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Condensed Matter Physics. Dynamic Correlations. By S. W. Lovesey. (London: Addison-Wesley, 1980.) [Pp. xiii + 188 + subject index.] Price £14·60 hardback; £8·00 paperback.

Geometrical Methods of Mathematical Physics. By B. Schutz. (Cambridge University Press, 1980.) [Pp. xii + 245 + subject index.] Price £18·00 hardback; £7·50 paperback.

The Physics of Elementary Excitations. By S. Nakajima, Y. Toyozawa and R. Abe. (Berlin, Heidelberg, New York: Springer-Verlag, 1980.) [Pp. xi + 328 + subject index.] Price DM 25, – –/US $49·80.

Relaxation of Elementary Excitations. Edited by R. Kubo and E. Hanamura. (Berlin, Heidelberg, New York: Springer-Verlag, 1980.) [Pp. xii + 283.] Price DM 72, – –/US $42·50 hardback.

Mixed-Valence Compounds. Theory and Applications in Chemistry, Physics, Geology and Biology. Edited by D. B. Brown. (Dordrecht. Boston, London: D. Reidel, 1980.) [Pp. viii + 506 + subject index.] Price Dfl. 115·00 hardback.

The Physics and Chemistry of Low Dimensional Solids. Edited by L. Alcacer. (Dordrecht, Boston, London: D. Reidel, 1980.) [Pp. ix + 428 + subject index.] Price Dfl. 95·00 hardback.

Fast Ion Transport in Solids. Electrodes and Electrolytes. Edited by P. Vashishta, J. N. Mundy and G. K. Shenoy. (Amsterdam, New York: North-Holland, 1979.) [Pp. xxvii + 730 + author, subject and compound index.] Price Dfl. 150·00, camera-ready typescript.

Thermal Expansion of Crystals. By R. S. Krishnan. R. Srinivasan and S. Devanarayanan. (Oxford, New York, Toronto: Pergamon Press, 1979.) [Pp. ix + 300 + author index.] Price £15·00 hardback.

Landolt-Börnstein. Group III, Volume 12, Part b. Magnetic and Other Properties of Oxides and Related Compounds, (Berlin, Heidelberg. New York: Springer-Verlag. 1980) [Pp. xiv + 758.] Price DM 790, – – /US $466·10 hardback.

Organic Molecular Crystals. Their Electronic States. By E. A. Silinsh. (Berlin, Heidelberg, New York: Springer-Verlag, 1980.) [Pp. ix + 375 + subject index.] Price US $52·50 hardback.

Vibrational Spectroscopy of Adsorbates. Edited by R. F. Willis. (Berlin, Heidelberg, New York: Springer-Verlag, 1980.) [Pp. xii + 184.] Price DM 52, – –/US $29·50 hardback.

Properties and Applications of Glass. By H. Rawson. (Amsterdam, Oxford, New York: Elsevier, 1980.) [Pp. xii + 306 + author and subject index.] Price Dfl. 115·00 hardback, camera-ready typescript.

Current Topics in Materials Science. Volume 5. Edited by E. Kaldis. (Amsterdam, New York: North-Holland, 1980.) [Pp. xii + 548 + subject index.] Price Dfl. 200·00 hardback.

Coulson's Valence, third edition. By R. McWeeny. (Oxford University Press, 1979.) [Pp. x + 425 + subject index.] Price £8·00 paperback.

Physical Chemistry. By R. S. Berry, S. A. Rice and J. Ross. (New York, Chichester, Brisbane, Toronto: J. Wiley & Sons, 1980.) [Pp. xvi + 1264 + subject index.] Price £19·80 hardback.

Electromagnetic Radiation. By F. H. Read. (Chichester, New York, Brisbane, Toronto: J. Wiley & Sons, 1980.) [Pp. xiv + 331 + subject index.] Price £7·95 paperback.

The Beginnings of Solid State Physics. Introduced by Sir Nevill Mott. (London: The Royal Society, 1980.) [Pp. 177.] Price £9·75 hardback.

Digital Electronics. Fundamental Concepts and Applications. By C. E. Strangio. (New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, 1980.) [Pp. xvii + 517 + subject index.] Price £16·20 hardback.

Microprocessors and Logic Design. By R. L. Krutz. (New York, Chichester, Brisbane, Toronto: J. Wiley & Sons, 1980.) [Pp. xvi + 480 + subject index.] Price £13·30 hardback.

Ball Lightning and Bead Lightning. Extreme Forms of Atmospheric Electricity. By J. D. Barry. (New York: Plenum Press, 1980.) [Pp. x + 291 + subject index.] Price US $29·50 hardback.

A User's Guide to Vacuum Technology. By J. F. O'Hanlon. (New York, Chichester, Brisbane, Toronto: J. Wiley & Sons, 1980.) [Pp. xiii + 391 + subject index.] Price £13·30 hardback.