p., with CD-ROM, Hardcover PRICE: approx. $99.50 AVAILABLE (US): May 2009
This fully updated and dramatically expanded edition will allow family physicians and specialists to fully understand not only what they need to do, but also why. Included within are discussions of the clinical guidelines for selecting patients for densitometry measurements, various questionnaires and indices that have been developed to help patients identify themselves as candidates for bone mass measurements, and specific densitometry applications of diagnosis, fracture risk prediction, and monitoring changes in bone density. There is a review of the effects of diseases and drugs on bone density, new standardization formulas for the hip subregions and forearm, statistical devices necessary to "test the test," and guidance on how to do a short-term precision study and apply the result to clinical practice.
SELLING POINTS: • Recommended by the International Society of Clinical Densitometry (ISCD) • Accompanying CD-ROM contains a Precision Calculator, a Statistical Confidence Calculator for Measured Change in BMD, OST Nomograms, a Patient Risk Factor Questionnaire, and a CME review, which, if successfully completed, can lead to 30 hours of AMA Category I continuing education credit
MARKET: Physicians, radiologists, endocrinologists, rheumatologists, internists, gynecologists, orthopedists, and nephrologists
SUBJECTS: Endocrinology; Diagnostic Radiology; Internal Medicine
LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: Medicine, Internal Medicine
RELATED TITLES: Bonnick, Bone Densitometry for Technologists (978-1-58829-670-2, 2006, $109) Sawyer, Bone Densitometry in Growing Patients (978-1-58829-634-4, 2006, $104) Fordham, Manual of Bone Densitometry Measurements (978-1-85233-278-5, 2000, $149)
COMPETITION: Miller, Diagnostic Musculoskeletal Radiology (McGraw-Hill, 0071439625, 2004, $89.00) Helms, Fundamentals of Skeletal Radiology (Saunders, 0721605702, 2004, $65.00)
MEDICINE, INTERNAL MEDICINE
Clinical Approach to Infection in the Compromised Host Fifth Edition
EDITORS: ROBERT H. RUBIN, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA and LOWELL S. YOUNG, Kuzell Institute for Arthritis and Infectious Diseases, San Francisco, CA, USA ISBN-13: 978-0-387-77981-2
(Replaces ISBN: 978-0-306-46693-9) PAGES/ILLUS: approx. 1000 p., 65 illus., Hardcover PRICE: approx. $225.00 AVAILABLE (US): May 2009
There is an ever increasing population of patients who merit the designation "compromised host." They fall into two separate categories, one a disaster, the other a triumph. The disaster is, of course, the HIV/AIDS epidemic which has resulted in an epidemic of opportunistic infection around the world. However, since the summer of 1981, when AIDS was first recognized, remarkable progress has been made- the etiology and pathogenesis of AIDS have been established; diagnosis and prognosis (viral load and CD4-positive lymphocyte counts) have been defined; and HAART (Highly Active Anti-Retroviral Therapy) therapy has become the standard of care. Despite drug toxicities and interactiions, despite high costs, and despite problems with drug resistance, HAART therapy has made a major difference in the lives of those infected with HIV. At the same time, AIDS in its many forms is no longer a conditiion relegated to ivory towers and academicians. It is now the province of all practitioners, and the requirements for expertise are the province of primary care physicians as well as academicians.
SELLING POINTS: • Updated and profusely illustrated edition 75% larger than its first incarnation • New coverage includes transplantation • Authors of the individual chapters can uniformly be regarded as leaders in this field
MARKET: Researchers, Clinicians, Practitioners, Administrators, Graduate and Post Graduate Students working in Infectious Disease, Public Health, Medical Microbiology, Immunology, Virology, Bacteriology, and Medicine
SUBJECTS: Infectious Diseases; Public Health; Immunology
LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: Medicine, Internal Medicine
RELATED TITLES: Klastersky, Infectious Complications of Cancer (978-0-7923-3598-6, 1996, $467) Noskin, Management of Infectious Complications in Cancer Patients (0792381505, 1998, $442)
COMPETITION: Patrick, Clinical Management of Infections (LWW, 0781717183, 2001, from $112) Wingard, Fungal Infections in the Immunocompromised (Informa, 082475428X 2005, $229.95)
MEDICINE, NEUROLOGY
fMRI Techniques and Protocols
EDITOR: MASSIMO FILIPPI, Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan, Italy ISBN-13: 978-1-60327-918-5 PAGES/ILLUS: approx. 800 p., Hardcover PRICE: approx. $145.00 AVAILABLE (US): May 2009
As fMRI technology has provided invaluable insights into the mechanisms through which the human brain works in healthy individuals and in patients with different neurological and psychiatric conditions, the study of brain function and even the monitoring of the effects of treatment have become more effective and efficient. In fMRI Techniques and Protocols, an international assemblage of renowned scientists and physicians provide the background needed to plan and design new studies in order to advance our knowledge of the physiology of the normal human brain and its change following tissue injury. With sections focusing on basic principles of fMRI, its application to measure brain function, clinical applications, and glimpses into the future of fMRI development, the volume condenses this ample, varied field into one user-friendly compendium of information and techniques. Comprehensive and cutting-edge, fMRI Techniques and Protocols is an ideal guide for all those who wish to continue expanding this dynamic and ever-growing field of research.
SELLING POINTS: • Provides an easily accessible reference volume for fMRI of the CNS written by leading researchers in the field • Presents an up-to-date description of the technical developments of fMRI • Comprehensive guide to the performance of fMRI experiments and to the analysis of the acquired data • A comprehensive review of the application of fMRI to the study of brain function in healthy and diseased individuals with neurological and psychiatric illnesses • Explores future fMRI developments
SUBJECTS: Neurology; Neuroradiology; Neurosurgery
LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: Medicine, Neurology
RELATED TITLES: Faro, Functional MRI (978-0-387-23046-7, 2006, $179) Polich, Detection of Change (978-1-4020-7393-9, 2003, $149) Stippich, Clinical Functional MRI (978-3-540-24469-1, 2007, $159)
COMPETITION: Buxton, Introduction to Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Principles and Techniques (Cambridge University Press, 0521581133, 2001, $239) Jezzard, Functional MRI: An Introduction to Methods (Oxford University Press, 019852773X, 2003, $98.50)
MEDICINE, NEUROLOGY
EEG- fMRI Physiology, Technique and Applications
EDITORS: CHRISTOPH MULERT, University of Munich, Munich, Germany and LOUIS LEMIEUX, University College, London, UK ISBN-13: 978-3-540-87918-3 PAGES/ILLUS: approx. 250 p., 100 illus., Hardcover PRICE: approx. $199.00 AVAILABLE (US): May 2009
Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and Electronecephalography (EEG) are very important and complementary modalities since fMRI offers high spatial resolution and EEG is a direct measurement of neuronal activity with high temporal resolution. Interest in the integration of both types of data is growing rapidly as it promises to provide important new insights into human brain activity as it has already done so in the field of epilepsy. The availability of good quality instrumentation capable of providing interference-free data in both modalities means that electrophysiological and haemodynamic characteristics of individual brain events can be captured for the first time. Consequently, it seems certain that the integration of fMRI and EEG will play an increasing role in neuroscience and of the clinical study of brain disorders such as epilepsy.
