`The book successfully blends basic scientific concepts and engineering applications. The fundamentals are very clearly described at a level appropriate to final-year undergraduates, while the details and case studies will be of value to scientists and engineers wishing to measure thermal transients.' Measurement Science and Technology

• 1. Temperature ; 2. Heat transfer by conduction ; 3. Radiation and radiation transport ; 4. Electrical methods ; 5. Optical methods ; 6. Abel-inversion and computer tomography ; 7. Laser-based methods ; 8. High-pressure combustion in engines ; 9. Very high pressure environments ; 10. Thermal properties and thermal failure ; Index

`The book successfully blends basic scientific concepts and engineering applications. The fundamentals are very clearly described at a level appropriate to final-year undergraduates, while the details and case studies will be of value to scientists and engineers wishing to measure thermal transients.' Measurement Science and Technology

• 1. Temperature ; 2. Heat transfer by conduction ; 3. Radiation and radiation transport ; 4. Electrical methods ; 5. Optical methods ; 6. Abel-inversion and computer tomography ; 7. Laser-based methods ; 8. High-pressure combustion in engines ; 9. Very high pressure environments ; 10. Thermal properties and thermal failure ; Index

`The book successfully blends basic scientific concepts and engineering applications. The fundamentals are very clearly described at a level appropriate to final-year undergraduates, while the details and case studies will be of value to scientists and engineers wishing to measure thermal transients.' Measurement Science and Technology

• 1. Temperature ; 2. Heat transfer by conduction ; 3. Radiation and radiation transport ; 4. Electrical methods ; 5. Optical methods ; 6. Abel-inversion and computer tomography ; 7. Laser-based methods ; 8. High-pressure combustion in engines ; 9. Very high pressure environments ; 10. Thermal properties and thermal failure ; Index