The Theory of Chaotic Attractors B.K. Hunt, J.A. Kennedy, T-Y Li, H.E. Nusse, eds., Springer-Verlag (2004), 514 pp., price US $69.95 ISBN: 0387403493.

Level: medium to advanced.

This is a collection of outstanding papers on chaotic attractors, suitable for seminars. It has a nice introduction to Yorke [who coined the word 'chaos'] --- his person and his work. There are famous papers by Lorenz, Bowen and Ruelle, Li and Yorke, Hénon, Farmer, Milnor. The book is appropriate for any library carrying dynamical systems material.

	Initial-Boundary Value Problems and the Navier-Stokes Equations H-O. Kreiss, J. Lorenz, SIAM Classics in Appl. Math. 47 (2004), 402 pp., price US $48.-. ISBN: 0898715652.

Level: advanced.

This is a reprint of a 1989 edition which contains a thorough analysis of nonlinear initial-boundary value problems with specific attention to Burgers' equation and to incompressible Navier-Stokes problems.

	Applied Laplace Transforms and z-Transforms for Scientists and Engineers U. Graf, Birkhauser (2004), 500 pp., price US $89.95. ISBN: 3764324279.

Level: intermediate.

The text gives an introduction to Laplace transforms in the context of applications, particularly to control theory, heat transfer, vibrations, and other dynamical contexts. There is a special emphasis on computational tools. The text is written with Mathematica supplements, including a CD-ROM.