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Quantum Field Theory of Solids. An Introduction. By H. Haken. (Amsterdam, New York, Oxford: North-Holland, 1983.) [Pp. xviii + 326 + subject index.] Price Dfl. 75·00/US $32·00, soft cover.

Many-Body Theory of Solids. An Introduction. By J. C. Inkson. (New York and London: Plenum Press, 1984.) [Pp. x + 324 + subject index.] Price US $29·50 hard cover.

International Tables for Crystallography. Volume A. Space-Group Symmetry. Edited by T. Hahn. (Dordrecht and Boston: D. Reidel for The International Union of Crystallography, 1983.) [Pp. xv + 845 + subject index.] Price Dfl. 385·00/US $165·00 hard cover (individuals: Dfl. 215·00/US Dollar;90·00).

Crystal Lattices, Interfaces, Matrices. An Extension of Crystallography. By W. Bollmann. (Geneva: Bollmann, 1983.) [Pp. vii + 355 + subject index.] Price SF 70·00/US $45·00 hard cover.

Synergetics. From Microscopic to Macroscopic Order. Edited by E. Frehland. (Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, Tokyo: Springer-Verlag, 1984.) [Pp. viii + 259.] Price DM 85·00/ca. US $33·0 hard cover (camera-ready typescript).

Semiconductors and Electronic Devices. Second edition. A. Bar-Lev. (New Jersey, London, Sydney: Prentice-Hall, 1984.) [Pp. xii + 462 + subject index.] Price £13·95 soft cover. (See Phil. Mag. B, 39, 368 (1979).)

Proceedings of the International Conference on Magnetism. Kyoto, Japan, September 1982. Parts I, II and III. Edited by K. Adachi. (Amsterdam, New York, Oxford: North-Holland, 1983.) [Pp. xxii + 1624.] Comprises Vols. 31–34 (1983) of the Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials: Subscription price (5 volumes) Dfl. 1400·00, postage and handling included. (684 contributions.)

Towards 2000. By Raymond Williams. (London: Hogarth Press, 1983.) [Pp. viii + 270 + subject index.] Price $9·95 hard cover.

Semiclassical Theories of Molecular Scattering. By B. C. Eu. (Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, Tokyo: Springer-Verlag, 1984.) [Pp. xii + 220 + author and subject index.] Price DM 75·00/ca. US $29·10 hard cover.