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Book SynopsisThis book presents a comprehensive and up-to-date account of the theory (physical principles), design, and practical implementations of various sensors for scientific, industrial, and consumer applications. This latest edition focuses on the sensing technologies driven by the expanding use of sensors in mobile devices. These new miniature sensors will be described, with an emphasis on smart sensors which have embedded processing systems. The chapter on chemical sensors has also been expanded to present the latest developments.Digital systems, however complex and intelligent they may be, must receive information from the outside world that is generally analog and not electrical. Sensors are interface devices between various physical values and the electronic circuits that "understand" only a language of moving electrical charges. In other words, sensors are the eyes, ears, and noses of silicon chips.Unlike other books on sensors, the Handbook of Modern Sensors is organized according to the measured variables (temperature, pressure, position, etc.). This book is a reference text for students, researchers interested in modern instrumentation (applied physicists and engineers), sensor designers, application engineers and technicians whose job it is to understand, select and/or design sensors for practical systems.Trade ReviewSelected by Choice magazine as an "Outstanding Academic Title" for 2016“Each class of sensors is individually addressed in detail from its basics to modern usage. Besides the physics behind the operation of the sensors, sensor applications and limitations are explained well. … This clearly written work would be an excellent resource for most technical readers who want to understand, use, and design with sensors. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through professionals/practitioners; two-year technical program students.” (M. Mehrubeoglu, Choice, Vol. 53 (10), June, 2016)“This book appeared at a time of increasing need for sensor handbooks and is therefore a good choice for students as well as engineers. It presents an overview giving a comprehensive and up-to-date physical principles, design, and practical implementations of various sensors for scientific, industrial, and consumer applications. … Owing to the amount of content, this is still a worthwhile handbook, which would be interesting for a lot of readers coming from different scientific disciplines.” (Gerald Urban, Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, May, 2016)Table of ContentsData Acquisition.- Transfer Functions.- Sensor Characteristics.- Physical Principles of Sensing.- Optical Components of Sensors.- Interface Electronic Circuits.- Detectors of Humans.- Presence, Displacement and Level.- Velocity and Acceleration.- Force and Strain.- Pressure Sensors.- Flow Sensors.- Microphones.- Humidity and Moisture Sensors.- Light Detectors.- Detectors of Ionizing Radiation.- Temperature Sensors.- Chemical and Biological Sensors.- Materials and Technologies.- Appendix.- Index.

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Book SynopsisMeßtechnik und Qualitätssicherung sind zwei Gebiete, die in der modernen arbeits­ teiligen und spezialisierten Produktion immer enger zusammenwachsen. Es sind zwei Gebiete, die in Forschung, Entwicklung, Produktion und Anwendung gesetzmäßig zu­ nehmend Gewicht erhalten. Die Meßtechnik liefert die Meßinformationen zur Analyse, Beurteilung und Steuerung kontinuierlicher und diskontinuierlicher technischer Prozesse. Sie ist unerläßlich für die Produktions- und Qualitätssteuerung sowie die Produktionsorganisation Und Produk­ tionssicherheit. Darüber hinaus wird die Meßtechnik zunehmend in Landwirtschaft, Medizin und Verkehrswesen angewendet sowie in technische Konsumgüter integriert. Die Qualitätssicherung umfaßt die Gesamtheit aller Maßnahmen, die von der Pla­ nung bis zum Absatz von Erzeugnissen durchgehend aufeinander abgestimmt sind, um die volkswirtschaftlich effektivste Qualität sowohl der Erzeugnisse als auch der Produk­ tion zu gewährleisten. Im Buch ist beabsichtigt, das Lehrgebäude der Meßtechnik und Qualitätssicherung in seinen Konturen zu umreißen und dabei disziplinäre und interdisziplinäre Gesetz­ mäßigkeiten aufzuzeigen. Außerdem wird angestrebt, Zusammenhänge zwischen volks­ wirtschaftlichen AufgabensteIlungen und daraus resultierenden Anforderungen an die Meßtechnik und Qualitätssicherung deutlich zu machen. Das Buch stellt einen Versuch dar, das Gerüst der Meßtechnik und Qualitätssicherung mit knappen Worten in Übersichten darzustellen. Um seinen Umfang in Grenzen zu halten und die Übersichtlichkeit nicht in Frage zu stellen, waren Kompromisseerforder­ lich. Besonders deutlich kommt das in zwei Punkten zum Ausdruck. Erstens mußte bei der Theorie der Meßtechnik und Qualitätssicherung zur weiteren Erklärung von Einzelheiten vielfach auf SpeziaIIiteratur verwiesen werden, die sehr um­ fangreich ist.

