| July
2010
Dear
valued subscriber,
"Confidence
is one of the principal ways the audience evaluates your expertise and
determines whether or not what you say is believable.
Naturally,
you know that confidence comes from having rehearsed and being well
prepared. You also know that confidence comes from seeing yourself as a
host. However, despite all this, you may still be experiencing
fear...The audiences recognise the signs: unstable voice (shaking),
nervous cough, throat clearing, difficulty in swallowing or breathing,
shaky hands betrayed by the trembling red dot of the laser beam on the
white screen, no eye contact, closed postures (arms folded across the
chest or hands clutched on the lectern), awareness of one’s body and in
particular these cumbersome dangling arms of ours, lifted tense
shoulders, rapid speech, unsmiling face, and ..." -- Jean-Luc Lebrun
Take a
preview of Jean-Luc Lebrun's When
The Scientist Presents - An Audio and Video Guide to
Science Talks.
Available
for a limited time - a free chapter from this bestselling title - Chapter
9: THE GRABBING VOICE - Speak with Confidence (144k)
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Coming Soon
Nanoparticle
Reinforced Composites for Structural Applications
by Hassan Mahfuzn (Florida Atlantic University, USA)
& Vinod Dhanak (The University of Liverpool, UK)
Traditionally the subject of nanomaterials and nanoscience belonged to
physicists and chemists over the last several decades since the
legendary lecture given by Nobel laureate Richard P Feynman (Physics)
in 1959, “There's Plenty of Room at the Bottom”. However, the idea of
nanoparticle reinforced composites or nanocomposites came only about a
decade ago after the remarkable discovery of carbon nanotubes and
buckyballs. Infusion of these nanoparticles into various polymer
matrices and their precursors opened up an important area of research
in enhancing the properties of composite materials as we know today.
The
idea is synonymous with that expressed by Federal Agency such as
National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) that “advances at the
nanoscale will be meaningless if they cannot be interfaced well with
the technology at larger material components, systems and architecture
to produce usable devices”. The development of structural
nanocomposites from nanoparticle reinforced polymers addresses that
concern precisely to the point. With this thematic idea of research in
mind, there has been a flurry of activities within the last few years
in US as well as in other countries, especially in the composite
materials community to develop nanocomposites purely aiming structural
applications. Phenomenal improvement in nanocomposite properties have
been reported over a wide range of areas.
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- Coming Soon
Nanoscale
Interface for Organic Electronics
edited by Mitsumasa Iwamoto (Tokyo Institute of
Technology, Japan), Young-Soo Kwon (Dong-A University, Korea), &
Takhee Lee (Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Korea)
- Coming Soon
Nanostructures
And Nanomaterials
Synthesis, Properties and Applications (2nd Edition)
by Guozhong Cao (University of Washington, USA)
& Ying Wang (Louisiana State University, USA)
- Nanoscience
And Nanotechnology In Engineering
by Vijay K Varadan (University of Arkansas, USA) , A
Sivathanu Pillai (Defense Research and Development Organization, India)
, Debashish Mukherji (Defense Research and Development Organization,
India) , Mayank Dwivedi (Defense Research and Development Organization,
India), & Linfeng Chen (University of Arkansas, USA)
- World
Scientific Series in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
Molecular
Electronics
An Introduction to Theory and Experiment
by Juan Carlos Cuevas (Universidad Autónoma de
Madrid, Spain) & Elke Scheer (Universität Konstanz, Germany)
- Theory of
Semiconductor Quantum Dots
Band Structure, Optical Properties and Applications
edited by Aleksey Andreev (Hitachi Cambridge
Laboratory, UK)
- Perspectives
of Mesoscopic Physics
Dedicated to Professor Yoseph Imry's 70th Birthday
edited by Amnon Aharony (Ben Gurion University,
Israel) & Ora Entin-Wohlman (Ben Gurion University, Israel)
- Nanoparticle
Reinforced Composites For Structural Applications by Hassan
Mahfuzn (Florida Atlantic University, USA) & Vinod Dhanak (The
University of Liverpool, UK)
- Nanomagnetism
And Spintronics
Fabrication, Materials, Characterization and Applications
