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NHBS Monthly Catalogue: October 2008Physical Sciences50 PHYSICS IDEAS YOU REALLY NEED TO KNOW Joanne Baker In this, the second volume in an important new series presenting core concepts across a range of critical areas of human knowledge, author Joanne Baker unravels the complexities of 20th-century ...... 208 pp, 50 Black and white illustrations. hardcover | 2007 | £8.99 | approx. $15/€12 ANTIMATTER Frank Close Antimatter explores a strange mirror world, where particles have identical yet opposite properties to those that make up the familiar matter we encounter everyday; where left becomes right, ...... 176 pp, illus, figs. hardcover | NYP 02/2009 | £9.99 | approx. $17/€13 BIOMOLECULAR SIMULATIONS Jordi Villa i Freixa and Michael A Johnston "Biomolecular Simulation" presents descriptions of various biomolecular simulation techniques and sampling methods, and provides a thorough understanding of the microscopic details of how ...... 406 pp, 50 black & white illustrations. hardcover | 2008 | £41.99 | approx. $70/€54 CHOOSING AND USING A NEW CAT Getting the Most From Your Schmidt Cassegrain or Any Catadioptric Telescope Rod Mollise New Paperback Edition "Choosing and Using the New CAT" will supersede the author's successful "Choosing and Using a Schmidt-Cassegrain Telescope", which has enjoyed enthusiastic support from the amateur astronomy ...... Patrick Moore's Practical Astronomy Series 360 pp, 92 illustrations, 19 in colour. softcover | NYP 12/2008 | £23.99 | approx. $40/€31 COLD AQUEOUS PLANETARY GEOCHEMISTRY WITH FREZCHEM From Modeling to the Search for Life at the Limits Giles M Marion and Jeffrey S Kargel New Edition This book explicitly investigates issues of astrobiological relevance in the context of cold aqueous planetary geochemistry. At the core of the technical chapters is the FREZCHEM model, ...... Advances in Astrobiology and Biogeophysics 261 pp, illus. hardcover | 2007 | £63.99 | approx. $107/€81 A COMPANION TO ENVIRONMENTAL GEOGRAPHY Edited by N Castree, D Demeritt, D Liverman and B Rhoads "A Companion to Environmental Geography" is the first book to comprehensively and systematically map the research frontier of 'human-environment geography' in an accessible and comprehensive ...... 576 pp. hardcover | NYP 02/2009 | £95 | approx. $158/€121 DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF BIOAVAILABILITY AND BIOEQUIVALENCE STUDIES Shein-Chung Chow, Jen-Pei Liu and Jen-Pei Liu Maintaining the same practical viewpoint as its bestselling predecessors, this third edition presents a comprehensive, unified summary of the vast and continually growing literature and research ...... Chapman & Hall / CRC Biostatistics Series 632 pp, 55 b/w illustrations, 221 tables. hardcover | 2008 | £52.99 | approx. $89/€68 DISASTER AND DEVELOPMENT Andrew Collins This book provides accessible and up-to-date analyses of disasters and development linkages, addressing planning and response activities that accompany this field. Social, economic and ...... Routledge Perspectives on Development 284 pp, 27 black & white illustrations, 15 black & white halftones. hardcover | NYP 12/2008 | £65 | approx. $109/€83 softcover | NYP 12/2008 | £18.50 | approx. $31/€24 ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY IN SOCIETY James M Beard Designed to engage non-science undergraduates who possess little prior knowledge in chemistry, "Environmental Chemistry in Society" employs contemporary issues to illustrate foundational principles. ...... 360 pp, 91 b/w illus, 2 colour illus. softcover | 2008 | £36.99 | approx. $62/€47 EXPLORATION GEOPHYSICS Mamdouh R Gadallah and Ray Fisher Many text books have been written on the subject "Exploration Geophysics". The majority of these texts focus on the theory and the mathematical treatment of the subject matter but lack treatment ...... 262 pp, 110 illustrations, 10 in colour. hardcover | 2008 | £79 | approx. $132/€100 EXTRA SOLAR PLANETS The Detection, Formation, Evolution and Dynamics of Planetary Systems Bonnie Steves and Martin Hendry Expanding upon a series of lectures for graduate students and young researchers held in the summer of 2007, this book includes the contributions of recognized world leaders writing on their areas of ...... Scottish Graduate Series 352 pp, 100 b/w illus. hardcover | 2008 | £62.99 | approx. $105/€80 EYES ON THE SKIES 400 Years of Telescopic Discovery Lars Christensen and Govert Schilling Adopted as the official book of the International Year of Astronomy (IYA) 2009, this stunningly illustrated history of telescopic discovery spans the range from the first telescopes via the Hubble ...... 132 pp. hardcover | 2008 | £14.99 | approx. $25/€19 FROM HERE TO INFINITY The Royal Observatory Greenwich Guide to Astronomy John Gribbin and Mary Gribbin At a time when public fascination with the planets of our solar system and the wider universe has never been greater, comes this definitive guide from expert authors John and Mary Gribbin. From ...... 256 pp, illus. softcover | 2008 | £14.99 | approx. $25/€19 GEOLOGY AND GEOMORPHOLOGY OF HOLOCENE COASTAL BARRIERS OF BRAZIL Sergio F Dillenburg and Patrick A Hesp This books presents the first comprehensive overview of the evolution, geology, geomorphology and dynamics of Holocene coastal barriers in Brazil. Following two introductory chapters outlining ...... Lecture Notes in Earth Sciences 107 380 pp, 303 illustrations, 3 in colour. hardcover | NYP 12/2008 | £103 | approx. $172/€131 HIDDEN UNIVERSE Lars L Christensen, Robert Fosbury and Robert L Hurt Our eyes are the result of an evolutionary adaptation to the sun's light. Since the sun is a G dwarf and emits most of its light in only a small part of the electromagnetic spectrum, our eyes are ...... 