Physik & Astronomie

Fiber Based Dispersion Compensation

Siddharth Ramachandran

<P>In three well-organized sections, this book offers the first detailed survey of dispersion compensating fibers. The sections outline Conventional Dispersion Compensating Fiber, including ...

Protein Condensation

James D. Gunton

Organizations and Strategies in Astronomy 7

Astronomy isthemostancientsciencehumanshavepracticedonEarth. Itisascienceofextremesandoflargenumbers:extremesoftime–fromthe big bang to in?nity –, of distances, of temperatures, of density and...

Frontiers of Fundamental Physics

Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers

<P><STRONG>The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers</STRONG> is a unique and valuable resource for historians and astronomers alike. The two volumes include approximately 155...

Borehole Climatology

Climate for the 21st century is expected to be considerably different from the present and recent past. Industrialization growth combined with the increasing CO2 concentration in the atmosphere an...

Space Systems Failures

Ralph Lorenz / David M. Harland

The very first book on space systems failures written from an engineering perspective. <P>Focuses on the causes of the failures and discusses how the engineering knowledge base has been enha...

Molecular Building Blocks for Nanotechnology

<P>This book takes a "bottom-up" approach, beginning with atoms and molecules – molecular building blocks – and assembling them to build nanostructured materials. Coverage includ...

Seals and Sealing Handbook

Wherever machinery operates there will be seals of some kind ensuring that the machine remains lubricated, the fluid being pumped does not leak, or the gas does not enter the atmosphere. Seals are...

Estuarine Ecohydrology

This book focuses on the principal components of an estuary. Although each chapter contains rigorous specialist knowledge, it is presented in an accessible way that encourages multi-disciplinary c...

Complex Systems

There has been recently some interdisciplinary convergence on a number of precise topics which can be considered as prototypes of complex systems. This convergence is best appreciated at the leve...

Particle Physics and Cosmology: the Fabric of Spacetime

This book is a collection of lectures given in August 2006 at the Les Houches Summer School on "e;Particle Physics and Cosmology: the Fabric of Spacetime?. It provides a pedagogical introducti...

US Spacesuits

Harold J. McMann / Kenneth S. Thomas

<P><STRONG></STRONG></P><STRONG>* the most accurate and comprehensive&nbsp;work on U.S. spacesuits ever published. </STRONG><P><STRONG>*A unique...

High-Latitude Ionosphere and its Effects on Radio Propagation

J. K. Hargreaves

Springer Handbook of Experimental Fluid Mechanics

This key text is a major reference work – a totally authoritative handbook on a major current topic. It consolidates state-of-the-art information from the large number of disciplines used in Exp...

NMR Spectroscopy Explained

Neil E. Jacobsen

<i>NMR Spectroscopy Explained : Simplified Theory, Applications and Examples for Organic Chemistry and Structural Biology</i> provides a fresh, practical guide to NMR for both students...

Nonlinear Waves and Solitons on Contours and Closed Surfaces

Andrei Ludu

<P>The present volume is an introduction to nonlinear waves and soliton theory in the special environment of compact spaces such as closed curves and surfaces and other domain contours. <...

Geology and Habitability of Terrestrial Planets

<P>Given the universal interest in whether extraterrestrial life has developed or could eventually develop, it is vital that an examination of planetary habitability go beyond simple assumpt...

Four Laws That Drive the Universe

Peter Atkins

Beyond The Quantum