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N OTA B L E T I T L E S [ PHYSICS ] COMPUTATIONAL, MATHEMATICAL AND THEORETICAL PHYSICS

DIFFERENTIAL GEOMETRY THROUGH SUPERSYMMETRIC GLASSES

by A V Smilga (University of Nantes, France) Back in 1982, Edward Witten noticed that classical problems of differential geometry and differential topology such as the de Rham complex and Morse theory can be described in a very simple and transparent way using the language of supersymmetric quantum mechanics. Since then, many research papers have been written on this subject. Unfortunately not all the results in this field known to mathematicians have obtained a transparent physical interpretation, even if this new physical technique has also allowed many mathematical results to be derived which are completely new, in particular, hyper-Kaehler and the so-called HKT geometry. But in almost 40 years, no comprehensive monograph has appeared on this subject.

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AN INTRODUCTION TO INVERSE PROBLEMS IN PHYSICS

by M Razavy (University of Alberta, Canada) This book is a compilation of different methods of formulating and solving inverse problems in physics from classical mechanics to the potentials and nucleus-nucleus scattering. Mathematical proofs are omitted since excellent monographs already exist dealing with these aspects of the inverse problems.

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N OTA B L E T I T L E S CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS

DEFECTS IN FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS edited by Francis Chi-chung Ling (University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong), Shengqiang Zhou (Institute of Ion Beam Physics and Materials Research, Germany) & Andrej Kuznetsov (University of Oslo, Norway) The research of functional materials has attracted extensive attention in recent years, and its advancement nitrifies the developments of modern sciences and technologies like green sciences and energy, aerospace, medical and health, telecommunications, and information technology. The present book aims to summarize the research activities carried out in recent years devoting to the understanding of the physics and chemistry of how the defects play a role in the electrical, optical and magnetic properties and the applications of the different functional materials in the fields of magnetism, optoelectronic, and photovoltaic etc.

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ELECTROMAGNETISM AND PLASMA PHYSICS

AN ANALYTIC THEORY OF MULTI-STREAM ELECTRON BEAMS IN TRAVELING WAVE TUBES

by Alexander Figotin (University of California, Irvine, USA) The Traveling Wave Tubes (TWT) is a powerful vacuum electronic device used to amplify radio-frequency (RF) signals as well as numerous applications such as radar, television and telephone satellite communications. This monograph is devoted to the author’s original theoretical developments in the theory of a traveling wave tube (TWT).

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N OTA B L E T I T L E S GENERAL PHYSICS Recommended for Bookshops

A SONG FOR MOLLY

by Jeremy Bernstein (Stevens Institute of Technology, USA) This book is both a love story and a science fantasy in which people like Gödel and Wittgenstein play a role.

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STATISTICAL PHYSICS, COMPLEXITY AND NONLINEAR DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS Series on Advances in Statistical Mechanics

NON-EQUILIBRIUM THERMODYNAMICS OF HETEROGENEOUS SYSTEMS (2nd Edition)

by Signe Kjelstrup & Dick Bedeaux (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway) This book utilizes non-equilibrium thermodynamics to describe transport in complex, heterogeneous media. There are large coupling effects between transport of heat, mass, charge and chemical reactions at surfaces, and it is important to know how one should properly integrate across systems where different phases are in contact. There is no other book available today that gives a prescription of how to set up flux equations for transports across heterogeneous systems.

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N OTA B L E T I T L E S [ MATHEMATICS ] ALGEBRA AND RELATED TOPICS

GRÖBNER – SHIRSHOV BASES Normal Forms, Combinatorial and Decision Problems in Algebra

by L A Bokut (Novosibirsk, Sobolev Institute of Mathematics, Russia), Y-Q Chen (Guangzhou, South China Normal University, China), K Kalorkoti (University of Edinburgh, UK), P S Kolesnikov (Novosibirsk, Sobolev Institute of Mathematics, Russia) & V E Kolesnikov (Saint-Petersburg State University, Russia) The book is aboutalgebras, groups, semigroups presented by generators and defining relations. They play a great role in modern mathematics. It is enough to mention the quantum groups and Hopf algebra theory, the Kac – Moody and Borcherds algebra theory, the braid groups and Hecke algebra theory, the Coxeter groups and semisimple Lie algebra theory, the plactic monoid theory.

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LECTURES ON THE GEOMETRY OF MANIFOLDS (3rd Edition)

by Liviu I Nicolaescu (University of Notre Dame, USA) The goal of this book is to introduce the reader to some of the main techniques, ideas and concepts frequently used in modern geometry. It starts from scratch and it covers basic topics such as differential and integral calculus on manifolds, connections on vector bundles and their curvatures, basic Riemannian geometry, calculus of variations, DeRham cohomology, integral geometry (tube and Crofton formulas), characteristic classes, elliptic equations on manifolds and Dirac operators. The new edition contains a new chapter on spectral geometry presenting recent results which appear here for the first time in printed form.

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N OTA B L E T I T L E S MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS AND RELATED TOPICS

ELEMENTARY MECHANICS (In 2 Volumes)

by John G Papastavridis (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA) This is a comprehensive and state-of-the-art compendium of classical or Newtonian (non relativistic and non quantum) mechanics from an advanced and unified viewpoint, namely, from the continuum, or field, form of the fundamental principles of linear and angular momentum of Euler, Cauchy, Hamel et al. The title adjective “elementary” simply means no Lagrangean and no Hamiltonian theories and methods. Yet, in spite of its high level, this extensive work of more than 1450 dense pages of text, and more than 350 pages of galleries is eminently readable and inclusive. The overall style is informal, all ahistorical and intuition-deadening jargon and formalisms (“epsilonics”) have been intentionally avoided. The mathematics, typically an Achilles heel of modern mechanics books, especially those in applied or multi-body mechanics, has been kept to the simplest necessary for a work of this level and scope.

