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This book provides a comprehensive overview of laser sources and their applications in various fields of science, industry, and technology. After an introduction to the basics of laser physics, different laser types and materials for lasers are summarized in the context of a historical survey, outlining the evolution of the laser over the past five decades. This includes, amongst other aspects, gas lasers, excimer lasers, the wide range of solid-state and semiconductor lasers, and femtosecond and other pulsed lasers where particular attention is paid to high-power sources. Subsequent chapters address related topics such as laser modulation and nonlinear frequency conversion. In closing, the ...
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The History of German film is diverse and multi-faceted. This volume can only suggest the richness of a film tradition that includes five distinct German governments [Wilhelmine Germany, the Weimar Republic, the Third Reich, the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany), and the German Democratic Republic (East Germany), s well as a reunited Germany], two national industries (Germany and Austria), and a myriad of styles and production methods. Paradoxically, the political disruptions that have produced these distinct film eras, as well as and the natural inclination of artists to rebel and create new styles, allow for construction of a narrative of German film. Disjuncture generates distinc...
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These 15 works from the Nebula Award winner and Hugo and World Fantasy Awards nominee, Michael Bishop, previously appeared in Omni, Asimov's The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction and other magazines and anthologies between 1981 and 1996.
Artists featured are: Peter Baka, Mac Betts, Jamie Boyd, Stephen Brown, Kate Briscoe, John Caldwell, Stephen Coburn, Rod Dudley, Ian Ferguson, Keely Fielding, Christopher Gentle, Gloria Goddard, Alison Goodwin, Max Gosewinckel, Ian Grant, Mike Green, Paul Greenaway, Garry Greenwood, Meredith Guy-Villon, Basil Hadley, Francis Hansen, Peter Hardy, Geoffrey Harvey, Bernd Heinrich, John Hinds, Louis James, Gil Jamieson, Timonthy John, Greg Johns, Nola Jones, Hanna Kay, Inge King, Hyunmee Lee, Helmut Lueckenhausen, John Martin, Ted May, Lyndall Milani, Rod Milgate, Jeff Mincham, Monty Osewald, Franco Paisio, Victoria Peel, Enid Ratnam-Keese, Sue Rogers, Andrew Sibley, Margaret Sinclair, Wendy Stokes, Neil Taylor, Neville Weston, Liz Williams, Barbara Zerbini.