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Atmospheric Convection . By K. A. Emanuel. 1994, £47.50 (hbk), pp. x+580. Oxford, ISBN 0 19 506630 8. Scope: text. Level: postgraduate.

Automotive Sensors . By M. H. Westbrook and J. D. Turner. 1994, £75.00, US$149.00 (hbk), pp. xviii + 253. IOP, ISBN 0 7903 0293 3. Scope: monograph. Level: specialist.

Computation in Modem Physics . By W. R. Gibbs. 1994, £38.00 (hbk), pp. xvii + 348. World Scientific, ISBN 981 02 2044 8. Scope: text. Level: undergraduate and postgraduate.

Electron Correlations in Molecules and Solids , 2nd Edn. By P. Fulde. 1993, DM78.00 (pbk), pp. xiv + 422. Springer-Verlag, ISBN 3 540 56376 8. Scope: monograph. Level: postgraduate and specialist.

Field Theory, A Path Integral Approach . By A. Das. 1994, £48.00 (hbk), pp. xv + 399. World Scientific, ISBN 981 02 1396 4. Scope: lecture notes. Level: postgraduate.

Infrared Technology Fundamentals , 2nd Edn, revised and expanded. By M. Schlessinger. 1994, US$125.00 (hbk), pp. xii + 462. Dekker, ISBN 0 8247 9259 9. Scope: monograph. Level: postgraduate and specialist.

Oceanography and Acoustics . Edited by A. R. Robinson and D. Lee. 1994, US$65.00 (hbk), pp. xvii + 257. AIP, ISBN 1 56396 203 9. Scope: multi-author review. Level: postgraduate and specialist.

Optoelectronic Integration: Physics, Technology and Applications . Edited by O. Wada. 1994, Dfl. 275.00, US$130.00, £96.25 (hbk), pp. x + 458. Kluwer, ISBN 0 7923 9453 4. Scope: multi-author review. Level: postgraduate and specialist.

Photonic Devices and Systems . Edited by R. C. Hunsperger. 1994, US$135.00 (hbk), pp. xi + 426. Dekker, ISBN 0 8247 9243 2. Scope: multi-author review. Level: postgraduate and specialist.

Physics and Our View of the World . Edited by J. Hilgevoord. 1994, US$22.95 (pbk), pp. 304. Cambridge, ISBN 0 521 47680 1. Scope: multi-author review. Level: scientists and philosophers of science.

Polymer Physics . By U.W. Gedde. 1995, £49.00 (hbk), £24.99 (pbk), pp. x + 298. Chapman & Hall, ISBN 0 412 62640. Scope: textbook. Level: undergraduate and postgraduate.

Quantization of Gauge Systems . By M. Henneaux and C. Teitelboim. 1994, US$29.95, £25.00 (pbk) pp. xxii + 520. Princeton, ISBN 0 691 03769 8. Scope: textbook. Level: postgraduate and specialist.

Semiconductor Raman Lasers . By K. Suto and J.-I. Nlshlzawa. 1994, £63.00 (hbk), pp. ix + 226. Artech, ISBN 0 89006 667 1. Scope: monograph. Level: specialist.

Shapes and Shells in Nuclear Structure . By S. G. Nilsson and I. Ragnarsson. 1995, £60.00, US$89.95 (hbk), pp. xiv + 408. Cambridge, ISBN 0 521 37377 8. Scope: textbook. Level: postgraduate.

Supersymmetric Gauge Field Theory and String Theory . By D. Bailin and A. Love. 1994, £80.00, US$160.00 (hbk), £27.50, US$49.00 (pbk), pp. xii + 332. IOP, ISBN 0 7503 0268 2. Scope: textbook. Level: postgraduate.

Short notices Advanced Series in Neuroscience , Vol. 3. Biology and Computation, A Physicist's Choice. Reprint volume. Edited by H. Gutfreund and G. Toulouse. 1994, £94.00 (hbk) pp. xv + 852. World Scientific, ISBN 981 02 1405 7. Scope: reprints. Level: postgraduate and specialist.

Electronic Structure of Refractory Carbides and Nitrides . Edited by V. A. Gubanov, A.L. Ivanovsky and V. P. Zhukov. 1994, $79.95 (hbk) pp. xiv + 256. Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0 521 41885 2. Scope: monograph. Level: postgraduate and specialist.

Fritz London: A Scientific Biography . By K. Gavroglu. 1995, £50.00 (hbk), pp. xxiv + 299. Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0 521 43273 1. Scope: biography. Level: general reader.

Gallium Arsenide and Related Compounds 1993 . Edited by H. S. Rupprecht and G. Weinmann. 1994, £115.00, US$230.00 (hbk), pp. xxiv + 842. IOP, ISBN 0 7503 0295 X. Scope: conference proceedings. Level: postgraduate and specialist.

Matvei Petrovich Bronstein and Soviet Physics in the Thirties . By G. E. Gorelik and V. Y. Frenkel. 1994, £65.00, DM 168.00. sFr. 148.00 (hbk), pp. 208. Birkhauser, ISBN 3 7643 2752 9. Scope: biography. Level: non-specialist.

Physical Chemistry . 5th edn. By P. W. Atkins. 1994, £24.00 (pbk), pp. xix + 1145. Oxford, ISBN 0 19 855730 2. Scope textbook. Level: undergraduate.

Polyominoes. Puzzles, Patterns, Problems, and Packings . Revised and expanded 2nd edn. By S.W. Golomb. 1994, US$24.95, £19.95 (hbk) pp. xii + 181. Princeton University Press, ISBN 0 691 08573 0. Scope: text. Level: non-specialist.

Supercollider 5 . Edited by P. Hale. 1994, US$195.00 (hbk), pp. xxviii + 970. Plenum, ISBN 0 306 44705 3. Scope: conference proceedings. Level: postgraduate and specialist.

World Scientific Series in 20th Century Physics , Vol. 5. Selected Papers of Abdus Salam (With Commentary). Edited by A. Ali, C. Isham, T. Kibble and Riazuddin. 1994, £64.00 (hbk) pp. xiv + 679. World Scientific, ISBN 981 02 1662 9. Scope: reprinted papers. Level: specialist.