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Boojums all the Way Through: Communicating Science in a Prosaic Age. By N. David Mermin. 1980, £30.00 (hbk), £10.95 (pbk), pp. xxi + 308. Cambridge University Press, ISBN (hbk) 0 521 38231 9 (pbk) 0 521 38880 5. Scope: Collected essays. Level: General reader.

From a Life of Physics. By H. A. Bethe, P. A. M. Dirac, W. Heisenberg, E. P. Wigner, O. Klein, L. D. Landau (edited by E. M. Lifshitz). 1989, £4.00, pp. ix + 92. World Scientific, ISBN 9971 50 937 7. Scope: Collected talks. Level: General reader.

Fractal Geometry. Mathematical Foundations and Applications. By Kenneth Falconer. 1990, £19.95, pp. xxii + 228. John Wiley, ISBN 0471 922870. Scope: Textbook. Level: Undergraduate.

Dynamical Systems and Fractals: Computer graphics experiments in Pascal. By Karl-Heinz Becker and Michael Döurfler. 1989, £30.00 (hbk), £10.95 (pbk), pp. xii + 398. Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0 52136025 0 (hbk), 0521 36910 X (pbk). Scope: Textbook. Level: Elementary.

Inverse Problems of Mathematical Physics. By V. B. Glasko. 1989, £20.50, pp. ix + 97. Adam Hilger, ISBN 088318571 7. Scope: Textbook. Level: Specialist.

Quantum Mechanics: Symmetries. By W. Greiner and B. Müller 1989, DM 78.00 (soft cover), pp. xvi + 368. Springer, ISBN 3 540 19201 8. Scope: Textbook. Level: Advanced undergraduate/postgraduate.

Old and New Forces of Nature. Edited by Antonino Zichichi. 1988, US$79.50, pp. viii + 382. Plenum Press, ISBN 0306 43235 8. Scope: Conference Proceedings. Level: Specialist.

Quantum Theory and Pictures of Reality: Foundations, Interpretations, and New Aspects. Edited by W. Schommers. 1989, DM 98.00, pp. xvii + 336. Springer, ISBN 3 540 50152 5. Scope: Multiauthor Reviews. Level: Specialist.

From Quarks to the Cosmos: Tools of Discovery. Leon M. Lederman and David N. Schramm. 1989, £16.95, pp. 241. W. H. Freeman &; Company, ISBN 0 7167 5052 X. Scope: Text. Level: General reader.

Babbles, Voids and Bumps in Time: The new cosmology. Edited by James Cornell. 1989, £12.95 (hbk), pp. xiii + 190. Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0 521 35297 5. Scope: General readership. Level: Undergraduate/VI-Form.

Cosmology and Elementary Particles. Edited by Daniel R. Altschuler and Jose F. Nieves. 1989, £38.00, pp. vii + 370. World Scientific, ISBN 9971 50 654 8. Scope: Multiauthor Reviews. Level: Postgraduate.

The Moon Observers Handbook. By Fred W. Price. 1989, £19.50, pp. xiii + 309. Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0 521 33500 0. Scope: Textbook. Level: General reader.

The Supernova Search Charts and Handbook. By G. D. Thompson and J. T. Bryan, Jr. 1990, £65.00 (hardback), pp. xx + 134. Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0 521 26721 8. Scope: Text. Level: General reader/Specialist.

Data in Astronomy. By Carlos Jaschek. 1989, £30.00, pp. 198. Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0 521 34094 2. Scope: Textbook. Level: Specialist.

Plasma Physics and Plasma Electronics. Edited by L. M. Kovrizhnykh. 1989, US$98.00, pp. x + 313. Nova Science, ISBN 0 941743 47 0. Scope: Textbook. Level: Specialist.

Transport Processes in Plasmas. Vol. 1. Classical Transport Theory. By R. Balescu. 1988, US $94.75, Dfl. 180.00, pp. xxxiii + 331. North-Holland, ISBN 0 444 87091 1. Scope: Monograph. Level: Postgraduate.

Transport Processes in Plasmas. Vol. 2. Neoclassical Transport. By R. Balescu. 1988, US $131.50, Dfl 250.00, pp. xxxiii + 333–802. North-Holland, ISBN 0 444 87092 X. Scope: Monograph. Level: Postgraduate.

The Supercontinuum Laser Source. Edited by Robert R. Alfano. 1989, DM 164.00, pp. xiv + 458. Springer, ISBN 3 540 96946 2. Scope: Multiauthor Reviews. Level: Specialist.

The Physics and Technology of Laser Resonators. Edited by D. R. Hall and P. E. Jackson. 1989, £25.00, pp. xiv + 253. Adam Hilger, ISBN 0 85274 1170. Scope: Multiauthor Review. Level: Postgraduate specialist.

High Gain, High Power Free Electron Laser: Physics and Application to TeV Particle Acceleration. Edited by R. Bonifacio, L. De Salvo Souva, C. Pellegrini. 1989, Dfl 185.00, pp. xv + 309. North-Holland, ISBN 0 444 87395 3. Scope: Conference Proceedings. Level: Postgraduate.

Nonlinear Fiber Optics. By Govind P. Agrawal. 1989, £39.95, pp. xii + 342. Academic Press, ISBN 0 12 045140 9. Scope: Textbook. Level: Postgraduate.

The Principles and Practice of Electron Microscopy. By Ian M. Watt. 1989, £20.00 (pbk), pp. viii + 304. Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0 521 38927 5. Scope: Textbook. Level: Postgraduate.

Auger Microprobe Analysis. By Ian F. Ferguson. 1989, £60.00, pp. x + 456. Adam Hilger, ISBN 0 85274 147 2. Scope: Textbook. Level: Postgraduate.

Gamma-Ray and Electron Spectroscopy in Nuclear Physics. By H. Ejiri and M. J. A. De Voigt. 1989, £75.00, pp. viii + 696. Clarendon Press, ISBN 0 19 851723 8. Scope: Textbook. Level: Postgraduate.

Extended Icosahedral Structures. Edited by Marko V. Jari? and Denis Gratias. 1989, £42.50, pp. x + 224. Academic Press, Inc. ISBN 0 12 0406039. Scope: Research Review. Level: Advanced.

Modern Vacuum Practice. By Nigel Harris. 1989, £24.95, pp. xiii + 315. McGraw Hill, ISBN 0 07 707099 2. Scope: Textbook. Level: Postgraduate.     

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The Supernova Story. Laurence A. Marschall. 1988 £22.95, pp. xvii + 296. Plenum, ISBN 0–306–42955–1. Scope: Text. Level: General Reader.

Introduction to Ultrahigh Energy Cosmic Ray Physics. By PIERRE SOKOLSKY. 1989, £37.75, pp. xvi + 208. Addison-Wesley. ISBN 0 201 17634 3. Scope: Textbook. Level: Schools/Undergraduate.

Physics of High-Tc Superconductors. By J. C. Phillips. 1989, $49.95, pp. x + 393. Academic Press, ISBN 0 12 553990 8. Scope: Textbook. Level: Postgraduates.

Computer Simulation Studies in Condensed Matter Physics: Recent Developments. Edited by D. P. Landau, K. K. Mon, and H.-B. Schüttler. 1988, DM 98.00, pp. ix + 233. Springer-Verlag, ISBN 3 540 50449 4. Scope: Moderately specialised. Level: Advanced undergraduate/graduates.

Wave Propagation in Solids and Fluids. By J. L. Davis. 1988, DM 148, pp. x + 386. Springer-Verlag, ISBN 3 540 96739 7. Scope: Text. Level: Advanced Undergraduates.

Symmetry in Molecules and Crystals. By M. F. C. Ladd. 1989, £32.50 pp. 274. Ellis Horwood (John Wiley &; Sons), ISBN 0 85312 255 5. Scope: Textbook. Level: Advanced Undergraduate.

Narrow-Band Phenomena—Influence of Electrons with both Band and Localized Character. Edited by J. C. Fuggle, G. A. Sawatzky and J. W. Allen. 1988, $59.50, pp. ix + 228. Plenum, ISBN 0 306 43012 6. Scope: Conference Proceedings. Level: Postgraduate.

An Introduction to Solid State Diffusion. By Richard J. Borg and G. J. Dienes. 1988, £49.50, pp. xvi + 360. Academic Press, ISBN 0 12 118425 0. Scope: Text. Level: Postgraduate.

Short-Wavelength Lasers and their Applications. Edited by C. Yamanaka. 1988, DM 104.00, pp. xiv + 410. Springer-Verlag, ISBN 3 540 50311 0. Scope: Conference proceedings. Level: Postgraduate.

Introduction to Nonlinear Laser Spectroscopy, revised edition. By Marc D. Levenson and Satoru S. Kano. 1988, $39.50, pp. xvi + 299. Academic Press, ISBN 0 12 444722 8. Scope: Textbook. Level: Postgraduate.

Optical Bistability, Instability and Optical Computing. Edited by H-Y. Zhang and K. K. Lee 1988, $65.00, pp. xiii + 366. World Scientific, ISBN 9971 50 547 9. Scope: Conference proceedings. Level: Specialist.

Technologies of Light. Lasers, Fibres, Optical Information Processing. Edited by E. U. Kotte, K. Derge, R. R. Landeryou, R. Poprawe, T. Tschudi and W. Wobbe. 1989, DM 98, pp. ix + 144. Springer-Verlag, ISBN 3 540 50458 3. Scope: Multiauthor Survey. Level: Library.

Microelectronic Materials. By C. R. M. Grovenor. 1989, £60.00 (hbk), £19.50 (pbk), pp. x + 544, Adam Hilger, ISBN 0 85274 269 X (hbk), 0 85274 270 3 (pbk). Scope: Textbook. Level: Advanced Undergraduate.

Single-mode Fibers: Fundamentals. By E.-G. Neumann. 1988, DM 158.00 pp. xiv + 530. Springer-Verlag, ISBN 3 540 18745 6. Scope: Textbook. Level: Postgraduate.

Infinite-Dimensional Dynamical Systems in Mechanics and Physics. By Roger Temam. 1988, DM 124.00, pp. xvi + 500. Springer-Verlag, ISBN 3 540 96638 2. Scope: Text. Level: Postgraduate.

The Rise of the Wave Theory of Light. By Jed Z. Buchwald. 1989, pp. xxiv + 474, £59.95 (hbk), £19.95 (pbk), University of Chicago Press, ISBN 0 226 07886 8. Scope: Text. Level: General reader.

Lectures on Fourier Series. By L. Solymar. 1988, £8.95 (pbk), pp. x + 120. Oxford University Press, ISBN 0 19 856199 7. Scope: Textbook. Level: Undergraduates in engineering.

Models in Statistical Physics and Quantum Field Theory. By Harald Grosse. 1988, pp. x + 151, DM 45.00, (pbk). Springer Verlag. ISBN 3 540 19383 9. Scope: Textbool. Level: Postgraduate.

Global Bifurcations and Chaos: Analytical Methods. By S. Wiggins. 1988, DM 98.00, pp. xiv + 494, Springer-Verlag, ISBN 3 540 96775 3. Scope: Textbook. Level: Postgraduate.

The Art of Measurement: Metrology in Fundamental and Applied Physics. Edited by Bernhard Kramer. 1988, DM 110.00, pp. xiv + 335. VCH Verlagagesellschaft, ISBN 3 527 26862 6. Scope: Conference proceedings. Level: Postgraduate.

Inventing Reality. Physics as Language. By Bruce Gregory. 1988, £12.50, pp. ix + 230. John Wiley &; Sons, ISBN 0 471 61388 6. Scope: Text. Level: General Reader.

The Beauty of Light. By Ben Bova. 1988, £16.50, pp. xvi + 350. John Wiley &; Sons, ISBN 0 471 62580 9. Scope: Text. Level: General reader.

Mathematics and the Unexpected. By Ivar Ekeland. 1988, £15.95, pp. xiii + 146. University of Chicago Press, ISBN 0–226–19989–4. Scope: Popularization. Level: All levels.

Introductory Mathematics Through Science Applications. By J. Berry, A. Norcliffe and S. Humble. 1989, £45.00 (hbk), £15.00 (pbk), pp. xii + 547, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0 521 28446 5. Scope: Textbook. Level: A-level, 1st year University.     

Artificial Human Sensors: Science and Applications,by Peter Wide

Atomic and Ionic Spectra and Elementary Processes in Plasma Edited by I. I. Sobelman 1992, US$86.00 (hbk), pp. xi + 171. Nova, ISBN 1 56072 071 9. Scope: multi-author review. Level: specialist.

Benard Cells and Taylor Vortices By E. L. Koschmieder 1993, £35.00, US$64.95 (hbk), pp. x + 337. Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0 521 40204 2. Scope: monograph. Level: specialist.

Black Holes By J.-P. Luminet 1992, £30.00 (hbk), £10.95 (pbk), pp. xviii + 312. Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0 521 404906 3. Scope: popular review. Level: non-specialist.

The Enigmatic Electron By M. H. MacGregor 1992, £51.00, US$96.00, Dfl 145.00 (hbk), pp. xv + 207. Kluwer, ISBN 0 7923 1982 6. Scope: monograph. Level: postgraduate and specialist.

Fatigue of Materials By S. Suresh 1992, £24.95, US$39.95 (pbk), pp. xvii + 617. Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0 521 43763 6. Scope: textbook. Level: advanced undergraduate and postgraduate.

Fractals and Chaos in Geology and Geophysics By D. L. Turcotte 1993, £17.95, US$27.95 (pbk), pp. x + 221. Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0 521 44767 4. Scope: text. Level: advanced undergraduate and postgraduate.

Hydrogenated Amorphous Silicon Alloy Deposition Processes By W. Luft and Y. S. Tsup 1993, US$125.00 (hbk), pp. xiv + 327. Marcel Dekker, ISBN 0 8247 9146 0. Scope: monograph. Level: specialist.

Inhomogeneous Waves in Solids and Fluids By G. Caviglia and A. Morro 1992, £20.00 (hbk), pp. xii + 301. World Scientific, ISBN 981 02 0804 9. Scope: text. Level: postgraduate.

Introduction to Cosmology By J. V. Narlikar 1993, £50.00, US$79.95 (hbk), £17.95, US$29.95 (pbk), pp. xvi + 415. Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0 521 42352 X. Scope: textbook. Level: postgraduate.

An Introduction to Mathematical Cosmology By J. N. Islam 1992, 32.50 (hbk), £12.95 (pbk), pp. xii + 190, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0 521 37760 9. Scope: textbook. Level: advanced undergraduate and postgraduate.

The Kondo Problem to Heavy Fermions By A. C. Hewson 1993, 50.00 (hbk), pp. ix + 436. Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0 521 36382 9. Scope: monograph. Level: postgraduate and specialist.

Liquid Crystals, Applications and Uses , Vol. 3 Edited by B. Bahadur 1992, £52.00 (hbk), pp. xix + 401. World Scientific, ISBN 981 02 000 403 5. Scope: multiauthor review. Level: postgraduate.

Low-Dimensional Organic Conductors By A. Graja 1992, £23.00 (pbk), pp. ix + 306. World Scientific, ISBN 981 02 0478 7. Scope: monograph. Level: postgraduate.

Mathematical Games and How to Play Them By S. Vajda 1992, £17.95 (pbk), pp. x + 128. Ellis Horwood, ISBN 0 13 009275 4. Scope: text. Level: undergraduate.

Newton Versus Relativity By J. M. Rocard 1992, US$15.00 (pbk), pp. xi + 107. Vantage, ISBN 0 533 09637 5. Scope: text. Level: postgraduate.

Physics, Imagination and Reality By P. R. Wallace 1991, £43.00 (hbk), £24.00 (pbk), pp. xxii + 567, World Scientific, ISBN 9971 50 929 6. Scope: text. Level: undergraduate and general reader.

