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Stand-alone Solar Electric Systems The Earthscan Expert Handbook for Planning, Design and Installation By Mark Hankins

ISBN 9781844077137 Earthscan Expert Series, June 2010, Hardback, Pages: 224, Price: £34.99 / $41.00 / EUR45.00

Contents: 1. How To Use This Book: An Overview of Solar Electric Technology 2. Fundamentals of Solar Energy 3. Solar Cell Modules 4. Batteries 5. Charge Controllers, Inverters and Load Management 6. Lamps and Appliances 7. Wiring and Fittings 8. Planning an Off-Grid Solar Electric System 9. Installing Solar Electric Systems 10. Managing, Maintaining and Servicing Off-Grid PV Systems 11. Basics of Large Off-Grid Systems

http://www.earthscan.co.uk/?tabid=74720

Metamaterials Theory, Design, and Applications By Tie Jun Cui, David Smith and Ruopeng Liu:

ISBN 978-1-4419-0574-1 (Print) 978-1-4419-0573-4 (Online) Springer US, 2010, Pages: 368, Price: $121.71 / EUR176.99 Metamaterials:Theory, Design, and Applications goes beyond left-handed materials (LHM) or negative index materials (NIM) and focuses on recent research activity. Inclu- ded here is an introduction to optical transformation theory, revealing invisible cloaks, EM concentrators, beam splitters, and new-type antennas, a presentation of general theory on artificial metamaterials

http://www.springerlink.com/content/978-1-4419-0574-1/

10-07/08 :: July/August 2010