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New Books at the Science Library, February 2008

Lists are updated weekly, with last update operated on February 25, 2008.
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
* Science (General)
* Mathematics - Astronomy - Physics
* Chemistry
* Geology - Geography
* Natural history - Biology
* Zoology
* Human anatomy - Physiology

 
Reference Books
 
* The World almanac and book of facts. New York, Newspaper Enterprise Association [etc.]. v. ill. (maps) tables. 19-22 cm. Annual. AY67.N5 W7 2008 NON-CIRC
 

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Science (General)
 
* Exploding disk cannons, slimemobiles, and 32 other projects for Saturday science / Neil A. Downie. Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006. xii, 295 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-288) and index. Q182.3 .D66 2006
 

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Mathematics - Astronomy - Physics
 
* Einstein’s struggles with quantum theory : a reappraisal / Dipankar Home and Andrew Whitaker. New York, N.Y. : Springer, c2007. xxi, 370 p. ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. QC16.E5 H655 2007
* Mathematics for physics / Michael M. Woolfson, Malcolm S. Woolfson. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007. xx, 783 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. QC23.2 .W66 2007
* Objectivity, invariance, and convention : symmetry in physical science / Talal A. Debs, Michael L.G. Redhead. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, c2007. xii, 194 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 178-189) and index. QC174.17.S9 D43 2007
* Progress in optics. Amsterdam, North-Holland Pub. Co., New York, Interscience Publishers, 1961-. v. ill., diagrs. 23 cm. v. 1-. QC351 .P7 v.50
* Physical properties and data of optical materials / Moriaki Wakaki, Keiei Kudo, Takehisa Shibuya. Optical science and engineering ; 125. Optical science and engineering (Boca Raton, Fla.) ; 125. Boca Raton : CRC Press, c2007. 561 p. : ill. ; 27 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. QC374 .W35 2007
* Fundamentals of contemporary mass spectrometry / Chhabil Dass. Wiley-Interscience series on mass spectrometry. Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley-Interscience, c2007. xx, 585 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. QC454.M3 D37 2007
 

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Chemistry
 
* Topics in current chemistry. Berlin, New York, Springer-Verlag. illus. 24 cm. 40- 1973-. QD1 .F58 v.281
* Theoretical frameworks for research in chemistry/science education / George M. Bodner, MaryKay Orgill. Prentice Hall series in educational innovation. Upper Saddle River, NJ : Pearson Prentice Hall, c2007. ix, 298 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. Includes bibliographical references. QD40 .B665 2007
* Asymmetric synthesis with chemical and biological methods / edited by Dieter Enders and Karl-Erich Jaeger. Weinheim : Wiley-VCH, c2007. xxiv, 445 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. Includes bibliographical references and indexes. QD262 .A795 2007
* Advances in physical organic chemistry. London, New York, Academic Press. v. ill., diagrs. 24 cm. v. 1- 1963-. QD476 .A4 v.42 2008
* Stereoselective glycosylation and chemical ligation-application in oligosaccharide and peptide synthesis / by Abhisek Banerjee. Thesis (Ph.D. in Chemistry)--University of Illinois at Chicago, 2007. 2007. xviii, 263 leaves : ill. ; 29 cm. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 225-246). Vita. QD99999 B354
* High temperature ruthenium oxidation : analysis by spectroscopic, microscopic, and diffraction techniques / by Laurel Ainsley Barnes. Thesis (M.S. in Chemistry)--University of Illinois at Chicago, 2007. 2007. xii, 69 leaves : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 65-67). Vita. QD99999 B374
* Development and application of radical reactions in organic synthesis and combinatorial chemistry / by Daniel Grant. Thesis (Ph.D. in Chemistry)--University of Illinois at Chicago, 2007. 2007. xviii, 169 leaves : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 141-156). Vita. QD99999 G73
* Convergent synthesis of beta-mannans and methodological studies for alpha-sialylation / by Wenju Li. Thesis (Ph.D. in Chemistry)--University of Illinois at Chicago, 2007. 2007. xviii, 197 leaves : ill. ; 29 cm. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 177-189). Vita. QD99999 L4819
* Model studies of diol-dehydratase-catalyzed reactions and excess electron transfer / by Libin Xu. Thesis (Ph.D. in Chemistry)--University of Illinois at Chicago, 2007. 2007. xix, 162 leaves : ill. ; 29 cm. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 145-158). Vita. QD99999 X8
 

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Geology - Geography
 
* Basic environmental and engineering geology / F.G. Bell. Caithness, Scotland : Whittles Publishing ; Boca Raton, FL : distributed in North America by CRC Press, c2007. ix, 342 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. Includes bibliography (p. 315-327) and index. QE38 .B45 2007
 

