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New Books for November 2008

Books are listed in call number order and are available for checkout on the New Books shelf in the library. To check the status of a particular book, click the link to the title to view the Acorn record.

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Q - General Science

Q172.5.C45 B47 1997
Berdichevski*i, V. L. (Viktor L*vovich)
Thermodynamics of chaos and order / Victor L.  Berdichevsky.
Essex, England : Longman, in association with the International Society
for the Interaction of Mechanics and Mathematics ; [Reading, Mass.] :
Addison Wesley Longman, 1997.
For Faculty: Deliver

Q360 .C68 2006
Cover, T. M., 1938-
Elements of information theory / Thomas M. Cover, Joy A. Thomas.
Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley-Interscience, c2006.
For Faculty: Deliver

QA - Mathematics, Computer Science

QA9 .R88 2008
Russell, Bertrand, 1872-1970.
The principles of mathematics / by Bertrand Russell.
[Ann Arbor, Mich.] : Scholarly Publishing Office, University of Michigan,
University Library, [2008?]
For Faculty: Deliver

QA29.G584 I87 2008
Israel Gohberg and friends : on the occasion of his 80th birthday / Harm
Bart, Thomas Hempfling, Marinus A. Kaashoek, editors.
Basel ; Boston : Birkh*auser, c2008.
For Faculty: Deliver

QA164 .L69 2007
Lov*asz, L*aszl*o, 1948-
Combinatorial problems and exercises / L*aszl*o Lov*asz.
Providence, R.I. : AMS Chelsea Pub., 2007.
For Faculty: Deliver

QA167 .G459 2007
Geometric combinatorics / Ezra Miller, Victor Reiner, Bernd Sturmfels,
editors. Providence, R.I. : American Mathematical Society ; [Princeton, N.J.] :
Institute for Advanced Study, c2007.
For Faculty: Deliver

QA167 .T45 2006
Thomas, Rekha R., 1967-
Lectures in geometric combinatorics / Rekha R. Thomas.
Providence, RI : American Mathematical Society ; [Princeton, N.J.] :
Institute for Advanced Study, c2006.
For Faculty: Deliver

QA246 .G65 2006
Goldfeld, D.
Automorphic forms and L-functions for the group GL(n,R) / Dorian Goldfeld
; with an appendix by Kevin A. Broughan.
Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006.
For Faculty: Deliver

QA273 .B37 2008
Barnett, Neil S.
Inequalities for distributions on a finite interval / Neil S. Barnett,
Pietro Cerone and Sever S. Dragomir.
New York : Nova Science Publishers, c2008.
For Faculty: Deliver

QA276.A1 R57 2007
Rissanen, Jorma.
Information and complexity in statistical modeling / Jorma Rissanen.
New York ; London : Springer, c2007.
For Faculty: Deliver

QA297 .F37 2007
Fasshauer, Gregory E.
Meshfree approximation methods with MATLAB / Gregory E. Fasshauer.
Singapore ; Hackensack, NJ : World Scientific, c2007.
For Faculty: Deliver

QA331 .G57413 2008
Gol*dberg, A. A. (Anatoli*i Asirovich)
Value distribution of meromorphic functions / Anatoly A. Goldberg, Iossif
V. Ostrovskii ; translated by Mikhail Ostrovskii ; with an appendix by
Alexandre Eremenko and James K. Langley.
Providence, R.I. : American Mathematical Society, c2008.
For Faculty: Deliver

QA351 .M37 2008
Mathai, A. M.
Special functions for applied scientists / A.M. Mathai, Hans J. Haubold.
New York : Springer Science+Business Media, c2008.
For Faculty: Deliver

QA372.5 .R5 2008
Riaza, Ricardo.
Differential-algebraic systems : analytical aspects and circuit
applications
/ Ricardo Riaza.
Singapore ; Hackensack, NJ : World Scientific, 2008
For Faculty: Deliver

QA377 .B674 2008
Bismut, Jean-Michel.
The hypoelliptic Laplacian and Ray-Singer metrics / Jean-Michel Bismut,
Gilles Lebeau.
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2008.
For Faculty: Deliver

QA402.6 .C663 2007
Combinatorial optimization : some aspects / editors, Rita Malhotra … [et al.].
New Delhi : Narosa Pub. House, c2007.
For Faculty: Deliver

QA537 .Y46 2007
Yeo, Adrian.
Trig or treat : an encyclopedia of trigonometric identity proofs (TIPs),
intellectually challenging games
/ Yeo Adrian.
Singapore : World Scientific, c2007.
For Faculty: Deliver

QA612.2 .W44 2002
Weeks, Jeffrey R., 1956-
The shape of space / Jeffrey R. Weeks.
New York : Marcel Dekker, c2002.
For Faculty: Deliver

QA614.73 .L56 2008
Lin, Fanghua.
The analysis of harmonic maps and their heat flows / Fanghua Lin, Changyou
Wang. Singapore ; Hackensack, NJ : World Scientific, c2008.
For Faculty: Deliver

