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An invaluable reference for any student, scientist or administrator, using small telescopes for research. An essential collection of data and opinions for those charged with setting scientific and funding priorities.This three-volume set, The Future of Small Telescopes in the New Millennium details the essential roles that small telescopes should play in 21st century science and how their future productivity can be maximized. Over 70 experts from all corners of the international astronomical community have created a definitive reference on the present and future of "big science with small telescopes".Despite highly publicized closures of telescopes smaller than 4-m in aperture at national facilities and their omission from national science priority studies, the oft-lamented demise of the small telescope has been greatly exaggerated. In fact, the future of these workhorses of astronomy will be brighter than ever if creative steps are taken now. This three-volume set defines essential roles that small telescopes should play in 21st century science and the ways in which a productive future for them can be realized. A wide cross-section of the astronomical community has contributed to a definitive assessment of the present and a vision for the future.

Volume 1: Perceptions, Productivities and Policies:- Beginning with a summary of recent national scientific priority-setting efforts, Volume 1 examines the public's and the astronomical communities' own perceptions and misconceptions of small telescope productivity. These shape the future scientific research that will be done with telescopes smaller than 4-m in aperture and the number of astronomers that will have access to them.Volume 2: The Telescopes We Use:- Small cost-effective optical-, radio- and space-based facilities face similar problems in scientific prioritization and funding. Volume 2 highlights how current small facilities are evolving to meet the scientific priorities and economical realities of the 21st century through standardization of instrumentation, use of off-the-shelf technology, specialization, optical improvements, new modes of scheduling, automation, and internet access.Volume 3: Science in the Shadow of Giants:- What first-rank science can small telescopes contribute in the coming era of 30-m class giant telescopes? Volume 3 explores a broad selection of scientific initiatives, from planetary astronomy to cosmology, that are ideally suited for small telescopes.The Future of Small Telescopes in the New Millennium is a fundamental resource for those looking to undertake new projects with small telescopes, for those that are responsible for their operation, and for those called upon to help set scientific priorities for the coming decade. It will be useful for the practicing researcher, mountain facility manager, science policy maker, and beginning graduate student. ... Read more

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Here, authors specializing in different branches of chromatography--including gas chromatography, supercritical fluid chromatography, and high-pressure liquid chromatography--describe their fields while drawing out connections with other branches. ... Read more

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* A source of authoritative technical information, which will be of direct practical value to instrumentation engineers, instrument users and students * Written by more than 40 specialist contributors * Second edition updated to include new chapters on reliability, EMC,'virtual instrumentation', fiber optics, and smart and intelligent transmitters. ... Read more

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Wonderland and the Hubble Space Telescope
This book is a wonderful introduction to some of the controversies in astrophysics extant at the time of the Hubble launch. It is highly technical, but the general sense can be derived from the text, which is extremely funny. The author skillfully adapts the scientific controversies to the Adventures of Alice in Wonderland. I read this book aloud to my son when he was around 8 years old. Subsequently, he has re-read this book at least three times. ( I suspect that if one were in the field of astrophysics, which I am not, much would now seem quite dated.) ... Read more

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This book constitutes the joint refereed proceedings of the 16th Annual Conference on Computational Learning Theory, COLT 2003, and the 7th Kernel Workshop, Kernel 2003, held in Washington, DC in August 2003.The 47 revised full papers presented together with 5 invited contributions and 8 open problem statements were carefully reviewed and selected from 92 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on kernel machines, statistical learning theory, online learning, other approaches, and inductive inference learning. ... Read more

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Over recent years, no other technique has grown to such importance as that of NMR spectroscopy. It is used in all branches of science where precise structural determination is required and where the nature of interactions and reactions in solution is being studied. Annual Reports on NMR Spectroscopy has established itself as a means for the specialist and non-specialist alike to become familiar with new applications of the technique in all branches of chemistry, including biochemistry and pharmaceutics.

The protean nature of NMR is amply demonstrated by the contributions to this volume of Annual Reports on NMR Spectroscopy. Like many of its predecessors, Volume 42 consists of timely reports from somewhat disparate areas of molecular science. Multinuclear NMR Studies of Azo Dyes and their Metal Complexes are covered. Following this is an account of Recent Progress in Solid State NMR, whilst the third contribution covers Pharmaceutical Applications of NMR.

- Multinuclear NMR of Azo Dyes and Their Metal Complexes
- Recent Progress in Solid-State NMR
- Pharmaceutical Applications of NMR ... Read more

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Galileo’s enduring legacy was the establishment of mathematics as the basis for research in the physical sciences. The proving-ground for his methodology was the machine shop in his Padua home. There Galileo perfected the "geometrical and military compass" (or sector), a calculating ruler based on the principle of proportional magnitudes that brought speed and accuracy to computations about armaments and their trajectories. It was also widely used for complex calculations of proportion, volume, and square or cube roots well before the advent of logarithmic tables, the slide-rule, and the computer. Galileo’s book, the manual for his compass, was printed in an edition of sixty copies, and only a handful survive. This Octavo Edition includes complete images of the book and Stillman Drake’s authoritative English translation. Commentary by Filippo Camerota. ... Read more