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Light Propagation in Linear Optical Media

By: Glen D. Gillen,Katharina Gillen,Shekhar Guha

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Light Propagation in Linear Optical Media

By: Glen D. Gillen,Katharina Gillen,Shekhar Guha

Light Propagation in Linear Optical Media describes light propagation in linear media by expanding on diffraction theories beyond what is available in classic optics books. In one volume, this book combines the treatment of light propagation through various media, interfaces, and apertures using scalar and vector diffraction theories. After covering the fundamentals of light and physical optics, the authors discuss light traveling within an anisotropic crystal and present mathematical models for light propagation across planar boundaries between different media. They describe the propagation of Gaussian beams and discuss various diffraction models for the propagation of light. They also explore methods for spatially confining (trapping) cold atoms within localized light-intensity patterns. This book can be used as a technical reference by professional scientists and engineers interested in light propagation and as a supplemental text for upper-level undergraduate or graduate courses in optics.

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388

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CRC Press

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1482210959

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9781482210958

Modern Germany

By: Wendell G. Johnson,Katharina Barbe

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Modern Germany

By: Wendell G. Johnson,Katharina Barbe

Modern Germany explores life, society, and history in this comprehensive thematic encyclopedia, spanning such topics as geography, pop culture, the media, and gender. Germany and its capital, Berlin, were the fulcrum of geopolitics in the twentieth century. After the Second World War, Germany was a divided nation. Many German citizens were born and educated and continued to work in eastern Germany (the former German Democratic Republic). This title in the Understanding Modern Nations series seeks to explain contemporary life and traditional culture through thematic encyclopedic entries. Themes in the book cover geography; history; politics and government; economy; religion and thought; social classes and ethnicity; gender, marriage, and sexuality; education; language; etiquette; literature and drama; art and architecture; music and dance; food; leisure and sports; and media and pop culture. Within each theme, short topical entries cover a wide array of key concepts and ideas, from LGBTQ issues in Germany to linguistic dialects to the ever-famous Oktoberfest. Geared specifically toward high school and undergraduate German students, readers interested in history and travel will find this book accessible and engaging.

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463

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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1440864543

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9781440864544

Designing for Socialist Need

Industrial Design Practice in the German Democratic Republic

By: Katharina Pfützner

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Designing for Socialist Need

Industrial Design Practice in the German Democratic Republic

By: Katharina Pfützner

How does industrial design operate outside of capitalist consumer culture? Designing for Socialist Need assembles a detailed picture of industrial design practice in the socialist German Democratic Republic (GDR). Drawing on much previously unexplored material from a wide variety of sources, it not only maps out some of the ideological, institutional and economic contexts within which GDR design functioned, it also critically reconstructs the designers’ aims and perspectives in order to argue that they shared a profoundly socially responsible approach to design. By focusing on their ideas and approaches, this volume attends to the previously unacknowledged intellectual and practical richness of GDR design culture and demonstrates that it can provide pertinent insights not only for scholars of GDR history or German design, but also for contemporary design practitioners, theorists and educators with an interest in sustainability in design.

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433

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Routledge

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1317284194

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9781317284192

Women in the Metropolis

Gender and Modernity in Weimar Culture

By: Katharina von Ankum

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Women in the Metropolis

Gender and Modernity in Weimar Culture

By: Katharina von Ankum

Bringing together the work of scholars in many disciplines, Women in the Metropolis provides a comprehensive introduction to women's experience of modernism and urbanization in Weimar Germany. It shows women as active participants in artistic, social, and political movements and documents the wide range of their responses to the multifaceted urban culture of Berlin in the 1920s and 1930s. Examining a variety of media ranging from scientific writings to literature and the visual arts, the authors trace gendered discourses as they developed to make sense of and regulate emerging new images of femininity. Besides treating classic films such as Metropolis and Berlin: Symphony of a Great City, the articles discuss other forms of mass culture, including the fashion industry and the revue performances of Josephine Baker. Their emphasis on women's critical involvement in the construction of their own modernity illustrates the significance of the Weimar cultural experience and its relevance to contemporary gender, German, film, and cultural studies.

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252

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Univ of California Press

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052091760X

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9780520917606

Light Propagation in Linear Optical Media

By: Glen D. Gillen,Katharina Gillen,Shekhar Guha

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By: Glen D. Gillen,Katharina Gillen,Shekhar Guha

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1351831356

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Light Propagation in Linear Optical Media

Light Propagation in Linear Optical Media

Modern Germany

Modern Germany

Designing for Socialist Need

Designing for Socialist Need

Women in the Metropolis

Women in the Metropolis

Light Propagation in Linear Optical Media

Light Propagation in Linear Optical Media

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