"Version: 202112"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 1.1. Earlier classifications -- 1.2. Hubble's tuning fork -- 1.3. The 90% rule -- 1.4. Assignments -- 1.5. Further reading2. Galaxy scale -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. de Vaucouleurs profile -- 2.3. Exponential profile -- 2.4. S?ersic profile -- 2.5. Two-component galaxies -- 2.6. Vertical profiles -- 2.7.…
"Version: 202108"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.part I. Introduction. 1. What this book is about -- 1.1. Unpredictability -- 1.2. Domain structured dynamics -- 1.3. Random processes -- 1.4. Abstract fractals -- 1.5. Differential equations -- 1.6. Neural networkspart II. Chaos and fractals. 2. Unpredictability implies chaos -- 2.1. Unpredictability in dynamics -- 2.2. Unp…
"Version: 202112"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction to RPoF techniques -- 1.1. Introductory remarks -- 1.2. 5G and 6G frequency bands and spectrum allocations -- 1.3. RPoF and transfer functions -- 1.4. RPoF transmission techniques -- 1.5. EM field sensing -- 1.6. Distortion effects in RPoF -- 1.7. Optical transport guided media -- 1.8. Modulation formats and…
"Version: 20210205"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Switching -- 1.3. Linear optics : response theory and the Kramers-Kronig transformation -- 1.4. Nonlinear optics -- 1.5. Integrated optics--semiconductor optical waveguides -- 1.6. Outline of book2. Linear electro-optic effect, electroabsorption and electrorefraction -- 2.1. Di…
"Version: 20201101"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. What are electromagnetic waves? -- 1.1. Electromagnetic radiation -- 1.2. Characterization of EM waves -- 1.3. Basic properties of EM waves -- 1.4. Summary2. Lasers and applying EM wave theory -- 2.1. How does a laser work? -- 2.2. Laser resonator -- 2.3. Types of lasers -- 2.4. Tuning of laser output wavelength -- 2.5…
"Version: 202110"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. 'A' -- 1.1. Abrasion -- 1.2. Accelerated testing -- 1.3. Additives -- 1.4. Adhesion -- 1.5. Air bubble voids -- 1.6. Angle-ply laminate -- 1.7. Anisotropy -- 1.8. Areal weight -- 1.9. Aramid -- 1.10. Aspect ratio -- 1.11. Autoclave -- 1.12. Automated material placement (AMP)2. 'B' -- 2.1. Bag moulding (vacuum bag mouldin…
"Version: 20230901"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Why push sustainable nanomaterials for energy applications? / Ana Cremades, David Maestre and Antonio V?azquez-L?opez -- 2. Selected synthetic methods for nanomaterials with different dimensionalities / David Maestre, Antonio V?azquez-L?opez, Gezira De ?Avila Montiel, Javier Garc?ia-Alonso and Mar?ia Tae?ano Gonz?alez …
"Version: 20201101"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction to magnesium-based nanocomposites -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. The characteristics of magnesium -- 1.3. The development of magnesium alloys -- 1.4. Magnesium-based metal matrix composites -- 1.5. Magnesium-based nanocomposites : the role of nano-lengthscale reinforcements2. Processing of magnesium-based (n…
Revised edition of: Musical sound, instruments, and equipment."Version: 202108"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Properties of waves -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Periodic waves -- 1.3. Addition of waveforms -- 1.4. Beats -- 1.5. Energy and intensity -- 1.6. Further discussion -- 1.7. Equations -- 1.8. Problems and questions2. Propagation of sound waves -- 2.1. Introducti…
"Version: 20200801"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction to the physical models for plasmas -- 2. Elements of plasma kinetic theory -- 2.1. The Boltzmann equation -- 2.2. Relaxation model for molecular collisions -- 2.3. The Boltzmann collision integral -- 2.4. Commentaries and further reading3. Hydrodynamic description of plasmas -- 3.1. The moments of Boltzman…