SELLING POINTS: • First book covering the aspects of the integration of EEG and fMRI. • Discussion of the physiological principles, practical asprects of measurement, artefact reduction and analysis. • All applications mainly in the field of epilepsy sleep research, cognitive neuroscience and clinical use in neurology and psychiatry will be reviewed. • First time that electrophysiological and haemodynamic characteristics of the brain can be measured together
MARKET: Neurologists, Psychiatrists, Psychologists
SUBJECTS: Neurology; Psychiatry; Clinical Psychology
LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: Medicine, Neurology
RELATED TITLES: Stippich, Clinical Functional MRI (978-3-540-24469-1, 2007, $159) Faro, Functional MRI (978-0-387-23046-7, 2006, $179)
COMPETITION: Saxe, Theory of Mind (Taylor & Francis, 1841698164, 2007, $88) Rao, Functional Neuroimaging in Clinical Populations (Guilford Press, 159385479X, 2007, $75)
MEDICINE, OPHTHALMOLOGY
Ischemia and Loss of Vascular Autoregulation in Ocular and Cerebral Diseases A New Perspective
AUTHOR: MAURICE E. LANGHAM, The Johns Hopkins University,
Baltimore, MD, USA ISBN-13: 978-0-387-09715-2 PAGES/ILLUS: approx. 265 p., 94 illus., 64 in color, Hardcover PRICE: approx. $99.00 AVAILABLE (US): March 2009
From the introduction: "The purpose of the present book is to bring together in a coherent manner new knowledge gained from research over the past 50 years on the physiology of intraocular pressure, ocular blood flow and the relation of these fundamental parameters to early diagnosis and therapy of vascular diseases of the eye and brain . It will be evident to the reader that the presentation is influenced significantly by the author's own research. My justification is that by good fortune I have spent many years with superb collaboration helping solve outstanding problems of ocular physiology. This knowledge has increased understanding of the parameters underlying the onset of ischemia and the loss of autoregulation associated with common ocular disease and thereby led to new methods of diagnosis and therapy."
SELLING POINTS: • Decisive guidance on the practical aspects for early diagnosis and treatment of ocular and cerebral diseases for clinicians in Ophthalmology, Neurology, Medicine, Optometry and geriatrics • Presents evidence that ischemia and loss of autoregulation of blood flow are associated with the onset of the major ocular and cerebral diseases including macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, low and normal tension open angle glaucoma, stroke and Alzheimer’s disease
MARKET: Ophthalmologists, ophthalmology residents and fellows, clinical neurologists, neuroscientists, vision researchers, and vascular medicine investigators.
SUBJECTS: Ophthalmology; Neurology; Angiology
LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: Medicine
RELATED TITLES: Tombran-Tink, Mechanisms of the Glaucomas (978-1-58829-956-7, 2008, $189) Dithmar, Fluorescence Angiography in Ophthalmology (978-3-540-78359-6, 2008, $169) Tombran-Tink, Retinal Degenerations (978-1-58829-620-7, 2007, $165)
COMPETITION: Forrester, The Eye: Basic Sciences in Practice (Elsevier, 978-0702028410, 2008, $150) Roy, Ocular Syndromes and Systemic Diseases (LWW, 0781740258, 2002, $60.91
MEDICINE, ORTHOPEDICS, SURGICAL ORTHOPEDICS & SPORTS MEDICINE
Knee Arthroscopy
EDITORS: BRIAN P. MCKEON, Tufts University School of Medicine, New England Baptist Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; JAMES V. BONO, Tufts University School of Medicine, New England
Baptist Hospital, Boston, MA, USA and JOHN C. RICHMOND, New England Baptist Hospital, Boston, MA, USA ISBN-13: 978-0-387-89503-1 PAGES/ILLUS: approx. 310 p. 302 illus., 225 in color, Hardcover PRICE: approx. $250.00 AVAILABLE (US): March 2009
This book serves as a technique-oriented "how-to" guide to knee arthroscopy. Internationally renowned authorities present the latest advances in meniscal transplantation, articular cartilage repair, anterior cruciate ligament treatment and other surgical procedures. Chapters are comprehensive in scope, and readers are led step-by-step through techniques. Relevant anatomy, indications, and complications for each approach are highlighted, and clinical pearls are featured throughout. Case studies and a wealth of illustrations facilitate the integration of concepts into clinical practice. Orthopedic surgeons, orthopedic residents, and sports medicine physicians will find this thorough and well-written text invaluable.
SELLING POINTS: • Covers the spectrum of knee arthroscopy • Editors are experts in the field • Features cutting-edge techniques • Procedures are presented step-by-step
MARKET: Orthopedic Surgeons, Orthopedic Residents, Sports Medicine Physicians, Hospital/University Libraries
SUBJECTS: Medicine/Public Health, general; Orthopedics; Surgical Orthopedics
LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: Medicine, Orthopedics, Surgical Orthopedics & Sports
Medicine
RELATED TITLES: Scuderi, Surgical Techniques in Total Knee Arthroplasty (978-0-387-98389-9, 2002, $319) Cole, Articular Cartilage Lesions (978-0-387-95540-7, 2004, $259)
COMPETITION: Callaghan, The Adult Knee (LWW, 0781732476, 2003, $299.00) Cushner, Surgical techniques for the Knee (Thieme, 0865779775, 2006, $169.95) Harner, Techniques in Knee Surgery (LWW, 0683180487, 2000, $179.00)
MEDICINE, ORTHOPEDICS, SURGICAL ORTHOPEDICS & SPORTS MEDICINE
The Achilles Tendon Treatment and Rehabilitation
EDITOR: JAMES A. NUNLEY, Duke University Medical Center,
Durham, NC, USA ISBN-13: 978-0-387-79205-7 PAGES/ILLUS: XVI, 256 p. 205 illus., Hardcover PRICE: $225.00 AVAILABLE (US): November 2008
This techniques-oriented text is a comprehensive guide to managing Achilles tendon problems. Readers learn the latest less invasive and nonoperative treatment approaches, in addition to traditional treatments, from internationally renowned contributors. Introductory chapters provide essential background on basic anatomy, physiology, and pathomechanics. Subsequent sections cover the spectrum of Achilles tendon injuries. Acute and chronic conditions are addressed, as well as problems specific to both adolescents and adults. The book also takes a practical approach to sports training in relation to the role of the Achilles. Rehabilitation is highlighted with an emphasis on quicker return to play. Case studies tie the book together and aid with the ready application of concepts to daily practice.
SELLING POINTS: • Presents the latest less invasive and nonoperative treatment techniques • Details sports training and rehabilitation approaches geared for quicker return to play • Includes case studies that assist with the application of material • Editor and contributors are internationally recognized authorities in the field
MARKET: Orthopedic surgeons, sports medicine physicians, podiatrists, orthopedic residents, physiatrists, athletic trainers, hospital/university libraries
SUBJECTS: Orthopedics; Surgical Orthopedics; Conservative Orthopedics
LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: Medicine, Orthopedics, Surgical Orthopedics & Sports
Medicine
RELATED TITLES: Guhl, Foot and Ankle Arthroscopy (978-0-387-98511-4, 2004, $345) Maffulli, Tendon Injuries (978-1-85233-503-8, 2005, $269) Marder, Sports Injuries of the Ankle and Foot (978-0-387-94687-0, 1996, $193) Hintermann, Total Ankle Arthroplasty (978-3-211-21252-3, 2005, $269)
COMPETITION: Maffulli, Achilles Tendon (Elsevier, 141602655X, 2005, $67.95) Weintraub, Tendon and Ligament Healing (North Atlantic, 1556432836, 1999, price N/K)
MEDICINE, ORTHOPEDICS, SURGICAL ORTHOPEDICS & SPORTS MEDICINE
Damage Control Management in the Polytrauma Patient
EDITORS: HANS-CHRISTOPH PAPE, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; ANDREW B. PEITZMAN, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA,
USA; C. WILLIAM SCHWAB, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA and PETER V. GIANNOUDIS, Saint James's University Hospital, Leeds, UK ISBN-13: 978-0-387-89507-9 PAGES/ILLUS: approx. 350 p., 66 illus., Hardcover PRICE: approx. $125.00 AVAILABLE (US): November 2008
This state-of-the-art guide to damage control surgery focuses on the decision-making process for managing polytrauma patients. Orthopedists, trauma surgeons, and emergency medicine physicians will learn how to effectively coordinate efforts and time surgical procedures when treating severe fractures and soft tissue injuries. Supported by the latest research, the book presents an overview of the damage control concept and the epidemiology of polytrauma injuries. Immunological changes, cascade reactions, and patient selection for the damage control approach are discussed in detail. Both isolated extremity trauma and polytrauma are considered. Indications for life-saving procedures, damage control for truncal injuries, and damage control for extremities and pelvic fractures are outlined as well. The text also covers the management of vascular injuries and the timing of secondary definitive procedures. Edited by authorities in orthopedic trauma and general surgery, this book is an unparalleled resource for improving outcomes and implementing the damage control approach in polytrauma care.
SELLING POINTS: • Edited by pioneers in the field. • Features multidisciplinary approach. • Emphasizes decision-making process. • Highlights indications for applying damage control method.