edited by Farzad Nasirpouri (Sahand University of
Technology, Iran) & Alain Nogaret (University of Bath, UK)
Annual Review of
Nano Research - Vol. 2
Annual
Review Of Nano Research
edited by Guozhong Cao (University of Washington,
USA) , Qifeng Zhang (University of Washington, USA) , & C Jeffrey
Brinker (University of New Mexico, USA & Sandia National
Laboratories, USA)
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An
Introduction To Electrospinning and Nanofibers
by Seeram Ramakrishna (National University of
Singapore), Kazutoshi Fujihara (National University of Singapore),
Wee-Eong Teo (National University of Singapore), Teik-Cheng Lim
(National University of Singapore), & Zuwei Ma (National University
of Singapore)
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Series on Chemical
Engineering - Vol. 4
Nanoporous
Materials: Science And Engineering
edited by G Q Lu (University of Queensland, Australia)
& X S Zhao (National University of Singapore, Singapore)
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| Journal Highlight |
![]() International
Journal of Nanoscience (IJN)
Managing
Editor:
J G Hou
University of Science and Technology of China
This
inter-disciplinary, internationally-reviewed research journal covers
all aspects of nanometer scale science and technology. Articles in any
contemporary topical areas are sought, from basic science of nanoscale
physics and chemistry to applications in nanodevices, quantum
engineering and quantum computing.
Does
your library have a subscription? If not, click here
to recommend this journal to your library. To request an institutional
trial to the journal, please have your librarian email trial@xxxxxxxx.
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![]() The Nobel
Banquets
A Century of Culinary History (1901-2001)
by Ulrica Soderlind (Stockholm University, Sweden)
Translated from the Swedish by Michael Knight
The
Nobel Banquets is not about Alfred Nobel's personal dining habits; it
is about his "gift to mankind" — the five original Nobel Prizes and the
festivities that are arranged every year to celebrate them...
View
the sample chapters for a preview:
Table
of Contents (228k)
Foreword
(196k)
Preface
(66k)
![]() Nobel Prizes
And Life Sciences
by Erling Norrby (The Royal Swedish Academy of
Sciences, Sweden)
The
Nobel Prizes in natural sciences have developed to become a unique
measure of scientific excellence. Using archival documents, which have
been released (50 years secrecy) for scholarly work, the author
expertly traces the strengths and weaknesses of the Nobel system as
exemplified by individual prizes. Surveys of the more than 100 years
that the Prizes have been awarded are also presented.
![]() Energy,
The Environment And Climate Change
by Peter E Hodgson (University of Oxford, UK)
This
book is a comprehensive account of all significant energy sources,
evaluated according to their capacity, reliability, cost, safety and
effects on the environment. Non-renewable sources (for example, coal,
oil, gas and nuclear fuel) together with renewable sources like wood,
hydro, biomass, wind, solar, geothermal, ocean thermal, and tidal; are
considered. Also, nuclear radiations and the disposal of nuclear waste
and the future of nuclear power are assessed, as well as pollution and
acid rain, the greenhouse effects and climate change. Its social,
political and moral problems are discussed, with a special mention of
the opposition to nuclear power.
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A Many-Splendored Thing
by Igor Novak (Charles Sturt University, Australia)
This
book provides the first integrated account of all factors which play a
role in making Science what it is today. The book discusses historical,
sociological and philosophical aspects of Science emphasizing their
interconnectedness. It describes many of the latest developments in
scientific practice as well old unsolved problems. The book aims to be
explanatory and stimulating rather than comprehensive. The book is an
overview of important issues and aims to present these issues in the
context of not only Society but of Science itself. One of the important
aims of the book is to clarify misconceptions about Science held by
general public or by scientists themselves. Science and scientists in
this book are presented in their true light, not as stereotyped by the
media.
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