Review of Jan Assmann, Religion and Cultural Memory, trans. Rodney Livingstone.

Jan Assmann, Religion and Cultural Memory, trans. Rodney Livingstone. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2006. x + 222 pp. ISBN 0804745234

Review of Remnants of Auschwitz: The Witness and the Archive, trans. Daniel Heller-Roazen

Giorgio Agamben, Remnants of Auschwitz: The Witness and the Archive, trans. Daniel Heller-Roazen New York: Zone Books, 1999. 175 pp. ISBN 189051161265

Review of Martin Jay, Songs of Experience: Modern American and European Variations on a Universal Theme.

Martin Jay, Songs of Experience: Modern American and European Variations on a Universal Theme. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2005. 431 pp. (+x) ISBN 0520242726

Review of Remnants of Auschwitz: The Witness and the Archive, trans. Daniel Heller-Roazen

Giorgio Agamben, Remnants of Auschwitz: The Witness and the Archive, trans. Daniel Heller-Roazen New York: Zone Books, 1999. 175 pp. ISBN 189051161265

Review of Jan Assmann, Of God and Gods: Egypt, Israel, and the Rise of Monotheism and J. Assmann, Of God and Gods

Jan Assmann, Of God and Gods: Egypt, Israel, and the Rise of Monotheism. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 2008. 196 pp. (+x) ISBN 9780299225544. Jan Assmann, The Price of Monotheism. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2010. 140 pp. (+8) ISBN 9780804761604

Review of Martin Jay, Songs of Experience: Modern American and European Variations on a Universal Theme.

Martin Jay, Songs of Experience: Modern American and European Variations on a Universal Theme. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2005. 431 pp. (+x) ISBN 0520242726

Atomic‐Beam Scattering Studies on the Li☒Hg System: Quantum Effects and Velocity Dependence of the Cross Sections

Measurements of the velocity dependence of the angular intensity distribution of 6Li and 7Li beams scattered by a crossed Hg beam are reported. The Li beams were velocity selected, the Hg beam Maxwellian. Angular intensity distributions were measured at various relative velocities (vr) from 700–1200 m/sec, relative total cross sections (q) from vr=300 to 1350 m/sec. The differential cross sections show expected quantum interferences. Scattering patterns for 6Li— and 7Li☒Hg are found to be identical at the same de Broglie wavelength. The over‐all angular dependence of the scattering at low angles follows the θ−7/3 relationship characteristic of an r−6 long‐range potential. Extrema in the total cross sections q(vr) were also observed. The experimental data were analyzed in terms of a Lennard‐Jones (12, 6) potential, but it was not possible to determine a unique set of potential parameters. Comparison of observed and calculated results has yielded three nearly equivalent sets of σ, ϵ lying within the ranges 2.5≤σ≤3.5 Å, 480°≤ϵ/k≤1000°K.Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/69950/2/JCPSA6-42-7-2295-1.pd

New calibration technique for multiple-component stress wave force balances

Force measurement in hypervelocity expansion tubes is not possible using conventional techniques. The stress wave force balance technique can be applied in expansion tubes to measure forces despite the short test times involved. This paper presents a new calibration technique for multiple-component stress wave force balances where an impulse response created using a load distribution is required and no orthogonal surfaces on the model exist.. This new technique relies on the tensorial superposition of single-component impulse responses analogous to the vectorial superposition of the calibration loads. The example presented here is that of a scale model of the Mars Pathfinder, but the technique is applicable to any geometry and may be useful for cases where orthogonal loads cannot be applied