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Symmetries and Properties of Non-rigid Molecules. A Comprehensive Survey. Edited by J. Maruani and J. Serre. (Elsevier Science Publishers, 1983.) [Pp. xv + 520.] Scope: Conference proceedings. Level: For specialists only. Photon-Photon Collisions. (Fifth International Workshop, Aachen, April 1983.) Edited by C. Berger. (Springer-Verlag 1983.) [Pp. v +417.] DM 52; $c. 20-20. Scope: Conference Proceedings. Level: For specialists only, Specialist post-graduate. Gauge Theories of the Eighties. (Arctic School of Physics, Akaslompolo, Finland, 1982.) Edited by H. Araki and others. (Springer-Verlag 1983.) [Pp. v+644.] DM82; $35.40. Scope: Conference proceedings. Level: Specialist postgraduate. Recent Developments in High Energy Physics. (Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference for Nuclear Physics, Graz, Schladming, Austria (Supplement 25 to Acta Phisicu Austrici.) Edited by H. Mitter and C. B. Lang. (Springer-Verlag 1983.) [Pp. 547.] Aust. Sch. 970; DM 138; $c. 53.60. Scope: Conference proceedings. Level: Specialist postgraduate. Stochastic Processes. Formalism and Applications. (Hyderabad Winter School, December 1982). Edited by G. S. Agarwal and S. Dattagupta. (Springer-Verlag 1983.) [Pp. vi+324.] DM 42; $c. 16.70. Scope: Conference Proceedings. Level: Specialist postgraduate. Advanced Synergetics. Instability Hierarchical Essay. Organizing Systems and Devices. By H. Haken. (Springer-Verlag 1983.) [Pp. xv + 356.1 DM 98; $c. 38.90. Scope: Treatise/Textbook. Level: Specialist postgraduate. The Method of Differential Approximation. By Yu. I. Shokin, translated by K. G. Roesner. (Springer-Verlag 1983.) [Pp. xiii + 296.] DM 96; $41.40. Scope: Treatise/Textbook. Level:For specialists only. Laser Physics. Proceedings of the Third New Zealand Symposium, January 1983. Edited by J. D. Harvey and D. F. Walls. (Springer-Verlag, 1983.) [Pp. ii+ 263.] DM36; $c. 15.60. Scope:Conference Proceedings; Level: For specialists only. Concepts of Quantum Optics. By P. L. Knight and L. Allen. (Pergamon Press, 1983.) [Pp. ix+ 217.] £0.000. Scope: Textbook; Level: Specialist post-graduate. Laser-Plasma Interactions (Les Houches, 1980). Edited by R. Balian and J. C. Adam. (North-Holland, 1982.) [Pp. xv+ 808.] Dfl375.00, $159.50. Scope: Treatise; Level: Specialist postgraduate. Handbook of Stochastic Methods for Physics, Chemistry and the Natural Sciences. By G. W. Gardiner. (Springer-Verlag, 1983.) [Pp. xix +442.] DM 1 15; $44.70. Scope: Treatise/Textbook; Level: Specialist post-graduate. Theory of lncommensurate Crystals. By V. L. Pokrovsky and A. L. Talapov, translated by J. G. Adashko. (Harwood Academic Publishers, 1984.) [Pp. xii + 162.] $77.50. Scope: Textbook;Level: Specialist post-graduate. Nuclear Power (New Edition). By W. C. Patterson. (Penguin Books, 1983.) [Pp. 256.] £2.50. Scope: Library; Level: General reader. Spectroscopy and Excitation Dynamics of Condensed Molecular Systems. Edited by V. M. Agranovich and R. M. Hochstrasser. (North Holland, 1983.) [Pp. xi+ 701.1 Dfl390.00, $166.00. Advances in Laser Spectroscopy. Edited by F. T. Arecchi, F. Strumia and H. Walther. (Plenum Press, 1983.) [Pp. ix + 506.] $79.50. Scope: Study Institute; Level: For specialists only. Laser Spectroscopy VI. Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference, Interlaken, JuneJuly 1983. Edited by H. P. Weber and W. Lüthy. (Springer-Verlag, 1983.) [Pp. xvii+442.]DM 75; Sc. 29.10. Scope: Conference Proceedings; Level Specialist post-graduate. Powers of Ten. By Philip and Phyllis Morrison, and the Office of C. and R. Eames. (ScientificAmerican Books/W. H. Freeman, 1983.) [Pp. 150+index.] L10.95. Weak Interactions-Formulae, Results and Derivations. By H. Pietschmann. (Springer-Verlag (Vienna and New York), 1983.) [Pp: ix +202.] Hun.s.504; DM 72; k.28.00. Scope: Library (reference); Level: For specialists only, Specialist post-graduate. Theory of tbe Inhomogeneous Electron Gas. Edited by S. Lundqvist and N. H. March. (Plenum Press, 1983.) [Pp. xiii + 395.) $55.00. Scope: Textbook, Library; Level: Specialist postgraduate. Nonlinear methods of Spectral Analysis (Second Edition). Edited by S. Haykin. (Springer-Verlag,1983.) [Pp. xiii+263.] DM 58; k.23.10. Scope: Survey; Level: For specialists only. Electronic and Molecular Structure of Electrode-Electrolyte Interfaces. Edited by W. N. Hansen, D. M. Kolb and D. W. Lynch. (Elsevier Science Publishers, 1983.) [Pp. x + 698.) Dfl350.00, $134.75. Scope: Conference Proceedings; Level: Special post-graduate. Mass Transport in Solids. Proceedings of a NATO Advanced Study Institute held in Lannion, France, July 1981. Edited by F. Bénière and C. R. A. Catlow. (Plenum Press, 1983.) [Pp. xii + 602.] $85.00. Scope: Conference Proceedings; Level: Special post-graduate.