MARKET: Orthopedic Surgeons, General Surgeons, Emergency Medicine Physicians, Hospital/University Libraries
SUBJECTS: Orthopedics; Traumatic Surgery; Emergency Medicine
LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: Medicine, Orthopedics, Surgical Orthopedics & Sports
Medicine
RELATED TITLES: Hurd, Aeromedical Evacuation (978-0-387-98604-3, 2002, $129) Ip, Orthopedic Traumatology - A Resident's Guide (978-3-540-29065-0, 2006, $49.95) Long, Handbook of Head Trauma (978-0-306-43947-6, 1992, $141) Mahoney, Ballistic Trauma (978-1-85233-678-3, 2005, $149)
COMPETITION: Baumgaertner, Orthopaedic Knowledge Update: Trauma 3 (AAOS, 0892033479, 2005, $137.00) Brinker, Review of Orthopaedic Trauma (Elsevier, 0721681913, 2001, $66.95) Court-Brown, Trauma (Orthopaedic Surgery Essentials) (LWW, 0781750962, 2005, $99.00) Dandy, Essential Orthopaedics and Trauma, 4/e (Churchill Livingstone, 0443072132, 2003, $56.95) Giannoudis, Practical Procedures in Orthopaedic Trauma Surgery (Cambridge University Press, 0521678595, 2006, $80.00) Haig, Orthopedic Emergencies: A Radiographic Atlas (McGraw-Hill, 007138068X, 2005, $99.00)
MEDICINE, PATHOLOGY
Pulmonary Parasitic Disease: Pathologic Diagnosis
AUTHOR: ROBERTO BARRIOS, Weill Medical College of Cornell University and The Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas, USA ISBN-13: 978-0-387-89841-4 PAGES/ILLUS: approx. 305 p., 160 illus., 120 in color, Hardcover PRICE: approx. $179.00 AVAILABLE (US): November 2008
Most parasitic diseases are contained in tropical and subtropical regions, however, some like toxoplasma and crytosporidium parvum are endemic to the United States. Many parasitic lung diseases present similar to common respiratory illnesses. As clinical manifestations are not specific and routine tests can miss the infections, it is difficult for the pathologist to make a diagnosis. The relative rarity of infection also increases the challenges clinicians and pathologists face when dealing with parasitic lung diseases.
SELLING POINTS: • Designed as a practical guide for the pathologist who encounters pulmonary parasitic diseases in their daily practice • Comprised of 8 chapters covering the handling of lung biopsies, protozoa, nematoda, trematoda, cestoda, associated morphologic patterns, interpreting parasitic vs. psuedoparasitic structures in lung biopsies, and the immunocompromised patient
MARKET: Pathologists, Pathology Residents, Parasitologists, Pulmonary Medicine Specialists, Infectious Disease Specialists
SUBJECTS: Pathology; Pneumology/Respiratory System
LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: Medicine, Pathology
RELATED TITLES: Roggli, Pathology of Asbestos-Associated Diseases (978-0-387-20090-3, 2004, $185) Dail, Pulmonary Pathology (978-0-387-97897-0, 1993, $545) Palmer, The Imaging of Tropical Diseases (978-3-540-62471-4, 2000, $139)
COMPETITION: Fernando, Tropical Infectious Diseases: Epidemiology, Investigation, Diagnosis and Management (Greenwich Medical, 1900151391, 2001, $135.00) Gutierrez, Diagnostic Pathology of Parasitic Infections With Clinical Correlations (Oxford Press, 0195121430, 2000, $170.00) Connor, Pathology of Infectious Diseases (McGraw-Hill Professional, 0838516017, 1997, $330) Sun, Parasitic Disorders: Pathology, Diagnosis, and Management (Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 0683305662, 1999, $155.00)
MEDICINE, PATHOLOGY
Pulmonary Cytopathology
AUTHORS: YENER S. EROZAN, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA and IBRAHIM RAMZY, University of Irvine, CA, USA ISBN-13: 978-0-387-88886-6 PAGES/ILLUS: approx. 170 p., 176 illus. in color, Softcover PRICE: approx. $59.95 AVAILABLE (US): February 2009
This volume will focus on pulmonary cytopathology and be published in the Essentials in Cytopathology book series which will fulfill the need for an easy-to-use and authoritative synopsis of site specific topics in cytopathology. It will focus on current specimen collection and preparation techniques as well as assessment of specimen adequacy and reporting of cytopathologic findings. Presentation of the cytopathologic features and differential diagnoses for benign and malignant diseases of the lung, as depicted in exfoliative, abrasive and fine needle aspiration specimens will be explored. Each disease entity will be discussed with illustration of the spectrum of changes, differential diagnoses and pitfalls.
SELLING POINTS: • Published in Essentials in Cytopathology book series • Designed to be concise and easy to use • Fits in lab coat pocket • Site specific • Majority of illustrations are in four color • Illustration oriented accompanied by text in outline format
MARKET: Cytopathologists, anatomic/clinical pathologists, cytopathology fellows/trainees, cytotechnicians, cytopreparatory technicians
SUBJECT: Pathology
LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: Medicine, Pathology
RELATED TITLES: Clark, Thyroid Cytopathology (978-0-387-23304-8, 2005, $59.95) Kini, Color Atlas of Pulmonary Cytopathology (978-0-387-95371-7, 2002, $269) Rosenthal, Cytologic Detection of Urothelial Lesions (978-0-387-23945-3, 2005, $59.95)
COMPETITION: DeMay, Practical Principles of Cytopathology (ASCP Press, 0891894373, 1999, $150.00) DeMay, The Art and Science of Cytopathology (ASCP Press, 0891893229, 1996, $345.00) Geisinger, Modern Cytopathology (Churchill Livingstone, 0443065985, 2003, $285.00)
MEDICINE, PATHOLOGY
Atlas of Neoplastic Pulmonary Disease Pathology, Cytology, Endoscopy and Radiology
EDITORS: ARMANDO E. FRAIRE, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA; TIMOTHY C. ALLEN, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler, Tyler, Texas, USA; SHANDA BLACKMON, The Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas, USA; PHILIP T. CAGLE, The Methodist Hospital/Cornell University/Weill Medical College, Houston, TX, USA; ARMIN ERNST, The Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; RICHARD S. IRWIN, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA; DINA MODY, The Methodist Hospital/Cornelll University/Weill Medical College, Houston, TX, USA and MEGAN K. DISHOP, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston,TX, USA ISBN-13: 978-0-387-89838-4 PAGES/ILLUS: approx. 800 p., 700 illus. in color, Hardcover PRICE: approx. $275.00 AVAILABLE (US): June 2009
Using a multi-disciplinary approach to the diagnosis of pulmonary disease, this unique atlas will offer the busy practitioner a quick and reliable tool crossing over traditional boundaries and will be useful not only to pathologists and cytopathologists, but also to pulmonologists, internists, endoscopists and radiologists as well as students and residents in training. The
SELLING POINTS: • Multidisciplinary approach to the diagnosis of pulmonary disease • This atlas contains a profusion of images (700 in color) accompanied by descriptive text and a restricted number of highly selected references
MARKET: Pathologists, Pathology Residents, Cytopathologists
SUBJECT: Pathology
LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: Medicine, Pathology
RELATED TITLES: Dallenbach-Hellweg, Color Atlas of Histopathology of the Cervix Uteri (978-3-540-25188-0, 2005, $159) Pavelka, Functional Ultrastructure (978-3-211-83564-7, 2005, $209) Wittekind, TNM Atlas (978-3-540-44234-9, 2004, $59.95) Kini, Color Atlas of Pulmonary Cytopathology (978-0-387-95371-7, 2002, $269) Dail, Pulmonary Pathology (978-0-387-97897-0, 1993, $545)
COMPETITION: Cagle, Colored Atlas and Text of Pulmonary Pathology: An Integrated Text and Atlas (LWW, 0781734533, 2004, $275.00) Leslie, Practical Pulmonary Pathology (Elsevier (Churchill), 0443066310, 2004, $275.00) Churg, Thurdbeck's Pathology of the Lung (Thieme, 1588902889, 2005, $249.95) Fraser, Diseases of the Lung (LWW, 0781734355, 2003, $149.00) Travis, WHO Classification of Tumours of the Lung, Pleura,Thymus and Heart (IARC, 92-832- 2418-3, 2004, $110.00) Houser, Lung Pathology: A Consultative Atlas (Humana, 1-58829-388-2, 2005, $195.00)
MEDICINE, PATHOLOGY
Essentials in Bone and Soft Tissue Pathology
AUTHORS: EDWARD F. MCCARTHY, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland 21231; PAUL J. ZHANG, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA and JASVIR S. KHURANA, Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA ISBN-13: 978-0-387-89844-5 PAGES/ILLUS: approx. 350 p., 350 illus., 250 in color, Softcover PRICE: approx. $95.00 AVAILABLE (US): May 2009
Essentials in Bone and Soft Tissue Pathology will be a concise and visual reference on the main diagnostic points of common non-neoplastic bone conditions as well as key diagnostic features of bone and soft tissue tumors. Important differential diagnoses will be discussed.
