1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910456784903321

Autore

Shoham S. Giora <1929->

Titolo

The word of light [[electronic resource] ] : piercing the veil of chaos / / Shlomo Giora Shoham

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle, : Cambridge Scholars, 2009

ISBN

1-282-18969-7

9786612189692

1-4438-0296-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (288 p.)

Disciplina

202.4

Soggetti

Creation

Philosophical anthropology

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

TABLE OF CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; EDITOR'S NOTE; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; GLOSSARY

Sommario/riassunto

One of the fundamental enigmas of our existence, and for that matter, God's existence, is the act of creation. Has the cosmos been created ex nihilo or was it an intelligent design by God? Does God, having created the world, let it evolve and develop on its own, subject to the rules of evolution and chance; or does God intervene in every step of evolution in a deus ex machina manner? What is the role of man in creation? Is it as central as existentialism and quantum mechanics assure us: that ...



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910132191903321

Titolo

Structure from diffraction methods / / edited by Duncan W. Bruce, Dermot O'Hare, Richard I. Walton

Pubbl/distr/stampa

West Sussex, England : , : John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-118-69570-4

1-118-68249-1

1-118-69571-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (705 p.)

Collana

Inorganic Materials Series

Classificazione

TEC021000

Disciplina

541/.22

Soggetti

Molecular structure

X-rays - Diffraction

Inorganic compounds - Spectra

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Inorganic Materials Series; Title Page; Copyright; Inorganic Materials Series Preface; Preface; List of Contributors; Chapter 1: Powder Diffraction; 1.1 INTRODUCTION; 1.2 THE SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES BETWEEN SINGLE-CRYSTAL XRD AND POWDER XRD; 1.3 QUALITATIVE ASPECTS OF POWDER XRD: 'FINGERPRINTING' OF CRYSTALLINE PHASES; 1.4 QUANTITATIVE ASPECTS OF POWDER XRD: SOME PRELIMINARIES RELEVANT TO CRYSTAL STRUCTURE DETERMINATION; 1.5 STRUCTURE DETERMINATION FROM POWDER XRD DATA; 1.6 SOME EXPERIMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS IN POWDER XRD; 1.7 POWDER NEUTRON DIFFRACTION VERSUS POWDER XRD

1.8 VALIDATION OF PROCEDURES AND RESULTS IN STRUCTURE DETERMINATION FROM POWDER XRD DATA1.9 MORE DETAILED CONSIDERATION OF THE APPLICATION OF POWDER XRD AS A 'FINGERPRINT' OF CRYSTALLINE PHASES; 1.10 EXAMPLES OF THE APPLICATION OF POWDER XRD IN CHEMICAL CONTEXTS; 1.11 CONCLUDING REMARKS; References; Chapter 2: X-Ray and Neutron Single-Crystal Diffraction; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Solid-State Fundamentals; 2.3 Scattering and Diffraction; 2.4 Experimental



Methods; 2.5 STRUCTURE SOLUTION; 2.6 Structure Refinement; 2.7 Problem Structures, Special Topics, Validation and Interpretation

Software AcknowledgementsReferences; Chapter 3: PDF Analysis of Nanoparticles; 3.1 INTRODUCTION; 3.2 PAIR DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION; 3.3 DATA COLLECTION STRATEGIES; 3.4 DATA TREATMENT; 3.5 EXAMPLES; 3.6 COMPLEMENTARY TECHNIQUES; References; Chapter 4: Electron Crystallography; 4.1 INTRODUCTION; 4.2 CRYSTAL DESCRIPTION; 4.3 ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; 4.4 ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; 4.5 IMAGING; 4.6 THE EC METHOD OF SOLVING CRYSTAL STRUCTURES; 4.7 OTHER TEM TECHNIQUES; 4.8 CONCLUSION; References; ACKNOWLEDGMENT; Chapter 5: Small-Angle Scattering; 5.1 INTRODUCTION; 5.2 GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF SAS

5.3 INSTRUMENTAL SET-UP FOR SAXS5.4 INSTRUMENTAL SET-UP FOR SANS; 5.5 ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR SAS; 5.6 APPLICATION OF SAS METHODS; 5.7 CONCLUSION; Acknowledgements; References; Index; End User License Agreement

Sommario/riassunto

"Part of the highly successful Inorganic Materials Series, this new title deals with recent advances in the characterisation of crystalline materials.  This very timely volume complements the Series which has so far focused on particular classes of materials (synthesis, structures, chemistry and properties) by introducing and reviewing state-of-art techniques for materials characterisation.Written by experts from around the world, methods reviewed include spectroscopic, diffraction and surface techniques that examine the structure of materials on all length scales, from local atomic structure to long-range crystallographic order"--

"Part of the successful Inorganic Materials Series, this is a unique collection of books which provide an up-to-date review of key aspects of materials chemistry"--