Physics Library News

May New Physics Books

Advanced mechanics of piezoelectricity / Qinghua Qin.
QC595.5 .Q25 2012

Astrometry for astrophysics : methods, models, and applications / edited by William F. van Altena, Yale University, Connecticut.
QB807 .A757 2013 c.2

Computational methods for physicists : compendium for students / Simon Širca, Martin Horvat.
QC21.3 .S57 2012

Einstein gravity in a nutshell / A. Zee.
QC173.6 .Z44 2013

Einstein's physics : atoms, quanta, and relativity derived, explained, and appraised / Ta-Pei Cheng.
QC16.E5 C455 2013

Eta Carinae and the supernova impostors / Kris Davidson, Roberta M. Humphreys, editors.
QB843.S9 E85 2012
 
Field theories of condensed matter physics / Eduardo Fradkin, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
QC611.98.H54 F73 2013
 
Fifty years of nuclear BCS : pairing in finite systems / edited by Ricardo A. Broglia and Vladimir Zelevinsky.
QC793.5.N462 F58

Gravitation and spacetime / Hans C. Ohanian, Remo Ruffini.
QC178 .O35 2013
 
Heat and mass transfer in particulate suspensions / Efstathios E. (Stathis) Michaelides.
QC793 .M52 2013

Introduction to mathematical physics : methods and concepts / Chun Wa Wong.
QC20 .W66 2013

Introduction to metal-nanoparticle plasmonics / Matthew Pelton, Garnett Bryant.
QC176.8.P55 P45 2013

An introduction to quantum field theory / George Sterman
QC174.45 S78 1993 c.2

Mössbauer spectroscopy : tutorial book / Yutaka Yoshida, Guido Langouche, editors.
QC491 .M66 2013

Nuclear physics : exploring the heart of matter / Committee on the Assessment of and Outlook for Nuclear Physics, Board on Physics and Astronomy, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, National Research Council of the National Academies.
QC789.2.U6 N83 2013
 
Polarons / David Emin.
QC176.8.P62 E45 2013

Principles of soft-matter dynamics : basic theories, non-invasive methods, mesoscopic aspects / Rainer Kimmich.
QC173.458.S62 K56 2012
 
Quantum concepts in physics : an alternative approach to the understanding of quantum mechanics / Malcolm Longair, Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge.
QC173.98 .L66 2013

Quantum mechanics : genesis and achievements / Alexander Komech.
QC174.12 .K66 2013

Radiative heat transfer / Michael F. Modest.
QC320 .M63 2013

Schlieren and shadowgraph methods in heat and mass transfer / Pradipta Kumar Panigrahi, Krishnamurthy Muralidhar.
QC373.S3 P36 2012

Spectral theory and quantum mechanics : with an introduction to the algebraic formulation / Valter Moretti ; [translated by Simon G. Chiossi].
QC20.7.S64 M67 2013

Stellar evolution physics / Icko Iben, Jr.
QB806 .I14 2013 v.1-2

The story of helium and the birth of astrophysics / Biman B. Nath.
QD181.H4 N38 2013

Superintense laser-plasma interaction theory primer / Andrea Macchi.
QC718.5.P5 M33 2013

Teacher education in physics : research, curriculum, and practice / David E. Meltzer, editor ; Peter S. Shaffer, associate editor.
QC30 .T42 2011

The theoretical foundations of quantum mechanics / Belal E. Baaquie.
QC174.12 .B33 2013

Thermodiffusion in multicomponent mixtures : thermodynamic, algebraic, and neuro-computing models / Seshasai Srinivasan, M. Ziad Saghir.
QD511 .S75 2013

Topological insulators and topological superconductors / B. Andrei Bernevig with Taylor L. Hughes.
QC611.95 .B465 2013

The transactional interpretation of quantum mechanics : the reality of possibility / Ruth E. Kastner.
QC174.17.T67 K37 2013

Understanding the universe : an inquiry approach to astronomy and the nature of scientific research / George Greenstein.
QB61 .G744 2013

The universe within : from quantum to cosmos / Neil Turok.
QB982 .T87 2012

April New Physics Books

Advanced quantum mechanics : A practical guide / Yuli V Nazarov and Jeroen Danon.
QC174.12 .N39 2013
     
Advances in imaging and electron physics.    
TK7800 .A37 v.176
     
Astrophysics of the interstellar medium / Walter J..     Maciel, W. J. (Walter Junqueira)
QB790 .M33 2013
     
Computational methods for electromagnetic phenomena : electrostatics in solvation, scattering, and electron transport / Wei Cai.
QC760.4.M37 C35 2013
     
The cosmic perspective. The solar system / Jeffrey Bennett ... [et al.].
QB43.3 .C684 2014
     
The electron glass / M. Pollak.
QC176.8.E35 P65 2013
     
Gravity, a geometrical course / Pietro Giuseppe Fré.
QC178 .F69 2013 v.1
     
Heart of darkness : unraveling the mysteries of the invisible universe / Jeremiah P. Ostriker and Simon Mitton.    
QB982 .O78 2013
     
Introduction to aberrations in optical imaging systems / José Sasián
QC671 .S27 2013
     