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Book SynopsisSie müssen einen naturwissenschaftlich-technischen Aufsatz schreiben und stehen nun vor dem Problem, ihre wenigen Formeln und Gleichungen korrekt darstellen zu wollen? Sie besitzen bereits Bücher zum Thema „Schreiben einer wissenschaftlichen Arbeit“, möchten zusätzlich aber erfahren, wie Sie bestimmte Sonderzeichen erzeugen können? Sie kennen sich in der Materie schon ganz gut aus, möchten aber regelkonform schreiben? Dieses essential liefert Ihnen Antworten in komprimierter Form. Neben allgemeinen Tipps erhalten Sie auch solche für das Arbeiten mit MS Word und darüber hinaus Informationen zum Umgang mit MS Excel, MS Powerpoint, OpenOffice und LibreOffice.

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Book SynopsisDieses Buch vermittelt geballtes Wissen zur Halbleiter-SchaltungstechnikSeit nunmehr 50 Jahren ist dieses Buch über die Schaltungstechnik auf dem Markt, doch in die Jahre gekommen ist es noch lange nicht. Auch die 16. Auflage wurde von den Verfassern intensiv überarbeitet und erweitert und stellt dem Leser viele wichtige Themen der Halbleiter-Schaltungstechnik vor, darunter eine Einführung in die Digitaltechnik, Anwendungsmöglichkeiten in Bauelementen und Schaltungen der Nachrichtentechnik.Inhalte richten sich Praktiker und Studierende Von den Inhalten dieses Buchs über die Schaltungstechnik profitieren sowohl Studenten als auch Ingenieure. Sämtliche Kapitel wurden entsprechend der neuesten technischen Entwicklungen überarbeitet. Es vermittelt Grundlagenwissen aber auch tiefergehende Informationen.Table of ContentsTeil I: Grundlagen: Diode.- Bipolartransistor.- Feldeffekttransistor.- Verstärker.- Operationsverstärker.- Digitaltechnik Grundlagen.- Schaltnetze.- Schaltwerke.- Halbleiterspeicher.- Teil II: Anwendungen: Analogrechenschaltungen.- Gesteuerte Quellen und Impedanzkonverter.- Aktive Filter.- Regler.- Signalgeneratoren.- Leistungsverstärker.- Stromversorgung.- DA- und AD-Umsetzer.- Messschaltungen.- Sensorik.- Optoelektronische Bauelemente.- Teil III: Schaltungen der Nachrichtentechnik: Grundlagen.- Sender und Empfänger.- Passive Komponenten.- Hochfrequenz-Verstärker.- Mischer.- Oszillatoren.-Phasenregelschleife.- Anhang.- Literaturverzeichnis.- Sachverzeichnis.

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Book SynopsisDieses Buch, geschrieben von einem Praktiker mit über 25jähriger Erfahrung auf diesem Gebiet, ist ein Standardwerk auf dem neuesten Stand der Technik zur Thermoelektrizität sowie zur Theorie metallischer Thermomaterialen. Die dargestellten technischen Verfahren und Anwendungen sind für junge Ingenieure und angewandte Physiker von großem Interesse. Theoretische Grundlagen werden erweitert bzw. erstmals eingebracht, so z.B. die theoretischen Seebeckkoeffizienten von Übergangsmetallen und Übergangslegierungen sowie der Einfluss der thermischen Ausdehnung auf die Seebeckkoeffizienten.Diese 2. Auflage enthält, neben erheblichen Überarbeitungen und Erweiterungen, die neueren Erkenntnisse der Wissenschaft und der gerätetechnischen Weiterentwicklungen auf dem Gebiet der Temperaturmesstechnik, einschließlich der Fachthemen Drift und Selbstüberwachung.Table of ContentsEinleitung.- Zur Geschichte der Thermoelektrik.- Elektrophysikalische Effekte mit thermischem Einfluss oder thermischer Wirkung.- Thermoeelektrischer Basiseffekt.- Verknüpfung des thermoelektrischen Basiseffektes.- Thermoelektrische Basisapplikationen.- Temperaturmesspraxis mit Thermoelementen.- Werkstoffe und Bauteile für Thermoelemente.- Ausblick und Perspektive.

