The Beam

Author : Erik Stenman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1449362125

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The Erlang Run-Time System by Erik Stenman Pdf

Author : Nick Montfort,Ian Bogost
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2020-02-25
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9780262539760

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Racing the Beam by Nick Montfort,Ian Bogost Pdf

A study of the relationship between platform and creative expression in the Atari VCS, the gaming system for popular games like Pac-Man and Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back. The Atari Video Computer System dominated the home video game market so completely that “Atari” became the generic term for a video game console. The Atari VCS was affordable and offered the flexibility of changeable cartridges. Nearly a thousand of these were created, the most significant of which established new techniques, mechanics, and even entire genres. This book offers a detailed and accessible study of this influential video game console from both computational and cultural perspectives. Studies of digital media have rarely investigated platforms—the systems underlying computing. This book, the first in a series of Platform Studies, does so, developing a critical approach that examines the relationship between platforms and creative expression. Nick Montfort and Ian Bogost discuss the Atari VCS itself and examine in detail six game cartridges: Combat, Adventure, Pac-Man, Yars' Revenge, Pitfall!, and Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back. They describe the technical constraints and affordances of the system and track developments in programming, gameplay, interface, and aesthetics. Adventure, for example, was the first game to represent a virtual space larger than the screen (anticipating the boundless virtual spaces of such later games as World of Warcraft and Grand Theft Auto), by allowing the player to walk off one side into another space; and Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back was an early instance of interaction between media properties and video games. Montfort and Bogost show that the Atari VCS—often considered merely a retro fetish object—is an essential part of the history of video games.

Author : Philip Rose
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2013-12-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781291665314

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Beyond the Beam by Philip Rose Pdf

Beyond the Beam follows on directly from the earlier novel and explores the ongoing relationship of Hal and Amanda on their journey around the world in their junk rigged ketch "Kwan Yin". After Amanda`s impulsive insistence on calling at Bimini, where Hal has a strange experience, they then go to the Yucatan, the land of the Mayas, where it is Amanda`s turn to undergo something quite odd and frightening, which causes them to abort the voyage and return to England. The two books, which actually are one, are a tale of past loves and past civilisations and of an ancient house in Devon which exerts an influence on both of them. It is a tale of deep love and where Amanda at last discovers the name of the old man who has haunted her visions and whom she now believes is the spirit of Hal and the Elizabethan sea captain. It ends in a tragic yet upbeat conclusion and with speculations about the well known end of the Mayan Long Count, which came in 2012 and its possible outcome.

Author : Johnny B. Truant,Sean Platt
Publisher : Johnny B. Truant
Page : 815 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2024-06-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Beam: Season Four by Johnny B. Truant,Sean Platt Pdf

The devastating aftermath of Shift reveals a world teetering on the edge of chaos. A rash of deaths across the political spectrum and the near-total destruction of the Organas has left a power vacuum that must be filled. But not even becoming a hologram could make Violet James forget who she is – or how important it is that she find Stephen York. Legendary hacker Ryu and his team are searching for York too, poking through holes in the Beam. Noah West, father of the Beam, is back and desperate to find Chloe Shaw – but he’s being hunted too. Alliances are forged and fates entwine as the hunt for Stephen York intensifies, Chloe Shaw rises, and another wave of deadly cleansing washes over the NAU. Can the Beam be stabilized, or will it become a tool of the one person who shouldn’t be allowed to control it?

Author : Jennifer Berne
Publisher : Chronicle Books
Page : 58 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2013-04-23
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781452113098

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On a Beam of Light by Jennifer Berne Pdf

A boy rides a bicycle down a dusty road. But in his mind, he envisions himself traveling at a speed beyond imagining, on a beam of light. This brilliant mind will one day offer up some of the most revolutionary ideas ever conceived. From a boy endlessly fascinated by the wonders around him, Albert Einstein ultimately grows into a man of genius recognized the world over for profoundly illuminating our understanding of the universe. Jennifer Berne and Vladimir Radunsky invite the reader to travel along with Einstein on a journey full of curiosity, laughter, and scientific discovery. Parents and children alike will appreciate this moving story of the powerful difference imagination can make in any life.