Preons, Models of Leptons, Quarks and Gauge Bosons as Composite Objects By I. A. D'Souza and C. S. Kalman 1992, £20.00 (hbk), pp xii + 108. World Scientific, ISBN 981 02 1019 1. Scope: text. Level: postgraduate.

Quantum Hall Effect By M. Stone 1992, £27.00 (pbk), pp. viii + 371. World Scientific, ISBN 981 02 0884 7. Scope: collected reprints. Level: postgraduate and specialist.

Quantum Noise By C. W. Gardiner 1991, DM99.00 (hbk), pp. xviii + 364. Springer-Verlag, ISBN 3 540 53608 6. Scope: monograph. Level: postgraduate and specialist.

Rare Earth Doped Fiber Lasers and Amplifiers Edited by M. J. F. Digonnet 1993, US$165.00 (hbk), pp. xv + 659. Marcel Dekker, ISBN 0 8247 8785 4. Scope: multiauthor review. Level: postgraduate and specialist.

Recent Progress in Many-Body Theories , Vol. 3 Edited by T. L. Ainsworth, C. E. Campbell, B. E. Clements and E. Krotschek 1992, US$125.00 (hbk), pp ix + 510. Plenum, ISBN 0 306 44246 9. Scope: proceedings. Level: specialist and postgraduate.

Relativity in Our Time, From Physics to Human Relations By M. Sachs 1993, £35.00 (hbk), £10.95 (pbk), pp. xii + 162. Taylor &; Francis, ISBN 0 7484 0118 0. Scope: text. Level: undergraduate and general reader.

Science in Action , Key Stage 3, Book 2 By K. Foulds, R. Gott, T. Pryke and P. Borrows 1993, £5.75 (pbk), pp. 154. Thomas Nelson, ISBN 0 17 438530 7. Scope: textbook. Level: school students.

A Scientist's Guide to Workstations and Supercomputers By R. H. Landau and P. J. Fink 1993, £34.95 (pbk), pp. xxi + 390. Wiley, ISBN 0 471 53271 1. Scope: text. Level: professional scientist.

Self-Trapped Excitons By K. S. Song and R. T. Williams 1991, DM168.00 (hbk), pp. xii + 404. Springer-Verlag, ISBN 3 540 55906 X. Scope: monograph. Level: specialist.

Supernovae and Stellar Wind in the Interstellar Medium By T. A. Lozinskaya 1992, £83.00, US$120.00 (hbk), pp. xi + 467. AIP, ISBN 0 88318 659 4. Scope: monograph. Level: specialist.

The Theory of Quark and Gluon Interactions By F. J. Yndurain 1993, DM128.00 (hbk), pp. xv + 319. Springer-Verlag, ISBN 3 540 55803 9. Scope: text. Level: postgraduate and specialist.     

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Directions in Chaos. Volume 1. Edited by Hao Bai-Lin 1987, £57.85, pp. xi + 353. World Scientific, ISBN 9971 50 359 X. Scope: Multiauthor review. Level: Postgraduate.

Quasars, Redshifts and Controversies. By Halton Arp. 1987, £12.50, pp. 198. Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0 521 36314 4. Scope: Text.

Superconductors: Conquering Technology's New Frontier. By Randy Simon and Andrew Smith. 1988, £23,95, pp. xiii + 326. Plenum, ISBN 0 306 42959 4. Scope: Text. Level: General reader/Undergraduate.

Disorder and Order in the Solid State. Concepts and Devices. Edited by Roger W. Pryor, Brian B. Schwartz and Stanford R. Ovshinsky. 1988, $62.50, pp. x + 261. ISBN 0 306 42926 8. Scope: Multiauthor survey. Level: Postgraduate.

Point Defects in Materials. By F. Agullo-Lopez, C. R. S. Catlow and P. D. Townsend 1988, £39.50, pp. xvii + 445. Academic Press, ISBN 0 12 044512 7. Scope: Textbook.

Modern Crystallography IV. Physical Properties of Crystals. Edited by L. A. Shuvalov. 1988, DM 198.00, pp. xviii + 583. Springer-Verlag, ISBN 3 540 11517 X. Scope: Multiauthor survey. Level: Specialist.

Zero-Phonon Lines and Spectral Hole Burning in Spectroscopy and Photochemistry. Edited by Olev Sild and Kristjan Haller. 1988, DM 72.00, pp. viii + 183. Springer-Verlag, ISBN 3 530 19214 x. Scope: Multiauthor review. Level: Postgraduate.

Electronic Structure and Optical Properties of Semiconductors. By M. L. Cohen, J. R. Chelikowsky. 1988, DM 98.00, pp. xii + 264. Springer-Verlag, ISBN 3 540 18818 5. Scope: Textbook. Level: Postgraduate.

Mathematica. A System for Doing Mathematics by Computer. By Stephen Wolfram. 1988, £19.95, pp. xviii + 749. Addison-Wesley, ISBN 0 201 19330 5. Scope: Software Manual. Level: Undergraduate/Postgraduate.

Classical Equilibrium Statistical Mechanics. By Colin J. Thompson. 1988, £20.00, pp. ix + 213. Oxford University Press, ISBN 0 19 851984 2. Scope: Textbook. Level: Undergraduate/ Postgraduate.

Boundary Value Problems in Linear Viscoelasticity. By J. M. Golden and G. A. C. Graham. 1988, DM 120.00, pp. xiv + 266. Springer-Verlag, ISBN 3 540 18615 8. Scope: Textbook. Level: Postgraduate.

Atomic and Molecular Beam Methods: Volume 1. Edited by Giacinto Scoles, Davide Bassi, Udo Buck and Derek. Lain/sc> 1988, £75.00, pp. xxiii + 721, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0 19 504280 8. Scope: Multiauthor review. Level: Postgraduate.

Multiphoton Processes. Edited by S. J. Smith and P. L. Knight. 1988, £30.00, pp. x + 365. Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0 521 35393 9. Scope: Conference Proceedings. Level: Postgraduate.

Atomic Physics of Lasers. By Derek Eastham. 1988, £16.00, pp. ix + 230. Taylor &; Francis, ISBN 0 85066 782 8. Scope: Textbook. Level: Undergraduate.

Structure, Context, Complexity, Organization: Physical Aspects of Information and Value. By Karl-Erik Eriksson, Kristian Lindgren and Bengt Å. Månsson 1987, $39.00, pp. ix + 246. World Scientific, ISBN 9971 50 023 X. Scope: Textbook. Level: Postgraduate.

Science, Order and Creativity. By David Bohm and F. David Peat 1988, £5.95, pp. 280. Routledge, ISBN 0 415 03079 X. Scope: Text. Level: General reader.     

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Atmospheric Convection . By K. A. Emanuel. 1994, £47.50 (hbk), pp. x+580. Oxford, ISBN 0 19 506630 8. Scope: text. Level: postgraduate.

Automotive Sensors . By M. H. Westbrook and J. D. Turner. 1994, £75.00, US$149.00 (hbk), pp. xviii + 253. IOP, ISBN 0 7903 0293 3. Scope: monograph. Level: specialist.

Computation in Modem Physics . By W. R. Gibbs. 1994, £38.00 (hbk), pp. xvii + 348. World Scientific, ISBN 981 02 2044 8. Scope: text. Level: undergraduate and postgraduate.

Electron Correlations in Molecules and Solids , 2nd Edn. By P. Fulde. 1993, DM78.00 (pbk), pp. xiv + 422. Springer-Verlag, ISBN 3 540 56376 8. Scope: monograph. Level: postgraduate and specialist.

Field Theory, A Path Integral Approach . By A. Das. 1994, £48.00 (hbk), pp. xv + 399. World Scientific, ISBN 981 02 1396 4. Scope: lecture notes. Level: postgraduate.

Infrared Technology Fundamentals , 2nd Edn, revised and expanded. By M. Schlessinger. 1994, US$125.00 (hbk), pp. xii + 462. Dekker, ISBN 0 8247 9259 9. Scope: monograph. Level: postgraduate and specialist.

Oceanography and Acoustics . Edited by A. R. Robinson and D. Lee. 1994, US$65.00 (hbk), pp. xvii + 257. AIP, ISBN 1 56396 203 9. Scope: multi-author review. Level: postgraduate and specialist.

Optoelectronic Integration: Physics, Technology and Applications . Edited by O. Wada. 1994, Dfl. 275.00, US$130.00, £96.25 (hbk), pp. x + 458. Kluwer, ISBN 0 7923 9453 4. Scope: multi-author review. Level: postgraduate and specialist.

Photonic Devices and Systems . Edited by R. C. Hunsperger. 1994, US$135.00 (hbk), pp. xi + 426. Dekker, ISBN 0 8247 9243 2. Scope: multi-author review. Level: postgraduate and specialist.

Physics and Our View of the World . Edited by J. Hilgevoord. 1994, US$22.95 (pbk), pp. 304. Cambridge, ISBN 0 521 47680 1. Scope: multi-author review. Level: scientists and philosophers of science.

Polymer Physics . By U.W. Gedde. 1995, £49.00 (hbk), £24.99 (pbk), pp. x + 298. Chapman &; Hall, ISBN 0 412 62640. Scope: textbook. Level: undergraduate and postgraduate.

Quantization of Gauge Systems . By M. Henneaux and C. Teitelboim. 1994, US$29.95, £25.00 (pbk) pp. xxii + 520. Princeton, ISBN 0 691 03769 8. Scope: textbook. Level: postgraduate and specialist.

Semiconductor Raman Lasers . By K. Suto and J.-I. Nlshlzawa. 1994, £63.00 (hbk), pp. ix + 226. Artech, ISBN 0 89006 667 1. Scope: monograph. Level: specialist.

Shapes and Shells in Nuclear Structure . By S. G. Nilsson and I. Ragnarsson. 1995, £60.00, US$89.95 (hbk), pp. xiv + 408. Cambridge, ISBN 0 521 37377 8. Scope: textbook. Level: postgraduate.

Supersymmetric Gauge Field Theory and String Theory . By D. Bailin and A. Love. 1994, £80.00, US$160.00 (hbk), £27.50, US$49.00 (pbk), pp. xii + 332. IOP, ISBN 0 7503 0268 2. Scope: textbook. Level: postgraduate.

Short notices Advanced Series in Neuroscience , Vol. 3. Biology and Computation, A Physicist's Choice. Reprint volume. Edited by H. Gutfreund and G. Toulouse. 1994, £94.00 (hbk) pp. xv + 852. World Scientific, ISBN 981 02 1405 7. Scope: reprints. Level: postgraduate and specialist.

Electronic Structure of Refractory Carbides and Nitrides . Edited by V. A. Gubanov, A.L. Ivanovsky and V. P. Zhukov. 1994, $79.95 (hbk) pp. xiv + 256. Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0 521 41885 2. Scope: monograph. Level: postgraduate and specialist.

Fritz London: A Scientific Biography . By K. Gavroglu. 1995, £50.00 (hbk), pp. xxiv + 299. Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0 521 43273 1. Scope: biography. Level: general reader.

Gallium Arsenide and Related Compounds 1993 . Edited by H. S. Rupprecht and G. Weinmann. 1994, £115.00, US$230.00 (hbk), pp. xxiv + 842. IOP, ISBN 0 7503 0295 X. Scope: conference proceedings. Level: postgraduate and specialist.

Matvei Petrovich Bronstein and Soviet Physics in the Thirties . By G. E. Gorelik and V. Y. Frenkel. 1994, £65.00, DM 168.00. sFr. 148.00 (hbk), pp. 208. Birkhauser, ISBN 3 7643 2752 9. Scope: biography. Level: non-specialist.

Physical Chemistry . 5th edn. By P. W. Atkins. 1994, £24.00 (pbk), pp. xix + 1145. Oxford, ISBN 0 19 855730 2. Scope textbook. Level: undergraduate.

Polyominoes. Puzzles, Patterns, Problems, and Packings . Revised and expanded 2nd edn. By S.W. Golomb. 1994, US$24.95, £19.95 (hbk) pp. xii + 181. Princeton University Press, ISBN 0 691 08573 0. Scope: text. Level: non-specialist.

Supercollider 5 . Edited by P. Hale. 1994, US$195.00 (hbk), pp. xxviii + 970. Plenum, ISBN 0 306 44705 3. Scope: conference proceedings. Level: postgraduate and specialist.

World Scientific Series in 20th Century Physics , Vol. 5. Selected Papers of Abdus Salam (With Commentary). Edited by A. Ali, C. Isham, T. Kibble and Riazuddin. 1994, £64.00 (hbk) pp. xiv + 679. World Scientific, ISBN 981 02 1662 9. Scope: reprinted papers. Level: specialist.     

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Biophysical Labeling Methods in Molecular Biology By G. I. Likhtenshtein 1993, US$54.95 (hbk), pp. xiv + 305. Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0 521 43132 8. Scope: monograph. Level: postgraduate and specialist.

Chaos in Dynamical Systems By E. Ott 1993, £45.00, US$69.95 (hbk), £16.95, US$29.95 (pbk), pp. xii + 385. Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0 521 43799 7. Scope: textbook. Level: postgraduate.

A Course on Many-Body Theory Applied to Solid-State Physics, Lecture Notes in Physics, Vol. 11 BY C. P. Enz 1992, £27.00 (pbk), pp. ix + 427. World Scientific, ISBN 9971 50 337 9. Scope: textbook. Level: postgraduate.

Experimental Low-Temperature Physics By A. Kent 1993, £18.99 (pbk), pp. x + 212. Macmillan, ISBN 0333 51951 5. Scope: textbook. Level: advanced undergraduate and postgraduate.

Deep Centers in Semiconductors, 2nd Edn Edited by S. T. Pantelides 1992, £45.00, US$75.00 (hbk), pp. xv + 928. Gordon & Breach, ISBN 2 88124 562 5. Scope: multiauthor review. Level: postgraduate.

Fiber Optics: Research and Development Edited by Ye. M. Dianov 1992, US$98.00 (hbk), pp. ix + 278. Nova, ISBN 1 56072 070 0. Scope: multiauthor review. Level: specialist

An Introduction to Wavelets By C. K. Chui 1992, £34.00 (hbk), pp. x + 266. Academic, ISBN 012 174584 8. Scope: monograph. Level: postgraduate/specialist.

Wavelets: A Tutorial in Theory and Applications Edited by C. K. Chui 1992, £48.00 (hbk), pp. x + 723. Academic, ISBN 012 174590 2. Scope: multiauthor review. Level: specialist.

Niels Bohr's Times By A. Pais 1991, £25.00 (hbk), pp. 565. Oxford University Press, ISBN 0 19 852049 2. Scope: biography. Level: library/general.

Nonlinear Electromechanical Couplings By G. A. Maugin, J. Pouget, R. Drouot and B. Collet 1992, £70.00 (hbk), pp. xi + 394. Wiley, ISBN 0 471 93575 1. Scope: monograph. Level: postgraduate and specialist.

An Open Systems Approach to Quantum Optics By H. Carmichaei. 1993, DM58.00 (hbk), pp. x + 179. Springer-Verlag, ISBN 3 540 56634 1. Scope: monograph. Level: postgraduate.

Optical Signal Processing, Computing, and Neural Networks By F. T. S. Yu and S. Jutamulia 1992, £54.00 (hbk), pp. xii + 419. Wiley, ISBN 0 471 53654 7. Scope: textbook. Level: advanced undergraduate and postgraduate.

Path Integrals and Coherent States of SU(2) and SU(1,1) By A. Inomata, H. Kuratsuji and C. C. Gerry 1992, £39.00 (hbk), pp. ix + 318. World Scientific, ISBN 981 02 0656 9. Scope: textbook. Level: postgraduate.

Polarized Light. Fundamentals and Applications By E. Collett 1993, US$175.00 (hbk), pp. xvii + 581. Marcel Dekker, ISBN 0 8247 8729 3. Scope: text. Level: postgraduate.

Quantum Control and Measurement Edited by H. Ezawa and Y. Murayama 1993, US$137.25, Dfl240.00 (hbk), pp. xv + 326. North-Holland, ISBN 0 444 89561 2. Scope: conference proceedings. Level: postgraduate.

