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Statistical Physics: Statics, Dynamics and Renormalization
by Leo P Kadanoff
(University of Chicago)
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“Leo Kadanoff is one of the deep thinkers in statistical physics and that is apparent on almost every page of his “Statistical Physics: Statics, Dynamics, and Renormalization .” This is a mixture of pedagogy, history (including reprints of classical or especially apt papers), and original thoughts, full of wisdom and with many startling insights. It is based in part on lectures Professor Kadanoff has given in graduate courses at the University of Chicago. His students and other attendees were most fortunate; I wish I had been among them!”
Benjamin Widom
Cornell University
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Lectures on Differential Geometry
by S S Chern
(University of California, Berkeley)
W H Chen
(Beijing University)
K S Lam
(California State Polytechnic University)
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“This excellent and polished book may not be suitable for the very beginning student, but it is highly recommended for all mathematicians, from the advanced undergraduate student to the experienced professor. For many mathematicians it will be a work of reference for their research. It will be welcomed by physicists.”
Prof. F Hirzebruch
Max-Planck Institute, Bonn
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Candid Science: Conversations with Famous Chemists
by István Hargittai
(Budapest Technical University)
edited by
Magdolna Hargittai
(Eötvös University, Budapest)
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“... István Hargittai ... is brilliant at drawing his subjects out, tactfully asking them the right questions and thus providing us with an insider view of what chemistry in the 20th century has been like ... these people are extraordinarily successful chemists, and enthusiasts for it. They make the book delightful to browse. Maybe it will, as it should, produce enthusiasts in its turn; it should be on everyone's bedside table.”
Chemistry & Industry
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Handbook of Pattern Recognition and Computer Vision
2nd Edition
edited by
C H Chen
(University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth)
L F Pau
(Ericsson, Sweden)
P S P Wang
(Northeastern University)
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“All the papers contain an exhaustive list of references covering most of the work in the field of PR and computer vision. The handbook contains also a subject index facilitating the use of the book as a reference source. All this makes the Handbook of Pattern Recognition and Computer Vision an indispensable source of information for any researcher in the field (or even in application fields) and it should not be missing from any engineering or mathematical library.”
Pavel Pudil
IAPR Newsletter
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Wall Street Capitalism: The Theory of the Bondholding Class
by E Ray Canterbery
(Florida State University)
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“Nothing is more accepted in our time as the association of money, especially as manifested in Wall Street, with intelligence. Ray Canterbery is one of the few literate and persuasive scholars who stir doubts as to this association and he marshals impressive evidence to make the point. There was rarely a time when such doubts were more needed. No concerned citizen, and certainly no self-concerned investor, should miss this book.”
John Kenneth Galbraith
Harvard University
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Chemical Biology: Selected Papers of H Gobind Khorana
(with Introductions)
edited by
H Gobind Khorana
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
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“Khorana has been a leading scientist during a crucial period in the development of molecular biology and he intimately knew the people who influenced the field. He brings to this book the view of a chemist and he emphasizes the potential of organic chemistry in biology. This is a very important book for young scientists in the fields of molecular biology, genetics and medical science.”
Amos Panet
Professor of Cancer Research
The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
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Lymphatic Filariasis
edited by
Thomas B Nutman
(National Institutes of Health, USA)
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"It is a good concise summary of filariasis research and clinical advances for students and research scientists new to the field, as well as a useful source for those more experienced in the subject. It should also provide valuable information to clinicians and health workers, many of whom have limited access to the primary literature ..."
Annals of Tropical Medicine & Parasitology
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