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Food, Foodways and Foodscapes
Culture, Community and Consumption in Post-Colonial Singapore
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2015
This fascinating and insightful volume introduces readers to food as a window to the social and cultural history and geography of Singapore. It demonstrates how the food we consume, the ways in which we acquire and prepare it, the company we keep as we cook and eat, and our preferences and practices...
From Micro to Macro
Adventures of a Wandering Physicist
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2018
This is a popular science book exploring the limits of scientific explanation. In particular, it debates if all sciences will ultimately be reducible to physics. The journey starts with physics itself, where there is a gap between the micro (quantum) and the macro (classical) and moves into chemistry,...
Mathematics of Planet Earth
A Primer
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2017
Mathematics of Planet Earth (MPE) was started and continues to be consolidated as a collaboration of mathematical science organisations around the world. These organisations work together to tackle global environmental, social and economic problems using mathematics.
This textbook introduces...
by Tommy Koh, Sharon Li-Lian Seah, Li Lin Chang
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2017
On the 8th of August 2017, ASEAN will celebrate the 50th anniversary of its founding. ASEAN is of great importance to Singapore, the region and the world.
In 1967, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or ASEAN in short, was founded by five countries in Southeast Asia which had just gained...
Politics, Culture and Identities in East Asia
Integration and Division
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2017
This edited book reflects the "yin-yang" of East Asia — the analogy of co-existing "hot and cold" trends in that region. To concentrate only on geopolitical competition and regional "hot spots" will exaggerate, if not misrepresent East Asia as a Hobbesian world. Nevertheless,...
Handbook of Coastal and Ocean Engineering
In 2 Volumes
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2017
The handbook contains a comprehensive compilation of topics that are at the forefront of many of the technical advances in ocean waves, coastal, and ocean engineering. More than 110 internationally recognized authorities in the field of coastal and ocean engineering have contributed articles in their...
Advances in Geosciences
Volume 31: Solid Earth Science (SE)
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2012
This invaluable volume set of Advances in Geosciences continues the excellent tradition of the Asia-Oceania scientific community in providing the most up-to-date research results on a wide range of geosciences and environmental science. The information is vital to the understanding of the effects...
Ocean Surface Waves
Their Physics and Prediction
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2013
Latest Edition: Ocean Surface Waves: Their Physics and Prediction (3rd Edition)
The book is an extended and updated edition of the book published in 1996 under the same title (World Scientific, ISBN 9810216866). It contains a very comprehensive and extensive study on surface ocean waves induced...
Advances in Geosciences
Volume 30: Planetary Science (PS) and Solar & Terrestrial Science (ST)
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2012
This invaluable volume set of Advances in Geosciences continues the excellent tradition of the Asia-Oceania scientific community in providing the most up-to-date research results on a wide range of geosciences and environmental science. The information is vital to the understanding of the effects...
Advances in Geosciences
Volume 28: Atmospheric Science (AS) & Ocean Science (OS)
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2012
This invaluable volume set of Advances in Geosciences continues the excellent tradition of the Asia-Oceania scientific community in providing the most up-to-date research results on a wide range of geosciences and environmental science. The information is vital to the understanding of the effects...
Coastal Structures 2011
(In 2 Volumes)
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2013
Coastal Structures are undergoing renewal and innovation to better serve the needs of our society, from environmental co-existence and habitat enhancement to risk management. The CSt2011 conference is the sixth in a series that highlights coastal disaster preparedness and ocean utilization in a changing...
by Erling Norrby
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2010
The Nobel Prizes in natural sciences have developed to become a unique measure of scientific excellence. Using archival documents, which have been released (50 years secrecy) for scholarly work, the author expertly traces the strengths and weaknesses of the Nobel system as exemplified by individual...
The Power of Ideas
The Rising Influence of Thinkers and Think Tanks in China
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2017
China's momentous socioeconomic transformation is not taking place in an intellectual vacuum: Chinese scholars and public intellectuals are actively engaged in fervent discussions about the country's domestic and foreign policies, demographic constraints, and ever-growing integration into the world...
by Dimitrios Stamatialis
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2017
This book focusses on the development of biomedical membranes and their applications for (bio)artificial organs. It covers the state of art and main challenges for applying synthetic membranes in these organs. It also highlights the importance of accomplishing an integration of engineering with biology...