"Version: 20180501"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Scientists as entrepreneurs -- 2. Selling your invention--options 1 and 2 -- 3. Selling your invention--options 3 and 4 -- 4. A start-up--formalities -- 5. Patenting your invention -- 6. Writing a business plan -- 7. A business plan -- 8. Raising funds -- 9. Managing a start-up -- 10. In conclusion.Through patenting an…
"Version: 20200701"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.part I. Essentials. 1. Basic properties of stars and the stellar plasma -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Blackbody radiation and luminosity -- 1.3. Abundances and mass fractions -- 1.4. Further thermodynamic relations -- 1.5. Equations-of-state for stellar plasmas -- 1.6. Basics of scattering -- 1.7. Spin, parity, and selecti…
"Version: 20161201"--Title page verso.EPUB and Kindle versions includes embedded videos.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- 1. The components of lightning -- 1.1. Features of lightning plasma -- 1.2. Lightning is more than a spark -- 1.3. Conditions for leader propagation -- 1.4. Lightning leaders in nature2. Lightning leaders versus free-burning arcs -- 2.1. Similarities and differe…
"Version: 20170301"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- 1. Introduction and overview -- 1.1. Reasons for moving away from normal practices in electronics -- 1.2. Organization of the book -- 1.3. Temperature effects -- 1.4. Harsh environment effects -- 1.5. Discussion and conclusions2. Operating electronics beyond conventional limits -- 2.1. Life-threatening temperat…
"Version: 20150201"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- Acknowledgement -- Author biography -- The future of electric power systems -- Advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) and general operational and communication issues -- Reliability principles -- Advanced metering and demand response applications -- Improvement of service reliability and optimization of energy …
"Version: 20160301"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- 1. The reactivity of metals based on delocalized electronic states -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. The d-band model -- 1.3. The self-consistent model of chemisorption on surfaces -- 1.4. When the surface electronic properties change : models based on Newns-Anderson -- 1.5. The LDOSEF model -- 1.6. Cluster reactivi…
"Version: 20170102"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- part I. Fundamentals -- 1. The classical state -- 2. Origins of quantum mechanics -- 3. The wave-like behavior of electrons -- 4. The quantum state -- 5. Dynamics of the quantum state -- 6. Energy and uncertainty -- 7. Operators and observationspart II. Exact solutions -- 8. Rectangular potentials -- 9. The har…
"Version: 20160901"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Communicating knowledge: from Ancient Greece to modern days -- 1.3. How to use this book -- 1.4. Summary -- 1.5. Further study2. Publishing work in academic journals -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. Scoping your deliverables -- 2.3. Choosing a journal -- 2.4. Writing and…
"Version: 20151001"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- About the author -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1. Rutherford and evidence for the nuclear atom -- 1.2. The first true nuclear reaction -- 1.3. The role of accelerators -- 1.4. Detection methods -- 1.5. The neutron and the correct composition of nuclei -- 1.6. Nuclear spectroscopy -- 1.7. Higher energies -- 1.8. Gener…
"Version: 20191101"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. The carbon atom -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Electronic configuration and covalent bonding between carbon atoms -- 1.3. Carbon allotropes -- 1.4. Bonding energy and energy bands -- 1.5. Summary -- 1.6. Exercises2. Diamond -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. Introduction to diamond -- 2.3. Band structure of diamond -- 2.4. Sup…