Simple Models of Complex Nuclei By I. Talmi 1993, £68.00, US$120.00 (hbk), £30.00, US$52.00 (pbk), pp. xx + 1074. Harwood, ISBN 3 7186 0551 1. Scope: monograph. Level: postgraduate.

Theory and Experiment in Gravitational Physics By C. M. Will 1993, £19.95, US$37.95 (pbk), pp. xv + 379. Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0 521 43973 6. Scope: monograph. Level: postgraduate.

Theory of Quanta By I. Bialynicki-Birula, M. Cieplak and J. Kaminski 1993, £40.00 (hbk), pp. xi + 494. Oxford University Press, ISBN 0 19 507157 3. Scope: textbook. Level: advanced undergraduates.

Topics in Advanced Quantum Mechanics By B. R. Holstein 1992, £37.95 (hbk), pp. xii + 436. Addison-Wesley, ISBN 0 201 50820 6. Scope: textbook. Level: postgraduate.

Short notices: Alexander A. Friedmann: The Man who Made the Universe Expand By E. A. Tropp, V. Ya, Frenkel, and A. D. Chernin 1993, £30.00, US$49.95 (hbk), pp. x + 267. Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0 521 38470 2. Scope: biography. Level: library/general reader.

A Different Sort of Time By J. S. Goldstein 1992, £31.50 (hbk), pp. xviii + 373. MIT, ISBN 0 262 07138 X. Scope: biography. Level: general reader.

Isolated Pulsars Edited by K. A. van Riper, R. Epstein and C. Ho 1993, US$59.95 (hbk), pp. xiv + 438. Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0 521 43429 7. Scope: workshop proceedings. Level: postgraduate and specialist.

Limits of Predictability By Yu. A. Kravtsov 1993, DM120.00 (hbk), pp. xii + 252. Springer-Verlag, ISBN 3 540 56277 X. Scope: multiauthor survey. Level: postgraduate.

Practical Spreadsheet Statistics and Curve Fitting for Scientists and Engineers By L. M. Mezei 1990, £41.95 (hbk), pp. xvi + 311. Simon & Schuster, ISBN 0 13 519877 1. Scope: practical manual. Level: practising scientist.     

Quantum Reflections,edited by J. Ellis and D. Amati

Relativistic Theories of Materials. By A. Bressan. (Springer-Verlag, 1978.) [Pp. xiv + 290.] DM 98; $49·00. Level: Research/postgraduate.

Quantum Physics. By R. D. Winter. (Wadsworth, Belmont, California, 1979.) [Pp. xi + 403.] Scope: Teaching text, Level: Undergraduate.

The Structure of Planets. By G. H. A. Cole. (London: Wykeham Publications, 1978.) [Pp. vii + 232.] Cloth. ISBN 0-85109-610-7 £7·25. Paper. ISBN 0-85109-600-X, £3·75. Scope: introduction planetary studies. Level: sixth form: undergraduate.

For Ilya Prigogine. Edited by S. A. Rice. (John Wiley, 1978.) [Pp. 472.] £25·75. Scope: Festschrift. Level: Research workers.

Defects and Radiation Effects in Semiconductors, 1978 (Nice Conference). By J. H. Albany. (The Institute of Physics, 1979.) [Pp. xii + 583.] £32·00. Level: Postgraduate/Research Scientist.

Physics of the Environment. By H. Inhaber. (Ann Arbor Science Publishers Inc., 1978.) [Pp. xii + 225.] £10·50. Scope: Introductory survey. Level: Undergraduate.

Active Galactic Nuclei. Edited by C. Hazard and S. Mitton. (Cambridge University Press, 1979.) [Pp. viii + 317.] £15·00. Level: Research.

Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics. By P. T. Landsberg. (Oxford University Press, 1979.) [Pp. xii + 461.] £9·75. Scope: Textbook/treatise. Level: Postgraduate.

The Structure of Matter. By R. M. Turnbull. (Blackie, 1979.) [Pp. xii + 266.] £7·95. Scope: Atomic, nuclear and particle physics. Level: Undergraduate.

Advances in Nuclear Physics Volume 2. Edited by J. W. Negele and E. Vogt. (Plenum Press, 1979.) [Pp. xiv + 420.] £37·50. Scope: Nuclear structure. Level: Postgraduate.

Atomic and Molecular Collisions. By Sir Harrie Massey. (Taylor &; Francis Ltd, 1979.) [Pp. xviii + 320.] £12·00. Level: Undergraduate.

Trends in Physics, 1978. Papers presented at the Fourth General Conference of the European Physical Society. Edited by M. M. Wolfson. (Adam Hilger, 1979.) [Pp. xi + 589.] £30·00.

Atomic Spectra and Radiative Transitions. By I.I. Sobelman. (Springer-Verlag, 1979.) [Pp. xii + 306.] DM 59; $32·50. Scope: Theoretical monograph. Level: Postgraduate.

Adhesion of Solids. By B. V. Deryagin, N. A. Krotova and V. P. Smilga. Translated by R. K. Johnston. (Consultants Bureau, 1978.) [Pp. xvi + 457.] £31·18.

Hadron Structure and Lepton-Hadron Interactions (Proceedings of the Carègè Summer School, 1977). Edited by M. Levy, J.-L. Basdevant, D. Speiser, J. Weyers, R. Gastmans and J. Zinnjustin. (Plenum Press, 1979.) [Pp. viii + 736.] £40·95.

Analytical Laser Spectroscopy. Edited by N. Omenetto. (Wiley-Interscience, 1979.) [Pp. xi + 550.] £24·50. Scope: Research monograph. Level: Research and applications.

Disorder in Crystals. By N. G. Parsonage and J. A. K. Staveley. (Clarendon Press, Oxford University Press. 1979.) [Pp. xxviii + 926.] £28·00. Scope: Monograph. Level: Postgraduate/research.

Progress in Optics. Volume XVI. Edited by E. Wolf. (North-Holland, 1978.) [Pp. xvi + 464.] $78·00; Dfl 160·00.

Holographic Interferometry. By C. M. Vest. (John Wiley, 1979.) [Pp. xiii + 465.] £19·50; $36·50.

Elements of Nuclear Physics. By W. E. Burcham. (Longmans, 1979.) [Pp. xii + 409.] £7·95.

Non-metallic Materials and Composites at Low Temperatures. Edited by A. F. Clark, R. P. Reed and G. Hartwig. (Plenum Press, 1979.) [Pp. xvi + 440.] £24·88.

Science with Pocket Calculators. By D. R. Green and J. Lewis. (Wykeham Publications, 1978.) [Pp. viii + 300.] £4·00 paperback

Mesons in Nuclei. Edited by Manque Rho and Denys Wilkinson. In 3 volumes. (north-Holland, 1979.) [Pp. 1155.] £95·00.

Surface Crystallography by LEED. By M. A. Van Hove and S. Y. Tong. (Springer-Verlag, 1979.) [Pp. ix + 286.] DM 59, $32·50.     

50 years at the forefront of Physics

Mathemtical Techniques and Physical Applications. By J. Killingbeck and G. H. A. Cole. (Amdemic Press, 1971.) [Pp. xiv + 715.] £7£00. Scope: Textbook; reference. Level: Postgraduate; undergraduate.

Group Theory in Solid-state Physics. By H. W Streitwolf (Macdonald, 1971.) [Pp. 248.] £5·00. Scope: Textbook. Level: Postgraduate.

Statistical Physics. By Ya. P. Terletskii. (North-Holland, 1971.) [Pp xv+279.] $6·30. Scope: Textbook. Level: Postgraduate; undergraduate.

Ubsersichtsbeiträge zur Gasdynamik. Edited by E. Leiter and J. Zierep. (Springer-Verlag, 1971.) [Pp. 386.1 $40·70. Scope: Treatise. Level: Specialist/postgraduate.

Classical Theory of Particles and Melds. Vol. I and Vol. II. By K. H. Ruei. (University Press, Taiwan, Republic of China, 1971.) [Pp.: Vol. I, xxiii + 359; Vol. II, xxvi + 424.] Scope: Textbook. Level: Postgraduate; undergraduate.

Topics in Mathematical Physics. Vol. II: Spectral Theory and Wave Processes. By M. Sh. Birman. (Consultants Bureau, 1971.) [Pp. v + 121.] $14·00. Scope: Treatise. Level: For specialists only.

An Introduction to the Theory of Electromagnetic Waves. By A. C. Hewson. (Longman, 1971.) [Pp. viii+ 115.] £ 1·60. Scope: Textbook. Level: Undergraduate.

Modern Physics and Quantum Mechanics. By Elmer E. Anderson. (W. B. Saunders Co. Ltd., 1971.) [Pp. xi+430.] £6·20. Scope: Textbook. Level: Undergraduate.

Polarized Light and Optical Measurement. By Clarke and Grainqer. (Pergamon Press, 1971.) [Pp. viii+ 187.] £3·50 ($9·50.). Scope: Treatise. Level: Specialist/postgraduate.

Phenomena in Ionized Gases 1971. Edited by R. N. Franklin. (Donald Parsons, 1971.) [Pp. xl+450.] £12·00.

Technology Today. Edited by Edward de Bono. (Routledge &; Kegan Paul Press, 1971.) [Pp. xii+ 144.] Cloth edition £1·75; Paperback 50p. Scope: Survey. Level: General reader.

Diffusion Data. No. 1. Edited by DR. F. H. Wohlbier. (Trans Tech Publications, 1971.) [Pp. 289.] Scope: Library (reference). Level: Specialist/postgraduate.     

Aperiodic Structures in Condensed Matter,by E.M. Barber

Theory of Slow Atomic Collisions. By E. E. Nikitin and S. Ya. Umanskii. (Springer-Verlag, 1984.) [Pp. xi +432.] DM140.

Quarks, Leptons and Beyond: NATO ASI Series B, Physics Vol. 122. Edited by H. Fritzsh, R. D. Peccei, H. Saller and F. Wagner. (Plenum Press, 1985.) [Pp.viii + 555.] $8950. Scope: Conference Proceedings. Level: Specialist.

Liquids and Solids. By M. T. Sprackling. (Routledge &; Kegan Paul plc, 1985.) [Pp.ix + 237.] £5.50. Scope: Textbook. Level: First or second year undergraduate.

Spectral Line Shapes, Vol. 3, Edited by F. Rostas. (Walter de Gruyter &; Co., 1985.) [Pp. xx + 769.] DM340,—. Scope: Conference Proceedings. Level: Specialist.

Photophysics and Photochemistry above 6eV: Proceedings of the 38th International Meeting of the Societe de Chimie physique, Bombannes, 17–21 September 1984. Edited by F. Lahmani. (Elsevier Science Publishers, 1985.) [Pp. xxii + 672.] $139.00; Dfl. 375.00. Scope: Conference Proceedings. Level: Postgraduate and Research.

Condensed Matter Research using Neutrons Today and Tomorrow. Edited by S. W. Lovesey and R. Schern. (Plenum Publishing Corporation, 1984.) [Pp.viii + 329.] $45.00. Scope: Conference Proceedings. Level: Specialist.

Dynamical Systems and Cellular Automata. Edited by J. Demongeot, E. Goles and M. Tchuente. (Academic Press Inc., 1985.) [Pp.xv + 399.] $3950; £31. 00. Scope: Libraries and specialists. Level: Introductory to advanced.

Statistical Mechanics. By S. K. Ma. (World Scientific, 1985.) [Pp. xxv + 548.] Scope: Textbook/ monograph. Level: Postgraduate.

Physical Properties of Crystals: Their Representation by Tensors and Matrices. By J. F. Nye. (Oxford University Press, 1985.) [Pp. xvii + 329.] £15.00. Scope: Textbook. Level: Undergraduate.

Potential Energy Surfaces: Molecular Structure and Reaction Dynamics. By D. M. Hirst. (Taylor &; Francis Ltd., 1985.) [Pp.x + 234] £19–00. Scope: Textbook. Level: Undergraduate, postgraduate.

Defects and Defect Processes in Non-Metallic Solids. By W. Hayes and A. M. Stoneham. (John Wiley and Sons, 1985.) [Pp.vii+472.] £54.30. Scope: Research. Level: Postgraudate.

Wave Phenomena: Mechanics of Continua and Wave Dynamics. By L. Brekhovskikh and V. Goncharov. (Springer-Verlag, 1985.) [Pp. xii + 342.] DM 139,-. Scope: Textbook. Level: Advanced undergraduate, postgraduate.

Chemistry Stencil 3D. By F. Vogtle and W. Bunzel. (Verlag Chemie, 1985.) [Pp. 25.] DM 59.-; $29.50. Scope: Teaching Aid. Level: School/undergraduate.

Clustering Aspects of Nuclear Structure. Edited by J. S. Lilley and M. A. Nagarajan. (D. Reidel Publishing Company, 1985.) [Pp. x + 420.] £44.50; $54.00. Scope: Conference Proceedings. Level: Specialist.

Photodissociation and Photoionization. By K. P. Lawley. (John Wiley &; Sons Ltd., 1985.) [Pp. ix+474.] £47.50. Scope: Multi-author survey. Level: Postgraduate.

Diffractive Processes in Nuclear Physics. By W. E. Frahn. (Oxford University Press, 1985.) [Pp.xix+179.] £22.50. Textbook. Level: Specialist.

Color Measurement Theme and Variations: Second Edition. By D. L. MacAdam. (Springer-Verlag, 1985.) [Pp.xiii + 228.] DM94. Scope: Textbook. Level: Postgraduate.

Topics in Current Physics: Thin Film and Depth Profile Analysis Vol. 37. Edited by H. Oechsner. (Springer-Verlag, 1984.) [Pp. xi + 205.] DM72. Scope: Techniques for research and process control scientists. Level: Graduate.

Handbook on the Physics and Chemistry of Rare Earths, Volume 7. Edited by K. A. Gschneidner and L. Eyring (North-Holland, 1984.) [Pp. x + 579.] US$128.75; Dfl.335.00. Scope: Reference. Level: Research.

Treatise on Heavy-Ion Science Volume 6; Astrophysics, Chemistry, and Condensed Matter. Edited by D. A. Bromley (Plenum Publishing Corporation, 1985.) [Pp. xxii + 429.] $69.50. Scope: Review. Level: Specialist.

Treatise on Heavy-Ion Science: Volume 7; Instrumentation and Techniques. Edited by D. A. Bromley (Plenum Publishing Corporation, 1985.) [Pp. xxi + 471.] $7950. Review. Level: Specialist.

Weak Interactions and Modern Particle Theory. By H. Georgi (The Benjamin Cummings Publishing Company Inc., 1984.) [Pp. x + 165.] £29.95. Scope: Textbook. Level: Graduate students and all post-doctoral workers in particle physics.

Muon Spin Rotation Spectroscopy: Principles and Applications in Solid State Physics. By A. Schenck. (Adam Hilger, 1985.) [Pp. viii + 325.] £39.00. Scope: Textbook. Level: Specialist postgraduate.

Advances in Optical and Electron Microscopy. Edited by R. Barer and V. E. Cosslett. (Academic Press Inc., 1985.) [Pp. xiii + 370.] £45.00. Scope: Multi author Survey. Level: Specialist.

Coulomb Liquids. By N. H. March and M. P. TOSI. (Academic Press Inc., 1984.) [Pp.ix + 351.] $65; £39.50. Scope: Textbook. Level: Specialist/postgraduate.

Changing Order: Replication and Induction in Scientific Practice. By H. M. Collins. (Sage Publications, 1985.) [Pp. viii +187.] £20 (cloth); £9.95 (paper). Scope: Textbook. Level: General reader/undergraduate.

Percolation, Localization, and Superconductivity. Edited by A. M. Goldman and S. A. Wolf. (Plenum Publishing Corporation, 1984.) [Pp.xii+464.] $79.50. Scope: Conference Proceedings. Level: Specialist.

