R. B. Bapat AND T. E. S. Raghavan. Nonnegative Matrices and Applications. Encyclopedia of Mathematics and Its Applications, 64. Cambridge University Press. 1997, 336 pp., ISBN 0 521 57167 7 (hardback), £45. - L. J. Billera, A. Björner, C. Greene, R. E. Simion and R. P. Stanley (Eds.). New Perspectives in Algebraic Combinatorics. Cambridge University Press. 1999, 345 pp., ISBN 0 521 77087 4 (hardback), £32·50. - Robert Bix. Conies and Cubics, a Concrete Introduction to Algebraic Curves. Springer Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics. Springer-Verlag. 1998, 289 pp., ISBN 0 387 98401 1 (hardback), £37·50. - A. Björner, M. Las Vergnas, B. Sturmfels, N. White and G. Ziegler. Oriented Matroids (2nd Edition). Encyclopedia of Mathematics and Its Applications, 46. Cambridge University Press. 1999, 548 pp., ISBN 0 521 77750 X (paperback), £30. - David M. Bressoud. Proofs and Configurations (the Story of the Alternating Sign Matrix Conjecture). Cambridge University Press. 1999, 274 pp.. ISBN 0 521 66170 6 (hardback), £47·50; 0 521 66646 5 (paperback), £17·95. - G. P. Csicsery. N is a number: a Portrait of Paul Erdőds. A Documentary Film. Springer Videomath. 1999, 57 min., ISBN 3 540 92642 9, £25·83. - H. Davenport. The Higher Arithmetic (7th edition). Cambridge University Press. 1999, 241 pp., ISBN 0 521 63269 2 (hardback), £45; 0 521 63446 6 (paperback), £16·95. - J. D. Dixon, M. P. F. Du Sautoy, A. Mann and D. Segal. Analytic Pro-p groups (2nd edition). Cambridge Studies in Advanced Mathematics, 61. Cambridge University Press. 1999, 368 pp., ISBN 0 521 65011 9 (hardback). £37·50. - D. Eisenbud and J. Harris. The Geometry of Schemes. Graduate Texts in Mathematics, 197. Springer-Verlag (New York, Berlin, etc.). 1999, 294 pp., ISBN 0 387 98638 3 (hardback), £48; 0 387 98637 5 (paperback), £18. - R. Feres. Dynamical Systems and Semisimple Groups: an Introduction. Cambridge Tracts in Mathematics, 126. Cambridge University Press. 1998, 245 pp., ISBN 0 521 59162 7 (hardback), £35. - G. T. Gilbert and R. L. Hatcher. Mathematics beyond the Numbers. Wiley–Interscience (New York). 1999, 687 pp., ISBN 0 471 13934 3 (hardback), £39·95. - D. Gusfield. Algorithms on Strings, Trees and Sequences: Computer Science and Computational Biology. Cambridge University Press. 1997, 534 pp., ISBN 0 521 58519 8 (hardback), £40. - J. Harris and I. Morrison. Moduli of Curves. Graduate Texts in Mathematics. Springer-Verlag. 1998, 366 pp., ISBN 0 387 98438 0 (hardback), £45·50; 0 387 98429 1 (paperback), £28·50. - A. Ivanov. Geometry of Sporadic Groups, I, Petersen and Tilde Geometries. Encyclopedia of Mathematics and Its Applications, 76. Cambridge University Press. 1999, 408 pp., ISBN 0 521 41362 1 (hardback), £45. - P.-L. Lions. Mathematical Topics in Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 2. Clarendon Press (Oxford). 1998, 348 pp., ISBN 0 198 51488 3 (hardback), £42. - Isaac Newton. The Principia: Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy. A New Translation by I. Bernard Cohen and Anne Whitman, assisted by Julia Budenz. (Preceded by a Guide to Newton's Principia by I. Bernard Cohen.) University of California Press (Berkeley). 1999, 971 pp.. ISBN 0 520 08816 6 (hardback), £47; 0 520 08817 4 (paperback), £22·50; 0 520 00929 0 (paperback), £11·95. - W. Keith Nicholson. Introduction to Abstract Algebra (2nd edition). Wiley-Interscience (New York). 1999, 599 pp., ISBN 0 471 33109 0 (hardback). £58·50. - H. Scheffé. The Analysis of Variance. Wiley–Interscience (New York). 1999. 477 pp., ISBN 0 471 34505 9 (paperback), £32·50. - S. Stahl. Real Analysis: a Historical Approach. Wiley–Interscience (New York). 1999, 269 pp., ISBN 0 471 31852 3 (hardback), £51·95. - Manfred Stern. Semimodular Lattices. Encyclopedia of Mathematics and Its Applications, 73. Cambridge University Press. 1999, 370 pp., ISBN 0 521 46105 7 (hardback), £50.

