by Q Ho-Kim, N Kumar and C S Lam, World Scientific. Hardback ISBN 9812383026, £76 ($103); paperback ISBN 9812383034, £30 ($41).
This is a completely revised second edition of a book that presents 10 of the most important areas of modern physics. It ranges from lasers and superconductivity to particles and cosmology, and includes three new chapters on Bose-Einstein condensation, nanostructures and quantum computing. Of interest to students and teachers, the emphasis is as much on describing natural phenomena as on explaining them in terms of basic physical principles.
