Physics & Astrophysics 2011

Physics & Astrophysics2011

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DearReaders,

Aspartofourmissiontopublishworkonthefrontiersofthephysicalsciences,wearetremendouslyexcitedtoannouncethePrinceton Frontiers in Physicsseries.Themarginsofexplorationanddiscovery—theedgesoftheunknown—havealwaysfascinatedhumankind.Thefirstandessentialsteptowarddiscovery,however,istheformulationofasmartquestion—aquestionthatilluminatesevenintheasking.Whatquestionsaremovingthefrontiersofthephysicalsciencesforward,andwhereareweinoursearchfortheanswers?Tofindout,checkouttheshort,sophisticatedintroductionsinPrinceton

Frontiers in Physics.AbrahamLoeb’sHow Did the First Stars and Galaxies Form?andJoshuaBloom’sWhat

Are Gamma-Ray Bursts?arethefirstofmanynewtitlesthatareforthcominginthisexcitingseries.Staytunedforotherintriguingandrefreshinglypithybooksthatseektodefinethestateoftheartofmodernknowledge.

Anumberofextraordinarynewtextsandprofessional-levelworksarealsotobefoundinthisyear’scatalog.Weareveryproudtoannouncethemuch-anticipatedPhysics of the Interstellar and Intergalactic Medium byPrinceton’sBruceDraine,thenewestadditiontotherenownedPrinceton Series in Astrophysics.WealsohaveanewadditiontoourburgeoningIn a Nutshelltextbookseries—GeraldMahan’ssuperbCondensed Matter in a Nutshell.Inaddition,besuretocheckoutHarveyGouldandJanTobochnik’sStatistical and Thermal Physics,ahighlyinnovativeadditiontothetextbookliterature,aswellasJeremyKasdinandDerekPaley’sexcellentundergraduate-leveltextbook,Engineering Dynamics.

Wealsohavesomefantasticpopular-levelbooksforyoutoenjoy.Togettheverylatestontheexhilaratingsearchfornewplanets,directlyfromthefrontlinesofresearch,pickupRayJayawardhana’s Strange New Worlds.AnotherdelightfulbooktocurlupwithisMichaelHoskin’spage-turner,Discoverers of the Universe: William

and Caroline Herschel.Lastly,wehaveafewnewbooksonEinstein—The Ultimate

Quotable Einstein,editedbyAliceCalaprice,andanewlookatEinstein’sinvolve-mentintheZionistmovement,Ze’evRosenkranz’sfascinatingEinstein Before Israel.

Finally,Iamdelightedtoannounceanimportantnew“miniseries”ofbooksonthestateoftheartinclimate-scienceresearch,Princeton Primers in Climate.Theseshortbooksaretheidealfirstplacetoturntogetthefactsonhowclimateworksandmust-readsifonewantstoquicklyunderstandthephysicsoftheclimatesystem.ThefirsttitleintheseriesisDavidArcher’sbrilliantlylucidbook,The Global Carbon Cycle.

Ofcourse,thesearejustafewofthemanynewbooksonthePrincetonlistwehopeyou’llexplore.Ourthankstoallofyou—ourreaders,authors,andadvisors—foryourenduringsupport.Wehopethatyouenjoythebooksinthiscatalogandthatyouwillcontinuetoletusknowwhatyouwouldliketoreadinthefuture.

Ingrid GnerlichSeniorEditor,Physical&EarthSciences

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NEW

How Did the First Stars and Galaxies Form?Abraham Loeb

“Alucid,conciseac-countofourcurrentunderstandingofhowlightburstfromdarknesswhenthefirststarsandgalaxiesformedearlyintheexpansionoftheuniverse.Startingfrombasicphysicalprinciples,Loebdescribesthephysi-calprocessesthatshaped

theevolutionoftheuniverse,howtheyledtotheformationofthefirstblackholes,quasars,andgamma-raybursts,andhowupcomingobserva-tionswilltesttheseideas.”—ChristopherF.McKee,UniversityofCalifornia,Berkeley

AbrahamLoebisprofessorofastronomyanddirectoroftheInstituteforTheoryandComputa-tionatHarvardUniversity.

2010.216pages.14halftones.17lineillus.Pa:978-0-691-14516-7 $24.95|£16.95Cl:978-0-691-14515-0 $75.00|£52.00

NEW

What Are Gamma-Ray Bursts?Joshua S. Bloom

“Thisisamarvelousbook.Itcontainsthenewresultsfromthefast-developingscienceofgamma-ray-burstastronomyalongwithitsfascinatinghistory.Irecommenditasagoodintroductionfornonex-pertsandafunreadforresearchersinthefield.”

—NeilGehrels,NASAGoddardSpaceFlightCenter

Gamma-rayburstsarethebrightest—and,untilrecently,amongtheleastunderstood—cosmiceventsintheuniverse.Discoveredbychanceduringthecoldwar,theseevanescenthigh-energyexplosionsconfoundedastronomersfordecades.Butarapidseriesofstartlingbreakthroughsbeginningin1997revealedthatthemajorityofgamma-rayburstsarecausedbytheexplosionsofyoungandmassivestarsinthevaststar-formingcauldronsofdistantgalaxies.Newfindingsalsopointtoverydifferentoriginsforsomeevents,servingtocomplicatebutenrichourunderstandingoftheexoticandviolentuniverse.What Are Gamma-Ray Bursts?isasuccinctintroductiontothisfast-growingsubject,writtenbyanastrophysicistwhoisattheforefrontoftoday’sresearchintotheseincrediblecosmicphenomena.

JoshuaS.Bloomisassociateprofessorofas-tronomyattheUniversityofCalifornia,Berkeley.

2011.272pages.27lineillus.Pa:978-0-691-14557-0 $24.95|£16.95Cl:978-0-691-14556-3 $65.00|£44.95

How Did the Universe Begin? PaulSteinhardt

What is Dark Matter? PeterFisher

Can the Laws of Physics Be Unified? A.Zee

What Does a Black Hole Look Like? CharlesBailyn

FORTHCOMINGINTHESERIES

Princeton Frontiers in Physicsisanewseriesofshortintroductionstosomeoftoday’smostexcitinganddynamicresearchareasacrossthephysicalsciences.Writtenbyleadingspecialists,thesestimulatingbooksaddressfundamentalquestionsthatarechallengingthelimitsofcurrentknowledge.Withforward-lookingdiscussionsofcoreideas,ongoingdebates,andunresolvedproblems,thebooksinthisseriesmakecutting-edgeresearchinthephysicalsciencesmoreaccessiblethaneverbefore—forstudents,scientists,andscientificallymindedgeneralreaders.

press.princeton.edu in a nutshell • 3

Professorswhowishtoconsiderabookfromthiscatalogforcourseusemayrequestanexaminationcopy.Formoreinformationpleasevisit:press.princeton.edu/class.htmlTEXT

What’sIn a Nutshell?Moreofthebestsciencethanever.In a Nutshellisanewseriesofconcise,acces-sible,andup-to-datetextbooksforadvancedundergraduatesandgraduatestudentsonkeysubjectsinthephysicalsciences.PartofPrincetonUniversityPress’sexpandingpresenceinsciencetextbookpublishing,thishigh-profileserieswillbringoutthehighestqualitytextsonsubjectsrangingfromastrophysics,nuclearphysics,andstringtheory,toparticlephysics,neutrinophysics,electromagne-tism,andmagnetism.Crackopenoneofthisseason’snewtitlestofindoutjusthowmuchsciencefitsIn a Nutshell.

