World Scientific Publishing Company: 3040 books
Slicing the Truth
On the Computable and Reverse Mathematics of Combinatorial Principles
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2014
This book is a brief and focused introduction to the reverse mathematics and computability theory of combinatorial principles, an area of research which has seen a particular surge of activity in the last few years. It provides an overview of some fundamental ideas and techniques, and enough context...
by Judi Sture
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2016
This book is designed to be an easy-to-use guide to understanding the ethical and biosecurity implications of life science research. It provides a framework that will enable scientists, lab managers, researchers, students and teachers to anticipate how research may be used to cause harm, and to identify...
Strain and Dislocation Gradients from Diffraction
Spatially-Resolved Local Structure and Defects
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2014
This book highlights emerging diffraction studies of strain and dislocation gradients with mesoscale resolution, which is currently a focus of research at laboratories around the world. While ensemble-average diffraction techniques are mature, grain and subgrain level measurements needed to understand...
Is Non-Western Democracy Possible?
A Russian Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2017
This book, with theoretical and practical analyses of comparative political systems of Eastern countries (Asia and Africa), their political process and political cultures, describes and analyses the influence of political culture on political process in the Eastern world. It gives readers an opportunity...
Thanatia: The Destiny of the Earth's Mineral Resources
A Thermodynamic Cradle-to-Cradle Assessment
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2014
Is Gaia becoming Thanatia, a resource exhausted planet? For how long can our high-tech society be sustained in the light of declining mineral ore grades, heavy dependence on un-recycled critical metals and accelerated material dispersion? These are all root causes of future disruptions that need to...
Emergence of the Quantum from the Classical
Mathematical Aspects of Quantum Processes
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2017
The emergence of quantum mechanics from classical world mechanics is now a well-established theme in mathematical physics. This book demonstrates that quantum mechanics can indeed be viewed as a refinement of Hamiltonian mechanics, and builds on the work of George Mackey in relation to their mathematical...
by David Goodstein
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2011
This volume tells of the quest for cosmology as seen by some of the finest cosmologists in the world. It starts with “Galaxy Formation from Start to Finish” and ends with “The First Supermassive Black Holes in the Universe,” exploring in between the grand themes of galaxies, the early universe,...
Developing 21st Century Competencies in the Mathematics Classroom
Yearbook 2016, Association of Mathematics Educators
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2016
The aim of this book is to contribute towards literature in the field of mathematics education, specifically the development of 21st century competencies amongst learners of mathematics.
The book comprising fourteen chapters, written by renowned researchers in mathematics education, provides...
Naturally Animated Architecture
Using the Movements of the Sun, Wind and Rain to Bring Indoor Spaces and Sustainable Practices to Life
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2018
This video-augmented book explains how the natural movements of the sun, wind and rain can be used to improve the well-being of people in buildings and raise awareness of sustainable living practices. In demonstrating how buildings can be designed to reconcile their traditional role as shelter from...
In Memory of Akira Tonomura
Physicist and Electron Microscopist(With DVD-ROM)
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2014
This memorial volume in honor of Dr Akira Tonomura is to commemorate his enormous contributions to fundamental physics in addition to the basic technology of electron microscopy. Dr Tonomura passed away on May 2, 2012 at the age of 70. He was Fellow of Hitachi, Ltd., Group Director of Single Quantum...
Anaerobic Biotechnology
Environmental Protection and Resource Recovery
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2015
Environmental protection and resource recovery are two crucial issues facing our society in the 21st century. Anaerobic biotechnology has become widely accepted by the wastewater industry as the better alternative to the more conventional but costly aerobic process and tens of thousands of full-scale...
by Jay Kappraff
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2014
This book aims to make the subject of geometry and its applications easy and comfortable to understand by students majoring in mathematics or the liberal arts, architecture and design. It can be used to teach students at different levels of computational ability and there is also sufficient novel...
Advanced Material Science and Engineering (AMSE2016)
Proceedings of the 2016 International Conference
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2016
The book provides a comprehensive overview of the authors' works which include significant discoveries and pioneering contributions on Materials Process Engineering, Materials Physics and Chemistry, Emerging Areas of Materials Science, and so on. AMSE2016 is an influential international conference...
by S Giani, C Leroy, L Price;P-G Rancoita;R Ruchti
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2012
The exploration of the subnuclear world is done through increasingly complex experiments covering a wide range of energy and performed in a large variety of environments ranging from particle accelerators, underground detectors to satellites and the space laboratory. Among recent advances one has...