Light scattering reviews.
QC427.4 .L5452 v. 7
     
Modern electrodynamics / Andrew Zangwill.
QC631 .Z36 2013
     
Quantum physics in the nanoworld : Schrödinger's cat and the dwarfs / Hans Lüth.
QC174.12 .L8813 2013
     
Space groups for solid state scientists / Gerald Burns, A.M. Glazer.    
QC176 .B865 2013
     
Spectral theory and its applications / Bernard Helffer
QC20.7.S64 H45 2013

Springer tracts in modern physics.    
Q111 .E7 v.247, 248, 251     

Time-dependent studies of high-energy radiation from blazars / by Sarah Elizabeth Thibadeau.
LD5791.8.PhD2012 T49
     
Time, space, stars & man : the story of the big bang / Michael M. Woolfson.
QB991.B54 W66 2013
     
The wave function : essays on the metaphysics of quantum mechanics / edited by Alyssa Ney and David Z. Albert.
QC174.125 .W38 2013

Physics Library Book Budget

I still have money left in the FY2013 budget for purchasing books. The last day to purchase books on this fiscal year's budget is May 3. If there are any books which you would like me to purchase for the Physics Library, please let me know as soon as possible.

March New Physics Books

Astrometry for astrophysics : methods, models, and applications / edited by William F. van Altena
QB807 .A757 2013
     
Celestial messengers : cosmic rays : the story of a scientific adventure / Mario Bertolotti.
QC485 .B45 2013
     
Dynamical stabilization of the Fermi scale : towards a composite universe / Francesco Sannino.
QC793.5.F42 S266 2013
     
Exterior billiards : systems with impacts outside bounded domains / Alexander Plakhov.
QC20.7.B6 P53 2012
     
Fragmentation processes : topics in atomic and molecular physics / edited by Colm T. Whelan
QC174.17.P7 F72 2012
     
General relativity / Norbert Straumann.
QC173.6 .S7713 2013

Gravity, a geometrical course / Pietro Giuseppe Fré.
QC178 .F69 2013 v.2
     
Klassische Physik : Mechanik und Wärme / by Klaus Lüders, Gebhard von Oppen.    
QC21.3 .L83 2012
     
Non-equilibrium thermodynamics in multiphase flows / Roberto Mauri.    
QC318.I7 M38 2013
     
The nonlinear world : conceptual analysis and phenomenology / Yoshitsugu Oono.
B829.5 .O56 2012
     
The particle at the end of the universe : how the hunt for the Higgs boson leads us to the edge of a new world / Sean Carroll.
QC793.5.B62 C37 2012
 
Polymer physics : a molecular approach / Wenbing Hu.    
QC173.4.P65 H8 2013
     
QCD@Work 2012 : International Workshop on Quantum Chromodynamics--Theory and Experiment / editors, Leonardo Angelini ... [et al.].    
QC793.3.Q35 I58 2012
     
Relativity made relatively easy / Andrew M. Steane.
QC173.65 .S738 2012
     
Rotating relativistic stars / John L. Friedman
QB843.N4 F75 2013
     
Space-time reference systems / Michael Soffel, Ralf Langhans.
QB201 .S63 2013
     
Spin glasses and complexity / Daniel L. Stein and Charles M. Newman.
QC176.8.S68 S74 2013
     
Springer tracts in modern physics.
Q111 .E7 v.250

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Physics Library Book Budget

I still have money left in the FY2013 budget for purchasing books. The last day to purchase books on this fiscal year's budget is May 3. If there are any books which you would like me to purchase for the Physics Library, please let me know as soon as possible.

February New Physics Books

Advances in imaging and electron physics.
TK7800 .A37 v.175

The angular momentum of light / edited by David L. Andrews and Mohamed Babiker.
QC446.3.A54 A54 2012

Annual reports on NMR spectroscopy
QC762 A55 v.77 (2013)

Black holes, cosmology and extra dimensions / Kirill A. Bronnikov, Sergey G. Rubin.
QC173.6 .B76 2013

Condensed-phase molecular spectroscopy and photophysics / Anne Myers Kelley.
QC173.458.S64 K47 2013

Electronic structure methods for complex materials : the orthogonalized linear combination of atomic orbitals / Wai-Yim Ching and Paul Rulis.
QC176.8.E4 C54 2012

Encyclopedia of Physics / Gordon C. K. Roberts
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The first galaxies in the universe / Abraham Loeb and Steven R. Furlanetto.
QB857.5.E96 L64 2013

Foundations of space and time : reflections on quantum gravity / edited by Jeff Murugan,Amanda Weltman & George F. R. Ellis.
QC173.59.S65 F68 2011

Fun physics projects for tomorrow's rocket scientists / Alan Gleue.
QC26 .G54 2013

Gamma-ray bursts / edited by Chryssa Kouveliotou, Ralph A.M.J. Wijers, Stanford E. Woosley.
QB471.7.B85 G295 2012

High energy astrophysics : an introduction / Thierry J.-L.Courvoisier. QB461 .C68 2013

