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| Abstract: | Quantum Gravity 2. Second Oxford Symposium. Edited by C. J. Isham, P. Penrose and D. W. Sciama. (Oxford University Press, 1981.) Pp. xi + 669.] £28.00. Mekanique des Fluides Incompressibles. By J. s. Darrozes and C. François. (Springer-Verlag. 1982.) Pp. xix + 459.] DM45; S20.00. Scope: Textbook. Level: Undergraduate. Relativistic Models of Extended Hadrons Obeying a Mass-Spin Trajectory Constraint. Edited by N. Mukunda, H. van Dam and L. C. Biedenharn. (Springer-Verlag, 1982.) Pp. vi+163.] DM21; $8.80. Color and Color Vision: Selected Reprints. Edited by P. L. Pease. Pp. 139; 34 articles.] Lasers: Selected Reprints. Edited by D. C. O'Shea and D. C. Peckham. Pp. 129; 19 articles.] (American Association of Physics Teacher, Stony Brook University, N.Y. 11794.) Each $4.50 post paid ($4.00 within USA), direct from AAPT. Real-Space Renormalization. Edited by T. W. Burkhardt and J. M. J. van Leeuwen. (Springer-Verlag, 1982.) Pp. xiii + 214.] DM 60; $26.70. Scope: Survey. Library. Level: For specialists only. Specialist post-graduate. Stability of Thermodynamic Systems. Edited by J. Casas-Vázquez and G. Lebon (Springer-Verlag, 1982.) Pp. vii + 321.1 DM38; 516.90. Scope: Conference Proceedings, Survey. Level: Specialist post-graduate. Neutron Capture Gamma-ray Spectroscopy and Related Topics. Edited by T. von Egidy, F. Gönnenwein and B. Maier. (The Institute of Physics, 1982.) Pp. xx + 728.] £35.00; $77.00. Scope: Conference Proceedings. Level: For specialists only. Specialist postgraduate. Light Scattering in Solids III. Recent Results. Edited by M. Cardona and G. Guntherodt. (Springer-Verlag, 1982.) Pp. xi + 281.] DM99; S44.00. Scope: Treatise. Level: For specialists only. Macroscopic Properties of Disordered Media. Courant Institute Conference, New York, June 1981. Edited by R. Burridge, S. Childressand G. Papanicolaou. (Springer-Verlag, 1982.) Pp. vii + 307.1 DM 38; $16.90. Scope: Conference Proceedings, Library. Level: Specialist post-graduate. Astrophysical Cosmology. Proceedings of the Vatican Study Week of September-October 1981, on Cosmology and Fundamental Physics. Edited by H. A. Brück, G. V. Coyne and M. S. Longair. (Pontificia Academia Scientiarum, 1982.) Pp. xxxv + 600.] $43.00 to individuals; $58.00 to institutions. Scope: Conference Proceedings. Level: Specialist post-graduate. Nonlinear Differential Equations in Abstract Spaces. By V. Lakshmikantham and S. Leela. (Pergamon Press, 1982.) Pp. x + 258.] Scope: Survey. Level: For specialists only. Chemistry and Physics of Solid Surfaces, IV. Edited by R. Vanselow and R. Howe (Springer-Verlag, 1982.) Pp. xii + 495.] DM98; $43.60. Scope: Conference Proceedings. Level: Specialist post-graduate. Mercury's Perihelion from Le Verrier to Einstein. By N. T. Roseveare. (Oxford University Press, 1982.) Pp. viii + 208.] £20.00. Scope: Treatise/Textbook, Survey, Library, Library (reference). Level: For specialists, Specialist post-graduates. Short Notices of Books An Introduction to the Kinetic Theory of Gases. By Sir James Jeans. (Cambridge University Press, 1940 edition, revised 1982.) Pp. 311.] £8.95 paper International Tokarnak Reactor, Phase One. Report of the International Tokamak Reactor Workshop, organized by IAEA, Vienna, with an introduction by R. S. Pease, Chairman of the Fusion Research Council. (IAEA, Vienna, 1982.) Pp. 860.] Aust. Sch. 1420. Scope: Conference Proceedings. Level: For specialists only. |
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