NEW—SECONDEDITIONQuantum Field Theory in a NutshellA. Zee

Seepage17fordetails.

NEWCondensed Matter in a NutshellGerald D. Mahan


Also by Gerald D. MahanQuantum Mechanics in a NutshellSeepage17fordetails

OneofChoice’sOutstandingAcademicTitlesfor2007

Winnerofthe2009ChamblissAstronomicalWritingAward,AmericanAstronomicalSociety

Astrophysics in a NutshellDan Maoz

“Astrophysics in a Nutshellisperfectforanad-vancedastrophysicscourseforphysicalsciencemajors.Itcoversmoderntopicsfromstarstogalaxiesandcosmology.”—JohnHuchra,HarvardUniversity

2007.272pages.21halftones.68lineillus.Cl:978-0-691-12584-8 $55.00|£37.95

Nuclear Physics in a NutshellCarlos A. Bertulani

“[T]hedefinitivenewresourceforanyoneconsid-eringacareerinthisdynamicfield.”—Current Engineering Practice

2007.488pages.50lineillus.118tables.Cl:978-0-691-12505-3 $75.00|£52.00

String Theory in a NutshellElias Kiritsis

“Anexcellentreferenceforanygraduatestudentinterestedinstringtheory.Kiritsissuccinctlydescribesmanyoftherecentdevelopmentsthatarenecessarybackgroundtocurrentresearch.”—JuanMaldacena,InstituteforAdvancedStudy

2007.608pages.18halftones.44lineillus.7tables.Cl:978-0-691-12230-4 $75.00|£52.00

4 • textbooks

NEWPhysics and Technology for Future PresidentsAnIntroductiontotheEssentialPhysicsEveryWorldLeaderNeedstoKnowRichard A. Muller


NEWStatistical and Thermal PhysicsWithComputerApplicationsHarvey Gould & Jan Tobochnik


FORTHCOMINGEngineering DynamicsAComprehensiveIntroductionN. Jeremy Kasdin & Derek A. Paley


NEWPrinciples of Laser Spectroscopy and Quantum OpticsPaul R. Berman & Vladimir S. Malinovsky


SECONDEDITIONPhotonic CrystalsMoldingtheFlowofLightJohn D. Joannopoulos, Steven G. Johnson, Joshua N. Winn & Robert D. Meade


Wave PropagationFromElectronstoPhotonicCrystalsandLeft-HandedMaterialsPeter Markoš & Costas M. Soukoulis


A Survey of Computational PhysicsIntroductoryComputationalScienceRubin H. Landau, Manuel José Páez & Cristian C. Bordeianu


A First Course in Scientific ComputingSymbolic,Graphic,andNumericModelingUsingMaple,Java,Mathematica,andFortran90Rubin H. Landau


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Plasma Physics for AstrophysicsRussell M. Kulsrud


It’s About TimeUnderstandingEinstein’sRelativityN. David Mermin


Mathematics for Physics and PhysicistsWalter AppelTranslatedbyEmmanuelKowalski2007.672pages.50halftones.150lineillus.Cl:978-0-691-13102-3 $78.50|£55.00

Introduction to Computational ScienceModelingandSimulationfortheSciencesAngela B. Shiflet & George W. Shiflet


SECONDEDITIONGalactic DynamicsJames Binney & Scott Tremaine


High-Energy AstrophysicsFulvio Melia


NEWExoplanet AtmospheresPhysicalProcessesSara Seager


6 • astronomy & astrophysics

FORTHCOMING

Strange New WorldsTheSearchforAlienPlanetsandLifebeyondOurSolarSystemRay Jayawardhana

“Ifyouhaveeverwantedtoknowhowastrono-mersaregoingtofindanEarth-likeplanet,thisengagingbookexplainsitall.NotonlyisStrange

New Worldsfantasticstorytellingaboutthecheckeredanddramatichistoryofexoplanetdiscovery,butitalsogivesacompellingdescrip-tionofthepathtofuturediscoveries.”—SaraSeager,authorofExoplanet Atmospheres

SoonastronomersexpecttofindalienEarthsbythedozensinorbitarounddistantsuns.Beforethedecadeisout,telltalesignsthattheyharborlifemaybefound.Iftheyare,theramificationsforallareasofhumanthoughtandendeavor—fromreligionandphilosophytoartandbiology—willbebreathtaking.InStrange New Worlds,renownedastronomerRayJayawardhanabringsnewsfromthefrontlinesoftheepicquesttofindplanets—andalienlife—beyondoursolarsystem.

RayJayawardhanaisprofessorandCanadaResearchChairinObservationalAstrophysicsattheUniversityofToronto,aswellasanaward-winningsciencewriter.

2011.288pages.3halftones.25lineillus.4tables.Cl:978-0-691-14254-8 $24.95|£16.95Not for sale in Canada

NEW

Discoverers of the UniverseWilliamandCarolineHerschelMichael Hoskin

“NobodyisbetterqualifiedthanMichaelHoskintoassessthecrucialroleoftheHerschelsintransformingourcosmicperspective.Heclearlyconveystheirextraordinaryenergyandcommit-ment,andsetstheirgreatachievementsinthecontextoftheirlivesandtheirera.Hiselegantwritingensuresthatthisbookcanbeenjoyedevenbythosewithnobackgroundinastronomy.”—MartinRees,AstronomerRoyal

Discoverers of the UniversetellsthegrippingstoryofWilliamHerschel,thebrilliant,fiercelyambi-tious,emotionallycomplexmusicianandcom-poserwhobecamecourtastronomertoBritain’sKingGeorgeIII,andofWilliam’ssister,Caroline,whoassistedhiminhisobservationsofthenightskyandbecameanaccomplishedastronomerinherownright.Together,theytransformedourviewoftheuniversefromtheunchanging,mechanicalcreationofNewton’sclockmakergodtotheever-evolving,incrediblydynamiccosmosthatittrulyis.

MichaelHoskinisfellowofChurchillCollegeattheUniversityofCambridgeandfoundingeditoroftheJournal for the History of Astronomy.

2011.272pages.16colorillus.25halftones.Cl:978-0-691-14833-5 $29.95|£20.95

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NEW

How Old Is the Universe?David A. Weintraub

“Weintraubretracesthespectacularjourneyinwhichastronomerslearnedthesizeandageoftheuniverse.Alongtheway,heprovideslucidexplanationsandingeniousanalogies,suchashisuseofmusicalchairstoexplaindegeneratestatesofmatterinwhitedwarfstars.Asplendidmergerofsciencehistoryandcutting-edgeastronomy.”—OwenGingerich,authorofGod’s Universe

“Howoldistheuniverse?Centuriesofspecula-tionandresearchhaveculminatedinapreciseanswertothisfundamentalquestion.Weintraubpresentsthestoryofthismajortriumphofastronomyinamasterfulstyle,richwithauthori-tativedetailsandeverydayanalogies,illustratingalongthewaythefullpanoramaoftheastro-nomicalworkthatledtothisamazingfeat.”—AlanBoss,authorofThe Crowded Universe: The

Search for Living Planets

Astronomershavedeterminedthatouruniverseis13.7billionyearsold.Howexactlydidtheycometothispreciseconclusion?How Old Is

the Universe?tellstheincrediblestoryofhowastronomerssolvedoneofthemostcompel-lingmysteriesinscienceand,alongtheway,introducesreaderstofundamentalconceptsandcutting-edgeadvancesinmodernastronomy.

