Video Microscopy : The Fundamentals (The Language of Science)

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This classic has been throughly revised and expanded to reflect technological advances, but it still emphasizes the fundamentals, with extensive reviews of optical microscopy, video detectors, and display devices. Three completely new chapters deal with solid-state detectors, both video-rate and slow scan, image intensifiction; and the color video signal and color video cameras. Another new chapter treating the practical aspcts of the design and use of video microscope systems is especially notable. This edition fetures over 500 illustrations (including 126 half-tones), a glossary of items, detailed tables of specifications, and a list of manufacturers.

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video microscopy review.......2004-05-07

Book was informative for basics and advanced material.
I found it difficult to read; was too much info for a basic microscopy course. I think there should be an easier to read edition that focuses more on microscopy techniques without all the advanced information.

An invaluable reference.......2001-01-09

The author provides a very detailed and extremely well presented guide to all aspects of video microscopy. The subject is presented in such a way as to be of great value to the most advanced reader while not being beyond the grasp of the novice. All relevant background material is supplied, and I have found the book to be an excellent reference for video imaging and image processing in general.

EXCELLENT BOOK!!.......1997-11-06

This book is an excellent update to the first edition. Much progress has been made in Video Microscopy since the first edition in 1986. This book covers the field nicely. It is an excellent guide for the novice and excellent reference for the advanced user. Anyone serious about video microscopy should have a copy of this book on their shelf!

Acoustic Source and Data Acquisition System for a Helicopter Rotor Blade-Vortex Interaction (BVI) Noise Reduction Experiment

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Acoustic Source and Data Acquisition System for a Helicopter Rotor Blade-Vortex Interaction (BVI) Noise Reduction Experiment

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Acoustic Systems in Biology
Neville H. Fletcher
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ASIN: 0195069404

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This book is a practical guide for researchers and advanced graduate students in biology and biophysics who need a quantitative understanding of acoustical systems such as hearing, sound production, and vibration detection in animals at the physiological level. It begins with an introduction to physical acoustics, covering the fundamental concepts and showing how they can be applied quantitatively to understand auditory and sound-producing systems in animals. Only after the relatively simple mechanical part of the system is explained does the author focus his attention on the underlying physiological processes. The book is written on three levels. For those wanting a brief survey of the field, each chapter begins with a nonmathematical synopsis which summarizes the content and refers to the figures, all of which are designed to be understood apart from the main text. At the next level, the reader can follow the main text, but need not give close attention to anything but the general concepts and techniques involved. At the third level, the reader should follow the mathematical arguments in detail and attempt the discussion of questions at the end of each chapter. The author has provided detailed solutions which serve to expand the discussions of particular cases.

Computer Programs Supporting Instruction in Acoustics

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Computer Programs Supporting Instruction in Acoustics

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This is a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA report procured by the Pentagon and made available for public release. It has been reproduced in the best form available to the Pentagon. It is not spiral-bound, but rather assembled with Velobinding in a soft, white linen cover. The Storming Media report number is A236343. The abstract provided by the Pentagon follows: Acoustics is a field of study not easily understood and laboratory experiments which might shed light on problems in acoustics are complex and expensive to accomplish. Computers have become a valuable tool in many fields of study in order to examine problems which would be difficult and expensive, if not impossible to study using traditional methods. This thesis is an extension of work previously completed by Thomas Green to support instruction utilizing the text, Fundamentals of Acoustics, Third Edition, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., by Coppens, Frey, Kinsler, and Sanders. The fourth edition of Fundamentals of Acoustics is currently in revision and the computer programs explained in this thesis will be used to support it. All programs utilize MATLAB, a widely accepted programming language for accomplishing numerical analysis of engineering problems. The benefit of these programs will be very dependant on students using them in conjunction with the text.

Introduction to Microscopy by Means of Light, Electrons, X-Rays, or Acoustics (Languages and Information Systems)

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Introduction to Microscopy by Means of Light, Electrons, X-Rays, or Acoustics (Languages and Information Systems)
Theodore G. Rochow , and Paul A. Tucker
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The authors have completely revised and updated their work to account for new technologies and techniques.

Noise in Physical Systems and 1/f Fluctuation,

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Noise in Physical Systems and 1/f Fluctuation,
S. Sato , and M. Yamamoto
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Waves and Patterns in Chemical and Biological Media (Special Issues of Physica D)

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Waves and Patterns in Chemical and Biological Media (Special Issues of Physica D)

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These 28 contributions by leading researchers - from such diverse disciplines as chemistry, biology, physics, mathematics, and physiology - describe recent experiments, numerical simulations, and theoretical analyses of the formation of spatial patterns in chemical and biological systems.

Chemical patterns have been systematically studied since the field was established by Alan Turing's landmark 1952 paper, "The chemical basis for morphogenesis," yet only recently have new experimental techniques and numerical analyses of reaction-diffusion equations opened the way to understanding stationary and traveling wave patterns.

