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Book Synopsis How the Ray Gun Got Its Zap by : Stephen R. Wilk
Download or read book How the Ray Gun Got Its Zap written by Stephen R. Wilk and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2013-11 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of engaging essays that discusses odd and unusual topics in optics
Book Synopsis Sandbows and Black Lights by : Stephen R. Wilk
Download or read book Sandbows and Black Lights written by Stephen R. Wilk and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2021 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In the almost twenty years since I began writing my essays on strange and quirky optics I have been through several employers, but in all that time I have stayed a contributing editor for the Optical Society of America. No matter where I was during the day, I always worked on producing these nuggets of infotainment with some regularity. I have always had a backlog of tentative pieces to write, but new topics arose just as rapidly, so I have never been at a loss with a new piece. The newsletter of MIT's Spectroscopy Lab has, in that time, disappeared, so the essays in this volume are either ones that originally appeared in Optics and Photonics News, or else have not previously been published in any magazine. As I stated in the introduction to How the Ray Gun Got Its Zap!, my goal was to produce quirky, interesting, and somewhat humorous essays that had a slyly pedagogical edge. "Education by stealth," as the BBC said. In reality, I often start off writing one of these to satisfy myself about some minor mystery of optical science or engineering"--
Book Synopsis Zap! Ray Gun Classics by : Leslie Singer
Download or read book Zap! Ray Gun Classics written by Leslie Singer and published by Chronicle Books (CA). This book was released on 1991 with total page 89 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now valuable collectors' items, ray guns have been favorites among children's toys since the space age began over 40 years ago. Assembled here in 100 full-color photographs are the classic toys that inspired many a sci-fi showdown for children. Price guide to vintage ray guns included at the back of the book.
Download or read book Light written by Bruce Watson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2016-02-02 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Light begins at Stonehenge, where crowds cheer a solstice sunrise. After sampling myths explaining First Light, the story moves on to early philosophers' queries, then through the centuries, from Buddhist temples to Biblical scripture, when light was the soul of the divine. Battling darkness and despair, Gothic architects crafted radiant cathedrals while Dante dreamed a "heaven of pure light." Later, following Leonardo's advice, Renaissance artists learned to capture light on canvas. During the Scientific Revolution, Galileo gathered light in his telescope, Descartes measured the rainbow, and Newton used prisms to solidify the science of optics. But even after Newton, light was an enigma. Particle or wave? Did it flow through an invisible "ether"? Through the age of Edison and into the age of lasers, Light reveals how light sparked new wonders--relativity, quantum electrodynamics, fiber optics, and more. Although lasers now perform everyday miracles, light retains its eternal allure. "For the rest of my life," Einstein said, "I will reflect on what light is." Light explores and celebrates such curiosity.
Book Synopsis The Fall of Cthulhu: volume II by : Horrified Press
Download or read book The Fall of Cthulhu: volume II written by Horrified Press and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015-06-16 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: They say that when the ""stars are right"" he will return and usher in a new age and the elder gods will reign once again. H.P.L drops a few hints that Cthulhu may not return during mankind's time on Earth. In this second installment we return to a world on the brink, where the unthinkable - the unnameable - could lurk just around the corner.