DavidA.WeintraubisprofessorofastronomyatVanderbiltUniversity.


Also by David A. WeintraubWithanewpostscriptbytheauthor

Is Pluto a Planet?AHistoricalJourneythroughtheSolarSystem

“Is Pluto a Planet?providessomemuch-neededperspectiveonthebattleoverthemeaningoftheterm‘planet,’abattlethat,asweoftenforget,hasbeengoingonaslongasastronomyitself....Itputsthecurrentdebateintocontextanddemonstrateshowtheacceptanceofthenewovertheoldinastronomyisdrivenordeterredasmuchbyhumanfoiblesasbynewinformation.”—WilliamF.Bottke,Physics Today

2009.280pages.65halftones.7lineillus.1table.Pa:978-0-691-13846-6 $19.95|£13.95Cl:978-0-691-12348-6 $27.95|£19.95

How to Find a Habitable PlanetJames Kasting

“Kasting,akeyplannerforfutureNASAmissionsseekingEarth-likeexoplanets,possessesadeepunderstandingofallthemultifariouscomplexi-tiesthatfeedintoforming—andfinding—livingworlds.Hewritesaboutthesetopics,foralltheirprofundity,withremarkableprecisionandclarity,drawingclearlinkagesbetweenwhatweobservethroughtelescopeswithwhatweseerighthere,intheonlybiosphereweknow.How

to Find a Habitable Planetisacanonicalguidetotheprobablefutureofhumanity’ssearchforlifeelsewhereintheUniverse.”—SEED Magazine

Science Essentials

2010.352pages.16colorillus.57halftones.15lineillus.4tables.Cl:978-0-691-13805-3 $29.95|£20.95

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NEWPAPERBACKWithanewafterwordbytheauthors

Titan UnveiledSaturn’sMysteriousMoonExploredRalph Lorenz & Jacqueline Mitton

“Anengrossingfirsthandaccountofoneofhu-mankind’sgreatestadventuresofrecentyears.”—FredTaylor,American Scientist

RalphLorenzisaplanetaryscientistattheJohnsHopkinsUniversityAppliedPhysicsLaboratory.JacquelineMittonisawriter,editor,andmediaconsultantinastronomy.

2010.288pages.19colorillus.71halftones.21lineillus.2tables.Pa:978-0-691-14633-1 $19.95|£13.95Cl:978-0-691-12587-9 $29.95|£20.95

FORTHCOMING

Fundamentals of Spacecraft ChargingSpacecraftInteractionswithSpacePlasmasShu T. Lai

“Laihasproducedthedefinitiveworkonthephysicsofspacecraftcharging.Fromabasicdescriptionoftheplasmaenvironmentandhowspacecraftsurfacesdevelopelectricalchargesinspace,toadetailedanalysisofthestepsthatcanbeusedtomitigatetheeffectsofspacecraftcharging—it’sallhere.”—AlanTribble,authorofThe Space Environment:

Implications for Spacecraft Design

ShuT.LaiisaseniorphysicistintheSpaceWeatherCenterofExcellence,SpaceVehiclesDirectorate,AirForceResearchLaboratory(AFRL),HanscomAirForceBase,Massachusetts.

August2011.360pages.5halftones.154lineillus.10tables.Cl:978-0-691-12947-1 $90.00|£62.00

FORTHCOMINGPAPERBACKWinnerofthe2010EricHofferBookAward,US Review of Books’

Winnerofa2009NautilusSilverAward,NautilusBookAwards

Finalist,2008EugeneM.EmmeAstronauticalLiteratureAward,AmericanAstronauticalSociety

Withanewafterwordbytheauthor

Beyond UFOsTheSearchforExtraterrestrialLifeandItsAstonishingImplicationsforOurFutureJeffrey Bennett

“Beyond UFOsexploreseverythingfromthelikelylocationsofalienlifetotheimplicationsofourfindingit,andit’sathrillingride....Ifyouwanttounderstandtheuniverseandourplaceinit,youwillnotfindabetterprimer.”—MichaelBrooks,New Scientist

JeffreyBennettisanastrophysicist,author,andeducator.

June2011.256pages.8colorillus.25halftones.Pa:978-0-691-14988-2 $18.95|£12.95Cl:978-0-691-13549-6 $26.95|£18.95

NEWPAPERBACKA2008Editors’ChoiceforBestAdultTitles,Booklist

Finalist,2008EugeneM.EmmeAstronauticalLiteratureAward,AmericanAstronauticalSociety


The Universe in a MirrorTheSagaoftheHubbleSpaceTelescopeandtheVisionariesWhoBuiltItRobert Zimmerman

“Afascinatinginsidelookathowthegreatobser-vatorycametobe.”—DavidShiga,New Scientist

RobertZimmermanisanaward-winningsciencewriterandhistorian.

2010.336pages.25colorillus.24halftones.2lineillus.Pa:978-0-691-14635-5 $19.95|£13.95Cl:978-0-691-13297-6 $29.95|£20.95

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Heaven’s TouchFromKillerStarstotheSeedsofLife,HowWeAreConnectedtotheUniverseJames B. Kaler

“JamesKalerhascraftedanoutstandingshortintroductiontoastronomyandcosmology....Heaven’s Touchisapassionateaccountbothofhumanity’stangiblecontactwiththeUniverseatlargeandtheprofoundinfluenceoftheUniverseonlifeonEarth.”—SimonMitton,Times Higher Education


FULLyREVISEDANDExPANDEDEDITION

Stars and PlanetsTheMostCompleteGuidetotheStars,Planets,Galaxies,andtheSolarSystemIan Ridpath & Wil Tirion

“Thoughitissmallenoughtofitintoacoatpocketonacool,darkevening,theamountofthematerialwithincouldfillvolumes.Thebookseemsdesignedtoconvertcuriousreadersintostargaz-ers....Thisisyouratlastotheobservableuniverse.”—Science News

Princeton Field Guides

2008.400pages.300colorillus.Pa:978-0-691-13556-4 $19.95|£13.95For sale only in North America and the Philippines

Our Cosmic HabitatMartin Rees

“Our Cosmic Habitat...hasaninformedstyleandbreadthofcoveragethatmakeitajoytoread....Rees’sexplanationsareexactlyright.”—WilliamG.Unruh,Science

2003.224pages.19lineillus.Pa:978-0-691-11477-4 $19.95|£13.95Not for sale in the Commonwealth (except Canada) and the European Union

Winnerofthe2002AwardforBestProfessional/ScholarlyBookinPhysicsandAstronomy,AssociationofAmericanPublishers

Finalist,2003AventisGeneralPrize

Withanewepiloguebytheauthor

The Extravagant Universe ExplodingStars,DarkEnergy,andtheAcceleratingCosmosRobert P. Kirshner

“Anextravagantandthoroughlyenjoyableac-countofouramazinguniverse.”—MichaelS.Turner,Science

Princeton Science Library

2004.312pages.11colorillus.29halftones.12lineillus.Pa:978-0-691-11742-3 $24.95|£16.95


The Black Hole at the Center of Our GalaxyFulvio Melia

“Adelightfulbookcontainingwonderfulimagesandillustrationsportrayingthecenterofourgalaxyasaregionwithapersonalityandcharac-terworthyofgreatstudy.”—KevinLong,Astronomy

2003.208pages.40colorillus.2halftones.Cl:978-0-691-09505-9 $35.00|£24.95

Explorethegreatscientificandtechnologicalissuesafootintheworldtoday:http://princetonglobalscience.org

10 • princeton series in astrophysics

The Princeton Series in Astrophysicsisaninternationalmonographandtextbookseriesinastrophysicsforresearchersandstudents.Tosubmitabookproposalforconsideration,pleasecontactthepublish-ingeditor,IngridGnerlich:[email protected].

