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New Books at the Science Library, August 2007

Lists are updated weekly, with last update operated on September 21, 2007.
Sections updated and the entries corresponding to the last update have an asterisc (*) in front.
Within sections (following Library of Congress classification), books are ordered according to their call numbers.
Theses and disertations, when present, are grouped at the end of each section.

NOTE: Books corresponding to the entries on these lists are shelved in the Science Library's New Books room; all circulating books can be checked out at any time; upon being returned, they go directly to the regular shelves.

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* Reference Books - non-circulating
* Mathematics - Astronomy - Physics
* Chemistry
* Geology - Geography
* Natural history - Biology
* Botany
* Zoology
* Human anatomy - Physiology

 
Reference Books
 
* The Nautical almanac. Washington, U.S. Govt. Print. Off. [etc.] v. tables. 25-29 cm. annual. Began publication with vol. for 1855. Cf. Checklist of United States documents, 1789-1909. QB8 .U3 2008
* The illustrated encyclopedia of dinosaurs : the ultimate reference to 355 dinosaurs from the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, including more than 900 watercolours, maps, timelines and photographs / Dougal Dixon. London : Lorenz Books ; Lanham, MD : North American agent/distributor: National Book Network, c2006. 256 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 30 cm. QE861.3 .D59 2006
* Chemical Abstracts Service source index. Quarterly supplement. Columbus, Ohio : American Chemical Society, v. ; 29 cm. Began with: Vol. 1975, issue 1. Z5523 .A24 v.2007. No. 2. Apr/June.
 

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Mathematics - Astronomy - Physics
 
* Electrical resistivity of thin metal films / Peter Wissmann, Hans-Ulrich Finzel. Berlin ; New York : Springer, c2007. vi, 126 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. QC1 .S797 v.223
* Spectral theory and mathematical physics : a festschrift in honor of Barry Simon’s 60th birthday / Fritz Gesztesy ... [et al.], editors. Providence, R.I. : American Mathematical Society, c2007. 2 v. (xxv, 948 p.) : ill. ; 27 cm. Includes bibliographical references. QC20.7.S646 S64 2007 v. 1, 2.
* Thin films and nanostructures. San Diego : Academic Press, c2002- v. : ill. ; 24 cm. Vol. 30- QC176.A1 P53 v. 34.
 

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Chemistry
 
* Reviews in computational chemistry. New York, N.Y. : VCH, c1990- v. : ill. ; 25 cm. [Vol. 1]- QD39.3.E46 R48 v. 24.
* Free energy calculations : theory and applications in chemistry and biology / Ch. Chipot, A. Pohorille (eds.). Berlin ; New York : Springer, c2007. xviii, 517 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. QD501 .F74 2007
 

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Geology - Geography
 
* Steps to facilitate principal-investigator-led earth science missions / Committee on Earth Studies, Space Studies Board, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, National Research Council of the National Academies. Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, c2004. xiv, 80 p. ; 28 cm. QE47.A1 N374 2004
* Granite landscapes of the world / Piotr MigonŽ. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006. xxviii, 384 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. [344]-378) and index. QE462.G7 M49 2006
* 3-D structural geology : a practical guide to quantitative surface and subsurface map interpretation / Richard H. Groshong, Jr. 2nd ed. Berlin ; New York : Springer, c2006. xvi, 400 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. + Includes bibliographical references (p. [383]-392) and index. QE601.3.D37 G76 2006
* Palaeozoic reefs and bioaccumulations : climatic and evolutionary controls / edited by J. Javier AŽlvaro ... [et al.]. London : The Geological Society, 2007. viii, 291 p. ; ill. (some col.), maps ; 26 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. QE640 .P355 2007
* Systematics and evolution of the sthenurine kangaroo / Gavin J. Prideaux. Berkeley : University of California Press, c2004. xvii, 622 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 363-401). QE882.M34 P75 2004
 

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Natural history - Biology
 
* AnaŽlisis ecoloŽgico de Guadalajara y su zona metropolitana / JoseŽ Escotto JimeŽnez. Guadalajara, Jalisco, MeŽxico : Gobierno de Jalisco, SecretariŽa General, Unidad Editorial, 1985. 101 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. Bibliography: p. 101. QH107 .E73 1985
* What can you do with a major in biology? : real people, real jobs, real rewards / Bart Astor. Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, 2005. xi, 130 p. ; 21 cm. Includes bibliographic references (p. 123-124) and index. QH314 .A78 2005
* Discovering evolutionary ecology : bringing together ecology and evolution / Peter J. Mayhew. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006. 215 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 25 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. [186]-203) and index. QH366.2 .M3914 2006
 

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Botany
 
* Advances in botanical research. London ; New York : Academic Press, c1963- v. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm. Vol. 1- QK1 .A353
* Flowering plants, Dicotyledons : Malvales, Capparales, and non-betalain Caryophyllales / volume editors, K. Kubitzki and C. Bayer. Berlin ; New York : Springer, c2003. x, 418 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. Includes bibliographical references. QK495.A12 F62 2003
* Nutrient acquisition by plants : an ecological perspective / H. BassiriRad (ed.). Berlin ; New York : Springer, c2005. xviii, 347 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. QK867 .N87 2005
 

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Zoology
 
* Fauna de Nueva Espan~a / Bernardino de SahaguŽn. 1. ed. MeŽxico, D.F. : Fondo de Cultura EconoŽmica, 2005. 92 p. ; 17 cm. QL225 .S18 2005
* Occupancy estimation and modeling : inferring patterns and dynamics of species / Darryl I. MacKenzie ... [et al]. Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier, c2006. xviii, 324 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-312). QL752 .O23 2006
* Do (not) feed the bears : the fitful history of wildlife and tourists in Yellowstone / Alice Wondrak Biel. Lawrence : University of Kansas Press, c2006. x, 186 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 151-175) and index. QL737.C27 W65 2006
* Current topics in developmental biology. New York, Academic Press. v. ill. 24 cm. annual. v. 1- 1966- QL951 .C8 v.79.
 

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Human anatomy - Physiology
 
* Remaking life & death : toward an anthropology of the biosciences / edited by Sarah Franklin and Margaret Lock. 1st ed. Santa Fe : School of American Research Press ; Oxford : James Currey, 2003. xii, 372 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 329-360) and index. QP81 .R45 2003
* Picturing personhood : brain scans and biomedical identity / Joseph Dumit. Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2004. xii, 251 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-233) and indexes. QP376.6 .D85 2004
* The human brain and its disorders / edited by Doug Richards, Tom Clark, and Carl Clarke. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007. xiv, 379 p. , [12 p. of plates] : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. QP376 .H795 2007
* Computational and instrumental methods in EPR / [edited by] Christopher J. Bender and Lawrence J. Berliner. New York, NY : Springer, c2006. xiii, 218 p. : ill. Includes bibliographical references and index. QP519.9.E433 C66 2006
 

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