Approx. 2600pp, 4 volumes
Springer-SBM & Canopus Academic Publishing
PUBLISHING DECEMBER 2011 – FOR PREPUB DISCOUNT 0F 20% EMAIL robin@canopusbooks.com
Extract from the Foreword:
“I am honored to have been invited to write a Foreword to the Handbook of Visual Display Technology, a monumental work indeed!…This book, to the best of my knowledge, is the first of its kind….The [...]
This book summarises recent progress in the science and technology of rare-earth doped nitrides, providing a snapshot of the field at a critical point in its development.
Improved theoretical understanding of the behaviour of f-electrons in solids, driven by accelerating computational capability, has coincided with an improved ability of crystal growers to incorporate rare earth elements [...]
This book was born with the aim of increasing the awareness of the wide range of properties of ferroelectric materials among the different communities working on and with piezoelectric ceramic materials and devices based on these.
Ceramics are key materials in a large percentage of devices using piezoelectricity in myriads of applications. This well-known fact is [...]
Identifying, modelling and controlling nonlinear vibrations is becoming increasingly important in a range of engineering applications. This is particularly true in the design of structures such as aircraft, satellites, bridges, and sports stadia. Here, the trend is towards lighter structures, with increased slenderness, often made of new composite materials and requiring some form of deployment [...]
Generalized Phase Contrast elevates the phase contrast technique not only to improve phase imaging but also to cross over and interface with diverse and seemingly disparate fields of contemporary optics and photonics.
This book presents a comprehensive introduction to the Generalized Phase Contrast (GPC) method including an overview of the range of current and potential applications [...]
Professor Tony Guttmann, editor and author of Polygons, Polyominoes and Polycubes was kind enough to write a few words for us about his career and interests: Like most professional mathematicians, I loved numbers as a child, but a practical streak saw me enrol in electrical engineering, before switching to physics and mathematics halfway through [...]
Professor Derek Ward-Thompson, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Cardiff University.
Derek Ward-Thompson is one of the UK’s foremost researchers in the field of Star Formation. With his colleague Robert Simpson, he recently hosted a fascinating conference in Cardiff which looked at the way the web has revolutionised astronomical research (for example www.GalaxyZoo.org ). The [...]