DTM-GL Library - Recent Acquisitions

March-April 2005

The following titles have been acquired for the library. Most are shelved in the library in the Main Building; check the "New Books" shelf outside Room 208. Astronomy materials are in Room 272 of the Research Building. For assistance in locating items of interest, please ask either S. Hardy (x7960) or M. Wolf (x7962).

Barrow, J. D., et al, eds. Science and Ultimate Reality: Quantum Theory, Cosmology and Complexity. Cambridge University Press, 2004.

Bhushan, B., ed. Springer Handbook of Nanotechnology. Berlin: Springer-Verlag, 2004.

Binney, J., ed., The Impact of Active Galaxies on the Universe At Large. Special issue of Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A, Vol. 363, No. 1828. London: The Royal Society, 2005.

Brown, L. Annihilation of Positrons in Alkali Halide Crystals. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Texas, Austin, 1958.

Bussinger, J., and B. Phelan. Images of America: Benicia. Charleston: Arcadia Publishing for Benicia Historical Museum, 2004. Gift of the Museum.

Gard, E., et al. The Canning Stock Route. Terrey Hills Australia: Australian Geographic Pty Ltd, 1998. Gift of Doug Morrison, Sydney, Australia.

Gard, R., and E. Gard. Canning Stock Route: A Traveller’s Guide for a Journey Through History. Wembley Downs Australia: West Desert Guides, 1990. Gift of Lillian Snipe, Canterbury, Australia.

Gerbault, M., et al., guest eds. Andean Geodynamics: Main Issues and Contributions from the 5^th ISAG, Toulouse, France. Special issue of Tectonophysics, Vol. 399, Nos. 1-4. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2005.

Gingerich, O. The Book Nobody Read: Chasing the Revolutions of Nicolaus Copernicus. New York: Walker & Company, 2004. Gift of Sara Seager.

Grunder, A., and J. K. Russell, guest eds. Welding Processes in Volcanology. Special issue of Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, Vol. 142, Nos. 1-2. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2005.

Halliday, A., ed. EPSL Frontiers: Collection 2002-2003. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2002. Gift of Sean C. Solomon.

Hellmann, R., and S. A. Wood, eds. Water-Rock Interactions, Ore Deposits, and Environmental Geochemistry: A Tribute to David A. Crerar. St. Louis: The Geochemical Society, 2002.

Hill, R. J., et al., eds. Geochemical Investigations in Earth and Space Science: A Tribute to Isaac R. Kaplan. Amsterdam: Elsevier for The Geochemical Society, 2004.

Ho, L. C., ed. Coevolution of Black Holes and Galaxies. Cambridge University Press for Observatories of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, 2004. Gift of Luis C. Ho.

Holt, S. S., and D. Deming, eds. The Search for Other Worlds, Fourteenth Astrophysics Conference. AIP Conference Proceedings 713. Melville NY: American Institute of Physics, 2004.

Jonkers, A. R. T. Earth’s Magnetism in the Age of Sail. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003.

Kontak, D. J., et al., eds. PACROFI VIII: Fluid Inclusions. Proceedings of the Eighth Biennial Meeting of the Pan-American Conference on Research on Fluid Inclusions, held in July 2002. Special issue of The Canadian Mineralogist, Vol. 42, Part 5. Ottawa: Mineralogical Association of Canada, 2004.

Livio, M., et al., eds. Astrophysics of Life. Space Telescope Science Institute Symposium Series No. 16. Cambridge University Press, 2005. Gift of Alan P. Boss.

Maekawa, S., et al. Physics of Transition Metal Oxides. Berlin: Springer-Verlag, 2004.

Mallamace, F., and H. E. Stanley, eds. Proceedings of the International School of Physics “Enrico Fermi,” Varenna, July 1996. Course CXXXIV: The Physics of Complex Systems. Amsterdam: Società Italiana di Fisica, 1997.

McSween, H. Y., et al. Geochemistry: Pathways and Processes, 2^nd edition. New York: Columbia University Press, 2003.

McWilliam, A., and M. Rauch, eds. Origin and Evolution of the Elements. Cambridge University Press for Observatories of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, 2004. Gift of Luis C. Ho.

Mulchaey, J. S., et al., eds. Clusters of Galaxies: Probes of Cosmological Structure and Galaxy Evolution. Cambridge University Press for Observatories of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, 2004. Gift of Luis C. Ho.

National Science Foundation. EarthScope: 2005 National Meeting, Program and Abstracts. NSF and U. S. Geological Survey. Gift of Richard Carlson.

Parkhomenko, E. I. Electrical Properties of Rocks. Translated and edited by G. V. Keller. New York: Plenum Press, 1967.

Pines, D. Elementary Excitations in Solids: Lectures on Protons, Electrons and Plasmons. Reading MA: Perseus Books, 1999.

Poulos, H. G., and E. H. Davis. Elastic Solutions for Soil and Rock Mechanics. Centre for Geotechnical Research, University of Sydney, 1991.

Robb, L. Introduction to Ore-Forming Processes. Malden MA: Blackwell Science Ltd, 2005.

Seall, R. R. II, et al. Geochemistry of Sulfate Minerals in High- and Low-Temperature Environments: A Tribute to Robert O. Rye. Special issue of Chemical Geology, Vol. 215, Nos. 1-4. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2005.

Shankar, R. Principles of Quantum Mechanics, 2^nd edition. New York: Plenum Press, 1994.

Simmons, S. F., and I. Graham, eds. Volcanic, Geothermal and Ore-Forming Fluids: Rulers and Witnesses of Processes within the Earth, Special Publication Number 10. Littleton CO: Society of Economic Geologists, Inc., 2003.

Smith, E., and G. Dent. Modern Raman Spectroscopy--A Practical Approach. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 2005.

Stiefenhofer, J. The Petrography, Mineral Chemistry and Isotope Geochemistry of a Mantle Xenolith Suite from the Letlhakane DK1 and DK2 Kimberlite Pipes, Botswana. Ph.D. Thesis, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa, 1993.

van Keken, P. E., and S. D. King, guest eds. Thermal Structure and Dynamics of Subduction Zones: Insights from Observations and Modeling. Special issue of Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, vol. 149, Nos. 1-2. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2005.

New Audio-Visual Acquisitions

NASA and JPL. Mission to Jupiter: Jupiter Orbital Operations, Vol. 1. Galileo Calibration and Information Files. Pasadena: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 2004. Gift of Alan P. Boss.