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People Matter
Essays by David Chan
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2015
This book is a collection of twenty-one essays by Professor David Chan, which first appeared in The Straits Times from October 2011 to January 2015. The essays discussed a wide range of topics including happiness and well-being, fairness perceptions, the immigration debate and population policies,...
Materials Under Extreme Conditions
Molecular Crystals at High Pressure
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2013
High-pressure materials research has been revolutionized in the past few years due to technological breakthroughs in the diamond anvil cell (DAC), shock wave compression and molecular dynamic simulation (MD) methods. The application of high pressure, especially together with high temperature, has...
Methods of Differential Geometry in Classical Field Theories
k-Symplectic and k-Cosymplectic Approaches
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2015
This book is devoted to review two of the most relevant approaches to the study of classical field theories of the first order, say k-symplectic and k-cosymplectic geometry. This approach is also compared with others like multisymplectic formalism.
It will be very useful for researchers working...
Photonics in Space
Advanced Photonic Devices and Systems
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2016
The book focuses on photonic devices and systems for space applications and critically reviews the most promising research advances in the field of photonic technologies, which may have a significant impact on the performance of space systems.
Photonics is emerging as a crucial enabling technology...
Selected Papers of Chen Ning Yang II
With Commentaries
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2013
Professor Chen Ning Yang, an eminent contemporary physicist, was Professor at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey, from 1955 to 1966, and Albert Einstein Professor of Physics at the State University of New York at Stony Brook until his retirement in 1999. He has been Distinguished...
by Michael E Fisher
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2016
This book is a compilation of selected reviews by Professor Michael E Fisher. Fisher's major contributions to physics have been in equilibrium statistical mechanics, and have spanned the entire range of that subject. He has been credited with bringing together, and teaching a common language to chemists...
Tu Youyou and the Discovery of Artemisinin
2015 Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2016
Nobel laureate Tu Youyou won the 2015 prize for Medicine/Physiology for the discovery of artemisinin, a drug therapy for malaria that has saved millions across the globe.
This book traces the path of discovery beginning with Chairman Mao's 1964 instruction to Chinese researchers to find a cure...
Cardioprotective Natural Products
Promises and Hopes
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2017
Cardioprotective Natural Products: Promises and Hopes focuses on the recent advances in the research of bioactive natural products with cardioprotective potential against various cardiovascular diseases/disorders. The aim of this book is to underline the promise and future hope in bioactive natural...
by Mihkel Koel
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2016
Analytical Applications of Ionic Liquids reviews the current research in analytic chemistry, covering subjects as diverse as separation science, chromatography, spectroscopy and analytical electrochemistry.
As scientific developments have moved into the 21st century, they have increasingly...
Li-S Batteries
The Challenges, Chemistry, Materials and Future Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2017
Lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries give us an alternative to the more prevalent lithium-ion (Li-ion) versions, and are known for their observed high energy densities. Systems using Li-S batteries are in early stages of development and commercialization however could potentially provide higher, safer...
by Ajaikumar B Kunnumakkara, Devivasha Bordoloi, Javadi Monisha
Language: English
Release Date: February 13, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 13, 2018
Despite the significant advances in cancer therapy made through constant evaluation and analysis of treatment aftereffects, the disease still remains one of the foremost causes of mortality worldwide killing more than 12 million people annually. The prime reason behind the failure of conventional...
by Premi Chandra, Piers Coleman, Gabi Kotliar;Phuan Ong;Daniel L Stein;Clare Yu
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2015
In a remarkable career spanning more than six decades, Philip W Anderson has made many fundamental contributions to physics. As codified in his oft-quoted phrase "More is Different", Anderson has been the most forceful and persuasive proponent of the radical, but now ubiquitous, viewpoint...
Applicable Atmospheric Dynamics
Techniques for the Exploration of Atmospheric Dynamics
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2014
This book offers an overview of advanced techniques to study atmospheric dynamics by numerical experimentation. It is primarily intended for scientists and graduate students working on interdisciplinary research problems at the intersection of the atmospheric sciences, applied mathematics, statistics...
BIOMAT 2013
Proceedings of the International Symposium on Mathematical and Computational Biology
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2014
This is a book of a series on interdisciplinary topics on the Biological and Mathematical Sciences. The chapters correspond to selected papers on special research themes, which have been presented at BIOMAT 2013 International Symposium on Mathematical and Computational Biology which was held in the...