Chemical Shifts and Coupling Constants for Silicon-29 (Landolt-Börnstein: Numerical Data and Functional Relationships in Science and Technology - New Series, 35F) 2008th Edition

by Radha Raman Gupta (Contributor), M. D. Lechner (Contributor), Heinrich Marsmann (Contributor),

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Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) is based on the fact that certain nuclei exhibit a magnetic moment, oriented by a magnetic field, and absorb characteristic frequencies in the radiofrequency part of the spectrum. The spectral lines of the nuclei are highly influenced by the chemical environment, i.e. the structure and interaction of the molecules. NMR is now the leading technique and a powerful tool for the investigation of the structure and interaction of molecules. The present Landolt-Börnstein volume III/35 "Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Data" is therefore of major interest to all scientists and engineers who intend to use NMR to study the structure and the binding of molecules. Volume III/35 ''NMR-Data'' is divided into several subvolumes and parts. Subvolume III/35A contains the nuclei B-11 and P-31, subvolume III/35B contains the nuclei F-19 and N-15, subvolume III/35C contains the nucleus H-1, subvolume III/35D contains the nucleus C-13, subvolume III/35E contains the nucleus O-17, subvolume III/35F contains the nucleus Si-29, and subvolume III/35G contains the nucleus Se-77. More nuclei will be presented later.

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Springer; 2008th edition (July 10, 2008)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 476 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 354045277X
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-3540452775
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.16 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7 x 1.06 x 10 inches

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cordyceps

Spectroscopy imitates life

Reviewed in the United States on October 27, 2012

In Ovid's version of the tale, Pyramus and Thisbe's whispered conversations through a crack in the wall presage a dark, turbulent climax, a numinous moment when leaf and flesh - nature and artifice, to strain the poet's metaphor - intertwine by the agency of divine will. Gupta's muse is of an altogether more solemn, brooding substance, resolute in its insolubility, minatory in its reflections. In his figure, the roles are recast in the form of stable isotopes, concrete representations of virtual states dimly perceived in some crapulous condensed matter physicist's nightmare.

Readers acquainted with Gupta's oeuvre will recognize the setting, Group XIV of the periodic table, with its lonely half-empty valence shells, tawdry metalloid lustre, and solitary electrons avoiding one another as they flit uncertainly along their wind-swept, rain-slick trajectories. Observant ones will recall the tragic hero, Silicon-29, from a brief appearance in the author's sleeper bestseller Lanthanide Dreams, A Fable for the Atomic Age.

The tale begins innocently enough. We savor the familiar tropes of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Theory as Gupta weaves a subtle, yet compelling tale peopled by the author's usual cast of picaresque characters. Fickle spin-orbit doublets, ponderous baryons and that opera buffo staple, the mercurial lepton, take their place on Gupta's quantum electrodynamic stage. It is not until well into subvolume III/35B that we begin to connect the threads that will draw Silicon-29 in an undulating crescendo towards his collision with destiny - and antimatter - which unfolds before a crowd of startled onlookers in a shattering climax which the author, with a touch of burlesque, sets in Bernini's magnificent baroque monument, the Piazza Barberini's Triton Fountain. The denouement recapitulates the theme sotto voce, with delicate irony, a mordant whiff of dimethyl mercury.

If this work can be said to possess a flaw, it lies in the absence of animal characters. They're funny, and I for one would like to see more of them.

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Ashutosh S. Jogalekar

The Dale Carnegie of Silicon-29 NMR, a must buy

Reviewed in the United States on February 20, 2009

If you read this book, you cannot help but be instantly transformed into a silicon-29 NMR lover and specialist, purveyor of a wonderful, deep and satisfying field of inquiry. This book whose publication was a watershed did for silicon-29 NMR what Dale Carnegie's book did for the average shy person and what Ayn Rand did for capitalism. It finally brought silicon-29 NMR lovers out of the shadows of their self-imposed silence into the mainstream community. As for the price, I can say only one thing; this is one of the very very few products, whether in the shoe store, car store or supermarket, whose price is completely matched by its quality. It's a clarion call to all silicon-29 NMR specialists. I am pretty sure that even after several decades it will remain the most referenced and readily available book on the market, and will continue to be a godsend for those hesitant men and women who are uncertain about their future in the silicon-29 NMR field. Three words; buy it now

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Kundan Sen

Go for the uncondensed, unmodified, Si-14 instead

Reviewed in the United States on October 21, 2010

I did not pay much attention to the title before buying this - after all, you should not judge a book by its covers - what a mistake!

First of all, this book deals with compressed / condensed matter - they take the silion (Si-14), and condense it until it becomes like Copper (Cu-29). If I wanted something like Cu-29, why not start with Zinc (Zn-30) and uncompress it until it comes to 29? 30 is much higher than 14, and we all know that its better to dilute a better product than start with a bad raw material and try to purify it until it resembles something else.

I had a copy of the older series - uncondensed matter - and that just felt more pure, more in tune with the harmony in nature. Think of GMO corn, HCFS, farmed salmon, hydrogenated oils, and all the evils we have imposed on the world in the name of "progress". Do we need the same with matter as well? Isn't matter the building block of everything? Shouldn't we leave that untouched?

I am not even going to compare matter (condensed or not) and anti matter. That's a whole new can of worms.

The authors have done a good job presenting their side of the view. I have nothing against fine folks. I find this somewhat clashes with my personal beliefs.

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KV Trout

The Divas of Chemical Shifts and Coupling Constants for Silicon-29

Reviewed in the United States on September 5, 2009

I don't know how they came up with the idea to do a book on Chemical Shifts and Coupling Constants for Silicon-29, but I would have never thought it would be worth this much money. These guys are visionaries, because at a time when the rest of us were watching sit-coms and wondering who was going to win American Idol, these guys were gathering together the numerical data and functional relationships of various technical and scientific kadoodleybobs.

I bow to their marketing genius as well as their forward acuity in the sci-market arena. Their discomprietary diagnosis of the current shift in ascracaciousness, is beyond imageration.

Author! Author!

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J. Steffen

Unique gift for Banking Industry executives

Reviewed in the United States on February 20, 2009

My bank just received a major TARP bailout package, so me and my buds in top-level management got our quarterly bonuses after all. Vegas junkets are too conspicuous these days and black caviar from the Caspian Sea is getting a little old hat, so I bought a copy of Landolt-Bornstein's "Chemical Shifts and Coupling Constants for Silicon-29" for another V.P. as a gag gift. Last week when I flew to Bora-Bora for a weekend management retreat there he was, reading it on the beach! He had some reservations about how a couple of the formulas were expressed, but apart from that he thought it was well-researched and compellingly written. On his recommendation I'm going to pick up a copy for myself to read at the next management retreat in Dubai. This book has some legs.

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