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This is a list of books added 01--29 February 2012 purchased on the Mathematics reporting fund or of probable interest but purchased from another fund.

GENERAL LIBRARY
005.131 D33     Grammatical inference : learning automata and grammars / Colin de la Higuera. -- Cambridge University Press, 2010 — Reviewed: 2011d:68074; 1227.68112 [Mathematics]
297.265 G93     Islam's quantum question : reconciling Muslim tradition and modern science / Nidhal Guessoum. -- I. B. Tauris, 2011 [Science general]
303.4830973 M84     Body politic : the battle over science in America / Jonathan D. Moreno. -- Bellevue Literary Press, 2011 [Science general]
378.12023 M47     How to succeed in academics / Linda L. McCabe and Edward R.B. McCabe. 2nd ed. -- University of California Press, 2010 [Science general]
500 A54     More and different : notes from a thoughtful curmudgeon / Philip W. Anderson. -- World Scientific, 2011 [Physics]
500 B864f     Future science : essays from the cutting edge / edited and with a preface by Max Brockman. -- Vintage, 2011 [Science general]
509 C678     How modern science came into the world : four civilizations, one 17th-century breakthrough / H. Floris Cohen. -- Amsterdam University Press, 2010 [Science general]
509.3 I32     Writings of early scholars in the ancient Near East, Egypt, Rome, and Greece : translating ancient scientific texts / edited by Annette Imhausen and Tanja Pommerening. (Beitrage zur Altertumskunde; Bd. 286) -- De Gruyter, 2010 [European langs general]
510 A51     Memoirs of the American Mathematical Society #1010-1014 — namely: no. 1009 A von Neumann Algebra Approach to Quantum Metrics/Quantum Relations / Greg Kuperberg and Nik Weaver [abstract]; no. 1011 Dimer Models and Calabi-Yau Algebras / Nathan Broomhead [abstract]; no. 1012 Reifenberg Parameterizations for Sets with Holes / Guy David and Tatiana Toro [abstract]; no. 1013 On L-Packets for Inner Forms of $SL_n$ / Kaoru Hiraga and Hiroshi Saito [abstract]; no. 1014 Chevalley Supergroups / R. Fioresi and F. Gavarini [abstract]. Even later items are available online.
510 B62     Combinatorial miscellany / Anders Bjorner, Richard P. Stanley. (Monographie de L'Enseignement Mathematique; 42) -- L'Enseignement mathematique, 2010 — Reviewed: MR2768279; 1228.05059 [Mathematics]
510 R57s     Essential mathematical methods for the physical sciences : student solution manual / K.F. Riley, M.P. Hobson. -- Cambridge University Press, 2011 [Physics][The textbook itself is at 510 R57 (cf Zbl 1213.00018)]
510.1 L38mY     Mathematics, ideas, and the physical real / Albert Lautman; translated by Simon B. Duffy. -- Continuum, 2011 [Mathematics]
510.9 A67Yh     Eureka man : the life and legacy of Archimedes / Alan Hirshfeld. Pbk. ed. -- Walker & Company, 2010 [Physics]
510.922 A18     Strange wilderness : the lives of the great mathematicians / Amir D. Aczel. -- Sterling, 2011 [Mathematics]
511.3 M28     Independence-friendly logic : a game-theoretic approach / Allen L. Mann, Gabriel Sandu, Merlijn Sevenster. (London Mathematical Society lecture note series; 386) -- Cambridge University Press, 2011 — Reviewed: MR2807973 (in process); 1218.03002 [Mathematics]
511.5 N94     Game of cops and robbers on graphs / Anthony Bonato, Richard J. Nowakowski. (Student Mathematical Library; 61) -- American Mathematical Society, 2011 — Reviewed: MR2830217 (in process); pre05945963 [Mathematics]
511.6 B886 2010     Introductory combinatorics / Richard A. Brualdi. 5th ed. -- Pearson/Prentice Hall, 2010 — Reviewed: 2012a:05001 (Zbl only has 3rd ed etc, 0915.05001) [Mathematics]
512.2 A81f     Fusion systems in algebra and topology / Michael Aschbacher, Radha Kessar, Bob Oliver. (London Mathematical Society Lecture Note Series; 391) -- Cambridge University Press, 2011 — Reviewed: MR2848834 (in process); pre06002996 [Mathematics]
512.482 C14     Lectures on Duflo isomorphisms in Lie algebra and complex geometry / Damien Calaque, Carlo A. Rossi. (EMS Series of Lectures in Mathematics) -- European Mathematical Society, 2011 — Reviewed: MR2816610 (in process); 1220.53006 [Mathematics]
