Introduction to Brown Dwarfs

From very-low-mass stars to super-Jupiters

by John Gizis

This book provides an introduction to brown dwarfs aimed at advanced undergraduates and beginning graduate students, supplementing stellar astrophysics or (exo)planetary science classes. It emphasises key theoretical ideas, including brown dwarf concepts, atmospheres, formation, initial mass function, and the main observational results that support those ideas.

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X-ray Color Imaging

Static and dynamic x-ray fluorescence for chemical element identification

by Kenji Sakurai, Wenyang Zhao

In this book, the author reviews and demonstrates X-ray color imaging, which captures images of chemical elements in the X-ray wavelength range that can be used to create snapshot and movie images for tracking chemical reactions and dynamic systems, and how the technique can be applied to many scientific fields.

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Printing Technologies and Applications

A multidisciplinary roadmap

by Susanne Klein, Carinna Parraman

In this book, the interactions between printing method, ink and substrate surface are discussed in order to achieve optimal results and durability.

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Fundamentals of Industrial Instrumentation (Second Edition)

by Alok Barua

This book establishes the physical principles with mathematical analysis and practical techniques used to measure variables most important for Instrumentation applications. This text book will provide students and recent graduates with the knowledge to design and build the measurement systems for industrial processes. More number of problems as well the solutions have been provided in the second edition. AI and its specific application for Industrial Instrumentation is also covered in this book.

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