Provides a summary of non-equilibrium glassy and amorphous structures and their macro- and microscopic... Læs mere
This is the first book ever written on this subject. It describes recent progress in the use of liquid crystals as active components in electronic and photonic organic devices such as organic light-emitting diodes, thin film transistors and photovoltaic cells.
Features various catalytic reactions enabled by N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs), either directly as organocatalysts or as ligands... Læs mere
Written for active researchers in optics, optoelectronics, applied physics and engineering, this book is a comprehensive introduction to the Generalized Phase Contrast (GPC) method, a powerful phase-contrast technique developed to visualize phase disturbances.
This unique collection by leading scholars and practitioners was derived from a project to advise the UN, and brings the problems faced by displaced women in conflict zones into sharp focus. It offers in-depth understanding and problem-solving ideas.
Whereas science, technology, and medicine have all called forth dedicated philosophical investigations, a fourth major contributor to the technoscientific world in which we all live - that is, engineering - has been accorded almost none of the philosophical attention it deserves.
This book has its origins in a special issue of the journal Science & Education (Volume 18 Numbers 6–7, 2009). As explained in the Introduction, the catalyst for the journal special issue was the essay on ‘Science, Worldviews and Education’ submitted to the journal by Hugh G.
The aim of this book is to present pedestrian injuries from a biomechanical perspective. We aim to give a detailed treatment of the physics of pedestrian impact, as well as a review of the accident databases and the relevant injury criteria used to assess pedestrian injuries.
The first of three volumes devoted to phenomenology, existentialism and their unfolding interaction, this book of fresh research covers the predecessors of existentialism and their adherents to existentialism's congruence with Christianity or atheism.
Kant’s "Critique of Pure Reason" is so outstanding among modern philosophical works, that it can be termed "the" foundation of modern philosophy.
Informed by her in-depth ethnomusical knowledge, the result of detailed fieldwork, Mans’s book is about musical worlds and how we as people inhabit them.
Based on topics that frame the debate about the future of professional music education, this book explores the issues that music teachers must confront in a rapidly shifting educational landscape.