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Compiled by the editor of Dekker’s distinguished Chromatographic Science series, this reader-friendly reference is as a unique and stand-alone guide for anyone requiring clear instruction on the most frequently utilized analytical instrumentation techniques. More than just a catalog of commercially available instruments, the chapters are written from the standpoint of instrumentation as it is in use today, with an introductory description of the technique(s) and a theoretical treatment of the sc...

Electron Microscopy and Analysis 1997 celebrates the centenary anniversary of the discovery of the electron by J.J. Thomson in Cambridge and the fiftieth anniversary of this distinguished Institute group. The book includes papers on the early history of electron microscopy (from P. Hawkes), the development of the scanning electron microscope at Cambridge (from K. Smith), electron energy loss spectroscopy (from L.M. Brown), imaging methods (from J. Spence), and the future of electron microscopy (...

Historic reconstructions have become a decisive tool in the history of science and technology over the last few decades. This book is based on a workshop held at national Museums Scotland and brings together key studies of 15 recent reconstruction projects, covering areas as diverse as physics, computing, horology, communication, transport and military. The reconstructions include Leonardo's Flight, the Babbage Calculating Machine, the Sea Stallion of Glenalough Viking Ship, Roman Dyeing and Ver...

This laboratory manual is designed for use in introductory biotechnology courses. Experiments are constructed in a modular fashion, lending this book both to the traditional semester course and the shorter intensive course. Its main objective is to expose students to the basic research protocols used in molecular biology and biochemistry labs. This text covers techniques in detail and teaches students to culture and transform bacteria, grow vector plasmids, purify insert DNA, ligate vector and i...

Guide to Techniques in Glycobiology, designed to serve the needs of the student, experienced researcher, and newcomer to the field, presents in one source and format a wide variety of methods, each of wchich provides background material explaining the basis of the method followed by detailed procedures. Features: * Detailed procedures newly written for this volume * Extensive practical information * Rationale and strategies for carbohydrate chain analysis

This ""Tutorial Text"" is intended to give readers a basic understanding of spectroscopy - the study of matter using electromagnetic radiation - and its uses as a scientific tool. The work begins with an abbreviated history of light and the interaction of light with matter. Spectrometer basics and the spectrum itself are discussed, along with quantitative mechanics, selection rules, and experimental factors.

This study engages with the impact of modern technology on experimental physicists. It reveals how the ever-increasing scale and complexity of apparatus has distanced physicists from the very science which drew them into experimenting, and has fragmented microphysics into different technical traditions. At the beginning of this century, physics was usually done by a lone researcher who put together experimental apparatus on a benchtop. Now experiments are frequently larger than a city block, and...

Historically, the idea that the stars and planets influence the Earth and its inhabitants has proved powerful in almost every culture, offering an important context for the use of mathematical and astronomical instruments. In the past, however, historians of astronomy have paid relatively little attention to astrology and other “non-scientific” topics, while historians of astrology have tended to concentrate on the analysis of texts rather than surviving artefacts, scientific instruments in part...

Can any hobbyist build a satellite? Our DIY guide steps you through designing and building a base picosatellite platform tough enough to withstand launch and survive in orbit. If you have basic maker skills, you can build a space-ready solar-powered computer-controlled assembly suitable for attaching instruments and rocketing into space.

Advanced Chromatic Monitoring provides a major source of information about the novel approach of chromaticity with examples of how chromaticity may be deployed for various monitoring applications. It shows with examples what can be achieved with chromatic methods in producing relevant information with a variety of test techniques and in facilitating the interpretation of complex data about complicated situations. It will be of interest to postgraduates and researchers in a wide breadth of physic...

The Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM) is the ultimate tool to see and measure structures on the nanoscale and to probe their elemental composition and electronic structure with sub-nanometer spatial resolution. Recent technological breakthroughs have revolutionized our understanding of materials via use of the TEM, and it promises to become a significant tool in understanding biological and biomolecular systems such as viruses and DNA molecules. This book is a practical guide for scientists...

Esta nueva edición de Ciencia está completamente actualizada con los descubrimientos que cambiaron nuestro mundo para siempre. Un viaje a través de la historia de la ciencia, pasando por cada evento, teoría, experimento y figura que debes conocer para entender el significado de cada descubrimiento y su lugar dentro del pensamiento científico. Este magnífico libro de ciencia en español narra la historia y el progreso científico desde la antigua geometría griega hasta la física cuántica, pasand...

Chemical and biochemical Laboratories are full of potentially dangerous chemicals and equipment. 'Safety in the Chemistry and Biochemistry Laboratory' provides the necessary information needed for working with these chemicals and apparatus to avoid: fires, explosions, toxic fumes, skin burns, poisoning and other hazards. Both authors, André Picot and Philippe Grenouillet, are recognized authorities in the field of lab safety, and their book arrange the information not available in similar public...

Some of the most original and productive research specialists in the field of particle-fluid flow systems are assembled in this book, which is an important and current reference volume. The book focuses on methods of measurement and options for engineers