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A Critical Edition of Ibn al-Haytham’s On the Shape of the Eclipse: The Fir…
This book provides the first critical edition of Ibn al-Haytham’s On the Shape of the Eclipse with English translation and commentary, which records the first scientific analysis of the camera obscura. On the Shape of the Eclipse includes pioneering research on the conditions of formation of the image, in a time deemed to be committed to aniconism. It also provides an early attempt to merge t…
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- 978-3-319-47991-0
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- 621.366 RAY c
Engineering the Atom-Photon Interaction Controlling Fundamental Processes wi…
This book provides a comprehensive view of the contemporary methods for quantum-light engineering. In particular, it addresses different technological branches and therefore allows the reader to quickly identify the best technology - application match. Non-classical light is a versatile tool, proven to be an intrinsic part of various quantum technologies. Its historical significance has made it…
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- 978-3-319-19231-4
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- 43 b/w illustrations, 112 illustrations in colour
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Theory and Applications of Smart Cameras
This book presents an overview of smart camera systems, considering practical applications but also reviewing fundamental aspects of the underlying technology. It introduces in a tutorial style the principles of sensing and signal processing, and also describes topics such as wireless connection to the Internet of Things (IoT) which is expected to be the biggest market for smart cameras.
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- 978-94-017-9987-4
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- 67 b/w illustrations, 135 illustrations in colour
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Nanoscale Materials and Devices for Electronics, Photonics and Solar Energy
This book presents research dedicated to solving scientific and technological problems in many areas of electronics, photonics and renewable energy. Progress in information and renewable energy technologies requires miniaturization of devices and reduction of costs, energy and material consumption. The latest generation of electronic devices is now approaching nanometer scale dimensions; new ma…
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- 978-3-319-18632-0
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- XII, 282
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- Nanostructure Science and Technology
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Nanomaterials and Nanoarchitectures
The current work consists of nine contributions describing recent progress in the interdisciplinary of Nanoscience, which involves physics, chemistry, engineering, biology and medicine and one essay outlining some important historical and socioeconomic factors pertaining to recent developments in nanoscale science and technology. All 10 chapters have been written by eminent experts in their …
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- 1874-6519
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- XIV, 343
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- NATO Science for Peace and Security Series C: Environmental Security
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Nanocomposites, Nanophotonics, Nanobiotechnology, and Applications
This book presents some of the latest achievements in nanotechnology and nanomaterials from leading researchers in Ukraine, Europe, and beyond. It features contributions from participants in the 2nd International Summer School “Nanotechnology: From Fundamental Research to Innovations” and International Research and Practice Conference “Nanotechnology and Nanomaterials”, NANO-2013, which…
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- 0930-8989
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- XX, 403
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- Springer Proceedings in Physics
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Nano-Structures for Optics and Photonics
The contributions in this volume were presented at a NATO Advanced Study Institute held in Erice, Italy, 4-19 July 2013. Many aspects of important research into nanophotonics, plasmonics, semiconductor materials and devices, instrumentation for bio sensing to name just a few, are covered in depth in this volume. The growing connection between optics and electronics, due to the increasing impor…
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- 1874-6500
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- XXXVI, 586
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- NATO Science for Peace and Security Series B: Physics and Biophysics
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Electrodynamics: The Field-Free Approach Electrostatics, Magnetism, Inductio…
This book is intended as an undergraduate textbook in electrodynamics at basic or advanced level. The objective is to attain a general understanding of the electrodynamic theory and its basic experiments and phenomena in order to form a foundation for further studies in the engineering sciences as well as in modern quantum physics. The outline of the book is obtained from the following princ…
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- 978-3-319-13171-9
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- 200 b/w illustrations, 4 illustrations in colour
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