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Another winner
Robert Godwin and Apogee Books have, over the past six years, compiled a variety NASA documents, press kits, crew interviews and the like, which recount the early days of the space race, focusing on the Apollo missions.This time, they have released a second volume of information dedicated in the second lunar landing, Apollo 12, which includes a DVD of the lunar EVA and an excellent companion NASA publication. Apollo 12 was the only the second manned lunar landing.This mission was commanded by Charles "Pete" Conrad who was accompanied to the surface by Alan Bean with Dick Gordon as the Command Module pilot.

Regardless of whether or not you were alive to see the moon landings live on TV, you definitely can relive the excitement of that wondrous time by watching this two-sided DVD.The DVD covers all phases of the mission as well as training footage onboard the KC-135 affectionately known as the "Vomit Comet."The DVD has many hours of footage, with sound, related to launch, lunar landing, lunar EVA, recovery, splashdown, rendezvous, onboard TV, assembled panoramas, and 16 mm camera footage.The quality of the footage is not that great, but it is a good as it was when in was first broadcast in 1969.

The book that accompanies the DVD is a reprint of the Apollo 12 Mission Report prepared by the Mission Evaluation Team from the Manned Spaceflight Center in Houston.This report is essentially the scientific and engineering evaluation of the flight, so there is very little about the scientific findings and exploration.This lengthy report is 190 pages long and covers all aspects of the mission, from liftoff, lunar landing, the moonwalk, the experiments, and the return to Earth.In these pages, there are figures that show a comparison between a predicted value and an actual flight value (how much was used vs. how much was estimated).It also contains two fairly long sections, which describes both the Command and Service Module and the Lunar Module.The report also contains, many black and white photographs, line drawing and several technical graphs.While some readers may the report's writing a bit dry in some places, they are actually getting a view of how NASA operates and why their exploration programs for the most part are quite successful.

Some general information that might be useful.

1) This report is a scanned-in documents from a previously released NASA document. In order to preserve the spirit of the original reports, all typographical and grammatical errors have NOT been fixed.

2) Proceeds from the book goes to "The Watch" an asteroid impact research project of the Space Frontier Foundation. In other words, Apogee Books is making very little off the sale of US government produced books and documents.

3) Many people have asked why the post mission science reports are not included. Since NASA has published several books with hundred of pages each, the NASA Special Publications Series, it would be difficult to include this voluminous amount of data.

Apollo 12: a great book
I was really impressed by the Apollo 12 - Volume 2, and all its DVD content.
The post-flight report is quite interesting, especially where it addresses activities conducted on and around the Surveyor 3 robot, which had landed on the moon a couple of years earlier.
Besides, it was great to see the original NASA broadcast feed of the launch and other mission highlights. After more than 35, years we finally get a chance to see the original broadcast video and to hear the original soundtrack. Moreover, the B/W video sequences give today's spectators a taste of how things were done and felt in 1969.
The addition of 35 or 16 mm color film does not add much to the launch sequences. We have seen those for decades...
It would be great if Apogee did the same job for other (or all) missions. I don't think anybody has ever marketed NASA broadcast video of Apollo launches and/or splash-downs. That would be a perfect niche for Apogee Books to fill.
Overall, the entire written science report about activities conducted on the moon, plus the human side of the story (captured by the video) make this volume an A+ collector item.

A Great sequel to Volume 1.
Volume two contains a great DVD with footage from the mission.The book itself is a nice companion to the first volume on the Apollo 12 mission.Another fine product from Apogee books and editor Robert Godwin.Pete would have loved these books!

Apollo 12 ROCKS!
Once again, Apogee Books has given us an Apollo treasure trove.I especially love the DVD, which includes footage of the lunar landing with synchronized audio, and some NEAT training footage shot on the KC-135 aircraft in simulated one-sixth g.There's also a TV transmission from the command module, sent on the way home from the moon.And ... still more great stuff.