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Book SynopsisThe International Bureau of Weights and Measures (BIPM) is currently implementing the greatest change ever in the world''s system of weights and measures -- it is redefining the kilogram, the final artefact standard, and reorganizing the system of international units. This book tells the inside story of what led to these changes, from the events surrounding the founding of the BIPM in 1875 -- a landmark in the history of international cooperation -- to the present. It traces not only the evolution of the science, but also the story of the key individuals and events. The BIPM was the first international scientific laboratory. Founded in 1875 by the Metre Convention, its original tasks were to conserve the new international standards of the metre and the kilogram, to carry out calibrations for Member States and undertake research to advance measurement science. The book is based on the substantial archive of the BIPM which, from the very beginning, recounts the many discussions and arguments first as to whether and how such an institute should be created and in due course, how over the next one hundred and thirty years it should develop. Despite many national and personal rivalries, the institute actually created was admirably suited to its declared tasks. In the years and decades that followed, the scientific work of the small group of men who made up its first staff was of a very high order. One of the early Directors received the Nobel Prize for physics in 1920 for his discovery of invar. The international governing Board of the institute, the International Committee of Weights and Measures, has guided the institute from one charged with the conservation of the prototype artefacts to one now at the centre of world metrology and preparing for the redefinition of the last remaining artifact, the kilogram, in terms of a fixed value for one of the fundamental constants of physics, the Planck constantTable of ContentsIntroduction ; Chapter 1: The origins of the Metre Convention 1851 to 1869 ; Why? ; The need for international agreement on measurement standards ; The great Exhibition of 1851 in London ; The 1855 Paris Universal Exhibition and Statistical Congress ; The Universal Exhibition Paris 1867; a time of political tension in Europe ; The unit of length for geodesy and the original definition of the metre ; The International Conferences on Geodesy, Berlin 1864 and 1867 ; Reactions from France: the Bureau des Longitudes ; Academy of Science of Saint Petersburg ; Reaction from the Academie des Sciences ; Chapter 2: The creation of the International Metre Commission 1869 ; Creation of the Metre Commission ; The members of the French Section of the Metre Commission ; The first meetings of the French Section ; What should be the origin of the new international metre? ; The first meeting of the Metre Commission, August 1870 ; Chapter 3: The International Metre Commission, meetings of 1872/73 ; The order of things from 1869 to 1875 ; The Committee for Preparatory Research April 1872 ; The International Metre Commission September October 1872 ; Chapter 4: The casting of 1874 and the first steps in the fabrication of the new metric standards ; Great Britain decides not to join ; The problem of melting and casting platinum ; Preparations for the Conservatoire casting ; The casting of 250 kilograms of platinum-iridium on 13 May 1874: the alloy of the Conservatoire ; Approval of the Permanent Committee ; First indications that the alloy of the Conservatoire was contaminated with iron and ruthenium ; To proceed regardless ; Chapter 5: The Diplomatic Conference of the Metre 1875 ; The first sessions of the Conference ; The Special Commission ; First drafts of the Convention ; Attempts at a compromise proposal ; The opinion of the French Government ; The first vote on the proposals ; The 12 and 15 April sessions of the Diplomatic Conference ; The signing of the Metre Convention on 20 May 1875 ; Chapter 6: The creation of the BIPM and the beginning of the construction of the new metric prototypes; problems with the French Section ; The first meeting of the International Committee for Weights and Measures ; The founding members of the International Committee ; Choosing the site for the International Bureau, the Pavillon de Breteuil ; Decisions on the main instruments for the new institute ; Progress between April 1875 and April 1876; design for laboratory building ; Difficult relations between the International Committee and the French Section ; First meeting of the International Committee at the Pavillon de Breteuil; the Committee refuses the 1874 alloy ; A new railway line and improved relations with the