512.482 D69     Harmonic analysis on reductive, p-adic groups : AMS Special Session on Harmonic Analysis and Representations of Reductive, p-adic Groups, January 16, 2010, San Francisco, CA / Robert S. Doran, Paul J. Sally, Jr., Loren Spice, editors. (Contemporary Mathematics; 543) -- American Mathematical Society, 2011 — Reviewed: 2011m:22002; Zbl reviews articles individually [Mathematics]
512.55 C754     Pseudo-reductive groups / Brian Conrad, Ofer Gabber, Gopal Prasad. (New Mathematical Monographs; 17) -- Cambridge University Press, 2010 — Reviewed: 2011k:20093; 1216.20038[Mathematics]
512.57 G23     Clifford algebras : an introduction / D.J.H. Garling. (London Mathematical Society Student Texts; 78) -- Cambridge University Press, 2011 — Reviewed: MR2816665 (in process); pre05923989 [Mathematics]
512.72 W33     Mystery of the prime numbers / words by Matthew Watkins; pictures by Matt Tweed. -- Inamorata Press, 2010 [Mathematics]
512.9434 S81m 2011     Matrix calculus and Kronecker product : a practical approach to linear and multilinear algebra. 2nd ed. / Willi-Hans Steeb, Yorick Hardy. -- World Scientific, 2011 — Reviewed: MR2807612; pre05842058[Mathematics]
514.2 B877     Nonabelian algebraic topology : filtered spaces, crossed complexes, cubical homotopy groupoids / Ronald Brown, Philip J.Higgins, Rafael Sivera, with contributions by Christopher D. Wensley and Sergei V. Soloviev. (EMS Tracts in Mathematics; 15) -- European Mathematical Society, 2011 — Reviewed: MR2841564 (in process); pre05943531 [Mathematics]
515.35 B63 2012     Differential equations / by Paul Blanchard, Robert Devaney, Glen Hall. 4th ed. -- Brooks/Cole, Cengage Learning, 2012 [Engineering science (sic)]
515.3533 E75     Lectures on linear partial differential equations / Gregory Eskin. (Graduate Studies in Mathematics; 123) -- American Mathematical Society, 2011 — Reviewed: MR2809923 (in process); 1228.35001[Mathematics]
515.355 S19     Qualitative and asymptotic analysis of differential equations with random perturbations / Anatoliy M. Samoilenko, Oleksandr Stanzhytskyi. (World Scientific Series on Nonlinear Science. Series A: Monographs and Treatises, 78) -- World Scientific, 2011 — Reviewed: MR2829538 (in process); pre05800141 (in prep) [Mathematics]
515.42 T17     Introduction to measure theory / Terence Tao. (Graduate Studies in Mathematics; 126) -- American Mathematical Society, 2011 — Reviewed: MR2827917 (in process); 1231.28001[Mathematics]
515.7 S81     Functional analysis : introduction to further topics in analysis / Elias M. Stein & Rami Shakarchi. (Princeton Lectures in Analysis; 4) -- Princeton University Press, 2011 — Reviewed: MR2827930 (in process); pre05950507 [Mathematics]
515.724 C436     Modern approaches to the invariant-subspace problem / Isabelle Chalendar, Jonathan R. Partington. (Cambridge Tracts in Mathematics; 188) -- Cambridge University Press, 2011 — Reviewed: MR2841051 (in process); 1231.47005 [Mathematics]
515.9 D18i     Introduction to complex analysis and geometry / John P. D'Angelo. (Pure and Applied Undergraduate Texts; 12) -- American Mathematical Society, 2010 — Reviewed: MR2850197 (in process); pre05948845 [Mathematics]
515.9 K49     Schwarz's Lemma from a differential geometric viewpoint / Kang-Tae Kim, Hanjin Lee. (IISc Lecture Notes Series; 2) -- World Scientific, 2011 — Reviewed: MR2814713 (in process); 1226.53001 [Mathematics]
515.93 V32     Riemann surfaces by way of complex analytic geometry / Dror Varolin. (Graduate Studies in Mathematics; 125) -- American Mathematical Society, 2011 — Reviewed: MR2798295 (in process); pre05900830 [Mathematics]
515.98 J37s     Separately analytic functions / Marek Jarnicki, Peter Pfug. (EMS Tracts in Mathematics; 16) -- European Mathematical Society, 2011 — Reviewed: MR2840986 (in process); pre05943530 [Mathematics]
516.00285 D48     Discrete and computational geometry / Satyan L. Devadoss and Joseph O'Rourke. -- Princeton University Press, 2011 — Reviewed: 2012a:52002; pre05900971 [Mathematics]