NEW

Physics of the Interstellar and Intergalactic MediumBruce T. Draine

“ThisisthebookthatIhavebeenwaitingforfortwentyyears.Withexceptionalclarity,Draineintroducestheunderlyingphysicsandbringsthebasicpiecestogethertodescribethemultiphasestructureoftheinterstellarandintergalacticmedium.Combinedwithmanyusefultablesandfigures,thisbookwillrapidlybecomeahitwithstudentsandresearchersalike.ItcontinuesthefinetraditionofPrincetonprofessorswritingseminalbooksonthistopic.”—EwinevanDishoeck,LeidenUniversity

Thisisacomprehensiveandrichlyillustratedtextbookontheastrophysicsoftheinterstellarandintergalacticmedium—thegasanddust,aswellastheelectromagneticradiation,cosmicrays,andmagneticandgravitationalfields,presentbetweenthestarsinagalaxyandalsobetweengalaxiesthemselves.

BruceT.Draineisprofessorofastrophysicalsci-encesatPrincetonUniversityandamemberoftheNationalAcademyofSciences.

2011.568pages.23colorillus.158lineillus.50tables.Pa:978-0-691-12214-4 $65.00|£44.95Cl:978-0-691-12213-7 $125.00|£85.00

NEW

Exoplanet AtmospheresPhysicalProcessesSara Seager

“Thisbookfillsanimportantgapbetweenastronomyandplanetaryscience.Iamquitesureitwillbecomethestandardtextforanycoursecoveringexoplanetatmospheres.”—MarkMarley,NASAAmesResearchCenter

Overthepasttwentyyears,astronomershaveidentifiedhundredsofextrasolarplanets—plan-etsorbitingstarsotherthanthesun.Recentresearchinthisburgeoningfieldhasmadeitpos-sibletoobserveandmeasuretheatmospheresoftheseexoplanets.Thisisthefirsttextbooktodescribethebasicphysicalprocesses—includingradiativetransfer,molecularabsorption,andchemicalprocesses—commontoallplanetaryatmospheres,aswellasthetransit,eclipse,andthermalphasevariationobservationsthatareuniquetoexoplanets.

SaraSeagerisprofessorofplanetaryscienceandphysicsattheMassachusettsInstituteofTechnology.

2010.264pages.1halftone.91lineillus.8tables.Pa:978-0-691-14645-4 $45.00|£30.95Cl:978-0-691-11914-4 $89.50|£62.00


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Winnerofthe2009PROSEAwardforExcellenceinCosmologyandAstronomy,AssociationofAmericanPublishers

High-Energy AstrophysicsFulvio Melia

“[A]nexcellentbalancebetweenrelevantgradu-atephysicsandobservationalsummariesofkeyhigh-energyastrophysicalphenomena.”—Choice

2009.392pages.26colorillus.52halftones.59lineillus.Pa:978-0-691-14029-2 $46.95|£32.95

High Energy Radiation from Black HolesGammaRays,CosmicRays,andNeutrinosCharles D. Dermer & Govind Menon

“[A]valuableadditiontotheastrophysicsliterature.”—PeterMészáros,PennsylvaniaStateUniversity

2009.560pages.50lineillus.50halftones.Pa:978-0-691-14408-5 $75.00|£52.00Cl:978-0-691-13795-7 $120.00|£82.50

Stellar Spectral ClassificationRichard O. Gray & Christopher J. Corbally

“[A]superbtext.”—Current Engineering Practice


SECONDEDITION

Galactic DynamicsJames Binney & Scott Tremaine

“[T]hisbookhasnopeers.”—Nature

2008.904pages.20colorillus.205halftones.Pa:978-0-691-13027-9 $67.50|£46.95

Galactic AstronomyJames Binney & Michael Merrifield

Thisisthedefinitivetreatmentofthephenomenol-ogyofgalaxies.

1998.850pages.100halftones.Pa:978-0-691-02565-0 $69.95|£48.95

Plasma Physics for AstrophysicsRussell M. Kulsrud

“[A]reliablefriendandtrustedconsultant.”—Physics Today

2005.488pages.140lineillus.Pa:978-0-691-12073-7 $62.50|£43.95Not for sale in South Asia


Active Galactic NucleiFromtheCentralBlackHoletotheGalacticEnvironmentJulian H. Krolik

“[A]valuablereference.”—ChrisReynolds,Nature

1998.632pages.8tables.111lineillus.8halftones.Pa:978-0-691-01151-6 $72.50|£50.00

Supernovae and NucleosynthesisAnInvestigationoftheHistoryofMatter,fromtheBigBangtothePresentDavid Arnett

“[T]hebestavailablesourceofmaterialonsupernovaphysics.”—A.G.W.Cameron,Nature

1996.496pages.67tables.119linedrawings.Pa:978-0-691-01147-9 $72.50|£50.00

Electromagnetic ProcessesRobert J. Gould2006.288pages.2halftones.30lineillus.Pa:978-0-691-12444-5 $57.50|£39.95

Conversations on Electric and Magnetic Fields in the CosmosEugene N. Parker2007.200pages.18lineillus.Pa:978-0-691-12841-2 $52.50|£36.95

JohnN.Bahcall,Winnerofthe1999HenryNorrisRussellLectureship,AmericanAstronomicalSociety

Unsolved Problems in AstrophysicsEdited by John N. Bahcall & Jeremiah P. Ostriker1997.382pages.Pa:978-0-691-01606-1 $57.50|£39.95

12 • physics

NEW

Physics and Technology for Future PresidentsAnIntroductiontotheEssentialPhysicsEveryWorldLeaderNeedstoKnowRichard A. Muller

“Modernscienceandtechnologyhavethepowertoshapetheworldwelivein,forgoodorforevil.Muller,himselfabrilliant,creativescientist,hasdistilledthemostimportantscientificprinciplesthatdefineourchoices,andhaspresentedthemclearlyandobjectively.Tomakewisedecisions,notonlyfuturepresidents,butfuturebusinessandcommunityleaders,andthoughtfulcitizensgenerally,needtheinformationinthisbook.”—FrankWilczek,NobelPrize–winningphysicist

Accessibleandentertaining,Physics and

Technology for Future Presidentsgivesstudentsthescientificfluencytheyneedtobecomewell-roundedleadersinaworlddrivenbyscienceandtechnology.

RichardA.MullerisprofessorofphysicsattheUniversityofCalifornia,Berkeley.

2010.536pages.136colorillus.13tables.Cl:978-0-691-13504-5 $49.50|£34.95

Restricted instructor’s manual is available to teachers

NEW

The Little Book of String TheorySteven S. Gubser

“Gubserdoesamasterlyjobofintroducingstringtheoryinsimpletermsandwithoutusingmath.Hisgoalisnottoconvertpeopletothecausebuttohelpthembetterunderstandtheideas.Carsonafreeway,thevibrationofpianostrings,andbuoysintheoceanareamongtheexamplesfromeverydaylifeusedtoexplaindifficultconcepts.Thisconciseyetclearintroductiontoaconceptuallydifficulttopicisrecommendedforlayreadersinphysicsandforpopularsciencecollections.”—Library Journal

“The Little Book of String TheorybytheoreticalphysicistStevenGubserputsintowordstheabstractmathsofsomeofthemostchallengingareasofphysics,fromenergyandquantumme-chanicstobranes,supersymmetryandmultipledimensions.”—Nature

The Little Book of String Theoryistheessential,mostup-to-datebeginner’sguidetothiselegant,multidimensionalfieldofphysics.