Book Synopsis Rays, Waves, and Scattering by : John A. Adam
Download or read book Rays, Waves, and Scattering written by John A. Adam and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2017-05-30 with total page 616 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This one-of-a-kind book presents many of the mathematical concepts, structures, and techniques used in the study of rays, waves, and scattering. Panoramic in scope, it includes discussions of how ocean waves are refracted around islands and underwater ridges, how seismic waves are refracted in the earth's interior, how atmospheric waves are scattered by mountains and ridges, how the scattering of light waves produces the blue sky, and meteorological phenomena such as rainbows and coronas. Rays, Waves, and Scattering is a valuable resource for practitioners, graduate students, and advanced undergraduates in applied mathematics, theoretical physics, and engineering. Bridging the gap between advanced treatments of the subject written for specialists and less mathematical books aimed at beginners, this unique mathematical compendium features problems and exercises throughout that are geared to various levels of sophistication, covering everything from Ptolemy's theorem to Airy integrals (as well as more technical material), and several informative appendixes. Provides a panoramic look at wave motion in many different contexts Features problems and exercises throughout Includes numerous appendixes, some on topics not often covered An ideal reference book for practitioners Can also serve as a supplemental text in classical applied mathematics, particularly wave theory and mathematical methods in physics and engineering Accessible to anyone with a strong background in ordinary differential equations, partial differential equations, and functions of a complex variable
Book Synopsis Ten Billion Tomorrows by : Brian Clegg
Download or read book Ten Billion Tomorrows written by Brian Clegg and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2015-12-08 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Science fiction is a vital part of popular culture, influencing the way we all look at the world. TV shows like Star Trek and movies from Forbidden Planet to Inception have influenced scientists to enter the profession and have shaped our futures. Science fiction doesn't set out to predict what will happen - it's far more about how human beings react to "What if?..." - but it is fascinating to see how science fiction and reality sometimes converge, sometimes take extraordinarily different paths. Ten Billion Tomorrows brings to life a whole host of science fiction topics, from the virtual environment of The Matrix and the intelligent computer HAL in 2001, to force fields, ray guns and cyborgs. We discover how science fiction has excited us with possibilities, whether it is Star Trek's holodeck inspiring makers of iconic video games Doom and Quake to create the virtual interactive worlds that transformed gaming, or the strange physics that has made real cloaking devices possible. Mixing remarkable science with the imagination of our greatest science fiction writers, Ten Billion Tomorrows will delight science fiction lovers and popular science devotees alike.
Download or read book Birkbeck written by Joanna Bourke and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2022-08-11 with total page 646 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Birkbeck traces the 200-year history of Birkbeck, University of London from its founding at a time when social elites deplored the notion of educated working people to the present day. Joanna Bourke writes a lively history of the institution, and how it contributed to the shaping of modern British higher education. Two hundred years ago, Birkbeck was founded as the London Mechanics' Institution (LMI). When it was established in 1823, one third of all men and half of all women were unable to read or write. British elites were vehemently hostile to educating working people. The country was in political turmoil and it was feared that education would destroy society. This was the context in which the LMI was established. From its foundation, it was unique. Birkbeck traces its history from 1823 to the present, with Joanna Bourke using the history of Birkbeck to reflect on life and culture in London over the past two centuries. What does it mean to be educated? Why have Birkbeck's students been prepared to give up so much in order to study for a higher degree? How does education help us become fully human and self-fulfilled by learning how to use all our faculties - knowledge, imagination, sympathy? The story of Birkbeck contains some blood, oceans of scholarly sweat, and not a few tears. But it is also a story of laughter, intellectual excitement, scholarly eccentricity, collective as well as personal ambition, and, most of all, the quirky passions and personalities that make up the Birkbeck community. It is a story of a unique university but also of higher education of Britain. It shows how knowledge can empower people to better themselves and improve the world.
Download or read book The Traveler written by Stephen R. Wilk and published by Rogue Phoenix Press. This book was released on 2019-09-08 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Argus survived on the streets of Rome using his skill and his wits, but he had never seen anything like the Crazy Man, Tenobius. Tenobius looked odd, and couldn’t speak Latin properly, but he had magical things and metal teeth. All Tenobius wanted to do was to repair his Dreamship (with Argus’ help) and go home. What Argus could not know was that Tenobius was a Time Traveler, and his Dreamship was his crashed Time Machine. To get home, he had to rebuild it using only what he could find and make in ancient Rome.
