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Cosmic Magnetism. By Percy Seymour.(Adam Hilger, 1986.) [Pp. x+150.] $14.95. ISBN 0 85274 556 7. Scope: Introductory text. Level: Sixth form/undergraduate/amateur astronomer.

Low-Energy Electron DiffractionBy M. A. VAN HOVE, W. H. WEINBERG and C.-M. CHAN.(Springer Verlag, 1986.) [Pp. xvi+603.] DM 124.00. ISBN 3 540 16262 3. Scope: Review.Level: Specialist.

Laser Analytical SpectrochemistryEdited by V. S. LETOKHOV. (Adam Hilger, 1986.)[Pp.xii+412.] E49.50. ISBN 0 85274 568 0. Scope: Multiauthor survey. Level:Postgraduate.

Fifty years of Neutron DiffractionEdited by G. E. BACON. (Adam Hilger, 1987.) [Pp. xii + 280.1E30.00. ISBN 0 85274 587 7. Scope: Multiauthor survey. Level: Postgraduate.

Modern SpectroscopyBy J. MICHAEL HOLLAS. (John Wiley, 1987.) [Pp. xx + 388.1 C33.00, hardback; E9.95, paperback. ISBN 0 471 91121 6, hardback; 0 471 91131 3, paperback.Scope: Textbook. Level: Undergraduate.

Principles of Thermodynamics and Statistical MechanicsBy D. F. LAWDEN. (John Wiley, 1987.)[Pp. xiii+ 154.1 E19.95 (hardback), E6.95 (paperback). ISBN 0 471 91 172 0 (hardback),0 471 91 174 7 (paperback). Scope: Textbook. Level: Advanced undergraduate.

The Physics of the Earth's Core: An IntroductionBy PAUL MELCHIOR. (Pergamon, 1986.)[Pp. vi+256.] [euro]26.75, $39.95 (hardback), [euro]13.35, $19.95 (paperback). ISBN 0 08 032607 2(hardback), 0 08 032606 4 (paperback). Scope: Textbook. Level: Advanced undergraduate/pos tgraduate.

The Physics of Semiconductor Devices.(Fourth edition.) By D. A. FRASER. (Oxford University Press, 1987.) CPp.xf196.1 E20.00. ISBN 0 19 851867 6. Scope: Textbook. Level:Undergraduate.

Optical MetrologyBy KJELL J. GASVIK. (John Wiley & Sons, 1987.) [Pp. xii + 231.1 E25.00. ISBN 0 471 91246 8. Scope: Textbook. Level: Advanced undergraduate and postgraduate.

Crystalline Semiconducting Materials and DevicesEdited by PAUL N. BUTCHER, NORMAN H.MARCH and MARIO P. TOSI. (Plenum Press, 1986.) [Pp. xviii + 645.1 $89.50. ISBN 0 30642154 2. Scope: Conference Proceedings. Level: Specialist/postgraduate.

Quantum OpticsBy A. KUJAWSKI and M. LEWENSTEIN. (Reidel, 1986.) CPp.324.1 L49.50.ISBN 90 277 2281 1. Scope: Conference proceedings. Level: Postgraduate.

Transport in Phonon SystemsBy V. L. GUREVICH. (North-Holland Physics Publishing, 1987.)[Pp. xxiii+409.] bfl. 225.00. ISBN 0 444 87013 X. Scope: Textbook. Level:Postgraduate/specialist.

Phonons: Theory and Experiments IIBy P. BRUESCH. (Springer-Verlag, 1986.) [Pp. xii + 278.1DM 80.00. ISBN 3 540 16623 8. Scope: Monograph. Level: Specialist.

Generalized Coherent States and Their ApplicationsBy A. PERELOMOV. (Springer, 1986.)[Pp. xi+320.] DM 123.00. ISBN 3 540 15912 6. Scope: Textbook. Level: Postgraduate.

Structure and Bonding in Noncrystalline SolidsEdited by GEORGE E. WALRAFEN and AKOS G.REVESZ. (Plenum, 1986.) [Pp.ix+449.] $75.00. ISBN 0 306 42396 0. Scope: Multiauthor reviews. Level: Postgraduate.

Etching of CrystalsBy K. SANGWAL. (North-Holland, 1987.) [Pp. xx +497.] Dfl. 275.00.ISBN 0 444 87018 0. Scope: General (theoretical and experimental). Level: Research and development.

Examining the Submicron World.(NATO AS1 Series B. Volume 137.) Edited by R. FEDER, J. WM. MCGOWAN and D. M. SHINOZAKI. (Plenum, 1986.) [Pp. xiif 372.1 E65.00. ISBN 0306 42278 6. Scope: Conference Proceedings. Level: Specialist.

Handbook on the Physics and Chemistry of The Actinides. (Vol. 4)Edited by A. J. FREEMAN and C. KELLER. (Elsevier Science Publishers, 1987.) [Pp. ix + 567.1 Dfl. 325.00. ISBN 0 444 869832. Scope: Library reference. Level: Specialist.

