"Version: 20161001"--Title page version.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- 1. Mathematical introduction -- 1.1. Introduction to the calculus of variations -- 1.2. Vectors2. The concept of charge -- 2.1. Electric charge -- 2.2. Electrification -- 2.3. Some properties of charges -- 2.4. Coulomb's law3. Electrostatics -- 3.1. Introduction and the need for the concept of fields -- 3.2. …
"Version: 20161001"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.4. Impact device processing and scaling on RTS -- 4.1. Processing effects on RTS -- 4.2. RTS in fin-type architectures -- 4.3. Nanometric scaling aspects of RTS -- 4.4. RTS in 'beyond-silicon' devices5. Operational and reliability aspects of RTS -- 5.1. Switching AC operation of RTS -- 5.2. Impact of uniform and HC degrad…
"Version: 20180901"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Laser basics -- 1.1. Generation of laser irradiation -- 1.2. Lasers and laser types used in medicine -- 1.3. Laser safety aspects -- 1.4. Laser basics--bottom line2. Basics of medical laser systems -- 2.1. General setup of medical laser systems -- 2.2. Laser beam guidance systems -- 2.3. Optical terminal units and acce…
"Version: 20171201"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Stars : setting the stage -- 1.1. The sun : our star -- 1.2. The chemical composition of the sun and stars -- 1.3. The structure of stars -- 1.4. Stellar evolution in a nutshell -- 1.5. Summary2. Observations of stellar parameters -- 2.1. The distance of stars -- 2.2. The mass of stars -- 2.3. The luminosity of stars -…
"Version: 20190401"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Structural basis of the circulatory system -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Cardiac structure -- 1.3. Vessel structure -- 1.4. The circulatory system -- 1.5. Human blood -- 1.6. Microcirculation2. Human circulatory function -- 2.1. Hemodynamics -- 2.2. The left ventricular function -- 2.3. Vessel function -- 2.4. Blood rhe…
"Version: 20230201"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Introduction for residents, technologists, scientists, and for anyone curious -- 1. Five big ideas for MRI -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1. Waves -- 1.2. MRI as a water image -- 1.3. Multiple looks (contemplating image weighting and the multiple appearances possible in MRI) -- 1.4. Interlude and segue into concepts of electrici…
"Version: 20181201"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction to the field -- 1.1. Why binaries are important -- 1.2. Why eclipsing binaries are even more importantpart I. Observations. 2. Observations and data acquisition -- 2.1. Timekeeping -- 2.2. Photometry -- 2.3. Spectroscopy -- 2.4. Interferometry -- 2.5. Astrometry -- 2.6. Polarimetry -- 2.7. Asteroseismology…
"Version: 20250901"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.The drunkard and the policeman -- part I. Theoretical background. 1. The ISM and star formation -- 1.1. The ISM as a Flowing continuum -- 1.2. the components of the ISM2. The hydrodynamic equations -- 2.1. The fluid approach -- 2.2. The conservation equations -- 2.3. Constitutive relations -- 2.4. The fluid equations from…
"Version: 20160801"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- Foreword -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Energy and information -- 2.1. The relativity and contextuality of major physical categories -- 2.2. Boltzmann-Shannon informational entropy -- 2.3. Digital strings and normal numbers -- 2.4. Universal and eternal records, or why pi is not exactly three -- 2.5. Jorge Luis Borge…
"Version: 20190901"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.part I. Foundations. 1. The early history of the transient sky -- 1.1. The nebulae -- 1.2. Novae in nebulae!2. Novae and the nature of spiral nebulae -- 2.1. Proper motions and spiral nebulae -- 2.2. Novae and nebulae -- 2.3. The great debate -- 2.4. The birth of extragalactic astronomy -- 2.5. Hubble's survey: the Mount …