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Abstract Weak and Electromagnetic Interactions at High Energies, Part A (Cargese, 1975). Edited by M. Lém, J. L. Basdevant, D. Speiser and R. Gastmans. (Plenum Press, 1976.) [pp. xi+467.] $47.40. Scope: Summer school lectures. Level: Specialist/postgraduate. The Dynamics of Spectroscopic Transitions. By J. D. Macomber. (John Wiley, 1976.) [Pp. xxiv+332.] £11.50; $23.00. Scope: Treatise/Textbook. Level: Post-graduate and advanced undergraduate. Radio and Microwave Spectroscopy. By D. J. E. Ingram. (Butterworths, 1976.) [Pp. ii+168.] £4.50. Scope Introduction: Undergraduate. Energy: an Introduction to Physics. By R. H. Romer. (W. H. Freeman, 1976.) [Pp. xvii + 628.] $14.95. Scope: Treatise/Textbook. Level: Undergraduate; school. Space Structures, their Harmony and Counterpoint. By A. L. Loeb. (Addison-Wesley, 1976). [Pp. xviii+ 169.] Scope: Textbook/Survey. Level: General reader. Physics of the Hot Plasma in the Magnetosphere. Edited by B. Hultqvist and L. Stenflo. (Plenum Press, 1975.) [Pp. x+369.] $30.00. Scope: Conference Proceedings. Level: For specialists only; specialist/post-graduate. Surface Physics of Materials. Edited by J. M. Blakely. (Academic Press, 1975.) [Pp. xvii + 278.] Scope: Textbook/treatise. Level: Postgraduate Theory and Application of the Boltzmann Equation. By C. Cercignani. (Scottish Academic Press, 1975.) [Pp. xii+415.] £10.50. Scope: Textbook. Level: Undergraduate. Lecture Notes in Physics, Vol. 42. H II Regions and Related Topics. Edited by T. L. Wilson and D. Downes. (Springer-Verlag, 1975.) [Pp. xii + 488.] DM 39; $16.00. Scope: Conference Proceedings. Level: Specialist/post-graduate. Transient Electromagnetic Fields. Edited by L. B. Felsen. (Springer-Verlag, 1976.) [Pp. xii + 564.] DM 96; $39.40. Scope: Survey. Level: Specialist/post-graduate. Problem Book in Relativity and Gravitation. By A. P. Lightman, W. H. Press, R. H. Price and S. A. Teukolsky. (Princeton University Press, 1975.) [Pp. xiv + 599.] Cloth £11.95; paper £4.40. Scope: Textbook; library. Level: Post-graduate; undergraduate. Laser Spectroscopy of Atoms and Molecules. Edited by H. Walther. (Springer-Verlag, 1976.) [Pp. xvi+383.] DM 97, $39.80. Scope: Academic and industrial research. Elementary Particles and Symmetries By L. N. Ryder. (Gordon & Breach. 1975.) [Pp. xxvii + 249.] £9.80; student edition £5.00. Scope: Treatise/Textbook. Level: Post graduate: undergraduate. Pion-Pion Interactions. By B. R. Martin, D. Morgan and G. Shaw. (Academic Press, 1976.) [Pp. xi+460.] £16.00; $40.60. Scope: Survey. Level: Specialist/post-graduate. Numerical Methods for Engineers and Scientists By A. C. Bajpai, I. M. Callus and J. A. Fairley. (Taylor & Francis, 1975.) [Pp. xii+380.] £6.75. Scope: Student's course book.