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Natural history - Biology
 
* Pattern discovery in bioinformatics : theory & algorithms / Laxmi Parida. Chapman & Hall/CRC mathematical and computational biology series. Chapman and Hall/CRC mathematical & computational biology series. Boca Raton : Chapman & Hall/CRC, c2008. 526 p. : ill. Includes bibliographical references (p. 503-513) and index. QH324.2 .P373 2008
* Algorithms in bioinformatics : 7th international workshop, WABI 2007, Philadelphia, PA, USA, September 8-9, 2007 : proceedings / Raffaele Giancarlo, Sridhar Hannenhalli (eds.). LNCS sublibrary. SL 8, Bioinformatics. Lecture notes in computer science, 4645. Lecture notes in bioinformatics. Lecture notes in computer science ; 4645. Lecture notes in computer science. Lecture notes in bioinformatics. Berlin ; New York : Springer, c2007. xiii, 432 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references. QH324.2 .W32 2007
* Computational molecular evolution / Ziheng Yang. Oxford series in ecology and evolution. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2006. xvi, 357 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. [319]-352) and index. QH371.3.M37 Y36 2006
* Annual review of genetics. Palo Alto, Annual Reviews, inc. v. ill. 23 cm. v. 1- 1967-. QH431.A1 A54 v.41 2007
* Reprogenetics : law, policy, and ethical issues / edited by Lori P. Knowles and Gregory E. Kaebnick. Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007. xiii, 302 p. ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. QH442 .R472 2007
* Introductory biomechanics : from cells to organisms / C. Ross Ethier and Craig A. Simmons. Cambridge texts in biomedical engineering. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007. xiii, 511 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), ports. ; 26 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. QH513 .E84 2007 *
* Modeling of biological materials / Francesco Mollica, Luigi Preziosi, K.R. Rajagopal, editors. Modeling and simulation in science, engineering, and technology. Modeling and simulation in science, engineering & technology. Boston, Mass. : Birkha¨user, c2007. xv, 357 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. Includes bibliographical references. QH513 .M63 2007
* Methods in molecular biophysics : structure, dynamics, function / Igor N. Serdyuk, Nathan R. Zaccai, Joseph Zaccai. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007. xvi, 1120 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 1076-1102) and indexes. QH505 .S449 2007
* Annual review of ecology, evolution, and systematics. Palo Alto, Calif. : Annual Reviews, Inc. v. ill. 24 cm. v. 34 (2003)-. Annual. QH540 .A53 v.38 2007
* The silent deep : the discovery, ecology and conservation of the deep sea / Tony Koslow. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2007. 270 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 25 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. QH541.5.D35 K67 2007
* Applications of synchrotron radiation : micro beams in cell micro biology and medicine / Ari Ide-Ektessabi. Biological and medical physics, biomedical engineering. Berlin : Springer, c2007. xiii, 218 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. QH652 .I34 2007
* The effects of hunting on the regeneration of trees in mature floodplain forests in Southeastern Peru / by Gabriela Elena Nunez Iturri. Thesis (Ph.D. in Biological Sciences)--University of Illinois at Chicago, 2007. 2007. xiii, 108 leaves : ill. ; 29 cm. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 98-106). Vita. QH99999 N85
 

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Zoology
 
* Feeding ecology in apes and other primates : ecological, physical, and behavioral aspects / [edited by] Gottfried Hohmann, Martha M. Robbins, and Christophe Boesch. Cambridge studies in biological and evolutionary anthropology ; 48. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006. xvi, 523 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. QL737.P9 F373 2006
* Rodent societies : an ecological & evolutionary perspective / edited by Jerry O. Wolff and Paul W. Sherman. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2007. xv, 610 p. : ill., maps ; 28 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. [491]-597) and indexes. QL737.R6 R623 2007
 

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Human anatomy - Physiology
 
* Neurophilosophy at work / Paul Churchland. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007. xi, 249 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 23 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p.239-245) and index. QP356 .C485 2007
* Explaining the brain : mechanisms and the mosaic unity of neuroscience / Carl F. Craver. Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007. xx, 308 p. ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. [272]-291) and index. QP356 .C73 2007
* The minder brain / Joe Herbert. Singapore ; Hackensack, NJ : World Scientific, c2007. xi, 461 p. ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references and indexes. QP376 .H347 2007
* DNA microarrays : current applications / edited by Emanuele de Rinaldis and Armin Lahm. Wymondham, Norfolk, U.K. : Horizon Bioscience, c2007. xii, 176 p., [9] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. QP624.5.D726 D632 2007
* Ancestral sequence reconstruction / edited by David A. Liberles. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007. xiii, 252 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. QP625.N89 .A534 2007
 

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