Author : B N Breizman,B A Knyazev
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 1406 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1990-12-28
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789814579216

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High-power Particle Beams (Beams '90) - Proceedings Of The 8th International Conference (In 2 Volumes) by B N Breizman,B A Knyazev Pdf

The Conference Proceedings include 11 invited papers and about 200 contributed papers on various scientific and technological aspects of high-power particle beams. The following subject areas are covered: Physics and Technology of High-Power Particle Beams, New Developments in Pulsed-Power Technology and High-Power Accelerators, Diagnostics in High-Power Particle Beam Experiments, High-Power Particle Beam Interactions with Matter, High-Power Particle Beams in Fusion Research, High-Density Z-Pinches, Laser Pumping and Microwave Generation by High-Power Particle Beams, Technical and Industrial Applications of Pulsed Power and High-Power Particle Beams.

Author : James Rosenzweig,Gil Travish,Luca Serafini
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 564 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2003-12-18
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789814483445

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The Physics and Applications of High Brightness Electron Beams by James Rosenzweig,Gil Travish,Luca Serafini Pdf

This book contains the contributions to the Workshop on the Physics and Applications of High Brightness Electron Beams, held in July 2002 in Sardinia, Italy. This workshop had a broad international representation from the fields of intense electron sources, free-electron lasers, advanced accelerators, and ultra-fast laser-plasma, beam-plasma and laser-beam physics. The interdisciplinary participants were brought together to discuss advances in the creation and understanding of ultra-fast, ultra-high brightness electron beams, and the unique experimental opportunities in frontier high-energy-density and radiation-source physics which are offered by these scientific tools. The proceedings have been selected for coverage in: • Index to Scientific & Technical Proceedings® (ISTP® / ISI Proceedings) • Index to Scientific & Technical Proceedings (ISTP CDROM version / ISI Proceedings) Contents:What Brightness Means (C A Brau)6D Phase Space Measurements at the SLAC Gun Test Facility (J F Schmerge et al.)Performance of the TTF Photoinjector for FEL Operation (S Schreiber et al.)Phase Space Distortions Arising from Magnetic Pulse Compression of High Brightness Electron Beams (S G Anderson)Comparison of the Coherent Radiation-Induced Microbunching Instability in an FEL and a Magnetic Chicane (S Reiche & J B Rosenzweig)Ultrafast Materials Probing with the LLNL Thomson X-Ray Source (G Le Sage et al.)Review of Surface Roughness Effect on Beam Quality (L Palumbo et al.)Application to Advanced Accelerators Working Group D Summary (M Uesaka & P Muggli)Energy Loss of a High Charge Bunched Electron Beam in Plasma: Analysis (N Barov et al.)A Resonant, THz Dielectric-Based Accelerator with Slab Symmetry (R B Yoder & J B Rosenzweig)and other papers Readership: Researchers and graduate students in high energy physics, accelerator physics, high brightness electron beam dynamics and laser science. Keywords:Accelerator;Brightness;Electron Beam;Plasma;Laser;Free-Electron Laser;X-Ray

Author : John N. Dyer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 8 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1958
Category : Particle beams
ISBN : UOM:39015078535310

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Analysis of the K− Beam by the Murray Spectrometer by John N. Dyer Pdf

Author : Harry G. Heard
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 22 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1956
Category : Particle beams
ISBN : UOM:39015077597196

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Slow and Fast Structure of Secondary-particle Beams of the Bevatron by Harry G. Heard Pdf

Author : Johnny B. Truant,Sean Platt
Publisher : Johnny B. Truant
Page : 681 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Beam: Season Three by Johnny B. Truant,Sean Platt Pdf

