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Abstract High Energy Physics in the Einstein Centennial Year. Edited by A. Perlmutter, F. Krausz and L. F. Scott. (Plenum Press, 1979.) [Pp. viii + 525.] $55·00. Twistors and Particles. By L. P. Hughston, Lecture Notes in Physics, Volume 97. (Springer-Verlag, 1979.) [Pp. viii + 153.] DM 21·50; $11·90. Scope: Mathematical developments in twistor theory and their applications to describing the spectroscopy of elementary particles. Level: Professional theoretical physicists and mathematicians. Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society, Volume 25. (The Royal Society, 1979.) [Pp. 573.] £25·75. Collective Methods of Acceleration. Edited by N. Rostoker and M. Reiser. (Harwood Academic Publication, 1979.) [Pp. xxviii + 724.] $43·00. Scope: Conference Proceedings. Level: For specialists only. The Lattice Dynamics and Statics of Alkali Metal Halides. By J. R. Hardy and A. M. Karo. (Plenum Press, 1979.) [Pp. ix + 314.] Scope: Textbook. Level: Specialist/postgraduate. Mathematical Principles of Mechanics and Electromagnetism, Parts A and B. By C.-C. Wang. (Plenum Press, 1979.) [Part A, pp. xiv + 198; part B, pp. xiv + 187.] $29·50 per part. Scope: Treatise/Textbook, Library. Level: Specialist/postgraduate. X-ray Spectroscopy. An Introduction. By B. K. Agarwal. (Springer-Verlag, 1979.) [Pp. xiii + 418.] DM 74; $40·00. Scope: Comprehensive outline. Level: Final-year undergraduate or first-year postgraduate. Ultrasonics. By A. P. Cracknell. (Wykeham Publications, 1980.) [Pp. 200.] £5·00. Electronic Imaging. Edited by T. P. McLean and P. Schagen. (Academic Press, 1979.) [Pp. xvi + 572.] £29·00; $61·00. Scope: Conference Proceedings. Level: Specialist/postgraduate; but of some interest to teachers as source material. Machine-aided Image Analysis. Institute of Physics Conference Series, No. 44. Edited by W. E. Gardner. (The Institute of Physics, 1979.) [Pp. xii + 343.] $54; £30·00. Scope: Conference Proceedings. Level: Specialist/post-graduate. Dynamical Critical Phenomena and Related Topics. Edited by C. P. Enz. (Springer-Verlag, 1979.) [Pp. xii + 390.] DM 39; $21·50. Solar Energy. By J. I. B. Wilson. (Wykeham Publications (London) Ltd., 1979.) [Pp. viii + 196.] £5·00. Amorphous Semiconductors. Edited by M. H. Brodsky. (Springer-Verlag, 1980.) [Pp. xvi + 337.] DM 98; $c.54·90. Scope: State-of-the art survey. Level: Specialist/postgraduate. Matrix Theory of Photoelasticity. By P. S. Theocaris and E. E. Gdoutos. (Springer-Verlag, 1979.) [Pp. xi + 352.] $49·00. Stron$gly coupled plasmas. Edited by Gabor Kalman and Paul Carini. (Plenum, 1978.) [Pp. x + 656.] £37·48. Solitons and Condensed Matter Physics. Proceedings of the Symposium on Nonlinear (Soliton) Structure and Dynamics in Condensed Matter, Oxford, 1978. Edited by A. R. Bishop and T. Schneider. (Springer-Verlag, 1978.) [Pp. xi + 341.] DM 59; $32·50. Scope: Research and postgraduate. Level: libraries, specialists. General Relativity and Cosmology. By J. V. Narlikar. (Macmillan, 1979.) [Pp. viii + 279.] £9·95. Simple Quantum Mechanics. By P. Landshoff and A. Metherell. (Cambridge University Press, 1979.) [Pp. viii + 177.] £10·00 hard cover, £3·50 paper cover. Level: First-year undergraduate or advanced sixth form. Synchrotron Radiation Techniques and Applications. Edited by C. Kunz. (Springer-Verlag, 1979.) [Pp. xvi + 442.] DM 78; $42·90. Common Problems in Low- and Medium-energy Nuclear Physics. Edited by B. Castel, B. Goulard and F. C. Khanna. (Plenum Press, 1979.) [Pp. ix + 679.] $55. Scope: Summer School proceedings; library. Level: Specialist/post-graduate. Commonsense in Nuclear Energy. By F. Hoyle and G. Hoyle. (Heinemann Educational, 1980.) [Pp. 88.] £1·95. Scope: Survey. Level: General reader.