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November 20, 2009

Cornell’s e-print arXiv to be more interactive

From Knowledgespeak

Cornell University’s

arXiv project, which includes an e-print archive of scientific papers, is looking to covert the existing simple database to a more interactive one. It is being projected as a place where authors, articles, databases and readers talk to each other to help users identify a work’s main concepts, see research reports in context and easily find related work. The project is funded by a three-year $883,000 grant from the National Science Foundation, with federal stimulus money from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).The arXiv currently contains close to 600,000 papers in physics, mathematics, computer science, quantitative biology, quantitative finance and statistics, with some 5,000 new papers submitted each month.

Researchers submit their work as ‘preprints’ before formal publication.

New tools will link papers by concepts, not just by the citations they contain. This is expected to help users without advanced expertise including some outside the scientific community – understand the significance of new research. The system will also identify related databases and commentaries.

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November 19, 2009

New Physics Books

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Planets and planetary systems / Stephen Eales
stochastic
Stochastic dynamics and Boltzmann hierarchy / by D. Ya. Petrina
nonlinear
Nonlinear cosmic ray diffusion theories / by Andreas Shalchi
quilt
Mrs. Perkins’s electric quilt : and other intriguing stories of mathematical physics / Paul J. Nahin
rheo
Rheophysics : the deformation and flow of matter / Patrick Oswald ; translated by Doru Constantin
cosmo
Primordial cosmology / Patrick Peter and Jean-Philippe Uzan ; translated by Jasna Brujic and Claudia de Rham
harmonic
Explorations in harmonic analysis : with applications to complex function theory and the Heisenberg group / Steven G. Krantz ; with the assistance of Lina Lee
lep
LEP : the lord of the collider rings at CERN 1980-2000 : the making, operation and legacy of the world’s largest scientific instrument / Herwig Schopper ; with a foreword by Rolf-Dieter Heuer
nuclear
Nuclear reactions for astrophysics : principles, calculation and applications of low-energy reactions / Ian J. Thompson and Filomena M. Nunes
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November 4, 2009

New Physics Books

math
Mathematics for physics : a guided tour for graduate students / Michael Stone and Paul Goldbart
piezo
Special topics in the theory of piezoelectricity / Jiashi Yang, editor
dirac
The strangest man : the hidden life of Paul Dirac, mystic of the atom / Graham Farmelo
photo
Photoemission from optoelectronic materials and their nanostructures / Kamakhya Prasad Ghatak, Debashis De, Sitangshu Bhattacharya
problems
Solved problems in Lagrangian and Hamiltonian mechanics / Claude Gignoux, Bernard Silvestre-Brac
einstein
Cracking the Einstein code : relativity and the birth of black hole physics / Fulvio Melia ; with an afterword by Roy Kerr
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October 29, 2009

New Physics Books

oscillitory
Highly oscillatory problems / edited by Bjorn Engquist
classical
Classical mechanics : an introduction / Dieter Strauch
xray
Two-dimensional x-ray diffraction / Bob B. He
quantum
Quantum causality : conceptual issues in the causal theory of quantum mechanics by Peter J. Riggs
dynamics
Quantum dynamics : applications in biological and materials systems / Eric R. Bittner
gas
Non-equilibrium reacting gas flows : kinetic theory of transport and relaxation processes / Ekaterina Nagnibeda and Elena Kustova
weather
Weather by the numbers: the genesis of modern meteorology / Kristine C. Harper
hilbert
Hilbert space methods in quantum mechanics / Werner O. Amrein
cauchy
The Cauchy problem in general relativity / Hans Ringström
exotic
Exotic states of nuclear matter: proceedings of the International Symposium EXOCT07, Catania University, Italy, 11-15 June 2007 / edited by Umberto Lombardo … [et al.]
fission
Seminar on fission: Corsenk Priory, Belgium, 18-21 September 2007 / editors, Cyriel Wagemans, Jan Wagemans & Pierre D’hondt.
telluride
Proceedings of the XVIII International Conference: ICOLS 2007 : Telluride, Colorado, USA, 24-29 June 2007 / editors, Leo Hollberg, Jim Bergquist, Mark Kasevich
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October 20, 2009