StevenS.GubserisprofessorofphysicsatPrincetonUniversity.

Science Essentials

2010.184pages.21lineillus.Cl:978-0-691-14289-0 $19.95|£13.95


press.princeton.edu physics • 13

NEWPAPERBACK

Superstition BeliefintheAgeofScienceRobert L. Park

“Parkwriteswithbemusementathumanfollybutalsowithoutrageatthemisappropriationofscience.”—RobertA.Segal,Times Higher Education

“BobParkisasceptic’ssceptic,aconsummatecriticalthinker,ano-nonsensescientistwhoknowsbaloneywhenhedetectsit....Superstitionismorethananentertainingrompthroughtheweirdandwonderful.Itisanimportantcontribu-tiontothescepticalliterature...thateveryscientistneedstobeawareof.”—MichaelShermer,Nature Physics

RobertL.ParkisprofessorofphysicsattheUniversityofMaryland.

2010.240pages.Pa:978-0-691-14597-6 $16.95|£11.95Cl:978-0-691-13355-3 $24.95|£16.95

NEW

On Fact and FraudCautionaryTalesfromtheFrontLinesofScienceDavid Goodstein

“Atextbookonscientificethicsthatbeginswithaprimeroninductivereasoningandendswithuniversityguidelinesforresearchconductsoundsdull,butDavidGoodsteinhascreatedanentertainingbookstuddedwithlaugh-out-loudmoments....Goodstein’scandourandhumourmakethisbookadelighttoread,andhe’sverygoodatexplainingphysics,too.”—JonathanBeard,New Scientist

“Offersashortandengagingeducationforthosewhowanttoknowmoreaboutunderstandinganddetectingtruefraud.”—LauraH.Greene,Physics World

On Fact and Fraudprovidesauser’sguidetoidentifying,avoiding,andpreventingfraudinscience,alongthewayofferingvaluableinsightsintohowmodernscienceispracticed.

DavidGoodsteinistheFrankJ.GilloonDistin-guishedTeachingandServiceProfessorintheDepartmentofPhysicsattheCaliforniaInstituteofTechnology.

2010.184pages.22halftones.Cl:978-0-691-13966-1 $22.95|£15.95

NEW—SECONDEDITIONQuantum Field Theory in a NutshellA. Zee


NEWCondensed Matter in a NutshellGerald D. Mahan


ConnectwithusonTwitter@ princetonupress&Facebook@PrincetonUniversityPress

14 • physics

NEW

Statistical and Thermal PhysicsWithComputerApplicationsHarvey Gould & Jan Tobochnik

“Thisisanambitiousbookwrittenbytwoexperiencedresearchersandteachers.Startingfromthemicroscopicdynamicsofatomsandmolecules,itusesstatisticalmechanicalideastoexplainthethermodynamicbehaviorofmacroscopicsystems,andamplyillustratestheseideasusinghands-oncomputersimulations.Bothteachersandstudentswillfindthisbookstimulatingandrewarding.”—JoelL.Lebowitz,RutgersUniversity

Thistextbookcarefullydevelopsthemainideasandtechniquesofstatisticalandthermalphysicsandisintendedforupper-levelundergraduatecourses.Theauthorseachhavemorethanthirtyyears’experienceinteaching,curriculumdevelopment,andresearchinstatisticalandcomputationalphysics.

HarveyGouldisprofessorofphysicsatClarkUniversityandassociateeditoroftheAmerican

Journal of Physics.JanTobochnikistheDowDistinguishedProfessorofNaturalScienceatKalamazooCollegeandeditoroftheAmerican

Journal of Physics.


NEW

Principles of Laser Spectroscopy and Quantum OpticsPaul R. Berman & Vladimir S. Malinovsky

“Thisbookgivesaverydetailedandcomprehen-sivetreatmentoftheoreticalquantumoptics.Itprovidesaconsistentandthoroughlookatthewholefieldandwillbeavaluablereference.”—RichardThompson,ImperialCollege,London

Principles of Laser Spectroscopy and Quantum

Opticsisanessentialtextbookforgraduatestudentsstudyingtheinteractionofopticalfieldswithatoms.Italsoservesasanidealreferencetextforresearchersworkinginthefieldsoflaserspectroscopyandquantumoptics.

Instructorscancreateaone-semestercoursebasedonthisbookbycombiningtheintroduc-torychapterswithaselectionofthemoread-vancedmaterial.Asolutionsmanualisavailabletoteachers.

PaulR.BermanisprofessorofphysicsattheUniversityofMichigan.VladimirS.MalinovskyisavisitingprofessorinthePhysicsDepartmentatStevensInstituteofTechnology.


Princeton Problems in Physics with SolutionsNathan Newbury & M. Newman1991.336pages.Pa:978-0-691-02449-3 $45.00|£30.95Not for sale in South Asia


press.princeton.edu physics • 15

FORTHCOMING

Engineering DynamicsAComprehensiveIntroductionN. Jeremy Kasdin & Derek A. Paley

“KasdinandPaleyprovideathoroughandrigor-ousintroductiontoengineeringdynamics.Theyhitalltherequiredtopics,andalsopresentmate-rialnotnormallyaddressedbyanintroductorytext.Thisisanambitiousbookandtheauthorscarryitoutwell.Itisinmanywaysbetterthanalmostallothercomparabletexts.”—GeoffreyShiflett,UniversityofSouthernCalifornia

N.JeremyKasdinisprofessorofmechanicalandaerospaceengineeringandleadinvestigatorfortheTerrestrialPlanetFinderprojectatPrincetonUniversity.DerekA.PaleyisassistantprofessorofaerospaceengineeringanddirectoroftheCol-lectiveDynamicsandControlLaboratoryattheUniversityofMaryland.

April2011.688pages.328lineillus.4tables.Cl:978-0-691-13537-3 $99.50|£69.95

It’s About TimeUnderstandingEinstein’sRelativityN. David Mermin

“DavidMermin’snewbookisagem.Requiringnothingmorethanabasicunderstandingofalgebra,itprovidestheclearestandmostinsightfultreatmentofspecialrelativityI’veeverencountered.”—BrianGreene,ColumbiaUniversity

2009.208pages.13halftones.43lineillus.1table.Pa:978-0-691-14127-5 $18.95|£12.95Cl:978-0-691-12201-4 $42.00|£28.95

FORTHCOMING

Phase TransitionsRicard V. Solé

“Thisambitiousbookprovidesanelegantandmuch-neededsynthesistomanyoftheideasthathavecometodefinethefieldofcomplexsystemsandtheirapplicationstonatureandsociety.Itmakesanimportantcontributiontothefield,especiallyforresearchersandstudentslookingforanoverviewoftheliteratureandentrypointsforresearch.”—LuisBettencourt,LosAlamosNationalLabora-toryandtheSantaFeInstitute

Writtenatanundergraduatemathematicallevel,thiscutting-edgebookprovidestheessentialtheoreticaltoolsandfoundationsrequiredtodevelopbasicmodelstoexplaincollectivephasetransitionsforawidevarietyofecosystems.