Apollo fans, rejoice!
-- Andrew Chaikin, author of "A Man on the Moon" ... Read more

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Mechanics of Structures presents a unified approach to the variational and computational mechanics of solids and structures. The fundamentals of the theory of elasticity and variational theorems are covered, as are generalized variational theorems and applications.Matrix structural mechanics (including transfer, stiffness, and flexibility methods), finite elements, weighted residuals, finite differences, and boundary element methods are presented in a rational, unified manner.The book also includes comprehensive chapters on stability and dynamics of structural systems.Mechanics of Structures provides solid information for students and professionals in civil, mechanical, and aerospace engineering. It is an excellent text for courses offering the fundamentals of finite elements; advanced strength of materials; matrix structural analysis; computational solid mechanics; variational methods of mechanics; and rods, plates, and shells. ... Read more

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A very comprehensive book, enabling the reader to understand the basic formalisms used in electronic structure determination and particularly the "Muffin Tin Orbitals" methods. The latest developments are presented, providing a very detailed description of the "Full Potential" schemes. This book will provide a real state of the art, since almost all of the contributions on formalism have not been, and will not be, published elsewhere. This book will become a standard reference volume. Moreover, applications in very active fields of today's research on magnetism are presented. A wide spectrum of such questions is covered by this book. For instance, the paper on interlayer exchange coupling should become a "classic", since there has been fantastic experimental activity for 10 years and this can be considered to be the "final" theoretical answer to this question. This work has never been presented in such a complete form. ... Read more

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Electronic systems and digital computers are an indispensable element of modern multimedia technologies and the Internet society. But their explosive advance would not have been possible without the extraordinary progress in VLSI technology using high-quality SiO2. This volume addresses the thin gate oxides involved in the individual processes in fabrication, e.g. the growth, cleaning and thermal oxidation of silicon, metal interconnect formation, and photolithography. It describes new methods for observing defects in SiO2 as well as novel approaches to eliminating such defects. The book will be a valuable resource for all materials scientists and engineers seeking to further advance the quality of silicon microdevices. ... Read more

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Completely Revised and Redesigned For Today's Students Since 1960, this leading text has taught thousands of students the fundamentals of non rigid body mechanics. Now, the new author team of Riley, Sturges, and Morris have revised the text to appeal to today's students by updating the illustration program, adding design content, and including more realistic problem sets. The fifth edition is written in a clear and concise style and contains new illustrations throughout each chapter. The text stresses the use of fundamental principles and the concepts of mechanics to solve all problems. As a result, students must apply the information presented in each chapter to answer realistic problems instead of simply using formulas. This problem solving method motivates students to learn the material because they see how it is used in the real world. New Features of the Fifth Edition
* A new introductory chapter containing a "Review of Statics" has been included.
* Chapter 2 is reorganized to conform with the greater use of the stress transformation and principal stress equations in engineering practice.
* Numerous example problems are used to show methods of analysis for typical mechanics of materials problems. Hints have been added to most of these example problems to help students understand the thought process required for their solution.
* Each chapter concludes with a section on design.
* Design Example problems and Design Homework problems have been added to most chapters.
* There are over 1300 homework problems, many of which require the use of the computer for their solution. ... Read more

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preview other M.o.M. books before buying this one
This book was written for seasoned professionals. I am a engineering student, and I depend on this book to help me understand mechanics of materials, but it simply doesn't do this. The authors of the book assume that all readers already know the material. It is extremely frustrating to read this book. The example problems are ambigous. The reading simply does not prepare the reader for the problems at the end of each chapter. The only reason why I give this book two stars is because they have very good visual illustrations.

Comprehensive and well written
I bought this book as a supplementary reference for mechanics of materials, which I do at my job. The book is well written, with plenty of example problems sprinkled throughout. I also found this book to be very comprehensive. For example, I found material on the mechanics of shrink wrapping, which I don't see in many other books on strength of materials. The only thing I would fault is that some of the chapters are too long and would have been better from a pedogical standpoint if they'd been broken up into smaller chapters. In particular, Chapter 7 on beam stresses could have been divided into separate chapters concentrating on pure bending and transverse loading. That way, a discussion of pure bending leads naturally into transverse loading. Instead, these topics are sort of thrown together into one big chapter, overwhelming the student. But overall, it's an excellent volume. Given a choice, I'd recommend Beer and Johnston, but you won't go wrong with Riley et al. either. ... Read more

