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Written by three leading experts in the field, this textbook describes and explains all aspects of the scanning probe microscopy. Emphasis is placed on the experimental design and procedures required to optimize the performance of the various methods. "Scanning Probe Microscopy" covers not only the [...]

This book brings together various aspects of the nuclear fission phenomenon discovered by Hahn, Strassmann and Meitner almost 70 years ago. Beginning with an historical introduction the authors present various models to describe the fission process of hot nuclei as well as the spontaneous fission of[...]

Boken handler om barnebarnet til Tysklands første afrikanske diplomat. Her skildrer forfatteren hvordan han og moren opplevde livet som mørkhudede i Hamburg under andre verdenskrig. Boken forteller om trakassering og diskriminering, men også om en stor porsjon mot og en sterk morskjærlighet.[...]

'he murmured with conviction - speaking aloud to himself in the shock of the penetrating thought: I am a lost man' Peter Willems, a clerk in Macassar, granted a 'second chance' at a remote river trading post, falls ever more hopelessly into traps set by himself and others. The pawn of Babalatchi, t[...]

This book provides the most comprehensive treatment to date of the microphysical processes which lead to cloud and precipitation formation. Emphasis is placed on presenting a quantitative description of the various mechanisms (eg nucleation, diffusional growth and evaporation, collisional growth and[...]