Product Description: Riding on the success of 3D cinema blockbusters and advances in stereoscopic display technology, 3D video applications have gathered momentum in recent years. 3D-TV System with Depth-Image-Based Rendering: Architectures, Techniques and Challenges surveys depth-image-based 3D-TV systems, which are expected to be put into applications in the near future...read more

Product Description: So striking were the replies of Joshu (778-897 CE) to students questions, that it was said his lips emitted light. Joshu, also known as Chao-chou Tsing-chen, was renowned for his powerful ability to express the enlightened mind in a pithy manner...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: These conference proceedings deal with a variety of topics in superconductivity, such as, the theory of normal metals, the strong-coupling theory of superconductivity, the theory of heavy fermions and superconductivity, and the theory of superconductivity in the high Tc materials...read more

Discusses the history and tradition of brewing and drinking tea, covering ingredient selection, brewing equipment, and the tea drinking environment

Product Description: A selection of the poetry of Lu Yu (1125-1210), one of the most prolific of the Chinese poets, who was renowned for his advocation of a carefree enjoyment of life. 63 poems in English translation comprise this anthology, providing evocative glimpses of the poet's everyday life.

Product Description: The aim of this interdisciplinary conference was to bring together experts in quantum field theory and condensed matter physics to overview recent developments in this borderline field, like the Chern-Simon field theory versus quantum hall effect and anyon superconductivity.