Book reviews

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Was Einstein Right? By Clifford M. Will. 1988, £5.95, pp. xii + 274. Oxford University Press, ISBN 0 19 282203 9. Scope: Textbook. Level: General reader/ undergraduate.

Deterministic Chaos. An Introduction. Second Revised Edition. By H. G. Schuster. 1988, DM108.00, pp. xxiii + 270. VCH Verlagsgesell- schaft ISBN 3527268626. Scope: Textbook. Level: Advanced undergraduate/postgraduate.

The Birth of the Earth. By David E. Fisher. 1987, $14.95, pp. 270. Columbia University Press, ISBN 0231 06043 2. Scope: Textbook. Level: General reader.

Probabilistic Risk Assessment in the Nuclear Power Industry. Fundamentals and Applications. By Ralpf R. Fullwood and Robert E. Hall. 1988, $65.00, pp. xxiv + 318. Pergamon, ISBN 0 08 036362 8. Scope: Textbook. Level: Specialist.

Supersymmetry. An Introduction with Conceptual and Calculational Details. H. J. W. Müller-Kirsten, and A. Wiedemann. 1987, $78.00 hardback, $38.00 paperback, pp. xvii + 586. World Scientific, ISBN 9971503549 (hbk), 9971 50 355 7 (pbk). Scope: Textbook. Level: First year postgraduate.

Perspectives in String Theory. Edited by P. Di Vecchia and J. L. Petersen. 1988, $48.00, pp. 511. World Scientific, ISBN 9971 50 526 6. Scope: Conference proceedings. Level: Specialist.

Applied Quantum Mechanics. By Richard K. Osborn. 1988, $46.00, pp. ix + 184. World Scientific, ISBN 9971 50 294 1. Scope: Textbook. Level: Postgraduate.

Photons and Quantum Fluctuations. Edited by E. R. Pike and H. Walther. 1988, £23.50, pp. xii + 218. Adam Hilger, ISBN 0 85274 240 1. Scope: Conference Proceedings. Level: Postgraduate.

Topics in Applied Physics—Ultrashort Laser Pulses. Edited by W. Kaiser. 1988, DM144.00, pp. xiii + 424. Springer-Verlag, ISBN 3 540 18605 0. Scope: Multiauthor Survey. Level: Postgraduate.

Guided-Wave Optoelectronics. Edited by Theodor Tamir. 1988, DM120.00, pp. xiii + 401. Springer-Verlag, ISBN 3 540 18795 2. Scope: Multiauthor Survey. Level: Postgraduate.

Fiber Optics. Edited by Ye. M. Dianov. 1988, $70.00, pp. viii + 221. Nova, ISBN 0941743 160. Scope: Multiauthor survey. Level: Postgraduate.

Optical Signal Processing. Edited by Joseph L. Horner. 1987, $72.00, pp. xiii + 569. Academic Press, ISBN 0123557607. Scope: Multiauthor survey. Level: Postgraduate.

Solitons and Polarons in Conducting Polymers. By Y. U. Lu. 1988, $78.00, pp. xv+ 754. World Scientific, ISBN 9971500531.

Physics and Applications of Quantum Wells and Superlattices. Edited by E. E. Mendez and K. von Klitzing 1987, $89.50, pp. viii + 458. Plenum, ISBN 0 306 42823 7. Scope: Conference proceedings. Level: Specialist.

Correlation and Polarisation in Electronic and Atomic Collisions. Edited by Albert Crowe and Michael R. H. Rudge. 1988, $45.00, pp. × + 352. World Scientific, ISBN 9971 50 596 7. Scope: Conference proceedings. Level: Specialist/postgraduate.

Electron-Molecule Scattering and Photoionization. Edited by P. G. Burke and J. B. West. 1988, $65.00, pp. × + 272. Plenum, ISBN 0 306 42998 5. Scope: Conference proceedings. Level Postgraduate.

Nucleon Momentum and Density Distributions in Nuclei. By A. N. Antonov, P. E. Hodgson I. Zh. Petkov. 1988, $27.50, pp. × + 165. Clarendon Press, ISBN 0 19 851726 2. Scope: Textbook. Level: Postgraduate.

Semiclassical Theory of Atoms. (Lecture Notes in Physics—300.) By B-G Englert. 1988, DM57.00, pp. vii + 401. Springer-Verlag, ISBN 3 540 19204 2. Scope: Textbook. Level: Graduate text.

Spectroscopy Source Book. Edited by Sybil P. Parker. 1988, £40.00, pp. 288 McGraw-Hill, ISBN 0 07 045505 8. Scope: Encyclopaedia. Level: General reader.

The Spectrum of Atomic Hydrogen: Advances. Edited by G. W. Series. 1988, $78.00 hardback, $37.00 paperback, pp. xxii + 512. World Scientific, ISBN 9971 50 261 5(hbk), 9971 50 287 9 (pbk). Scope: Multiauthor survey. Level: Postgraduate.

Lecture Notes in Chemistry. Hartree-Fock Ab Initio Treatment of Crystalline Systems. By C. Pisani, R. Dovesi, and C. Roetti. 1988, DM40.00, pp. vi + 193. Springer- Verlag, ISBN 3 540 19317 0. Scope: Textbook. Level: Specialist.