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Islands, Mounds and Atoms
Crystal growth far from thermodynamic equilibrium is nothing but homoepitaxy - thin film growth on a crystalline substrate of the same material. Because of the absence of misfit effects, homoepitaxy is an ideal playground to study growth kinetics in its pure form. Despite its conceptual simplicity, homoepitaxy gives rise to a wide range of patterns. This book explains the formation of such patterns in terms of elementary atomic processes, using the well-studied Pt/Pt(111) system as a reference point and a large number of Scanning Tunneling Microscopy images for visualization. Topics include surface diffusion, nucleation theory, island shapes, mound formation and coarsening, and layer-by-layer growth. A separate chapter is dedicated to describing the main experimental and theoretical methods.
Reluctant Allies
Often forgotten among the many aspects of World War II is the alliance between Germany and Japan. Because of the vast geographical separation between these two Axis nations, and because of some of very real philosophical and operational differences, the alliance was fraught with difficulty. But in the vast middle-ground of the Indian Ocean, these "reluctant allies" did come together to conduct naval operations that might well have had disastrous consequences for the Allies but for the intervention of fate and the inevitable friction of war. Captain Krug served in U-boats in that theater and in the Far East and, with the assistance of scholars of both nations, he has produced a very readable ...
Collective Dynamics of Nonlinear and Disordered Systems
Phase transitions in disordered systems and related dynamical phenomena are a topic of intrinsically high interest in theoretical and experimental physics. This book presents a unified view, adopting concepts from each of the disjoint fields of disordered systems and nonlinear dynamics. Special attention is paid to the glass transition, from both experimental and theoretical viewpoints, to modern concepts of pattern formation, and to the application of the concepts of dynamical systems for understanding equilibrium and nonequilibrium properties of fluids and solids. The content is accessible to graduate students, but will also be of benefit to specialists, since the presentation extends as far as the topics of ongoing research work.
Fractals, Scaling and Growth Far from Equilibrium
A comprehensive, 1998 account of the practical aspects and pitfalls of the applications of fractal modelling in the physical sciences.
Kopfnebel
Im Elsterflutbecken wird die Leiche einer kopflosen Frau angeschwemmt. Hauptkommissar Jan Krüger rätselt, könnte die junge Frau Opfer einer Fehde zwischen Russenmafia und Albaner-Clan geworden sein? Während der Ermittlungen erfährt er, dass ein Mann, der in den Achtzigern mehrere Frauen getötet und enthauptet haben soll, wieder auf freiem Fuß ist. Jan findet heraus, dass auf den Treffen einer Freimaurerloge regelmäßig junge Frauen einer Begleitagentur eingeladen werden. Wenig später wird auch eine dieser Frauen tot aufgefunden. Dabei gerät ein Leipziger Richter ebenso in das Visier der Ermittlungen, wie ein hochangesehener Justizbeamter. Doch dann tauchen plötzlich Hinweise auf, die Jan und seiner Kollegin Hannah das Blut in den Adern gefrieren lassen. Ist es möglich, dass sie dermaßen tief in die Ermittlungen eingetaucht sind, dass sie die Hand vor Augen nicht mehr sehen?
Guts and Glory
Guts and Glory: The Making of the American Military Image in Film is the definitive study of the symbiotic relationship between the film industry and the United States armed services. Since the first edition was published nearly two decades ago, the nation has experienced several wars, both on the battlefield and in movie theatres and living rooms at home. Now, author Lawrence Suid has extensively revised and expanded his classic history of the mutual exploitation of the film industry and the military, exploring how Hollywood has reflected and effected changes in America's image of its armed services. He offers in-depth looks at such classic films as Wings, Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo, The Longest Day, Patton, Top Gun, An Officer and a Gentleman, and Saving Private Ryan, as well as the controversial war movies The Green Berets, M*A*S*H, the Deer Hunter, Apocalypse Now, Platoon, Full Metal Jacket, and Born on the Fourth of July.
Islands, Mounds and Atoms
Crystal growth far from thermodynamic equilibrium is nothing but homoepitaxy - thin film growth on a crystalline substrate of the same material. Because of the absence of misfit effects, homoepitaxy is an ideal playground to study growth kinetics in its pure form. Despite its conceptual simplicity, homoepitaxy gives rise to a wide range of patterns. This book explains the formation of such patterns in terms of elementary atomic processes, using the well-studied Pt/Pt(111) system as a reference point and a large number of Scanning Tunneling Microscopy images for visualization. Topics include surface diffusion, nucleation theory, island shapes, mound formation and coarsening, and layer-by-layer growth. A separate chapter is dedicated to describing the main experimental and theoretical methods. The text is aimed at physicists with an interest in growth kinetics, surface scientists, graduate students, and practitioners of thin film deposition.
Der Lotuseffekt
Während Hauptkommissar Jan Krüger in Leipzig einen Mord aufklären muss, übernimmt er auf Drängen des CIA-Chefs Tom Bauer die heikle Aufgabe, zwei ehemalige Kameraden aus der Gewalt eines syrischen Milizenführers zu befreien. Als die Mission zu scheitern droht, erhält der ehemalige Major die unerwartete Hilfe einer geheimnisvollen Schönheit. Doch schon bald beginnt Jan zu zweifeln, ob er dieser Frau, die sich Lotus nennt, tatsächlich vertrauen kann, oder ob sie ihn verraten wird? Kann er seine Freunde retten, oder führt ihn Lotus ins Verderben?
Fire and Steel
The final volume in one of the most acclaimed works of military history of this generation. Here is Peter Caddick-Adams' third volume in his trilogy about the final year of the Western front in World War Two. Fire & Steel covers the war's final 100 days-beginning in late January 1945 and continuing until May 8th, 1945, when the German high command surrendered unconditionally to all Allied forces. Caddick-Adams' previous two volumes in the acclaimed series-Sand & Steel, which covers the invasion of Normandy in June 1944, and Snow & Steel, the definitive study of the Battle of the Bulge, the German's final offensive in the war-have set the stage for this concluding volume. In these final month...