Energy Transfer Processes in Condensed Matter; NATO ASI Series B Physics Vol. 114. Edited by Baldassare Di Bartolo. (Plenum, 1984.) [Pp. xxvii + 696.] US $105.00. Scope: Conference Proceedings. Level Specialist.

Semiconductors and Semimetals Volume 2: Lightwave Communications Technology. Edited by W. T. Tsang. (Academic Press Inc., 1985.) [Pp. xix + 416.] $69.00; £69.00. Scope: Treatise. Level: Post-graduate.

Frontiers in Fluid Mechanics. Edited by S. H. Davis and J. L. Lumley (Springer-Verlag, 1985.) [Pp. 289.] DM 90, -; Scope: Multiauthor survey. Level: Postgraduate research.

Spherical Harmonics and Tensors for Classical Field Theory. By M. N. Jones. (Research Studies Press/John Wiley &; Sons Ltd., 1985.) [Pp. xiii + 230.] £28.90. Scope: Textbook. Level: Specialist/postgraduate.

Introductory College Physics. By J. F. Mulligan. (McGraw-Hill Book Company (UK) Ltd., 1985.) [Pp. xxvii+ 1000.] £42.50 Scope: Textbook Level: A level, undergraduate.

Physics. By Richard T. Weidner with Michael E. Browne. (Allyn and Hacon Inc., Prentice-Hall International, 1985.) [Pp. xv + 973.] £12.95 Scope: Textbook. Level: A leveli under graduate textbook

Integrated Optics: Theory and Technology (Springer Series in Optical Sciences Vol. 33). By R. G. Hunsperger. (Springer-Verlag, 1984.) [Pp. xvi + 321.] DM75,-; $28.00. Scope: Textbook. Level Postgraduate.

Optics and Lasers: Including Fibers and Integrated Optics. By M. Young. (Springer-Verlag, 1984.) [Pp. xviii + 269.] DM64,-. Scope: Textbook. Level: Undergraduate.

Nucleosynthesis. Edited by W. David Arnett and James W. Truran. (The University of Chicago Press, 1985.) [Pp. viii + 308.] £30.50. Scope: Conference Proceedings (Review Articles). Level: Research.

A Practical Introduction to Electronic Circuits. By Martin Hartley Jones. (Cambridge University Press, 1985.) [Pp. xvi + 278.] £8.95. Scope: Textbook. Level: Undergraduate.

A First Course in General Relativity. By B. F. Schutz. (Cambridge University Press, 1985.) [Pp.xiv + 376.] £9.95. Scope: Textbook. Level Undergraduate.

Frontiers in Nuclear Dynamics. Edited by R. A. Broglia and C. H. Dasso. (Plenum Press, 1985.) [Pp. xiii 402.] $69–50. Scope: Conference Proceedings. Level Specialist.

Solar Radiophysics; Studies of Emission from the Sun at Metre Wavelengths. Edited by D. J. McLean and N. R Labrum. (Cambridge University Press, 1985.) [Pp.xi + 516.] £35.00; US $59.50. Level: Specialist.

Nonequilibrium Phonon Dynamics. (NATO AS1 Series Vol. 124) Edited by Walter E. Bron. (Plenum, 1985.)[Pp.x + 679.] US$9750. Scope: Conference Proceedings. Level: Specialist postgraduate.

Picosecond Optoelectronic Devices. Edited by C. H. Lee. (Academic Press Inc., 1984.) [Pp. xi + 406.] £42.00 $60.00. Scope: Multi author Survey. Level: Specialist postgraduate.

Instrument Science and Technology, Volume 3. Edited by B. E. Jones. (Adam Hilger Ltd., 1985.) [Pp. x + 183.] £11.95. Scope: Multiauthor Survey. Level: Specialist.

Classical Mechanics. By T. W. B. Kibble. (Longman Group, 1985.) [Pp. xvii + 310.] £9.50. Scope: Textbook. Level: Undergraduate.

A Glossary of Computing Terms: An Introduction (Fourth edition). Edited by The British Computer Society Schools Committee Glossary Working Party. (Cambridge University Press, 1984.) [Pp. xii + 59.] £1.75 Scope: Library. Level: General Reader.

Space, Time and Causality: An Essay in Natural Philosophy. By J. R. Lucas. (Oxford University Press, 1985.) [Pp. viii + 206.] £19.50 Scope: Textbook. Level: Undergraduate.

Short notices: Fundamentals of Laser Interactions. Edited by F. Ehlotzky. (Springer-Verlag, 1985.) [Pp. ix + 314.] DM45,-. Scope: Conference Proceedings. Level: Specialist postgraduate.     

Laser Spectroscopy 1: Basic Principles & Laser Spectroscopy 2: Experimental Techniques (5th edition)

Electron and Ion Spectroscopy of Solids. Edited by L. Fiermans, J. Vennik and W. Dekeyser. (Plenum Publishing Corp., 1978.) [Pp. xi + 475.] $57·00.

Ellipsometry and Polarized Light. By R. M. A. Azzam and M. M. Bashara. (North-Holland, 1977.) [Pp. ix + 529.]

Physical Fluid Dynamics. By D. J. Tritton. (Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1977.) [Pp. xv + 362.] £5·50. Scope: Treatise/textbook. Level: Undergraduate/post graduate.

Laser Induced Fusion and X-ray Laser Studies. Edited by S. F. Jacobs, M. O. Scully, M. Sargent III and C. D. Cantrell III. (Addison-Wesley, 1976.) [Pp. xi + 667.] $27·50. Scope: Conference Proceedings; library (reference). Level: For specialists only, specialist/post-graduate.

Laser Photochemistry, Tunable Lasers and other Topics. Edited by S. F. Jacobs, M. Sargent III, M. O. Scully and C. T. Walker. (Addison-Wesley, 1976.) [Pp. xi + 470.] $23·50. Scope: Conference Proceedings, treatise/textbook, survey, library (reference). Level: Specialist/post-graduate.

Physical Properties of Materials. By M. C. Lovell, A. J. Avery, M. W. Vernon. (Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1976.) [Pp. xii + 304.] £12·00 hardback, £5·00 paperback. Scope: Textbook, library. Level: Undergraduate, general reader.

Focus on the Stars. Edited by H. Messel and S. T. Butler. (Heinemann, 1976/1977.) [Pp. 287.] £4·80. Scope: Comprehensive. Level: School and undergraduate, also general reader.

High Power Lasers and Laser Plasmas. Edited by N. G. Basov. (Plenum Press, Consultants Bureau, 1978.) [Pp. viii + 241.] $47·40. Scope: Laser Physics. Level: Research.

Laser Beam Propagation in the Atmosphere. By J. W. Strohbehn. (Springer-Verlag, 1978.) [Pp. xii + 325.] $46·00; DM 92. Scope: Specialist. Level: Research monograph.

Picosecond Phenomena. Edited by C. V. Shank, E. P. Ippen and S. L. Shapiro. (Springer-Verlag, 1978.) [Pp. xii + 359.] $32·00; DM 64. Scope: Research monograph. Level: Postgraduate.

Particles and Fields. Edited by D. H. Boal and A. N. Kamal. (Plenum Press, 1978.) [Pp. viii + 462.] $51·00. Scope: Theoretical Elementary Particle Physics. Level: Research.

Atomic Energy Levels and Grotrian Diagrams (Volume II). By S. Bashkin and J. O. Stoner, Jr. (North-Holland, 1978.) [Pp. 600.] $80·00; Dfl 180·00.

Coherence and Quantum Optics IV. Edited by Leonard Mastdel and Emil Wolf. (Plenum Press, 1978.) [Pp. xvi + 1011, Author and Subject Indexes, 13 pages.] £40·95. Proceedings of the Fourth Rochester Conference on Coherence and Quantum Optics, June 8-10, 1977. Level: High-level scholarship and research.

Molecular Structure and Dynamics. By W. H. Flygare. (Prentice-Hall, 1978.) [Pp. xviii + 696.] £18·25.

Current Topics in Materials Science (Volume 1). Edited by E. Kaldis. (North-Holland, 1978.) [Pp. xvi + 754.] Dfl 260.00, $115·50. Level: Research workers, University/Industry.

Electronic Properties of Two-dimensional Systems. Edited by G. Dorda and P. J. Stiles. (North-Holland, 1978.) [Pp. xi + 578.] $100·00; Dfl 225·00, Scope: Very comprehensive (Conference Proceedings). Level: Research workers.

Fluid Mechanics. By Ruth M. Rogers. (Routledge &; Kegan Paul, 1978.) [Pp. x + 322.] £9·75. Level: Undergraduate.

Optical Information Processing, Volume 2. Edited by E. S. Barrekete, G. W. Stroke, Y. E. Nesterikhin and W. E. Kock. (Plenum Publishing Corp., 1978.) [Pp. xi + 452.] $45·00. Scope: Seminar Proceedings. Level: Research.

Detection of Optical and Infrared Radiation. By R. H. Kingston. (Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1978.) [Pp. viii + 140.] DM 43; $21·50. Scope: Monograph. Level: 2nd/3rd Year Undergraduate and Postgraduate.

Optical Shop Testing. Edited by Daniel Malacara. (John Wiley-Interscience, 1978.) [Pp. xix + 523.] £21·15; $38·00. Scope: Practical Manual. Level: Research.

A Practical Introduction to Electronic Circuits. Edited by M. Hartley Jones. (Cambridge University Press, 1978.) [Pp. xii + 237.] £9·50.

Vectors in Three-dimensional Space. By J. S. R. Chisholm. (Cambridge University Press, 1978.) [Pp. xii + 291.] Hardback £15·00; Soft cover £4·95.

Magnetic Field Generation in Electrically Conducting Fluids. By H. K. Moffatt. (Cambridge University Press, 1978.) [Pp. x + 343.] £15·50. Level: Specialist/postgraduate. Scope: Monograph.

Photoelectron Statistics. By B. Salbh. (Springer-Verlag, 1978.) [Pp. xiii + 441.] DM 68; $31·30. Level: Postgraduate and research.

Thermoelectricity in Metallic Conductors. Edited by F. J. Blatt and P. A. Schboeder. (Plenum Press, 1978.) [Pp. x + 421.] £26·77. Scope: Conference Meeting. Level: Specialist/Postgraduate.

The Force of Knowledge. The Scientific Dimension of Society. By J. M. Ziman. (Cambridge University Press, 1976-7.) [ix + 437 pp.] £4·75.     

Relativity,Gravitation and Cosmology,by Robert J.A. Lambourne

Physique des Particules. Edited by C. de Witt and C. Itzykson. (Gordon and Breech, 1973.) [Pp. xvi+537.] £13.55. Scope: Summer school lectures. Level: Specialist/post-graduate.

Colour Centres and Imperfections in Insulators and Semiconductors. By P. D. Townsend and J. C. Kelly. (Sussex University Press, 1973.) [Pp. vii + 229.] Hard £5.00; paper £3.00. Scope: Textbook. Level: Specialist/post-graduate; undergraduate (fina1 year).

The Physics of Elementary Particles. By L. J. Tassie. (Longmans, 1973.) [Pp. xi+255.] £2.95. Scope: Textbook. Level: Undergraduate.

Particles and Nuclei. Vol. 1, Part 1. By N. N. Bogolyubov. (Plenum Press, 1972.) [Pp. 189.] $46. Scope: Library. Level: For specialists only.

Particles and Nuclei. Vol. 2. By N. N. Bogulyubov. (Plenum Press, 1972.) [Pp. 309.] $92.00. Scope: Library. Level: For specialists only.

The Large Scale Structure of Space-Time. By S. W. Hawking and G. F. R. ELLIS. (Cambridge University Press 1973). [Pp. xi+391.] £10.00. Scope: Treatise/Textbook. Level: Specialist/post-graduate.

General Physics Workbook. (Physics Problems and how to solve them.) By Foster Strong. (W. H. Freeman and Son, San Franciso, Oct, 1972.) [pp. 502.] £2.50. Scope: Textbook. Level: Undergraduate; School.

Planck's Original Papera in Quantum Physics. Edited by Hans Kangro. (Taylor and Francis, 1972.) [Pp. viii+ 60.] 75p. Scope: Textbook. Level: Undergraduate.

Quantum Physics and Ordinary Language. By T. Bergstein. (Macmillan, 1972.) [Pp. xii+ 81.] £3.00. Scope: Treatise. Level: General reader.

The Use of the Scanning Electron Microscope. By J. W. S. Hearle, J. T. Sparrow and P. M. Cross. (Pergamon, 1972.) [Pp. xi+278.] £8.80. Scope: Survey. Level: Specialist/post-graduate.

Defects in Crystalline Solids. By B. Henderson. (Arnold, 1972.) [Pp. ix+203.] Cloth £6.00; Paper £3.00. Scope: Textbook. Level: Undergraduate.

An Introduction to Lattice Dynamics. By A. K. Ghatak and L. S. Khothari. (Addison-Wesley, 1972.) [Pp. vi+234.] $11.50. Scope: Textbook. Level: Post-graduate.

Case Studies in Atomic Collision Physics (2). Editors E. W. McDaniel and M. R. C. McDowell. (North-Holland, 1972.) [Pp. xiv+649.] Hfl 150.00, $47.00. Scope: Treatise/Textbook. Level: Specialist/post-graduate.

Theory of Seismic Head Waves. By V. Cerveny and R. Ravindra. (University of Toronto Press, London; Oxford University Press, 1972.) [Pp. xvi + 312.] £8.75. Scope: Treatise/textbook. Level: Specialist/postgraduate.

An Introduction to the Ionosphere and Magnetosphere. By J. A. Ratcliffe. (Cambridge University Press, 1972.) [Pp. x + 256.] £4.00. Scope: Textbook; library. Level: Postgraduate; undergraduate; school.

Optics. By C. S. Williams and A. Becklund. (John Wiley, 1972.) [Pp. xiv+397.] £7.50. Scope: Textbook; library (reference). Level: For specialists only; specialist.

Principles of Activation Analysis. By Paul Kruger. (John Wiley &; Sons Ltd., 1971.) [Pp. xi+522.] £11.75. Scope: Treatise/Textbook. Level: Undergraduate.

Colloidal and Morphological Behaviour of Block and Graft Polymers. Edited by G. E. Molau. (Plenum Press, 1971.) [Pp. xvi+ 327.] $14.50.

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Magnetic Resonance in Metals. By J. Winter. (Clarendon Press: Oxford University Press; 1971.) [Pp. xiii+205.] £5.50.

Concepts of Atomic Physics. By D. A. Jackson. (McGraw-Hill, 1971.) [Pp. 170.] £2.50. Scope: Textbook. Level: Undergraduate.

An Introduction to the Theory of Atomic Spectra. By I. I. Sobel'Man, translated by T. F. L. LeVierge, and edited by G.K.Woodgate. (Pergamon Press, 1972.) [Pp. xvi+ 609.] £18.00. Scope: Textbook; library (reference). Level: Specialist/postgraduate.

The Jahn-Teller Effect in Molecules and Crystals. By R. Englman. (Wiley-Interscience, 1972.) [Pp. xx+ 350.] £8.00. Scope: Treatise. Level: For specialists only.

Algebraic Methods in Statistical Mechanics and Quantum Field Theory. By G. G. Emch. (Wiley-Interscience, 1972.) [Pp. xiv+ 333.] £7.85. Scope: Textbook. Level: For specialists only.

Statistical Mechanics and Quantum Field Theory. (Les Houches Summer School, 1970). Edited by C. DeWitt and R. Stora. (Gordon &; Breach, 1971.) [Pp. xvi+ 552.] £0.00. Scope: Treatise. Level: Postgraduate.

Group Theory and the Coulomb Problem. By M. J. Englefield. (John Wiley, 1972.) [Pp. viii+ 120.] £4.75. Scope: Textbook. Level: Postgraduate.

