Weekly Books Received List
Books received at Science during the week ending
Friday, May 12, 2006
Analytical and Numerical Approaches to Mathematical Relativity
Jörg Frauendiener, Domenico J. W. Guilini, and Volker Perlick, Eds.
Springer, Berlin,
2006
Hardback: 297 pp., illus. $99.95. ISBN 3540310274. ORDER (AAAS members) | ORDER (non-members)
Lecture Notes in Physics, vol. 692.
Animals, Ethics and Trade
The Challenge of Animal Sentience
Jacky Turner and Joyce D'Silva, Eds.
Earthscan, London,
2006
Paperback: 312 pp., illus. £16.99. ISBN 184407255X. ORDER (AAAS members) | ORDER (non-members)
Applied Scanning Probe Methods II
Scanning Probe Microscopy Techniques
Bharat Bhushan and Harald Fuchs, Eds.
Springer, Berlin,
2006
Hardback: 464 pp., illus. $169. ISBN 3540262423. ORDER (AAAS members) | ORDER (non-members)
NanoScience and Technology.
Astrophysical Formulae
Vol. 1, Radiation, Gas Processes and High Energy Astrophysics. Vol. 2, Space, Time, Matter and Cosmology. 3rd ed.
K. R. Lang
Springer, Berlin,
2006
Paperback: 2 vols. 1090 pp., illus. $129. ISBN 3540296921. ORDER (AAAS members) | ORDER (non-members)
Astronomy and Astrophysics Library.
Beam Instrumentation and Diagnostics
Peter Strehl
Springer, Berlin,
2006
Hardback: 446 pp., illus. $169. ISBN 3540264019. ORDER (AAAS members) | ORDER (non-members)
Particle Acceleration and Detection.
Biological Invasions in New Zealand
R. B. Allen and W. G. Lee, Eds.
Springer, Berlin,
2006
Hardback: 481 pp., illus. $199. ISBN 3540300228. ORDER (AAAS members) | ORDER (non-members)
Ecological Studies, vol. 186.
Chemical History
Reviews of the Recent Literature
Colin A. Russell and Gerrylynn K. Roberts, Eds.
RSC Publishing, Cambridge,
2006
Hardback: 259 pp. $150. ISBN 0854044647. ORDER (AAAS members) | ORDER (non-members)
Complexity in Landscape Ecology
David G. Green et al.
Springer, Dordrecht, Netherlands,
2006
Hardback: 218 pp., illus. $139. ISBN 140204285X. ORDER (AAAS members) | ORDER (non-members)
Landscape, vol. 4.
Construction of Mappings for Hamiltonian Systems and Their Applications
Sadrilla S. Abdullaev
Springer, Berlin,
2006
Hardback: 392 pp., illus. $79.95. ISBN 3540309152. ORDER (AAAS members) | ORDER (non-members)
Lecture Notes in Physics, vol. 691.
Critical Phenomena in Natural Sciences
Chaos, Fractals, Selforganization and Disorder: Concepts and Tools. 2nd ed.
Didier Sornette
Springer, Berlin,
2006
Paperback: 550 pp., illus. $64.95. ISBN 3540308822. ORDER (AAAS members) | ORDER (non-members)
Springer Series in Synergetics.
Drug Metabolism
Current Concepts
Corina Ionescu and Mino R. Caira, Eds.
Springer, Dordrecht, Netherlands,
2006
Hardback: 434 pp., illus. $169. ISBN 1402041411. ORDER (AAAS members) | ORDER (non-members)
An Ecological and Societal Approach to Biological Control
J. Eilenberg and H. M. T. Hokkanen, Eds.
Springer, Dordrecht, Netherlands,
2006
Hardback: 334 pp., illus. $125. ISBN 1402043201. ORDER (AAAS members) | ORDER (non-members)
Progress in Biological Control, vol. 2.
Ecology and Conservation of Neotropical Montane Oak Forests
M. Kappelle, Ed.
Springer, Berlin,
2006
Hardback: 517 pp., illus. $205. ISBN 3540289089. ORDER (AAAS members) | ORDER (non-members)
Ecological Studies, vol. 185.
Environmental Change and Malaria Risk
Global and Local Implications
Willem Takken, Pim Martens, and Robert J. Bogers, Eds.
Springer, Dordrecht, Netherlands,
2006
Hardback: 162 pp., illus. $109. ISBN 1402039271. ORDER (AAAS members) | ORDER (non-members)
Wageningen UR Frontis, vol. 9.
Enzyme Technology
Ashok Pandey et al., Eds.
Springer, New York,
2006
Hardback: 760 pp., illus. $145. ISBN 0387292942. ORDER (AAAS members) | ORDER (non-members)
Copublished with Asiatech, New Delhi.
