Books on approval – September 2024

In an effort to improve the collection at IIA library, we have received 18 books on approval from the vendors.

All IIA Library users are requested to visit and check these books. Post your suggestions here or mail them to library@iiap.res.in

1. Essential Astrophysics: Interstellar Medium to Stellar Remnants/ Basu, Shantanu and Sharma, Pranav: CRC Press, 2022 978-1-032-10563-5
2. Astrophysics: Decoding the Stars/ Irwin, Judith: Wiley, 2023 978-1-119-62355-7
3. From Quarks to the Universe: A short Physics Course/ Economou, Eleftherios N.-2^rd ed.: Springer, 2016   978-3-319-20653-0
4. Group Theory in Solid State Physics and Photonics: Problem Solving with Mathematica/      Hergert, Wolfram and Geilhufe, R. Matthias: Wiley-VCH, 2018 978-3-527-41133-7
5. Pathways to Astronomy/ Schneider, Stephen E. and Arny, Thomas T.-6^th ed.: McGraw-Hill, 2021 978-1-260-25806-6
6. The Principles of Quantum Theory, From Planck’s Quanta to the Higgs Boson/ Plotnitsky, Arkady: Springer, 2016 978-3-319-32066-3
7. Classical Mechanics/ Kamberaj, Hiqmet: De Gruyter, 2021  978-3-11-075581-7
8. Gravitational waves from a quantum field theory perspective/  Mohanty, Subhendra: Springer, 2023  978-3-031-23769-0
9. Messengers from the cosmos/ Riggi, Francesco: Springer, 2023    978-3-031-24761-3
10. The special theory of relativity : a mathematical approach/  Rahaman, Farook: Springer. -2^nd ed., 2022     978-981-19-0496-7
11. Mathematical methods using python: applications in physics and engineering/ Pagonis, Vasilis and Kulp, Christopher W.: CRC press, 2024 978-1-032-27836-0
12. Advanced calculus and its applications in varitional quantum mechanics and relativity theory/ Botelho, Fabio Silva. : CRC Press, 2021 978-0-367-74649-0
13. A geometrical approach to physics/ Burton, David A and Noble, Adam: CRC Press, 2024 978-1-032-12928-0
14. Introduction to orbital perturbations/ Longuski, James A., Hoots, Felix R and Pollock IV, George E.: Springer, 2022 978-3-030-89760-4
15. Electrodynamics tutorials with python simulations/ Kouh, Taejoon and Kouh, Minjoon.: CRC Press, 2024 978-1-032-5023-1
16. Data science and machine learning for non-programmers/ Truong, Dothang.: CRC Press, 2024 978-0-367-75538-6
17. Functional data analysis with R/ Crainiceanu, Ciprin M et.al.: CRC Press, 2024 978-1-032-24472-3
18. Finn’s thermal physics/ Rex, Andrew, and Finn, C.B.P., 4th ed.: CRC Press, 2024 978-1-032-28982-3

Suggested books will be scrutinized by a library committee for their relevance, and those selected are ordered for by the library concerned.