Xiang Chen - Böcker

Thomas Kuhn's Structure of Scientific Revolutions became the most widely read book about science in the twentieth century. His terms 'paradigm' and 'scientific revolution' entered everyday speech, but they remain controversial. In the second half of the twentieth century, the new field of cognitive science combined empirical psychology, computer science, and neuroscience. In this book, the theories of concepts developed by cognitive scientists are used to evaluate and extend Kuhn's most influential ideas. Based on case studies of the Copernican revolution, the discovery of nuclear fission, and an elaboration of Kuhn's famous 'ducks and geese' example of concept learning, this volume, first published in 2006, offers accounts of the nature of normal and revolutionary science, the function of anomalies, and the nature of incommensurability.

This is an analysis of the optical revolution in the context of early 20th-century Britain. Far from merely involving the replacement of one optical theory by another, the revolution also involved substantial changes in instruments and the practices that surround them. People's judgements about classification, explanation and evaluation were affected by the way they used such optical instruments, such as spectroscopes, telescopes, polarizers, photometers, gratings, prisms and apertures. The two instrumental traditions in this historical period each nurtured a body of practice that exemplified how optical instruments should be operated, and especially how the eye should be used. These traditions function just like paradigms, shaping perspectives and even world views. This book should be of interest to scholars and graduate students in the history of science, history of instruments, philosophy of science and science studies. It can also be used as a textbook in graduate courses on 19th-century physics.

Focusing on passive intermodulation (PIM), a common instance of distortion in high-power multi-channel communication systems, the book introduces the concepts and technology of PIM.In the context of "space-ground-object" integrated communication and increasing spectrum resource constraints, the PIM problem is becoming increasingly prominent, while microwave components and system-level PIM are facing new challenges. Based on the experience and achievements in engineering practice of the China Academy of Space Technology in Xi’an, this title describes the basic theory, generation mechanism, analysis and evaluation methods, location detection and suppression techniques for microwave components of spacecraft PIM from a theoretical and engineering perspective. Furthermore, the latest achievements of microwave component PIM are outlined in depth, along with operational guidance and paths for further advancement.This book will be a useful reference for researchers, engineers and students interested in microwave technology, satellite technology and mobile communication technology. Wanzhao Cui is a professor at the National key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Space Microwave, at the China Academy of Space Technology, Xi’an, China. His current research interests include microwave technology and satellite communication. Jun Li is a professor at the National key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Space Microwave, at the China Academy of Space Technology, Xi’an, China. He is engaged in research on microwave technology and satellite communication. Huan Wei is a senior engineer at the National key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Space Microwave, at the China Academy of Space Technology, Xi’an, China. Her expertise is in the field of space microwave technology. Xiang Chen is a senior engineer at the National Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Space Microwave, at the China Academy of Space Technology, Xi’an, China. His research interests are microwave and millimeter wave technology.

Focusing on passive intermodulation (PIM), a common instance of distortion in high-power multi-channel communication systems, the book introduces the concepts and technology of PIM.In the context of "space-ground-object" integrated communication and increasing spectrum resource constraints, the PIM problem is becoming increasingly prominent, while microwave components and system-level PIM are facing new challenges. Based on the experience and achievements in engineering practice of the China Academy of Space Technology in Xi’an, this title describes the basic theory, generation mechanism, analysis and evaluation methods, location detection and suppression techniques for microwave components of spacecraft PIM from a theoretical and engineering perspective. Furthermore, the latest achievements of microwave component PIM are outlined in depth, along with operational guidance and paths for further advancement.This book will be a useful reference for researchers, engineers and students interested in microwave technology, satellite technology and mobile communication technology. Wanzhao Cui is a professor at the National key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Space Microwave, at the China Academy of Space Technology, Xi’an, China. His current research interests include microwave technology and satellite communication. Jun Li is a professor at the National key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Space Microwave, at the China Academy of Space Technology, Xi’an, China. He is engaged in research on microwave technology and satellite communication. Huan Wei is a senior engineer at the National key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Space Microwave, at the China Academy of Space Technology, Xi’an, China. Her expertise is in the field of space microwave technology. Xiang Chen is a senior engineer at the National Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Space Microwave, at the China Academy of Space Technology, Xi’an, China. His research interests are microwave and millimeter wave technology.

Thomas Kuhn's Structure of Scientific Revolutions became the most widely read book about science in the twentieth century. His terms 'paradigm' and 'scientific revolution' entered everyday speech, but they remain controversial. In the second half of the twentieth century, the new field of cognitive science combined empirical psychology, computer science, and neuroscience. In this book, the theories of concepts developed by cognitive scientists are used to evaluate and extend Kuhn's most influential ideas. Based on case studies of the Copernican revolution, the discovery of nuclear fission, and an elaboration of Kuhn's famous 'ducks and geese' example of concept learning, this volume, first published in 2006, offers accounts of the nature of normal and revolutionary science, the function of anomalies, and the nature of incommensurability.

This book constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings of the 9th EAI International Conference on IoT as a Service, IoTaaS 2023. The conference took place in Nanjing, China, during October 27-29, 2023. The 33 revised full papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 85 submissions.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 10th EAI International Conference on IoT as a Service, IoTaaS 2024, held in Wuhan, China, during November 22-24, 2024.The 34 full papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 95 submissions. They focus on Cellular Vehicle-to-Everything (C-V2X), Industrial IoT, Artificial Intelligence for AIoT, Security and Privacy for Smart IoT and Intelligent Sensing Technology.

An analysis of the optical revolution in the context of early 19th century Britain. Far from merely involving the replacement of one optical theory by another, the revolution also involved substantial changes in instruments and the practices that surrounded them. People's judgements about classification, explanation and evaluation were affected by the way they used such optical instruments as spectroscopes, telescopes, polarisers, photometers, gratings, prisms and apertures. There were two instrumental traditions in this historical period, each of which nurtured a body of practice that exemplified how optical instruments should be operated, and especially how the eye should be used. These traditions functioned just like paradigms, shaping perspectives and even world views. Readership: Scholars and graduate students in the history of science, history of instrument, philosophy of science and science studies. Can also be used as a textbook in graduate courses on 19th century physics.