Exploiting Chemical Diversity for Drug Discovery
Paul A. Bartlett and Michael Entzeroth, Eds.
RSC Publishing, Cambridge,
2006
Hardback: 444 pp., illus. $219. ISBN 0854048421. ORDER (AAAS members) | ORDER (non-members)
Biomolecular Sciences.
Filicineae, Gynmospermae, and Other Monocots, Excluding Cyperaceae
Ferns, Conifers, and Other Monocots, Excluding Sedges
Robert H. Mohlenbrock
Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale,
2006
Hardback: 357 pp., illus. $65. ISBN 0809326701. ORDER (AAAS members) | ORDER (non-members)
From Squaw Tit to Whorehouse Meadow
How Maps Name, Claim, and Inflame
Mark Monomonier
University of Chicago Press, Chicago,
2006
Hardback: 229 pp., illus. $25, £16. ISBN 0226534650. ORDER (AAAS members) | ORDER (non-members)
Globalization and Its Enemies
Daniel Cohen
MIT Press, Cambridge, MA,
2006
Hardback: 204 pp. $27.95, £18.95. ISBN 026203350X. ORDER (AAAS members) | ORDER (non-members)
Translated from the French edition (2004) by Jessica B. Baker.
Hepatitis Delta Virus
Hiroshi Handa and Yuki Yamaguchi, Eds.
Landes Bioscience, Georgetown, TX,
2006
Hardback: 102 pp., illus. $139. ISBN 0387322302. ORDER (AAAS members) | ORDER (non-members)
Copublished by Springer, New York. Medical Intelligence Unit.
Immunology of Pregnancy
Gil Mor, Ed.
Landes Bioscience, Georgetown, TX,
2006
Hardback: 339 pp., illus. $169. ISBN 0387306129. ORDER (AAAS members) | ORDER (non-members)
Copublished by Springer, New York. Medical Intelligence Unit.
The Incidence and Economic Burden of Injuries in the United States
Eric A. Finkelstein
Oxford University Press, New York,
2006
Hardback: 201 pp., illus. $45. ISBN 019517948X. ORDER (AAAS members) | ORDER (non-members)
The Infinite Cosmos
Questions from the Frontiers of Cosmology
Joseph Silk
Oxford University Press, Oxford,
2006
Hardback: 256 pp., illus. $29.95. ISBN 0198505108. ORDER (AAAS members) | ORDER (non-members)
Inorganic Scintillators for Detector Systems
Physical Principles and Crystal Engineering
Paul Lecoq et al.
Springer, Berlin,
2006
Hardback: 263 pp., illus. $129. ISBN 3540277668. ORDER (AAAS members) | ORDER (non-members)
Particle Acceleration and Detection.
Issues of Decapod Crustacean Biology
M. Thessalou-Legaki, Ed.
Springer, Dordrecht, Netherlands,
2006
Hardback: 168 pp., illus. $109. ISBN 1402045999. ORDER (AAAS members) | ORDER (non-members)
Developments in Hydrobiology, vol. 184.
Jake, Leon O. Jacobson, M.D.
The Life and Work of a Distinguished Medical Scientist
Eugene Goldwasser
Science History Publications/USA (Watson), Sagamore Beach, MA,
2006
Paperback: 95 pp., illus. $14.95. ISBN 0881352799. ORDER (AAAS members) | ORDER (non-members)
Jamming, Yielding, and Irreversible Deformation in Condensed Matter
M. Carmen Miguel and Miguel Rubi, Eds.
Springer, Berlin,
2006
Hardback: 223 pp., illus. $59.95. ISBN 3540300287. ORDER (AAAS members) | ORDER (non-members)
Lecture Notes in Physics, vol. 688.
Malaria
Genetic and Evolutionary Aspects
Krishna R. Dronamraju and Paolo Arese
Springer, New York,
2006
Hardback: 202 pp., illus. $129. ISBN 0387282947. ORDER (AAAS members) | ORDER (non-members)
Emerging Infectious Diseases of the 21st Century.
The Many Scales in the Universe
JENAM 2004 Astrophysics Reviews
J. C. del Toro Iniesta et al., Eds.
Springer, Dordrecht, Netherlands,
2006
Hardback: 313 pp., illus. + CD-ROM. $179. ISBN 1402043511. ORDER (AAAS members) | ORDER (non-members)
Meshless Methods in Solid Mechanics
Youping Chen, James D. Lee, and Azim Eskandarian
Springer, New York,
2006
Hardback: 212 pp., illus. $99. ISBN 0387307362. ORDER (AAAS members) | ORDER (non-members)
Microwave-Assisted Synthesis of Heterocycles
Erik Van der Eycken and C. Oliver Kappe, Eds.