Hydrogen storage technology : materials and applications / editor, Lennie Klebanoff.
TP245.H9 H93 2013

Imaging heat and mass transfer processes : visualization and analysis / Pradipta Kumar Panigrahi, Krishnamurthy Muralidhar.
QC321 .P36 2013

Introduction to astronomical spectroscopy / Immo Appenzeller.
QB465 .A67 2013

An introduction to the evolution of single and binary stars / Matthew Benacquista.
QB806 .B46 2013

Introduction to the physics of waves / Tim Freegarde, University of Southampton.
QC157 .F74 2013

An Introduction to Waves and Oscillations in the Sun / A. Satya Narayanan.
QB539.I5 N37 2013

Lie groups and lie algebras : a physicist's perspective / Adam M. Bincer.
QA387 .B52 2013

Natural convective heat transfer from narrow plates / Patrick H. Oosthuizen, Abdulrahim Y. Kalendar.
QC330 .O57 2013

Non-equilibrium thermodynamics and statistical mechanics : foundations and applications / Phil Attard.
QC318.I7 .A88 2012

The Oxford handbook of philosophy of physics / edited by Robert Batterman.
QC6 .O925 2013

Perspectives on spin glasses / Pierluigi Contucci, Cristian Giardinà.
QC176.8.S68 C667 2013

Quantum mechanics with applications to nanotechnology and information science / Yehuda B. Band and Yshai Avishai.
QC174.12 .B36 2013x

Quantum optics / Girish S. Agarwal, Oklahoma State University.
QC446.2 .A33 2013

Spacetime and geometry : an introduction to general relativity / Sean Carroll.
QC173.6 .C377 2004

University Press Scholarship Online

We have a 30-day trial to all the ebooks on University Press Scholarship Online through March 29, 2013. This platform aggregates several university presses, such as Oxford University Press, California University Press and University of Chicago Press. You can browse the Physics eBooks. Access will be available on campus.

Newly Published Einstein Writings

via Scientific American on 2/21/13

For physicists trying to make sense of quantum mechanics, Albert Einstein's thinking remains highly relevant. "This guy saw more deeply and more quickly into the problems that plague us today," one quantum physicist told me. The latest volume of the Collected Papers of Albert Einstein, which contains Einstein's publications, draft papers, letters, and scribblings from January 1922 through March 1923, shows that his deep concerns with the quantum predated his well-known duels with Niels Bohr and played a major role in shaping the emerging theory. Many of these writings have not been made public before.

This book is available in our collection, QC16.E5 A2 1987a v.13

January New Physics Books

• Active galactic nuclei / Volker Beckmann and Chris Shrader. QB858.3 .B43 2012
• Advances in imaging and electron physics. TK7800 .A37 v.174
• Annual review of nuclear and particle science QC173 .A52 v.62 (2012)
• Basic concepts of string theory / Ralph Blumenhagen, Dieter Lüst, Stefan Theisen. QC794.6.S85 B58 2013
• Classical solutions in quantum field theory : solitons and instantons in high energy physics / Erick J. Weinberg QC174.17.M35 W45 2012
• The collected papers of Albert Einstein / John Stachel, editor. QC16.E5 A2 1987 v.13
• The collected papers of Albert Einstein / Anna Beck, translator ; Peter Havas, consultant. QC16.E5 A2 1987a v.13
• The conceptual framework of quantum field theory / Anthony Duncan. QC174.45 .D86 2012
• Do we really understand quantum mechanics? / Franck Laloë. QC174.12 .L335 2012
• Doing physics : how physicists take hold of the world / Martin H. Krieger. QC29 .K75 2012
• Interactions of photons and neutrons with matter / Sow-Hsin Chen, Michael Kotlarchyk. QC721 .C454 2007
• A matter of density : exploring the electron density concept in the chemical, biological, and materials sciences / edited by N. Sukumar. QC793.5.E626 M38 2013
• Nematicons : spatial optical solitons in nematic liquid crystals / edited by Gaetano Assanto. QC174.26.W28 N46 2013
• Newton and the origin of civilization / Jed Z. Buchwald & Mordechai Feingold. QC16.N7 B93 2013
• Niels Bohr and complementarity : an introduction / Arkady Plotnitsky. QC174.17.C63 P56 2013
• Nonlinear fiber optics / Govind Agrawal. QC448 .A38 2013
• The nuclear age in popular media : a transnational history, 1945-1965 / edited by Dick van Lente. QC778 .N77 2012
• The nuclear enterprise : high-consequence accidents : how to enhance safety and minimize risks in nuclear weapons and reactors / edited by George P. Shultz and Sidney D. Drell. TK1343 .N82 2011
• Physical biology of the cell / Rob Phillips QH505 .P455 2013
• The Road to Maxwell's demon : conceptual foundations of statistical mechanics / Meir Hemmo, Orly R. Shenker. QC318.M35 H46 2012
• Self-organised criticality : theory, models and characterisation / Gunnar Pruessner. QC174.85.S34 P78 2012
• Solid state physics. QC173 .S477 v.63
• Springer tracts in modern physics. Q111 .E7 v.249
• Stellar structure and evolution. QB808 .K57 2012