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Corrosion and Prevention is an essential guide for mechanical, marine and civil engineering students and also provides a valuable reference for practicing engineers. Bardal combines a description of practical corrosion processes and problems with a theoretical explanation of the various types and forms of corrosion, with a central emphasis on the connections between practical problems and basic scientific principles. This well thought-out introduction to corrosion science, with excellent examples and useful tables, is also extremely well illustrated with 167 diagrams and photographs. Readers with a limited background in chemistry can also find it accessible. ... Read more

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The completion of the first draft of the human genome has led to an explosion of interest in genetics and molecular biology.The view of the genome as a network of interacting computational components is well-established, but researchers are now trying to reverse the analogy, by using living organisms to construct logic circuits.The potential applications for such technologies is huge, ranging from bio-sensors, through industrial applications to drug delivery and diagnostics.This book would be the first to deal with the implementation of this technology, describing several working experimental demonstrations using cells as components of logic circuits, building toward computers incorporating biological components in their functioning. ... Read more

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When starting work on luminescent materials, everyone is faced with the lack of introductory books. Two renowned researchers introduce the reader to luminescence and its applications. They describe the principles of the luminescence processes in a simple, but clear way and deal not only with physics, but also with the chemistry of systems. Particular attention is paid to materials such as lamp phosphors, cathode-ray and X-ray phosphors, scintillators and many other applications. The book is aimed at the researcher beginning work in this field and it provides a solid basis for further research. ... Read more

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This volume is a selection of invaluable papers by P-G de Gennes — 1991 Nobel Prize winner in Physics — which have had a long-lasting impact on our understanding of condensed matter. Important ideas on polymers, liquid crystals and interfaces are described. The author has added some afterthoughts to the main papers (explaining their successes or weaknesses), and some current views on each special problem. The text is simple and easy to read. ... Read more

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This outstanding reference offers in-depth discussions of the latest advances in corrosion science and corrosion protection--providing key information necessary to understand and solve corrosion problems. ... Read more

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* Nanotechnology is the science of matter at the scale of one-billionth of a meter or 1/75,000th the size of a human hair
* Written in the accessible, humorous For Dummies style, this book demystifies nanotechnology for investors, business people, and anyone else interested in how molecule-sized machines and processes will soon transform our lives
* Some of the applications discussed include scratch-proof glass, corrosion-resistant paints, stain-free clothing, glare-reducing eyeglass coatings, drug delivery systems, medical diagnostic tools, burn and wound dressings, sugar-cube-sized computers, mini-portable power generators, and even longer-lasting tennis balls!
* Investment in nanotechnology is exploding, with $3.7 billion in nanotechnology R&D spending authorized by the U.S. government in 2003 and international investment reported at over $2 billion ... Read more

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Some of the most exciting developments in the optics and processing of nanostructured materials can be found in applied science and engineering. The topics covered in this book are at the cutting edge of research. ... Read more

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Recommendation of Optics of Nanostructured Materials
I highly recommend "Optics of Nanostructured Materials" to scientists and aspiring scientists who work in optics or whose work is even tangentially related to optics. Though the book is an edited collection of chapters there is a certain consistency of in the level of presentation. That level of presentation is better described in the plural: levels of presentation. The chapters tend to have extensive discussions of the physics and of the new intuition required to understand the sometimes quirky world of nanoscale physics: that regime where our classical and quantum views of the world meet. The intuitive picture is always accompanied by a thorough mathematical development of the subject matter. The mathematical presentation may be somewhat beyond the level of some undergraduates, though an undergradute with a grasp of PDE's and some exposure to quantum mechanics should have little trouble. There is very little taken for granted in the reader's background, though each chapter does move very rapidly from basic principles into the main discussion. For instance, the first chapter which deals with photonic crystals starts with Maxwell's equations but then progresses to a discussion of band structure in about two pages.

The text is prossibly of greatest value to graduate students and researchers. The subjects are, of course, bound together by the common thread of nanoscale optics. Beyond that common thread, the topics seem somewhat ecclectic. There are chapters on main stream subjects such as photonic crystals and quatum dots, but there are also delightful forays into subjects such as fractals, chaos, nonlinear spectroscopy, and the optics of smoke. For the active researcher, these chapters are a guide into new areas with multidisciplinary applications and where a wealth of open problems await discovery. These chapters differentiate this book from the all too common edited collections that seem to appear every few weeks whose contents may have great archival value but are completely uninspiring. A read through this book will leave any scientist with a pulse ready to run to his or her lab and get back to work, possibly on one of the topics discussed here. ... Read more

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The International Symposium on Frontiers of Science was held to celebrate the 80th birthday of Chen Ning Yang, one of the great physicists of the 20th century and arguably the most-admired living scientist in China today. Many of the world’s great scientists — including sixteen Nobel laureates, Fields medallists and Wolf Prize winners — converged on Beijing from all corners of the globe to pay tribute to Professor Yang.

