Wspc imprint: 2707 books
by Robert J Marks II, William A Dembski, Winston Ewert
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2017
Science has made great strides in modeling space, time, mass and energy. Yet little attention has been paid to the precise representation of the information ubiquitous in nature.
Introduction to Evolutionary Informatics fuses results from complexity modeling and information theory that allow...
by Russell Walker
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2013
This book develops the notion that companies can succeed on the basis of risk management, much as companies compete on efficiency, costs, labor, location, and other dimensions. The reality of risk and how it impacts companies is that it is much more definite, often catastrophic and looks more like...
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...
Singapore
Trade, Investment and Economic Performance
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2009
Singapore's rapid evolution from a modest trading post under colonial rule into a prosperous, self-confident nation is one of the notable success stories of the second half of the 20th century. International trade and investment linkages have been the cornerstones of the city-state's economic success...
China's Change
The Greatest Show on Earth
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2018
China's Change injects timely, original ideas into the world's most important, if confused, debate over how to manage the twin challenges of anaemic economic growth and accelerating global disruption. Change is the cry from the US to Europe, Asia to Australasia. The snag is the West has no playbook...
Education-at-Large
Student Life and Activities in Singapore 19451965
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2013
The first part of the book contains documentation of a groundbreaking exhibition held in 2007 on student activities and societal engagements during post-war Singapore 1945–1965 and transcripts of forums held in conjunction with it. The second half centres on oral history accounts of mostly former...
Indian Economic Superpower
Fiction or Future?
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2009
View the Author's interview here.
India's prominence in the global economy is on the rise. Are we witnessing the rise of an economic superpower? Or is it a mirage? What factors have influenced this economic growth story across the different sectors? Which sectors present future growth potential?...
Dynamic Governance
Embedding Culture, Capabilities and Change in Singapore
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2007
In a world of uncertainty and change, current achievements are no guarantee for future survival. Even if the initial chosen set of principles, policies and practices are good, static efficiency and governance would eventually lead to stagnation and decay. No amount of careful planning can assure a...
by Chandre Dharma-wardana
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2013
This is a highly interdisciplinary book straddling physics and complex systems such as living organisms. The presentation is from the perspective of physics, in a manner accessible to those interested in scientific knowledge integrated within its socio-cultural and philosophical backgrounds. Two key...
Growing Up in British Malaya and Singapore
A Time of Fireflies and Wild Guavas
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2014
Growing Up in British Malaya and Singapore: A Time of Fireflies and Wild Guavas is an autobiography of Maurice Baker's life in Malaya and Singapore from the 1920s to the 1940s. His memoir extends from the earliest of childhood memories with his family and friends up to the defeat of the British during...
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...
Machinery, Materials Science and Energy Engineering (ICMMSEE 2015)
Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2015
With the rapid development of machinery, materials science and energy engineering technology in China, new theories and application results constantly appear. Higher and newer requirements in these fields are sought by business enterprises and members of the engineering profession.
This conference...
by Martinus J G Veltman
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2018
This book provides a comprehensive overview of modern particle physics accessible to anyone with a true passion for wanting to know how the universe works. We are introduced to the known particles of the world we live in. An elegant explanation of quantum mechanics and relativity paves the way for...