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POPULAR AND RECREATIONAL MATHEMATICS Problem Solving in Mathematics and Beyond - Vol 17

THE FATE OF SCHRODINGER’S CAT Using Math and Computers to Explore the Counterintuitive

by James D Stein (California State University Long Beach, USA) Can we correctly predict the flip of a fair coin more than half the time — or the decay of a single radioactive atom? Our intuition, based on a lifetime of experience, tells us that we cannot, as these are classic examples of what are known to be 50 – 50 guesses. But mathematics is filled with counterintuitive results — and this book discusses some surprising and entertaining examples. It is possible to devise experiments in which a flipped coin lands heads completely at random half the time, but we can also correctly predict when it will land heads more than half the time.

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N OTA B L E T I T L E S [ GENERAL ] GENERAL

SCIENCE RESEARCH WRITING (2nd Edition)

by Hilary Glasman-Deal (Imperial College London, UK)

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Science Research Writing uses a reverse-engineering approach to writing developed from extensive work with STEMM researchers at Imperial College London. This approach unpacks current models of STEMM research writing and helps writers to generate the writing tools needed to operate those models effectively in their own field.

The reverse-engineering approach also ensures that writers develop future-proof strategies that will evolve alongside the coming changes in research communication platforms.

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[ LIFE SCIENCES / BIOLOGY ] BIOCHEMISTRY / BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY Series in Structural Biology - Vol 12

STRUCTURAL INSIGHTS INTO GENE EXPRESSION AND PROTEIN SYNTHESIS

by Thomas A Steitz (Yale University, USA) Several years ago, Thomas Steitz agreed to contribute a volume to the “World Scientific Series in Structural Biology” that would deal with the contributions he and his coworkers have made to structural biology during his remarkable career. Sadly, Tom died in the fall of 2018 before he had had time to do more than produce an outline for this book, and a list of the reprints he wanted it to contain.

Fortunately, Tom’s colleagues and coworkers responded enthusiastically when they were informed later that fall that if they were willing to help out, a volume would be published to commemorate his career.

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N OTA B L E T I T L E S [ MATERIALS SCIENCE ] AMORPHOUS MATERIALS

Handbook Materials and Energy - Vol 15

THE WORLD SCIENTIFIC REFERENCE OF AMORPHOUS MATERIALS Structure, Properties, Modeling and Main Applications (In 3 Volumes) Volume 1: Structure, Properties, Modeling and Applications of Amorphous Chalcogenides Volume 2: Structure, Properties and Applications of Oxide Glasses Volume 3: Structure, Properties, and Applications of Tetrahedrally Bonded Thin-Film Amorphous Semiconductors edited by P Craig Taylor (Colorado School of Mines, USA) Amorphous solids (including glassy and noncrystalline solids) are ubiquitous since the vast majority of solids naturally occurring in our world are amorphous. Although the field is diverse and complex, this three-volume set covers the vast majority of the important concepts needed to understand these materials and their principal practical applications. One volume discusses the most important subset of amorphous insulators, namely oxide glasses; the other two volumes discuss the most important subsets of amorphous semiconductors, namely tetrahedrally coordinated amorphous semiconductors and amorphous and glassy chalcogenides. Together these three volumes provide a comprehensive set of theoretical concepts and practical information needed to become conversant in the field of amorphous materials. They are suitable for advanced graduate students, postdoctoral research associates, and researchers wishing to change fields or sub-fields.

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N OTA B L E T I T L E S [ SOCIAL SCIENCES ] POLITICAL SCIENCE / POLICY STUDIES / PUBLIC POLICY

PUTIN’S RUSSIA Economy, Defense and Foreign Policy edited by Steven Rosefielde (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA) This volume seeks to fill the vacuum created by the Joint Economic Committee of Congress’s decision to cease publishing comprehensive assessments of Russia’s performance and potential.

It provides readers with authoritative descriptions of Russia’s economy, military prowess and international ambitions. The volume does not settle controversies, but does provide readers with an objective basis for assessing Russia’s prospects without the distortions caused by fake news and disinformation wars.

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SOCIAL ISSUES / HUMAN SECURITY

FAITH, IDENTITY, COHESION Building a Better Future edited by Jolene Jerard & Amanda Huan (S Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore) The book aims to promote greater understanding of social cohesion amidst existing complexities of faith and identity, and what this portends for our future. The emphasis is on the importance of engagement across beliefs and cultures, the different generations and segments of population, and the diverse interests of people in a digital and interconnected world. The policy officials, religious leaders, scholars and societyat-large will be able to better appreciate the search for common ground and harmony, thereby strengthening their endeavours for coexistence.

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[ PHYSICS ]

COMPUTATIONAL, MATHEMATICAL AND THEORETICAL PHYSICS ALGEBRAIC STRUCTURES IN INTEGRABILITY

DIFFERENTIAL GEOMETRY THROUGH SUPERSYMMETRIC GLASSES

Foreword by Victor Kac

by Vladimir Sokolov (Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics, Russia)

by A V Smilga (University of Nantes, France) This book written by an expert in supersymmetric quantum field theories, supersymmetric quantum mechanics and its geometrical applications, addresses this yearning gap.

