Book reviews

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Approaches to Numerical Relativity Edited by R. D'Inverno 1992, £42·50 (hbk), pp. xx + 378. Cambridge, ISBN 0 521 43976 0. Scope: multi-author review. Level: postgraduate and specialist.

Arms and the Physicist By H. F. YORK 1994, £23·50 (hbk), pp. xiii + 294. AIP, ISBN 1 56396 099 0. Scope: text. Level: non-specialist.

Atoms in Plasmas. In the series Atoms and Plasmas By V. S. Lisitsa 1994, DM148·00, sFr148·00 (hbk), pp. xi + 302. Springer, ISBN 3 540 575804. Scope: monograph. Level: postgraduate and specialist.

Cellular Automata, Dynamical Systems and Neural Networks Edited by E. Goles and S. Martinez 1995, £53·00, US$80·00, Dfl. 140·00 (hbk), pp. viii + 189. Kluwer, ISBN 0 7923 2772 1. Scope: summer school proceedings. Level: advanced research.

Chaos and Nonlinear Dynamics By R. C. Hilborn 1994, £17·95 (pbk), pp. xvii + 654. Oxford University Press, ISBN 0 19 508816 6. Scope: textbook. Level: advanced undergraduate and postgraduate.

Coherent Lightwave Communication Systems BY S. RYU 1995, £63·00 (hbk), pp. xiv + 283. Artech, ISBN 0 89006 612 4. Scope: monograph. Level: postgraduate and specialist.

Correlated Electron Systems, Vol. 9 Edited by V. J. Emery 1993, £27·00 (pbk), pp. xii + 347. World Scientific, ISBN 981 02 1269 0. Scope: lecture notes. Level: postgraduate.

Differential Forms and Connections BY R. W. R. Darling 1994, £30·00, US$49£95 (hbk), £12·95, US$19·95 (pbk), pp. x + 256. Cambridge, ISBN 0 521 46800 0. Scope: textbook. Level: advanced undergraduate and beginning postgraduate.

How to Teach Mathematics: A Personal Perspective BY S. G. Krantz 1994, £18·00, (pbk), pp. x + 76. American Mathematical Society, ISBN 0 8218 0197 X. Scope: text. Level: teachers and lecturers.

Iddq Testing for CMOS VLSI By R. Rajsuman 1995, £52·00 (hbk), pp. xii + 193. Artech, ISBN 0 89006 726. Scope: text. Level: postgraduate and specialist.

Large-Scale Matrix Problems and the Numerical Solution of Partial Differential Equations Edited by J. Gilbert and D. Kershaw 1994, £30·00 (hbk), pp. viii + 212. Oxford, ISBN 0 19 853463 9. Scope: summer school proceedings. Level: postgraduate and specialist.

Modern Physics From α to Z⁰ By J. W. Rohlf 1994, £18·95 (pbk), pp. x + 646. Wiley, ISBN 0 471 02126 1. Scope: textbook. Level: undergraduate.

Neutrons, Nuclei and Matter By J. Byrne 1994, £250·00 (hbk), pp. xix + 760. IOP, ISBN 0 7503 0264 X. Scope: monograph. Level: specialist.

Numerical Simulations in Astrophysics Edited by J. Franco, S. Lizano, L. Aguilar and E. Daltabuit 1994, £40·00, US$59·95 (hbk), pp. xv + 373. Cambridge, ISBN 0 521 46238 X. Scope: proceedings. Level: postgraduate and specialist.

Numerical Solution of Partial Differential Equations By K. W. Morton and D. F. Mayers 1994, £35·00, US$54·95 (hbk), £13·95, US$22·95 (pbk), pp. 227. Cambridge, ISBN 0 521 42922 6. Scope: textbook. Level: advanced undergraduate.

Physics. 3rd Edn By J. D. Cutnell and K. W. Johnson 1995, £21·95 (hbk), pp. Ixxviii +1031. Wiley, ISBN 0 471 59773 2. Scope: textbook. Level: undergraduate.

Physics of New Materials Edited by F. E. Fujita 1994, DM 126·00 (hbk), pp. xi + 304. Springer-Verlag, ISBN 3 540 56851 4. Scope: multi-author review. Level: postgraduate and specialist.

Quantum Field Theory, A Modern Introduction By M. Kaku 1994, £19·50 (pbk), pp. xix + 785. Oxford University Press, ISBN 0 19 509158 2. Scope: textbook. Level: postgraduate.

Quantum Mechanics: Symmetries. 2nd Edn By W. Greiner and G. Müller 1994, DM88·00, sFr88·00 (pbk), pp. xx + 496. Springer, ISBN 3 540 58080 8. Scope: textbook. Level: postgraduate.

Stairway to the Stars: The Story of The World's Largest Observatory By B. Parker 1994, US$27·95 (hbk), pp. x + 350. Plenum, ISBN 0 306 44763 0. Scope: text. Level: scientific layman and amateur astronomers.

Symmetries of Islamic Geometrical Patterns By S. J. Abas and A. S. Salman 1995, £27·400 (hbk), pp. xxii + 396. World Scientific, ISBN 981 02 1704 8. Scope: text. Level: non-specialist.

The Stars: Their Structure and Evolution By R. J. Tayler 1994, £30·00, US$59·95 (hbk), £12·95, US$24·95 (pbk), pp. xiii + 241. Cambridge, ISBN 0 521 45885 4. Scope: textbook. Level: first year undergraduate and informed general reader.

Thermal Sensors Edited by G. C. M. Meijer and A. W. van Herwaarden 1994, £75·00, US$150·00 (hbk), pp. x + 304. IOP, ISBN 0 7903 0220 8. Scope: multi-author text. Level: practising scientists and engineers.

Contemporary Topics in Medium Energy Physics Edited by K. Goeke, W-Y. Pauchy Hwang and J. Speth 1994, US$95·50 (hbk), pp. xi + 363. Plenum, ISBN 0 306 44636 7. Scope: symposium proceedings. Level: specialist.