Download or read book Solar Energy written by David E. Newton and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2015-10-26 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides an outstanding single-volume resource on the topic of solar energy for young adults and general audiences. While how much longer the world's supply of fossil fuels will last is debatable, it is a fact that the fossil fuels that we depend on so heavily today are non-renewable resources that will inevitably be exhausted—making the need to shift to alternative sources of energy such as solar extremely important. Solar Energy: A Reference Handbook presents encyclopedic coverage of the social, political, economic, and environmental issues associated with the development and use of solar energy in the United States and around the world. This book provides an in-depth description of the ways solar power has been used for at least 2,000 years. It outlines how humankind has utilized various forms of energy from the sun by way of photovoltaic cells, concentrating or focusing solar power, active and passive solar heating, and other mechanisms; and provides perspectives on today's solar energy issues from a variety of subject experts. Readers will better understand not only the advantages and disadvantages of solar power but also the critical nature of energy production to sustaining life on earth, thereby underscoring the importance of developing solar power and other alternative sources of energy to meet the world's energy needs in coming decades. The book also includes profiles of key individuals and organizations related to the field of solar energy, a chronology of important events in the history of solar energy, and a glossary that defines the key terms used in discussing the topic of solar energy.
Book Synopsis Dialogues Between Artistic Research and Science and Technology Studies by : Henk Borgdorff
Download or read book Dialogues Between Artistic Research and Science and Technology Studies written by Henk Borgdorff and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-10-29 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edited volume maps dialogues between science and technology studies research on the arts and the emerging field of artistic research. The main themes in the book are an advanced understanding of discursivity and reasoning in arts-based research, the methodological relevance of material practices and things, and innovative ways of connecting, staging, and publishing research in art and academia. This book touches on topics including studies of artistic practices; reflexive practitioners at the boundaries between the arts, science, and technology; non-propositional forms of reasoning; unconventional (arts-based) research methods and enhanced modes of presentation and publication.
Book Synopsis The Succubus and Other Stories by : Hugh Cook
Download or read book The Succubus and Other Stories written by Hugh Cook and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2006-06-02 with total page 630 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Short stories of varying lengths. Over 600 pages. SF, fantasy, horror, aberration and weirdness. Time travel, virtual reality, cloning. Murder in various modes of brutality. Sex, rape, necrophilia. SANTA CLAUS SEX CRIMINAL: a look at the pedophile. Torture. Vomit. The transcosmic environment of the moid. Life after death. Complications involving a demon. A story including a serial killer. Murdered by a ghost. High quality literary fiction to mainline to your mind.
Book Synopsis Oxford Dictionary of Modern Slang by : John Ayto
Download or read book Oxford Dictionary of Modern Slang written by John Ayto and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2010-02-11 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offering coverage of over 6,000 slang words and expressions from the Cockney 'abaht' to the American term 'zowie', this is the most authoritative dictionary of slang from the 20th and 21st centuries.
Book Synopsis Years of Light by : Leslie A. Croutch
Download or read book Years of Light written by Leslie A. Croutch and published by Hounslow Press. This book was released on 1982-03-03 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Years of Light celebration of a virtually unknown writer and publisher, Leslie A. Croutch, and a compilation of his best fiction and non-fiction, plus a commentary on the science fiction scene in Canada.
Book Synopsis A Supplement to the Oxford English Dictionary by : R. W. Burchfield
Download or read book A Supplement to the Oxford English Dictionary written by R. W. Burchfield and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 1494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Introductions from an Island, 1971 by : Robin Skelton
Download or read book Introductions from an Island, 1971 written by Robin Skelton and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Astro Boy written by Osamu Tezuka and published by Dark Horse Manga. This book was released on 2002 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dark Horse proudly presents one of the crown jewels of manga - Astro Boy! Created by the late Osamu Tezuka, a revered animator and cartoonist (who created over 150,000 pages of comics in his career!) considered the Walt Disney of Japan, Astro Boy was the first manga series to be adapted to animation and became a worldwide phenomenon, making Astro Boy the Mickey Mouse of anime - a jet-powered, super-strong, evil-robot-bashing, alien-invasion-smashing Mickey Mouse, that is!