QA639.5 .B37 2002
Barvinok, Alexander, 1963-
A course in convexity / Alexander Barvinok.
Providence, R.I. : American Mathematical Society, c2002.
For Faculty: Deliver

QA689 .M38 2008
The mathematics of Minkowski space-time ; with an introduction to
commutative hypercomplex numbers
/ Francesco Catoni … [et al.].
Basel ; Boston : Birkh*auser, c2008.
For Faculty: Deliver

QB - Astronomy

QB806 .P38 2008
Pathways through an eclectic universe : proceedings of a conference held
at Santiago del Teide, Tenerife, Spain, 23-27 April 2007 to celebrate John
Beckman’s 40 years in astrophysics / edited by J.H. Knapen, T.J. Mahoney,
and A. Vazdekis. San Francisco, Calif. : Astronomical Society of the Pacific, c2008.
For Faculty: Deliver

QC - Physics, Climatology

QC16.W415 A3 2008
Weiner, Richard M.
Analogies in physics and life : a scientific autobiography / Richard M.
Weiner. Singapore : World Scientific, 2008.
For Faculty: Deliver

QC173.6 .H34 2008
H*aj*i*cek, P. (Petr)
An introduction to the relativistic theory of gravitation / P. H*aj*i*cek
; translated by Frank Meyer and Jan Metzger.
Berlin : Springer, c2008.
For Faculty: Deliver

QC174.85.P45 B65 2006
Bollob*as, B*ela.
Percolation / B*ela Bollob*as, Oliver Riordan.
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2006.
For Faculty: Deliver

QC476.75 .B57 2008
Birowosuto, Muhammad Danang.
Novel [gamma]-ray and thermal-neutron scintillators : search for
high-light-yield and fast-response materials
/ Muhammad Danang Birowosuto.
Amsterdam : IOS Press, [2008], c2007.
For Faculty: Deliver

QC760 .F88 2008
Funaro, Daniele, 1958-
Electromagnetism and the structure of matter / Daniele Funaro.
Hackensack, NJ : World Scientific, c2008.
For Faculty: Deliver

QC789.7 .I6
Proceedings of the … International Conference, Fission and Properties of
Neutron-rich Nuclei.
Singapore ; River Edge, NJ : World Scientific, c1998
For Faculty: Deliver

QC994 .R43 2008
Real-time coastal observing systems for marine ecosystem dynamics and
harmful algal blooms : theory, Instrumentation and modelling / edited by
Marcel Babin, Collin S. Roesler and John J. Cullen.
Paris ; UNESCO, 2008.
For Faculty: Deliver

QD - Chemistry, Biochemistry

QD453.2 .T744 2008
Tro, Nivaldo J.
Chemistry : a molecular approach / Nivaldo J. Tro ; with special
contributions by Robert S. Boikess, Joseph H. Bularzik, William M.
Cleaver. Upper Saddle River, NJ : Pearson/Prentice Hall, c2008.
For Faculty: Deliver

QD96.N8 M58 2007
Mitchell, Terence N.
NMR, from spectra to structures : an experimental approach / Terence N.
Mitchell, Burkhard Costisella.
Berlin ; New York : Springer, c2007.
For Faculty: Deliver

QD547 .N382 2006
Recent advances in adsorption processes for environmental protection and
security
/ edited by Jos*e Paulo Mota and Svetlana Lyubchik.
Dordrecht, The Netherlands : Springer, c2008.
For Faculty: Deliver

QE - Geology

QE70 .G74 2008
The Greenland Caledonides : evolution of the northeast margin of Laurentia
/ edited by A.K. Higgins, Jane A. Gilotti, M. Paul Smith.
Boulder, Colo. : Geological Society of America, 2008.
For Faculty: Deliver

QE635 .B87 2008
Burke, Kevin, 1929-
The African erosion surface : a continental-scale synthesis of
geomorphology, tectonics, and environmental change over the past 180
million years
/ by Kevin Burke, Yanni Gunnell.
Boulder, Colo. : Geological Society of America, 2008.
For Faculty: Deliver

QE745 .T47 2008
The terrane puzzle : new perspectives on paleontology and stratigraphy
from the North American cordillera
/ edited by Robert B. Blodgett, George
D. Stanley, Jr. Boulder, Colo. : Geological Society of America, 2008.
For Faculty: Deliver

QH - Ecology, Natural History, Biology

QH366.2 .S78 2008
Hall, Brian Keith, 1941-
Strickberger’s evolution : the integration of genes, organisms and
populations
/ Brian K. Hall, Benedikt Hallgrimsson.
Sudbury, Mass. : Jones and Bartlett, c2008.
For Faculty: Deliver

QH431 .S787 2004
Strachan, T.
Human molecular genetics 3 / Tom Strachan and Andrew P. Read.
London ; New York : Garland Press, c2004.
For Faculty: Deliver