RicardV.SoléisresearchprofessorandheadoftheComplexSystemsLabatPompeuFabraUniversityandexternalprofessorattheSantaFeInstitute.

Primers in Complex Systems

September2011.264pages.6halftones.67lineillus.1table.Pa:978-0-691-15075-8 $35.00|£24.95

GuesstimationSolvingtheWorld’sProblemsontheBackofaCocktailNapkinLawrence Weinstein & John A. Adam

“[A]delightfulaccountofmathematicalapproxi-mation,whichinstillsthebeautyandpoweroftheback-of-the-envelopecalculation.”—MatthewKilleya,New Scientist

2008.320pages.72lineillus.Pa:978-0-691-12949-5 $19.95|£13.95

16 • princeton series in physics


Gravitation and InertiaIgnazio Ciufolini & John Archibald Wheeler

“Insuchinterweavingliesthemagicofanextraordinarilybeautifulscience:thescienceoftheshapeofspace-time.”—CarloRovelli,Science


The Dawning of Gauge TheoryLochlainn O’Raifeartaigh1997.272pages.2lineillus.Pa:978-0-691-02977-1 $72.50|£50.00

More is DifferentFiftyyearsofCondensedMatterPhysicsEdited by Nai-Phuan Ong & Ravin Bhatt2001.350pages.Pa:978-0-691-08866-2 $72.00|£49.95

REVISEDEDITION

Supersymmetry and SupergravityJulius Wess & Jonathan Bagger

“[All]seriousstudentsofparticlephysicswoulddowelltoacquireacopy.”—AbdusSalam,Nature

1992.260pages.Pa:978-0-691-02530-8 $65.00|£44.95

Principles of Physical CosmologyP.J.E. Peebles

“Nothingismorebadlyneededthanasolidbutaccessiblebookoncosmology,writtenbyaninsiderwhohasnotlosthisorherskepticism,Peeble’snewbookfillsthebilladmirably.”—Nature

1993.736pages.Pa:978-0-691-01933-8 $69.95|£48.95

Also by P.J.E. PeeblesLarge-Scale Structure of the Universe1980.440pages.Pa:978-0-691-08240-0 $69.95|£48.95

Surprises in Theoretical PhysicsRudolf Peierls

“Abeautifulpieceofstimulatingscholarshipandadelighttoread.Physicistsofallkindswilllearnagreatdealfromit.”—R.J.Blin-Stoyle,Contemporary Physics

1979.176pages.Pa:978-0-691-08242-4 $46.95|£32.95

Also by Rudolf PeierlsMore Surprises in Theoretical Physics1991.126pages.Pa:978-0-691-02522-3 $46.95|£32.95

ThePrinceton Series in Physicsisaninternationalmonographseriesinphysicsforresearchersandstudents.

press.princeton.edu quantum physics • 17

NEW—SECONDEDITION

Quantum Field Theory in a NutshellA. Zee

“Abeautifulexpositionofthewaymodernfieldtheoriststhinkaboutquantumfieldtheory,packedwithinsightsandphysicalintuition.Zee’sbookshouldberequiredreadingforeveryseri-ousstudentofthesubject.”—NimaArkani-Hamed,InstituteforAdvancedStudy

A.ZeeisprofessorofphysicsandapermanentmemberoftheKavliInstituteforTheoreticalPhys-icsattheUniversityofCalifornia,SantaBarbara.

In a Nutshell


The Odd QuantumSam Treiman

“Likeamastercraftsmanintentonreducinghisaccumulatedskillsintoacompendiumoftradi-tionsandpracticesforhisapprentices,Treimantriestobeasclear,precise,andsuccinctaspos-sible.Avaststoreofexperienceinresearchandteachinginformseverypage.”—HansChristianvonBaeyer,Science

2002.280pages.3tables.14lineillus.Pa:978-0-691-10300-6 $22.95|£15.95

Quantum Mechanics in a NutshellGerald D. Mahan

“[A]comprehensiveandup-to-dateexplorationofquantummechanics.”—Nature Physics

“PraisesinnowaycandofulljusticetothestrengthanddetailofMahan’swellcraftedandsuperbnutshellbook.Ifoundthebookfascinat-ing,stimulatingandconvincingandonecaneasilyobservethatthebookisburstingwithintellectualenergyandambition.”—UweC.Tauber,Current Engineering Practice

In a Nutshell


REVISEDEDITION

Sneaking a Look at God’s Cards UnravelingtheMysteriesofQuantumMechanicsGianCarlo GhirardiTranslatedbyGeraldMalsbary

“Fromtheearliestdaysofthetheory,confusionaboutitsinterpretationengenderedacontinuingseriesofdebates....Ghirardi’sbookprovidesacareful,evenhandedandwellthought-outintroductiontothistimelytopic.”—PeterWoit,American Scientist

2007.512pages.3halftones.135lineillus.12tables.Pa:978-0-691-13037-8 $30.95|£21.95


18 • condensed matter

NEW

Condensed Matter in a NutshellGerald D. Mahan

“Mahan’sbookdoesanadmirablejobofcoveringthebroadsubjectofcondensedmatterphysicsinabalancedway.Virtuallyeveryimportantmoderntopicisexplained.Theinformalnarrativestylegivesthereaderthesenseofsittinginonalecturebythemaster.”—PatrickA.Lee,MassachusettsInstituteofTechnology

Condensed Matter in a Nutshellisthemostconcise,accessible,andself-containedintroduc-tiontothisexcitingandcutting-edgeareaofmodernphysics.Thispremiertextbookcoversallthestandardtopics,includingcrystalstructures,energybands,phonons,opticalproperties,ferro-electricity,superconductivity,andmagnetism.Itincludesin-depthdiscussionsoftransporttheory,nanoscience,andsemiconductors,andalsofeaturesthelatestexperimentaladvancesinthisfast-developingfield,suchashigh-temperaturesuperconductivity,thequantumHalleffect,graphene,nanotubes,localization,Hubbardmodels,densityfunctionaltheory,phononfocus-ing,andKapitzaresistance.Richindetailandfullofexamplesandproblems,thistextbookisthecompleteresourceforatwo-semestergraduatecourseincondensedmatterandmaterialphysics.

GeraldD.MahanisDistinguishedProfessorofPhysicsatPennsylvaniaStateUniversity.

In a Nutshell


SECONDEDITION

Photonic CrystalsMoldingtheFlowofLightJohn D. Joannopoulos, Steven G. Johnson, Joshua N. Winn & Robert D. Meade

“Photonics Crystalsisabeautyandishighlyrecommendedtophotonics,laser,andopticalscientists.”—Optics Journal

2008.304pages.94colorillus.1halftone.5tables.Cl:978-0-691-12456-8 $78.50|£55.00

Wave PropagationFromElectronstoPhotonicCrystalsandLeft-HandedMaterialsPeter Markoš & Costas M. Soukoulis

“Inthisexcellentvolume,physicistsMarkošandSoukoulistreatawiderangeofphysicalphe-nomenonwithasingleunifyingmathematicalmatrixmethod.”—M.Coplan,Choice

“Thebookcanberecommendedtoeveryonewhoisgoingtoenterthefieldofwavepropagation.”—AleksanderPankov,Zentralblatt MATH



mathematics & mathematical physics • 19

NEW

Steady Aircraft Flight and PerformanceN. Harris McClamroch

“Steady Aircraft Flight and Performanceisverywellwritten,anditcontainsmanyusefulfiguresandillustrations.Thelevelofpresentationisreadilyaccessibletoitsintendedaudience—undergraduatestudentsinaerospaceengi-neering—andthenumerousexamplesandproblemshelpsolidifytheconceptspresentedinthebook.MATLABcodeisincludedformanyproblems,facilitatingthetransitionfromcon-ceptstocomputation.”—RobertF.Stengel,PrincetonUniversity

Thisundergraduatetextbookoffersauniqueintroductiontosteadyflightandperformanceforfixed-wingaircraftfromatwenty-first-centuryflightsystemsperspective.Emphasizingtheinterplaybetweenmathematicsandengineer-ing,itfullyexplainsthefundamentalsofaircraftflightanddevelopsthebasicalgebraicequationsneededtoobtaintheconditionsforglidingflight,levelflight,climbinganddescendingflight,andturningflight.Itcoverseveryaspectofflightperformance,includingmaximumandminimumairspeed,maximumclimbrate,mini-mumturnradius,flightceiling,maximumrange,andmaximumendurance.