It comprises three parts: The first, GEOMETRY, gives basic information on the geometry of real, complex, hyper-Kaehler and HKT manifolds, and is principally addressed to the physicist. The second part “PHYSICS” presents information on classical mechanics with ordinary and Grassmann dynamics variables. Besides, the author introduces supersymmetry and dwells in particular on the representation of supersymmetry algebra in superspace. And the last and most important part of the book “SYNTHESIS”, is where the ideas borrowed from physics are used to study purely mathematical phenomena.

The statements are formulated in the simplest possible form. However, some ways of generalization are indicated. In the proofs, only essential points are mentioned, while for technical details, references are provided. The focus is on carefully selected examples. In addition, the book proposes many unsolved problems of various levels of complexity. A deeper understanding of every chapter of the book may require the study of more rigorous and specialized literature.

Contents: Geometry: Real Manifolds; Complex Manifolds; Hyper-Kaehler and HKT Manifolds; Physics: Dynamical Systems with and without Grassmann Variables; Supersymmetry; Path Integrals and Witten Index; Superspaces and Superfields; Synthesis: Supersymmetric Description of the de Rham Complex; Supersymmetric Description of the Dolbeault Complex; Sigma Models with Extended Supersymmetries; Taming the Zoo of Models; HK and HKT Through Harmonic Glasses; Gauge Fields on the Manifolds; Atiyah-Singer Theorem.

Contents: Lax Pairs, Introduced by Lax in 1968; Compatible Pairs of Hamiltonian Structures, Introduced by Magri in 1978; Generalized Symmetries and Conservation Laws.

Readership: Graduate.

348pp 978-981-121-964-1

Readership: Graduate students and researchers.

Aug 2020 US$138 £120

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The book is intelligible to graduate and PhD students and can serve as an introduction to separate sections of the theory of classical integrable systems fo r s c i e n t i s t s w i t h algebraic inclinations.

For the young, the book can serve as a starting point in the study of various aspects of integrability, while professional algebraists will be able to use some examples of algebraic structures, which appear in the theory of integrable systems, for wide-ranging generalizations.

AN INTRODUCTION TO INVERSE PROBLEMS IN PHYSICS

THEORY OF GROUPS AND SYMMETRIES

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by M Razavy (University of Alberta, Canada)

Representations of Groups and Lie Algebras, Applications

The emphasis here is on finding numerical solutions to complicated equations. A detailed discussion is presented on the use of continued fractional expansion, its power and its limitation as applied to various physical problems. In particular, the inverse problem for discrete form of the wave equation is given a detailed exposition and applied to atomic and nuclear scattering, in the latter for elastic as well as inelastic collision. This technique is also used for inverse problem of geomagnetic induction and one-dimensional electrical conductivity. Among other topics covered are the inverse problem of torsional vibration, and also a chapter on the determination of the motion of a body with reflecting surface from its reflection coefficient.

by Alexey P Isaev (Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia & M V Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia) & Valery A Rubakov (Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia & M V Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia) This book is a sequel to the book by the same authors entitled Theory of Groups and Symmetries: Finite Groups, Lie Groups, and Lie Algebras.

The presentation begins with the Dirac notation, which is illustrated by boson and fermion oscillator algebras and also Grassmann algebra. Then detailed account of finite-dimensional representations of groups SL(2, C) and SU(2) and their Lie algebras is presented. The general theory of finitedimensional irreducible representations of simple Lie algebras based on the construction of highest weight representations is given.

The classification of all finite-dimensional irreducible representations of the Lie algebras of the classical series sℓ(n, C), so(n, C) and sp(2r, C) is exposed.

Featured Contents: Inverse Problems in Classical Dynamics; Inverse Problems in Semiclassical Formulation of Quantum Mechanics; Inverse Problems and the Heisenberg Equations of Motion; Inverse Scattering Problem for the Schrödinger Equation and the Gel’fand-Levitan Formulation; Marchenko’s Formulation of the Inverse Scattering Problem; Newton-Sabatier Approach to the Inverse Problem at Fixed Energy; Discrete Forms of the Schrö dinger Equation and the Inverse Problem; R Matrix Theory and Inverse Problems; Solvable Models of Fokker-Planck Equation Obtained Using the Gel’fand-Levitan Method; The Eikonal Approximation; and others.

Featured Contents: Dirac Notations; Finitedimensional Representations of Lie Algebras su(2) and sℓ(2, SM) and Lie Groups SU(2) and SL(2, SM); Representations of Simple Lie Algebras. Weight Theory; Finite-dimensional Representations of Algebras sℓ(N, SM), su(N) and Groups SL(N, SM) and SU(N); Finitedimensional Representations of Groups SO, Sp and Lie Algebras so, sp; Groups Spin(p, q) and their Representations; and others.

Readership: Graduate students and researchers in mathematical and applied physics.

388pp 978-981-122-166-8

Readership: Graduate students and researchers.

500pp 978-981-121-740-1

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CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS DEFECTS IN FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

SUPERCONDUCTIVITY BEGINS WITH H

edited by Francis Chi-chung Ling (University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong), Shengqiang Zhou (Institute of Ion Beam Physics and Materials Research, Germany) & Andrej Kuznetsov (University of Oslo, Norway)

both properly understood, and misunderstood: Superconductivity basics rethought

by Jorge E Hirsch (University of California San Diego, USA) This iconoclastic book proposes that superconductivity is misunderstood in contemporary science and that this hampers scientific and technological development. Superconductivity is the ability of some metals to carry electric current without resistance at very low temperatures. Properly understanding superconductivity would facilitate finding materials that superconduct at room temperature, providing great benefits to society.