QK - Botany

QK754.5 .C73 2008
Crawford, R. M. M.
Plants at the margin : ecological limits and climate change / R.M.M.
Crawford.
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
For Faculty: Deliver

QP - Physiology

QP89 .T73 2008
Transplantation of composite tissue allografts / Charles W. Hewitt and
W.P. Andrew Lee, editors ; Chad R. Gordon, associate editor.
New York : Springer, c2008.
For Faculty: Deliver

QP303 .G54 2009
Ghista, Dhanjoo N.
Applied biomedical engineering mechanics / Dhanjoo N. Ghista.
Boca Raton : CRC Press, c2009.
For Faculty: Deliver

QP625 .N88 M634 2008
Modified nucleosides : in biochemistry, biotechnology and medicine /
edited by Piet Herdewijn. Weinheim : Wiley-VCH ; Chichester : John Wiley [distributor], c2008.
For Faculty: Deliver

R - Medicine, Neuroscience

R857.N34 N378 2006
Nanomaterials for application in medicine and biology / edited by Michael
Giersig and Gennady B. Khomutov.
Dordrecht : Springer, c2008.
For Faculty: Deliver

T - Technology

T174.7 .N3736 2007
Nanotechnology : consequences for human health and the environment /
editors, R.E. Hester and R.M. Harrison.
Cambridge : Royal Society of Chemistry, c2007.
For Faculty: Deliver

TA - Engineering (General). Civil Engineering

TA23 .N275 2008
The offshoring of engineering : facts, unknowns, and potential
implications
/ Committee on the Offshoring of Engineering, National
Academy of Engineering of the National Academies.
Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, c2008.
For Faculty: Deliver

TA417.23 .A655 2008b
QH212.S33
Applied scanning probe methods IX : characterization / [edited by] Bharat
Bhushan, Harald Fuchs, Masahiko Tomitori.
Berlin ; New York : Springer, c2008.
For Faculty: Deliver

TA654 .M85 2008
Mukhopadhyay, Madhujit.
Structural dynamics  : vibrations and systems / Madhujit  Mukhopadhyay
New Delhi, India : Ane Books India for CRC Press, 2008.
For Faculty: Deliver

TD - Environmental Technology

TD430 .W375 2005
Water treatment principles and design / MWH, Inc. ; revised by John C.
Crittenden … [et al.].
Hoboken, N.J. : J. Wiley, c2005.
For Faculty: Deliver

TD434 .W38 2005
Water treatment plant design / American Water Works Association, American
Society of Civil Engineers ; Edward E. Baruth, technical editor.
New York : McGraw-Hill, c2005.
For Faculty: Deliver

TD1064 .D435 2008
Deep geologic repositories / edited by Norbert T. Rempe.
Boulder, Colo. : Geological Society of America, 2008.
For Faculty: Deliver

TH - Building Construction

TH3411 .D434 2004
Dickinson, Peter R.
Cracking and building movement / by Peter R. Dickinson  ; chapter on
Monitoring by Nigel Thornton.
Coventry : RICS Business Services, 2004.
For Faculty: Deliver

TK - Electrical Engineering. Electronics. Nuclear Engineering

TK5105.88815 .D38 2006
Davies, J. (N. John)
Semantic Web technologies : trends and research in ontology-based systems
/ John Davies, Rudi Studer, Paul Warren.
Chichester, England ; Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, c2006.
For Faculty: Deliver

TK7882.P3 H35 2005
Handbook of pattern recognition and computer vision / edited by C.H. Chen,
P.S.P. Wang. River Edge, NJ : World Scientific, c2005 (2006 printing).
For Faculty: Deliver

TK9203.B7 K63 2008
Koch, Leonard J.
Experimental breeder reactor-II : (ebr-ii) an integrated experimental fast
reactor nuclear power station
/ Leonard J. Koch.
La Grange Park, Ill. : American Nuclear Society, 2008.
For Faculty: Deliver

TL - Motor Vehicles. Aeronautics. Astronautics

TL709.3 .T82 L465 2008
Linke-Diesinger, Andreas.
Systems of commercial turbofan engines : an introduction to systems
functions
/ Andreas Linke-Diesinger.
New York ; London : Springer, 2008.
For Faculty: Deliver

TP - Chemical Technology

TP155.7 .W55 2006
Wilkes, James O.
Fluid mechanics for chemical engineers with Microfluidics and CFD.
Upper Saddle River, NJ : Prentice Hall Professional Technical Reference,
c2006.
For Faculty: Deliver

TP159.M4 M465 2008
Membranes for energy conversion / edited by Klaus-Viktor Peinemann and
Suzana Pereira Nunes.
Weinheim ; Chichester : Wiley-VCH, 2008.
For Faculty: Deliver

TP155 .N368 2007
International benchmarking of U.S. chemical engineering research
competitiveness / Panel on Benchmarking the Research Competitiveness of
the US in Chemical Engineering, Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology,
Division on Earth and Life Studies
, National Research Council of the
National Academies. Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, 2007.
For Faculty: Deliver

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