Statistical Properties of Nuclei. Edited by J. B. Garg. (Plenum Press, 1972,) [Pp. xxiv+ 665.] $37.00. Scope: Conference Proceedings. Level: For specialists only.

Theoretical Solid State Physics. (Volume 1). By A. Haug. (Pergamon. 1972.) [Pp. xiv+ 497.] £7.00. Scope: Textbook. Level: Postgraduate; undergraduate.

Analytic Properties of Feynmn Diagrams in Quantum Field Theory. By I. T. Todorov. (Pergamon, 1971.) [Pp. xvi+ 152.] £3.75. Scope: Treatise. Level: For specialists only.

Progress in Solid State Chemistry, Vol. 7. Edited by H. Reiss and J. O. McCaldin. (Pergamon Press, 1972.) [Pp. xi+275.] £10.00. Scope: Survey. Level: Specialist/post-graduate.

Introduction to Particle Physics. By R. Omn$eGs. (John Wiley, 1971.) [Pp. xiii+ 414.] £6.00. Scope: Textbook. Level: Postgraduate.

Plasma, the Fourth State of Matter. By D. A. Frank-Kamenetskii. (Plenum Press, 1972.) [Pp. viii+ 159.] $14.00. Scope: Treatise. Level: Undergraduate.

Computer Aided Design. (Institution of Electrical Engineers, 1972.) [Pp. viii+ 431.] £11.90.

Trends in On-line Computer Systems. (Institution of Electrical Engineers, 1972.) [Pp. v+ 217.] £8.00. Scope: Conference proceedings. Level: Specialist/postgraduate.

Introduction to the Principles of Electromagnetism. By W. Hauser. (Addison-Wesley, 1971.) [Pp. xiv+ 623.] £7.00. Scope: Textbook. Level: Postgraduate; undergraduate.

Dynamica, Electricity and Magnetism. By E. W. Laing and W. McFarlane. (Oliver and Boyd, 1972.) [Pp. vii+ 156.] £1.75. Scope: Textbook. Level: Undergraduate.

Nineteenth Century Aether Theories. By K. F. Schaffner. (Pergamon, printed in Hungary, 1972.) [Pp. ix+ 278.] £3.25. Scope: Textbook; survey. Level: General reader; undergraduate.

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Theory of the Unmagnetized Plasma. By D. C. Montgomery. (Gordon and Breach, 1971.) [Pp. 416.] £7.30, Scope: Treatise. Level: Specialist/postgraduate.

Amorphous Materials. Edited by R. W. Douglas and B. Ellis. (Wiley-Interscience, 1972.) [Pp. xviii+ 550.] £9.00. Scope: Conference proceedings; survey; library. Level: For specialists only; specialist/postgraduate.     

Perspectives in Computation,by Robert Geroch

The Conceptual Foundatiom of Quantum Mechanics. By L. Eisenbud. (Van Nostrand, 1971.) [Pp. xii+148.] Scope: Textbook. Level: Undergraduate.

Conceptual Foundatiom of Quantum Mechanics. By B. d'Espagnat. (W. A. Benjamin, 1971.) [Pp. xii+493.] Paper $6.95; cloth $12.50. Scope: Treatise. Level: Specialist/postgraduate.

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Theoretical Mechanics. By E. J. Saletan and A. H. Cromer. (John Wiley, 1971.) [Pp. viii + 376.] £7.00. Scope: Textbook. Level: Postgraduate; undergraduate.

Quantum Mechanics for Hamiltonians Defined as Quadratic Forms. By B. Simon. (Princoeton University Press: London, Oxford University Press, 1972.) [Pp. xv+244.] £3.60. Scope: Treatise. Level; Specialist/postgraduate

An Introduction to Statistical Mechanics. By P. Dennery. (Allen &; Unwin, 1972.) [Pp. x+118.] £3.00. Scope: Textbook. Level: Postgraduate.

Physical Comology. By P. J. E. Peebles. (Princeton University Press: London, Oxford University Press, 1972.) [Pp. xvi+282.] £4.25. Scope: Textbook; survey. Level: Postgraduate; undergraduate.

Theoretical Physics. By M. Mizushima. (John Wiley, 1972.) [Pp. xix+693.] £9.75. Scope: Textbook. Level: Post-graduate/undergraduate

Relativistic Quantum Mechanics. By I. J. R. Aitchison. (Macmillan, 1972.) [Pp. xvi+ 260.] £7.50. Scope: Textbook. Level: Post-graduate.

Irreversibility in the Many-Body Problem. Edited by J. Biel and J. Rae. (Plenum Press, 1972.) [Pp. xiv+470.] $34.00. Scope: Conference Proceedings. Level: Specialist/post-graduate.

Mechanics. By R. J. Finkelstein. (Addison-Wesley, 1973.) [Pp. xvi+394.] Cloth $17.50; Paper $9.50. Scope: Textbook. Level: Post-graduate.

Quantum Statistics in Optics and Solid State Physics. By R. Graham and F. Haake. (Springer-Verlag, 1973.) [Pp. 173.] $28.90. Scope: Treatise. Level: Specialist/post-graduate.

Lecture Notes in Physics. Vol. 21. Edited by P. K. C. Wang. (Springer-Verlag, 1973.) [Pp. 94.] DM 16. Scope: Conference Proceedings. Level: For specialists only; specialist/ post-graduate.

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Particles and Nuclei. Vol. 2 Part 3. Edited bv N. N. Bogolyubov. (Consultants Bureau, New York, 1973.) [Pp. 178.] $46–00. Scope: Library. Level: For specialists only.

The Science and Technology of Superconductivity. Two volumes. Edited by W. D. Gregory, W. N. Mathews, Jr., and E. A. Edelsack. (Plenum Press, 1973.) [Volume 1, pp. xlviii+428; Volume 2, pp. viu+ 388.] $26.00; $26.00.

Perspectives in M$oUssbauer Spectroscopy. Edited by S. G. Cohen and M. Pasternak. (Plenum Press, 1972.) [Pp. viii+259.] £17.50. Scope: Conference proceedings. Level: Specialist/ post-graduate.

Elasticity, Plasticity and Structure of Matter. By R. Houwink and H. K. de Decker. (Cambridge University Press, 1971.) [Pp. xi+470.] £7.60. Scope: Textbook. Level: Undergraduate; general reader.

Nuclear Physics. (Second Edition) By W. E. Burcham. (Longman, 1973.) [Pp. xix+686.] £6·50. Scope: Treatise/textbook. Level: Undergraduate.

Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Numerical Methods in Fluid Mechanice, July 3–7 1972. Edited by H. Cabannes and R. Temam. (Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, 1973.) [Vol. 1, Pp. viif 186.] DM 18, $6.40. [Vol. 2, Pp. vii+275.] DM 26, $9.20. Scope: Conference proceedings; library (reference). Level: Specialist/postgradute.

Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics. Vol. 5. Edited by M. Van Dyke, W. C. Vincenti and J. V. Wiehausen. (Annual Reviews Inc., 1973.) [Pp. vii+443.] Scope: Survey; library; library (reference). Level: Specialist/postgraduate.

Notes on Elementary Particle Physics. By H. Muirhead. (Pergamon Press, 1972.) [Pp. x+282.] £4.95. Scope: Textbook. Level: Postgraduate.

Calculus of One Variable. By K. E. Hirst. (George Allen and Unwin.) [Pp. 86.] Hardback £1.75 Paper £0.80. Scope: Textbook. Level: Undergraduate; School.

Springer Tracts in Modern Physica, VoZ. 60. Editor. G. H$oUhler. (Springer-Verlag, 1971.) [Pp. 233.] DM 78; $23.70 Scope: Survey. Level: For specialists only.

Springer Tracts in Modern Physics, Vol. 61. Editor, G. H$oUhler. (Springer-Verleg, 1972. [Pp. 166.] DM 68; £21.20 Scope: Survey. Level: For specialists only.

Likelihood. A. W. F. Edwards. (Cambridge University Press, 1972.) [Pp. xv+235.] £3.80. Scope: Treatise. Level: General reader.

Dyadic Green's Functions in Electromagnetic Theory. By Chen-To Tai. (Intext Scanton, 1972.) [Pp. xvii+246.] £7.25. Scope: Treatise. Level: For specialists only.

Lectures in Mathematical Physics (Volume 11). By R. Hermann. (W. A. Benjamin, 1972.) [Pp. xviii+749.] Cloth $12.50; paper $6.93. Scope: Treatise. Level: For specialists only.

Spectra of Partial Differential Operators. By M. Schechter. (North Holland, 1971.) [Pp. xiii+ 288.] $17.00. Scope: Treatise. Level: Specialist/postgraduate.

Introduction to Fortran Programming. By H. M. Liddell and A. J. Powell. (Harrap, 1971.) [Pp. vii+ 154.] £2.00. Scope: Textbook. Level: Undergraduate; school.

Applied Functions of a Complex Variable. By A. Kyrala. (John Wiley, 1972.) [Pp. xvii+374.] £7.90. Scope: Textbook. Level: Post-graduate; undergraduate.

Magic Without Magic (Essays in honour of J. A. Wheeler). Edited by J. R. Klauder. (W. H. Freeman, 1973.) [Pp. xii+491.] £9.30. Scope: Survey; library. Level: Specialist/postgraduate.

The Properties of Liquid Metals (Proceedings of the Second International Conference at Tokyo, September 1972). Edited by S. Takeuchi. (Taylor &; Francis, 1973.) [Pp. xxiv+640.] £12.00. Scope: Conference proceedings. Level: For specialists only.

The Physical Properties of Glass. D. G. Holloway. (Wykeham Publications, 1973.) [Pp. xii+ 220.] £2.60. Level: Undergraduate; school.

La Physique des Phnona de tr$eGs Haute Fr$eAquence. Edited by A. Zylbersztein. (CNRS, Paris, 1972.) [Pp. 122.] Scope: Conference proceedings. Level: For specialists only.

Atomic Physics 3: Proceedings of the Third International Conference at Boulder, Colorado, 1972. (Plenum Press, 1973.) [Pp. xii+676.] $34.00. Scope: Conference proceedings; library (reference). Level: Specialist/post-graduate.

Technical Dictionary of Vacuum Physics and Vacuum Technology. Edited by K. Hurrle, F. M. Jablonski, H. Roth. (Pergamon, 1972.) [Pp. 202.] £5.00. Scope: Library (reference). Level: Specialist /postgraduate.

The Physics of Phonons. By J. A. Reissland. (John Wiley, 1973.) [xi+319.] £7.00. Scope: Textbook. Level: Post-graduate (theoretician).     

Neutrino,by Frank Close

The Structure of Low-medium Mass Nuclei. Edited by J. P. Davidson and B. D. Kern. (University Press of Kentucky, 1973.) [Pp. viii+ 302.] $12.50. Scope: Conference Proceedings/Library (reference). Level: For specialists only; specialist/postgraduate.

Computational Physics. By D. Potter. (John Wiley, 1973). [Pp. xi+304.] £6.95. Scope: Treatise/textbook. Level: Postgraduate.

Cooperative Phenomena. Edited by M. Haken and M. Wagner. (Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg and New York, 1973.) [Pp. xii+ 458.] $59.40. Scope: Treatise. Level: Specialist.

Polymers. Chemistry and Physics of Modern Materials. By J. M. G. Cowie. (Intertext, 1973.) [Pp. 298.] Scope: Textbook/treatise. Level: Undergraduate.

Space Dynamics. Vol. 1. By J. M. J. Kooy. (Stam Technical Publications, Cologne, 1972.) [Pp. xx + 473.] £12.00. Scope: Treatise/textbook. Level: Undergraduate.

Flectron Spin Resonance of Paramagnetic Crystals. By L. A. Sorin and M. V. Vlasova (translated by P. Cluck). (Plenum Press, 1973.) [Pp. xii+ 254.] $26.00. Scope: Treatise/Textbook. Level: For specialists only.

Nuclear Physics. By R. Bowler. (Pergamon, 1973.) [Pp. xi+ 420.] £6.00. Scope: Treatise/Textbook. Level :Undergraduate/post-graduate.

Electronic Transitions and the High Pressure Chemzstry and Physics of solids. By H. G. Drickamer and C. W. Frank. (Chapman and Hall, 1972.) [Pp. x + 220.] £5.00. Scope: Treatise Textbook. Level: Specialist/post-graduate.

Towards Quantum Mechanics. By J. Cunningham. (Transworld Publishers, 1973.) [Pp. 92] 75p. Scope: Textbook. Level: Undergraduate.

An Introduction to the Quantum Chemistry of Solids. By C. M. Quinn. (Clarendon Press; Oxford University Press, 1973.) [Pp. viii + 308.] £7.00. Scope: Textbook. Level: Postgraduate/undergraduate.

Magnetically Ordered Crystals Containing Impurities. By Yu. A. Izyumov and M. V. Medvedev. (Consultants Bureau, 1973.) [Pp. x+ 168.] $34.00. Scope: Monograph. Level: Specialist/post-graduate.

Tensors and Group Theory for the Physical Properties of Crystals. By W. A. Wooster. (Clarendon Press: Oxford University Press, 1973.) [Pp. x + 344.] $7.00. Scope: Textbook. Level: Post-graduate/undergraduate.

Magnetic Interactions in Solids. By H. J. Zeiger and G. W. Pratt. (Clarendon Press: Oxford University Press, 1973.) [Pp. xv+ 660.] £19.50. Scope: Treatise/textbook. Level: Postgraduate.

Electrical Breakdown in Gases. Edited by J. A. Rees. (Macmillan, 1973.) [Pp. ix+ 294.] £7.95. Level: Specialist/postgraduate.

Introduction to Experimental Nuclear Physics. By R. M. Singru. (Wiley-Eastern, New Delhi, 1972). [Pp. x+ 195.] Scope: Textbook. Level: Postgraduate; undergraduate.

Luminescence of Crystale, Molecules and Solublea. Edited by F. Williams. (Plenum Press, 1973.) [Pp. xix+ 723.] $37.00. Scope: Conference Proceedings; Library. Level: For specialists only; Specialist/postgraduate.

Turbulence in the Free Atmosphere. By N. K. Vinnichenko, N. Z. Pinus, S. M. Shmeter and G. N. Shur. (Consultants Bureau, 1973.) [Pp. x+ 168.] $34.00. Scope: Survey. Level: Specialist/postgraduate.

Weather Forecasting as a Problem in Physics. By A. S. Monin, translated by P. Superak. (M.I.T. Press, 1972.) [Pp. x+ 199.] £5.65. Scope: Survey. Level: Specialist/post-graduate; undergraduate.

Interactions between Electromagnetic Fields and Matter. By K. H. Steiner. (Pergamon Press, 1973.) [Pp. xvi+ 351.] £12.50. Scope: Treatise; Library (reference). Level: For specialists only.

New Developments in Semiconductors. Edited by P. R. Wallace, R. Harris and M. J. Zuckerman. (Noordhoff International, Leyden, 1973.) [Pp. viii+ 584.] D fl. 115.40. Scope: Survey. Level: Specialist/postgraduate.

Electromagnetic Fields, Energy and Waves. By L. M. Magid. (John Wiley, 1972.) [Pp. xxiv+ 781.] £5.80.

$EAlectricit$eA Magn$eAtisme Cours. By P. Baruch, M. Hulin and J. F. P$eAtroff. (Hermann, 1972.) [Pp. 318.] 49F.

The Theory of Electrical Conduction and Breakdown in Solid Dielectrics. By J. J. O'Dwyer. (Clarendon Press: Oxford University Press, 1973.) [Pp. ix+ 317.] £10.00. Scope: Treatise/Textbook. Level: specialist/post-graduate.

Le Froid. By Fernand Laurent. (Presses Universitaires de France, 1972.) [Pp. 124. Scope: Survey. Level: Undergraduate.

