Book reviews

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Handbook of Stochastic Methods for Physics, Chemistry and the Natural Sciences. By C. W. Gardiner. (Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, Tokyo: Springer Verlag, 1983.) (Pp. xix + 434 + author and subject index.) Price DM 115, –/US $42·00 hard cover.

High Field Magnetism. Edited by M. Date. (Amsterdam, New York, Oxford: North-Holland, 1983.) (Pp. ix + 346 + subject index.) Price Dfl. 110·00/US $46·75 hard cover (camera-ready typescript).

Handbook on Synchrotron Radiation. Vols. 1 (a) and 1 (b). Edited by E. Koch. (Amsterdam, New York, Oxford: North-Holland, 1983.) (Pp. xix + 1165 + subject and author index.) Price Dfl. 600·00/US $255·25 hard cover.

Green's Functions in Quantum Physics. Second corrected and up-dated edition. By E. N. Economou. (Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, Tokyo: Springer-Verlag, 1983.) (Pp. xiv + 309 + subject index.) Price DM 419, –/ US $19·50 soft cover.

Dynamical Properties of IV-VI Compounds. By W. Jantsch, A. Bussmann-Holder, H. Bilz and P. Vogl. (Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, Tokyo: Springer Verlag, 1983.) (Pp. viii + 98 + subject matter.) Price US $25·00 hard cover.

Ionic Liquids, Molten Salts and Polyelectrolytes. Edited by K. H. Bennemann, F. Brouers, and D. Quitmann. (Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, Tokyo: Springer Verlag, 1982.) (Pp. vii + 253.) Price DM 36, + US $15·60 soft cover (camera-ready typescript). (Proceedings of the conference held in West Berlin, June 1982. Twenty-nine contributions.)

The Multinuclear Approach to NMR Spectroscopy. Edited by J. B. Lambert and F. G. Riddell. (Dordrecht, Boston, Lancaster: D. Reidel, 1983.) (Pp. xvi + 529 + subject index.) Price US $72·00 hard cover (camera-ready typescript). (Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute held in Scotland, August 1982. Twenty-two contributions.)

Mechanical Properties of Solid Polymers. Second edition. By I. M. Ward. (Chichester, New York, Brisbane, Toronto: John Wiley & Sons, 1983.) (Pp. xv + 471 + subject index.) Price £25·00 hard cover.

Radiation Effects Computer Experiments. By J. R. Beeler, Jr. (Amsterdam, New York, Oxford: North-Holland, 1983.) (Pp. xviii + 873 + subject index.) Price Dfl. 395·00/US $168·00 hard cover.

Ion Implantation: Equipment and Techniques. Edited by H. Ryssel and H. Glawischnig. (Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, Tokyo: Springer Verlag, 1983.) (Pp. x + 553 + author index.) Price DM 72,—/US $30·00 hard cover (camera-ready typescript). (Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Ion Implantation held in Bavaria, 13–17 September 1982.)