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Abstract Modern Crystallography. I. Symmetry of Crystals, Methods of Structural Crystallography. By B. K. Vainstein. (Springer-Verlag, 1981.) [Pp. xviii + 399.] DM98; $46.70. The Creation. By P. W. Atkins. (W. H. Freeman, 1981.) [Pp. viii + 132.] £595. The Role of Coherent Structures in Modelling Turbulence and Mixing. Edited by J. Jimenez. (Springer-Verlag, 1981.) [Pp. xiii + 393.] DM47; $24.70. Level: Advanced. The New Solar System. Edited by J. K. Beatty, B. O'Leary and A. Chaikin, with an Introduction by Carl Sagan. (Cambridge University Press, 1981.) [Pp. 224.] Price £9.95. The Architecture of Solids. By G.E. Bacon. (Taylor & Francis Ltd, 1981.) [Pp. viii + 140.] £5.50. Scope: Interdisciplinary survey. Level: School/University borderline and general. Seventh International Conference on Numerical Methods in Fluid Dynamics, Stanford, 1980. Edited by W. C. Reynolds and R. W. Mac Cormack. (Springer-Verlag, 1981.) [Pp. viii + 485.] DM 52; $24.80. Laser Interaction and Related Plasma Phenomena. Edited by H. J. Schwartz, H. Hora, M. J. Lubin and B. Yaakobi (Plenum Press, 1981.) [Pp. vii + 850.] $75.00. Scope: State of the art in specific field. Level: Current research. The Theory of Magnetism, Volume 1. Statics and Dynamics. By D. C. Mattis. (Springer-Verlag, 1981.) [Pp. xv + 300.] DM72; $32.80. Scope: Textbook. Level: Postgraduate. Deep Water Gravity Waves. By B. J. West. (Springer-Verlag, 1981.) [Pp. vi + 341.] DM 33; $15.00. Scope: Monograph. Level: Postgraduate. Recent Progress in Many-Body Theories. Edited by J. G. Zabolitzky, M. Dellano, M. Fortes and J. W. Clark. (Springer-Verlag, 1981.) [Pp. viii + 479.] DM52; $24.80. Topics in Nuclear Physics. A Comprehensive Review of Recent Developments. In two volumes. Edited by T. T. S. Kuo and S. S. M. Wong. (Springer-Verlag, 1981.) Volume I. [Pp. xx + 567.] DM59; $26.90. Volume II. [Pp. viii + 511.] DM59; $26.90. Structure and Evolution of Normal Galaxies. Edited by S. M. Fall and D. Lynden-Bell. (Cambridge University Press, 1981.) [Pp. xiii + 272.] £15.00 Optical Bistability. Proceedings of the 1980 International Optical Bistability Conference, Asheville, N. Carolina, U.S.A. (Plenum Press, 1981.) [Pp. xi + 614.] $69.50 Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics and its Statistical Foundations. By H. J. Kreuzer. (Clarendon Press: Oxford University Press, 1981.) [Pp. xx + 438.] £45.00. The Earth. Its Birth and Growth. By M. Ozima. (Cambridge University Press, 1981.) [Pp. 117.] £10.50 Hardback; £3.95 paper. A Dictionary of Energy. By M. Counihan. (Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1981.) [Pp. 157.] £6.95. Mathematics and Physics. Yu I. Manin. (Birkhauser-Verlag, 1981.) [Pp. xii + 99.] Sw. fr. 22. Scope: Survey of relations between Mathematics and Physics. Level: Any level. Advances in Nuclear Physics. Volume 12. Edited by J. W. Negele and E. Vogt. (Plenum Press, 1981.) [Pp. xiii + 258.] $35.00. Scope: Nuclear matter. Particle scattering by complex nuclei. Level: Specialist. Field-Effect and Bipolar Power Transistor Physics. By A. Blicher. (Academic Press, 1981.) [Pp. xiv + 312.] £27.20; $41.00. Level: Undergraduate and first-year postgraduate. Point Defects in Semiconductors, I. Theoretical Aspects. By M. Lannoo and J. Bourgoin. Springer Series in Solid State Sciences, No. 22. (Springer-Verlag, 1981.) [Pp. xvii + 265.] Price DM 72; $32.80. Defects and Radiation Effects in Semiconductors, 1980. Edited by R. R. Hasiguti. Institute of Physics Conference Series, No. 59. (Institute of Physics, 1981.) [Pp. xiv + 571.] Price £39.00; $97.50. Atomic Physics, 7. Edited by D. Kleppner and F. M. Pipkin. (Plenum Press, 1981.) [Pp. x + 573.] $69.50. Scope: Mainly atoms, electrons and radiation. Level: Specialist/Postgraduate. Elements of Solid State Physics. By M. N. Rudden and J. Wilson. (John Wiley, 1981.) [Pp. xi + 186.] £14.50 Cloth, £5.95 Paper. Scope: General background to solid state devices. Level: Elementary undergraduate. Potential Energy Surfaces and Dynamics Calculations. Edited by Donald G. Truhlar. (Plenum, 1981.) [Pp. xii + 866.] $85.00. Scope: Symposium. Level: Specialist/postgraduate. Pulsed Neutron Scattering. By C. G. Windsor. (Taylor & Francis Ltd, 1981.) [Pp. xi + 432.] £25. Scope: State-of-the-art review. Level: Research.