Helium CryogenicsBy ST1:Vl'K W. VAN S(-IVI:K. (Plenum, 1986.) [Pp. xxii +429.] $69-50.ISBN 0 300 42335 9. Scope: Texlbook. I.evel: Specialist.

The Particle ExplosionBy F. CLOSE, M. MARTEN and C. SUTTON. (Oxford University Press,1987.) [Pp. 239.1 E15.00. ISBN 0 19 851965 6. Scope: Textbook. Level: General Reader.

Field Theory in Particle Physics. Volume 1By B. DE WIT and J. SMITH. (North-Holland, 1986.)[Pp. xii +490.] Dfl. 75.00, paperback. ISBN 0 444 86999 9. Scope: Textbook. Level: First-year postgraduate.

Astronomical Observations. An Optical PerspectiveBy GORDON WALKER. (Cambridge University Press, 1987.) [Pp.xii+347.1 E15.00. ISBN 0 521 33907 3. Scope: Textbook. Level:General reader/Undergraduate.

Atomic Processes in Electron-Ion and Ion-Ion Collisions.(NATO AS1 Series. Series B. Volume145.) Edited by F. BROUILLARD. (Plenum, 1987.) [Pp. viii + 494.1 $69.50. ISBN 0 306 42413 4.Scope: Conference proceedings. Level: Specialist.

Free and Moving Boundary ProblemsBy JOHN CRANK. (Clarendon Press, 1987.) [Pp. x+425.]L20.00, paperback. ISBN 0 19 853370 5. Scope: Textbook. Level: Postgraduate.

The Advancement of Science and its BurdensBy GERALD HOLTON. (Cambridge University Press,1986.) [Pp. xi + 351.1 L27.50, hardback; L9.95, paperback. ISBN 0 521 25244 hardback, 0 52127243 2, paperback. Scope: Scientific essays. Level General.

Complex FunctionsBy G. A. JONES and D. SINGERMAN. (Cambridge University Press, 1987.)[Pp. xiv+ 342.1 El2.85. ISBN 0 521 31366 X. Scope: Textbook. Level: Undergraduate.

Nonlinear equations in classical and quantum field theory.(Lecture notes in physics 226).Edited by N. SANCHEZ. (Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag, 1985.) [Pp. vii + 400.1 DM 59.00. ISBN 3 54015213 X. Scope: Textbook. Level: Specialist.

Nonlinear Ordinary Differential Equations.(Second edition.) By D. W. JORDAN and P. SMITH.(Oxford University Press, 1987.) [Pp.ix+381.] E27.50. ISBN 0 19 859657 X. Scope:Textbook. Level: Undergraduate.

Physics, Technology and Use of PhotovoltaicsBy R. J. VAN OVERSTRAETEN and R. P. MERTENS.(Adam Hilger, 1986.) [Pp.x+278.] L35.00. ISBN 0 85274 487 0. Scope: Textbook. Level:Specialist.

An Introduction to Chaotic Dynamical SystemsBy R. L. DEVANEY. (Benjamin Cummings, 1986.)[Pp. 320.1 $29.95. ISBN 0 8053 1601 9. Scope: Textbook. Level: Advanced undergraduate.

Progress in Quantum Field TheoryEdited by H. EZAWA and S. KAMEFUCHI. (North-Holland,1986.) [Pp. x+428.] Dfl. 250.00. ISBN 0 444 86990 5. Scope: Festschrift. Level: Specialist.

Advances in Nuclear Physics. (Volume 17)Edited by J. W. Nrmix and E. VOGT. (Plenum, 1987.)[Pp. xv + 369.1 669.50. ISBN 0 306 42333 2. Scope: Reviews. Level: Specialist.

The Properties of NucleiBy G. A. JONES. (Oxford University Press, 1987.) [Pp. xii + 193.1 620.00.ISBN 0 19 851868 4. Scope: Textbook. Level: Undergraduate.

Theory and applications of the Poincark groupBy Y. S. KIM and MARILYN E. Noz. (Reidel, 1986.)[Pp. xv+331.] L47.25, Dfl. 170.00, $73.00. ISBN 90 277 2141 6. Scope: Textbook. Level:Postgraduate.

Introduction to Gauge Field TheoryBy D. BAILIN and A. LOVE. (Adam Hilger, 1986.) [Pp. xiii+ 348.1 L38.00, hardback; E19.50, paperback. ISBN 0 85274 81 7 5 (paperback), 0 85274 81 8 3(hardback). Scope: Textbook. Level: Postgraduate.

Applied AnalysisBy ALLAN M. KRALL. (D. Reidel, 1986.) [Pp. xi + 561.1 Dfl. 200.00, $8930, L65.95. ISBN 90 277 23281. Scope: Textbook. Level: Undergraduate.