This collection summarizes the exciting developments in this rapidly growing field. It shows that some biological patterns have been found to be strikingly similar to patterns found in simple, well-controlled laboratory chemical systems, that new chemical reactor designs make it possible to sustain chemical patterns and to study transitions between different kinds of patterns, and that nearly 40 years after Turing's paper, the patterns predicted by Turing have finally been observed in laboratory experiments.

Harry L. Swinney is Sid Richardson Foundation Regents Chair, Department of Physics, and Director of the Center for Nonlinear Dynamics at the University of Texas at Austin. Valentin I. Krinsky is Head of the Autowave Laboratory, Institute of Biological Physics, Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, USSR.

Chapters cover: Spiral, Ring, and Scroll Patterns: Experiments. Spiral, Ring, and Scroll Patterns: Theory and Simulations. Fronts and Turing Patterns. Waves and Patterns in Biological Systems.

An acoustic data acquisition system for research on pelagic fish schools (MPL technical memorandum)

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An acoustic data acquisition system for research on pelagic fish schools (MPL technical memorandum)
Dale Vance Holliday
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ACOUSTIC SYSTEMS IN BIOLOGY
Fletcher H. Fletcher
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The Use of sound from seismic exploration air guns as a deterrent to turtle movement in an enclosed canal system

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The Use of sound from seismic exploration air guns as a deterrent to turtle movement in an enclosed canal system
James O'Hara
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The phenomena treated in this book all depend on the action of gravity on small density differences in a non-rotating fluid. The author gives a connected account of the various motions which can be driven or influenced by buoyancy forces in a stratified fluid, including internal waves, turbulent shear flows and buoyant convection. This excellent introduction to a rapidly developing field, first published in 1973, can be used as the basis of graduate courses in university departments of meteorology, oceanography and various branches of engineering. This edition is reprinted with corrections, and extra references have been added to allow readers to bring themselves up to date on specific topics. Professor Turner is a physicist with a special interest in laboratory modelling of small-scale geophysical processes. An important feature is the superb illustration of the text with many fine photographs of laboratory experiments and natural phenomena.

Kosovo - The End of the Beginning, or the Beginning of the End? Effects of the Kosovo War on NATO's Viability, U.S. Commitments to NATO, and European Defense Cooperation

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Kosovo - The End of the Beginning, or the Beginning of the End? Effects of the Kosovo War on NATO's Viability, U.S. Commitments to NATO, and European Defense Cooperation

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This is a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA report procured by the Pentagon and made available for public release. It has been reproduced in the best form available to the Pentagon. It is not spiral-bound, but rather assembled with Velobinding in a soft, white linen cover. The Storming Media report number is A272873. The abstract provided by the Pentagon follows: NATO's humanitarian intervention in Kosovo had a positive impact on long-term viability of the Alliance because it confirmed that NATO was able to redefine itself not only as the core of an enlarged and reshaped security community, but also as a suitable tool for crisis-management in the Euro- Atlantic region. Furthermore, the experiences of the humanitarian intervention demonstrated that the Alliance remains and should remain the central element of the European "security architecture The Kosovo war reaffirmed the United States' commitments to NATO, and reinforced the positions of the US in the new transatlantic bargain with its European NATO allies Moreover, in spite of the emergence of the ESDI in NATO and the CFSP in EU, the US remained one of the most crucial players in Europe, on which NATO's credibility is founded. On the other hand, political and military experiences of the multilateral peace operation called attention to the importance of NATO's further internal and external adaptation. The above experiences gave new impetus to debates on a more appropriate future distribution of responsibilities, costs and risks among NATO allies; called for a more pragmatic division of labor between multiple institutions of the European "security architecture" (NATO, OSCE, WEU, EU), and raised new demands for revision and further improvement of bas% principles of the ESDI and the CFSP.

Buoyancy Effects in Fluids (Cambridge Monographs on Mechanics and Applied Mathematics)

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Buoyancy Effects in Fluids (Cambridge Monographs on Mechanics and Applied Mathematics)
J. S. Turner
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Buoyancy effects on a turbulent shear flow (Colorado State University. Fluid Dynamics and Diffusion Laboratory. Project THEMIS technical report)

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Buoyancy effects on a turbulent shear flow (Colorado State University. Fluid Dynamics and Diffusion Laboratory. Project THEMIS technical report)
Robert N Meroney
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The Short Stories of Henry James: Worth the Effort.......2006-08-16

The short stories of Henry James are a microcosm of his novels: bafflingly complex, syntactically convoluted, and thematically multi-layered. He wrote more than 100 between 1864 and 1910, of which perhaps a few dozen are much read today. Complicating any discussion of his short prose is to define "short." Many of his short stories are long enough to qualify as novellas but regardless of the length, any fiction of Henry James promises to take the reader into the world of the microverse, a highly stylized and internalized arena where action counts less than thought and "how" far more than "what." For those who come to his short fiction after having read, say THE GOLDEN BOWL or THE AMBASSADORS, such readers have learned patience, secure in the knowledge that the inner workings of the mind are surely more interesting than the slam-bang world of reality.

