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New Books at the Science Library, October 2007

Lists are updated weekly, with last update operated on October 29, 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
  Science (General)
  Mathematics - Astronomy - Physics
* Chemistry
* Geology - Geography
* Natural history - Biology
  Botany
* Zoology
* Human anatomy - Physiology
  Microbiology
  Other

 
Reference Books
 
Flora of North America : north of Mexico / edited by Flora of North America Editorial Committee. New York : Oxford University Press, 1993-. v. : ill., maps ; 29 cm. Includes bibliographical references and indexes. QK110 .F55 1993 v.27 pt.1 NON-CIRC
Methods in enzymology. New York : Academic Press, 1955-. v. : ill. ; 24 cm. Mode of access: World Wide Web. Requires Adobe Acrobat reader. QP601 .C733 v.422, v.423, v.426 NON-CIRC
University of Illinois (System). Board of Trustees. Transactions of the Board of Trustees / University of Illinois. University of Illinois bulletin. Urbana : The University, [1968-. v. ; 23 cm. 53rd (July 1, 1964 to June 30, 1966)-. Biennial; supplement annual. LD2351 Suppl.2007/2008 NON-CIRC
 

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Science (General)
 
The genesis of general relativity / edited by Jušrgen Renn ... [et al.]. Boston studies in the philosophy of science, v. 250. Dordrecht : Springer, c2007. 4 v. : ill. ; 25 cm. Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Q175 .B73 v.250 pt.1-4
Interactions : mathematics, physics and philosophy, 1860-1930 / edited by Vincent F. Hendricks ... [et al.]. Boston studies in the philosophy of science, v. 251. Dordrecht : Springer, c2006. xiv, 326 p. ; 25 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. Q175 B73 v.251
Rethinking explanation / edited by Johannes Persson and Petri Ylikoski. Boston studies in the philosophy of science ; v. 252. Dordrecht : Springer, 2007. xiv, 207 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. Q175 B73 v.252
 

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Mathematics - Astronomy - Physics
 
Nuclear physics. B, Proceedings, supplements. [Amsterdam] : North-Holland, [c1987-. v. : ill. ; 26 cm. Vol. 1A (Sept. 1987)-. Irregular. QC173 .N884 V.171
Quantum processes : a Whiteheadian interpretation of quantum field theory / Frank Hašttich. Agenda philosophy ; 1. Mušnster : Agenda, 2004. xiv, 280 p. ; 21 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-280). QC174.45 .H38 2004
Quantum tunneling in complex systems : the semiclassical approach / Joachim Ankerhold. Springer tracts in modern physics, 224. Berlin ; New York : Springer, c2007. xi, 210 p. : 62 ill. ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. QC176.8.T8 A55 2007
Semiconductors and semimetals. New York : Academic Press, 1966-. v. : ill. ; 24 cm. Vol. 1-. QC612.S4 W5 v.81
Progress in ultrafast intense laser science / Kaoru Yamanouchi ... [et al.]. Springer series in chemical physics, 84. Springer series in chemical physics ; v. 84. Berlin ; New York : Springer, 2006-. v. : ill. ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. QC689.5.L37 P78 2006 v.2
Advances in imaging and electron physics. San Diego : Academic Press, c1995-. v. : ill. ; 24 cm. Vol. 90-. Irregular. QC793.5.E62 A3 v.148
 

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Chemistry
 
Organic synthesis : concepts and methods / Jušrgen-Hinrich Fuhrhop, Guangtao Li. 3rd, completely rev. and enl. ed. Weinheim : Wiley-VCH, 2003. xvi, 517 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 469-503) and index. QD262 .F78 2003
Low-dimensional molecular metals / Naoki Toyota, Michael Lang, Jens Mušller. Springer series in solid-state sciences ; 154. Berlin ; New York : Springer, c2007. xvii, 300 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-289) and index. QD382.C66 T69 2007
Current fluoroorganic chemistry : new synthetic directions, technologies, materials, and biological applications / Vadim A. Soloshonok, editor ... [et al.] ; sponsored by the ACS divisions of fluorine chemistry and medicinal chemistry. ACS symposium series ; 949. Washington, DC : American Chemical Society ; [New York] : Distributed by Oxford University Press, c2007. xii, 520 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references and indexes. QD412.F1 C87 2007
Advances in chemical physics. New York, Interscience Publishers, 1958-. v. diagrs. 24 cm. v. 1-. QD453 .A27 v.136
* Structure and bonding. Berlin ; New York : Springer-Verlag, 1966-. v. : ill. ; 24 cm. Vol. 1-. Irregular. QD461 .S92 v.125
Quantum chemistry of solids : the LCAO first principles treatment of crystals / Robert A. Evarestov. Springer series in solid-state sciences ; v. 153. Berlin ; New York : Springer, c2007. xiv, 557 p. : ill.; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. [531]-552) and index. QD462.6.M39 .E93 2007
Advances in quantum Monte Carlo / James B. Anderson, editor, Stuart M. Rothstein, editor. ACS symposium series ; 953. Washington, DC : American Chemical Society : Distributed by Oxford University Press, c2007. x, 188 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references and indexes. QD462.6.M66 A38 2007
Ionic liquids in organic synthesis / Sanjay V. Malhotra, editor ; sponsored by the ACS Division of Organic Chemistry. ACS symposium series ; 950. Washington, DC : American Chemical Society : Distributed by Oxford University Press, c2007. xii, 305 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references and indexes. QD561 .I646 2007
Analysis and control of ultrafast photoinduced reactions / O. Kušhn, L. Wošste (eds.). Springer series in chemical physics, 87. Springer series in chemical physics ; v. 87. Berlin ; New York : Springer, c2007. xviii, 841 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references and indexes. QD708.2 .A53 2007
 

