Contemporary Physics, Volume 56, Issue 4 (2015)

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Review articles celebrating the International Year of Light

Article
Shimony–Wolf states and hidden coherences in classical light
J.H. Eberly
Pages: 407-416
Published online: 21 Sep 2015
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Article
All-laser-driven Thomson X-ray sources
Donald P. Umstadter
Pages: 417-431
Published online: 24 Mar 2015
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Adaptive optics in astronomy
Peter Wizinowich
Pages: 432-450
Published online: 02 Jun 2015
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CERN@school: demonstrating physics with the Timepix detector
T. Whyntie, H. Bithray, J. Cook, A. Coupe, D. Eddy, R.L. Fickling, J. McKenna, B. Parker, A. Paul & N. Shearer
Pages: 451-467
Published online: 05 Jun 2015
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Higgs boson cosmology
Ian G. Moss
Pages: 468-476
Published online: 24 Jul 2015
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Essay reviews celebrating the International Year of Light

Nonlinear optics and photonics
Scope: monograph, textbook. Level: postgraduate, early career researcher, researcher, teacher, specialist
K. Alan Shore
Pages: 477-479
Published online: 09 Jan 2015
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Spectroscopy for biosciences
Scope: edited book. Level: specialist
Nikolaos Kourkoumelis
Pages: 480-482
Published online: 30 Jan 2015
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Quantum Physics of Light and Matter: A Modern Introduction to Photons, Atoms and Many-Body Systems, by Luca Salasnich
Scope: reference, textbook. Level: general readership, undergraduate, advanced undergraduate
David L. Andrews
Page: 483
Published online: 29 Jul 2015
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Planetary rings: a post-equinox view
Scope: monograph. Level: general readership, undergraduate and specialist
B. Ishak
Pages: 484-486
Published online: 11 Aug 2015
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Laser Spectroscopy 1: Basic Principles & Laser Spectroscopy 2: Experimental Techniques (5th edition)
Scope: handbook, monograph, reference, text book. Level: postgraduate, early career researcher, researcher, teacher, specialist, scientist, engineers.
David L. Andrews
Pages: 487-488
Published online: 17 Jul 2015
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Shedding light on matter
Scope: textbook. Level: postgraduate
A.N. Dobrynin & S.W. Lovesey
Pages: 489-492
Published online: 03 Aug 2015
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An Introduction to Practical Laboratory Optics, by J. F. James
Scope: monograph, manual, guide. Level: early career researcher, researcher, specialist.
Giovanni Volpe
Pages: 493-495
Published online: 11 Aug 2015
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Lectures on Classical Electrodynamics, by Berthold-Georg Englert
Scope: textbook. Level: advanced undergraduate, postgraduate, early career researcher, researcher, teacher, specialist
Tom Lancaster
Page: 496
Published online: 02 Sep 2015
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Physics and Necessity: Rationalist Pursuits from the Cartesian Past to the Quantum Present
Scope: monograph. Level: undergraduate/specialist
A.J. Leggett
Pages: 497-499
Published online: 23 Feb 2015
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Book review celebrating the International Year of Light

Book Review
Nearest Star: The Surprising Science of our Sun (2nd Edition), by Leon Golub and Jay M. Pasachoff
Scope: general interest. Level: general readership.
B. Ishak
Page: 500
Published online: 04 Aug 2015
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Book reviews

Book Review
Solution Manual for Quantum Mechanics (2nd edition), by Ahmed Ishtiaq, Fayyazuddin and Riazuddin
Scope: manual. Level: undergraduate
S.W. Lovesey
Page: 501
Published online: 03 Aug 2015
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Novel Porous Media Formulation for Multiphase Flow Conservation Equations, by William T Sha
Scope: monograph. Level: postgraduate, researcher, specialist
Amgad Salama
Pages: 501-502
Published online: 27 Jul 2015
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The Large Hadron Collider: The Extraordinary Story of the Higgs Boson and Other Stuff that will Blow Your Mind, by Don Lincoln
Scope: general interest. Level: general reader
Peter J. Bussey
Page: 502
Published online: 27 Jul 2015
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Book Review
Modern Small Antennas, by Kyohei Fujimoto and Hisashi Morishita
Scope: monograph. Level: specialist, engineers, early career researchers
K. Alan Shore
Pages: 502-503
Published online: 27 Jul 2015
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The Quantum Age: How the Physics of the Very Small Transformed Our Lives, by Brian Clegg
Scope: general interest. Level: pre-university, undergraduate, general readership
Derry W. Jones
Pages: 503-504
Published online: 27 Jul 2015
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Book Review
Mind and Reality. The Space-Time Window
Scope: general interest. Level: general reader, researcher
Peter J. Bussey
Pages: 504-505
Published online: 27 Jul 2015
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Book Review
Measurement Instrumentation and Sensors Handbook Electromagnetic, Optical, Radiation, Chemical, and Biomedical Measurement, by J.G. Webster and H. Eren
Scope: reference, handbook. Level: non-specialists, undergraduate, advanced undergraduate, postgraduate, early career researcher, teacher, scientist, engineers
Peter R. Hobson
Pages: 505-506
Published online: 17 Aug 2015
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Book Review
Nanoantenna Plasmon-Enhanced Spectroscopies for Biotechnological Applications, edited by Marc Lamy de la Chapelle and Annemarie Pucci
Scope: monograph, reference. Level: advanced undergraduate, postgraduate, early career researcher, researcher, teacher, scientist, engineers
Peter J. Dobson
Page: 506
Published online: 14 Aug 2015
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Book Review
Lie groups and Lie algebras for physicists, by Ashok Das and Susumu Okubo
Scope: monograph. Level: postgraduate, early career researcher, researcher, specialist, scientist
Andrew Resnick
Pages: 506-507
Published online: 26 Aug 2015
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Book Review
Nonlinear Physics of Ecosystems, by Ehud Meron
Scope: monograph. Level: specialist, early career researchers
K. Alan Shore
Pages: 507-508
Published online: 14 Aug 2015
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Book Review
Black Holes – A Student Text (3rd edition), by Derek Rain and Edwin Thomas
Scope: textbook. Level: postgraduate, advanced undergraduate
Manuel Vogel
Page: 508
Published online: 11 Aug 2015
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Proceedings of the Conference in Honour of the 90th Birthday of Freeman Dyson, edited by K.K. Phua, L.C. Kwek, N.P. Chang, and A.H. Chang
Scope: conference proceedings. Level: postgraduate, researcher
Peter J. Bussey
Pages: 508-509
Published online: 26 Aug 2015
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Book Review
Double-diffusive Convection, by Timour Radko
Scope: monograph. Level: postgraduate
Norman Riley
Pages: 509-510
Published online: 27 Aug 2015
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Book Review
A Certain Uncertainty. Nature’s Random Ways by Mark P. Silverman
Scope: monograph. Level: advanced undergraduate, postgraduate, early career researcher, researcher, scientist
Miguel A.F. Sanjuán
Page: 510
Published online: 26 Aug 2015
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An Introduction to Planets. Ours and Others; From Earth to Exoplanets, by Therese Encrenaz
Scope: guide, general interest. Level: general readership, non-specialists, pre-university, undergraduate, advanced undergraduate.
Nigel John Mason
Page: 511
Published online: 04 Sep 2015
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