N.HarrisMcClamrochisprofessorofaerospaceengineeringattheUniversityofMichigan.



Oneofthe“Bestof2009;Top10Books:Science,”Amazon.com

The Mathematical MechanicUsingPhysicalReasoningtoSolveProblemsMark Levi

“MarkLevireversestheoldstereotypethatmathismerelyatooltoaidphysicistsbyshowingthatmanyquestionsinmathematicscanbeeasilysolvedbyinterpretingthemasphysicalproblems....SomesectionsofthebookrequirereaderstobrushupontheircalculusbutLevi’sclearexplanations,wittyfootnotes,andfascinat-inginsightsmaketheextraeffortpainless.”—SEED Magazine

2009.200pages.56halftones.66lineillus.1table.Cl:978-0-691-14020-9 $19.95|£13.95

FORTHCOMINGPAPERBACK

Pythagoras’ RevengeAMathematicalMysteryArturo Sangalli

“Whowouldhaveguessedthatamurder-treasuremysterylayhiddenbehindageometricformulafamiliartoeveryhigh-schooler?Weavingawealthofmathematicalscholarshipintoacompellinglyplottednovel,Sangallirecountsafascinatingtaleofancientarsonandmodernsleuthing.”—BryceChristensen,Booklist

ArturoSangalliisafreelancesciencejournalistandwriter.

August2011.208pages.10lineillus.1map.Pa:978-0-691-15019-2 $14.95|£10.95Cl:978-0-691-04955-7 $24.95|£16.95


20 • mathematics & mathematical physics

FORTHCOMINGPAPERBACKWithanewprefacebytheauthor

Dr. Euler’s Fabulous FormulaCuresManyMathematicalIllsPaul J. Nahin

“Nahin’staleofthefor-

mulaei∏+1=0,whichlinksfiveofthemostimportantnumbersinmathematics,isremark-able.Withaplethoraofhistoricalandanecdotalmaterialandaknackforlinkingeventsandfacts,hegivesthereaderastrongsenseofwhat

drovemathematicianslikeEuler.”—MatthewKilleya,New Scientist

“Nahinincludesgemsfromallovermathematics,rangingfromengineeringapplicationstobeauti-fulpure-mathematicalidentities....Itwouldbegoodtohavemorebookslikethis.”—TimothyGowers,Nature

PaulJ.NahinisprofessoremeritusofelectricalengineeringattheUniversityofNewHampshire.

June2011.432pages.2halftones.77lineillus.Pa:978-0-691-15037-6 $19.95|£13.95Cl:978-0-691-11822-2 $29.95|£20.95

Also by Paul J. NahinMrs. Perkins’s Electric QuiltAndOtherIntriguingStoriesofMathematicalPhysics

“[A]greatbookforanyoneinterestedintheconnectionsbetweenmathematicsandphysics.Alongtheway,Nahin...sharesmanyhistoricalanecdotesabouttheproblemsandthepeoplewhostudiedthem.”—Choice


FORTHCOMINGPAPERBACK

Impossible?SurprisingSolutionstoCounterintuitiveConundrumsJulian Havil

“[A]superbdiscussionofproblemseasilyunderstoodbyahighschooler,yetwithsolu-tionssocounterintuitiveastoseemimpossible.”—MartinGardner

JulianHavilisaretiredformermasteratWinchesterCollege,England.

May2011.256pages.75lineillus.Pa:978-0-691-15002-4 $18.95|£12.95Cl:978-0-691-13131-3 $27.95|£19.95

Also by Julian HavilNEWPAPERBACK

Nonplussed!MathematicalProofofImplausibleIdeas

“Nonplussed!isacollec-tionoflovelyparadoxes:factsthatareprovablelogicallybutareneverthelessseriouslycounterintuitive.”—PeterM.Neumann,Times Higher Education

2010.216pages.18halftones.143lineillus.33tables.Pa:978-0-691-14822-9$16.95|£11.95

Cl:978-0-691-12056-0 $24.95|£16.95

WithaforewordbyFreemanDyson

GammaExploringEuler’sConstant

“Gammaisagoldmineofirresistiblemathemati-calnuggets.”—BenLongstaff,New Scientist

Princeton Science Library

2009.296pages.2halftones.87lineillus.20tables.Pa:978-0-691-14133-6 $17.95|£12.50Cl:978-0-691-09983-5 $35.00|£24.95

press.princeton.edu mathematics • 21

A Survey of Computational PhysicsIntroductoryComputationalScienceRubin H. Landau, Manuel José Páez & Cristian C. Bordeianu

“[T]hisvolumecontainsup-to-datetreatmentsofmanynewtopicsattheforefrontofthefield....[It]offerseverythingneededforagraduateorundergraduatecomputationalphysicscourse.”—Choice

2008.688pages.190lineillus.Cl:978-0-691-13137-5 $75.00|£52.00Not for sale in South Asia


RubinH.Landau,Winnerofthe2006UndergraduateComputationalEngineeringandSciencesAward,TheKrellInstitute

A First Course in Scientific ComputingSymbolic,Graphic,andNumericModelingUsingMaple,Java,Mathematica,andFortran90Rubin H. Landau

“Essential....RubinLandauoffersapracticalintroductiontotheworldofscientificcomputingornumericalanalysis.Heintroducesnotonlytheconceptsofnumericalanalysis,butalsomoreimportantlythetoolsthatcanbeusedtoper-formscientificcomputing....Thepresentationisparticularlyusefulbecausereal-lifeexampleswithrealcodeandresultsareincluded.”—Choice

2005.512pages.62lineillus.4tables.Cl:978-0-691-12183-3 $69.00|£47.95Not for sale in South Asia

AngelaShiflet,Winnerofthe2006UndergraduateComputationalEngineeringandSciencesAward,TheKrellInstitute

Introduction to Computational Science ModelingandSimulationfortheSciencesAngela B. Shiflet & George W. Shiflet

“Ithinkthistextisamasterpiece.Iknowofnoth-ingcomparable.Igiveitfivestars.”—JamesM.Cargal,UMAP Journal

“[Thisbook]hasbeencarefullywrittenwithstudentsclearlyinmind.”—BillSatzer,MAA Reviews

2006.576pages.198lineillus.62tables.Cl:978-0-691-12565-7 $78.50|£55.00Not for sale in South Asia

Flight DynamicsRobert F. Stengel

“[A]tourdeforceofatext....Thisisanambitiousandimportantwork....Astheverylatestofthisgenre,Prof.Stengel’sheftyvolumebringsthematerialuptotheminute,tacklesmoretopicswithmoredepth,buttressesitsanalysiswithMATLABexamples,andstilldoesasuperbjobofstimulatingandinformingthereader....[I]tspushtowardcomputationalsynthesisdoesopenanewdoorforthistypeoftext.”—JohnHodgkinson,AIAA Journal



princeton landmarks in mathematics and physics

22 • mathematics & mathematical physics

The Classical GroupsTheirInvariantsandRepresentationsHermann Weyl

Inthisrenownedvolume,HermannWeyldis-cussesthesymmetric,fulllinear,orthogonal,andsymplecticgroupsanddeterminestheirdifferentinvariantsandrepresentations.

