World Scientific Publishing Company: 3040 books
Love and Physics
The Peierlses
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2019
This special book is a compilation of essays on a remarkable but little-known story that lasted over half a century of world-renowned physicist, the late Sir Rudolf Peierls and his wife Genia Kannegiser. Peierls collected a lot of prestigious awards in his lifetime, and in the beginning of WW2, he...
by Andrzej Wolski
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2014
Particle accelerators are essential tools for scientific research in fields as diverse as high energy physics, materials science and structural biology. They are also widely used in industry and medicine. Producing the optimum design and achieving the best performance for an accelerator depends on...
by Huaiyu Wang
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2017
This book covers the necessary aspects of mathematics for graduate students in physics and engineering. Advanced undergraduate students and researchers who intend to enter the field of theoretical physics can also pick up this book. The first eight chapters include variational method, Hilbert space...
From My Vast Repertoire ...
Guido Altarelli's Legacy
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2018
Guido Altarelli was a leading figure in 20th century particle physics. His scientific contributions and leadership played a key role in the development of the Standard Model of fundamental interactions, as well as the current search for new physics beyond it, both at and beyond CERN. This book is...
Capitalism in the 21st Century
Why Global Capitalism Is Broken and How It Can Be Fixed
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2019
Global capitalism is currently suffering from an unmistakable malaise, epitomized by wide and growing inequality that is eroding popular support for capitalism. Such anti-capitalist sentiment, coupled with a growing anti-globalization mood, delivered Brexit in a UK referendum and swept Donald Trump...
Ginseng and Ginseng Products 101
What are You Buying?
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2016
Choosing the herbs or herbal products that are suitable and safe for use is essential for any consumer. This is especially true when it comes to Ginseng, one of the most commonly used and highly regarded herbs in Traditional Chinese Medicine. This book consolidates knowledge from official pharmacopoeias,...
Evidence-based Clinical Chinese Medicine
Volume 11: Acne Vulgaris
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2019
The eleventh volume in the Evidence-based Clinical Chinese Medicine series is a must read for Chinese medicine practitioners interested in dermatology. Using a 'whole evidence' approach, this book aims to provide an analysis of the management of acne vulgaris with Chinese and integrative medicine.
This...
Fantastic Realities
49 Mind Journeys and A Trip to Stockholm
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2006
With a contribution from Betsy Devine
Podcast of Frank Wilczek and Betsy Devine's interview with Steve Mirsky of Scientific American
The fantastic reality that is modern physics is open for your exploration, guided by one of its primary architects and interpreters, Nobel Prize winner...
by Tony Mayer, Nicholas Steneck
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2011
Globalisation has become a rewarding but challenging fact of life for scientific and scholarly researchers. Intellectually, they work with shared understandings of their areas of research and research methods. Professionally, responsibility and best practices are subject to many different rules and...
Oppenheimer and the Manhattan Project
Insights into J Robert Oppenheimer, “Father of the Atomic Bomb”
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2005
2004 marked the centennial of the birth of J Robert Oppenheimer, and brought historians and scholars, former students, nuclear physicists, and politicians together to celebrate this event. Oppenheimer's life and work became central to 20th century history as he spearheaded the development of the atomic...
Let There Be Light
The Story of Light from Atoms to Galaxies
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2013
This book is the first of its kind devoted to the key role played by light and electromagnetic radiation in the universe. Readers are introduced to philosophical hypotheses such as the economy, symmetry and the universality of natural laws, and are then guided to practical consequences such as the...
by Paul De Grauwe
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2014
Exchange Rates and Global Financial Policies brings together research and work done by world-class economist Paul De Grauwe over the past two decades. Drawing inspiration from behavioural finance literature, De Grauwe covers topics such as exchange rate economics, monetary integration (with particular...
Food Safety Management in China
A Perspective from Food Quality Control System
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2013
In recent years, China has taken a number of effective measures to strengthen the supervision of food quality and safety, but food safety incidents still occur sometimes. The recurrence and intractability of such incidents suggest that, in addition to the imperfect supervision system, the greatest...
The Value Sphere
The Corporate Executives' Handbook for Creating and Retaining Shareholder Wealth
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2009
This book, written in story narrative form, traces the development of a company from a start-up to a global enterprise. It develops the key concepts related to this evolution — corporate strategy, raising external finance, capital budgeting, dividend policy, mergers and acquisition, globalization,...