SELLING POINTS: • Concise and visual reference • Discusses common conditions
MARKET: Pathology Residents and Pathologists
SUBJECT: Pathology
LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: Medicine, Pathology
RELATED TITLES: Cardesa, Pathology of the Head and Neck (978-3-540-30628-3, 2006, $229) De Schepper, Imaging of Soft Tissue Tumors (978-3-540-24809-5, 2005, $299) Cheng, Essentials of Anatomic Pathology (978-1-58829-460-9, 2005, $235) Westra, Surgical Pathology Dissection (978-0-387-95559-9, 2003, $74.95)
COMPETITION: WHO, Pathology and Genetics of Tumors of the Soft Tissues and Bones (World Health Organization, 9283224132, 2003, $75.25) Layfield, Cytopathology of Bone and Sfot Tissue Tumors (Oxford University Press, 978- 0195132366, 2002, $97.14) Bullough, Orthopaedic Pathology (Mosby, 978-0-723432241, 2003, $229) Mills, Sternberg's Diagnostic Surgical Pathology (LWW, 978-0781740517, 2004, $249.00)
MEDICINE, PEDIATRICS
Inherited Metabolic Diseases A Clinical Approach
EDITORS: GEORG F. HOFFMANN, University of Heidelberg, Germany; JOHANNES ZSCHOCKE, University of Heidelberg, Germany
and WILLIAM L. NYHAN, University of Heidelberg, Germany ISBN-13: 978-3-540-74722-2 PAGES/ILLUS: approx. 350 p., With CD-ROM, Hardcover PRICE: approx. $79.95 AVAILABLE (US): May 2009
The explosion of insights in the field of metabolic disease has shed new light on diagnostic as well as treatment options. ‘Inherited Metabolic Disease – A Clinical Approach’ is written with a reader-friendly consistent structure. It helps the reader to find the information in an easily accessible and rapid way when needed. Starting with an overview of the major groups of metabolic disorders it includes algorithms with questions and answers as well as numerous graphs, metabolic pathways, and an expanded index. Clinical and diagnostic details with a system and symptom based are given to facilitate an efficient and yet complete diagnostic work- up of individual patients.
SELLING POINTS: • Provides a concise and user friendly guide to the diagnosis and initial management of patients with metabolic diseases • Helps physicians to diagnose patients they may otherwise fail to diagnose and to reduce unnecessary referrals • For metabolic and genetic specialists these indices will be helpful as a quick look when being called for advice • With reader-friendly and logical structure and algorithms including questions to answers. • Includes an extensive amount of graphs, especially metabolic pathways, and an expanded index • Written by renowned and international experts of the field • Accompanied by CD-ROM with the whole content of the book including interactive tables and links
MARKET: Pediatricians, internists, neurologists, pathologists, and clinical genticists as well as other physicians interested in this field
SUBJECTS: Pediatrics; Internal Medicine; Neurology
LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: Medicine, Pediatrics
RELATED TITLES: Blau, Physician's Guide to the Laboratory Diagnosis of Metabolic Diseases (978-3-540-42542-7, 2002, $339)
Fernandes, Inborn Metabolic Disease (978-3-540-28783-3, 2006, $179)
COMPETITION: Hoffmann, Inherited Metabolic Diseases (LWW, 0781729009, 2002, $34.95) Clarke, A Clinical Guide to Inherited Metabolic Diseases (CUP, 0521614996, 2006, $90)
MEDICINE, PUBLIC HEALTH
Behavioral Interventions for Prevention and Control of Sexually Transmitted Diseases
EDITORS: SEVGI O. ARAL, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA and JOHN M. DOUGLAS,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA ISBN-13: 978-0-387-85768-8 PAGES/ILLUS: XXX, 578 p. 11 illus., Softcover PRICE: $39.95 AVAILABLE (US): November 2008
Before AIDS, the role of behavioral interventions in preventing transmission of sexually transmitted diseases was acknowledged in text books and journals but rarely promoted effectively in public health practice. Informed by a comprehensive knowledge of behavioral theory, intervention methods, and affected populations, this important book examines the central role of behavioral interventions in combating STDs.
SELLING POINTS: • Examines the issue from a behavioral perspective, providing a comprehensive reference to this often neglected area • Edited by leaders in the field who manage the leading research center in the world on this topic at the CDC
MARKET: Public health practitioners who work within field of preventing STS and HIV, researchers conducting studies in this population, academics and teachers in public health programs and departments of health
SUBJECTS: Public Health; Health Promotion and Disease Prevention; Epidemiology
LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: Medicine, Public Health
RELATED TITLES: O'Leary, Beyond Condoms (978-0-306-46731-8, 2002, $74.95) Kartikeyan, HIV and AIDS: (978-1-4020-5788-5, 2007, $159)
COMPETITION: Bernstein, Sexually Transmitted Diseases: Vaccines, Prevention and Control (Academic Press, 0126633304, 2000, $185.00) Institute of Medicine, The Hidden Epidemic: Confronting Sexually Transmitted Diseases (National Academies Press, 0309054958, 1997, $39.95)
MEDICINE, PUBLIC HEALTH
International Perspectives on Maternal and Child Health
EDITORS: JOHN EHIRI, University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL, USA and MARTIN M. MEREMIKWU, University of Calabar, Nigeria ISBN-13: 978-0-387-89244-3 PAGES/ILLUS: approx. 400 p., Hardcover PRICE: approx. $65.00 AVAILABLE (US): May 2009
Maternal and child health (MCH) is the public health discipline which deals with the promotion and protection of the health of women, child, adolescents, and their families and communities. Today, a significant percentage of the activities undertaken by international development agencies and professionals remain focused on the protection and improvement of the health and wellbeing of women, children, and families. It has become vital for health professionals – whether they are serving in industrialized nations or resource-poor countries – to acquire knowledge and to develop programs and policies addressing global issues in MCH. The textbook examines historical developments in MCH policies and programs, evaluating the rationale, success and shortcomings, and a critical appraisal of best practices and lessons learned. Current and emerging programmatic issues are also analyzed, which includes country examples of strategies used, MCH needs assessment and priority setting, program evaluation, and critical reviews of previous, current, and emerging evidence-based international MCH programs.