Featured Contents: Bird’s Eye View of Superconductivity: Heroes and Villains; Bird’s Eye View of Superconducting Materials; BCS and Hubbard: Theories of Superconductivity that Don’t Explain It; Charge Asymmetry: The Key to Superconductivity; The Simplest Question in Superconductivity, that BCS Doesn’t Answer; Meissner Effect and London Theory; Essential Points of BCS, and Why It Doesn’t Explain the Meissner Effect; The Meissner Effect in More Detail; The Key to the Meissner Effect: Charge Expulsion; Theories of Superconductivity Before BCS, that Explain More than BCS; Phonons and the Beginning of Obscurantism; Herbert Frö hlich’s Deception and Its Consequences; 1957 – 1980: The Golden Age of BCS Theory; Holes in Cuprates and Other Materials; and others.

Contents: Functionalization of Defects in Materials; Recent Advances in Computational Methods for Defects in Materials; Single Photon Source by Defect in SiC; Defects in Two-Dimensional Materials; Defects in InN; Defect Induced Magnetism in Silicon Carbide; Defect Induced Magnetism in Zinc Oxide; Chemical Disorder Induced Ferromagnetism in FeAl; Defects in Solid State Electrolytes; Action of Defects in Photocatalysis.

Readership: Undergraduates, graduates, research professionals and the general public.

Readership: Graduate and research students, professionals.

300pp 978-981-120-316-9

Aug 2020 US$128 £115

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The research of functional materials has attracted extensive attention in recent years, and its advancement nitrifies the developments of modern sciences and technologies like green sciences and energy, aerospace, medical and health, telecommunications, and information technology. The present book aims to summarize the research activities carried out in recent years devoting to the understanding of the physics and chemistry of how the defects play a role in the electrical, optical and magnetic properties and the applications of the different functional materials in the fields of magnetism, optoelectronic, and photovoltaic etc.

ELECTROMAGNETISM AND PLASMA PHYSICS

Concise Review: Kinetic Theory Basics for Cold Collisionless Plasma; Macroscopic Fluid Model of Plasma; and others.

AN ANALYTIC THEORY OF MULTISTREAM ELECTRON BEAMS IN TRAVELING WAVE TUBES

Readership: Graduate students and researchers as well as those interested in scope of subjects related to physics of electron beams.

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by Alexander Figotin (University of California, Irvine, USA)

450pp 978-981-120-919-2

Most of the monograph is the author’s original work on an analytical theory of TWTs. It is a constructive Lagrangian field theory of TWT in which the electron beam (ebeam) is represented by one-dimensional multi-stream electron flow and the guiding slow-wave structure is represented by possibly non-uniform multi-transmission line (MTL). The proposed analytic theory accounts for a number of electron plasma phenomena including space-charge effects such as electron-to-electron repulsion (debunching), convective instabilities, wave-particle interaction, amplifying waves and more.

Jul 2020 US$148 £130

GENERAL PHYSICS Recommended for Bookshops

A SONG FOR MOLLY

by Jeremy Bernstein (Stevens Institute of Technology, USA) This book is both a love story and a science fantasy in which people like Gö del and Wittgenstein play a role.

Key Features: • There is nothing like this anywhere Readership: Laypersons and scientists.

200pp Jul 2020 978-981-121-819-4 US$58 £50 978-981-121-894-1(pbk) US$28 £25

Featured Contents: Preface; List of Symbols and Acronyms; Review of the Theory and Its Key Elements: Summary of the TWT-System Features and Effects; E-Beam and MultiTransmission Line Parameters; Traveling Wave Tube Components: Multi-Transmission Line; Multi-Stream E-Beam; Single Stream Uncoupled E-Beam; TWT with One-Stream or Two-Stream E-Beam: Single Stream E-Beam and Single TL; Two-Stream Uncoupled E-Beam; Two-Stream E-Beam Coupled to a Single TL; Traveling Tube (TWT) System: The E-Beam Interacting with MTL; Homogeneous MTL and Multi-Stream E-Beam; Detailed Energy Balance; Mathematical Subjects: Characteristic Functions and Equations; A Priori Bounds on the Characteristic Velocities; Some Plasma Physics Subjects

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RELATIVITY AND GRAVITATION

NUCLEAR PHYSICS

A TALE OF TWO TWINS

QUANTUM MECHANICS IN POTENTIAL REPRESENTATION AND APPLICATIONS

The Langevin Experiment of a Traveller to a Star

by Lucien Gilles Benguigui (Technion — Israel Institute of Technology, Israel)

by Arvydas Juozapas Janavičius & Donatas Jurgaitis (Šiauliai University, Lithuania)

The thought experiment proposed by Langevin in 1911, known under the popular names, “Clock Paradox” or “Twin Paradox”, is the most surprising result of the theory of Relativity: A twin who travels to a star at nearly the velocity of light comes back to Earth and finds his twin brother much older. In over a century, several thousands of published articles debated both in favor of and against this result. Unique to the physics of Relativity, this baffling phenomenon is analyzed as a main goal of this book.

This book is written with a focus on new mathematical methods and physical modeling that lay the groundwork for an interpretation to various experimental results and phenomena in nuclear physics, quantum mechanics, and particle physics.

Summarized in three parts, the main topics of the book are as follows.

Contents: Introduction; The Story in Short; The Article of Langevin; The Clock or Twin Paradox; The First Solutions (Lorentz, Langevin, Einstein, Born); The Einstein – Møller Solution; The Disappearance of the Acceleration and the Symmetry Breaking; Physiscits Against the Mainstream; Questions With and Without Answers; Bergson and the Relativity; The Langevin Effect.

