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The fourth edition of this well-known guide to close-range photogrammetry provides a thorough presentation of the methods, mathematics, systems and applications which comprise the subject of close-range photogrammetry. The authors present accurate imaging techniques to analyse the three-dimensional shape of a wide range of manufactured and natural objects. 1st edition awarded the Karl-Kraus-Medal for “Best International Textbook’’. Covers all current and established technology features and recent technology developments of signifi cance. New topics include: aspherical lenses, hyperspectral camera and colour calibration.
This hand book is concerned with optical imaging – from simple pinhole cameras to complex imaging systems. It spans the range all the way from optical physics to technical optics. Based on ray- and wave-optical approaches complemented by principles of Fourier optics, the book discusses the process of imaging from the beginning until image capture where, in particular, the different topics are well integrated with each other. Different imaging systems and sensors are reviewed as well as lenses and aberrations, image intensification and processing. The second and enlarged edition has been updated by actual developments and complemented by the topic of smart phone camera photography. The latt...
Whereas simple manual drives were often used in stage technology in the past, today highly specialized know-how is employed. Therefore, personnel must be trained accordingly. This training ranges from courses for craftsmen to higher education at technical colleges and universities. The book therefore appeals to the entire range of interested parties; only one chapter requires basic technical knowledge.
This book provides a practical platform to the readers for facile preparation of various forms of carbon in its nano-format, investigates their structure–property relationship, and finally, realizes them for a variety of applications taking the route of application engineering. It covers the preparation and evaluation of nanocarbons, variety of carbon nanotubes, graphene, graphite, additively manufactured 3D carbon fibres, their properties, and various factors associated with them. A summary and outlook of the nanocarbon field is included in the appendices. Features: Presents comprehensive information on nanocarbon synthesis and properties and some specific applications Covers the growth o...
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This book discusses light transmission and extends to more applied fields of laser and laser technology, photoelectric detection and devices, photoelectric imaging and systems with explainations on theories and engineering applications. Addressing the intersection between optics and electrical engineering, the textbook prepares graduate students to photoelectronics and can also be used as reference for engineers.
Were holy men historical figures or figments of the theological imagination? Did the biographies devoted to them reflect facts or only the ideological commitments of their authors? For decades, scholars of late antiquity have wrestled with these questions when analysing such issues as the Christianization of Europe, the decline of paganism, and the 'rise of the holy man' and of the hagiographical genre. In this book Peter Turner suggests a new approach to these problems through an examination of a wide range of spiritual narrative texts from the third to the sixth centuries A.D.: pagan philosophical biographies, Greek and Latin Christian saints' lives, and autobiographical works by authors s...
This work is concerned with optical imaging – from simple apertures to complex imaging systems. It spans the range all the way from optical physics to technical optics. For microscopists and photographers it conveys a deeper insight into the intricacies of their daily used devices. Physics and engineering students learn to understand different imaging systems and sensors as well as lenses and errors, image amplification and processing. This introduction into the topic is suitable for beginners and experienced people. It is illustrated by many practical examples and may also be used as a work of reference. The book is useful for everyone employing and assessing imaging systems in general. A special focus is given to photo camera systems.
In this book, Alexander Beecroft explores how the earliest poetry in Greece (Homeric epic and lyric) and China (the Canon of Songs) evolved from being local, oral, and anonymous to being textualised, interpreted, and circulated over increasingly wider areas. Beecroft re-examines representations of authorship as found in poetic biographies such as Lives of Homer and the Zuozhuan, and in the works of other philosophical and historical authors like Plato, Aristotle, Herodotus, Confucius, and Sima Qian. Many of these anecdotes and narratives have long been rejected as spurious or motivated by naïve biographical criticism. Beecroft argues that these texts effectively negotiated the tensions between local and pan-cultural audiences. The figure of the author thus served as a catalyst to a sense of shared cultural identity in both the Greek and Chinese worlds. It also facilitated the emergence of both cultures as the bases for cosmopolitan world orders.