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Sensors and Microsystems
This book contains a selection of papers presented at the 16th AISEM ("Associazione Italiana Sensori e Microsistemi") National Conference on Sensors and Microsystems, held in Rome 7-9 February 2011. The conference highlighted updated results from both theoretical and applied research in the field of... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2012 -
The Silk Industry of Renaissance Venice
by Luca MolàHow 16th century Venetian silk manufacturers met the challenge of demand for lighter and cheaper fabric.The manufacture of luxury textiles, such as silk, was central to an Italian Renaissance economy based on status and conspicuous consumption. From the rapidly changing fashions that drove demand to... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2003