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Newly added books: recent acquisitions in Physics

This is of recently catalogued print books purchased on the Physics reporting fund or of probable interest but purchased from another fund. This list is updated & replaced monthly.
See also: previous month's list || 2012 (so far) || 2011 || 2010

Added 01 -- 31 March 2012

GENERAL LIBRARY
201.65 D39     Science and religion: are they compatible? / Daniel C. Dennett, Alvin Plantinga. (Point/counterpoint series (Oxford, England)) -- Oxford University Press, 2011. [Philosophy]
301 P133     Diversity and complexity / Scott E. Page. (Primers in complex systems) -- Princeton University Press, 2011. — Reviewed: 1209.91002 [Science general]
303.483 K623     Science in a democratic society / Philip Kitcher. -- Prometheus Books, 2011. [Science general]
363.25 H83 2010     Fundamentals of forensic science / Max M. Houck, Jay A. Siegel. 2nd ed. -- Academic Press, 2010. [Forensic science]
378.12130973 S37     Lost soul of higher education: corporatization, the assault on academic freedom, and the end of the American university / Ellen Schrecker. -- New Press : Distributed by Perseus Distribution, 2010. [Science general]
511.43 B48     Student's guide to data and error analysis / Herman J.C. Berendsen. -- Cambridge University Press, 2011. — Reviewed: pre05835675 [Statistics]
515.7 G21     Handbook of nonconvex analysis and applications / edited by David Yang Gao and Dumitru Motreanu. -- International Press, 2010. — Reviewed: 2012d:49001; 1217.49001 [Mathematics]
520.94 W53     Copernican question: prognostication, skepticism, and celestial order / Robert S. Westman. -- University of California Press, 2011. [Physics]
523.87 K14     Stars and their spectra: an introduction to the spectral sequence / James B. Kaler. 2nd ed. -- Cambridge University Press, 2011. [Mathematics]
530.12 H39     Dreams that stuff is made of: the most astounding papers on quantum physics-- and how they shook the scientific world / edited, with an introduction, by Stephen Hawking. -- Running Press, 2011. [Philosophy]
530.124 P94     Wave watcher's companion: from ocean waves to light waves via shock waves, stadium waves, and all the rest of life's undulations / Gavin Pretor-Pinney ; chapter illustrations by David Rooney ; additional illustrations by Graham White. -- Perigee Books, 2010. [Physics]
531 S76     Physics for mathematicians: mechanics I / Michael Spivak. -- Publish or Perish, 2010. — Reviewed: MR2761185; pre05881236 [Mathematics]
532.05270151 K18     Nonlinear resonance analysis: theory, computation, applications / Elena Kartashova. -- Cambridge University Press, 2011. — Reviewed: 2012e:37001; 1211.70001 [Mathematics]
551.312 P77     World without ice / Henry Pollack ; [foreword by Al Gore]. -- Avery, 2010. [Science general]
551.46 G26     Ocean acidification / edited by Jean-Pierre Gattuso, Lina Hansson. -- Oxford University Press, 2011. [Environment]
551.5 S95     Climate dynamics: why does climate vary? / De-Zheng Sun, Frank Bryan, editors. (Geophysical monograph ; 189) -- American Geophysical Union, 2010. [Environment]
551.576 B15     Cloud formation / Ilmir Masuilovich Bayanov. (Environmental science, engineering and technology series) -- Nova Science Publishers, 2011. [Physics]
551.8015181 A43     Structural geology algorithms: vectors and tensors / Richard W. Allmendinger, Nestor Cardozo, Donald M. Fisher. -- Cambridge University Press, 2012. — Reviewed: 1233.86001 [Environment]
552.5 L48 2011     Sedimentology and sedimentary basins: from turbulence to tectonics / Mike Leeder. 2nd ed. -- Wiley-Blackwell, 2011. [Environment]
576.82 D22Vso     Did Darwin write the Origin backwards?: philosophical essays on Darwin's theory / Elliott Sober. -- Prometheus Books, 2011. [Science general]
582.16 F81     Tree rings, art, archaeology: proceedings of an international conference / directed by Pascale Fraiture. (Scientia artis ; 7) -- Institut Royal du Patrimoine, 2011. [Environment]
591.5 V83     Physics of foraging: an introduction to random searches and biological encounters / Gandhimohan M. Viswanathan ... [et al.]. -- Cambridge University Press, 2011. — Reviewed: 2012d:92033; pre05949328 [Statistics]
808.042 M25     Writing for conferences: a handbook for graduate students and faculty / Leo Mallette and Clare Berger. -- Greenwood, 2011. [Applied Language Studies]