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Geology - Geography
 
The geology and climatology of Yucca Mountain and vicinity, Southern Nevada and California / edited by John S. Stuckless, Robert A. Levich. Memoir ; 199. Memoir (Geological Society of America) ; 199. Boulder, Colo. : Geological Society of America, 2007. v, 205 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 29 cm. Includes bibliographical references. QE138.Y83 G46 2007
* Ophiolites in Earth history / edited by Y. Dilek and P.T. Robinson. Geological Society special publication ; no. 218. London : Geological Society, c2003. vi, 717 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 26 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. QE462.O6 O66 2003
Deformation of the continental crust : the legacy of Mike Coward / edited by A.C. Ries, R.W.H. Butler and R.H. Graham. Geological Society special publication ; no. 272. London : The Geological Society, c2007. xii, 595 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 26 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. QE511 .D44 2007
* Flow processes in faults and shear zones / edited by G.I. Alsop ... [et al.]. Geological Society special publication ; no. 224. London : Geological Society, 2004. vi, 379 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 26 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. QE606 .F56 2004
Proterozoic geology of western North America and Siberia / edited by Paul K. Link and Reed S. Lewis. SEPM special publication ; 86. Special publication (SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology)) ; no. 86. Tulsa, Okla. : SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology), c2007. 257 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 29 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. QE653.5 .P77 2007
* The application of ichnology to palaeoenvironmental and stratigraphic analysis / edited by D. McIlroy. Geological Society special publication ; no. 228. London : Geological Society, 2004. 490 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. QE720.5 .A67 2004
 

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Natural history - Biology
 
The future of life and the future of our civilization / edited by Vladimir Burdyuzha. Dordrecht : Springer, c2006. xvii, 495 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. QH75.A1 F88 2006
Transactions on computational systems biology. Lecture notes in bioinformatics. Lecture notes in computer science, Journal subline. Berlin ; New York : Springer, c2005-. v. : ill. ; 24 cm. 1-. QH324.2 .T73 6
* A genetic and cultural odyssey : the life and work of L. Luca Cavalli-Sforza / Linda Stone and Paul F. Lurquin. New York : Columbia University Press, 2005. xii, 227 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. [207]-216) and index. QH429.2.C28 S76 2005
Research in computational molecular biology : 11th annual international conference, RECOMB 2007, Oakland, CA, USA, April 21-25, 2007 : proceedings / Terry Speed, Haiyan Huang (ed.). Lecture notes in computer science, 4453. Lecture notes in bioinformatics. Lecture notes in computer science ; 4453. Berlin ; New York : Springer, c2007. xvi, 550 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. QH506 .I487 2007
Fitness landscapes and the origin of species / Sergey Gavrilets. Monographs in population biology ; 41. Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2004. xviii, 476 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. [419]-456) and index. QH541.15.S64 G38 2004
 

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Botany
 
Apomixis : evolution, mechanisms and perspectives / edited by Elvira Hošrandl ... [et al.] Regnum vegetabile, v. 147. Ruggell, Liechtenstein : Published for IAPT by A.R.G. Ganter ; Košnigstein : Distributed by Koeltz, c2007. 424 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 25 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. QK96 .R4 v.147
* The lions of Tsavo : exploring the legacy of Africa’s notorious man-eaters / Bruce D. Patterson. New York : McGraw-Hill, c2004. xvii, 231 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. xvii, 207-224) and index. QL737.C23 P366 2004
* Rational animals? / edited by Susan Hurley and Matthew Nudds. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006. viii, 561 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. QL785 .R25 2006
 

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Zoology
 
Die Tierwelt Deutschlands und der angrenzenden Meeresteile nach ihren Merkmalen und nach ihrer Lebensweisen. Jena, G. Fischer, 1925-. v. illus., plates. 1.- T. QL265 .T5 v.78
 

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Human anatomy - Physiology
 
Remaking life & death : toward an anthropology of the biosciences / edited by Sarah Franklin and Margaret Lock. School of American Research advanced seminar series. 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
* Functional imaging and modeling of the heart : 4th international conference, FIMH 2007, Salt Lake City, UT, USA, June 7-9, 2007 : proceedings / Frank B. Sachse, Gunnar Seemann (eds.). Lecture notes in computer science, 4466. Berlin ; New York : Springer, c2007. xv, 486 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. QP112.4 .F565 2007
* Protein degradation / R. John Mayer, Aaron Ciechanover, Martin Rechsteiner, eds. Weinheim : Wiley-VCH, c2005-c2006. 3 v. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. QP551 .P6958176 2005 v.1
 

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Microbiology
 
Biofilm systems VI : selected papers of the 6th IWA International Speciality Conference on Biofilm Systems, held at Aquatech 2006, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 24-27 September 2006 / editors: M.C.M. van Loosdrecht and C. Picioreanu. Water science and technology v. 55, no. 8-9. London : IWA Publishing, c2007. ix, 507 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. QR100.8.B55 I28 2006
 

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Other
 
Annual review of phytopathology. Palo Alto, Calif., Annual Reviews, inc. v. diagrs. 23 cm. v. 1- 1963-. SB599 .A68 v.45 2007 Storage
 

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