An Introduction to Particle Accelerators

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There are more than ten thousand particle accelerators in the world from the linear accelerators used for cancer therapy in modern hospitals to the giant 'atom-smashers' at international particle physics laboratories used to unlock the secrets of creation. Many scientists and engineers spend their lives designing, constructing, and operating these machines - yet few universities include the subject of particle accelerators in their curricula. The few courses that do exist and the summer schools run by the big accelerator laboratories lack a simple introduction which covers the essentials of the subject for the many who need to learn how these machines work. This book fills that gap and takes the reader through each of the aspects of a modern accelerator giving enough information to unlock the door to the subject but does not overload the understanding with mathematics. Anyone with a general interest in modern technology based on a fascinating variety of physics and engineering will find much of interest in this book.

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European efforts predominating.......2004-06-06

Very specialised book. Written mostly for engineers involved in designing accelerators, and graduate students in physics who might have experiments at an accelerator.

No abstruse theory here. A book for experimentalists. Wilson describes clearly the differences between cyclotrons and linear accelerators and synchrotrons. The advantages and disadvantages of each. With real life examples, like those at CERN (of course), and at SLAC and Fermilab.

It does seem that the baton is passing from the US in this field. The European scientists have somehow managed to keep their funding together, which Wilson praises. He undoubtedly help bring this about. Certainly, an impression from this book is that if you are starting out in experimental particle physics, you might do best to direct your efforts at CERN.

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Great for a beginner in this area.

An Introduction to Random Vibrations, Spectral & Wavelet Analysis: Third Edition
D. E. Newland
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ASIN: 0486442748

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One of the first engineering books to cover wavelet analysis, this classic text describes and illustrates basic theory, with a detailed explanation of discrete wavelet transforms. It examines joint probability distributions, ensemble averages, and correlation, Fourier analysis, spectral density and excitation response relations for linear systems, more. 1993 edition.

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Great for a beginner in this area........2007-01-24

I got it when this one is on sale at $2.99 plus shipping.
So I did not expect much from it; however, after I browsed for a while, it turned out to be one of the great books I own.
It introduces this topic in the straightforward fashion along with good examples and make everything less difficult than supposed to be.

I would recommend this book to any neophyte in this area.
Even not on-sale, only $20 can not be beaten.

Also note that everything in this edition is exactly the same as the hardcover one costing more than $100.

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Solid book but.......
A solid book on solid-state lighting

Introduction to Solid-State Lighting
Arturas Zukauskas , Michael S. Shur , and Remis Gaska
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ASIN: 0471215740

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A thorough reference that sheds light on the promising field of solid-state lighting
Solid-state lighting is a rapidly emerging field. Light Emitting Diodes are already used in traffic signals, signage/contour lighting, large area displays, and automotive applications. But its greatest future lies in the possibility of applying solid-state lamps to general lighting. Solid-state lighting promises to reduce energy consumption as much as fifty percent, cut down on carbon-dioxide emission, and even spur the development of a completely new lighting industry.
Giving this important emerging field the attention it deserves, Introduction to Solid-State Lighting comprehensively covers:
* The history of lighting
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* LED basics
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* White LED
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Solid book but..............2004-03-14

This is a really good book for someone who is invloved in the subject, otherwise it is a readers nightmare, I lost count on the times the author writes " but not have been fully understood"...all he does in Ch4 and Ch5 is tell you what someone designed and what they achieved, it is like he copied and pasted technical journal papers into this book, I would not advice anyone on buying it, hard work have been put in it, but it is still a BAD book.....consider LEDs by schubert.....

A solid book on solid-state lighting.......2002-09-08

This is an extraordinary book dealing for the first time with an emerging area of solid-state lighting. The book covers all subjects from intriguing history of lighting to the basics of solid state light emitters to numerous applications in biology, medicine, industry, and specialized and general lighting. A must to have for many scientists, engineers, and students.

Statistical Physics of Spin Glasses and Information Processing: An Introduction (International Series of Monographs on Physics, No 111)

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Spin glasses are magnetic materials. Statistical mechanics, a subfield of physics, has been a powerful tool to theoretically analyse various unique properties of spin glasses. A number of new analytical techniques have been developed to establish a theory of spin glasses. Surprisingly, these techniques have turned out to offer new tools and viewpoints for the understanding of information processing problems, including neural networks, error-correcting codes, image restoration, and optimization problems. This book is one of the first publications of the past ten years that provide a broad overview of this interdisciplinary field. Most of the book is written in a self-contained manner, assuming only a general knowledge of statistical mechanics and basic probability theory. It provides the reader with a sound introduction to the field and to the analytical techniques necessary to follow its most recent developments.

