1.

Record Nr.

UNISA996392998603316

Autore

Lilly William <1602-1681.>

Titolo

Merlini Anglici ephemeris 1648 [[electronic resource] ] : No positive, but a naturall astrologicall conjecture of the most materiall affaires of England, Scotland and Ireland. Monthly observations throughout the whole yeer. Observable predictions concerning the casuall occurrences of Germany, Spaine, Italy, France, and states of Holland. / / By William Lilly, student in astrology

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Printed by T.B. for John Partridge and Humphrey Blunden, in Blackfriers at the Gate going into Carter-lane, and at the Castle in Cornhill, 1648 [i.e., 1647]

Descrizione fisica

[96] p

Soggetti

Astrology

Ephemerides

Almanacs, English

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Signatures: A1-A4 B-F8 G1-G4.

Annotation on Thomason copy: "Nou: 8th"; the "8" of the imprint date has been marked through and replaced with a "7".

Reproduction of the original in the British Library.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0018



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910969804703321

Autore

Klinger Barbara <1951->

Titolo

Beyond the multiplex : cinema, new technologies, and the home / / Barbara Klinger

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2006

ISBN

9781423755487

1423755480

9780520939073

0520939077

9781598759181

1598759183

Edizione

[Reprint 2019]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (323 p.)

Disciplina

302.23/45

Soggetti

Home theaters

Motion pictures and television

Television - Social aspects

Television - Technological innovations

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

The new media aristocrats -- The contemporary cinephile -- Remembrance of films past -- Once is not enough -- To infinity and beyond.

Sommario/riassunto

Since the mid-eighties, more audiences have been watching Hollywood movies at home than at movie theaters, yet little is known about just how viewers experience film outside of the multiplex. This is the first full-length study of how contemporary entertainment technologies and media—from cable television and VHS to DVD and the Internet—shape our encounters with the movies and affect the aesthetic, cultural, and ideological definitions of cinema. Barbara Klinger explores topics such as home theater, film collecting, classic Hollywood movie reruns, repeat viewings, and Internet film parodies, providing a multifaceted view of the presentation and reception of films in U.S. households. Balancing industry history with theoretical and cultural analysis, she finds that



today cinema's powerful social presence cannot be fully grasped without considering its prolific recycling in post-theatrical venues—especially the home.

3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911019482503321

Autore

Khoo Iam-Choon

Titolo

Liquid crystals / / Iam-Choon Khoo

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley-Interscience, c2007

ISBN

1-280-82190-6

9786610821907

0-470-08403-0

0-470-08402-2

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (385 p.)

Collana

Wiley series in pure and applied optics

Classificazione

33.38

51.10

Disciplina

530.4/29

Soggetti

Liquid crystals

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

Liquid Crystals; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1. Introduction to Liquid Crystals; 1.1. Molecular Structures and Chemical Compositions; 1.1.1. Chemical Structures; 1.2. Electronic Properties; 1.2.1. Electronic Transitions and Ultraviolet Absorption; 1.2.2. Visible and Infrared Absorption; 1.3. Lyotropic, Polymeric, and Thermotropic Liquid Crystals; 1.3.1. Lyotropic Liquid Crystals; 1.3.2. Polymeric Liquid Crystals; 1.3.3. Thermotropic Liquid Crystals: Nematics, Cholesterics, and Smectics; 1.3.4. Other Liquid Crystalline Phases and Molecular Engineered Structures; 1.4. Mixtures and Composites

1.4.1. Mixtures1.4.2. Dye-Doped Liquid Crystals; 1.4.3. Polymer-Dispersed Liquid Crystals; 1.5. Liquid Crystal Cells and Sample Preparation; 1.5.1. Bulk Thin Film; 1.5.2. Liquid Crystal Optical Slab Waveguide, Fiber, and Nanostructured Photonic Crystals; References; Chapter 2. Order Parameter, Phase Transition, and Free Energies; 2.1. Basic Concepts; 2.1.1. Introduction; 2.1.2. Scalar and Tensor Order



Parameters; 2.1.3. Long- and Short-Range Order; 2.2. Molecular Interactions and Phase Transitions; 2.3. Molecular Theories and Results for the Liquid Crystalline Phase

2.3.1. Maier-Saupe Theory: Order Parameter Near T(c)2.3.2. Nonequilibrium and Dynamical Dependence of the Order Parameter; 2.4. Isotropic Phase of Liquid Crystals; 2.4.1. Free Energy and Phase Transition; 2.4.2. Free Energy in the Presence of an Applied Field; References; Chapter 3. Nematic Liquid Crystals; 3.1. Introduction; 3.2. Elastic Continuum Theory; 3.2.1. The Vector Field: Direct Axis n (r); 3.2.2. Elastic Constants, Free Energies, and Molecular Fields; 3.3. Dielectric Constants and Refractive Indices

3.3.1. dc and Low-Frequency Dielectric Permittivity, Conductivities, and Magnetic Susceptibility3.3.2. Free Energy and Torques by Electric and Magnetic Fields; 3.4. Optical Dielectric Constants and Refractive Indices; 3.4.1. Linear Susceptibility and Local Field Effect; 3.4.2. Equilibrium Temperature and Order Parameter Dependences of Refractive Indices; 3.5. Flows and Hydrodynamics; 3.5.1. Hydrodynamics of Ordinary Isotropic Fluids; 3.5.2. General Stress Tensor for Nematic Liquid Crystals; 3.5.3. Flows with Fixed Director Axis Orientation; 3.5.4. Flows with Director Axis Reorientation

3.6. Field-Induced Director Axis Reorientation Effects3.6.1. Field-Induced Reorientation without Flow Coupling: Freedericksz Transition; 3.6.2. Reorientation with Flow Coupling; References; Chapter 4. Cholesteric, Smectic, and Ferroelectric Liquid Crystals; 4.1. Cholesteric Liquid Crystals; 4.1.1. Free Energies; 4.1.2. Field-Induced Effects and Dynamics; 4.1.3. Twist and Conic Mode Relaxation Times; 4.2. Light Scattering in Cholesterics; 4.2.1. General Optical Propagation and Reflection: Normal Incidence; 4.2.2. Cholesteric Liquid Crystal as a One-Dimensional Photonic Crystal

4.2.3. Cholesteric Liquid Crystals with Magneto-Optic Activity: Negative Refraction Effect

Sommario/riassunto

The fundamental science and latest applications of liquid crystal technologies An excellent professional reference and superior upper-level student text, Liquid Crystals, Second Edition is a comprehensive treatment of all the basic principles underlying the unique physical and optical properties of liquid crystals. Written by an internationally known pioneer in the nonlinear optics of liquid crystals, the book also provides a unique, in-depth discussion of the mechanisms and theoretical principles behind all major nonlinear optical phenomena occurring in liquid crystals. F