Paradoxes of Physics. By P. Chambadal translated by M. F. Ingham. (Transworld Publications, 1972.) [Pp. 186.] 85p. Scope: Treatise/textbook. Level: Undergraduate.

Revolutions an Physics. By B. M. Casper and R. J. Noel. (W. W. Norton, 1972.) [Pp. x+ 479]. $8.95. Scope: Textbook. Level: Undergraduate.

The Field Concept in Contemporary Science. By M. Sachs. (C. C. Thomas, 1973.) [Pp. xi+ 129.] $9.75. Scope: Survey. Level: Undergraduate.

Methods of Mathematical Physics. (3rd Edition.) By H. Jeffreys and B. Jeffreys. (Cambridge University Press, 1972.) [Pp. v+ 718.] £3.80. Scope: Textbook. Level: Postgraduate.

M$oUssbauer Effect Data Index. Edited by J. G. Stevens and V. E. Stevens. (Plenum Press, 1972.) [Pp. x+ 430.] $37.50. Scope: Survey; library (reference). Level: For specialists only.

The Boltzmann Equation, Theory and Applications. Edited by E. G. D. Cohen and W. Thirring. (Springer-Verlag, 1973.) [Pp. 642.] $54.80. Scope: Conference Proceedings. Level: Specialist/postgraduate.

Introduction to Diffraction, Information Processing and Holography. By F. T. S. Yu. (M.I.T. Press, 1973.) [Pp. xii+ 366.] £6.75. Scope: Textbook. Level: Specialist/postgraduate; undergraduate.

Magnetic Properties of Rare Earth Metals. Edited by R. J. Elliott. (Plenum Press, 1973.) [Pp. vii+ 425.] $32.00. Scope: Treatise; survey. Level: Specialist/post-graduate.

Proceedings of the International Conference on Nuclear Moments and Nuclear Structure, Osaka, September, 1972. Edited by H. Horle and K. Sugimoto. (Physical Society of Japan, 1973.) [Pp. x+ 637.] 9000 yen-£6.00. Scope: Conference Proceedings. Level: Specialist/postgraduate.

Thermodynamics of Solids. Second Edition. By R. A. Swalin. (John Wiley, 1973.) [Pp. xii + 387.] £8.70. Scope: Treatise/textbook. Level: Postgraduate; undergraduate.

Entropy. By J. Zernike. (Kluwer-Deventer, The Netherlands, 1972.) [Pp. 150.] Hf 34.75. Scope: Treatise/textbook. Level: Specialist/postgraduate; undergraduate.

The Foundations of Modern Science. By J. B. Marion. (John Wiley, 1973.) [Pp. vii+ 333.] £5.50.

The Logical Basis of Quantum Mechanics. By E. Scheibe. (Pergamon, 1973.) [Pp. viii+ 204.] £6·00. Scope: Treatise; survey; library; library (reference). Level: Specialist/post-graduate.

Guide to Electronic Measurements and Laboratory Practice. S. Wolf. (Prentice-Hall, 1973.) [Pp. xii+ 494.] Price not stated. Scope: Survey.

The Work of the Rutherford Laboratory, 1972. Edited by J. R. Smith and F. M. Telling. (SRC, 1973.) [Pp. 215.] £1.50. Scope: Library (reference). Level: Specialist/post-graduate.

Daresbury Nuclear Physics Laboratory Annual Report, 1972. (SCR, 1973.) [Pp. iv+ 141.] Scope: Library (reference). Level: Specialist/post-graduate.

Elementary Electromagnetic Theory. By B. H. Chirgwin, C. Plumpton and C. W. Kilmister. (Pergamon, 1973.) [Pp. viii+ 160.] £3.00; (flexi, £1.85.) Scope: Textbook. Level: Undergraduate.

Physical Chemistry of Fast Reactions. (Volume 1). Edited by B. P. Levitt. (Plenum Press, 1973.) [Pp. viii+ 332.] $26.00. Scope: Treatise/textbook; Survey. Level: Specialist/postgraduate.     

Nuclear Superfluidity. Pairing in Finite Systems,by D.M. Brink and R.A. Broglia

Introduction to High Energy Physics. By D. H. Perkins. (Addison-Wesley, 1972.) [Pp. xiii + 353.] £4.30. Scope: Textbook. Level: Postgraduate. undergraduate.

Fundamentals of Aeronomy. By R. C. Whitten and I. G. Poppoff. (John Wiley, 1971). [Pp. xiv+446.] £7.00. Scope: Treatise/textbook. Level: Specialist/postgradute; undergraduate (3rd year).

Statistical Physics. By F. Mandl. (John Wiley &; Sons Ltd., 1971.) [Pp. xiii+379.] £2.75 (paper only). Scope: Textbook. Level: Undergraduate.

Basic Theory of Lasers and Masers. By J. Vanier. (Gorden &; Breach, 1971.) [Pp. xii+115.] Cloth £4.75; paper £2.25. Scope: Treatise. Level: For specialists only; specialist/postgraduate.

Concepts of Classical Mechanics. By L. R. B. Elton. (McGraw-Hill, 1971.) [Pp. xvii+177.] £2.60. Scope: Textbook. Level: Undergraduate.

College Physics. By E. Gillam and R. M. King. (Macdonald &; Evans Ltd., 1971.) Volume 1. [Pp. xvii+ 390.] £1.15. Volume 2. [Pp. xvii+404.] £1.25. Scope: Textbook. Level: Undergraduate.

Physical Science for Liberal Arts Students. By Hugo N. Swenson and J. E. Woods. (John Wiley &; Sons Ltd., 1971.) [Pp. viii+361.] £5.00. Scope: Textbook. Level: Undergraduate.

Natural Philosophy Through the Eighteenth Century. Edited by Allan Ferguson. (Taylor and Francis, 1972.) [Pp. vii+164.] £5.00.

Recent Advances in Plasma Diagnostics. Vol 1. Edited by V. T. Tolok. (Consultants Bureau, 1971.) [Vol. 1: vi+130.] $25.20. [Vol. 2: vi+105.] $25.20. [Vol. 3. vi+73.] Level: For specialists only.

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Solid State Electronics. Edited by Edwin R. Jones. (Intertext Group of Publishers, 1971.) [Pp. x+398.] £5.50. Scope: Textbook. Level: Undergraduate.

Electronic Energy Bands in Solids. By L. Pincherle. (Macdonald, 1971.) [Pp. vi+196.] £4.00. Scope: Textbook. Level: postgraduate.

Advances in Nuclear Physics. Edited by Michel Baranger and Erich Vogt. (Plenum Press. 1971.) [Pp. xvi+448.] $2040. Scope: Survey. Level: Specialist/postgraduate.

Photophysics of Arowmtic Molecules. By J. B. Birks. (Wiley-Interscience, London). [Pp. xiii+704.] £10.50. Scope: Treatise. Level: Postgraduate.

Quench Hardening in Metals. By H. Kimura and R. Maddin. (North-Holland Publishing Company., 1971.) [Pp. ix+124.] $10.00. Scope: Treatise. Level: Specialist/postgraduate; undergraduate.

Thermodynamic Diagrams for High Temperature Plasmas of Air, Air-Carbon, Carbo-Hydrogen Mixtures, and Argon. By H. Kroepelin, K-K Neumann, K-U. Hoffmann and R. Kuthe. (Pergamon, 1971.) [Pp. xii+184.] £7.30. Scope: Library. Level: For specialists only.

The Plasma State. By Juda Leon Shohet. (Academic Press, 1971.) [Pp. viii+333.] £6.30. Scope: Treatise/textbook. Level: Specialist/postgraduate.

Kinetic Equations. Edited by R. L. Liboff and N. Rostoker. (Gordon and Breach, 1971.) [Pp. xv+346.] £8.16. Scope: Conference proceedings. Level: Specialist/postgraduate.

Hadronic Interactions of Electrons and Photons. Edited by J. Cummwa and H. Osbobn. Academic Press 1971.) [Pp. xvi+653.] £10.50. Scope: Conference Proceedings. Level: Postgraduate.

Concepts in Hadron Physics. Edited by P. Urbau. (Vienna and New York: Springer-Verlag, 1971.) [Pp. xv+424.] $26.40. Scope: Conference proceedings. Level: Specialist/postgraduate.

Certificate Physics. (SI Edition.) By C. W. Kearsey. (Longman, 1971.) [Pp. 383.] £1.16. Scope: Textbook. Level: School (O Level plus).

Force in Newton's Physics. By R. S. Westfall. (Macdonald, London; American Elsevier, New York, 1971.) [Pp. xii+579.] £10. Scope: Survey. Level: Specialist/post-graduate.

Elementary Quantum Mechanics. ByN. F. Mott. (Wykeham Publications (London) Ltd., 1972.) [Pp. viii+ 122.] Cloth £2.75; Paper £2. Scope: Textbook. Level: Undergraduate.

Electron Optics and Electron Microscopy. By P. W. Hawkes. (Taylor and Francis, London, 1972.) [Pp. xv+244.] £5. Scope: Textbook. Level: Specialist/postgraduate.

Selected Papers by Cecil Frank Powell. Edited by E. H. S. Burhop, W. O. Look and M. G. K. Menon. (North-Holland, 1972.) [Pp. xiii+455.] Dft 80.00, $25.00. Scope: Library. Level: General reader.

Rare Earths and Actinidea. (Conference Digest No. 3.) (The Institute of Physics, 1971.) [Pp. viii+ 252.] Scope: Conference proceedings. Level: Specialist/postgraduate.     

Introduction to Quantum Physics and Relativity,by Jacob Dunningham and Vlatko Vedral

Foundations of Statistical Mechanics. By Oliver Penrose. (Pergamon Press, 1970.) [Pp. ix+260.] £4 5s. 0d. Scope: Textbook. Level: General reader.

Einfuhmng ind die Quantenrnechanik und ihre Anwedungen. By P. Gombas and D. Kisdi. (Springer-Verlag, 1970.) [Pp. 251.] Scope: Textbook. Level: Postgraduate; undergraduate.

Electron Paramagnetic Resonance. By A. Abraqam and B. Bleaney.(Clarendon Press: Oxford University Press, 1970.) [Pp. xiv + 911.] £13.00. Scope: Treatise; survey. Level: Specialiet/postgraduate.

Cape Studies in Atomic Collisiolas. Edited by E. W. McDaniel and M. R. C. McDowell. (North-Holland, 1969.) [Pp. xiv+ 593] £12.60. Scope: Survey. Level: Specialist/postgraduate.

Programmed Study Aid for Introductory Phyaios. Parts I and II. By J. A. Taylor. (Addison-Wesley Publishing Co. Inc., 1970). [Pp. (I), xxii + 181; (II),177.] 35s. each.

Microelectronics. By J. R. A. Beale, E. T. Emms and R. A. Hilborne.(Taylor &; Francis Ltd., 1971.) [Pp. xi+ 310.] £5.50. Scope: Textbook. Level: Postgraduate; undergraduate.

Elementary Staliatiml Mechanice. By G. A. P. Wyllie. (Hutchinson University Library, 1970.) [Pp. 148.] 35s. (limp cover 15s.). Scope: Textbook. Level: Undergraduate.

Superconductivity and Quantum Fluids. By Zyqmunt M. Galasiewicz. (Pergamon Press, 1970.) [Pp. vii+ 237.] £4 0s. 0d.

Cryogenics and Refrigeration. Vol. II. By E. M Codlin. (Macdomld &; Co. (Publishers) Ltd., 1970.) [Pp. xx+ 263.] £7 0s. 0d.

Vacuum Teohmlogy. By L. G. Carpenter. (Adam Hilger, 1970.) [Pp. xi+ 129.] £3 0s. 0d. Scope: Survey. Level: General reader.

Semiconduolor Lcsers. By H. Rieck. (Macdonald &; Co. (Publishers) Ltd., 1970.) [Pp. xv 138.] Hardback p2 10s. 0d.; paperback £1 15s. 0d. Scope: Treatise/textbook. Level: Specialist/postgraduate.

Introduction to Quantum Ebctronics. By H. G. Unqer. (Pergamon Press, 1970.) [Pp. xi+ 184.] £2 10s. 0d. Scope: Treatiseltextbook. Level: Specialist/postgraduate.

The Solid State Mccser. By J. W. Orton, D. H. Paxman and J. C. Walling (Pergamon Press, 1970.) [Pp. ix + 283.] £2 5s. 0d.; flexi-cover £1 15s. 0d. Scope: Treatise/textbook. Level: Specialist/postgraduate.

Spin Temperature and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance in Solids. By Maurice Goldman. (Oxford University Press, 1970.) [Pp. ix+ 246.] £4 5s. 0d. Scope: Treatise. Level: For specialists only.

Quantentheorie. By W. Franz.(Springer-Verlag, 1970.) [Pp. vii+ 305.] Scope: Textbook, Level: Postgraduate; undergraduate.

Paul Ehrenfest. The Making of a Theoretical Physicist. By M. J. Klein. (North-Holland Publishing Co., 1970.) [Pp. xvi+330.] £3 10s. 0d. Scope: Library (reference). Level: General reader.

Clamical Dynamics of Particles and Systems. (2nd Edn.) By Jerry B. Marion. (Academic Press, 1970.) [Pp. xvi+573.] £6 3s. 0d. Scope: Textbook. Level: Postgraduate; under-graduate.

Lecture Notea in Physics. Vol. 4: Deutung dea Begriff8 ‘physikalische Theorie’ und axwmatiache Grunglegung der Hilbertraumtruktur der Quantenmechunik durch Hauptscitze des Mesaens. By G. Ludwig. (Springer-Verlag, 1970.) [Pp. xi+469.] DM. 28; $7.70. Scope: Treatise. Level: Specia1ist/postgraduate.

Electrical Probea for Plusma Diagm8tics. By J. D. Swift and M. J. R. Schwar. (Butterworth &; Co., 1970.) [Pp. 334.] £7 0s. 0d.

The Mathematical Theory of Non-Uniform Gases. By Sydneychapman and T. G. CowLma. (Cambridge University Press, 1970.) [Pp. xxiv + 423.] £6 0s. 0d. Scope: Treatise/textbook. Level: Specialist/postgraduate.

Systkmea à un Nombre Infini de Deqrds de Libertd. (Colloquium, Gif-sur-Yvette, May 1969.) (Editions du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 1970.) [Pp. 200.] 38 F. Scope: Conference proceedings. Level: For specialist only.

Ellipeoidal Figures of Equilibrium. By S. Chandrasekhar. (Yale University Press, 1970.) [Pp. ix+252.] £4 10s. 0d. Scope: Treatiseltextbook. Level: For specialist only.

Modern Physical Theory. By T. D. Sanders. (Addison-Wesley Publishing Co. Inc., 1970. [Pp. xii + 588.] Scope: Treatise/textbook. Level: Undergraduate.

Advamea in Structure Reamrch by Diffraction Methods. Vol. 3. Edited by R. Brill and R. Mason. (Pergamon Press, 1970.) [Pp. 251.] £5 10s. 0d. Scope: Survey. Level: Specialist/postgraduate.

Dielectric Solids. A. A. Zaky and R. Hawley. (Routledge &; Kegan Pad, 1970.) Pp. xi+ 106.] 9s. Scope: Textbook. Level: Postgraduate; undergraduate.

Introdzlction to Kinetic Theory Stochastic Proceaaea in Gmeous System. By Toyoki Koga. (Pergamon Press, 1970.) [Pp. xvi+ 297.] £5. Scope: Treatise. Level: For specialists only; specialist/postgraduate.

Electrodynamioa of Partklea and Pliwrmza. By P. C. Clexmow and J. P. Douoherty. (Addison-Wesley, 1969.) [Pp. 467.] £8 3s. 0d.

Lectures on the Electvim1 Properties of Materiuls. By L. Solymaf and D. Walsh. (Oxford University Press, 1970.) [Pp. xiv+350.] Boards Edition £4, Paper Covers £2. Scope: Textbook. Level: General reader; undergraduate.

