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Gold, Thomas |
Taking the Back off the Watch |
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2012 |
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Stucki, J.W |
Advanced Chemical Methods for Soil and Clay Minerals Research |
I05113 |
1980 |
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Gupta, R |
Impact of Mineral Impurities in Solid Fuel Combustion |
I00201 |
1999 |
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| Title | Taking the Back off the Watch : A Personal Memoir |
| Author(s) | Gold, Thomas;Mitton, Simon |
| Publication | Berlin, Heidelberg, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2012. |
| Description | XVIII, 234 p : online resource |
| Abstract Note | Thomas Gold (1920-2004) had a curious mind that liked to solve problems. He was one of the most remarkable astrophysicists in the second half of the twentieth century, and he attracted controversy throughout his career. Based on a full-length autobiography left behind by Thomas Gold, this book was edited by the astrophysicist and historian of science, Simon Mitton (University of Cambridge). The book is a retrospective on Gold???s remarkable life. He fled from Vienna in 1933, eventually settling in England and completing an engineering degree at Trinity College in Cambridge. During the war, he worked on naval radar research alongside Fred Hoyle and Hermann Bondi ??? which, in an unlikely chain of events, eventually led to his working with them on steady-state cosmology. In 1968, shortly after their discovery, he provided the explanation of pulsars as rotating neutron stars. In his final position at Cornell, he and his colleagues persuaded the US Defense Department to fund the conversion of the giant radio telescope at Arecibo in Puerto Rico into a superb instrument for radio astronomy. Gold???s interests covered physiology, astronomy, cosmology, geophysics, and engineering. Written in an intriguing style and with an equally intriguing foreword by Freeman Dyson, this book constitutes an important historical document, made accessible to all those interested in the history of science. ?? |
| ISBN,Price | 9783642275883 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. ASTRONOMY
2. Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology
3. ASTROPHYSICS
4. EBOOK
5. EBOOK - SPRINGER
6. HISTORY
7. HISTORY OF SCIENCE
8. Mineral resources
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| Title | Advanced Chemical Methods for Soil and Clay Minerals Research : Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute held at the University of Illinois, July 23 ??? August 4, 1979 |
| Author(s) | Stucki, J.W;Banwart, W.L |
| Publication | Dordrecht, Springer Netherlands, 1980. |
| Description | X, 477 p : online resource |
| Abstract Note | During the past few years there has been a marked increase in the use of advanced chemical methods in studies of soil and clay mineral systems, but only a relatively small number of soil and clay scientists have become intimately associ?? ated and acquainted with these new techniques. Perhaps the most important obstacles to technology transfer in this area are: 1) many soil and clay chemists have had insufficient opportunities to explore in depth the working principles of more recent spectroscopic developments, and therefore are unable to exploit the vast wealth of information that is available through the application of such ad?? vanced technology to soil chemical research; and 2) the necessary equipment gen?? erally is unavailable unless collaborative projects are undertaken with chemists and physicists who already have the instruments. The objective of the NATO Advanced Study Institute held at the University of Illinois from July 23 to August 4, 1979, was to partially alleviate these obstacles. This volume, which is an extensively edited and reviewed version of the proceedings of that Advanced Study Institute, is an essential aspect of that purpose. Herein are summarized the theory and most current applications of six different spectroscopic methods to soil and/or clay mineral systems. The instrumental methods examined are Mossbauer, neutron scattering, x-ray photoelectron (XPS, ESCA), nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), electron spin resonance (ESR, EPR), and photoacoustic spectroscopy. Contributing authors were also lecturers at the Advanced Study Institute, and are each well known and respected authorities in their respective disciplines |
| ISBN,Price | 9789400990944 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. EBOOK
2. EBOOK - SPRINGER
3. Mineral resources
4. Soil conservation
5. Soil science
6. Soil Science & Conservation
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| Title | Impact of Mineral Impurities in Solid Fuel Combustion |
| Author(s) | Gupta, R;Wall, T;Baxter, L |
| Publication | New York, NY, Springer US, 1999. |
| Description | XII, 768 p : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This book contains papers presented at the Engineering Foundation Conference on mineral matter in fuels held on November 2-7, 1997 in Kona, Hawaii. The conference is one of a continuing series that was initiated by the CEGB Mar- wood Engineering Laboratories in 1963. The conference was to be eventually organised by the Engineering Foundation as the need for multi-disciplinary work related to c- trolling ash effects in combustors became apparent. The conference covers both the science and the applications. The papers also present case histories, particularly for current fuel technologies, developments in advanced technologies for power generation and mathematical modelling of these processes. Developments since 1963 have been slow, but steady, due to the complexity of the chemical and physical processes involved. However, the research presented here displays great improvement in our understanding of the mechanisms by which mineral matter will influence fuel use. Steve Benson from EERC presented a review and current status of issues related to ash deposition in coal combustion and gasification. The application of new analytical tools, which have been detailed in the previous conferences, is presented. These include CCSEM, as well as new techniques for char- terising sintering of ash, such as TMA, image analysis, X-ray diffraction crystallography and thermal analysis. The new analytical techniques were extended to encompass widely differing fuels such as biomass. Ole H Larsen from ELSAM Denmark presented a review of these advanced techniques |
| ISBN,Price | 9780306469206 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. CLASSICAL MECHANICS
2. EBOOK
3. EBOOK - SPRINGER
4. Geotechnical engineering
5. Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences
6. MECHANICS
7. Mineral resources
8. THERMODYNAMICS
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