This book provides an in-depth treatment of the instrumentation, physical bases and applications of X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and static secondary ion mass spectroscopy (SSIMS) with a specific focus on the subject of polymeric materials. XPS and SSIMS are widely accepted as the two most[...]
This book gives a comprehensive overview of malts and malt competitors, how they are made and evaluated. Summary-outlines of the malting pro cess and malt-using processes are followed by consideration of the str uctures, germinative physiology and biochemistry of cereal grains. Par ticular attention[...]
This is a lively and readable guide to Alexander Pushkin's novel in verse Eugene Onegin, a landmark of European Romanticism, and arguably the best of all Russian poetry. Professor Briggs addresses the question of how such remarkable poetry can have been composed about a rather banal plot, and consid[...]