"Version: 20180901"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Standards of physical quantities -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. The time and frequency standard -- 1.3. The length standard -- 1.4. The mass standard -- 1.5. From macro to micro2. Historical role of precision measurements of time and frequency for the development of physics -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. Change from Ptolem…
"Version: 20191001"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Teaching and learning in higher education -- 1.1. The changing environment -- 1.2. Developments and drivers -- 1.3. Strategically important subjects -- 1.4. Supply side -- 1.5. Innovations in pedagogy -- 1.6. Excellence and curriculum design -- 1.7. Problem-based approaches2. The curriculum and design science -- 2.1. H…
"Version: 20200801"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Mathematical preliminaries -- 1.1. Vectors -- 1.2. Complex numbers -- 1.3. Calculus -- 1.4. Differential equations2. Newton's laws -- 2.1. Newton's laws of motion -- 2.2. The concept of force -- 2.3. Motion under a constant force -- 2.4. Projectiles -- 2.5. Momentum and impulse -- 2.6. Conservation of momentum for isol…
"Version: 20170201"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Introduction -- Background -- Dark matter -- Dark energy -- Flat [lambda]CDM and the cosmological parameters of the Universe -- Current directions -- Weak gravitational lensing -- Baryon acoustic oscillations -- Galaxy clusters -- Redshift space distortions -- Outlook.Just over 95% of our Universe comes in the shrouded fo…
"Version: 20171101"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction to MEMS and RF-MEMS : from the early days of microsystems to modern RF-MEMS passives -- 1.1. Introduction to semiconductor and microsystem technologies -- 1.2. Introduction to RF-MEMS2. Expectations versus actual market of RF-MEMS : analysis and explanation of a repeatedly fluctuating scenario -- 2.1. Gene…
"Version: 20180701"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Preliminaries -- 1.1. Why is lens design hard? -- 1.2. How to use this book2. Fundamentals -- 2.1. Paraxial optics -- 2.2. Lagrange invariant, thin-lens equation -- 2.3. Pupils3. Aberrations -- 3.1. Ray-fan curves -- 3.2. Abbe sine condition -- 3.3. Higher-order aberrations -- 3.4. Spot diagrams -- 3.5. Wavefronts and …
"Version: 20231101"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 1.1. High-Z impurity accumulation -- 1.2. Carbonization and boronization -- 1.3. Impurity transport2. Transport model -- 2.1. Atomic processes -- 2.2. Neoclassical and turbulent transport in the closed-flux surface (core) region -- 2.3. Transport in the open-flux surface region3. Diagnostics -- 3.1. Int…
"Version: 202108"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.part I. Fusion plasma generalities. 1. Magnetically confined plasma for fusion energy -- 1.1. Worldwide energy needs and fusion plants -- 1.2. Fusion products and energy balance -- 1.3. Magnetic field and confinement -- 1.4. Magnetic mirror and confinement -- 1.5. Plasma as a state of matter -- 1.6. Plasma kinetic theory --…
"Version: 20210301"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references and index.1. Overview : magnetised plasma dynamics -- 1.1. Dynamics in plasmas -- 1.2. Magnetised plasmas -- 1.3. Outline of the work2. Introduction to turbulence -- 2.1. Statistical nonlinearity and cascade dynamics -- 2.2. Eddy mitosis and the cascade model -- 2.3. The statistical nature of turbulence -- 2.4. Quadratic …
"Version: 20190301"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1 Introduction to animal tissue culture science 1-1 -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Historical background -- 1.3. Types of cell cultures -- 1.4. Primary cell culture -- 1.5. Segregation of non-viable cells from viable cells -- 1.6. Ethical issues in animal tissue culture -- 1.7. Safety considerations in animal tissue culture…