The Symposium was organized by Tsinghua University, with which Professor Yang has had a lifelong relationship. In 1997, he helped to found the Center for Advanced Study at Tsinghua, was appointed to the university’s faculty, and has since devoted his energy to the growth of the Center.

This unique and invaluable birthday volume is a collection of the presentations made at the Symposium, including fifteen plenary talks, seven of which are by Nobel laureates. It covers a wide range of topics and mirrors Professor Yang’s research and intellectual interests. The range of fields encompasses high-energy, condensed-matter, mathematical, applied, bio-, astro-, atomic and quantum physics. Also included are talks given at the birthday banquet. ... Read more

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Hardbound. This book provides the first truly comprehensive study of damage mechanics. All concepts are carefully identified and defined in micro- and macroscopic scales. In terms of the methods and observation scales, the main part of the book is divided into three chapters. These chapters consider the stochastic models applied to atomistic scale, micromechanical models (for arbitary concentrations of defects) on microscopic scale and continuum models on the macroscopic scale. It is intended for people who are doing or planning to do research in the mechanics and material science aspects of brittle deformation of solids with heterogeneous microstructure. ... Read more

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The different approaches used in describing pattern formation are combined in this introduction to the theory of nonlinear patterns for undergraduate and graduate students. Regular patterns are found in abundance in nature, from the spots on a leopard's back to the ripples on a sandy beach or desert dune. Recent research suggests that the selection of one pattern over another is actually an inherently nonlinear phenomenon. ... Read more

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Today there are a selection of techniques available to analyze the texture, i.e., the crystallographic orientation, of materials. The well-established techniques of X-ray or neutron diffraction, known as macrotexture, are now supplemented by methods whereby individual orientations are measured in both transmission and scanning electron microscopes and directly related to the microstructure, which has given rise to the term microtexture. Microtexture practice has grown principally through the application of electron back scatter diffraction (EBSD), and it is now possible to measure orientations automatically from predetermined coordinates in the microstructure, which is known generically as orientation mapping. From the full range of these texture techniques, insights can be gained into material processing, corrosion, cracking, fatigue, grain boundary properties, and other phenomena with a crystallographic component.
Introduction to Texture Analysis gives comprehensive ... Read more

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This practical reference/text provides an analytical approach to selecting the best metal and obtaining optimal properties for and in a fabricated part - correlating weldability, formability, and machinability with a metal's microstructure and chemical composition. ... Read more

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Written by a tribological expert with more than thirty years of experience in the field, this Second Edition compiles an extensive range of graphs, tables, micrographs, and drawings to illustrate wear, friction, and lubrication behavior in modern engineering applications—promoting a clear understanding of wear testing methodologies for avoidance and resolution of deterioration and weakening in specific engineering designs. ... Read more

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In recent years, interest in the preparation and characterization of nanostructured materials has grown due to their distinctive properties and potential technological applications. Nanoscale materials represent a new realm of matter and offer widespread possibilities for contributions to science and technology. Nanoscale Materials in Chemistry explores the vast potential of nanomaterials and serves as essential reading for the entire science community.
The extensive coverage of Nanoscale Materials in Chemistry presents a thorough introduction to the field of nanostructured materials, including chemical synthesis methods, bonding theories, and applications. Because nanomaterials are finding more applications in the real world, this text contains up-to-date treatment of such topics as:

• Metals, semiconductor nanocrystals, and ceramics
  
• Double layers, optical properties, and the electrochemistry of metal nanoparticles
  
• Chemical and catalytic aspects of nanocrystals
  
• Specific heats and melting points of nanocrystalline materials

Authored by world-renowned experts in the field of nanotechnology, Nanoscale Materials in Chemistry is suitable as a primary text for graduate courses and is a reliable resource for scientists. ... Read more