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Hydrogen in Intermetallic Compounds I. Edited by L. Schapbach. (Berlin, Heidelberg, New York: Springer-Verlag, 1988.) [Pp. xi + 341 + subject index.] Price DM 118·00/US $69·50 hard cover.

Desorption Induced by Electronic Transitions. DIET III. Edited by R. H. Stulen and M. L. Knotek. (Berlin, Heidelberg, New York: Springer-Verlag, 1988.) [Pp.xiii + 295.] Price DM 98·00 hard cover.

Ultrashort Laser Pulses and Applications. Edited by W. Kaiser. (Berlin, Heidelberg, New York: Springer-Verlag, 1988.) [Pp. xiii + 417 + subject index.] Price DM 144·00/US $87 hard cover.

Competing Interactions and Microstructures: Statics and Dynamics. Edited by R. LeSar, A. Bishop and R. Heffner. (Berlin, Heidelberg, New York: Springer-Verlag, 1988.) [Pp. viii + 275.] Price DM 84·00/US $44·50 hard cover.

Graphite Fibers and Filaments. By M. S. Dresselhaus, G. Dresselhaus, K. Sugihara, I. L. Spain and H. A. Goldberg. (Berlin, Heidelberg, New York: Springer-Verlag, 1988.) [Pp. x + 360 + subject index.] Price DM 122·00/US $74·00 hard cover.

Nuclear Physics Applications on Materials Science. Edited by E. Recknagel and J. C. Soares. (Dordrecht, Boston, London: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1988.) [Pp. xi + 454 + subject index.] Price Dfl 250·00/£136·00 hard cover. (Proceedings of a NATO Advanced Science Institute held in Viana do Castelo, Portugal, September 6–18, 1987. 42 contributions.)

Structure Reports for 1986. Metals and Inorganics Sections. Volume 53A. Edited by G. Ferguson and J. Trotter. (Dordrecht, Boston, London: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1988.) [Pp. vi + 276 + subject and formula index.] Price Dfl 130·00/£40·00 hard cover.

Photonic Switching. Edited by T. K. Gustafson and P. W. Smith. (Berlin, Heidelberg, New York: Springer-Verlag, 1988.) [Pp. x + 218.] Price DM 79·00 hard cover. (Proceedings of the First Topical Meeting, Incline Village, Nevada, March 18–20, 1987. 43 contributions.)

Magnetic Properties of Amorphous Metals. Edited by A. Hernando, V. Madurga, M. C. Sanchez-Trujillo and M. Vazquez. (Amsterdam, Oxford, New York: North-Holland, 1987.) [Pp. xv + 374 + subject and materials index.] Price Dfl. 125·00S $61·00 soft cover. (Proceedings of the symposium held at Benelmadena, Spain, May 25–29, 1987. 99 contributions.)

Collective Effects in Quantum Statistics of Radiation and Matter. By V. N. Popov and V. S. Yarunin. (Dordrecht, Boston, London: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1988.) [Pp. xii + 213 + subject index.] Price Dfl. 140·00/£43·00 hard cover.

Condensed Matter Theories. Volume 2. Edited by P. Vashishta, R. K. Kalia and R. F. Bishop. (New York and London: Plenum Press, 1987.) [Pp. xii + 404 + subject index.] Price US $90·00 hard cover. (Proceedings of the International Workshop held at Argonne National Laboratory, U.S.A., July 21–28, 1986.45 contributions.)