SELLING POINTS: • Currently, there is no comprehensive book available that addresses the issues of international MCH, other than scattered reports of agencies and field professionals • The volume includes coverage of key policies and programs, health systems, diseases, and programmatic and sustainability issues • Contributors include international experts in MCH
MARKET: Students of Maternal and Child Health, Researchers with interest in MCH, Policymakers, International health/development agencies
SUBJECTS: Medicine/Public Health, general; Maternal and Child Health
LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: Medicine, Public Health
RELATED TITLES: Lu, AIDS in Asia (978-0-306-48483-4, 2004, $199) Galea, Handbook of Urban Health (978-0-387-23994-1, 2005, $99)
COMPETITION: Kotch, Maternal and Child Health (Aspen, 0763731714, 2005, $82.95) Williams, Mother and Child Health (Oxford, 019508148X, 1994, $65.00)
MEDICINE, PUBLIC HEALTH
Handbook of Urban Health Populations, Methods, and Practice
EDITORS: SANDRO GALEA, Center of Epidemiologic Studies, New York, NY, USA and DAVID VLAHOV, Center of Epidemiologic Studies, New York, NY, USA ISBN-13: 978-0-387-85770-1 PAGES/ILLUS: XVI, 599 p., 2 illus., Softcover PRICE: approx. $39.95 AVAILABLE (US): November 2008
As more people worldwide live in cities, increasingly we need to understand how cities and city living affect population health. Does city living negatively affect health? Conversely, can city living enhance population health and well-being? Over forty experts from around the world bring a depth of ideas to the Handbook of Urban Health, making the Handbook a focused resource for a range of health disciplines. The Handbook presents: (1) A discussion of the health of specific urban populations, among them immigrants, children, the elderly, racial and sexual minorities, the homeless, and the poor. (2) Methods relevant to the study of urban health including epidemiology, research methods, funding and policy issues, urban planning. (3) Practical issues for developing healthy cities including interventions, preventive strategies, providing health services, and teaching urban health. (4) International perspectives from developing countries and the World Health Organization. (5) Integrative chapters that conclude each of the book’s sections, bringing together theoretical models with the big picture. A unique professional idea book, research resource, and teaching text, the Handbook of Urban Health challenges readers to consider the role that cities play in shaping population health and to generate solutions that can make cities healthier places for all those who live there.
SELLING POINTS: • Provides a thorough analysis of different populations in urban settings and specific health considerations • Includes a useful section on methods for the research audience • Applied in nature with coverage on prevention and interventions • An up-to-date volume that will serve as an ideal resource to urban health centers in North America
MARKET: Professionals in public health and health, graduate-level students
SUBJECTS: Public Health; Epidemiology
LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: Medicine, Public Health
RELATED TITLES: Sokhi, Urban Air Quality (978-0-7923-6676-8, 2001, $237) McQueen, Health and Modernity (978-0-387-37757-5, 2007, $69.95)
COMPETITION: Freudenberg, Cities and the Health of the Public (Vanderbilt University Press, 0826515126, 2006, $34.95) Hynes, Urban Environmental Health: Readings in the Social, Built, and Physical Environments of U.S. Cities (Jones & Bartlett, 0763752452, 2008, $59.95)
MEDICINE, RADIOLOGY
Imaging Bone Tumors and Tumor-Like Lesions Techniques and Applications
EDITORS: A. MARK DAVIES, Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, Birmingham, UK; MURALI SUNDARAM, Cleveland Clinic
Foundation, Cleveland, OH, USA and STEVEN L.J. JAMES, Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, Birmingham, UK ISBN-13: 978-3-540-77982-7 PAGES/ILLUS: approx. 410 p., 600 illus., Hardcover PRICE: $199.00 AVAILABLE (US): May 2009
This is a comprehensive textbook that provides a detailed description of the imaging techniques and findings in patients with benign and malignant bone tumors. In the first part of the book, the various techniques and procedures employed for imaging bone tumors are discussed in detail. The second part of the book gives an authoritative review of the role of these imaging techniques in diagnosis, surgical staging, biopsy, and assessment of response to therapy. The third part of the book covers the imaging features of each major tumor subtype, with separate chapters on osteogenic tumors, cartilaginous tumors, etc. The final part of the book reviews the imaging features of bone tumors at particular anatomical sites such as the spine, ribs, pelvis, and scapula. Each chapter is written by an acknowledged expert in the field, and a wealth of illustrative material is included. This book will be of great value to musculoskeletal and general radiologists, orthopedic surgeons, and oncologists.
SELLING POINTS: • Discusses in detail the various techniques employed for the imaging of bone tumors • Provides a comprehensive review of the role of imaging techniques in diagnosis, surgical staging, biopsy, and assessment of response to therapy • Presents the imaging features of all the important tumor subtypes
MARKET: Radiologists, orthopedic surgeons, oncologists
SUBJECTS: Imaging / Radiology; Diagnostic Radiology; Oncology
LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: Medicine, Radiology
RELATED TITLES: Van Goethem, Spinal Imaging (978-3-540-21344-4, 2007, $319) Gangi, Imaging in Percutaneous Musculoskeletal Interventions (978-3-540-22097-8, 2009, $239) Ladanyi, Expression Profiling of Human Tumors (978-1-58829-122-6, 2003, $185)
COMPETITION: Greenspan, Differential Diagnosis of Tumors (LWW, 0397517106, 1998, from $166.36) Fechner, Tumors of Bones and Joints (American Registry of Pathology, 1881041085, 1993, $50)
MEDICINE, SURGERY
Surgical Anatomy and Technique A Pocket Manual Third Edition
AUTHORS: LEE JOHN SKANDALAKIS, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA; JOHN E. SKANDALAKIS, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA and PANAJIOTIS N. SKANDALAKIS, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA ISBN-13: 978-0-387-09514-1
(Replaces ISBN: 978-0-387-98752-1) PAGES/ILLUS: approx. 770 p., 745 illus., Softcover PRICE: $49.95 AVAILABLE (US): November 2008
The success of any operative procedure is dependent, in part, on the surgeon’s knowledge of anatomy. From the first incision to closure of the wound, it is essential to understand the fascial layers, blood supply, lymphatic drainage, nerves, muscles and organs relevant to the operative procedure. Surgical Anatomy and Technique: A Pocket Manual covers the anatomic regions pertinent to general surgeons and also describes the most commonly performed general surgical techniques. New to this edition are sections on abdominal aortic aneurysm, femoropopliteal bypass, carotid endarterectomy, hysterectomy and oopherectomy, and the entire book has been updated to reflect current surgical approaches. Medical students and residents will find this book to be an excellent way to prepare for a case, and more experienced surgeons will appreciate the anatomic review and contemporary approaches to common surgical problems.
SELLING POINTS: • This unique handbook, with more than 750 illustrations, combines the relevant anatomy and description of technique for the most commonly performed general surgery procedures • The breadth of scope, concise language, and portable size make this book an essential resource for medical students, surgical residents and practicing surgeons
MARKET: 3rd and 4th year medical students; surgery residents; general surgeons
SUBJECT: Surgery
LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: Medicine, Surgery
RELATED TITLES: Scott-Conner, Chassin's Operative Strategy in General Surgery (978-0-387-95204-8, 2001, $209) Scott-Conner, The SAGES Manual (978-0-387-23267-6, 2005, $64.95) Norton, Surgery (978-0-387-98447-6, 2000, $199) Hoballah, Operative Dictations in General and Vascular Surgery (978-0-387-95589-6, 2003, $74.95) Lowry, Learning Surgery (978-0-387-22583-8, 2005, $59.95)
COMPETITION: Scott-Conner, Operative Anatomy (LWW, 0781735297,2002, $149) Lawrence, Essentials of General Surgery (LWW, 0781750032, 2005, $54.95) Brunicardi, Schwartz's Principles of Surgery (McGraw-Hill, 0071410902, 2004, $160)
PHYSICS/ASTRONOMY
Measure Solar Systems Objects and Their Movements for Yourself!
AUTHOR: JOHN D. CLARK, Fine R and D Limited, England, UK ISBN-13: 978-0-387-89560-4 PAGES/ILLUS: approx. 230 p., 80 illus., Softcover PRICE: approx. $34.95 AVAILABLE (US): April 2009
Instead of taking somebody's word for it about the basic size and distance statistics for the solar system, this book shows amateur astronomers how to measure these things for themselves. This is an enriching experience for any amateur astronomer - to understand and personally measure some fundamental astronomical quantities and distances. A basic knowledge of geometry is required, but it is amazing how simple the geometry can be. Readers are led through the geometry as gently as possible - and in a light-hearted way - presuming that most non-academics will have half-forgotten most of their mathematics. The practical astronomical equipment recommended is no more than a typical commercially- made amateur telescope and a camera of some sort - these days a webcam works very well. Apart from that all the reader will need is access to a computer, the know-how to download free software, and an enthusiasm to expand his knowledge of the basis of scientific astronomy.
