Brian Tanner's Outputs (14)

Trepidation or Precession: The Turning Point in a Tradition (2023)
Book Chapter
Tanner, B., McLeish, T., & Nothaft, P. (2023). Trepidation or Precession: The Turning Point in a Tradition. In G. E. Gasper, T. C. McLeish, S. Olsen Sønnesyn, & H. E. Smithson (Eds.), Mapping the Universe: Robert Grosseteste’s De sphera - On the Sphere (279-304). Oxford University Press

This chapter provides historical and scientific commentary on the reference in On the Sphere to the very slow movement of the equinoxes as identified by the change in stellar positions measured in different centuries. It discusses the two different m... Read More about Trepidation or Precession: The Turning Point in a Tradition.

Commentary on the model of the world machine (2023)
Book Chapter
Tanner, B., McLeish, T., Sonnesyn, S., & Falk, S. (2023). Commentary on the model of the world machine. In G. E. M. Gasper, T. C. B. McLeish, S. Olsen Sønnesyn, & H. E. Smithson (Eds.), 'Mapping the Universe: Robert Grosseteste’s De sphera - On the Sphere (132-166). Oxford: Oxford University Press

The chapter provides both a commentary and a science-based explanation of the text of On the Sphere. It contains many diagrams, designed to clarify the geometrical constructions on which the narrative is based. Presented in alignment with the paragra... Read More about Commentary on the model of the world machine.

‘Travelling Optics: Robert Grosseteste and the Optics behind the Rainbow’ (2021)
Book Chapter
Gasper, G. E., Tanner, B. K., Sønnesyn, S. O., & El-Bizri, N. (2021). ‘Travelling Optics: Robert Grosseteste and the Optics behind the Rainbow’. In C. Etheridge, & M. Campopiano (Eds.), Medieval Science in the North: Travelling Wisdom, 1000-1500 (45-75). Brepols Publishers

The legacy of Robert Grosseteste and the teaching of experimental physics to 14-16 year-olds in England (2020)
Book Chapter
Tanner, B., & Tanner, R. (2020). The legacy of Robert Grosseteste and the teaching of experimental physics to 14-16 year-olds in England. In J. Cunningham, & S. Puttick (Eds.), Robert Grosseteste and the theory of learning: The ordered human (118-141). Routledge

The seven liberal arts: Commentary and Analysis (2019)
Book Chapter
Thomson, D., & Tanner, B. (2019). The seven liberal arts: Commentary and Analysis. In G. Gasper, C. Panti, T. McLeish, & H. Smithson (Eds.), Knowing and speaking: Robert Grosseteste's De artibus liberalibus 'On the liberal arts' and De generatione sonorum 'On the generation of sounds' (448-482). Oxford University Press

Grazing Incidence X-Ray Reflectivity and Scattering (2018)
Book Chapter
Tanner, B. K. (2018). Grazing Incidence X-Ray Reflectivity and Scattering. In N. Ida, & N. Meyendorf (Eds.), Handbook of Advanced Non-Destructive Evaluation (1-16). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-30050-4_16-1

Unity and Symmetry in the De Luce of Robert Grosseteste (2016)
Book Chapter
Tanner, B., Bower, R., McLeish, T., & Gasper, G. (2016). Unity and Symmetry in the De Luce of Robert Grosseteste. In J. Cunningham, & M. Hocknull (Eds.), Robert Grosseteste and the pursuit of Scientific Learning in the Middle-Ages (3-20). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-33468

Unity and Symmetry in the De Luce of Robert Grosseteste (2016)
Book Chapter
Tanner, B., Bower, R., McLeish, T., & Gasper, G. E. (2016). Unity and Symmetry in the De Luce of Robert Grosseteste. In J. P. Cunningham, & M. Hocknull (Eds.), Robert Grosseteste and the Pursuit of Religious and Scientific learning in the Middle-Ages (3-20). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-33468-4_1

X-ray Scattering from Spintronic Structures (2016)
Book Chapter
Tanner, B. (2016). X-ray Scattering from Spintronic Structures. In Y. Xu, D. D. Awschalom, & J. Nitta (Eds.), Handbook of Spintronics (919-945). Springer Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6892-5_33

The principles and underlying physics of grazing-incidence X-ray scattering are outlined in the context of application to the study of room temperature spintronic systems. Examples are presented showing the precision and reliability of analysis. The... Read More about X-ray Scattering from Spintronic Structures.

Magnetization Process In Co/cr/co Trilayers With Ferro- And Antiferromagnetic Interlayer Coupling (1997)
Book Chapter
Niedoba, H., Mirecki, B., Thompson, S., Whiting, J., Ganot, F., Hase, T., …Tanner, B. (1997). Magnetization Process In Co/cr/co Trilayers With Ferro- And Antiferromagnetic Interlayer Coupling. In G. C. Hadjipanayis (Ed.), Magnetic hysteresis in novel magnetic materials (549-553). KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBL

High Resolution X-ray Diffraction From Epitaxial Gallium Nitride Films (1997)
Book Chapter
Lafford, T., Loxley, N., & Tanner, B. (1997). High Resolution X-ray Diffraction From Epitaxial Gallium Nitride Films. In F. Ponce, T. Moustakas, I. Akasaki, & B. Monemar (Eds.), III-V Nitrides (483-488). Materials Research Society

Contrast Of Defects In X-ray Diffraction Topographs (1996)
Book Chapter
Tanner, B. (1996). Contrast Of Defects In X-ray Diffraction Topographs. In A. Authier, S. Lagomarsino, & B. K. Tanner (Eds.), X-Ray and Neutron Dynamical Diffraction, Theory and Applications (147-166). PLENUM PRESS DIV PLENUM PUBLISHING CORP

The Effect Of Carbon Content On The Magnetisation Of Steel (1996)
Book Chapter
Makar, J., & Tanner, B. (1996). The Effect Of Carbon Content On The Magnetisation Of Steel. In A. Moses, & A. Basak (Eds.), Nonlinear Electromagnetic Systems (472-475). I O S PRESS

Dislocation Distributions In Cd1-xhgxte/cdte And Cd(1-x) Hgxte/cd1-yznyte Grown By Liquid Phase Epitaxy (1995)
Book Chapter
Watson, C., Durose, K., Okeefe, E., Hudson, J., & Tanner, B. (1995). Dislocation Distributions In Cd1-xhgxte/cdte And Cd(1-x) Hgxte/cd1-yznyte Grown By Liquid Phase Epitaxy. In S. Baker, C. Ross, P. Townsend, C. Volkert, & P. Borgesen (Eds.), Thin Films: Stresses and Mechanical Properties V (301-306). Materials Research Society