Applied Physics
"Automotive Lighting and Human Vision"
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The safety of vehicle traffic depends on how well automotive lighting supports the visual perception of the driver. This book explains the fundamentals of visual perception, answering questions such as How does information enter our brain when driving a car? and What are the benefits and dangers of LED signal lighting? With 242 black & white illustrations, 30 colour illustrations, 22 black & white tables, 76 black & white. Hardback, 428 pages. Size: 235 x 155 mm. Weight: 848g.
Author: Wordenweber, Burkard Wallaschek, Jorg Boyce, Peter Hoffman, Donald
ISBN: 3540366962
Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg Gmbh & Co. Kg
Date: 2006 (Germany)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Applied Physics
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"Optics and Lasers"Including Fibers and Optical Waveguides
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"Advanced Texts in Physics" series; This text provides an introduction to applied optics, covering elementary ray and wave optics as well as lasers, holography, fibres, optical waveguides, integrated optics and quantum noise. Further chapters deal with the physical principles of optical instruments, light sources and detectors. With 304 figs., numerous examples, 138 problems and complete solutions, and a glossary of terms.. 5th completely revised and enlarged ed. Hardback, 518 pages. Size: 230 x 165 mm. Weight: 885g.
Author: Young, Matt
ISBN: 354065741X
Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg Gmbh & Co. Kg
Date: 2000 (Germany)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Applied Physics
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"Harvestmen"The Biology of Opiliones
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Presents the account of a major order of arachnids featuring more than 6,000 species worldwide, familiar in North America as daddy-longlegs, but known scientifically as the Opiliones, or harvestmen. This book also provides a synthesis of what is known about these relatives of spiders, focusing on issues in systematics and evolutionary ecology. With 64 halftones, 52 line illustrations, 20 tables. Hardback, 516 pages. Size: 243 x 208 mm. Weight: 788g.
Author: (Pinto-Da-Rocha, Ricardo, ed.)
ISBN: 0674023439
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Date: 2007 (United States)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Arachnids
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"Scorpions of Southern Africa"
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Scorpions of Southern Africa is both a field guide to the identification of the more common and visible of Southern Africa's rich fauna of 130 scorpion species and a description of the physiology and ecology of scorpions. With full colour illustrations. Paperback, 88 pages. Size: 210 x 148 mm. Weight: 197g.
Author: Leeming, Jonathan
ISBN: 1868728048
Publisher: Struik Publishers (Pty) Ltd
Date: 2003 (South Africa)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Arachnids
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"Predator Upon a Flower"Life History and Fitness in a Crab Spider
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In the crab spider, Misumena vatia, Douglass Morse and his colleagues found an ideal species on which to test basic questions associated with lifetime fitness. This book recounts various discoveries that moves outward from individuals to communities to ecosystems, and concludes by suggesting directions for future research in spider biology. With 10 halftones, 40 line illustrations. Hardback, 330 pages. Size: 245 x 165 mm. Weight: 709g.
Author: Morse, Douglass H.
ISBN: 067402480X
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Date: 2007 (United States)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Arachnids
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"Map"Satellite
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Presents the spectacular satellite images of the Earth's surface and helps you explore a map at the same scale. This work enables you to discover the Earth in its entirety, from its physical characteristics including the Great Barrier Reef and the Rift Valley to the living world and its natural phenomena. With illustrations, maps. Hardback, 360 pages. Weight: 174g.
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ISBN: 1405317620
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Date: 2007 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Astronomical Charts & Atlases
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"The Astrolabe World Ephemeris 2001-50 at Midnight"
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Combines reading ease and clarity with 21st Century accuracy and precision of data With charts. Paperback, 606 pages. Size: 280 x 215 mm. Weight: 1826g.
Author: Hand, Robert
ISBN: 0924608226
Publisher: Whitford Press,U.S.
Date: 1998 (United States)
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"The Astrolabe World Ephemeris 2001-50 at Noon"
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Combines reading ease and clarity with 21st Century accuracy and precision of data With charts. Paperback, 606 pages. Size: 280 x 215 mm. Weight: 850g.
Author: Hand, Robert
ISBN: 0924608234
Publisher: Whitford Press,U.S.
Date: 1998 (United States)
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"The Observer's Sky Atlas"With 50 Star Charts Covering the Entire Sky
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Includes an introduction to observing, a description of the star charts and tables and a glossary. This atlas contains star charts and information for those who observe the night sky with small telescope, binoculars or the unaided eye. With 60 black & white illustrations, 1 colour illustrations, 50 black & white tables, 1 colour illustrati. 3 rev ed. Paperback, 171 pages. Size: 210 x 144 mm. Weight: 251g.
Author: Karkoschka, Erich
ISBN: 0387485376
Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Date: 2007 (United States)
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"The New Atlas of the Stars"Constellations, Stars and Celestial Objects
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An illustrated reference book for astronomy buffs and sky watchers that covers the basic astrophotography and digital imaging and provides practical and useful viewing tips. With 30 full page, full colour photographic charts with explanatory overlays, plus other colour photographs, it is the successor to The Great Atlas of the Stars. With full colour photographs. Hardback, 96 pages. Size: 320 x 240 mm. Weight: 1538g.
Author: Mellinger, Axel Hoffman, Susanne
ISBN: 155407102X
Publisher: Firefly Books Ltd
Date: 2005 (Canada)
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"Astro Navigation Made Easy"Using a Pocket Calculator
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A modern approach to astro navigation. It begins with a brief outline of the solar system and then presents a step-by-step guide to finding your position on the ocean, both with and without a pocket calculator for working out sun and star sights. There are colour illustrations to help novices. With colour diagrams. Paperback, 128 pages. Size: 210 x 135 mm. Weight: 214g.
Author: Meyrier, Francois
ISBN: 0713662220
Publisher: A & C Black Publishers Ltd
Date: 2003 (United Kingdom)
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"The Heavens"
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Scale = 1/1,1M edition = 2003. Sheet Map, Flat, Size: 1020 x 50 mm. Weight: 173g.
Author: National Geographic Society
ISBN: 0792293266
Publisher: National Geographic Maps
Date: 2004 (United States)
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"Raphael's Astronomical Ephemeris"With Tables of Houses for London, Liverpool and New York
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New ed. Paperback, 48 pages. Size: 184 x 121 mm. Weight: 50g.
Author: Raphael, Edwin
ISBN: 0572011873
Publisher: Foulsham
Date: 1979 (United Kingdom)
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"The Mayan and Other Ancient Calendars"
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Paperback, 64 pages. Size: 125 x 155 mm. Weight: 93g.
Author: Stray, Geoff
ISBN: 1904263607
Publisher: Wooden Books
Date: 2007 (United Kingdom)
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"Amateur Telescope Making"
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"Patrick Moore's Practical Astronomy Series" series; With references, bibliography. Paperback, 272 pages. Size: 241 x 165 mm. Weight: 476g.
Author: (Tonkin, Stephen F., ed.)
ISBN: 1852330007
Publisher: Springer London Ltd
Date: 1998 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Astronomical Observation: Observatories, Equipment & Methods
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