Updates and Breakthroughs

One of my favorite quotations about stars makes a fitting conclusion to this Updates and Breakthroughs Appendix. Theoretical physicist and Nobel Prize winner Richard Feynman (1918-1988) wrote in The Feynman Lectures on Physics ... 

For over two decades, there were efforts to update and resolve inconsistencies in the two major pesticide statutes, but consensus on necessary reforms remained elusive. The 1996 law represented a major breakthrough, amending both major pesticide laws to establish a more consistent, protective regulatory scheme, grounded in sound science. It mandates... 

There have been many new developments in color measurement systems technology in recent years. A major breakthrough is in the area of portable color measurement techniques. Newly developed portable spectrophotometers (Figure 6-13h) now make it possible to measure and analyze data on the production floor. Some portable spectrophotometers are also capable of displaying an actual spectral reflectance curve. Bench-top spectrophotometers have been updated to allow more computer control of the lens, UV filter, and specular port. The ability to calibrate the UV component of the color spectrum is an important feature for measuring fluorescent colors accurately. Advances in windows-based software has improved the capabilities for statistical analysis of color measurements, color corrections, and color formulation. 

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