Readership: Physicists and lecturers; specialists in the theory of Special & General Relativity; historians; philosophers; laypersons who are interested in the history and philosophy of science.

146pp Sep 2020 978-981-121-909-2 US$68 £60

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Featured Contents: Quantum Nature of the Matter; Quantum Waves and Particles Diffusion in Physical Vacuum; Nuclear Forces; Systems of Micro Particles; The Scattering Theory and Nuclear Reactions; The Schrö dinger Equation in Potential Representation; A General Solution of the Schrö dinger Equation; The General Solutions for Positive and Negative Energies; The Connection Between Scattering Matrixes for Different Potentials; The Scattering Matrix’s Separation from the Coulomb Field; The General Solution for Bound States of the WoodsSaxon Potential; The Perturbation Theory for Bound States; The Perturbation Method of Variation of Free Constants; Green’s Functions and Nonphysical Solutions; The Potential Representation Method for Nonspherical Perturbations; Potential Representation Method’s Solutions for the Model Potential; Potential Representation for the Coulomb Interactions; Transformations of the Hamiltonian for the Jastrow’s Correlation Method; Stability of Nuclei; Relativistic Corrections for Neutrons in the Harmonic Oscillator Well; and others.

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STATISTICAL PHYSICS, COMPLEXITY AND NONLINEAR DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS

ALGEBRA AND RELATED TOPICS GRÖBNER – SHIRSHOV BASES Normal Forms, Combinatorial and Decision Problems in Algebra

Series on Advances in Statistical Mechanics

NON-EQUILIBRIUM THERMODYNAMICS OF HETEROGENEOUS SYSTEMS (2nd Edition)

by L A Bokut (Novosibirsk, Sobolev Institute of Mathematics, Russia), Y-Q Chen (Guangzhou, South China Normal University, China), K Kalorkoti (University of Edinburgh, UK), P S Kolesnikov (Novosibirsk, Sobolev Institute of Mathematics, Russia) & V E Kolesnikov (Saint-Petersburg State University, Russia)

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by Signe Kjelstrup & Dick Bedeaux (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway) T h i s b o o k u t i l i ze s n o n - e q u i l i b r i u m thermodynamics to describe transport in complex, heterogeneous media. There are large coupling effects between transport of heat, mass, charge and chemical reactions at surfaces, and it is important to know how one should properly integrate across systems where different phases are in contact. There is no other book available today that gives a prescription of how to set up flux equations for transports across heterogeneous systems.

What is now called Gröbner – Shirshov bases theory is a general approach to the problem.

It was created by a Russian mathematician A I Shirshov (1921 – 1981) for Lie algebras and associative algebras in 1962. A few years later, H Hironaka created a theory of standard bases for topological commutative algebra and B Buchberger initiated this kind of theory for commutative algebras, the Gröbner basis theory. The Shirshov paper was largely unknown outside Russia. The book covers this gap in the modern mathematical literature. Now Gröbner – Shirshov bases method has many applications both for classical algebraic structures and new structures. This is a general and powerful method in algebra.

Contents: Scope; Why Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics?; Thermodynamic Relations for Heterogeneous Systems; General Theory: The Entropy Production for a Homogeneous Phase; The Excess Entropy Production for the Surface; The Excess Entropy Production for a Three-Phase Contact Line; Flux Equations and Onsager Relations; Transport of Heat and Mass; Transport of Heat and Charge; Transport of Mass and Charge; Applications: Evaporation and Condensation; Multicomponent Diffusion, Heat Conduction and Cross Effects; A Non-Isothermal Concentration Cell; The Transported Entropy; Adiabatic Electrode Reactions; The Liquid Junction Potential; The Formation Cell; Power from Regular and Thermal Osmosis; Modelling the Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cell; Measuring Membrane Transport Properties; and others.

Contents: Introduction. History of GS Bases Method; Gröbner – Shirshov Bases for Associative Algebras and Modules; GS Basis for Group Algebras; GS Bases for Semigroup Algebras; Gröbner – Shirshov Bases for Lie Algebras; Decision Problems for Groups; Gröbner – Shirshov Bases for Algebras with Multi-Linear Operators Operads; GS Bases and Homological Algebra; Others Combinatorial Methods.

Readership: Graduate students, researchers, lecturers and professionals.

Readership: Researchers in algebra and combinatorics.

500pp 978-981-121-676-3

450pp 978-981-4619-48-6

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NON-DIOPHANTINE ARITHMETICS IN MATHEMATICS, PHYSICS AND PSYCHOLOGY

Textbook Series on University Mathematics - Vol 10

LINEAR ALGEBRA AND ITS APPLICATIONS

by Mark Burgin (University of California, Los Angeles, USA) & Marek Czachor (Politechnika Gdańska, Poland)

by Tzuong-Tsieng Moh (Purdue University, USA) From Tzuong-Tsieng Moh, a long-time expert in algebra, comes a new book for students to better understand linear algebra. Writing from an experienced standpoint, Moh touches on the many facets surrounding linear algebra, including but not limited to, echelon forms, matrix algebra, linear transformations, determinants, dual space, inner products, the Gram – Schmidt Theorem, Hilbert space, and more. It is ideal for both newcomers and seasoned readers who want to attain a deeper understanding on both the basics and advanced topics of linear algebra and its vast applications. The wide range of topics combined with the depth of each discussion make it essential to be on the shelf of every mathematical beginner and enthusiast.

For a long time, all t h o u g h t t h e r e wa s only one geometry — Euclidean geometry.

