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Book Reviews

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Pages 249-260 | Published online: 20 Aug 2006
 

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An Introduction to the Kinetic Theory of Gases and Magnetoplasmas By L. c. WOODS 1993, £27·50 (hbk), pp. xii + 287. Oxford Science Publications, ISBN 0198563930. Scope: textbook. Level: postgraduate.

Basic Ideas and Concepts in Nuclear Physics By K. HEYDE 1994, £95·00, US$142·50 (hbk), £32·00, US$49·00 (pbk), pp. xviii + 424. IOP, ISBN 0750303018. Scope: textbook. Level: undergraduate and postgraduate.

Chaos: A Program Collection for the PC By H. J. KORSCH and H.-J. JODL 1994, DM98·00, sFr98·00 (hbk), pp. xiii + 311. Springer, ISBN 3540574573. Scope: text. Level: advanced undergraduate.

Color and Light in Nature By D. K. LYNCH and W. LIVINGSTON 1995, £40·00, US$69·95 (hbk), £17·95, US$29·95 (pbk), pp. xi + 254. Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0521468361. Scope: popular review. Level: undergraduate and general reader.

Diagrammatica: The Path to Feynman Diagrams By M. VELTMAN 1994, US$29·95 (pbk), pp. xii + 284. Cambridge, ISBN 0521456924. Scope: lecture notes. Level: postgraduate.

Electronic Transport in Mesoscopic Systems. In the series Cambridge Studies in Semiconductor Physics and Microelectronic Engineering By S. DATTA 1995, £50·50, US$69·95 (hbk), pp. xv + 377. Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0521416043. Scope: textbook/monograph. Level: postgraduate.

Fritz London: A Scientific Biography By K. GAVROGLU 1995, £50·00 (hbk), pp. xxiv + 299. Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0521432731. Scope: biography. Level. postgraduate.

Interactive Physics , Student Edition, Macintosh Version (Disks included) By KNOWLEDGE REVOLUTION 1995, £21·58 (pbk), pp. xi + 269. Prentice Hall, ISBN 0131018744. Scope: simulation program and text. Level: senior high school and undergraduate students.

Introduction to Nonlinear Science By G. NICOLIS 1995, £13·95 (pbk), £35·00 (hbk), pp. xi + 254. Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0521467829. Scope: text. Level: postgraduate and researcher.

Introduction to the Theory of Laser-Atom Interactions , 2nd Edn By M. H. MITTLEMAN 1995, US$71·00 (hbk), pp. xii + 313. Plenum. ISBN 0306444321. Scope: textbook. Level: postgraduate.

Organic Molecular Crystals By E. A. SILINSH and V. ČAPEL 1994,£48·00 (hbk), pp. xxiv + 402. AIP, ISBN 1563960699. Scope: monograph. Level: postgraduate and specialist.

Photonic Crystals: Molding the Flow of Light By J. D. JOANNOPOULOS, R. D. MEADE and J. N. WINN 1995, £30·00,US$35·00 (hbk), pp. ix + 137. Princeton, ISBN 0691037442. Scope: monograph. Level: postgraduate.

The Mathematical Theory of Dilute Gases. Applied Mathematical Sciences 106 By C. CERCICNANI, R. ILLNER and M. PULVIRENTI 1994, DM84·00, sFr84·00 (hbk), pp. vii + 347. Springer, ISBN 0387942947. Scope: monograph. Level: specialist.

The Physics of Liquid Crystals . 2nd Edn. In the series International Series of Monographs on Physics 83 By P. G. DE GENAES and J. PROST 1995, £25·00 (pbk), pp. xvi + 597. Clarendon, ISBN 0198517858. Scope: monograph. Level: postgraduate.

The Shape of Space , 2nd Edn By G. NERLKH 1994, £40·00, US$74·95 (hbk), £14·95, US$22·95 (pbk), pp. xi + 290. Cambridge, ISBN 0521456452. Scope: philosophical text. Level: postgraduate.

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