Structure and Properties of Inorganic Solids. By Franciss. Galasso.(Pergamon Press, 1970.) Pp. 1+ 297.] £5 0s. 0d. Scope: Library (reference). Level: For specialist only.

Structure et Propriátás des Surfaces des Solides. (Editions du Centre National de h Recherche Scientifique, 1970.) [Pp. 232.] 86F. Scope: Conference proceedings. Level: For speoialists only.

Special Relativity. By A. SHADOWITZ.(W. B. Saunders Company, 1970.) [Pp. xiii+203.] £1 10s. 0d. Scope: Textbook. Level: Undergraduate.

Essential Relatidy Special, General, and Cosmological. By Wolfgang Rindler, (D. Van Nostrand Co. Ltd., 1970.) [Pp. xi+ 322.] £5 7s. 0d. Scope: Textbook. Level: Undergraduate.

Special Theory of Relativity. By C. W. Kilmister. (Pergamon Press, 1970.) [Pp. ix+299.] Hard cover £2 5s. 0d.; Soft back El 158. 0d. Level: Postgraduate; undergraduate.     

Trigger for disaster

Engines, Energy and Entropy: a Thermodynamics Primer. By J. B. Fenn. (W. H. Freeman, 1982.) [Pp. 293.] Board, £13.50; paper £6.95. Scope: Textbook. Level: General reader, Undergraduate, School.

Atomic Many-Body Theory. By I. Lindgren and J. Morrison. (Springer-Verlag, 1982.) [Pp. xiii + 469.] DM 110; $48.90. Scope: Treatise/Textbook, Library. Level: Specialist post-graduate.

Anderson Localization. Proceedings of the Fourth Taniguchi Symposium, Sauda-shi, Japan, November 1981. Edited by Y. Nagaoka and H. Fukuyama (Springer-Verlag, 1982.) [Pp. xii + 225.] DM 75; $33.30. Scope: Conference Proceedings. Survey. Library. Level: Specialist/postgraduate; For specialists only.

Macrophysics and Geometry. By A. H. Klotz. (Cambridge University Press, 1982.) [Pp. xiv + 152.] £20.00. Scope: Treatise; Library. Level: For specialists only; Specialist postgraduate.

Early Emission Line Stars. By C. R. Kitchin. (Adam Hilger, Bristol, 1982.) [Pp. xi + 182.] £16.00. Scope: Textbook. Survey. Level: Specialist post-graduate.

Aerosol Microphysics II. Chemical Physics of Microparticles. Edited by W. H. Marlow. (Springer-Verlag, 1982.) [Pp.xi+189.] DM 65; $28.90. Level: For specialists only.

Optics in Biomedical Sciences. Edited by G. van Baily and P. Greguss. (Springer-Verlag, 1982.) [Pp. x + 274.] DM 84; $37.50. Scope: Conference Proceedings. Level: Specialist postgraduate.

Fundamentals of Light Microscopy. By M. Spencer. (Cambridge University Press, 1982.) [Pp. x + 93.] Hardcover £10.00; paperback £4.50. Scope: Treatise/Textbook. Level: Postgraduate, undergraduate.

Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion Research, 1980, Brussels Conference, July 1980. Edited by J. W. Weil and Miriam Lewis. (IAEA, Vienna, 1981.) Volume I [Pp. 866.] Aust Sch. 1340. Volume II [Pp. 855.] Aust. Sch. 1320.

Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering. Edited by Richard K. Chang and Thomas E. Furtak. (Plenum Press, 1982.) [Pp. vi + 423.] $49.50.

More Random Walks in Science. An Anthology. By R. L. Weber. (The Institute of Physics, 1982.) [Pp. xv + 208.] £9.95. Scope: Library. Level: For specialists mainly.

Problems for Physics Students. By K. F. Riley. (Cambridge University Press, 1982.) [Pp. ix+ 179.] £12.00 hardcover; £5.95 paperback. Level: Undergraduate; school.

Reliability and Risk Analysis. Methods and Nuclear Power Applications. By N. J. McCormick. (Academic Press, 1981.) [Pp. xii+486.] $39.50.

An Introduction to Gauge Theories and the New Physics. By Elliot Leader and Enrico Predazzi. (Cambridge University Press, 1982.) [Pp. ix + 497.] £35.00 hardcover; £15.00 paperback. Scope: Treatise/Textbook. Level: Specialist postgraduate.

An Informal Introduction to Gauge Field Theories. By I. J. R. Aitchison. (Cambridge University Press, 1982.) [Pp. iv+174.] £12.50. Scope: Treatise/Textbook. Level: Specialist postgraduate.

Gauge Theories and Experiments at High Energies. 21st Scottish Universities' Summer School in Physics, 1980. Edited by K. C. Bowler and D. G. Sutherland. (SUSSP, Edinburgh University, 1981.) [Pp. 620.] £20.     

Revolutions that made the Earth

Lectures in Phma Phy&;. By C. MebcieR. (Commission of the European Communities, Luxembourg, 1974.) [Pp. 157.1 B.Fr. 500. Scope: Conference proceedings. Level: For specialists only.

Theory of Non-neutral Peasn. By R. C. Davidson. (Addison-Wesley, 1974.) [pp. xiii+ 199.1 Paper $8.50. Cloth $16.00. Scope: Treatise/Textbook. Level: For specialists only.

An Introductwn to I&;uid Sointillation Counting. By A. Dyer. (Heyden, 1974.) [pp. xiii+111.1 $3.00. Scope: Survey; textbook. Level: Specialist/postgaduate; non specialist user.

Liquid SOintillatiOra Counting. Vol. 3. Editors, M. A. Crook and P. Johnson. (Heyden, 1974. Ipp. viii+ 308.1 $10.00. Scope: Conference proceedings.

Symmetry Principles in Solid State and Molecular Physics. By M. Lax. (Wiley-Interscience, 1974.) [Pp. xi+499.] £10.55 Scope: Textbook. Level: Specialist/postgraduate.

Engineering Science Project of the Schools Council and Loughbourgh College of Technology. Edited by H. Cole, D. T. Kelly and G. W. Palmer. (Macmillan Education, 1974.) Electricity, pp. 71, £1.05; Dynamics, pp. 80, £1.15.

Advancted Phtysics Comprehension. By D. P. Newton. (Macmillan Education, 1975) [Pp. viii + 38.] 40p. Scope: Textbook, Level: School.

Spectrophysics. By A. P. Thorne. (Chapman and Hall, 1974.) [Pp. xiv + 402.] Paper £3.90. Scope: Textbook. Level: Postgraduate, undergraduate.

Global Analysis and its Applications. Lectures presented at an International Course at Trieste, 1972. (IAEA, Vienna, 1974.) [Pp. 232.] £4.60. Scope: Conference proceedings; textbook; survey. Level: Postgraduate; advanced undergraduate.

Conformal Algebra in Space-Time. By S. Ferrara, R. Gatto and A. F. Grillo. (Springer-Verlag, 1973.) [Pp. 69.] $14.10.

The. Past Decade in Particle Teory. Edited by E. C. G. Sudershan and Y. Neeman. (Gordon and Breach, 1973.) [Pp. xi+819.] £14.55.

Wave Mechanics and its Applications. By P. Gombas and D. Kisdi. (Pergamon Press, 1973.) [Pp. xii+238.] £3.50.

Quantum Mechanics in a New Key. By A. Land$eA. (Exposition Press, New York, 1973.) [Pp. x+131.] $6.50.

A Survey of Hidden-Variables Theories. By F. J. Belinfante. (Pergamon, 1973.) [Pp. xix+ 354.] £8.00.

Cominatorics and Renormalization in Quatum Field Theory. By E. R. Caianiello (Addison Wesley, 1974.) [Pp. xv+121.] Paper $9.50; cloth $16.00. Scope: Treatise. Level: Postgraduate.

Interactive Computing with BASIC. By D. M. Munro. (Arnold, 1974.) [Pp. 148.] £2.40. Scope: Textbook. Level: Undergraduate.

Solid State Physics. By H. E. Hall. (John Wiley, 1974.) [Pp. xvii+ 351.] Cloth £7.50, Paper £3.75. Scope: Textbook. Level: Undergraduate.

Metal—Semiconductor Contacts. Conference Series No. 22. (Institute of Physics, 1974.) [Pp. vii+263.] £15.00. Scope: Conference Proceedings. Level: Specialist/post-graduate.

Mechanical Properties at High Rates of Strain. Editor, John Harding. (The Institute of Physics (Conference Reports No. 21), 1974.) [Pp. ix+448.1 £0.00. Scope: Conference Proceedings. Level: Specialist/post-graduate.

Energy, Volume I: Demands, Resources, Impact Techdogy, and Policy. (One of a Three-Volume Set of Lecture Notes). By S. S. Penner and L. Icerman. (Addison-Wesley, 1974). [Pp. xx+ 373.] Cloth (14.50, Paper $8.30. Scope: Textbook. Level: Undergraduate.

Proceedings of the CERN-JINR School of Physics, 1973, Editor O. Koford-Hansen. (CERN, Geneva, 1973.) [Pp. 365.] Scope: Conference Proceedings; treatise/textbook. Level: Specialist/post-graduate.

The Discrete Series of L, over a Finite Field. By G. Lustzig. (Princeton University Press. 1974). [Pp. 99.] Soope: Treatise. Level: For specialists only.

Global Analysis and its Applications, Volumes II and III. International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste. (International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, 1974.) [Pp.Volume II, 361; Volume III, 333.] Vol. II, £6.50; Vol. III, £7.20. Scope: Lectures. Level: Postgraduate.

Homogeneous Relativistic Cosmologies. By M. P. Ryan, Jr. and L. C. Smepmy. (Princeton University Press, 1975.) [Pp. xv+321.] Cloth £7.90. Paper £3.95. Scope: Treatise/ textbook. Level: Postgraduate

Fluid Mechanics. By J. Williams. (George Allen &; Unwin, 1974.) [Pp. 107.] £3.76 cloth. £1.75 paper. Scope: Treatise/textbook. Level: Undergraduate.

Acoustics 1974. Edited by R. W. B. Stephens. (Chapman and Hell, 1975.) [Pp. viii+194.] £5.00. Scope: Conference Proceedings. Level: For specialists, but also of some general interest.

Aoouetics and Viibration Progress, Volume 1. Edited by R. W. B. Stephens and H. Q. Leventhall. (Chapman and Hell. 1974.) [Pp. x+243.] £8.00. Scope: Volume of review articles. Level: For specidista or general reader.

The Aestronomical Telescope. By B. V. Barlow. (Wykeham Publications, 1975.) [Pp. viii+213.] £2.50. Level: General reader; undergraduate, school.

The Royal Greenwich Observatory. By W. H. McCora. (H.M.S.O., 1975). [Pp. 80.] £1.00. Scope: Library. Level: Qeneral reader.

The Intensity Interferometer. By R. Hanbury Bmw. (Taylor and Frsncia, 1974.) [Pp. xvi+ 184.] £6.00. Scope: Treetise/textbook. Level: General reader (scientific historian). Specialst/post-graduate

Astrophysics of Gassous Nebulas. By D. E. Osterbrock. (W.H. Freeman, 1975.) [Pp.xiv+251.] £8.90. Scope: Treatise/textbook. Level: Specialist/post-graduate.

Galactic and Extra Glactic Radio Astronomy. Edited by G. L. Verschuur and K. L. Kellermann, with V. van Brunt. (Springer-Verlag, 1974.) [Pp. x+ 402.] DM 98, $40-10. Scope: Treatise/textbook; survey; library; library (reference). Level: Specialist/post-graduate.

High Energy Astrophysics ad da Relation to Elementary Particle Physics. Edited by K. Brecher and G.Setti. (MIT Press, 1975.) [Pp. 591.] Paper £5.00. Cloth £13.75. Scope: Conference Proceedings; survey. Level: Specialist/post-graduate.

Encyclopedia of Physics, Volume XXV/2b, Springer-Verlag, Berlin-Heidelberg-New York, 1974. Theory of Crystal Space Groups and Infrared and Roman Lattice Processes of Insulating Cystals, by Joseph L. Birman. 538 pp. DM 98; $80.30.

Proceedings of the CERN 1974 School of Computing. Chairman G. R. McLeod. (CERN, Geneva, 1974.) [Pp. vii+438.] Scope: Conference Proceedings. Level: Specialist/post-graduate.

Introducing Root Locus. By P. Dransfield and D. F. Haber. (Cambridge University Press, 1973.) [Pp. 104.] £2.00. Soope: Treatise/textbook. Level: Undergraduate.

Electronic Computers (Revised Edition). By S. L. Hollingdale and G. C. Tootill. (Penguin Books, 1975.) [Pp. 378.] £1.00. Scope: Survey. Level: General reader.

Physics of IV-VI Compounds and Alloys. By Sohrab Rabii (Editor). (Gordon &; Breach, 1975.) [Pp. vi+253.] £10·00. Scope: Conference proceedings. Level: Specialist/postgraduate.

Stellarators. Edited by D. V. Skobeltstn. (Consultants Bureau-Plenum, 1974.) :[Pp. vii+ 132.] $38.50. Scope: Library; library (reference). Level: Specialist/post-graduate.

Physics Problems: Eleectricity, Magnetism and Optcs. By R. L. Gray. (John Wiley, 1974.) [Pp. 158.] $3.95. Seope: Textbook. Level: Undergraduate; school.

Them1 Vibrations in Crystallography. By B. T. M. Willis and A. W. Pryor. (Cambridge University Press, 1975.) [Pp. xvi+280.1 £9.50. Scope: Treatise. Level: Specialist/postgraduate.

Microwaves, Communications and Radar. Edited by L. Solymar. (Chapman and Hall, 1974.) [Pp. vi+ 190.] £260. Level: Specialiit/post-graduate; Engineering undergraduate.

Densities of Liquid Systems, Part a of Vol. 1 of Group IV of the Landolt-B$oUrnstein tables of Numerical Data and Functional Relationships in Science and Technology. By R. Lacmann C. Synowietz and edited by K. Schaffer. (Springer-Verlag, 1974.) [Pp. 716.] DM 490; $200·00 Scope: Library (reference). Level: Specialist/post-graduate.

Atomic Physics. By J. C. Willmott. (John Wiley, 1975.) [Pp. xiv +357.1 £8.50 cloth, £4-25 paper. Scope: Textbook; Library. Level: Undergraduate; General reader.

Special Relativity. By J. G. Taylor. (Clarendon Press: Oxford Univrsity Press, 1975.) [Pp. 106.] £1.95 Level: Undergraduate.

Physics in Two Volumes. (Ronald Press. New York, 1974.) Volume 1. By D. G. Ivey. [Pp. xxi+818.] £13.50. Volume 2. By J. N. P. Hume. [Pp. xviii+500.] $12.50. Scope: Textbook. Level: Undergraduate.

Electron Microprobe Analysis. By S. J. B. Reed. (Cambridge University Prees, 1975.) [Pp. 400+xvi.] £12. Scope: Treatise/Textbook. Level: Specialist/post-graduate.

Phyysics and Chemietry of Fission, 1973. Proceedings of the Third IAEA Symposium held at Rochester, N.Y. (International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, 1974.) [Pp. 578.] Volume I, £11.60, Volume II, £10.70. Scope: Conference Proceedings. Level: For specialists only. Specialist/post-graduate.

An Introduction to the Ionosphere and Magnetosphere. By J. A. Ratcliffe. (Cambridge University Press, 1975.) [Pp. x+256.] £2.20. Scope: Textbook. Level: Post-graduate; Undergraduate.

Optical Resonance and Two Level Atoms. By L. Allen and J. H. Eberly. (Wiley, 1976.) [Pp. 220.] £10-80. Scope: Treatise/Textbook. Level: Specialist/post-graduate.

