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Handbook on Semiconductors. Volume 1. Band Theory and Transport Properties. Edited by W. Paul. (Amsterdam and New York: North-Holland, 1982.) [Pp. xvii + 841 + subject and author index.]. Price Dfl. 345·00/US $160·50 hardback.

Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy and Surface Vibrations. By H. Ibach and D. L. Mills. (New York, London, Paris: Academic Press, 1982.) [Pp. xi + 361 + subject index.] Price £32·40/U.S. $49·00 hardback.

Quantum Processes in Semiconductors. By B. K. Ridley. (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982.) [Pp. ix + 278 + subject and author index.] Price 28·00 hardback.

Physics and Applications of the Josephson Effects. By A. Barone and G. Paterno. (New York, Chichester, Brisbane: John Wiley, 1982.) [Pp. xvii + 524 + subject index.] Price £38·50 hardback.

Introduction to Polymers. By R. J. Young. (London and New York: Chapman & Hall, 1981.) [Pp. viii + 324 + subject index.] Price £18·00 hardback, £7·95 paperback.

Ion-Implantation Techniques. Edited by H. Ryssel and H. Glawischnig. (Berlin, Heidelberg, New York: Springer-Verlag, 1982.) [Pp. xii + 366 + subject index.] Price DM 72,—/US $29·50 hardback.

The Making and Evaluation of Holograms. By N. Abramson. (London, New York, Toronto: Academic Press, 1981.) [Pp. xv + 324 + subject index.] Price US $48·00.

Lectures on Statistical Mechanics. By M. G. Bowler. (Oxford, New York, Toronto: Pergamon, 1982.) [Pp. ix + 116 + subject index.] Price £10·00 hardback, £4·95 paperback.

Electromagnetic Fields. Theory, Worked Examples and Problems. By R. V. Buckley. (London, Basingstoke: Macmillan, 1981.) [Pp. iv + 163.] Price £4·50 paperback.

Developments in Oriented Polymers—1. Edited by I. M. Ward. (London, New Jersey: Applied Science, 1982.) [Pp. ix + 224 + subject index.] Price £26·00 hardback.

Illustrating Fortran. By D. Alcock. (Cambridge University Press, 1982.) [Pp. ix + 131 + subject index.] Price £9·50 hardback, £;4·95 paperback.

Atomic Many-Body Theory. By I. Lindgren and J. Morrison. (Berlin, Heidelberg, New York: Springer-Verlag, 1982.) [Pp. xiii + 461 + subject and author index.] Price DM 110,—/US $50·00 hardback.

Physics Problems for Programmable Calculators: Wave Motion, Optics, and Modern Physics. By J. R. Christman. (New York, Chichester, Brisbane: John Wiley, 1982.) [Pp. viii + 308.] Price £;5·00 paperback.

Basic Electromagnetic Fields. By H. P. Neff, Jr. (Cambridge, Hagerstown, Philadelphia: Harper & Row, 1981.) [Pp. xxi + 591 + subject index.] Price US $29·50 hardback.

Hafnium: Physico-Chemical Properties of its Compounds and Alloys. Edited by K. L. Komarek. (Vienna: IAEA, 1981.) [Pp. 407.] Price Austrian Sch. 620,—paperback.