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R. B. Bapat AND T. E. S. Raghavan. Nonnegative Matrices and Applications. Encyclopedia of Mathematics and Its Applications, 64. Cambridge University Press. 1997, 336 pp., ISBN 0 521 57167 7 (hardback), £45. - L. J. Billera, A. Björner, C. Greene, R. E. Simion and R. P. Stanley (Eds.). New Perspectives in Algebraic Combinatorics. Cambridge University Press. 1999, 345 pp., ISBN 0 521 77087 4 (hardback), £32·50. - Robert Bix. Conies and Cubics, a Concrete Introduction to Algebraic Curves. Springer Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics. Springer-Verlag. 1998, 289 pp., ISBN 0 387 98401 1 (hardback), £37·50. - A. Björner, M. Las Vergnas, B. Sturmfels, N. White and G. Ziegler. Oriented Matroids (2nd Edition). Encyclopedia of Mathematics and Its Applications, 46. Cambridge University Press. 1999, 548 pp., ISBN 0 521 77750 X (paperback), £30. - David M. Bressoud. Proofs and Configurations (the Story of the Alternating Sign Matrix Conjecture). Cambridge University Press. 1999, 274 pp.. ISBN 0 521 66170 6 (hardback), £47·50; 0 521 66646 5 (paperback), £17·95. - G. P. Csicsery. N is a number: a Portrait of Paul Erdőds. A Documentary Film. Springer Videomath. 1999, 57 min., ISBN 3 540 92642 9, £25·83. - H. Davenport. The Higher Arithmetic (7th edition). Cambridge University Press. 1999, 241 pp., ISBN 0 521 63269 2 (hardback), £45; 0 521 63446 6 (paperback), £16·95. - J. D. Dixon, M. P. F. Du Sautoy, A. Mann and D. Segal. Analytic Pro-p groups (2nd edition). Cambridge Studies in Advanced Mathematics, 61. Cambridge University Press. 1999, 368 pp., ISBN 0 521 65011 9 (hardback). £37·50. - D. Eisenbud and J. Harris. The Geometry of Schemes. Graduate Texts in Mathematics, 197. Springer-Verlag (New York, Berlin, etc.). 1999, 294 pp., ISBN 0 387 98638 3 (hardback), £48; 0 387 98637 5 (paperback), £18. - R. Feres. Dynamical Systems and Semisimple Groups: an Introduction. Cambridge Tracts in Mathematics, 126. Cambridge University Press. 1998, 245 pp., ISBN 0 521 59162 7 (hardback), £35. - G. T. Gilbert and R. L. Hatcher. Mathematics beyond the Numbers. Wiley–Interscience (New York). 1999, 687 pp., ISBN 0 471 13934 3 (hardback), £39·95. - D. Gusfield. Algorithms on Strings, Trees and Sequences: Computer Science and Computational Biology. Cambridge University Press. 1997, 534 pp., ISBN 0 521 58519 8 (hardback), £40. - J. Harris and I. Morrison. Moduli of Curves. Graduate Texts in Mathematics. Springer-Verlag. 1998, 366 pp., ISBN 0 387 98438 0 (hardback), £45·50; 0 387 98429 1 (paperback), £28·50. - A. Ivanov. Geometry of Sporadic Groups, I, Petersen and Tilde Geometries. Encyclopedia of Mathematics and Its Applications, 76. Cambridge University Press. 1999, 408 pp., ISBN 0 521 41362 1 (hardback), £45. - P.-L. Lions. Mathematical Topics in Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 2. Clarendon Press (Oxford). 1998, 348 pp., ISBN 0 198 51488 3 (hardback), £42. - Isaac Newton. The Principia: Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy. A New Translation by I. Bernard Cohen and Anne Whitman, assisted by Julia Budenz. (Preceded by a Guide to Newton's Principia by I. Bernard Cohen.) University of California Press (Berkeley). 1999, 971 pp.. ISBN 0 520 08816 6 (hardback), £47; 0 520 08817 4 (paperback), £22·50; 0 520 00929 0 (paperback), £11·95. - W. Keith Nicholson. Introduction to Abstract Algebra (2nd edition). Wiley-Interscience (New York). 1999, 599 pp., ISBN 0 471 33109 0 (hardback). £58·50. - H. Scheffé. The Analysis of Variance. Wiley–Interscience (New York). 1999. 477 pp., ISBN 0 471 34505 9 (paperback), £32·50. - S. Stahl. Real Analysis: a Historical Approach. Wiley–Interscience (New York). 1999, 269 pp., ISBN 0 471 31852 3 (hardback), £51·95. - Manfred Stern. Semimodular Lattices. Encyclopedia of Mathematics and Its Applications, 73. Cambridge University Press. 1999, 370 pp., ISBN 0 521 46105 7 (hardback), £50.

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