122 pp. hardcover | 2008 | £14.99 | approx. $25/€19 THE HISTORY OF GEOCONSERVATION Edited by CV Burek and CD Prosser In many parts of the world, the regeneration, economic growth and social changes that took place in the two decades that followed the Second World War, led to increased leisure time and tourism and a ...... Geological Society Special Publication 300 312 pp, figs, tabs, b/w photos. hardcover | 2008 | £75 | approx. $125/€95 HOW THINGS WORK The Physics of Everyday Life Louis A Bloomfield New Paperback Edition "How Things Work" uses familiar objects to introduce basic physics concepts, demonstrating the excitement and relevance to professionals in a variety of technical fields. Because its ...... 576 pp. softcover | NYP 01/2009 | £65.95 | approx. $110/€84 INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING James R Milhelcic and Julie B Zimmerman New Paperback Edition Civil engineers are introduced to chemistry and biology through a mass and energy balance approach with this book. It covers ABET required topics of emerging importance, such as sustainable and ...... 880 pp. hardcover | NYP 04/2009 | £38.95 | approx. $65/€50 INTRODUCTION TO SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMMING AND SIMULATION WITH R Owen Jones, Robert Maillardet and Andrew Robinson An introductory text, this book surveys a range of useful mathematical tools that either require or are illuminated by scientific computation. The focus is on the use of R, an ...... 300 pp. hardcover | NYP 12/2008 | £41.99 | approx. $70/€54 THE LIGHTNESS OF BEING Mass, Ether, and the Unification of Forces Frank Wilczek Physicist' understanding of the essential nature of reality changed radically over the past quarter century. Frank Wilczek has played a lead role in establishing the new paradigms. Transcending the clash ...... 270 pp, illus. hardcover | 2008 | £18.99 | approx. $32/€25 LIGHTNING: PRINCIPLES, INSTRUMENTS AND APPLICATIONS Review of Modern Lightning Research Edited by Hans Dieter Betz, Ulrich Schumann and Pierre Laroche Lightning represents a natural phenomenon of historic interest; due to its complex aspects research continues in many countries and reveals amazing results. One focus of attention relates to the ...... 655 pp, 280 illustrations, 53 in colour. hardcover | 2008 | £118.50 | approx. $197/€150 METEORS AND HOW TO OBSERVE THEM Robert Lunsford New Paperback Edition The focus of this book is to introduce the novice to the art of meteor observing. It explains in straightforward language how best to view meteor activity under a variety of conditions, regardless ...... Astronomer's Observing Guides 240 pp, 151 illustrations. softcover | 2008 | £27.99 | approx. $47/€36 NORTH WEST IRISH SEA MOUNDS Hard and Soft Substrata Habitats A Mellor, A Mitchell, J Strong, L Rooney and M Service A series of cruises attempting to characterise the primary biological features of this area were undertaken in November 2006 and January/February 2007. ...... JNCC Report Series 410 76 pp, figs, tabs. softcover | 2008 | £9.99 | approx. $17/€13 ORIGIN AND EVOLUTION OF EARTH Research Questions for a Changing Planet National Research Council New Paperback Edition Questions about the origin and nature of Earth and the life on it have long preoccupied human thought and the scientific endeavor. Deciphering the planet's history and processes could improve the ...... 152 pp. softcover | NYP 12/2008 | £17.99 | approx. $30/€23 THE OXFORD COMPANION TO COSMOLOGY A Liddle The Oxford Companion to Cosmology includes over 350 in-depth entries, extensively cross-referenced, describing the modern view of cosmology, including both theoretical ideas and the various ...... 360 pp, figs. softcover | NYP 04/2009 | £11.99 | approx. $20/€16 PHEROMONES: PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES V Nandagopal et al The dependence on synthetic pesticides has increased substantially after the advent of green revolution in India to sustain the increasing demand for food production for the burgeoning ...... 336 pp, tabs, figs. hardcover | 2008 | £98 | approx. $163/€124 PLANETS AND PLANETARY SYSTEMS Stephen Eales Planets and Planetary Systems is a balanced introduction to the science of planets within our own solar system and those in other solar systems. This is an extremely fast moving field, and at ...... 256 pp. hardcover | NYP 02/2009 | £70 | approx. $117/€89 PRACTICAL AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTRY S Auld and D Edwardes Ker This book is intended as a practical handbook in Agricultural Chemistry for students in Agriculture and other examination of similar types and standard. ...... 288 pp. hardcover | 2007 | £30.50 | approx. $51/€39 THE SUN AND HOW TO OBSERVE IT Jamey L Jenkins New Paperback Edition In Part 1, the book describes the very latest thinking on solar physics in (mostly non-mathematical) detail, incorporating the latest results from research concerning the structure and behaviour ...... Astronomer's Observing Guides 230 pp, 72 illustrations, 8 in colour. softcover | NYP 12/2008 | £19.99 | approx. $34/€26 SUPER VOLCANO The Ticking Time Bomb Beneath Yellowstone National Park Greg Breining Despite growing evidence of geothermal activity under Yellowstone, it look geologists a long time to realize there was a volcano beneath this wildlife preserve, and an even longer time to find the ...... 256 pp, illustrations. hardcover | 2007 | £16.99 | approx. $29/€22 TERRAFORMING The Creating of Habitable Worlds Martin Beech This book proposes a sound and realistic exploration on the topic of terraforming. Often used as the narrative premise in science fiction novels, terraforming is the process by which an ...... 240 pp, 103 illustrations, 35 in colour. hardcover | NYP 04/2009 | £23.99 | approx. $40/€31 |
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