Princeton Mathematical Series

1997.316pages.Pa:978-0-691-05756-9 $67.50|£46.95

Mathematical Foundations of Quantum MechanicsJohn von Neumann

“[I]ndispensabletothosewhodesirearigorouspresentationofthefoundationsofthesubject.”—A.F.Stevenson,Quarterly of Applied

Mathematics

1996.472pages.Pa:978-0-691-02893-4 $78.50|£55.00

General Theory of RelativityP.A.M. Dirac

“[A]nelegant,well-organizedintroductiontothebasicmathematicsandphysicsofcurvedspace.”—R.CorbyHovis,Physics Today

Physics Notes

1996.69pages.Pa:978-0-691-01146-2 $24.95|£16.95

NEWPAPERBACKWithanewforewordbyRobertG.BlandandJamesB.Orlin

Flows in NetworksL. R. Ford, Jr., & D. R. Fulkerson

PraiseforPrinceton’soriginaledition:

“Thebookstandsastheprincipalworkonnetworkflowtheory.Itsauthorshaveperformedalmostasgreataserviceinpreparingthisvolumeforpublicationastheydidinoriginallydevelopingmuchofitscontents.”—RonaldA.Howard,Proceedings of the IEEE

“Thebookshouldbeofvaluenotonlytothoseinterestedinlinearprogrammingbutalsothosewhoareconcernedwithgraphtheory.”—ArthurZiffer,Physics Today

Flows in Networksisrichwithinsightsthatremainrelevanttocurrentresearchinengineering,man-agement,andothersciences.Thislandmarkworkbelongsonthebookshelfofeveryresearcherworkingwithnetworks.

L.R.Ford,Jr.,workedasaresearcherforbothCEIRInc.andtheRandCorporationbeforehisretirement.D.R.Fulkerson(1924–1976)wasamathematicianattheRandCorporationand,later,CornellUniversity.

2010.216pages.96lineillus.1table.Pa:978-0-691-14667-6 $29.50|£20.95


Princeton Primers in Climateisanewseriesofshort,authoritativebooksthatexplainthestateoftheartinclimate-scienceresearch.Writtenspecificallyforstudents,researchers,andscientificallymindedgeneralreaderslookingforsuccinctandreadablebooksonthisfrequentlymisunderstoodsubject,theseprimersrevealthephysicalworkingsoftheglobalclimatesystemwithunmatchedaccessibilityanddetail.Princeton Primers in Climateistheidealfirstplacetoturntogettheessentialfacts,pre-sentedwithuncompromisingclarity,andtobeginfurtherinvestigation—whetherintheclassroomorinone’sownreadingchair.

press.princeton.edu princeton primers in climate • 23

Paleoclimate MichaelL.Bender

Natural Climate Change MarkCane

Planetary Climates AndrewIngersoll

Climate SensitivityJeffreyKiehl

The CryosphereShawnJ.Marshall

Atmospheric ProcessesDavidRandall

The Oceans and Climate GeoffreyK.Vallis

Terrestrial Hydrology and the Climate System EricF.Wood

NEW

The Global Carbon CycleDavid Archer

The Global Carbon CycleisashortintroductiontothisessentialgeochemicaldriveroftheEarth’sclimatesystem,writtenbyoneoftheworld’sleadingclimate-scienceexperts.Inthisone-of-a-kindprimer,DavidArcherengagesreadersinclearandsimpletermsaboutthemanywaystheglobalcarboncycleiswovenintoourclimatesystem.Hebeginswithaconciseoverviewofthesubject,andthenlooksatthecarboncycleonthreedifferenttimescales,describinghowthecycleinteractswithclimateinverydistinctwaysineach.Onmillion-yeartimescales,feedbacksinthecarboncyclestabilizeEarth’sclimateandoxygenconcentrations.Archerexplainshowonhundred-thousand-yearglacial/interglacialtimescales,thecarboncycleintheoceanamplifiesclimatechange,andhow,onthehumantimescaleofdecades,thecarboncyclehasbeendampeningclimatechangebyabsorbingfossil-fuelcarbondioxideintotheoceansandlandbiosphere.Acentralquestionofthebookiswhetherthecarboncyclecouldonceagainacttoamplifyclimatechangeincenturiestocome,forexamplethroughmeltingpermafrostpeatlandsandmethanehydrates.

The Global Carbon Cyclefeaturesaglossaryofterms,suggestionsforfurtherreading,andexplanationsofequations,aswellasaforward-lookingdiscussionofopenquestionsabouttheglobalcarboncycle.

DavidArcherisprofessorofgeophysicalsciencesattheUniversityofChicago.


FORTHCOMINGINTHESERIES

“Fossil-fuelcarbonisourdan-geroustreasure.DavidArcherbrilliantlyandlucidlyprovidestheessentialbackgroundonEarth’scarboncyclethatweneedtomakewisedecisionsaboutfutureuse.”—RichardB.Alley,PennsylvaniaStateUniversity

24 • princeton science library

NEWWithanewafterwordbytheauthors

The Nature of Space and TimeStephen Hawking & Roger Penrose

PraiseforPrinceton’spreviouseditions:

“Thiselegantlittlevolumeprovidesaclearaccountoftwoapproachestosomeofthegreatestunsolvedproblemsofgravitationandcosmology.”—JohnBarrow,New Scientist

StephenHawkingistheLucasianProfessorofMathematicsattheUniversityofCambridge.RogerPenroseistheEmeritusRouseBallProfes-sorofMathematicsattheUniversityofOxford.

The Isaac Newton Institute Series of Lectures


WithanewintroductionbyA.Zee

QEDTheStrangeTheoryofLightandMatterRichard P. Feynman

PraiseforPrinceton’soriginaledition:

“Feynmansimplycannothelpbeingoriginal.Inthisquirky,fascinatingbook,heexplainstolaymenthequantumtheoryoflight.”—New Yorker

2006.192pages.93lineillus.Pa:978-0-691-12575-6 $16.95|£11.95Not for sale in the Commonwealth (except Canada)

NEWWinnerofthe2006PhiBetaKappaBookAwardinScience


Plows, Plagues, and PetroleumHowHumansTookControlofClimateWilliam F. Ruddiman

PraiseforPrinceton’spreviouseditions:

“Plows, Plagues, and Petroleumisexcellentread-ingforscientistandnonscientistalike.”—JamesWhite,Science

WilliamF.RuddimanistheauthorofEarth’s

Climate: Past and Future,andhaspublishedmanyarticles.

2010.240pages.19halftones.19lineillus.5tables.7maps.Pa:978-0-691-14634-8 $19.95|£13.95

WithanewintroductionbyPhilipBall

The New Science of Strong MaterialsorWhyyouDon’tFallthroughtheFloorJ. E. Gordon

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