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Abstract Fundamentals of the Theory of Metals. By A. A. Abrikosov. (Amsterdam, Oxford, New York: North-Holland, 1988.) [Pp. x +614 +author and subject index.] Price Dfl. 110·00 soft cover. Spin Waves and Magnetic Excitations. Parts I and II. Edited by A. S. Borovik-Romanov and S. K. Sinha. (Amsterdam, Oxford, New York: North-Holland, 1988.) [Pp. Part I: xxviii + 478; Part II: xi +443 + subject, author, materials and cumulative indices.] Price Part I: Dfl.250·00; Part II: Dfl.212·00 hard cover. Photoacoustic, Photothermal and Photochemical Processes at Surfaces and in Thin Films. Edited by P. Hess. (Berlin, Heidelberg, New York: Springer-Verlag, 1989.) [Pp. xiv + 365 + subject index.] Price DM 109·00 hard cover. A Random Walk Through Fractal Dimensions. By B. H. Kaye. (Weinheim, Basel, Cambridge and New York: VCH Verlagsgesellschaft, 1989.) [Pp. xxv +410 + subject and author index.] Price DM 108·00 soft cover. Universality in Chaos. Second edition. Compiled and introduced by P. Cvitanovic. (Bristol and New York: Adam Hilger, 1989.) [Pp. x + 631 + author index.] Price £45·00 hard cover, £15·00 soft cover. Ferromagnetic Materials. Volume 4. Edited by E. P. Wohlfarth and K. H. J. Buschow. (Amsterdam, Oxford and New York: North-Holland, 1988.) [Pp. xvii + 596 +author, subject and materials indices.] Price Dfl. 350·000 hard cover. Amorphous Silicon and Related Materials. Volumes A and B. Edited by H. Fritzsche (Singapore, New Jersey, London: World Scientific, 1989.) [Pp. A: xv + 717, B: ix + 697) Price £101·00/US$159 soft cover. High Temperature Superconductors and Materials and Mechanisms of Superconductivity. Parts I and II. (Volumes 153-155 of Physica C.) Edited by J. Muller and J. L. Olsen. (Amsterdam, Oxford, New York: North-Holland, 1988.) [Pp. Part I: 1x +1045, Part II: 695 +author and subject index.] Price Dfl. 326·00 per volume soft cover. (Proceedings of the International Conference on High Temperature Superconductors, Interlaken, Switzerland, February 28-March 4, 1988. 740 contributions.) High Temperature Superconductivity and Other Related Topics. Edited by B. E. Baaquie, C. K. Chew, C. H. Lai, C. H. Oh and K. K. Phua. (Singapore and London: World Scientific, 1989.) [Pp. xiii + 314.1 Price £50·00//US $78·00 hard cover. (Proceedings of the First Asia-Pacific Conference on Condensed Matter Physics held in Singapore, June 27-July 3, 1988. 67 contributions.) Towards the Theoretical Understanding of High Tc Superconductors. Edited by S. Lundqvist, E. Tosatti, M. P. Tosi and Yu Lu. (Singapore and London: World Scientific, 1988.) [Pp. xx + 783 + author index.] Price £56·00/US $86·00 hard cover. (Proceedings of the Adriatico Research Conference and Workshop held in Trieste, June 20-July 29, 1988·80 contributions.) Ultrafast Phenomena in Spectroscopy. Edited by A. Rudzikas, A. Piskarskas, and R. Baltramiejunas. (Singapore and London: World Scientific, 1988.) [Pp. xvi + 516+author index.] Price £56·00/US $86·00 hard cover. (Proceedings of the Fifth International Symposium held in Vilnius, Lithuania, August 22-25, 1987. 72 contributions.) Plasma Etching. An Introduction. Edited by D. M. Manos and D. L. Flamm. (Boston, San Diego, New York, Academic Press. 1989.) [Pp. xii + 470 + subject index.] Price US $69·50 hard cover. Plasma Etching. An Introduction. Edited by D. M. Manos and D. L. Flamm. (Boston, San Diego, New York, Academic Press. 1989.) [Pp. xii + 470 + subject index.] Price US $69·50 hard cover. Biomineralization. Chemical and Biochemical I erspectives. Edited by S. Mann, J. Webb and R. J. P. williams. (Weinheim, Basel, Cambridge: VCH Verlagsgesell-schaft, 1989.) [Pp. xxiv +510 +subject index.] Price £98·00 hard cover. A Physicist's Desk Reference. Physics Vade Mecum. Second edition. Edited by H. L. Anderson. (London and New York, Adam Hilger, 1989.) [Pp. 347 +subject index] Price £49·00 hard cover, £22·40 soft cover. Progress in Optics. Volume XXVII. Edited by E. Wolf. (Amsterdam, Oxford, New York: North-Holland, 1989.) [Pp. xix + 397 + author and subject index.] Price Dfl. 235·00/US $114·50 hard cover.