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Steven G. Johnson, «Photonic Crystals The Road from Theory to Practice»
ISBN: 0792376099 | Publisher: Springer | Publication Date: 2002-01-15 | Number Of Pages: 160 | pdf | 1,3 mb

Photonic Crystals: The Road from Theory to Practice explores the theoretical road leading to the practical application of photonic band gaps. These new optimal devices are based on symmetry and resonance and the benefits and limitations of hybrid "two dimensional" slab systems in three dimensions. The book also explains that they also signify a return to the ideal of an omnidirectional band gap in a structure inspired by and emulating the simplicity of two dimensions. Finally, the book takes a look at computational methods to solve the mathematical problems that underlie all undertakings in this field. Photonic Crystals: The Road from Theory to Practice should rapidly bring the optical professional and engineer up to speed on this intersection of electromagnetism and solid-state physics. It will also provide an excellent addition to any graduate course in optics.

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Origins: How the Planets, Stars, Galaxies, and the Universe Began   cover  Origins: How the Planets, Stars, Galaxies, and the Universe Began

Publisher: Springer | PDF | Pages: 284 | Publication Date: 2006-12-15 | ISBN / ASIN: 1846284015 | 3.7 MB
This book is about the origin questions - the questions of how (1) the planets, (2) the stars, (3) the galaxies, and (4) the universe itself were formed. These are the biggest questions in astronomy, and in the last decade, there has been a revolution in observational astronomy which has meant that we are very close to answering three of the four big questions. It is therefore a propitious time for this book.

In the last decade, there has been a revolution in observational astronomy, which has meant that we are very close to answering three of the four big ‘origin questions', of how the planets, stars, galaxies, and the universe itself were formed.

As recently as 1995 we knew of only one planetary system: our own. Now we know of over a hundred, and this knowledge has helped to reveal how planetary systems form. In this same decade, new types of telescope have allowed us to penetrate through clouds of interstellar dust to see the first moments in the life of a star, and also to see directly (not infer) what galaxies looked like thirteen billion years ago, only a billion years after the Big Bang. Because of this new knowledge, we now have provisional answers to the second and third origin question. The final question is the one we can't yet answer, but even here there have been big steps towards an answer. Within the last four years, astronomers have discovered that the universe is geometrically flat and that its expansion is accelerating, fuelled by a mysterious dark energy.

This revolution in our observational knowledge of the universe - including the first precise measurements of its age and matter and energy content - has been vital groundwork for new ideas about its origin, including the possibility that the universe originated in a larger `meta-universe'.

Origin Questions describes, at an understandable and basically non-mathematical level, the origin questions and the recent steps that have been taken towards answering them.

   

 

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Nano Mechanics and Materials: Theory, Multiscale Methods and Applications

Wing Kam Liu / Eduard G. Karpov / Harold S. Park, «Nano Mechanics and Materials: Theory, Multiscale Methods and Applications»
Wiley | ISBN 0470018518 | 2006-03-13 | PDF | 5 Mb | 334 pages

Nanotechnology is a progressive research and development topic with large amounts of venture capital and government funding being invested worldwide. Nano mechanics, in particular, is the study and characterization of the mechanical behaviour of individual atoms, systems and structures in response to various types of forces and loading conditions.

This text, written by respected researchers in the field, informs researchers and practitioners about the fundamental concepts in nano mechanics and materials, focusing on their modelling via multiple scale methods and techniques. The book systematically covers the theory behind multi-particle and nanoscale systems, introduces multiple scale methods, and finally looks at contemporary applications in nano-structured and bio-inspired materials

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Robot Builder's Bonanza, Third Edition (Robot Builder's Bonanza)

Robot Builder's Bonanza, Third Edition (Robot Builder's Bonanza)

McGraw-Hill/TAB Electronics | Pages: 733 | ISBN / ASIN:0071468935 | 9MB

Book Description:
Everybody's favorite amateur robotics book is bolder and better than ever - and now features the field's "grand master" Myke Predko as the new author! Author duo McComb and Predko bring their expertise to this fully-illustrated robotics "bible" to enhance the already incomparable content on how to build - and have a universe of fun - with robots. Projects vary in complexity so everyone from novices to advanced hobbyists will find something of interest.
NEW TO THIS EDITION:

* 30 completely new projects
* All projects have been revamped to be more customizable
* More visual - illustrations of the final product are right at the beginning of the chapter

Everything you need to build from plans provided or create your own designs:
* Robot Basics * Construction Techniques * Computer and Electronic Control * Power, Motors, and Locomotion * Practical Robotics Projects * Sensors and Navigation * Robot Programming * Tips, Tricks, and Tidbits

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Handbook on the Physics and Chemistry of Rare Earths: Vol 1 - Metals

«Handbook on the Physics and Chemistry of Rare Earths, Vol 1: Metals»

Karl A. Gschneidner | Elsevier Science | ISBN 0444850201 | 1979-08 | 920 pages | PDF | 14 Mb

Highly experienced authors have written each review usually at a level suitable for advanced postgraduate students and research workers from a variety of fields. With the great richness of information involving references to other review articles written from different points of view, the books are an important reference source and should be on the shelves of most libraries. (Journal of Applied Crystallography

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The Einstein Dossiers Science and Politics

«The Einstein Dossiers: Science and Politics - Einstein's Berlin Period with an Appendix on Einstein's FBI File»
Siegfried Grundmann | Springer | ISBN: 354025661X | 1 edition (December 8, 2005) | 460 pages | PDF | 6.2 Mb

In 1919 the Prussian Ministry of Science, Arts and Culture opened a dossier on "Einstein's Theory of Relativity." It was rediscovered by the author in 1961 and is used in conjunction with numerous other subsequently identified ‘Einstein' files as the basis of this fascinating book. In particular, the author carefully scrutinizes Einstein's FBI file from 1950-55 against mostly unpublished material from European including Soviet sources and presents hitherto unknown documentation on Einstein's alleged contacts with the German Communist Party and the Comintern. Siegfried Grundmann's thorough study of Einstein's participation on a committee of the League of Nations, based on archival research in Geneva, is also new. This book outlines Einstein's image in politics and German science policy. It covers the period from his appointment as a researcher in Berlin to his fight abroad against the "boycott of German science" after World War I and his struggle at home against attacks on "Jewish physics" of which he was made a prime target. An important gap in the literature on Einstein is thus filled, contributing much new material toward a better understanding of Einstein's so rigorous break with Germany.

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Visual Astronomy Under Dark Skies

Antony Cooke, «Visual Astronomy Under Dark Skies: A New Approach to Observing Deep Space»

Springer | ISBN: 1852339012 | 1 edition (May 26, 2005) | 192 pages | PDF | 3.5 Mb

Modern astronomical telescopes, along with other advances in technology, have brought the deep sky - star clusters, nebulae and the galaxies - within reach of amateur astronomers. And it isn't even necessary to image many of these deep-sky objects in order to see them; they are within reach of visual observers using modern techniques and enhancement technology. The first requirement is truly dark skies; if you are observing from a light-polluted environment you need Tony Cooke's book, Visual Astronomy in the Suburbs. Given a site with clear, dark night skies everything else follows... this book will provide the reader with everything he needs to know about what to observe, and using some of today's state-of-the-art technique and commercial equipment, how to get superb views of faint and distant astronomical objects.

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