Nevertheless, in the 19th century, many nonEuclidean geometries were discovered. It took almost two millennia to do this. This was the major mathematical discovery and advancement of the 19th century, which changed understanding of mathematics and the work of mathematicians providing innovative insights and tools for mathematical research and applications of mathematics.

F e a t u r e d C o n t e n t s : E c h e l o n Fo r m , Matrix Algebra, Hamming Code; Linear Transformation, Dot Product, Geometry; The Fundamental Theorem of Matrix, Kirchhoff’s Law; Determinant, Dimension Theory of General Vector Spaces; Ring, Module, Free Module; Finitely Generated Module over P.I.D.; Smith Normal Form, Application to Coding Theory; Rational Form, Characteristic Polynomial; Torsion Decomposition, Elementary Decomposition; Jordan Canonical Form, Differential Equation; Eigenvalue, Eigenvector, Cayley – Hamilton Theorem; Simultaneously Diagonalizable M a t r i c e s ; C a u c h y – B i n e t Fo r m u l a , m-dimensional Volume in Rn; Tensor Product, Exterior Product, Differential Geometry; and others.

Readership: researchers.

Featured Contents: Introduction: Operation with Numbers as a Base of the Contemporary Culture; Non-Diophantine Arithmetics of Natural and Whole Numbers; NonDiophantine Arithmetics of Real and Complex Numbers; From Non-Diophantine Arithmetic to Non-Newtonian Calculus; Non-Diophantine Arithmetics and Fractals; Non-Diophantine Arithmetics in Physics; and others.

Readership: Researchers and graduate.

800pp 978-981-121-430-1

Graduate students and

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This book provides a detailed exposition of the theory of non-Diophantine arithmetics and its various applications. Reading this book, the reader will see that on the one hand, non-Diophantine arithmetics continue the ancient tradition of operating with numbers while on the other hand, they introduce extremely original and innovative ideas.

GEOMETRY AND TOPOLOGY Textbook

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AN ELEMENTARY OVERVIEW OF MATHEMATICAL STRUCTURES

LECTURES ON THE GEOMETRY OF MANIFOLDS (3rd Edition)

Algebra, Topology and Categories

by Liviu I Nicolaescu (University of Notre Dame, USA)

The goal of this book is to introduce the reader to some of the main techniques, ideas and concepts frequently used in modern geometry. It starts from scratch and it covers basic topics such as differential and integral calculus on manifolds, connections on vector bundles and their curvatures, basic Riemannian geometry, calculus of variations, DeRham cohomology, integral geometry (tube and Crofton formulas), characteristic classes, elliptic equations on manifolds and Dirac operators. The new edition contains a new chapter on spectral geometry presenting recent results which appear here for the first time in printed form.

by Marco Grandis (Università di Genova, Italy)

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Since the last century, a large part of Mathematics is concerned with the study of mathematical structures, from groups to fields and vector spaces, from lattices to Boolean algebras, from metric spaces to topological spaces, from topological groups to Banach spaces.

More recently, these structured sets and their transformations have been assembled in higher structures, called categories.

Contents: Manifolds; Natural Constructions on Manifolds; Calculus on Manifolds; Riemannian Geometry; Elements of Calculus of Variations; The Fundamental Group and Covering Spaces; Cohomology; Characteristic Classes; Classical Integral Geometry; Elliptic Equations on Manifolds; Spectral Geometry; Dirac Operators.

We want to give a structural overview of these topics, where the basic facts of the different theories are unified through the ‘universal properties’ that they satisfy, and their particularities stand out, perhaps even more.

Readership: Graduate students and researchers in global analysis, differential geometry.

This book can be used as a textbook for undergraduate studies and for self-study. It can provide students of Mathematics with a unified perspective of subjects which are often kept apart.

680pp Aug 2020 978-981-121-481-3 US$180 £160 978-981-121-595-7(pbk) US$98 £85

Contents: Introduction; Algebraic structures, I; Algebraic structures, II; Topological structures, I; Topological structures, II; Categories and Functors; Categorical Limits and Adjunctions; Solutions and Hints; References; Index.

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Readership: Undergraduate and graduate students.

385pp 978-981-122-031-9

Jul 2020 US$118 £105

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MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS AND RELATED TOPICS ELEMENTARY MECHANICS (In 2 Volumes)

Series on Knots and Everything

ON COMPLEMENTARITY

by John G Papastavridis (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA)

A Universal Organizing Principle

by Jack Shulman Avrin

The text is complemented, clarified, and enriched by many remarks, completely solved nontrivial examples, and problems, all of the latter with their answers and many with hints. It will be of interest to senior undergraduate and graduate students and teachers in and out of the academia, in the areas of engineering (aero & astro, civil, mechanical, controls), theoretical and applied mechanics, physics, applied mathematics, science history and others, for class reference and self study. Nothing equivalent or comparable to it has ever appeared, in any language, in the mechanics literature.

This book arose as an outgrowth of the author’s previous book entitled “Knots, Braids and Moebius Strips, “ published by World Scientific in 2015, wherein the Principle itself was discovered to be expressible as a simple 2x2 matrix that summarizes the algebraic essence of both the well-known Microbiology of DNA and the author’s version of the elementary particles of physics. At that point, the possibility of an even wider utilization of that expression of Complementarity arose.

The current book, features Complementarity, in which the matrix algebra is extended to characterize not only DNA itself but the well-known process of its replication, a most gratifying outcome. The book then goes on to explore Complementarity, with and without its matrix expression, as it occurs, not only in much of physics but in its extension to cosmology as well.