Springer, Berlin,
2006
Hardback: 323 pp., illus. $149. ISBN 3540309837. ORDER (AAAS members) | ORDER (non-members)
Topics in Heterocyclic Chemistry, vol. 1.
Modulated Temperature Differential Scanning Calorimetry
Theoretical and Practical Applications in Polymer Characterisation
Mike Reading and Douglas J. Hourston, Eds.
Springer, Dordrecht, Netherlands,
2006
Hardback: 343 pp., illus. $149. ISBN 140203749X. ORDER (AAAS members) | ORDER (non-members)
Hot Topics in Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, vol. 6.
Molecular Mechanisms of Basal Cell and Squamous Cell Carcinomas
Jörg Reichrath, Ed.
Landes Bioscience, Georgetown, TX,
2006
Hardback: 153 pp., illus. $135. ISBN 0387260463. ORDER (AAAS members) | ORDER (non-members)
Copublished by Springer, New York. Medical Intelligence Unit.
Muscle Development in Drosophila
Helen Sink, Ed.
Landes Bioscience, Georgetown, TX,
2006
Hardback: 215 pp., illus. $149. ISBN 0387300538. ORDER (AAAS members) | ORDER (non-members)
Copublished by Springer, New York. Molecular Biology Intelligence Unit.
The Neurobiology of Painting
F. Clifford Rose, Ed.
Academic (Elsevier Science), San Diego,
2006
Hardback: 357 pp., illus. $149.95. ISBN 0123668751. ORDER (AAAS members) | ORDER (non-members)
International Review of Neurobiology, vol. 74.
New Perspectives on Aloe
Young In Park and Seung Ki Lee, Eds.
Springer, New York,
2006
Hardback: 210 pp., illus. $149. ISBN 0387317996. ORDER (AAAS members) | ORDER (non-members)
Nucleic Acids and Proteins in Soil
P. Nannipieri and K. Smalla, Eds.
Springer, Berlin,
2006
Hardback: 482 pp., illus. $199. ISBN 3540294481. ORDER (AAAS members) | ORDER (non-members)
Soil Biology, vol. 8.
Operational Quantum Theory I
Nonrelativistic Structures
Heinrich Saller
Springer, New York,
2006
Hardback: 422 pp., illus. $119. ISBN 0387291997. ORDER (AAAS members) | ORDER (non-members)
Operational Physics.
Operational Quantum Theory II
Relativistic Structures
Heinrich Saller
Springer, New York,
2006
Hardback: 345 pp., illus. $119. ISBN 0387297766. ORDER (AAAS members) | ORDER (non-members)
Operational Physics.
Organizations and Strategies in Astronomy
Vol. 6
André Heck, Ed.
Springer, Dordrecht, Netherlands,
2006
Hardback: 352 pp., illus. $199. ISBN 1402040555. ORDER (AAAS members) | ORDER (non-members)
Astrophysics and Space Science Library, vol. 335.
Out of the Cave
A Philosophical Inquiry into the Dead Sea Scrolls Research
Edna Ullmann-Margalit
Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA,
2006
Hardback: 167 pp., illus. $45. ISBN 0674022238. ORDER (AAAS members) | ORDER (non-members)
Particle Penetration and Radiation Effects
General Aspects and Stopping of Swift Point Charges
Peter Sigmund
Springer, Berlin,
2006
Hardback: 461 pp., illus. $169. ISBN 3540317139. ORDER (AAAS members) | ORDER (non-members)
Springer Series in Solid-State Sciences, vol. 151.
Quantum Coherence
From Quarks to Solids
W. Pötz, J. Fabian, and U. Hohenester, Eds.
Springer, Berlin,
2006
Hardback: 203 pp., illus. $79.95. ISBN 3540300856. ORDER (AAAS members) | ORDER (non-members)
Lecture Notes in Physics, vol. 689.
Radicals in Synthesis II
Complex Molecules
Andreas Gansäuer, Ed.
Springer, Berlin,
2006
Hardback: 261 pp., illus. $249. ISBN 3540313257. ORDER (AAAS members) | ORDER (non-members)
Topics in Current Chemistry, vol. 264.
Rb and Tumorigenesis
Maurizio Fanciulli, Ed.
Landes Bioscience, Georgetown, TX,
2006
Hardback: 131 pp., illus. $139. ISBN 038732173X. ORDER (AAAS members) | ORDER (non-members)
Copublished by Springer, New York. Medical Intelligence Unit.
Richard Dawkins
How a Scientist Changed the Way We Think. Reflections by Scientists, Writers, and Philosophers
Alan Grafen and Mark Ridley, Eds.
Oxford University Press, Oxford,
2006
Hardback: 297 pp., illus. $25, £12.99. ISBN 0199291160. ORDER (AAAS members) | ORDER (non-members)
Scaling and Uncertainty Analysis in Ecology
Methods and Applications
Jianguo Wu et al., Eds.
