World Scientific Publishing Company: 3040 books
Information Systems
The Connection of People and Resources for Innovation — A Textbook
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2013
This unique new textbook on Information Systems (IS) provides an answer to a few basic questions in the field: What is the scientific nature of IS? How do we design IS in today's connected world? What is the relationship between IS and innovation in knowledge economies? Whereas mainframe corporate...
Perspectives on Supplier Innovation
Theories, Concepts and Empirical Insights on Open Innovation and the Integration of Suppliers
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2012
Hardly anybody outside a company knows its products and processes better than its suppliers. Research confirms that intensive integration of suppliers in the value creation process positively influences the success of the company, particularly in highly competitive industries. This is a result of...
The Singapore Blue Chips
The Rewards & Risks of Investing in Singapore's Largest Corporates
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2017
A pioneering and comprehensive work, The Singapore Blue Chips puts the spotlight on 22 of Singapore's largest corporates. This is the first book that provides a quick snapshot of Singapore's large cap (large market capitalisation) corporates as investment propositions, and is a timely tribute to the...
Dear Martin / Dear Marcello
Gardner and Truzzi on Skepticism
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2017
In 1952, Martin Gardner wrote the book Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science, which has become a modern classic of the skeptical movement. He is best known as the Father of Recreational Mathematics, but was also a frank critic of pseudoscientists and a contributor to the Skeptical Inquirer magazine.
Marcello...
The First Transplant Surgeon
The Flawed Genius of Nobel Prize Winner, Alexis Carrel
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2016
This is a new account, of how, in the early 1900s, the French-born surgeon Alexis Carrel (1873–1944) set the groundwork for the later success in human organ transplantation, and gained America's first Nobel Prize in 1912. His other contributions were the first operations on the heart, and the first...
Einstein Relatively Simple
Our Universe Revealed in Everyday Language
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2014
"Outstanding Academic Title for 2014" by CHOICE
Einstein Relatively Simple brings together for the first time an exceptionally clear explanation of both special and general relativity. It is for people who always wanted to understand Einstein's ideas but never thought they could.
Told...
Find a Hotter Place!
A History of Nuclear Astrophysics
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2006
Find a hotter place! is the insightful story of the tortured path that led to our current understanding of how the elements in the Universe came to be. This is a story which began in Greek Antiquity, with the first musings on the nature of matter and the void, and continues today with ever more refined...
The WSPC Reference on Natural Resources and Environmental Policy in the Era of Global Change
In 4 Volumes
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2016
The WSPC Reference on Natural Resources and Environmental Policy in the Era of Global Change provides a comprehensive and prominent reference of various highly authoritative volumes of long-term scientific value, for milestone concepts and theories. The books in the reference set are edited by leading...
by Hong-Sang Jung, Bin Wang
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2017
Since 1980, the number of climate-related disasters has been greatly increased globally. Scientific consensus based on the IPCC fifth report suggested that global warming would bring more intense and frequent extreme climate events. These climate-related disasters hinder the achievement of sustainable...
Enjoy Writing Your Science Thesis or Dissertation!
A Step-by-Step Guide to Planning and Writing a Thesis or Dissertation for Undergraduate and Graduate Science Students
Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 2014
This book is a step by step illustrated guide to planning and writing dissertations and theses for undergraduate and graduate science students. Topics covered include advice on writing each section of a thesis as well as general discussions on collecting and organizing references, keeping records,...
by Aziz Nather
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2015
This book is a practical guide for residents and young researchers who are planning to embark on research. It details the significant planning one must first do including choosing a suitable experienced clinician as a supervisor, sourcing for a "winning idea" with significant clinical impact,...
Handbook of Instrumentation and Techniques for Semiconductor Nanostructure Characterization
(In 2 Volumes)
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2011
"... These volumes provide the very latest in this critical technology and are an invaluable resource for scientists in both academia and industry concerned with the semiconductor future and all of science."
Foreword by Leonard C Feldman
(Director Institute for Advanced Materials,...
by Wenhu Zhang, Yiran Shao, Dan Li;Manyuan Wang;Junxian Yu
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2018
Tu Youyou's Journey in the Search for Artemisinin is an autobiographical science book chronicling in detail the great experiences of Tu Youyou from her childhood to winning the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
As Tu Youyou is the first female scientist from China to win the Nobel Prize...
The Earth as a Cradle for Life
The Origin, Evolution and Future of the Environment
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2013
The Earth as a Cradle for Life aims to fill the gap between readers who have a strong and informed scientific interest in the environment (but no access to the journal literature), and their desire for a basic understanding of the environment. It provides a comprehensive account, and requires no advanced...