Featured Contents: Preliminaries; Some Basic Physics; General Relativity and the Geometry of Spacetime; Quantum Mechanics and the Significance of Scale; Additional Alternative Model Topics; Looking Ahead a Bit; Summary and Conclusions; and others.

Readership: Undergraduate and graduate students in Mathematics and Physics.

160pp Aug 2020 978-981-3278-97-4 US$78 £70

Readership: Teachers, and Researchers in most areas of engineering (especially aerospace, mechanical, and engineering mechanics), physics, and applied mathematics.

1680pp Sep 2020 978-981-4603-04-1 (Set) US$384

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Featured Contents: Volume 1: I: A Brief History of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics: Classical Antiquity: Greek (Hellenic +Hellenistic) Science; Middle Ages and Renaissance; 17th Century (“Century of Genius”); II: Mathematical Background (Vectors, Tensors, Matrices): Vectors: Geometrical Aspects, and their Applications to Statics; Vectors and (Cartesian) Tensors: Algebraic Aspects; Matrices; Volume 2: III: General Mechanics, Mechanics of Particles & Systems: Introduction to the Geometrical and Physical Foundations of Mechanics; Global Forms of the Fundamental Principles (Or Balance Laws) and Theorems of General System Mechanics; IV: Rigid Bodies: Rigid Body Kinematics: Qualitative Summary of Basic Theorems, Velocity and Acceleration Fields, Rigid Body Contact; V: Elements of Continuum Mechanics: Geometry of Deformation, Strain; Kinematics of Deformation, Rate of Deformation; and others.

MATHEMATICAL FINANCE AND ECONOMICS

MATHEMATICAL LOGIC AND FOUNDATIONS RELATIONS: CONCRETE, ABSTRACT, AND APPLIED

Textbook UNDERSTANDING GAME THEORY (2nd Edition)

An Introduction

by Herbert Toth

Introduction to the Analysis of Many Agent Systems with Competition and Cooperation

The book is intended as an invitation to the topic of relations on a rather general basis. It fills the gap between the basic knowledge offered in countless introductory papers and books and the highly s p e c i a l i ze d m o n o graphs on mainly relation algebras, manyvalued relations, or graphs. This is done not only by presenting theoretical results but also by giving hints to some of the many interesting application.

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by Vassili N Kolokoltsov (The University of Warwick, UK & St. Petersburg State University, Russia) & Oleg A Malafeyev (St. Petersburg State University, Russia)

The book gives a concise but wide-ranging introduction to games including older (pregame theor y) par ty games and more recent topics like elections and evolutionary games and is generously spiced with excursions into philosophy, history, literature and politics. A distinguished feature is the clear separation of the text into two parts: elementary and advanced, which makes the book ideal for study at various levels.

This book is a new — and the first of its kind — compilation of known results on binary relations. It offers relational concepts in both reasonable depth and broadness, and also provides insight into the vast diversity of theoretical results as well as application possibilities beyond the commonly known examples.

This new edition has been updated and enlarged. In particular, two new chapters were added on statistical limit of games with many agents and on quantum games, reflecting possibly the two most stunning trends in the game theory of the 21st century.

Contents: Basic Ideas: Around the Prisoner’s Dilemma; Auctions and Networks; Wise Men and Businessmen; Hawks and Doves, Lions and Lambs; Coalitions and Distribution; Presidents and Dictators; At the Doors of Quantum Games; It’s Party Time!; Armed with Mathematics: A Rapid Course in Mathematical Game Theory; Examples of Game Models and Methods; Elements of More Advanced Analysis; Games of Many Agents in Statistical Limit; Quantum Games

Contents: PART 1: Relations — Historical and Mathematical Preliminaries: A Short Look into (Relations’) History; Mathematical Prerequisites; PART 2: Relations — Concrete, Two-Valued: Binary Relations: Basic Properties and Operations; Some Basic Kinds of Binary Relations; Relations, Matrices, and Graphs; Some Special Topics Around Relations; PART 3: Relations — Concrete, Many-Valued: ManyValued Extensions: Preliminaries; Fuzzy Sets and Fuzzy Relations; PART 4: Relations — Abstract: Semigroups and Binary Relations; Relation Algebras; Relations and Categories; PART 5: Relations — Applied: Semiotics and Semantics; Information Systems and Rough Sets; Formal Concept Analysis; and others.

Readership: Undergraduates, graduate students and non-experts.

Readership: Students and researchers in mathematics and computer science.

412pp 978-981-121-485-1

580pp 978-981-122-034-0

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[ CHEMISTRY ]

POPULAR AND RECREATIONAL MATHEMATICS

CATALYST CHEMISTRY Sustainable Chemistry Series

Problem Solving in Mathematics and Beyond - Vol 17

SOLUTION COMBUSTION SYNTHESIS OF NANOSTRUCTURED SOLID CATALYSTS FOR SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY

THE FATE OF SCHRODINGER’S CAT Using Math and Computers to Explore the Counterintuitive

by James D Stein (California State University Long Beach, USA)

edited by Sergio Gonzalez-Cortes (University of Oxford, UK)

The Fate of Schrodinger’s Cat shows how high-school algebra and basic probability theory, with the invaluable assistance of computer simulations, can be used to investigate both the intuitive and the counterintuitive.

This book explores fascinating and controversial questions involving prediction, decision-making, and statistical analysis in a number of diverse areas, ranging from whether there is such a thing as a “hot hand” in shooting a basketball, to how we can successfully predict, more than half the time, the decay of the radioactive atom that determines the fate of Schrodinger’s Cat.