French Section ; Chapter 7: 1879 to 1889, the first decade of scientific work at the International Bureau ; Progress with metres and instruments ; Publications, official and scientific and the library ; Elections to the International Committee ; Construction of the new prototypes, the metres ; Construction of the new prototypes, the kilograms ; More on the metres ; Good relations with the French Section ; The measurement of temperature, the 1887 hydrogen scale ; A first unsuccessful step towards electrical standards at the BIPM ; Chapter 8: New Member States and the first General Conference on Weights and Measures, 1889 ; New States join including Great Britain ; Time to call a General Conference? ; Final acts of the French Section ; The first General Conference on Weights and Measures September 1889 ; The formal adoption of the new metric prototypes ; The distribution of national prototypes ; In the end, who was right about the alloy of the Conservatoire? ; Chapter 9: The development of the scientific work at the BIPM, the General Conferences of 1895 and 1901 ; More new scientific work ; Thermometry ; The density of water ; The length of the metre in terms of the wavelength of light ; Calibrations ; Staff health problems and building repairs ; Members of the International Committee ; The toise and the Imperial Standard Yard ; The second General Conference and the BIPM pension scheme and reserve fund ; The third General Conference: the BIPM too small and fragile? ; Chapter 10: The creation of the Grands Laboratoires ; Physikalisch-Technische Reichsanstalt (PTR) ; National Physical Laboratory (NPL) ; The National Bureau of Standards (NBS) ; A French national standards laboratory? ; Chapter 11: The story of invar and the extension of the role of the International Bureau at the 6th General Conference 1921 ; The origins of the discovery of invar ; Thermal and mechanical properties of invar ; Samuel Stratton and Sir David Gill and proposals for changing the Convention ; Scientific staff of the Bureau ; The fifth General Conference and proposals for a new temperature scale ; Legal and practical metrology ; The International Bureau 1914 to 1918 ; The meeting of the International Committee in 1920 and the resignation of Foerster ; Plans to broaden the range of the Bureau's work ; The opening of the sixth General Conference 27 September 1921 ; Objections to the new role for the International Bureau ; Final conclusions of the Conference: a new Convention and broader role for the International Bureau ; Chapter 12: The 7th and 8th General Conferences 1927 and 1933, practical metrology and the Bureau during the Second World War ; The financial situation of the Bureau in the 1920s ; Results of the first verification of national prototypes of the metre presented to 7th General Conference ; What should be the standard temperature for the definition of the metre and for industrial length metrology? ; Quartz reference standards for length and proposals for a new definition of the metre ; Agreement for work on electrical standards at the International Bureau and the creation of the Consultative Committee for Electricity ; The International Temperature Scale of 1927 ; The beginning of electrical work at the International Bureau ; The move to absolute electrical units ; A Consultative Committee for Photometry and the CIE, new definition of the standard of light ; The International Committee takes an important decision related to practical metrology ; Other activities of The International Committee and international Bureau in the 1930s ; The International Bureau during the Second World War ; Scientific work during the War ; Chapter 13: The SI, absolute electrical units, the International Committee and the creation of the ionizing radiation section. ; The call for an International System of Units at the 9th General Conference 1948 ; The substitution of absolute electrical units for the 1908 International Units ; Objections on the part of the PTR ; A date for implementation of the absolute system and interruption caused by the war ; The need to act quickly ; Final decisions of the International Committee ; Final discussions on practical metrology ; New science, new prospects for units ; The International Committee after the war ; The International Bureau and its staff after the war, the Accord de Siege ; The creation of the Ionizing Radiation Section at the Bureau ; Chapter 14: The adoption of the SI, revising the Metre Convention, new definitions of the metre and second at the 11th General Conference 1960 ; The International System of Units SI ; Preparations to revise the Metre Convention ; Discussions at the 11th General Conference ; The change in definition of the Metre: arguments