SELLING POINTS: • Shows amateur astronomers how they can measure planetary sizes and distances for themselves, as well as orbital speed • Improves the reader's appreciation and perspective of what he or she might see and image in the sky • A small step (but also a giant leap) into astrometry written in an entertaining, anecdotal style • Measurements require simple math early on and more subtle concepts appear only towards the final chapters
MARKET: Amateur and practical astronomers
SUBJECTS: Astronomy; Popular Science in Astronomy
LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: Physics/Astronomy
RELATED TITLES: Mobberley, Lunar and Planetary Webcam User's Guide (978-1-84628-197-6, 2006, $39.95) Gainer, Real Astronomy with Small Telescopes (978-1-84628-478-6, 2006, $29.95) Buchheim, The Sky is Your Laboratory (978-0-387-71822-4, 2007, $34.95)
COMPETITION: North, Advanced Amateur Astronomy (CUP, 0521574307, 1997, $54.00) Duffett-Smith, Practical Astronomy w/ your Pocket Calculator (CUP, 0521356997, 1988, $42.00)
PHYSICS/ASTRONOMY
Mind, Matter and Quantum Mechanics Third Edition
AUTHOR: HENRY P. STAPP, University of California, Berkeley, CA,
USA ISBN-13: 978-3-540-89653-1
(Replaces ISBN: 978-3-540-40761-4) PAGES/ILLUS: approx. 350 p., Hardcover PRICE: approx. $89.95 AVAILABLE (US): March 2009
"Scientists other than quantum physicists often fail to comprehend the enormity of the conceptual change wrought by quantum theory in our basic conception of the nature of matter," writes Henry Stapp. Stapp is a leading quantum physicist who has given particularly careful thought to the implications of the theory that lies at the heart of modern physics. In this book, which contains several of his key papers as well as new material, he focuses on the problem of consciousness and explains how quantum mechanics allows causally effective conscious thought to be combined in a natural way with the physical brain made of neurons and atoms. The first section consists of an extended introduction. Key foundational and somewhat more technical papers are included in the second part, together with a clear exposition of the "orthodox" interpretation of quantum mechanics. The third part addresses, in a non-technical fashion, the implications of the theory for some of the most profound questions that mankind has contemplated: How does the world come to be just what it is and not something else? How should humans view themselves in a quantum universe?
SELLING POINTS: • Significantly expanded with two new chapters covering Henry Stapp's most recent work • Contains a mathematical appendix for the specialist and a glossary of important terms and ideas for the interested layman
MARKET: Students and researchers in physics, philosophy, neuroscience and psychology interested in foundational problems in science, and the interested layman
SUBJECTS: Quantum Physics; Philosophy; Popular Science, general
LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: Physics/Astronomy
RELATED TITLES: Stapp, Mindful Universe (978-3-540-72413-1, 2007, $39.95) Tuszynski, The Emerging Physics of Consciousness (978-3-540-23890-4, 2006, $74.95)
COMPETITION: French, An Introduction to Quantum Physics (CRC, 0748740783, 1979, $69.95) Eisberg, Quantum Physics (Wiley, 047187373X, 1985, $111.15)
POPULAR SCIENCE IN ASTRONOMY
The Six-Inch Lunar Atlas A Pocket Field Guide
AUTHOR: DON SPAIN, Louisville Astronomical Society, Louisville,
KY, USA ISBN-13: 978-0-387-87609-2 PAGES/ILLUS: approx. 280 p., 180 illus., Softcover PRICE: approx. $29.95 AVAILABLE (US): May 2009
Here is a lunar atlas designed specifically for use in the field by lunar observers. Its title – The Six-inch Lunar Atlas – refers both to the aperture of the telescope used to make the images in the book, and also to the book’s physical size: so it’s perfect for fitting into an observer’s pocket! The author’s own lunar photographs were taken with a 6-inch (150mm) telescope and CCD camera, and closely match the visual appearance of the Moon when viewed through a modest (3-inch to 8-inch) telescope. (Depending on seeing, of course.) Each picture is shown oriented "as the Moon really is" when viewed from the northern hemisphere, and is supplemented by exquisite computer sketches that list the main features. Two separate computer sketches are provided to go with each photograph, one oriented to appear as seen through an SCT telescope (e.g. the Meade and Celestron ranges), the other oriented for Newtonian and refracting telescopes. It is worth commenting that most observers find it extremely difficult to identify lunar features when using a conventional atlas and SCT telescope – the human brain is very poor at making "mirror-image" visual translations.
SELLING POINTS: • Small trim size makes this new and practical atlas easy to use at the telescope • Perfect for users of refractors (Newtonian, Cassegrain) and users of SCTs or refractors fitted with diagonals as each image is inverted • CCD images taken with a 6-inch (150mm) telescope show what can be realistically seen and imaged with a modest telescope
MARKET: Amateur Astronomers
SUBJECTS: Popular Science in Astronomy; Astronomy
LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: Popular Science in Astronomy
RELATED TITLES: Cook, The Hatfield Photographic Lunar Atlas (978-1-85233-018-7, 1999, $59.95) Grego, The Moon and How to Observe It (978-1-85233-748-3, 2005, $34.95)
COMPETITION: Stooke, The International Atlas of Lunar Exploration (CUP, 052181930X, 2008, $190.00) Brunier, New Atlas of the Moon (Firefly Books, 1554071739, 2006, $55)
PROFESSIONAL COMPUTING
Handbook of Fingerprint Recognition Second Edition
AUTHORS: DAVIDE MALTONI, University of Bologna, Cesena, Italy; DARIO MAIO, University of Bologna, Cesena, Italy; ANIL K. JAIN, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA and SALIL PRABHAKAR, DigitalPersona, Inc., Redwood City, CA, USA ISBN-13: 978-1-84882-253-5
(Replaces ISBN: 978-0-387-95431-8) PAGES/ILLUS: approx. 420 p., 100 illus., with DVD, Hardcover PRICE: approx. $109.00 AVAILABLE (US): May 2009
The enormous interest aroused by electronic commerce on the Internet and, more generally, by the need for reliable techniques to authenticate the identity of a living person in a broad range of applications has greatly intensified the development of biometric systems. These systems are automated methods of verifying or recognizing a living person's identity on the basis of some physiological characteristics, like a fingerprint or iris pattern, or some aspects of behavior, like handwriting or keystroke patterns. Thanks to their proven individuality and stability over time, fingerprint identification systems have been in use longer than any other biometric identifiction technique.
SELLING POINTS: • Written with the same formula that made the success of the first edition, the book includes the most recent state-of-the-art techniques in the field • Provides as enhanced and updated chapters covering sensor technology, performance evaluation, standards, and securing fingerprint systems • Covers all the major topics, concepts and methods for fingerprint security systems
MARKET: Researchers, Professionals, Practitioners
SUBJECTS: Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics); Computer Graphics; Image Processing
LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: Professional Computing
RELATED TITLES: Maltoni, Handbook of Fingerprint Recognition (978-0-387-95431-8, 2003, $89.95) Jain, Biometrics (978-0-387-28539-9, 2005, $79.95) Ratha, Automatic Fingerprint Recognition Systems (978-0-387-95593-3, 2003, $99)
COMPETITION: Champod, Fingerprints and Other Ridge Skin Impressions (CRC, 0415271754, 2004, $ 119.95) Lee, Advances in Fingerprint Technology (CRC, 0849309239, 2001, $109. 95)
PSYCHOLOGY
Clinical Assessment of Child and Adolescent Personality and Behavior Third Edition
AUTHORS: PAUL J. FRICK, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA, USA; CHRISTOPHER BARRY, University of Southern
Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS, USA and RANDY W. KAMPHAUS, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, SA ISBN-13: 978-0-387-89642-7
(Replaces ISBN: 978-0-387-26300-7) PAGES/ILLUS: approx. 485 p., Hardcover PRICE: approx. $99.95 AVAILABLE (US): March 2009
Psychologists offer an increasing variety of services to the public. Among these services, psychological assessment of personality and behavior continues to be a central activity. One main reason is that other mental health professionals often do not possess a high level of competence in this area. And when dealing with children and adolescents, psychological assessment seems to take on an even greater role. Therefore, it follows that comprehensive graduate-level instruction in assessment should be a high priority for educators of psychologists who will work with these youth.
