Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature40 reviews Janine M. Benyus Harper Perennial, 2002 Book End for Zero Waste, Brilliant Introduction + Biomimicry - innovation inspired by nature + Nature Revelation + Innovative and a great read!             Seeing the Light: Optics in Nature, Photography, Color, Vision, and Holography7 reviews David R. Falk, Dieter R. Brill, ... Wiley, 1986 most missed book + Outstanding conceptual approach to optics + Very good + Optometry was never ever so interesting + Seeing the Light             The National Geographic Field Guide to Photography: Digital17 reviews Rob Sheppard, Bruce Dale, ... National Geographic, 2003 Clear, concise guide. + helpful book + Basic Overall thats all This well-written book has information useful for the novice digital camera user as well as for those are more experienced. Even for someone planning to go on and learn Adobe Photoshop, this is an excellent first book to consult. Here is a great introduction to a complicated and fascinating ...             Photovoltaics: Design and Installation Manual28 reviews Solar Energy International New Society Publishers, 2004 Best book on setting up with solar power + Photovoltaics Book Purchase + Excellent Book! There is no such thing as a perfect book, but I have read all of those other books on solar. None of them tell you how to setup a system. This one does. It comes as close to perfect as you they get.             Third Generation Photovoltaics: Advanced Solar Energy Conversion (Springer Series in Photonics)1 review Martin A. Green Springer, 2003 Third Generation Photovoltaics: Advanced Solar Energy Conversion (Springer Series in Photonics) Martin Green has done it again. Just what the researcher and applications scientist needs. Well done! Third Generation Photovoltaics: Advanced Solar Energy Conversion (Springer Series in Photonics)             All About Light (Rookie Read-About Science) Lisa Trumbauer Children's Press(CT), 2004 From friendly dolphins to giant pandas, from icebergs and glaciers to energy from the sun, from magnets to solids, liquids, and gases, Rookie Read-About Science is a natural addition to the primary-grade classroom with books that cover every part of the science curricula. Includes: animals, nature, scientific principles, the environment, weather, and much more!             What Is Electricity? (Rookie Read-About Science) Lisa Trumbauer Children's Press(CT), 2004 From friendly dolphins to giant pandas, from icebergs and glaciers to energy from the sun, from magnets to solids, liquids, and gases, Rookie Read-About Science is a natural addition to the primary-grade classroom with books that cover every part of the science curricula. Includes: animals, nature, scientific principles, the environment, weather, and much more!             Introduction to Solid-State Lighting2 reviews Arturas Zukauskas, Michael S. Shur, ... Wiley-Interscience, 2002 A solid book on solid-state lighting This is an extraordinary book dealing for the first time with an emerging area of solid-state lighting. The book covers all subjects from intriguing history of lighting to the basics of solid state light emitters to numerous applications in biology, medicine, industry, and specialized and general ...             Organic Light-Emitting Devices Springer, 2003 Although it has long been possible to make organic materials emit light, it has only recently become possible to do so at the level and with the efficiency and control necessary to make the materials a useful basis for illumination or displays. The early electroluminescent devices provided reasonably bright light, but required high operating voltages, produced only a narrow range of colors, and ...             Practical Photovoltaics: Electricity from Solar Cells5 reviews Richard J. Komp Aatec Publications, 1995 Richard Komp: physicist, historian, and social engineer + Good for beginners + Practical Photovoltaics: Electricity from Solar Cells + Very informative + Practical Photovoltaics             Organic Photovoltaics: Concepts and Realization (Springer Series in Materials Science) Springer, 2003 Achieving efficient solar energy conversion at both large scale and low cost is among the most important technological challenges for the near future. The present volume describes and explains the fundamentals of organic/plastic solar cells in a manner accessible to both researchers and students. It provides a comprehensive analysis of the operational principles underlying several types of solar ...             Color and Light in Nature6 reviews David K. Lynch, William Livingston Cambridge University Press, 2001 Enjoyable account of light in nature + Eye-opening + Beautiful. + A required reference... + A Cinematographers Delight !             The New York Times Circuits: How Electronic Things Work Henry Fountain St. Martin's Press, 2001 If you've ever wondered how the high-tech gadgets we encounter as we go about our daily lives work, from the computers on our desks, the CD players in our homes (and the remote controls we operate them with), the Automatic Teller Machines at the bank, to the machines that sort billions of pieces of mail everyday, this is the book that has the answers. Compiled from the Circuits section of the ...             Handbook of Photovoltaic Science and Engineering2 reviews Wiley, 2003 Helpful advanced technical overview + Essential reference for anyone interested in solar PV I used to sell solar electric PV systems as an ARCO Solar dealer back in the early 1980's. At the time no one could pronounce the name of the technology, and most thought is was angel dust. Solar powered calculators were just coming in, same with watches. Solar powered emergencyy freeway phones ...             All About Sound (Rookie Read-About Science) Lisa Trumbauer Children's Press(CT), 2004 From friendly dolphins to giant pandas, from icebergs and glaciers to energy from the sun, from magnets to solids, liquids, and gases, Rookie Read-About Science is a natural addition to the primary-grade classroom with books that cover every part of the science curricula. Includes: animals, nature, scientific principles, the environment, weather, and much more!             Photovoltaic Systems Engineering, Second Edition4 reviews Roger A. Messenger, Jerry Ventre CRC, 2003 Unique book + Sheds light on solar systems engineering As with the first edition, this update by Messenger and Ventre is very well suited for a one-semester upper division course in EE or Engineering Technology, or for self study if one knows basic electric (mainly DC) circuit theory. As the title suggests, it's an applications-oriented book, with ...             Light-Emitting Diodes7 reviews E. Fred Schubert Cambridge University Press, 2003 Review, Light Emitting Diodes of Schubert + Second edition much improved I think, the book contains all the basic information about the LEDs. It contains very helpful information regarding to the structure of LEDs, their design, the optimization of the LED performance, colorimetry, etc. I think the only negative point related to this book is that sometimes the ...             The Physics of Solar Cells (Properties of Semiconductor Materials) (Properties of Semiconductor Materials)3 reviews Jenny Nelson Imperial College Press, 2003 very good book. + Very good coverage + Good I feel this is a very good book for advanced undergraduates and graduate students interested in the physics of solar cells. It is not a beginner book, as some background is expected. Solid state physics is difficult and complicated. There are a lot of different things going on at the same ...             Where Does Electricity Come From? (The Clever Calvin)1 review C. Vance Cast Barron's Educational Series, 1992 Excellent for Young Children I bought this book as a Christmas present for my four-year-old daughter, who has been fascinated for months about electricity. She really enjoys it when I read this little book to her, even though it's clearly written for children a little older, given the use of words like "electron" and ...             Organic Light-Emitting Diodes: Principles, Characteristics & Processes (Optical Engineering) Jan Kalinowski CRC, 2004 Organic Light Emitting Diodes: Principles, Characteristics, and Processes presents recent developments in organic electroluminescence and their application to light emitting diodes. In six chapters and complete with an extensive set of references, it describes and illustrates the physical principles of organic LEDs and their electrical and optical characteristics with a wide range of examples ...