 How We See the Sky: A Naked-Eye Tour of Day and Night
Gazing up at the heavens from our backyards or a nearby field, most of us see an undifferentiated mess of stars—if, that is, we can see anything at all through the glow of light pollution. Today’s casual observer knows far less about the sky than did our ancestors, who depended on the sun and the moon to tell them the... | | OpenCL Programming Guide
Industry pundits love drama. New products don’t build on the status quo
to make things better. They “revolutionize” or, better yet, define a “new
paradigm.” And, of course, given the way technology evolves, the results
rarely are as dramatic as the pundits make it seem.
Over the past decade,... | | Rubberlike Elasticity: A Molecular Primer
Elastomers and rubberlike materials form a critical component in diverse applications that range from tyres to biomimetics and are used in chemical, biomedical, mechanical and electrical engineering. This updated and expanded second edition provides an elementary introduction to the physical and molecular concepts governing elastic behaviour,... |
