For more dedicated students exploring future careers in high-tech science, these eye-opening surveys both lay out current areas of progress and impart a heady sense of the breathtaking pace of discovery. Along with offering broad overviews enriched with specific descriptions of relevant physical, chemical, and biological processes, each author cites specific recent experiments, research projects, and newly opened fields of inquiry. Each volume includes several sidebar profiles of renowned and/or currently active researchers and cogent discussions of issues or controversies. These titles will update and deepen science collections of any size and scope.