Davis Law Library
KC260 VIDw     World ocean in globalisation : climate change, sustainable fisheries, biodiversity, shipping, regional issues / edited by Davor Vidas, Peter Johan Schei. Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2011

Engineering Library
HF5548.4.M523 J67 2012     Foundations of Excel : for engineers and scientists / Pat Jordan. Pearson, 2012
QA43 .I38 2011     IIT mathematics : topic-wise solved questions since 1978. Tata McGraw Hill Education, 2011
QC151 .F635 2011     Fluid transport : theory, dynamics and applications / Emma T. Berg, editor. Nova Science Publishers, 2011
QC311 .S23 2011     Encyclopaedia of statistical and thermal physics / Lalit Sachdeva. Anmol Publications, 2011
QC318.E57 B458 2010     Discover entropy and the second law of thermodynamics : a playful way of discovering a law of nature / Arieh Ben-Naim. World Scientific, 2010
QC319 .C66 2011     Commonly asked questions in thermodynamics / Marc J. Assael ... [et al.]. CRC Press, 2011
QC355.3 .D56 2012     Optics for engineers / Charles A. DiMarzio. CRC Press, 2012
QH505 .G67 2009     Biophysics and instrumentation / Chanderlekha Goswami. Manglam Publications, 2009
RA409 .G55 2012     Primer of biostatistics / Stanton A. Glantz. 7th ed. McGraw-Hill Medical, 2012 [goes with CD-ROM RA409 .G55 2012]
TA352 .T33 2010     Variational methods and complementary formulations in dynamics / by B. Tabarrok and F.P.J. Rimrott. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2010
TA357 .S29 2008     Fundamentals of fluid mechanics / G.S. Sawhney. I.K. International Publishing, 2008
TA357 .W48 2011     Fluid mechanics / Frank M. White. 7th ed. McGraw Hill, 2011
TA418.9.N35 A326 2011     Nanocomposites, nanoparticles, and nanotubes / Michael A. Adregno, editor. Nova Science Publishers, 2011
TA418.9.N35 C43 2009     Nanostructure science and technology / T.K. Chandra Bhanu, Vasudev Bhatnagar. Campus Books International, 2009
TA654.6 .G693 2011     Grand challenges in earthquake engineering research : a community workshop report / Committee for the Workshop on Grand Challenges in Earthquake Engineering Research--A Vision for NEES Experimental Facilities and Cyberinfrastructure Tools ; Committee on S National Academies Press, 2011
TA706 .I43 2011     Harmonising rock engineering and the environment : proceedings of the 12th ISRM International Congress on Rock Mechanics, Beijing, China, 18-21 October 2011 / Qihu Qian & Yingxin Zhou, [editors]. CRC Press, 2012

Epsom Library
507.1 ESP     Nature of science : integrating historical, philosophical, and sociological perspectives / Fernando Espinoza. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2012

Tamaki Library
509.2 N27     Helmholtz : from enlightenment to neuroscience / Michel Meulders ; translated and edited by Laurence Garey. MIT Press, 2010
551.6 H24     Saving a million species : extinction risk from climate change / edited by Lee Hannah. Island Press, 2012
612.044 B28 2012     Sports biomechanics : reducing injury risk and improving sports performance / Roger Bartlett and Melanie Bussey. 2nd ed. Routledge, 2012

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Last updated: 2012-04-13