New Physics Books

May 26, 2010

Dark energy / Yun Wang	Laser physics / Peter W. Milonni, Joseph H. Eberly	How to find a habitable planet / James Kasting
Energy and entropy : equilibrium to stationary states / Michael E. Starzak	Mysteries of galaxy formation / Françoise Combes	From eternity to here : the quest for the ultimate theory of time / Sean Carroll
Stellar evolution and nucleosynthesis / Sean G. Ryan and Andrew J. Norton	Causality, measurement theory and the differentiable structure of space-time / by R.N. Sen	Essential quantum optics : from quantum measurements to black holes / Ulf Leonhardt
What if the Earth had two moons? : and nine other thought-provoking speculations on the solar system / Neil F. Comins	A guide to empirical orthogonal functions for climate data analysis / Antonio Navarra and Valeria Simoncini	A tear at the edge of creation : a radical new vision for life in an imperfect universe / Marcelo Gleiser

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May 13, 2010

New Physics Books

Principles of nanomagnetism / Alberto P. Guimarães	Gravitation : foundations and frontiers / T. Padmanabhan	Turbulence in the atmosphere / John C. Wyngaard
Mesoscale meteorology in midlatitudes / Paul Markowski and Yvette Richardson	Photonic crystals : physics and practical modeling / Igor A. Sukhoivanov, Igor V. Guryev	Women in early British and Irish astronomy : stars and satellites / by Mary Brück
Semiconductor nanostructures : quantum states and electronic transport / Thomas Ihn	The theoretical practices of physics : philosophical essays / R.I.G. Hughes	Particle dark matter : observations, models and searches / edited by Gianfranco Bertone
Complex and dusty plasmas : from laboratory to space / edited by Vladimir E. Fortov and Gregor E. Morfill	MHD flows in compact astrophysical objects : accretion, winds and jets / Vasily S. Beskin ; translated from the russian by N. A. Ivanova	Stark effect in a hydrogenic atom or ion: treated by the phase-integral method / Nanny Fröman, Per Olof Fröman ; with adjoined papers by A. Hökback and P.O. Fröman

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April 26, 2010

New Physics Books

Mathematical physics / Shigeji Fujita and Salvador V. Godoy	Introduction to thermoelectricity / H. Julian Goldsmid	The little book of string theory / Steven S. Gubser.
The physics of metrology : all about instruments : from trundle wheels to atomic clocks / Alexius J. Hebra	Group theory for the standard model of particle physics and beyond / Ken J. Barnes	Solid state physics : principles and modern applications / John J. Quinn, Kyung-Soo Yi
Protoplanetary dust : astrochemical and cosmochemical perspectives / edited by Dániel Apai and Dante S. Lauretta	Extra dimensions in space and time / Itzhak Bars, John Terning ; Farzad Nekoogar, founding editor ; foreword by Lawrence M. Krauss	Spins in optically active quantum dots : concepts and methods / Oliver Gywat, Hubert J. Krenner, and Jesse Berezovsky
Scattering of photons by many-electron systems / Alexey N. Hopersky, Victor A. Yavna	Superionic conductors: heterostructures and elements of functional electronics based on them / F.A. Karamov	Thermal quantum field theory: algebraic aspects and applications / Faqir C. Khanna … [et. al.]

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March 17, 2010

New Physics Books

Operational spacetime : interactions and particles / Heinrich Saller	Femtosecond laser filamentation / See Leang Chin	Galileo’s dream / Kim Stanley Robinson
High-redshift galaxies : light from the early universe / by Immo Appenzeller	Everywhere and everywhen : adventures in physics and philosophy / Nick Huggett	Optical metamaterials : fundamentals and applications / by Wenshan Cai, Vladimir Shalaev
Exploration of space, technology, and spatiality : interdisciplinary perspectives / Phil Turner… [et al.]	Dictionary of weighing terms : a guide to the terminology of weighing / Roland Nater … [et al.]	A zeptospace odyssey : a journey into the physics of the LHC / Gian Francesco Giudice

