Thanks Bob. Primarily my request was sarcastic. I'm sorry.
I obviously don't have the time to read everything, and probably would only
understand a quarter of what I read unless it was in my own field of
expertise.
Hydrometeors... interesting.
BTW, on a photography note (can you believe that?), I have long felt since
joining the list that my knowledge of optics was sorely lacking. I bought
the book Basic Optics and Optical Instruments and am amazed what I have
learned about the physics of light and glass.
I'd highly recommend it to anyone interested in and not yet well-versed on
the topic. I find it well-written, and done so in such a way that I need
only read each paragraph two or three times before understanding it. <g>
A description of the book:
Presented as a training course for the Bureau of Naval Personnel, this book
provides a thorough coverage of the basic theory of optics and its
applications. The course begins with a discussion of the composition of
optical glass and the manufacture of lenses and prisms for optical
instruments. Over 6,000 charts and diagrams-all of which help to clarify an
already well-organized presentation.
It's available from Edmund Scientific. Amazon is amazingly out of stock.
Barnes & Noble has it for $11.65 (I think I got ripped when I paid 18
something).
ISBN: 0486222918
Publisher: Dover Publications, Incorporated
Pub. Date: January 1994
Tom C.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Blakely" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2001 7:15 PM
Subject: Re: State of Science -- more interesting but OT stuff...
> Mine are primarily engineering journals, various of the many IEEE
publications - 12 in
> all. Thank God my company pays for them. I keep them - forever. They are
necessary as
> references (and for the references). Each discipline in the sciences has
it's own *myriad*
> of journals. All large libraries have some of these journals, especially
college and
> university libraries. Past issues are hardbound. Every report you see that
you wish to
> investigate should contain some cite. If it does not, ignore it or read it
for amusement.
> If it has a cite, go to the library and look it up. Otherwise, your task
is most
> formidable and unbelievably time consuming due to the sheer number of
publications. In a
> good library, you will be astonished at the sheer volume these take up.
(much larger than
> a major law library!) You will have to start with a Reader's Guide to
Periodicals or it's
> equivalent for the specific discipline you are searching. With practice,
you can get fast
> and good at it though. Be prepared for very bland reading devoid of well
composed color
> photos but with lot's of esoteric math and many curves and graphs. Be
prepared for strange
> verbiage. Much of what I read discusses "hydrometeors". You and I would
call them
> raindrops.
>
> Regards,
> Bob...
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