Open Agenda Publishing: 2 books
First Principles
Building Perimeter Institute
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2015
In this second edition of First Principles, Howard tells the remarkable and unconventional story - with a bold and biting humour and surprising candour - of the founding of Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics in Waterloo, Canada. How was PI created from scratch, from first principles? What...
China: Up Close and Personal
A Conversation with Karl Gerth
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2015
Karl Gerth is the Hwei-Chich and Julia Hsiu Chair in Chinese Studies and Professor of History at UC San Diego. In this in-depth conversation with Howard Burton, Karl relays his personal and professional perspectives of China in a deliberate attempt to bring us a more nuanced and balanced picture of how the country has arrived at its present state and what the future might hold.