Springer, Dordrecht, Netherlands,
2006
Hardback: 369 pp., illus. $119. ISBN 1402046624. ORDER (AAAS members) | ORDER (non-members)
The Selfish Gene
30th Anniversary ed.
Richard Dawkins
Oxford University Press, Oxford,
2006
Paperback: 374 pp. $15.95, £8.99. ISBN 0199291152. ORDER (AAAS members) | ORDER (non-members)
The Shorebird Guide
Michael O'Brien, Richard Crossley, and Kevin Karlson
Houghton Mifflin, Boston,
2006
Hardback: 493 pp., illus. $24.95. ISBN 0618432949. ORDER (AAAS members) | ORDER (non-members)
Solid-State Laser Engineering
6th ed.
Walter Koechner
Springer, New York,
2006
Hardback: 763 pp., illus. $139. ISBN 038729094X. ORDER (AAAS members) | ORDER (non-members)
Springer Series in Optical Sciences, vol. 1.
Space Race
The Epic Battle Between America and the Soviet Union for Dominion of Space
Deborah Cadbury
HarperCollins, New York,
2006
Hardback: 382 pp., illus. $24.95, C$32.95. ISBN 0060845538. ORDER (AAAS members) | ORDER (non-members)
Statistical Evidence in Medical Trials
What Do the Data Really Tell Us?
Stephen D. Simon
Oxford University Press, Oxford,
2006
Hardback: 215 pp., illus. $114.50. ISBN 019856760X. ORDER (AAAS members) | ORDER (non-members)
Paperback: 215 pp., illus. $44.50. ISBN 0198567618. ORDER (AAAS members) | ORDER (non-members)
A Storm in the Port
Keeping the Port of New York and New Jersey Open
Alex F. Lechich
University Press of New England, Hanover, NH,
2006
Hardback: 191 pp. $26. ISBN 1584654708. ORDER (AAAS members) | ORDER (non-members)
Structure-Based Drug Discovery
An Overview
Roderick E. Hubbard, Ed.
RSC Publishing, Cambridge,
2006
Hardback: 277 pp., illus. $149. ISBN 0854043519. ORDER (AAAS members) | ORDER (non-members)
Biomolecular Sciences.
Surface-Initiated Polymerization I
Rainer Jordan, Ed.
Springer, Berlin,
2006
Hardback: 214 pp., illus. $199. ISBN 3540302476. ORDER (AAAS members) | ORDER (non-members)
Advances in Polymer Science, vol. 197.
Surface-Initiated Polymerization II
Rainer Jordan, Ed.
Springer, Berlin,
2006
Hardback: 226 pp., illus. $209. ISBN 3540302514. ORDER (AAAS members) | ORDER (non-members)
Advances in Polymer Science, vol. 198.
Systems Biology
Properties of Reconstructed Networks
Bernhard Ø. Palsson
Cambridge University Press, New York,
2006
Hardback: 334 pp., illus. $75. ISBN 0521859034. ORDER (AAAS members) | ORDER (non-members)
Thirty Years of Photosynthesis
1974-2004
Grahame J. Kelly and Erwin Latzko
Springer, Berlin,
2006
Hardback: 432 pp., illus. $259. ISBN 354028382X. ORDER (AAAS members) | ORDER (non-members)
This Land
The Battle over Sprawl and the Future of America
Anthony Flint
Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore,
2006
Hardback: 309 pp., illus. $24.95. ISBN 0801884195. ORDER (AAAS members) | ORDER (non-members)
Transplantation of Neural Tissue into the Spinal Cord
2nd ed.
Antal Nógrádi, Ed.
Landes Bioscience, Georgetown, TX,
2006
Hardback: 162 pp., illus. $149. ISBN 0387263551. ORDER (AAAS members) | ORDER (non-members)
Copublished by Springer, New York. Neuroscience Intelligence Unit.
Unknown Quantity
A Real and Imaginary History of Algebra
John Derbyshire
Joseph Henry (National Academies Press), Washington, DC,
2006
Hardback: 382 pp., illus. $27.95. ISBN 030909657X. ORDER (AAAS members) | ORDER (non-members)
Whispering in the Giant's Ear
A Frontline Chronicle from Bolivia's War on Globalization
William Powers
Bloomsbury, New York,
2006
Paperback: 317 pp. $16.95. ISBN 1596911034. ORDER (AAAS members) | ORDER (non-members)
Who's Who in Fluorescence
Chris D. Geddes and Joseph R. Lakowicz, Eds.
Springer, New York,
2006
Paperback: 232 pp., illus. $20. ISBN 038729404X. ORDER (AAAS members) | ORDER (non-members)