There are a few themes that James uses often both in his short and long fiction. He likes to place cultured and intelligent protagonists in an alien environment just to watch them squirm on a foreign alter, or what is more sinister, to maintain them in a familiar ground, only to change the laws of physics or rationality--and then watch them squirm. He employs the doppelganger, or double of the protagonist, one who might be his present or future version, or again more sinister, one who might be a spectral reincarnation. Many of James' heroes fear marriage and must battle an encrusted society that demands it. James was also fascinated with innocence, especially in children and child-like adults. In such stories, the world exists only to corrupt such innocence. Finally, James rarely used one theme in isolation. He much preferred to onion his stories with overlapping themes, all of which are centered on James' rich and allusive prose style, allowing him to meld the complexity of content with the complexity of style. I have chosen a few of his short prose fiction as examples of the quintessential Henry James.

In "The Aspern Papers," James writes of a narrator who must balance the need to obtain art (the papers of the deceased American poet Aspern) while maintaining his ethics while so doing. The narrator travels to Venice for these papers only to discover that their current owners are quite unwilling to give them up. He promises to marry one of them in return for their delivery to him, thinking all the while they are too naïve to see through his scheme. In the end, he tries to steal them, only to learn that they have burned them, one page at a time. James' narrator is one of a long series of such who speak of integrity more than show it.

In "The Jolly Corner," James uses the "double" of the protagonist to point out how one man's life could have been had things been different. Spencer Brydon, an American expatriate returns to America, only to meet his ghostly alter ego, one who Brydon might have become had he stayed at home. Perhaps James had in mind Lambert Strether of THE AMBASSADORS, who is also the model of what the alter ego might have been: a money-grubbing capitalist with no one to tell him "Live!"

James uses "The Pupil" to depict the loss of childhood innocence. The caddish and grifting transplanted American Moreen family hires fellow American Pemberton to tutor their son. They refuse to pay him agreed on wages, all the while exhorting him with the nobility of his task. They offer him custody of their son, which he understandably refuses, but the boy is crushed since he favors Pemberton over his parents.

Art versus life come into conflict in "The Real Thing." The narrator is hired by a couple, punningly named the Monarchs, to paint them as exemplars of the "real thing" of nobility. It is his realization that the reality of their claim does not allow him to create the illusion of a second-rate knock off. He is unwilling to further society's need to measure a life by glorifying its phony aspect.

In these stories and in Henry James' others, he presents the reader with a subjective examination of the inner workings of the mind. For those readers who wish to enter such a microverse, they will find that James' admittedly baffling style will be seen as more as a part of that journey than an impediment.

Misleading Information.......2006-07-26

Why is Amazon listing this book, Henry James: Complete Stories 1892-98 as available new? I ordered it in February and never received it. Amazon notified me frequently of continuing delays and, then, a few weeks ago cancelled the order, the book being unavailable. This is one of two volumes of James's stories which Amazon lists but has been unable to provide. I've written the same review for the other one.

I have since ordered a used copy and received it without delay!

The stories, of course, all five volumes are perfection, delight, wondrous! The edition is beautiful: print is very small and on thin paper but still easy to read. The hardback bindings hold the pages together securely yet allow the reader to hold the book open without a lot of effort. The little ribbon marker is a nice touch.

Little Gems from The Master.......2000-02-07

Henry James (1843-1916) was nicknamed The Master by admiring fellow-authors towards the end of his life. He is truly a noble, gifted, psychological author depicting a by-gone era but including timeless insights about human beings and their general and mental situations in his writings. He is a master of lengthy prose (too lengthy for some!) These Library of America editions of James's writings are wonderful, high-quality, unabridged books with expert editing (notes) at the back of the volume. They have a knack for selecting the best editions of the author's writings where more than one version was published in the author's lifetime. The short stories of this volume are from the mature period but before James' final developed style of fictional writing. There are a large number of stories including many wonderful gems such as "Owen Wingrave," "The Coxon Fund" and "In the Cage." To be fair, most of the stories were written quickly for magazines, and a few ("Glasses" comes to mind) just aren't good stories at all, in my opinion. However, most of the stories do succeed quite well. "Owen Wingrave" (criticized by Bernard Shaw as being too deterministic and neglecting free will) is actually a penetrating tale about military culture, military values, and the role of the military in the nineteenth-century world. "The Coxon Fund" is about a brilliant lecturer supported by the fund but whose life and the lives of his supporters are full of pitfalls outside of the Fund's influence. The story shows how the successes and failures of the Fund (and the Lecturer) have subtle and not-so-subtle ramifications for each of the characters. With "In the Cage", the author steps outside of his accustomed higher-class and higher-educated mix of characters to present the plight of a penetrating lower-class telegram processor and her insights on life and her suitor. I found it a nice rendition of late-nineteenth century London. I encourage readers to explore this and other Library of America editions of James' writings.

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Complete Stories 1892-1898
Henry James
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