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March 2, 2010

New Physics Books

Units of measurement : past, present and future : international system of units / S.V. Gupta	Chalcogenide glasses for infrared optics / A. Ray Hilton, Sr	Cosmic noise : a history of early radio astronomy / Woodruff T. Sullivan, III
Galileo Galilei and motion : a reconstruction of 50 years of experiments and discoveries / Roberto Vergara Caffarelli	Structures in the universe by exact methods : formation, evolution, interactions / Krzysztof Bolejko	Exact space-times in Einstein’s general relativity / Jerry B. Griffiths, Jiří Podolský

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February 18, 2010

New Physics Books

A tenth of a second : a history / Jimena Canales	Good vibrations : the physics of music / Barry Parker	The magnetic universe : the elusive traces of an invisible force / J.B. Zirker
Quantum theory at the crossroads : reconsidering the 1927 Solvay conference / Guido Bacciagaluppi, Antony Valentini	Principles of surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy: and related plasmonic effects / Eric C. Le Ru and Pablo G. Etchegoin	Molecular quantum electrodynamics : long-range intermolecular interactions / Akbar Salam

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February 1, 2010

New Physics Books

Thermodynamics of surface phenomena / R.Kh. Dadashev	Physics at a glance / Tim Mills	Fundamentals of x-ray physics / G.V. Pavlinsky
Theoretical fundamentals of atmospheric optics / Yu.M. Timofeyev and A.V. Vasi’lev	Numerical analysis for electromagnetic integral equations / Karl F. Warnick	Five decades of research in nuclear science / John R. Huizenga
Analytic hyperbolic geometry and Albert Einstein’s special theory of relativity / Abraham Albert Ungar	Quantum field theory in curved spacetime : quantized fields and gravity / Leonard E. Parker, David J. Toms	Questions of modern cosmology : Galileo’s legacy / Mauro D’Onofrio, Carlo Burigana, editors
Fermilab: physics, the frontier, and megascience / Lillian Hoddeson, Adrienne W. Kolb, and Catherine Westfall	Advanced computer techniques in applied electromagnetics / edited by Sławomir Wiak, Andrzej Krawczyk and Ivo Dolezel	High energy radiation from black holes : gamma rays, cosmic rays, and neutrinos / Charles D. Dermer, Govind Menon

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January 13, 2010

Have Your Say!

Considering our Drexel community, Hagerty Library is looking to improve the science and technology portion of the leisure books collection.

Some really terrific science and technology books came out over the past year. Please take a look at this list of 2009’s best and vote for the ones you’d like to see added to the shelves.

VOTE HERE

Don’t see what you want? Make suggestions – or check the library catalog, we may already have it!

Please vote by the end of the day next Tuesday (1/19).

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January 5, 2010

New Physics Books

Waves and mean flows / Oliver Bühler	Radiation acoustics / Leonid M. Lyamshev	Polarized light / Dennis Goldstein
Modeling fluctuations in scattered waves / Eric C. Jakeman and Kevin D. Ridley	Starlight : an introduction to stellar physics for amateurs / Keith Robinson	The Large Hadron Collider : a marvel of technology / edited by Lyndon Evans
An introduction to gravity currents and intrusions / Marius Ungarish	Mathematical methods in physics and engineering with Mathematica / Ferdinand F. Cap	Physics for future presidents : the science behind the headlines / Richard A. Muller
Dictionary of geophysics, astrophysics, and astronomy / edited by Richard A. Matzner	The plasma universe / Curt Suplee ; edited by Amitava Bhattacharjee ; designed by Kristi Donahue	Soft condensed matter physics in molecular and cell biology / W.C.K. Poon, D. Andelman, [editors]

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December 9, 2009

New Physics Books

NMR studies of translational motion / William S. Price	Perspectives in computation / Robert Geroch	Telescopes : through the looking glass / Marvin Bolt
The manga guide to electricity / Kazuhiro Fujitaki, Matsuda, and Trend-pro Co., Ltd.	J. Robert Oppenheimer, the Cold War, and the atomic West / Jon Hunner	Entropy and information / Mikhail V. Volkenstein ; translated by Abe Shenitzer and Robert G. Burns
Heliophysics : plasma physics of the local cosmos / edited by Carolus J. Schrijver, George L. Siscoe	Many-body methods in chemistry and physics : MBPT and coupled-cluster theory / Isaiah Shavitt and Rodney J. Bartlett	Phase-space optics : fundamentals and applications / Markus E. Testorf, Bryan M. Hennelly, Jorge Ojeda-Castañeda