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Advanced General Relativity By J. Stewart 1994, £14·95, US$24·95 (pbk), pp. viii + 228. Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0 521 44946 4. Scope: monograph. Level: specialist.

Band Theory of Solids: An Introduction from the Point of View of Symmetry By S. L. ALTMANN 1994, £19·50 (pbk), pp. xiv + 286. Clarendon Press, ISBN 0 19 855866 X. Scope: textbook. Level: advanced undergraduate.

Diagrammatica: The Path to Feynman Diagrams By M. Veltman 1994, £17·95, US$29·95 (pbk), pp. xii + 284. Cambridge, ISBN 0 521 45692 4. Scope: monograph. Level: postgraduate.

e: The Story of a Number By E. Maor 1994, £19·95 (hbk), pp. xiv + 223. John Wiley, ISBN 0 691 033900. Scope: text. Level: non-specialist.

Einstein Lived Here By A. Pais 1994, £14·95 (hbk), pp. xiv + 282. Clarendon Press, ISBN 0 19 853994 0. Scope: biography. Level: general reader.

Introduction to Cosmology By M. Roos 1994, £19·95 (pbk), pp. x + 206. John Wiley, ISBN 0 471 94298 7. Scope: textbook. Level: undergraduate.

Mr Tompkins in Paperback By G. Gamow 1993, £5·95, US$9·95 (pbk), pp. xvi+185. Cambridge, ISBN 0 521 44771 2. Scope: fantasy. Level: general reader.

Newton versus Einstein. How Matter Interacts with Matter By P. Graneau and N. Graneau 1993, US$14·95 (hbk), pp. 219. Carlton Press, ISBN 0 8062 4514. Scope: text. Level: non-specialist.

Path-Integral Methods and their Applications By D. C. Khandekar, S. V. Lawande and K. V. Bhagwat 1993, £27·00 (hbk), pp. xiii + 343. World Scientific, ISBN 981 02 0563 5. Scope: monograph. Level: postgraduate and specialist.

Plasma Physics By P. A. Sturrock 1994, £17·95, US$24·05 (pbk), pp. xii + 335. Cambridge, ISBN 0 521 448107. Scope: textbook. Level: postgraduate.

Scattering in Quantum Field Theories. The Axiomatic and Constructive Approaches By Daniel Iagolnitzer 1993, £37·50, US$49·50 (hbk), pp.xxi + 290. Princeton University Press, ISBN 0 691 08589 7. Scope: monograph. Level: specialist.

Solving Problems in Scientific Computing Using MAPLE and MATLAB By W. Gander and J. Hrebicek 1993, DM78·00, AS608·40, SFr78·80 (pbk), pp. xiii + 268. Springer-Verlag, ISBN 3 540 57329 1. Scope: text. Level: advanced undergraduate and postgraduate.

The Large N Expansion in Quantum Field Theory and Statistical Physics. From Spin Systems to 2-Dimensional Gravity Edited by E. Brezin and S. R. Wadia 1993, £49·00 (pbk), pp. xiv + 1130. World Scientific, ISBN 981 02 0456 6. Scope: reprints. Level: specialist.

Theory of Solitons in Inhomogeneous Media By F. Abdullaev 1994, £45·00 (hbk), pp. ix + 182. John Wiley, ISBN 0 471 94299 5. Scope: monograph. Level: postgraduate and specialist.

UV and X-ray Spectroscopy of Laboratory and Astrophysical Plasmas Edited by E. Silver and S. Kahn 1993, £50·00, US$79·95 (hbk), pp. xvi + 610. Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0 521 43470 X. Scope: conference proceedings. Level: postgraduate and specialist.

X-ray Plasma Spectroscopy and the Properties of Multiplycharged Ions Edited by I. I. Sobel'Man 1988, H/b $87·00, pp ix + 256, Nova Science Publishers, Inc. ISBN 0 941743 23 3. Scope: proceedings. Level: postgraduate and specialist.