This volume brings the reader up to date on transport phenomena, including electrical and thermal conductivity and infrared properties. In addition, electron tunneling and the characteristics and applications of films are discussed; the preparation of the necessary samples has proceeded, and a sizeable body of reproducible data has become available. Pressure effects are also presented; considerable progress has been made in relating them to the crystallographic and electronic structure of high temperature superconductors. The preparation and characterization of bulk samples is also reviewed.

These poems comment on every-day life, with its rapid changes and its frequently amusing peculiarities and paradoxes. Over half of the poems are humorous, but many are serious. Almost all have regular rhyme and meter. The poems implicitly express the author's philosophy of life: enjoy our beautiful universe (it's the only one we've got), share a laugh, and try not to stub a toe on every passing chair. Have you ever had a computer ask you for a date, or tell you that you are deceased? Have you ever fallen in love in a laundromat? Do you find it hard to get going in the morning? Are you amused by people who make too many excuses, or who sing off key? Do you love rocks or mountains or quirky friends? Have you wondered what to do with your retirement years? Then this book is for you.

This volume brings the reader up to date on transport phenomena, including electrical and thermal conductivity and infrared properties. In addition, electron tunneling and the characteristics and applications of films are discussed; the preparation of the necessary samples has proceeded, and a sizeable body of reproducible data has become available. Pressure effects are also presented; considerable progress has been made in relating them to the crystallographic and electronic structure of high temperature superconductors. The preparation and characterization of bulk samples is also reviewed.