Advances in X-Ray Analysis
Advances in X-Ray Analysis

Author: William M. Mueller

Publisher: Springer

Published: 1995-12-31

Total Pages: 564

ISBN-13: 9780306381058

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The text of this volume had its origin in the Tenth Annual Conference on Applications of X-Ray Analysis sponsored by the University of Denver and held August 7,8,9, 1961, at the Albany Hotel in Denver, Colorado. Approximately 300 participants derived benefit from the presentation of fifty-six papers on new scientific and technological developments in X-ray methods and the discussions that followed. Forty-eight of these papers plus one presented at the Ninth Con ference and cleared for publication too late to be included in Volume 4 are given here. The growth of the annual conferences and the breadth and intensity of the presentations are confirmations of the observation that the field of X-ray re search is indeed in a state of rapid and healthy development. Financial assistance provided by the United States Office of Naval Research permitted the participation oftwo distinguished scientists from Europe, Professor Andre Guinier of the University of Paris and Professor Hans Nowotny of the University of Vienna.

Advances in X-Ray Analysis
Advances in X-Ray Analysis

Author: William M. Mueller

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2013-04-26

Total Pages: 662

ISBN-13: 9781468486391

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Consider for a few moments the staggering magnitude of technological advance which has occurred since the birth four centuries ago of that early progenitor of the scientific method, Galileo. Think also about the extent of scientific knowledge avail able during the lifetime of Galileo and his associates; knowledge increasing slowly through several centuries, accelerating rapidly during the past twenty years, culminat ing at the present time in a virtual impossibility that one person - one communit- possibly even one nation - can hope to generate or use productively more than a minute portion of the world's scientific knowledge. New developments - expanded technological concepts - occur with dazzling rapidity, often faster than they can be assimilated. At the same time there are practical limitations to the extent of formal education. Continuing education, upgrading of scientific know-how, retraining to assure full utilization of existing knowledge - these are urgent problems which today confront the nation's scientific community. And there is never enough time. The problem is compounded by the increasing burden of information retrieval.