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Abstract Abstract Electronic and Photonic Applications of Polymers. Edited by M. J. Bowden and S. R. Turner. (Washington: American Chemical Society, 1988.) [Pp. xiv + 353 + subject and author index.] Price US $94·95, hard cover. Tritium and Helium-3 in Metals. By R. Lasser. (Berlin, Heidelberg, New York: Springer-Verlag.) [Pp.ix + 151 + subject index.] Price DM98·00, hard cover. Microelectronics Processing. Edited by D. W. Hess and K. F. Jensen. (Washington: American Chemical Society, 1989.) [Pp. xiv + subject and author index.] Price US$59·95, hard cover. Introduction to the Mathematics of Quasicrystals. Edited by M. V. Jaric. (Boston, San Diego, New York: Academic Press, 1989.) [Pp. x +223 + subject index.] Price US $59·50, hard cover. Optical Nonlinearities and Instabilities in Semiconductors. Edited by H. Hung. (Boston, San Diego, New York Academic Press, 1988.) [Pp. x + 434 + subject index.] Price £45·00, hard cover. Solid State Physics. Volume 42. Edited by H. Ehrenreich and D. Turnbull. (Boston, San Diego, New York: Academic Press, 1989.) [Pp. ix + 402 + subject and author indexes.] Price £19·00, soft cover; £43·50, casebound. Strong Correlation and Superconductivity. Edited by H. Fukuyama, S. Maekawa and A. P. Malozemoff. (Berlin, Heidelberg, New York: Springer-Verlag, 1989.) [Pp.xii + 394 + author index.] Price DM 108·00, hard cover. The Principles and Practice of Electron Microscopy. By I. M. Watt. (Cambridge, New York, Port Chester: Cambridge University Press, 1989.) [Pp. viii + 297 + subject index.] Price £20·00, soft cover. (Amended paperback edition, hardback edition first published 1985.) The Emperor's New Mind. By R. Penrose. (Oxford, New York, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1989.) [Pp. xiii + 466 + subject index.] Price £20·00, hard cover. The Supercontinuum Laser Source. Edited by R. R. Alfano. (Berlin, Heidelberg, New York: Springer-Verlag, 1989.) [Pp. xiv + 458 + subject index.] Price DM 164·00. Vibronic Processes in Inorganic Chemistry. Edited by C. D. Flint. (Dordrecht, Boston, London: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1989.) [Pp. vii + 391 + subject index.] Price £69·00/US $99·00, hard cover. (Proceedings of a NATO Advanced Study Institute held in Riva del Sole, Italy, 1988. Seventeen contributions.) The Art of Electronics. Second Edition and Student Manual. By P. Horowitz and W. Hill. (Cambridge, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University Press, 1989.) [Pp. xxii + 1100 + subject index.] Price £29·95/US $49·50, hard cover. Price of Student Manual £12·50, soft cover. Studies of High Temperature Superconductors. Volume 3. Edited by A. Narlikar. (Commack: Nova Science Publishers, 1989.) [Pp. xvii + 406 + subject index.] Price US$87·00, hard cover. (Fifteen contributions.)