Contemporary Physics, Volume 52, Issue 1 (2011)

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Merging black holes
Joan Centrella, John Baker, Bernard Kelly & James van Meter
Pages: 1-14
Published online: 25 Nov 2010
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Acceleration technologies for charged particles: an introduction
Richard G. Carter
Pages: 15-41
Published online: 10 Jan 2011
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Gravity and a geometrisation of turbulence: an intriguing correspondence
Christopher Eling, Itzhak Fouxon & Yaron Oz
Pages: 43-54
Published online: 15 Nov 2010
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The measurement of phase through the propagation of intensity: an introduction
Keith A. Nugent
Pages: 55-69
Published online: 17 Nov 2010
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Quantum aspects of life
Peter V.E. McClintock
Pages: 71-73
Published online: 10 Jan 2011
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Book Review
Waves in Oceanic and Coastal Waters, by Leo H. Holthuijsen
Scope: textbook. Level: advanced undergraduate and above
Manuel Vogel
Page: 75
Published online: 10 Jan 2011
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Optical Pattern Recognition, edited by F.T.S. Yu and S. Jutamulia
Scope: review. Level: graduate students and researchers
Mario Bertolotti
Pages: 75-76
Published online: 10 Jan 2011
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The Essence of Dielectric Waveguides, by C. Yeh and F. Shimabukuro
Scope: overview. Level: researchers and students in optical communications, photonics and applied electromagnetics
Mario Bertolotti
Pages: 76-77
Published online: 10 Jan 2011
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Applied Solid Mechanics, by P. Howell, G. Kozyreff and J. Ockendon
Scope: textbook. Level: graduate and advanced undergraduate
Edmund Tarleton
Pages: 77-79
Published online: 10 Jan 2011
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Electronic Structure: Basic Theory and Practical Methods, by Richard M. Martin
Scope: graduate level textbook. Level: theoretical materials scientists/condensed matter physicists/computational chemists
Matt Probert
Page: 77
Published online: 10 Jan 2011
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An Introduction to the Physics of Particle Accelerators, by Mario Conte and William W. MacKay
Scope: monograph. Level: graduate students and researchers
M. Jamil
Pages: 79-80
Published online: 10 Jan 2011
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Book Review
Quantum Mechanics with Basic Field Theory, by Bipin R. Desai
Scope: course book. Level: graduate
Peter J. Bussey
Page: 80
Published online: 10 Jan 2011
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Mrs. Perkins's Electric Quilt and Other Intriguing Stories of Mathematical Physics, by Paul J. Nahin
Scope: general. Level: undergraduate
Michael Belsley
Pages: 80-81
Published online: 10 Jan 2011
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Hilbert Space Methods in Quantum Mechanics, by Werner O. Amrein
Scope: handbook. Level: undergraduate
S. Tiwari
Pages: 81-82
Published online: 10 Jan 2011
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Book Review
The Universe – Order Without Design, by Carlos I. Calle
Scope: monograph. Level: general reader
Peter V.E. McClintock
Pages: 82-83
Published online: 10 Jan 2011
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Book Review
Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, by J.M.D. Coey
Scope: handbook. Level: advanced undergraduates, postgraduates and researchers
A.M. Fox
Pages: 83-84
Published online: 10 Jan 2011
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Book Review
Decoding Reality: The Universe as Quantum Information, by Vlatko Vedral
Scope: monograph. Level: general reader
Peter J. Bussey
Pages: 84-85
Published online: 10 Jan 2011
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Book Review
Alex's Adventures in Numberland, by Alex Bellos
Scope: general interest. Level: general readership
Eric Sheldon
Pages: 85-86
Published online: 10 Jan 2011
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Statistical Physics of Particles, by Mehran Kardar
Scope: textbook. Level: advanced undergraduate and graduate
Peter W. Milonni
Pages: 86-87
Published online: 10 Jan 2011
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Book Review
Quantum Reality: Theory and Philosophy, by Jonathan Allday
Scope: general interest. Level: general readership
Peter J. Bussey
Page: 87
Published online: 10 Jan 2011
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Book Review
Perspectives in Computation, by Robert Geroch
Scope: theory of computation. Level: graduate and advanced undergraduate students, scientists
Nikolaos E. Myridis
Pages: 87-88
Published online: 10 Jan 2011
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Book Review
Geological Fluid Dynamics: Sub-Surface Flow and Reactions, by O.M. Phillips
Scope: textbook. Level: graduate
Amgad Salama
Pages: 88-89
Published online: 10 Jan 2011
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Book Review
The Rotation of Sun and Stars, by J.-P. Rozelot and C. Neiner/Physics, Formation and Evolution of Rotating Stars, by A. Maeder
Scope: monograph and reference. Level: postgraduates and specialists/Scope: monograph. Level: postgraduates, specialists and advanced undergraduates
Robert C. Smith
Pages: 89-91
Published online: 10 Jan 2011
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Book Review
Modern Thermodynamics with Statistical Mechanics, by Carl S. Helrich
Scope: textbook. Level: advanced undergraduate/postgraduate
Stephen H. Ashworth
Pages: 91-92
Published online: 10 Jan 2011
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Book Review
Chirality at the Nanoscale, edited by David B. Amabilino
Scope: monograph. Level: graduate student/research scientist
Marshall Stoneham
Pages: 92-93
Published online: 10 Jan 2011
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Book Review
Astronomical Spectrographs and Their History, by John J. Hearnshaw
Scope: monograph. Level: science historians, general scientific, undergraduates
Richard Ellis
Page: 93
Published online: 10 Jan 2011
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Book Review
The Cambridge Double Star Atlas, by J. Mullaney and W. Tirion
Scope: handbook. Level: general reader and specialists
John McFarland
Pages: 93-94
Published online: 10 Jan 2011
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Book Review
Seeing Further: The Story of Science and the Royal Society, edited by Bill Bryson
Scope: articles on history, philosophy and a range of science. Level: general reader
Derry W. Jones
Pages: 94-95
Published online: 10 Jan 2011
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Book Review
Introduction to Nuclear Science, by J.C. Bryan
Scope: textbook. Level: undergraduate
Manuel Vogel
Pages: 95-96
Published online: 10 Jan 2011
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Book Review
The Many Worlds of Hugh Everett III, by Peter Byrne
Scope: biography. Level: undergraduate physicist and philosopher and above
Peter J. Bussey
Pages: 96-97
Published online: 10 Jan 2011
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Book Review
Superstrings and Other Things: A Guide to Physics, 2nd ed., by Carlos I. Calle
Scope: manual. Level: general scientific reader
John E. Carroll
Page: 97
Published online: 10 Jan 2011
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Book Review
Basics of Statistical Physics, by Harald J.W. Müller-Kirsten
Scope: textbook, monograph. Level: undergraduate and graduate students
Miguel A.F. Sanjuán
Pages: 97-98
Published online: 10 Jan 2011
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Book Review
Concepts in Thermal Physics, 2nd ed., by Stephen J. Blundell and Katherine M. Blundell
Scope: handbook. Level: undergraduate and graduate students
Miguel A.F. Sanjuán
Page: 98
Published online: 10 Jan 2011
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Book Review
Scientific Computing with Case Studies, by Dianne P. O'Leary
Scope: textbook. Level: undergraduate and early graduate students
Nikolaos E. Myridis
Pages: 98-99
Published online: 10 Jan 2011
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Book Review
Understanding Fluid Flow, by Grae Worster
Scope: general interest. Level: undergraduate
Amgad Salama
Pages: 99-100
Published online: 10 Jan 2011
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