Shift is coming. So is the end of the world as we know it. The battle over Shift — the electoral process that will decide the nation’s fate — is heating up ... while at the same time something is happening within the Beam network: a thing coming alive, its power unchecked and out of control. Micah and Isaac Ryan, the brothers sitting at each political party’s head, have resorted to tooth-and-nail tactics to eke out as many votes as possible. The Beau Monde observes everything, sticking their fingers in the pie only to change the flavor to their personal tastes. Everyone else has one simple goal: surviving the battle. Kai struggles with a job bigger than she’s ever faced, against a foe she can’t hope to outwit. Dominic, his law enforcement job precarious after betraying the drug runners he once smuggled for, must keep his head down even as he pokes his nose into the game of higher politics. And Nicolai, the unwitting harbinger of the Beam itself, concocts his own plots to overthrow the arrogant Ryans once and for all. Yet all their efforts — great and small alike — will pale in comparison to the oncoming storm, the cataclysmic return of one of history’s greatest figures. Someone from the Beam’s very conception is about to appear anew, and with humanity interconnected like never before, their footsteps will rock the NAU like a meteor strike. Shift is finally here. But even those who think they control its sway are not prepared for what happens next. ★★★★★ "Another wonderful season of The Beam, can't wait to see where else this awesome series goes! The characters and great, the plot always thickens, then more is revealed, then into the thick of it again. I read everything about this universe I can get my hands on because it is so close to reality that I can almost taste it." -- Daniel Drooger ★★★★★ "Absolutely loved this book. So many questions answered, and amazed at how much depth this story had. I was completely immersed in this whole series, and just... wanted... more." -- Amy

Author : William Donaldson (M.A.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1872
Category : Girders
ISBN : UOM:39015063937208

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New Formulas for the Loads and Deflections of Solid Beams and Girders by William Donaldson (M.A.) Pdf

Author : Yardley Beers
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Beam splitters
ISBN : UIUC:30112105147570

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The Theory of the Optical Wedge Beam Splitter by Yardley Beers Pdf

An optical wedge beam splitter consists of a prism of transparent material with a very small apex angle, usually about one degree. If a pencil beam of radiation is incident upon it, a portion enters the material and undergoes a series of reflections at the surfaces. At each reflection a refracted beam emerges from the material. This paper gives the basic theory for computing the ratio of the intensity of the incident beam to the intensity of any selected emerging beam and also for computing the direction of the emerging beam, assuming that the wedge angle, index of refraction, angle of incidence, and number of reflections are known. The paper also gives the results of numerical calculations based upon this theory for sample situations which are of interest. (Modified author abstract).

Author : Hartmut Machner,Kornel Sistemich
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 618 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1995-05-31
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789814549165

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Physics With Gev-particle Beams - Proceedings Of The International Conference by Hartmut Machner,Kornel Sistemich Pdf

The investigation of hadronic and nuclear probes with protons and electrons in the energy range of a few GeV is of great importance for the understanding of the properties of nucleons and mesons as well as of their interaction. Experimental results from studies with these beams provide the basis for the development and the tests of theoretical approaches in the energy regime of non-perturbative QCD. They can also clarify the effect of the nuclear medium on elementary reactions. The conference has reviewed the present status of this field of research. The topics have beenThe conference topics comprised investigations near energy thresholds in the tradition of the conferences on Particle Production near Threshold in Nashville, IN, USA, 1990, and Uppsala, Sweden, 1992.

Author : John S. Pruitt,Steve R. Domen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1962
Category : Ionization chambers
ISBN : COLUMBIA:CU55695396

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Determination of Total X-ray Beam Energy with a Calibrated Ionization Chamber by John S. Pruitt,Steve R. Domen Pdf

This report describes the use of an air-filled aluminum-alloy ionization chamber to determine the energy transported by a bremsstrahlung beam with maximum photon energy in the range 6 to 170 Mev. The experimental calibrations of this chamber over this energy range are given, as well as the results of calibration experiments made with a 250-kv constant-potential X-ray tube and with Cs137 and Co60 gamma-rays. Information is presented about the change in calibration when the chamber is used with different experimental conditions, and when either its dimensions or its alloy composition are changed slightly. This report can be used to construct a replica chamber and to determine its absolute calibration between 6 and 170 Mev under a variety of experimental conditions.

Author : American Institute of Mining Engineers
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 858 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1884
Category : Mineral industries
ISBN : MINN:31951D00124129O

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Transactions of the American Institute of Mining Engineers by American Institute of Mining Engineers Pdf