Dear Colleagues, AIP congratulates Isamu Akasaki, Hiroshi Amano, and Shuji Nakamura on their receipt of the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics “for the invention of efficient blue light-emitting diodes which has enabled bright and energy-saving white light sources.” Seminal papers from AIP Publishing (free access through 12/31/14), The collection of papers can be found…
Dear Colleagues, The Nobel Prize in Physics 2014 was awarded jointly to Isamu Akasaki, Hiroshi Amano and Shuji Nakamura “for the invention of efficient blue light-emitting diodes which has enabled bright and energy-saving white light sources”. Source: http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/2014/ With Regards, Librarian
Indian Institute of Astrophysics Library Koramangala Bangalore – 560 034 India List of Books Displayed on 1st Oct 2014 1 Bertin, Giuseppe Dynamics of galaxies.–2nd ed.– Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2014. 524.7/ BER 19844 2 Boyd, Robert W. Nonlinear optics.–3rd. ed.: Academic Press, 2008. 535/ BOY 19841 3 Dorband, Bernd , Muller, Henriette and Gross,…
A World Class Scientist and His Work Shobhit Mahajan KARIAMANIKKAM SRINIVASA KRISHNAN: HIS LIFE AND WORK By D.C.V. Mallik & S. Chatterjee University Press, Hyderabad, 2012, pp. 461, Rs. 895.00 One of the curious paradoxes of the sociology of science concerns the flowering of world class science in India in the early decades of the…
Full text of the research papers published in July 2014 can be accessed from Indian Institute of Astrophysics Repository Hegde, M., Hiremath, K. M., Doddamani, V. H., 2014, Coronal hole oscillations inferred from the SDO/AIA data, Advances in Space Research, 54, pp. 272 Krishna Prasad, S., Banerjee, D., Doorsselaere, T. V., 2014, Frequency-Dependent Damping…
Plan for open access to science research: by Renuka Phadnis Ever felt frustrated while reading a science research journal online, only to see the message “to continue reading, subscribe now”? That may soon change The Department of Science and Technology and the Department of Biotechnology (DBt) under the Ministry of Science and Technology have…
Indian Institute of Astrophysics Library Koramangala Bangalore – 560 034 India List of Books Displayed on 15th July 2014 1 Allred, Rusty Digital filters for everyone.–2nd ed.– South Carolina: Create Space, 2013. 621.3.04/ ALL 19832 2 Chambers, John and Mitton, Jacqueline From dust…
Dear Colleagues, The trial access is activated for “Bentham Science Journals” within all the campuses of IIA through NKRC(National Knowledge Resource Consortium) till 7th Oct.2014. We request you all to kindly send us your valuable recommendations and comments as early as possible. In order to access “Bentham Science Journals” please visit the following link, http://www.eurekaselect.com/bypublication…
Full text of the research papers published in June 2014 can be accessed from Indian Institute of Astrophysics Repository Dicken, D., Tadhunter, C., Morganti, R., Axon, D., Robinson, A., Magagnoli, M., Kharb, P., Almeida, C. R., Mingo, B., Hardcastle, M., Nesvadba, N. P. H., Singh, V., Kouwenhoven, M. B. N., Rose, M., Spoon, H., Inskip,…