for and against ; Which radiation to choose? ; The new definition of the metre and the International Bureau ; Financial matters and problems of the Cold War ; The definition of the second ; The International Committee decides ; Problems with the new definition of the second ; The second redefined again in 1967 ; The development of the scientific work of the International Bureau up to 1975 ; The influence on the Bureau of national standards laboratories ; The influence of the Consultative Committees ; Laser wavelength standards at the Bureau ; Staff development at the Bureau ; Calibrations: an evolving activity at the Bureau ; The new journal, Metrologia ; Chapter 15: The mole, the speed of light and more about the Metre Convention ; The mole and chemistry ; The first attempt to bring chemistry into the affairs of the Bureau ; The 13th CGPM and its refusal to adopt the dotation ; The Centenary of the Metre Convention in 1975 ; Redefinition of the metre in terms of the speed of light ; New proposals to modify the Metre Convention ; The Direction and supervision of the International Bureau from 1975 to 2003 ; The financial situation of the BIPM from 1975 to 2003 ; The Pavillon du Mail, some difficulties with building permission ; Chapter 16: New science at the BIPM and the Recognition of National measurement Standards ; The BIPM staff in the last quarter of the 20th century ; Developments in photometry and radiometry and a new definition of the candela ; International Atomic Time and Coordinated Universal Time ; Other new science at the Bureau ; The new quantum electrical standards ; The BIPM mechanical workshop ; Chemistry at last comes to the CIPM and BIPM ; Traceability in laboratory medicine ; The International Organization for Legal Metrology ; The CIPM Mutual Recognition Arrangement for National Measurement Standards - early discussions ; First moves towards an MRA ; Regional metrology organizations ; Other pressures on national laboratories and looking to the BIPM ; First meeting of Directors of national metrology institutes and first draft of an MRA ; Quality systems and key comparison reference values ; Final agreement reached ; Chapter 17: The redefinition of the kilogram and the move towards the New SI ; The kilogram from 1889 to the present day ; Advances in science that at last make absolute units possible ; The watt balance ; Determine the mass of an atom by x-ray crystal density of silicon ; Comparing the results from the watt balance and the silicon crystal density experiments ; How and when to proceed to an actual redefinition of the kilogram ; What does it mean to fix the numerical value of a fundamental constant and how do we use it to define a unit? ; The arguments against a new definition ; Redefining the ampere, kelvin and mole ; How to formulate the new definitions ; The CIPM proposes an absolute system of units based on the fundamental constants of physics ; Epilogue: The new SI and the future role of the BIPM ; Appendix English text of the Metre Convention ; Bibliography

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Book SynopsisWith this accessible, introductory guide, you will quickly learn how to use and apply optical spectroscopy and optical microscopy techniques. Focusing on day-to-day implementation and offering practical lab tips throughout, it provides step-by-step instructions on how to select the best technique for a particular application, how to set up and customize new optical systems, and how to analyze optical data. You will gain an intuitive understanding of the full range of standard optical techniques, from fluorescence and Raman spectroscopy to super resolution microscopy. Understand how to navigate around an optics lab with clear descriptions of the most common optical components and tools. Including explanations of basic optics and photonics, and easy-to-understand mathematics, this is an invaluable resource for graduate students, instructors, researchers and professionals who use or teach optical measurements in laboratories.Trade Review'This book contains five chapters, starting with a very precise and clear explanation of different optical phenomena. Fully covering ground-level knowledge for working in any optics lab … This guide is easy to understand and an invaluable resource as a must-have, day-to-day implementation handbook for advanced undergraduate students, graduate students, researchers and professionals who perform optical research and measurement in laboratories.' Ishtiaque Ahmed, Optics & Photonics NewsTable of Contents1. Introduction; 2. Introduction to common optical components; 3. Spectroscopy; 4. Optical imaging; 5. Notes on how to design and build optical setups in the lab; 6. Appendices.