SELLING POINTS: • Serves specifically as a text for training psychology graduate students in the elementary principles of assessment and diagnostic practice with children and adolescents • Applies the same interpretive systems across many tests, unlike most assessment textbooks that focus on only one measure • Provides students with an accessible guide with a consistent writing style not found in edited texts • Emphasizes proper interpretation of intelligence tests in the context of a child’s life circumstances • Reflects the use of an evidence-based assessment to test interpretation • Includes several devises to enhance the logical processes of assessment, beginning with test selection and concluding with reporting results • Stresses the importance of the interpretive process over the value of specific tests • Also useful as a "refresher" for clinicians looking to update their assessment information and skills
MARKET: Graduate students and clinicians in school psychology; counseling psychology; clinical child psychology; educational psychology; and allied education and mental health professionals
SUBJECTS: Child & School Psychology; Counseling; Education (general)
LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: Psychology
RELATED TITLES: Kamphaus, Clinical Assessment of Child and Adolescent Intelligence (978-0-387-26299-4, 2005, $99) Kamphaus, Clinical Assessment of Child and Adolescent Personality and Behavior (978-0-387- 26300-7, 2005, $74.95) Bell, Handbook of Behavioral and Emotional Problems in Girls (978-0-306-48673-9, 2004, $159) Aiken, Assessment of Intellectual Functioning (978-0-306-45152-2, 2005, $109) Rozensky, Psychological Assessment in Medical Settings (978-0-306-45551-3, 1997, $109) Barone, Advanced Personality (978-0-306-45745-6, 1998, $114) Kelley, Practitioner's Guide to Empirically Based Measures of School Behavior (978-0-306- 47267-1, 2002, $79.95)
COMPETITION: Sattler, Assessment of Children: Behavioral and Clinical Applications (Sattler, 0961820985, 2002, $67.50) Sattler, Assessment of Children: Cognitive Applications (Sattler, 0-9618209-7-7, 2001, $70.00) Wiggins, Paradigms of Personality Assessment (Guilford, 1-57230-913-X, 2003, $45) Gumbiner, Adolescent Assessment (Josey-Bass, 0-471-41981-8, 2003, $45) Shapiro, Conducting School-Based Assessments of Child and Adolescent Behavior (Guilford Press, 1572308222, 2002, $28) Kail, Advances in Child Development and Behavior, 1/e (Elsevier, 0-12-009732-X, 2004, $99) Reynolds, Handbook of Psychological and Educational Assessment of Children: Personality, Behavior, and Context, 2/e (Guilford, 1-57230-884-2, 2003, $70) Schroeder, Assessment and Treatment of Childhood Problems: A Clinician's Guide, 2/e (Guilford,1-57230-742-0, 2002, $65)
PSYCHOLOGY
Thinking in Circles About Obesity How Systems Thinking Helps Us Understand How the Body “Thinks” and How to Manage It
AUTHOR: TAREK K. A. HAMID, Naval Postgraduate School, Graduate
School of Operational and Information Sciences, CA ISBN-13: 978-0-387-09468-7 PAGES/ILLUS: approx. 300 p., Hardcover PRICE: $39.95 AVAILABLE (US): May 2009
Thinking in Circles about Obesity brings a healthy portion of critical thinking, spiced with on- target humor and lively graphics, to the obesity debate. Systems scholar Tarek Hamid proposes that a major shift in perspective is needed to address the problem. This book unites systems (non-linear) thinking and information technology to provide powerful insights and practical strategies for managing our bodies, as well as our health. Applying these creative, business- tested techniques to personal health lets readers approach weight problems like CEOs—not bean-counters!—and connect the elusive links between the biological, environmental, social, and psychological factors that contribute to overweight and obesity, yo-yo dieting and willpower issues. The author’s clear insights dispel dieters’ unrealistic expectations and illuminate dead- end behaviors to tap into a deeper, understanding of how the body works, why it works that way, and how to improve the bottom line.
SELLING POINTS: • Book is written in engaging, lively, humorous style yet manages to convey a great deal of information about the "basic science" of weight loss at a level suitable for professionals or educated lay readers • Particularly appropriate for schools, businesses and public policy organizations
MARKET: Health psychologists, clinical psychologists, primary care physicians, public health professionals, school administrators, nurses, sports and "life" coaches
SUBJECTS: Health Psychology; Primary Care Medicine; Health Promotion and Disease
Prevention
LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: Psychology
RELATED TITLES: James, Handbook of Obesity Intervention for the Lifespan (978-0-387-78304-8, 2009, $119) Allison, Obesity Treatment: (978-0-306-45115-7, 1995, $214)
COMPETITION: Fairburn, Eating Disorders and Obesity (Guilford, 1593852363, 2005, $42.00) Wadden, Handbook of Obesity Treatment (Guilford, 1593850948, 2004, $45.00)
SOCIAL SCIENCES
Europe, I Struggle, I Survive
AUTHOR: WILFRIED MARTENS, Euroean Peoples's Party, Brussels,
Belgium ISBN-13: 978-3-540-89288-5 PAGES/ILLUS: approx. 350 p., Hardcover PRICE: approx. $59.95 AVAILABLE (US): February 2009
Wilfried Martens has devoted his life to politics: from student leader to Flemish militant, president of the Christian democratic youth movement, party president of the Flemish Christian democrats, Prime Minister of Belgium, President of the European People's Party and Chairman of its Group in the European Parliament. In his autobiography, Martens relates the inside story of keeping a complex country like Belgium together, fighting for European integration and unification, and transforming the European People's party into the largest political family in Europe. Above all, this is a book about what politics is about, how politics are made, and which sources, values and principles lay behind such a life in politics.
SELLING POINTS: • Autobiography of Wilfried Martens, former Prime Minister of Belgium, President of the European People's Party • Describes the political evolution of Belgium and Europe, the development of the European People's Party, anecdotes and portraits of colleagues, private and public experiences of a life in politics • Insight story of European integration, the role of the largest political party therein, what it means to lead a country like Belgium, what it means to dedicate someone's life to politics
MARKET: Persons interested in European politics and history
SUBJECTS: Popular Science, general; Political Science; History
LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: Social Sciences
RELATED TITLES: Campos, Political Economy of Transition and Development (978-1-4020-7550-6, 2003, $139) Eichengreen, Politics and Institutions in an Integrated Europe (978-3-540-59420-8, 1995, $135)
COMPETITION: Kesselman, European Politics In Transition (Houghton Mifflin, 0618432957, 2005, $93.34) Cini, European Union Politics (Oxford University Press, 0199281955, 2007, $60)
SOCIAL SCIENCES
Handbook of Quantitative Criminology
EDITORS: ALEX PIQUERO, John Jay College Of Criminal Justice, New York, NY, USA and DAVID WEISBURD, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel ISBN-13: 978-0-387-77649-1 PAGES/ILLUS: approx. 500 p., Hardcover PRICE: approx. $189.95 AVAILABLE (US): May 2009
The Handbook of Quantitative Criminology is designed to be the authoritative volume on methodological and statistical issues in the criminology/criminal justice field. Like handbooks available in other disciplines (economics, psychology, sociology), this book will be the go-to book for new and advanced methods in our field that will provide overviews of the issues, with examples and figures as warranted, for students, faculty, and researchers alike. Authored by leading scholars in criminology/criminal justice, the Handbook will contain about twenty-five to thirty chapters on topics in the following areas: (1) research design, (2) experimental methods, (3) methods for overcoming data limitations, (4) innovative descriptive methods, (5) estimation techniques for theory and policy, (6) topics in multiple regression, and (7) new directions in statistical analysis.