Introduction to Applied Solid State Physics

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The complex technology of particle accelerators is based upon a series of often rather simple physical concepts. This comprehensive introduction to the subject focuses on providing a deep physical understanding of these key ideas. The book surveys the many aspects of accelerator physics and not only explains how accelerators work, but also why the underlying physics leads to a particular choice of design or technique, and points out the limitations of the technology. The clear and thorough mathematical treatment always emphasizes the physical principles described by the equations, and includes a range of calculations which develop a genuine feeling for the quantities and concepts involved.

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Introduction to Applied Solid State Physics: Topics in the Applications of Semiconductors, Superconductors, Ferromagnetism, and the Nonlinear Optical Properties of Solids

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Introduction to Applied Solid State Physics: Topics in the Applications of Semiconductors, Superconductors, Ferromagnetism, and the Nonlinear Optical Properties of Solids
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This text provides a broad understanding of the rapidly growing field of optoelectronics. An integrated approach is used, covering important topics in applied optics, physics of optical response, semiconductor optoelectronic devices (lasers, LED's detectors); terroelectric devices (modulators); liquid crystal devices for displays; optical communication systems; and device fabrication steps.

Semiconductor Physics : An Introduction (7th Ed) (Springer Series in Solid-State Sciences, 40)

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Useful for experimentalists
Interested in transport theory?

Semiconductor Physics : An Introduction (7th Ed) (Springer Series in Solid-State Sciences, 40)
Karlheinz Seeger
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Semiconductor Physics - An Introduction is suitable for the senior undergraduate or new graduate student majoring in electrical engineering or physics. It will also be useful to solid-state scientists and device engineers involved in semiconductor design and technology. The text provides a lucid account of band structure, density of states, charge transport, energy transport and optical processes, and a detailed description of many devices. It includes sections on superlattices and quantum well structures, the effects of deep-level impurities on transport, the quantum Hall effect and the calculation of the influence of a magnetic field on the carrier distribution function. This 7th edition has been revised and corrected, and new sections have been added to some chapters, e.g. a section on the fractional quantum Hall effect.

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Useful for experimentalists.......2003-12-31

As a graduate student in semiconductor physics, this was one of my favourite texts. A good sophisticated explanation of its subject, that went beyond an introductory text in solid state physics, like Kittel's book or that by Ashcroft and Mermin.

It strikes a nice balance between a purely theoretical book on condensed matter and an empirical-tending experimentalist text. The theoretical explanations presented here will be readily understandable to experimentalists, without having to wade through reams of renormalisation theory.

Perhaps the biggest inadequacy, to some, is the treatment, or lack thereof, of high temperature superconductors. Ah well, that subject is important enough that you probably should get texts devoted exclusively to it.

Interested in transport theory?.......2001-10-24

If you are interested in semi-classical charge and energy transport theory in semiconductors, Seeger is still the best book to learn from. For experimentalists, this book is a boon since many formulaes are given in "reduced" forms - just plug in material constants and get a numerical value.

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Light and Fun

Wolves In Chic Clothing

Makes you wonder if socialites are like this...

Julia is intriguing!

Working Girl Power!

Wolves in Chic Clothing: A Novel
Carrie Karasyov , and Jill Kargman
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In The Right Address, Carrie Karasyov and Jill Kargman seared through the upper crust of New York’s glitterati with wicked glee. In their delicious new novel, Wolves in Chic Clothing, they train their merciless spotlight on the young princes and princesses poised to inherit Park Avenue.

Julia, a hip, downtown salesgirl at Pelham’s jewelry store, finds her social life turned on its head when she is asked to deliver a necklace to the store’s young heiress, Lell Pelham, on Lell’s wedding day. Beguiled by Julia’s earnest cluelessness and her vintage-chic vibe, Lell and her gang adopt Julia, and “Eliza Doolittle” her into passing as the heiress to a family fortune, just for a laugh.

Dazed by the whirlwind of trust funds, pedigrees, Cosmopolitans, and penthouses in her new world, Julia is unprepared for the ardent advances of Lell’s husband—or the vicious claws her new “friends” develop when they decide Julia is an ingrate, and demote her from society goddess to penniless cling-on with one well-timed editorial. Suddenly, she must return the borrowed couture clothes and try to remember who she was before the body snatching took place.

Hilarious and completely addictive, Wolves in Chic Clothing is a modern-day rags-to-riches-and-back-again fairy tale that will leave fans stamping their Manolo Blahniks for more.

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In The Right Address, Carrie Karasyov and Jill Kargman seared through the upper crust of New York’s glitterati with wicked glee. In their delicious new novel, Wolves in Chic Clothing, they train their merciless spotlight on the young princes and princesses poised to inherit Park Avenue. Julia, a hip, downtown salesgirl at Pelham’s jewelry store, finds her social life turned on its head when she is asked to deliver a necklace to the store’s young heiress, Lell Pelham, on Lell’s wedding day. Beguiled by Julia’s earnest cluelessness and her vintage–chic vibe, Lell and her gang adopt Julia, and ”Eliza Doolittle” her into passing as the heiress to a family fortune, just for a laugh. Dazed by the whirlwind of trust funds, pedigrees, Cosmopolitans, and penthouses in her new world, Julia is unprepared for the ardent advances of Lell’s husbandor the vicious claws her new “friends” develop when they decide Julia is an ingrate, and demote her from society goddess to penniless cling–on with one well–timed editorial. Suddenly, she must return the borrowed couture clothes and try to remember who she was before the body snatching took place. Hilarious and completely addictive, Wolves in Chic Clothing is a modern–day rags–to–riches–and–back–again fairy tale that will leave fans stamping their Manolo Blahniks for more.