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Book SynopsisThis is a perfect companion to any course on measure theory, integration, real and functional analysis, providing more than 300 examples and counterexamples to the otherwise often rather theoretical courses. By knowing 'what may go wrong' students will gain a better understanding of the standard course material.Trade Review'This book is an admirable counterpart, both to the first author's well-known text Measures, Integrals and Martingales (Cambridge, 2005/2017), and to the books on counter-examples in analysis (Gelbaum and Olmsted), topology (Steen and Seebach) and probability (Stoyanov). To paraphrase the authors' preface: in a good theory, it is valuable and instructive to probe the limits of what can be said by investigating what cannot be said. The task is thus well-conceived, and the execution is up to the standards one would expect from the books of the first author and of their papers. I recommend it warmly.' N. H. Bingham, Imperial College'… an excellent reference text and companion reader for anyone interested in deepening their understanding of measure theory.' John Ross, MAA Reviews'… the unique nature of the book makes it an essential acquisition for any university with a doctoral program in pure mathematics … Essential.' M. Bona, Choice Connect'The book is well written, the demonstrations are clear and the bibliographic references are competent. We appreciate this work as extremely useful for those interested in measure theory and integration, starting with beginners and extending even to advanced researchers in the field.' Liviu Constantin Florescu, Mathematical Reviews/MathSciNet'Counterexamples in Measure and Integration is an ideal companion to help better understand canonically problematic examples in analysis … This collection of counterexamples is an excellent resource to researchers who rely on measure and integration theory. It would be helpful for students studying for their analysis qualifying exam as it draws on common misconceptions and enables readers to build intuition about why a given counterexample works and how conditions can be changed to make a particular statement hold.' Katelynn Kochalski, Notices of the AMSTable of ContentsPreface; User's guide; List of topics and phenomena; 1. A panorama of Lebesgue integration; 2. A refresher of topology and ordinal numbers; 3. Riemann is not enough; 4. Families of sets; 5. Set functions and measures; 6. Range and support of a measure; 7. Measurable and non-measurable sets; 8. Measurable maps and functions; 9. Inner and outer measure; 10. Integrable functions; 11. Modes of convergence; 12. Convergence theorems; 13. Continuity and a.e. continuity; 14. Integration and differentiation; 15. Measurability on product spaces; 16. Product measures; 17. Radon–Nikodým and related results; 18. Function spaces; 19. Convergence of measures; References; Index.

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Book SynopsisIncluded is a famous nineteenth-century debate about scientific reasoning between the hypothetico-deductivist William Whewell and the inductivist John Stuart Mill; and an account of the realism-antirealism dispute about unobservables in science, with a consideration of Perrin's argument for the existence of molecules in the early twentieth century.Table of ContentsPart I: Descaries' Rationalism and Laws of Motion; 1. Descartes' Methodological Rules; 2. Descartes' Ontological Proof of God; 3. Descartes' Laws of Motion; 4. A Discussion of Descartes' Methodology; Part II: Newton's Inductivism and the Law of Gravity; 5. Newton's Methodological Rules; 6. Newton's "Phenomena" and Derivation of the Law of Gravity; 7. Newton on "Hypotheses," God, and Gravity; 8. Cohen's Discussion of Newton's Methodology; 9. Whewell's Critique of Newton's Methodology; Part III: Hypothetico-Deductivism, the Mill-Whewell Debate, and the Wave Theory of Light; 10. Young's Wave Theory of Light; 11. Whewell's Hypothetico-Deductivism; 12. Popper's Falsificationism; 13. Mill's Inductivism and Debate with Whewell; 14. The Mill-Whewell Debate; Part IV: Realism vs. Antirealism and Molecular Reality; 15. Duhem's Antirealism; 16. Van Fraassen's Antirealism; 17. Perrin's Realism and Argument for Molecules; 18. Salmon's Empirical Defense of Realism; 19. Realism and Perrin's Argument for Molecules; Part V: Galileo's Tower Argument and Rejections of Universal Rules of Method; 20. Galileo's Refutation of the Tower Argument; 21. Feyerabend's Rejection of Universal Rules; 22. A Critique of Feyerabend's Anarchism; 23. Kuhn's Rejection of Universal Rules; 24. A Discussion of Kuhn's "Values"

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