Book reviews

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Atomic and Nanometer-scale Modification of Materials: Fundamentals and Applications Edited by P. Avouris 1993, £93·50, Dfl.230·00, US$137·00 (hbk), pp. xiv + 346. Kluwer Academic, ISBN 0 7923 2334 3. Scope: NATO workshop proceedings. Level: postgraduate and specialist.

Bistabilities and Nonlinearities in Laser Diodes By H. Kawaguchi 1994, £70·00 (hbk), pp. x + 379. Artech House, ISBN 0 89006 671 X. Scope: monograph. Level: specialist.

Coping with Chaos Edited by E. Ott, T. Sauer and J. A. Yorke 1994, £41·50 (hbk), pp. xxii + 418. Wiley, ISBN 0 471 02556 9. Scope: textbook and reprints. Level: postgraduate.

Fundamentals of Interferometric Gravitational Wave Detectors By P. R. Saulson 1994, £58·00 (hbk), pp. xvi + 299. World Scientific, ISBN 0 981 02 1820 6. Scope: monograph. Level: postgraduate.

Gravitation and Spacetime, second edition By H. C. Ohanian and R. Ruffini 1994, US$49·95 (hbk), pp. xv + 676. Norton, ISBN 0 393 96501 5. Scope: textbook. Level: advanced undergraduate and postgraduate.

Introduction to Semiconductor Integrated Optics By H. P. Zappe 1995, £65·00 (hbk), pp. xx + 371. Artech House, ISBN 0 89006 789 9. Scope: text book. Level: Postgraduate and specialist.

Introduction to the Physics of Electrons in Solids By B. K. Tanner 1995, £40·00, US$69·95 (hbk), £13·95, US$24·95 (pbk), pp. xvii + 246. Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0 521 28358 2. Scope: textbook. Level: undergraduate.

Lens Design, second edition, revised and expanded By M. Laikin 1995, US$115·00 (hbk), pp. xii + 446. Dekker, ISBN 0 8247 9602 0. Scope: textbook. Level: postgraduate and specialist.

Nuclear Decay Modes , in the series Fundamental and Applied Nuclear Physics Series Edited by D. N. Poenaru 1996, £160·00, US$320·00 (hbk), pp. xv + 577. Institute of Physics, ISBN 0 7503 0338 7. Scope: multi-author review. Level: specialist.

Principles of Nonlinear Optical Spectroscopy By S. Mukamel 1995, £65·00 (hbk), pp. xviii + 543. Oxford University Press, ISBN 0 19 509278 3. Scope: monograph. Level: postgraduate and specialist.

Principles of Quantum Mechanics, second edition By R. Shankar 1994, US$49·50 (hbk), pp. xviii + 676. Plenum, ISBN 0 306 44790 8. Scope: textbook. Level: undergraduate.

Quantum Measurement By V. B. Braginsky and F. Ya. Khalili 1995, £27·95, US$42·95 (hbk), £14·95, US$24·95 (pbk), pp. xviii + 191. Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0 521 48413 8. Scope: monograph. Level: postgraduate and specialist.

Quantum Networks: Dynamics of Open Nanostructures By G. Mahler and V. A. Weberruss 1995, DM98·00, sFr94·50 (hbk), pp. ix + 390. Springer, ISBN 3 540 58850 7. Scope: monograph. Level: specialist.

Scanning Tunnelling Microscopy I: General Principles and Applications to Clean and Absorbate-Covered Surfaces , in the series Surface Sciences, second edition Edited by H.-J. Güntherodt and R. Wiesendanger 1994, DM69·00 (pbk), pp. xii + 280. Springer, ISBN 3 540 58415 3. Scope: multi-author review. Level: postgraduate and specialist.

Superconductivity By V. L. Ginzburg and E. A. Andryushin 1995, £25·50 (hbk), £13·00 (pbk), pp. v + 91. World Scientific, ISBN 981 02 1459 6. Scope: popular review. Level: non-scientific and undergraduate.

The Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics By R. Omnés 1994, £80·00, US$95·00 (hbk), £29·50, US$39·50 (pbk), pp. x + 550. Princeton University Press, ISBN 0 691 03669 1. Scope: monograph. Level: advanced undergraduate and postgraduate.

The Meaning of Quantum Theory By J. Baggott 1992, £13·95 (pbk), pp. xiv + 230. Oxford University Press, ISBN 0 19 855575 X. Scope: textbook. Level: undergraduate and postgraduate.

3A: The Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation , in the Cambridge Astrophysics Series. By R. B. Partridge 1995, £60·00, US$89·95 (hbk), pp. xix + 373. Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0 521 35254 1. Scope: monograph. Level: postgraduate and specialist.

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Master's Theses in the Pure and Applied Sciences 38 Edited by W. H. Shafer 1994, US$149·50 (hbk), pp. xiv + 413. Plenum, ISBN 0 306 45061 5. Scope: reference.

Nothing is too Wonderful to be True By P. Morrison 1995, £23·95 (hbk), pp. vii + 446. Oxford University Press, ISBN 1 56396 363 9. Scope: collected essays. Level: general reader.

Symposium on the Foundations of Modern Physics 1994: 70 Years of Matter Waves Edited by K. V. Laurikainen, C. Montonen and K. Sunnarborg 1994, US$52·00 (hbk), pp. viii + 349. Editions Frontières, ISBN 2 86332 169 2. Scope: symposium proceedings. Level: postgraduate and specialist.

The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein: The Swiss Years: Writings, 1912–1914, Vol. 4 Edited by M. J. Klein, A. J. Knox, J. Renn and R. Schulmann 1995, £66·50, US$85·00 (hbk), pp. xviii + 715. Princeton University Press, ISBN 0 691 037705 1. Scope: reprinted papers.

The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein: The Swiss Years: Correspondence, 1902–1914, Vol. 5 Translated by A. Beck, and consultant, D. Howard 1995, £19·50, US$29·95 (pbk), pp. xvii + 384. Princeton University Press, ISBN 0 691 00099 9. Scope: reprinted correspondence in translation.

The Collected works of P. A. M. Dirac—1924–1948 Edited by R. Dalitz 1995, £175·00, US$250·00 (hbk), pp. xxiii + 1310. Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0 521 36231 8. Scope: collected papers. Level: library and postgraduate.