SELLING POINTS: • Although such Handbooks are common and regularly used in most other disciplines, such a Handbook does not yet exist in criminology/criminal justice. Thus, the Handbook will be an important and much needed contribution to the field • Further, as it will provide a comprehensive coverage of the issues, methods, and future directions in one collection • It will serve as the 'go-to' book for students, faculty, and researchers alike working in criminology/criminal justice
MARKET: - Researchers in the criminology and criminal justice field
SUBJECTS: Criminology & Criminal Justice; Statistics for Social Science, Education, Public
Policy, and Law; Methodology of the Social Sciences
LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: Social Sciences
RELATED TITLES: Weisburd, Statistics in Criminal Justice (978-0-387-34112-5, 2007, $89.95) Liberman, The Long View of Crime (978-0-387-71087-7, 2007, $99)
COMPETITION: Bushway, Quantitative Methods in Criminology (Walter de Gruyter, 0754624463, 2005, $330) Maxfield, Research Methods for Criminal Justice (Wadsworth, 0495094765, 2007, $150.95)
SOCIAL SCIENCES
Voices of Diversity Multi-Culturalism in America
AUTHORS: MARY SENGSTOCK, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI,
USA ISBN-13: 978-0-387-89665-6 PAGES/ILLUS: approx. 235 p., Hardcover PRICE: approx. $49.95 AVAILABLE (US): March 2009
The 21st century sees an increasing number of cultural minorities in the United States. Particularly, the rise in multi-cultural or mixed heritage families is on the rise. As with many trends, just as the amount of diversity increases, so does the level of resistance in groups that oppose this diversity. While this problem exists through life for persons from multicultural backgrounds, the tension is particularly acute for children, whose identities and socialization experiences are still in formation. With parents from different cultural backgrounds, as well as school and community experiences giving that might question their diverse heritage, children are likely to experience distressing confusion. How can they come to terms with this conflict, and how can family and community help them to resolve it? Combining case studies and interviews, this work particularly focuses on multi-cultural families as a yet untapped source of information about inter-culture contact. Voices of Diversity: Multiculturalism in America will be both a resource for researchers and practitioners, as well as a practical guide to families dealing with these issues every day.
SELLING POINTS: • Combines subjective case studies with personal interviews to provide a comprehesive analysis • Studies multiculturalism from three respects: multi-national, multi-religious, and multi- racial • Concluding chapters provide analysis and applications for real world scenarios
SUBJECTS: Sociology; Family Relations
LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: Social Sciences
RELATED TITLES: Fritz, International Clinical Sociology (978-0-387-73826-0, 2007, $74.95) Bruhn, Sociological Practice (978-0-387-71863-7, 2007, $59.95)
COMPETITION: Baca Zinn, Diversity in Families (Allyn and Bacon, 0205491561, 2007, $110.20) McNamara, Crossing the Line: Interracial Couples in the South (Praeger, 0275966763, 1999, $28.95)
STATISTICS
Permutation Tests for Stochastic Ordering and ANOVA Theory and Applications with R
AUTHORS: DARIO BASSO, University of Padova, Padova, Italy; FORTUNATO PESARIN, University of Padova, Padova, Italy;
LUIGI SALMASO, University of Padova, Padova, Italy and ALDO SOLARI, University of Padova, Padova, Italy ISBN-13: 978-0-387-85955-2 PAGES/ILLUS: approx. 230 p., Softcover PRICE: $69.95 AVAILABLE (US): March 2009
Permutation testing for multivariate stochastic ordering and ANOVA designs is a fundamental issue in many scientific fields such as medicine, biology, pharmaceutical studies, engineering, economics, psychology, and social sciences. This book presents new advanced methods and related R codes to perform complex multivariate analyses. The prerequisites are a standard course in statistics and some background in multivariate analysis and R software.
SELLING POINTS: • East to understand multivariate methods for testing for a trend and for complext experimental designs • Availability of R functions for all multivariate testing problems • Easy to understand treatment of ordinal and continuous data
MARKET: Researchers, grad students
SUBJECTS: Statistical Theory and Methods; Simulation and Modeling; Quality Control,
Reliability, Safety and Risk
LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: Statistics
RELATED TITLES: Mielke, Permutation Methods (978-0-387-69811-3, 2007, $89.95) Good, Permutation, Parametric, and Bootstrap Methods for Testing Hypotheses (978-0-387- 20279-2, 2004, $94)
COMPETITION: Pesarin, Multivariate Permutation Tests: With Applications in Biostatistics (Wiley, 978- 0471496700, 2001, $190.00) Moore, Bootstrap Methods and Permutation Tests (W. H. Freeman, 0716757265, 2003, Price N/K)
STATISTICS
Marginal Models For Dependent, Clustered, and Longitudinal Categorical Data
AUTHORS: WICHER BERGSMA, London School of Economics, London, United Kingdom; MARCEL CROON, University of Tilburg,
The Netherlands and JACQUES A. HAGENAARS, University of Tilburg, The Netherland ISBN-13: 978-0-387-09609-4 PAGES/ILLUS: X, 274 p., Hardcover PRICE: approx. $74.95 AVAILABLE (US): April 2009
Marginal Models for Dependent, Clustered, and Longitudinal Categorical Data provides a comprehensive overview of the basic principles of marginal modeling and offers a wide range of possible applications. Marginal models are often the best choice for answering important research questions when dependent observations are involved, as the many real world examples in this book show. In the social, behavioral, educational, economic, and biomedical sciences, data are often collected in ways that introduce dependencies in the observations to be compared. For example, the same respondents are interviewed at several occasions, several members of networks or groups are interviewed within the same survey, or, within families, both children and parents are investigated. Statistical methods that take the dependencies in the data into account must then be used, e.g., when observations at time one and time two are compared in longitudinal studies. At present, researchers almost automatically turn to multi-level models or to GEE estimation to deal with these dependencies. Despite the enormous potential and applicability of these recent developments, they require restrictive assumptions on the nature of the dependencies in the data. The marginal models of this book provide another way of dealing with these dependencies, without the need for such assumptions, and can be used to answer research questions directly at the intended marginal level. The maximum likelihood method, with its attractive statistical properties, is used for fitting the models.
SELLING POINTS: • Includes many real world examples • Explains the types of research questions for which marginal modeling is useful • Provides a detailed description of how to apply marginal models for a great diversity of research questions • All examples, along with user friendly programs, are presented on the book's website (www.cmm.st)
MARKET: Grad students ResearchersNone None
SUBJECTS: Statistical Theory and Methods; Statistics for Business/Economics/Mathematical Finance/Insurance; Statistics for Social Science, Education, Public Policy, and Law
LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: Statistics
RELATED TITLES: Molenberghs, Models for Discrete Longitudinal Data (978-0-387-25144-8, 2005, $94) Davier, Multivariate and Mixture Distribution Rasch Models (978-0-387-32916-1, 2006, $69.95) Boeck, Explanatory Item Response Models (978-0-387-40275-8, 2004, $84.95)
COMPETITION: Hardin, Generalized Estimating Equations (Chapman & Hall, 978-1584883074, 2002, $94.95) Claeskens, Model Selection and Model Averaging (Cambridge University Press, 978- 0521852258, 2008, $70.00)
STATISTICS
Statistical Analysis of Network Data Methods and Models
AUTHOR: ERIC D. KOLACZYK, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA ISBN-13: 978-0-387-88145-4 PAGES/ILLUS: XII, 384 p., Hardcover PRICE: approx. $89.95 AVAILABLE (US): March 2009
In the past decade, the study of networks has increased dramatically. Researchers from across the sciences—including biology and bioinformatics, computer science, economics, engineering, mathematics, physics, sociology, and statistics—are more and more involved with the collection and statistical analysis of network-indexed data. As a result, statistical methods and models are being developed in this area at a furious pace, with contributions coming from a wide spectrum of disciplines. This book provides an up-to-date treatment of the foundations common to the statistical analysis of network data across the disciplines. The material is organized according to a statistical taxonomy, although the presentation entails a conscious balance of concepts versus mathematics. In addition, the examples—including extended cases studies—are drawn widely from the literature. This book should be of substantial interest both to statisticians and to anyone else working in the area of ‘network science.’
SELLING POINTS: • This book inverts the traditional model and is organized according to the statstical tasks and crossing disciplinary boundaries for both topics and examples • Useful both to people in the statistics community and in the various communities in which networks currently are heavily used, such as parts of biology, computer science, engineering, physics, and sociology
MARKET: Researchers, grad students
SUBJECT: Statistical Theory and Methods
LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: Statistics
RELATED TITLES: Berthold, Intelligent Data Analysis (978-3-540-43060-5, 2003, $79.95) Brandt, Data Analysis (978-0-387-98498-8, 1998, $94) Bock, Advances in Multivariate Data Analysis (978-3-540-20889-1, 2004, $89.95)
COMPETITION: Carrington, Models and Methods in Social Network Analyses (CUP, 0521809592, 2005, $90) Wasserman, Social Network Analysis: Methods and Applications (CUP, 0521387078, 1994, $48)