516.08 S59     Convexity : an analytic viewpoint / Barry Simon. (Cambridge Tracts in Mathematics; 187) -- Cambridge University Press, 2011 — Reviewed: 2012d:46002; 1229.26003 [Mathematics]
516.11 F21     Geometry, rigidity, and group actions / edited by Benson Farb and David Fisher. (Chicago Lectures in Mathematics) -- The University of Chicago Press, 2011 — Reviewed: 2011m:22001; Zbl reviews articles individually [Mathematics]
516.204 A46     Icons of mathematics : an exploration of twenty key images / Claudi Alsina, Roger B. Nelsen. (Dolciani mathematical expositions; no. 45.) -- Mathematical Association of America, 2011 — Reviewed: 2012d:00001; 1230.00001 [Mathematics]
516.353 S71     Real solutions to equations from geometry / Frank Sottile. (University Lecture Series; 57) -- American Mathematical Society, 2011 — Reviewed: MR2830310 (in process); pre05948908 [Mathematics]
523.1015195 M33     Random fields on the sphere : representation, limit theorems and cosmological applications / Domenico Marinucci, Giovanni Peccati. (London Mathematical Society lecture note series; 389) -- Cambridge University Press, 2011 — Reviewed: MR2840154 (in process); pre05993447 [Mathematics]
530.12 M699     World according to quantum mechanics : why the laws of physics make perfect sense after all / Ulrich Mohrhoff. -- World Scientific, 2011 — Reviewed: pre05878269 [Physics]
539.725 C28     Mathematical foundations of supersymmetry / Claudio Carmeli, Lauren Caston, Rita Fioresi. (EMS Series of Lectures in Mathematics) -- European Mathematical Society, 2011 — Reviewed: MR2840967 (in process); 1226.58003 [Mathematics]
570.151 R89     Introduction to mathematical biology / S.I. Rubinow. Dover ed. -- Dover Publications, 2002 — Reviewed: 2004b:92002; 1037.92002 [Biological scences]
809.38762 A82     Out of this world : science fiction, but not as you know it / Mike Ashley. -- British Library, 2011 [Science general]
809.38762 B76r     Routledge concise history of science fiction / Mark Bould and Sherryl Vint. -- Routledge,2011 [Film, TV & Media]
Engineering Library
QA805 .H75 2011     Geometric mechanics / Darryl D. Holm. Vol.1: Dynamics and symmetry. 2nd ed. -- Imperial College Press; Distributed by World Scientific, 2011.
TA350 .C79 2010     Engineering mechanics : statics & dynamics / Francesco Costanzo, Michael E. Plesha, Gary L. Gray. -- McGraw-Hill Higher Education, 2010.
Epsom Library
300.72 MCN     Action research for professional development : concise advice for new (and experienced) action researchers / Jean McNiff. New rev. ed. -- September Books, 2010.
370 CRO     Literacy is not enough : 21st-century fluencies for the digital age / [Lee Crockett, Ian Jukes, Andre Churches]. -- 21st Century Fluency Project; Corwin, 2011.
370.152 BRO     Teaching for critical thinking : tools and techniques to help students question their assumptions / Stephen D. Brookfield. -- Jossey-Bass, 2012.
370.72 CHE     Research methods in education / Joseph Check, Russell K. Schutt. -- Sage Publications, 2012.
374.0072 WHA NZ     Literacy, language and numeracy : connecting research to practice in the tertiary sector : research summary / Jenny Whatman, Helen Potter and Sarah Boyd. -- Ako Aotearoa, 2011.
378.170281 KHO NZ     Conversations with academics : secrets of promising PhD scholars revealed / Catheryn Khoo-Lattimore. -- Enzed Publishing House, 2011.
378.19425 CAR     Career development in higher education / edited by Jeff L. Samide, Grafton T. Eliason, John Patrick. -- Inforamtion Age Pub., 2011.
507.1 DUN     Primary science : a guide to teaching practice / edited by Mick Dunne and Alan Peacock. -- Sage, 2012.
510.71 WRI     Developing number knowledge : assessment, teaching & intervention with 7-11 year olds / Robert J. Wright, David Ellemor-Collins, Pamela D. Tabor. -- SAGE, 2012.
Epsom Library, Junior Non-fiction
510.71 DEG NZ     At home with maths. Stage 6 : maths reinforcement for Kiwi kids / Suzi de Gouveia, Jackie Andrews and Jude Callaghan. -- Essential Resources, 2012.