Pfeiffer Physics Library News
June, 2007

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** News **

• Physics Library Summer Hours
  Monday - Friday, 7:30 am - 4:00 pm
  Closed Saturdays and Sundays.
  Closed July 4.
  
  
• Library Inventory - The annual inventory of Physics Library material was done in May. Twenty six books have been identified as lost or missing. Books that are missing two years in a row, or paid for by the patron who lost it, are considered to be lost. Books which are now considered lost are listed below or can be found at: [http://catalog.wustl.edu/search/r?SEARCH=Physics+Library+Lost+Books]. Please check the list to see if there are any lost books which should be replaced and let me know.
  
  
  • 2000 solved problems in electromagnetics / by Syed A. Nasar (1992)
  • The astronomical universe / Struve, Otto (1958)
  • Instrumental traditions and theories of light : the uses of instruments in the optical revolution / by Xiang Chen. (2000)
  • Laser optoacoustics / V.E. Gusev, A.A. Karabutov (1993)
  • Schaum's outline of electromagnetics / by Joseph Edminister. (1979)
  • Statistical mechanics / R. K. Pathria (2nd ed., 1996)
  • Thermodynamics, kinetic theory, and statistical thermodynamics / Francis W. Sears, Gerhard L. Salinger. (1975)
  • Variational principles / B.L. Moiseiwitsch (1966)
  
  In addition to the 8 lost books, there are 17 other books which are missing. That list can be found at: [http://catalog.wustl.edu/search/r?SEARCH=Physics+Library+Missing+Books].
  Any help in recovering any of these titles will be greatly appreciated.
  
  
• Attention Fall Physics course instructors! If there are books or other materials which I need to order for reserve please notify me as soon as possible. Also if you have selected a new textbook or a new edition, please let me know. I do not receive the information which you send to the bookstore. Thank you!
  
  
• Recently published papers in Physics - The following paper was recently indexed and published by members of the Physics Department:
  
  
  • Title: How accurately can the parameters from a model of anisotropic 3He gas diffusion in lung acinar airways be estimated? Bayesian view
    Author(s): Sukstanskii, A.L.; Bretthorst, G.L.; Chang, Y.V.; Conradi, M.S.; Yablonskiy, D.A.
    Source: Journal of Magnetic Resonance vol.184, no.1 : 62-71, Jan. 2007
    
    

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**NEW BOOKS**NEW BOOKS**NEW BOOKS**NEW BOOKS**

Note: If you want more information on any of these, please search the Library Catalog by title, keywords or author. May, 2007

Annual reports on NMR spectroscopy  
QC762 A55 v.60 (2006) 

Astronomy : from the Earth to the universe / Jay M. Pasachoff.  
QB45 .P24 2002 

Atomic structure theory : lectures on atomic physics / Walter R. Johnson.  
QC173.4.A87 J64 2007 

Compact objects in astrophysics : white dwarfs, neutron stars and black holes / 
Max Camenzind.  
QB843.B55 .C36 2007 

Computational physics / Jos Thijssen.  
QC20 .T445 2007 

Continuum modeling in the physical sciences / E. van Groesen, Jaap Molenaar.  
QC20 .C66 2007 

Cosmic rays at Earth : researcher's reference manual and data book / Peter K.F. 
Grieder.  
QC485 .G715 2001 

Creating and enhancing digital astro images / Grant Privett.  
QB121 .P75 2007 

Cybernetical physics : from control of chaos to quantum control / Alexander L. 
Fradkov.
QA402.35 .F733 2007 

Dark side of the universe : dark matter, dark energy, and the fate of the cosmos
 / Iain Nicolson.  
QB791.3 .N53 2007 

Einstein : his life and universe / Walter Isaacson.  
QC16.E5 I76 2007 

Electromagnetics for high-speed analog and digital communication circuits / Ali 
M. Niknejad.  
TK7867.2 .N55 2007 

Fritz London : a scientific biography / Kostas Gavroglu.  
QC16.L645 G38 1995 

Genetic algorithms in electromagnetics / Randy L. Haupt, Douglas H. Werner.  
TK7871.6 .H37 2007 

Intermediate physics for medicine and biology / Russell K. Hobbie, Brad Roth.  
R895 .H6 2007 

Lectures on quantum mechanics / Jean-Louis Basdevant.  
QC174.12 .B374 2007 

Lost causes in and beyond physics / R.F. Streater.  
QC75 .S77 2007 

Nanotechnology / Gregory Timp, editor.  
T174.7 .N373 1999 

Path integrals and anomalies in curved space / Fiorenzo Bastianelli, Peter van 
Nieuwenhuizen.  
QC174.17.P27 B37 2006 

The physics of polymers : concepts for understanding their structures and behavior
 / Gert Strobl.  
QC173.4.P65 S77 2007 

Quantum gravity / Claus Kiefer.  
QC178 .K54 2007 

Reconnection of magnetic fields : magnetohydrodynamics and collisionless theory 
and observations / edited by J. Birn and E. R. Priest.  
QC809.M3 R43 2007 

Sirius : brightest diamond in the night sky / Jay B. Holberg.  
QB805 .H64 2007 

The sun kings : the unexpected tragedy of Richard Carrington and the tale of how 
modern astronomy began / Stuart Clark.  
QB35 .C53 2007 

Thermal processes using attosecond laser pulses : when time matters / Miroslaw 
Kozlowski, Janina Marciak-Kozlowska.  
TA1677 .K69 2006 

Time and time again : reports from a boundary of the universe / by J.T. Fraser.  
BD638 .F678 2007 

Traveling at the speed of thought : Einstein and the quest for gravitational waves /
Daniel Kennefick.  
QC179 .K46 2007

 

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