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Neutron Scattering at a Pulsed Source. Edited by R. J. Newport, B. D. Rainford, and R. Cywinski. (Bristol and Philadelphia: Adam Hilger, 1988.) [Pp. xiv + 41 3 + subject index.] Price £32·50 hard cover.

Electronic Structure and Optical Properties of Semiconductors. By M. L. Cohen and J. R. Chelikowsky. (Berlin, Heidelberg, New York: Springer-Verlag, 1988.) [Pp. xii + 260 +subject index.] Price DM 98·00 hard cover.

Diffusion at Interfaces: Microscopic Concepts. Edited by M. Grunze, H. J. Kreuzer and J. J. Weimer (Berlin, Heidelberg, New York: Springer-Verlag, 1988.) [Pp. Viii + 205.1 Price DM 98·00/US $59·60 hard cover.

Polymer Motion in Dense Systems. Edited by D. Richter and T. Springer. (Berlin, Heidelberg, New York: Springer-Verlag, 1988.) [Pp. × + 307.1 Price DM 98·00 hard cover.

Superstrings. A Theory of Everything? Edited by P. C. W. Davies and J. Brown. (Cambridge, New York, New Rochelle: Cambridge University Press, 1988.) [Pp. viii + 228 + subject index.] Price £20·00 hard cover; £6·95 soft cover.

Astrophysical and Laboratory Spectroscopy. Edited by R. Brown and J. Lang. (Edinburgh: SUSSP, 1988.) [Pp. xxi + 415.1 Price £24·00 hard cover. (Proceedings of the Thirty-Third Scottish Universities' Summer School in Physics, St Andrews, U.K., September, 1987. Nine contributions.)

High-Energy Processes in Organometallic Chemistry. Edited by K. S. Suslick. (Washington, D.C.: American Chemical Society, 1987.) [Pp. vii + 326 +author and subject index.] Price US $83·95 hard cover.

Recent Developments in Surface Acoustic Waves. Edited by D. F. Parker and G. A. Maugin (Berlin, Heidelberg, New York: Springer-Verlag, 1988.) [Pp. × + 351.1 Price DM 110·00 hard cover. (Proceedings of the European Mechanics Colloquium 226, University of Nottingham, U.K., September 2-5, 1987. Thirty-seven contributions.)

J. D. Vander Waals: On the Continuity of the Gaseous and Liquid States. Edited by J. S. Rowlinson. (Amsterdam, Oxford, New York: North-Holland, 1988.) [Pp. xiv + 291 + subject index.] Price Dfl. 160·00 hard cover.

Graph Theory and Topology in Chemistry. Edited by R. B. King and D. H. Rouvray. (Amsterdam, Oxford, New York: Elsevier, 1987.) [Pp. xv + 563 +subject index.] Price Dfl. 375·00/US $183·00 hard cover. (Collection of forty-one papers presented at an international conference, University of Georgia, U.S.A., 16-20 March, 1987.)