Plasma Instabilities and Non-linear Effects. By A. Hasegawa. (Springer-Verlag, 1975.) [Pp. xi+217.] DM 73, $31.40. Scope: Treatise/Textbook. Level: Specialistl post-graduate     

A History of the Science and Politics of Climate Change,by B. Bolin

Modern Aether Science. By H. Aspden, (Sabberton Publications, 1971.) [Pp. 165.] £2.50. Scope: Treatise. Level: Specialist.

Symmetry Principles in Particle Physics. By J. McL. Emmerson. (Clarendon Press: Oxford University Press, 1972.) [Pp. xii+184.] £5.50. Scope: Textbook. Level: Specialist/post-graduate.

Lithium Drifted Germanium Detectors. By I. C. Brownridgh. (Plenum Press, 1972.) [Pp. xii + 210.] £23.00. Scope: Survey. Level: Speoialist/postgraduate.

The Physics of Opto-Electronic Materials. Edited by W. A. Albero, (Plenum Press, 1971.) [Pp. xv+ 281.] $18.45. Scope: Conference proceedings. Level: For specialists only; specialist/postgraduate.

Problems of Non-linear Optics. By S. Arkhmanov and R. V. Khoklov, (Gordon &; Breach, 1972.) [Pp. xiii + 294.] £10.20.

Methods in X-ray Crystallography. By J. W. Jeffery, (Academic Press, 1971.) [Pp. xxix + 571.] £11.50. Scope: Treatise/textbook. Level: Specialist/postgradute.

Electron Spectroscopy. Edited by D. A. Shirley, (North-Holland, 1972.) [Pp. xii + 916.] H.fl 90.00; $28.25. Scope: Conference proceedings. Level: Specialist/postgraduate.

Atoms and Information Theory: An Introduction to Statistical Mechanics. By R. Baierlein. (W. H. Freeman &; Co. Ltd., 1971.) [Pp. xi + 486.] £6.60. Scope: Textbook. Level: Postgraduate; undergraduate.

Principles and Applications of Magnetic Cooling. By R. P. Hudson. (North-Holland, 1972.) [Pp. xvii + 230.] Dfl 60.00, x19.00. Scope: Treatise/Textbook; Survey; Library (reference). Level: Specialist/post-graduate.

Electronic Processes in Non-Crystalline Materials. By N. F. Mott end E. A. Davis. (Oxford University Press: Clarendon Press, 1971.) [Pp. xiii × 437.] £7.50. Scope: Treatise textbook; library. Level: For specialists only; general reader; specialist/postgreductte.

Radiation Effects in Semiconductors. Edited by J. W. Corbett and G. D. Watkins. (Gordon &; Breach, 1971.)

Elementary Particles. By I. S. Hughes, (Penguin, 1971.) [Pp. 254.] £2.50. Scope: Textbook. Level: Undergraduate.

Submillimetre Spectroscopy. By G. W. Chantry, (Academic Press, 1971.) [Pp. x + 385.] £6.00. Scope: Treatise/textbook; survey. Level: Specialist/postgraduate.

Sommerfeldsche Polynommethode. By A. Rubinowicz. (Springer-Verlag, 1972.) [Pp. xiv + 278.] DM 56. Scope: Treatise. Level: For specialists only.

Statistical Physics and Thermodynamics. By B. Jancovici. (McGraw-Hill, 1973.) [Pp. xi + 147.] £2.95. Scope: Textbook. Level: Undergraduate.

Quantum Theory of Particles and Fields. (Volume I). By K. H. Ruei, (Taiwan University Press, 1971.) [Pp. xxiii+472.] £0.00. Scope: Textbook. Level: Undergraduate.

A Pedestrian Approach to Quantum Field Theory. By E. G. Harris, (Wiley-Interscience, 1972.) [Pp. xi + 167.] £4.75. Scope: Textbook. Level: Postgraduate; undergraduate.

Many-Electron Theory. By S. Raimes. (North-Holland, 1972.) [Pp. xi + 272.] Scope: Textbook. Level: Post-graduate.

Electroluminescence. Edited by D. V. Skobel'tsyn. (Consultants Bureau, 1972.) [Pp. vi + 137.] $17.00. Scope: Treatise. Level: Specialist/postgraduata; General reader.

Network Theory. Edited by P. Boite, (Gordon &; Breach, 1972.) [Pp.x + 577.] £4.75. Scope: Conference Proceedings. Level: Specialist/postgraduate.

Electron Optics. (2nd Edition) By P. Grivet, (Translated by P. W. Hawkes). (Pergamon, 1972.) [Pp. Ivii + 870.] £12.00. Scope: Treatise; library. Level: Specialist/postgraduate.     

Neutron interferometry: lessons in experimental quantum mechanics,wave-particle duality,and entanglement,Second edition

Production, Pollution, Protection (Wykeham Science Series No. 19). By W. B. Yapp. (Wykeham Publications (London) Ltd., 1972.) [Pp. x + 184.] Cloth £2.75; paper £2.00. Saope: Survey; Level: General reader.

Elementary Radiation Physics. By G. S. Hurst and J. E. Turner. (John Wiley &; Sons Ltd., 1970.) [Pp. xi+ 166.] £3.50. Scope: Textbook. Level: Undergraduate.

Exploring Physics. Book Five. By Tom Duncan. (John Murray, 1970.) [Pp. vi+218.] Cased £1.30; Limp £1.05. Scope: Textbook. Level: School.

Biological Effects of Radiation. By J. E. Coggle. (Wykeham Publications, 1971.) [Pp. vii+ 149.] £2.00. Scope: Undergraduate; library.

Mathematical Methoda for Phyaickta. (2nd Edn.) By George Arfken. (Academic Press, 1970.) [Pp. vii + 81r.] £6 15s. Od. Scope: Treatise/textbook. Level: Postgraduate; undergraduate.

Elementary Differential Equations. By R. L. E. Sohwarzenberger. (Chapman &; Hell, 1970.) [Pp. xii 98.] Scope: Treatise/textbook. Level: Undergraduate.

Tdlegen's Theorem and Electrical Networks. By Paulpeneield, Jr., Robert Spengeand, S. Duinker. (M. I. T. Press, 1970.) [Pp. xv +143.] £3.50 Scope: Treatise/textbook. Level : Specialist/postgraduate; undergraduate.

Lecture Notes in Physics. The Reduction of the Product of Two Irreducible Unitary Representations of the Proper Orthochronous, Quoratum-mechanical Poincare Group. By Manfbzd Schaaf. (Springer-Verlag, 1971.) [Pp. iv + 120.] £5.50. Scope : Treatise/textbook. Level: For specialists only.

The Engineering Uses of Holography. Edited by E. R. Robertson and J. M. HARVEY. (Cambridge University Press, 1970.) [Pp. xxx + 589.] £15.00. Scope: Conference proceedings. Level: Specialist/postgraduate.

Band Themy of Metals. The Elements. By S. L. Altmann. (Pergamon Group Press, 1970.) [Pp. 250.] Hard cover £2.50; Flexi-cover £1.75. Scope: Textbook. Level: Undergraduate.

The Growth and Structure of Eutectica with Siliwn and Germanium. A. Hellawell. (Pergamon Press, 1970.) [Pp. 78.] £1.25. Scope: Survey. Level: Specialist/postgraduate.

Fieield-Ion Microscopy. By K. M. Bowkett and D. A. Smite. (North-Holland Publishing Co., 1970.) [Pp. x+ 257.] £6.30. Scope: Survey. Level: Specialist/postgraduate.

The Physics of Amorpbow, Materiala. (Science Research Council, 1970.) [Pp. 54.] Scope: Survey. Level: For specialists only; general reader; specialist/postgraduate.

SI Units: An Introduction for A-level. By M. Nelkon. (Chatto &; Windus, 1970) [Pp. 88.] £0.30. Scope: Textbook. Level: School.

Nuclear Physioa. By K. N. Mukhin. (MacDonald Technical and Scientific, 1970.) [Pp. xiv+ 505.] £5. Level: Undergraduate.

Glass Lasers. By K. Patek. (Butterworth Group, 1970.) [Pp. xi+217.] £6.50. Scope: Treatise/textbook; library; library (reference). Level: For specialist only; specialist/post-graduate.

Radio Astrophysics. By A. G. Pacholczyk. (W. H. Freeman &; Co., 1970.) [Pp. xxi+ 269.] £6.10. Scope: Textbook. Level :Specialist/postgraduate.

Transistors in Linear Circuits. By R. W. A. Scarr. (George G. Harrap &; Co., Ltd., 1970.) [Pp. 206.] £2.25. Scope: Textbook. Level: Undergraduate.

La Thermoélectricité By André Linder. (Presses Universitaires de France, 1970.) [Pp. 123.] Scope: Textbook. Level: Specialist/postgraduate.

Diffusion in Semiconductors. By B. L. Sharma. (Trans Tech. Publications, 1970.) [Pp. 200.] $9.80. Scope: Survey. Level: Specialist/postgraduate.

Méthods Numdriques pour la Prévision du Temps. By G. I. NARTCHUK.(Librairie Armand Colin, 1970.) [Pp. 343.] Scope: Treatise/textbook. Level: Specialist/post-graduate.

Mathematical and Theoretical Physics. Vols. I and 11. By Eqil A. Hylleraas. (John Wiley &; Sons, 1970.) [Vol. I, pp. xxii+ 485; Vol. 11, pp. xxi+ 474.] £7.00 each. Scope: Textbook. Level :Post-graduate/ undergraduate.

The Atom and the Universe. By James S. Perlman. (Wadsworth Publishing Co., Inc., 1970.) [Pp. 633.]

Understanding and Measuring vibrations. By R. H. Wallace. (Wykeham Publications Ltd. 1970.) [Pp. xii+ 148.] £1.50. Scope: Survey; library; library (reference). Level: General reader; undergraduate; school.

A Quantum Approach to the Solid State. By Philip L. TAYLOR. (Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1970.) [Pp. xii+ 322.] Scope: Treatise/textbook. Level: Specialist/postgraduate.

Elementary Atomic Structure. By G. K. WOODGATE. (McGraw-Hill Publishing Co. Ltd., 1970.) [Pp. viii + 223.] £3.40. Scope: Textbook; library. Level: undergraduate.

Progress in Quantum Electronics. Vol. 1: The Semiclosaical Theory of the Gas Laser. Edited by J. H. Sanders and K. W. H. Stevens. (Pergamon Press, 1970.) [Pp. 271.] £1.50. Scope: Treatise/textbook. Level: Specialist/postgraduate.

Chemical Kinetics. By B. Stevens. (Chapman &; Hall Ltd., 1970.) [Pp. viii + 110.] £0.60. Scope: Textbook; library. Level: Undergraduate; school.

Electromagnetic Fields and Waves. (Second Edition) By Paul Lorrain and Dale R. Corson. (W. H. Freeman &; Co., Ltd., 1970.) [Pp. xxv+ 706.] £4.00. (also available in cloth £7.00.) Scope: Textbook. Level: Undergraduate.

Theoretical Physics. (an advanced text.) By Benjamin G. Levich. (North-Holland. Pub. Co., 1971.) [Pp. xviii+ 395.] £5.50. Scope: Textbook. Level: Undergraduate.

Sources of Plcrema Physics (I). By H. S. Green and R. B. Leipnik. (Wolters-Noordhoff Publishing, 1971.) [Pp. 630.] scope: Treatise. Level: Specialist/postgraduate.

Molecular Acowrtiw. By A. J. Matoeson. (John Wiley, 1971.) [Pp. xv+290.] £5.50.

Fourier Methods in Crystallography. By G. N. Ramachandran and R. Srinivasan. (John Wiley Ltd, 1971.) [Pp. xiii+ 259.] £7.50 Scope: Treatise/textbook. Level: Specialist/ postgraduate.

Carl Friedrich Gauss. A Biography by Tord Hall, Translated by Albert Froderbero (The M.I.T. Press, 1971.) [Pp.175.] £3.75. Scope: Treatise. Level: Specialist/postgraduate; undergraduate.

Elements of Hamiltonian Mechanics. By D. Ter Haar. (Pergamon Press Ltd., 1971.) [Pp. viii+ 201.] £2.50; $6.75. Scope: Textbook. Level: Postgraduate; undergraduate.

Collection of Problems in Classical Mechanics. By G. L. Kotein and V. G. Serbo. (Pergamon Press Ltd., 1971.) [Pp. viii+ 278.] £3.00. Level: Postgraduate; undergraduate.

Relativistic Quantum Theory. (Part 1.) By V. B. Berestetskii, E. M. Lifshitz and L. P. Pitaevskii. (Pergamon Press, 1971.) [Pp. xv+ 375.] £6.00. Scope: Treatiseltextbook. Level: Specialist/postgraduate.

Direct Nuclear Reaction Theories. By Norman Austern. (John Wiley &; Sons Ltd., 1970.) [Pp. ix+ 390.] £9.50. Scope: Treatise/textbook; survey; library. Level: Specialist/postgraduate.

The Seientific Papers of G. I. Taylor. Vol. 4. Edited by G. K. Batchelor. (Cambridge University Press, 1971.) [Pp. ix+ 579.] £12.00.

Qwznlum Physica. Berkeley Physics Course-Vol. 4. By Ewind H. Wiohmann. (McGraw-Hill, 1971.) [Pp. xvii + 421.] £3.35. Scope Textbook. Level Undergraduate.

Spin Fomrmlisms. By Sue Urk Chunq. (CERN, Geneva, 1971.) [Pp. v+81.] Scope: Survey. Level: Specialist/postgraduate.

Applications of Holography. Edited by E. S. Barreeette et al. (Proceedings of the U.S.—Japan Seminar at Washington D.C., 1969, 1971.) [Pp. viii+ 395.] $16.50. Scope: Conference proceedings. Level: For specialists only; General reader.

High-Energy Physics and Nuclear Structure. Edited by S. Devons. (Plenum Press, 1971.) [Pp. xli+ 859.] $37.50. Scope: Conference proceedings; library (reference). Level: For specialist only; specialist/postgrduate.     

Quantum Field Theory and the Standard Model,by Matthew D. Schwartz

Molecular Optical Activity and the Chiral Discriminations. By S. F. Mason. (Cambridge University Press, 1982.) [Pp. viii + 273.] £20·00. Scope: Treatise/Textbook; Level: Specialist post-graduate.

Elements of Quantum Chemistry. By R. Zahradnik and R. Polak. (Plenum Press; SNTL, Prague, 1981.) [Pp. 462.] $39.50. Scope: Textbook.

Quantum Field Theory and Parastatistics. By Y. Ohnuki and S. Kamefuchi. (University of Tokyo Press/Springer-Verlag, 1982.) [Pp. xiv +489.] DM 154; $c.64.30. Scope:Treatise/Textbook; Level: For specialists only.

Quantum Fields. By N. N. Bogoliubov and D. V. Shirkov, translated by D. B. Pontecorvo.(Addison-WesleyiBenjamin Cummings, 1982.) [Pp. vii + 863.] £19.46. Scope:Treatise/Textbook; Level: Specialist post-graduate.

Handbuch der Physik Encyclopaedia of Physics. In English. Volume 31. Corpuscles and Radiation in Matter, 1. By T. Von Aberg, G. Howat, H. Siegbahn, L. Karlsson, J. A. R. Samson and A. F. Starace. Edited by W. Melhorn. (Springer-Verlag, 1982.) [Pp. xii + 630.] DM 328; $131.20. Scope: Library (reference); Level: For specialists and specialist post-graduate.

Group Theoretical Methods in Physics. Edited by M. Serdaroglu and E. Inono. (Springer-Verlag, 1983.) [Pp. xi + 569.1 DM 70; $30.20. Scope: Conference proceedings; Level: For specialists only.

Electron Correlation in Solids, Molecules and Atoms. Edited by J. T. Devreese and F. Brosens.(Plenum Press, 1983.) [Pp. xi + 435.] $55.00. Scope: Conference proceedings; Level: For specialists only, Specialist post-graduate.