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Light and Fun.......2007-09-14

This is a very quick and breezy read meant to purely entertain and distract, not enlighten. I read it in about two nights and found it very much in tune with Bergdorf Blondes. If you are into New York socialite stories, this one is worth reading. The story is predictable, but the setting is first class.

Wolves In Chic Clothing.......2007-04-03

Flat, pedestrian cliche parody of Sexy in the City, Devil Wears Prada, Nanny Diaries. Clearly living on the fumes and riding the coat tails of the stories listed above, Wolves In Chic Clothing is just one glass of cheap champagne.

The story centers on a group od NY society womens who adopt a young and stylish girl to be their project (hello My Fair Lady). And yawn, all the clumsy descriptive curly-ques. Talk of "well heeled" Manolo wearing, Prada toting bitchy inner intrigue of a bunch of characters who are as boring as predictable.

The story line boils down to some tired and dated message of "Rich people are bad people", "Poor people are real people".

Don't waste your time. Buy yourself a DVD of Sex In The City, Or Devil Wears Prada for the real thing.

Wolves In Chic clothing is the Designer Imposter of books.

Makes you wonder if socialites are like this..........2007-01-25

I was thrown into this book and got out 2 days later. It's a very easy read, under 300 pages. You will fall in love with the main character and this book will make you go "Awww!" at the end! Haven't read any other book by these authors but am off to get The Right Address!

Julia is intriguing!.......2007-01-20

Lell Pelham, the heiress to Pelham's Jewelry Store (I envisioned Tiffany's, but grander)is spoiled and getting married to Will, a playboy on the social circle. Julia Pierce, a beautiful saleswoman has been asked to deliver the infamous "Pelham necklaces" for Lell's wedding. Julia is shocked to learn that Lell has even noticed her, and never would she guess that "Lell would notice her". Lell is intrigued by Julia, who although beautiful would be the perfect person to morph into the social butterfly of the century....she would be responsible for taking someone from another class, but all the classic looks and changing her to fit what her idea of "perfect" is. Lell is joined in her attempts by Polly who is equally as manipulative as her friend. Julia, caught up in the excitement of a new job, new friends, new clothes, and fantastic opportunities finds herself slowly changing into someone that she never thought that she would (she feels attracted to Lell's new husband Will, who is pursuing her because Lell has started cheating on him, right after the honeymoon). There are extremely entertaining and interesting characters in this novel.

Lell Pelham, heiress to a jewelry company, works hard to please her father while hating her mother. She knows that her father is unfaithful whenever possible, but relishes in the fact that he trusts her to run the family business. However, she too is fighting demons of (1) not letting anyone to close, even her husband. (2) Using money to keep people under her control. And (3) wants what she can not have.

Polly, who we hate, but soon understands, is in a marriage (for convenience only); has a child (to beat Lell to the punch); has a husband who drinks and ignores her (and seems to have a secret); gossips non-stop, as well as starts trouble within the group and struggles with her relationship with her mother (who doesn't seem to want to acknowledge her existence)- seems to find out what is really important in life, after it is too late.

Will, married to a woman who can give him everything that he wants materially, but she won't give him what he wants the most her heart. And I think that Will realizes that sometimes selling your soul won't bring you happiness.

Oscar, the sweet misfit of the group, just doesn't understand the long conversations about fashion or what "dumb" benefit that everyone wants to attend, just for the sake of attending

Holly, the friend of Lell and Polly who seems the most down to earth. She is married to a wonderful man, and has two wonderful boys, and for a minute questions "what if"? But in the end,knows what things are important and clings to that.

I really enjoyed this novel and would like to read another. I thought that it was whitty, and although I initially thought that I would never like a book that discussed this kind of topic, it was refreshing.

Working Girl Power!.......2006-11-11

Loved this book. Cool, stylish working girl makes it into snooty NY "in" crowd. Soap opera-like story of the 20-something rich and glamorous...how they are gorgeous, miserable and menacing. The heroine is likable and, of course, comes out okay in the end. Feel good story that I enjoyed reading. Definitely recommend it if you like chick lit!!!

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A Great Read

Wolves in Chic Clothing: A Novel
Carrie Karasyov , and Jill Kargman
Manufacturer: Books on Tape, Inc.
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A Great Read.......2006-11-25

The narrator's engaging tone and Denaker's "Pygmalion"-style plot make this audiobook a great "read"!

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