New Physics Books

high energy
Foundations of high-energy astrophysics / Mario Vietri
solar
The solar system / editors, David G. Fisher, Richard R. Erickson
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Quantum field theory demystified / David McMahon
tera
Physics and modeling of tera-and nano-devices / editors, Maxim Ryzhii, Victor Ryzhii
simul
Simultaneity: temporal structures and observer perspectives / editors, Susie Vrobel, Otto E. Rössler, Terry Marks-Tarlow
noncomm
An invitation to noncommutative geometry / editors, Masoud Khalkhali, Matilde Marcolli
big bang
Before the Big Bang : the prehistory of our universe / Brian Clegg
tourist
The physical tourist : a science guide for the traveler / John S. Rigden, Roger H. Stuewer, editors
averros
Averroes’ physics : a turning point in medieval natural philosophy / Ruth Glasner
collider
Collider : the search for the world’s smallest particles / Paul Halpern
neutrino
Neutrino oscillations : present status and future plans / editors, Jennifer A. Thomas, Patricia L. Vahle
schroedinger
Semi-classical analysis for nonlinear Schrödinger equations / Rémi Carles
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October 13, 2009

New Physics Books

low freq
Integral methods in low-frequency electromagnetics / I. Dolezel, P. Karban, P. Solin
nuclear
A nuclear winter’s tale : science and politics in the 1980s / Lawrence Badash
history
A briefer history of time / Stephen Hawking & Leonard Mlodinow
perturb
The primordial density perturbation : cosmology, inflation and the origin of structure / David H. Lyth, Andrew R. Liddle
cloud
Cloud and precipitation microphysics : principles and parameterizations / Jerry M. Straka
cathod
Cathodoluminescence and its application in the planetary sciences / Arnold Gucsik (ed.)
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September 30, 2009

New Physics Books


Two-dimensional optical spectroscopy / Minhaeng Cho

The speed of light : constancy + cosmos / David A. Grandy

Polarization holography / L. Nikolova, P.S. Ramanujam

Cold molecules: theory, experiment, applications / [edited by] Roman Krems, Bretislav Friedrich, and William C. Stwalley

Fourier-Mukai and Nahm transforms in geometry and mathematical physics / Claudio Bartocci, Ugo Bruzzo, Daniel Hernández Ruipérez

Quantum theory of conducting matter : superconductivity / Shigeji Fujita, Kei Ito, Salvador Godoy

High frequency electromagnetic dosimetry / David A. Sanchez-Hernandez, editor

Something incredibly wonderful happens : Frank Oppenheimer and the world he made up / K.C. Cole

Wavelets : from math to practice / Desanka P. Radunovic
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September 22, 2009

Scientific American and Nature Weds!

It has just come to my attention that Nature has “obtained” Scientific American.  Immediately arises concerns of access and subscription costs.  We currently access SA through EbscoHost.  Content may be pulled from this vendor.  From other institutions, I have heard as much as 145% increase for current subscription rates and a $5000 fee for archive access.  NPG base rates on FTE.  I must be realistic.  If our rate is increased to these levels, electronic access to SA may jeapordized. 

Here is the NPG announcement:

“2010 promises to be a landmark year for NPG, as we continue to build our consumer media division with Scientific American at its heart. Scientific American became part of NPG in 2009, after many years as a sister Holtzbrinck organization. My colleagues and I feel privileged to be able to offer our customers the two iconic brands of Nature and Scientific American. We are looking forward to introducing institutional site license access to Scientific American on nature.com later this year, offering the functionality, support, services and interlinking with the NPG portfolio that you have come to expect from us. As we move forward, our goal is to become the authoritative and comprehensive science media group, from consumer to researcher, from London to New York to Tokyo.”

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September 14, 2009

New Physics Books


Dynamics, information and complexity in quantum systems / Fabio Benatti

Introduction to general relativity / Lewis Ryder

Air : our planet’s ailing atmosphere / Hans Tammemagi

Quantum transport : introduction to nanoscience / Yuli V. Nazarov, Yaroslav M. Blanter

Kinematics : the lost origins of Einstein’s relativity / Alberto A. Martinez

Quantum statistical mechanics / William C. Schieve, Lawrence P. Horwitz
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August 28, 2009

New Physics Book


Plastic fantastic : how the biggest fraud in physics shook the scientific world / Eugenie Samuel Reich

From first light to reionization : the end of the Dark Ages / Massimo Stiavelli

Fundamental concepts in biophysics / Thomas Jue, editor.
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