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Modern Instrumentation for Scientists and Engineers

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  • © 2001

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Authors:
  1. James A. Blackburn

    1. Department of Physics and Computing, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Canada

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Table of contents (19 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Electronics

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Physical Quantities

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      Pages 3-6

    3. DC Circuits

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      Pages 7-10

    4. AC Circuits

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      Pages 11-25

    5. Bridge Circuits

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      Pages 27-36

    6. Amplifiers

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      Pages 37-56

    7. Special-Purpose Circuits

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      Pages 57-71

    8. Waveform Generators

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      Pages 73-91

    9. Filters

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      Pages 93-120

  3. Sensors

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 121-121
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    2. Temperature

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      Pages 123-156

    3. Light

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      Pages 157-169

    4. Magnetic Fields

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      Pages 171-179

    5. Strain

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      Pages 181-193

    6. Pressure

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      Pages 195-207

    7. Displacement and Rotation

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      Pages 209-219

    8. Acceleration

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      Pages 221-235

  4. Measurements

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 237-237
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    2. DC Measurements

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      Pages 239-263
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About this book

Knowledge of instrumentation is for experimentalists a kind of fluency in the language of measurement. But it is a fluency not so commonly possessed, and without which much of the experimental process remains hidden and mysterious. The basic goal in writing this book is to provide a treatment of useful depth of the basic elements of the instrumentation "language," namely electronics, sensors, and measurement. The present epoch is arguably a golden age for instrumentation. The crucial ingredient has been the exceptional development of semiconductor fabrication technology, and this has led to the present richness in both analog and digital inte­ grated circuits. The former provide relatively inexpensive but high-performance electronic modules (such as the operational amplifier) which can serve as build­ ing blocks for more complex circuits, whereas the latter have culminated in the desktop computer, which has permeated modem life generally and revolu­ tionized the instrumentation world with its capacity to act as a measurement controller and data storage center. Finally, silicon micromachining is creating a host of new sensors for such quantities as acceleration and pressure.

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"The author has managed to succeed in writing a ‘small encyclopedia of modern instrumentation’ in the size of a textbook with 320 pages … There is a vast spectrum of scientific knowledge and engineering technology included in this book … It is a very good textbook or a reference source for a continuing education seminary and for courses to nonelectronics graduates." IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Physics and Computing, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Canada

    James A. Blackburn

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Modern Instrumentation for Scientists and Engineers

  • Authors: James A. Blackburn

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0103-5

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag New York, Inc. 2001

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-387-95056-3Published: 21 November 2000

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4612-6512-2Published: 08 September 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4613-0103-5Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XV, 319

  • Topics: Measurement Science and Instrumentation, Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, multidisciplinary

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