The book intends to give a state-of-the-art overview of flexoelectricity, a linear physical coupling between mechanical (orientational) deformations and electric polarization, which is specific to ...

This book on quantum optics is from the point of view of an experimentalist. It approaches the theory of quantum optics with the language of optical modes of classical wave theory, with which ...

From the point of view of mechanics, this monograph systematically demonstrates the theory of plastic bending and its engineering applications; most of the contents of the book are based on the ...

Despite a long tradition of sophisticated, creative materials synthesis among quantum materials researchers, a sense of broader community has been lacking. In initiating the Fundamentals of Quantum ...

Abstract The following sections are included: Introduction Kolmogorov and Schools The Pre-History of the Reform The Curriculum of 1968 The Implementation of the Reforms Elective Classes Mathematics ...

"This book presents a clear, highly readable view of science's best understanding of how things in the Universe came to be the way they are. Each chapter is written by a leading expert in that ...

Abstract: The early history of terpene chemistry leading to the development of Wallach's “Isoprene Rule” and, later, to Ruzicka's “Biogenetic Isoprene Rule” is described. Major events in the evolution ...