This book intends to integrate the fundamental principles of the SCS process with its engineering aspects and covers the synthesis of a wide variety of catalytic materials.

Contents: Green Chemistry for Solution Combustion Synthesis of Advanced Catalysts and Materials; Microwave-assisted Solution Combustion Synthesis of Nanostructured Catalysts; Solution Combustion Synthesis related to Photocatalytic Reactions; Solution Combustion Synthesis for Electrochemistry Applications; Solution Combustion Approach for the Synthesis of Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Materials and Coatings; Green SCS: Hydrogen Production, further Applications, Conclusion and Path Forward.

Contents: The Monty Hall Problem; How Probabilistic Entanglement Connects Almost Everything; Blackwell’s Bet; A Stop at Willoughby — Mathematics in the Twilight Zone; The Fate of Schrodinger’s Cat; Coins and Camels; The Joy of Simulation; Numbed

by Numbers; Losing the Battle, Winning the War; The Hot Hand; The Bent Coin and the Hot Hand; Using Combinatorics to Improve Advertising — For Everyone.

Readership: General Public, undergraduate math teachers and students in mathematics, computer programming, quantum mechanics, sports or the advertising business.

Readership: Advanced undergraduate and graduate students, researchers and practitioners.

240pp Aug 2020 978-981-121-863-7 US$58 £50 978-981-121-815-6(pbk) US$38 £35

300pp 978-1-78634-869-2

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Solution Combustion Synthesis of Nanostructured Solid Catalysts for Sustainable Chemistry is an interdisciplinary collection of fundamental and applied cuttingedge studies which highlight general and specific aspects of the synthesis of nanostructured catalysts through Solution Combustion Synthesis (SCS), studying their applications from the perspective of green chemistry.

[ GENERAL ]

GENERAL CHEMISTRY

GENERAL

THE PERIODIC TABLE

SCIENCE RESEARCH WRITING (2nd Edition) Study Guide

Past, Present, Future

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by Geoff Rayner-Canham (Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada)

by Hilary Glasman-Deal (Imperial College London, UK)

That fossilized chart on every classroom wall — isn’t that The Periodic Table? Isn’t that what Mendeléev devised about a century ago? No and No. There are many ways of organizing the chemical elements, some of which are thought-provoking, and which reveal philosophical challenges. Where does hydrogen ‘belong’? Can an element occupy more than one location on the chart? Which are the Group 3 elements?

Is aluminum in the wrong place? Why is silver(I) like thallium(I)? Why is vanadium like molybdenum? Why does gold form an auride ion like a halide ion? Does an atom ‘know’ if it is a non-metal or metal? Which elements are the ‘metalloids’? Which are the triels?

So many questions! In this stimulating and innovative book, the Reader will be taken on a voyage from the past to the present to the future of the Periodic Table. This book is unique. This book is readable. This book is thought-provoking. It is a multi-dimensional examination of patterns and trends among the chemical elements. Every reader will discover something about the chemical elements which will provoke thought and a new appreciation as to how the elements relate together.

The Second Edition has been extensively revised and updated to represent current practice and focuses on the writing needs of both early-stage doctoral STEMM researchers and experienced professional researchers at the highest level, whether or not they are native speakers of English. The book retains the practical, userfriendly format of the First Edition, and now contains seven units that deal separately with the components of written STEMM research communication: Introduction, Method, Results, Discussion, Conclusion, Abstract and Title, as well as extensive FAQ responses and a new Checklist and Tips section. Each unit analyses extracts from recent published STEMM journal papers to enable researchers to discover not only what to write, but, crucially, how to write it. Second Edition is intended as a clear, do-it-yourself guide to make both the process and the product of STEMM research writing more effective.

Contents: Introduction; The Periodic Table Exploration Begins!; Isotopes and Nuclear Patterns; Periodic Properties of Atoms; First Period Problems; The Group 3 Problem; Categorizations of the Elements; Isoelectronicity; Group and Period Patterns among the Main Group Elements; Patterns among the Transition Metals; Group (n) and (n+10) Relationships; Chemical ‘Knight’s Move’ Relationships; Isodiagonality; Lanthanoid Relationships; Actinoid Relationships; Pseudo-Elements.

Contents: Preface to the Second Edition; Introduction; How to Write the Introduction; How to Write about Methods; How to Write about Results; How to Write the Discussion; How to Write the Conclusion Section; How to Write an Abstract; Creating a Title; Checklist and Tips; Writing Skills Index; Language Index; Sources and Credits.

Readership: Both native and non-native speakers of English including science writers, postgraduate students, researchers and teachers.

Readership: Chemistry students, science educators, chemists.

300pp Aug 2020 978-1-78634-783-1 US$58 £50 978-1-78634-784-8(pbk) US$25 £20

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[ LIFE SCIENCES BIOLOGY ]

Recommended for Bookshops

BIOCHEMISTRY / BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

SOVIET UNION IN THE CONTEXT OF THE NOBEL PRIZE

by Abram M Blokh (Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia)

The result of meticulous research by Professor Abram Blokh, this book presents facts, documents, thoughts and comments on the system of the Nobel Prize awards to Russian and Soviet scientists. It provides a comprehensive overview of the relationship between the ideas expressed by the Nobel Foundation and those expressed by the autocratic and totalitarian regimes in Russia and the exSoviet Union during the 20th century who had the same attitude of revulsion toward the intellectual and humanistic values represented by the Nobel Prizes.

Series in Structural Biology - Vol 12

STRUCTURAL INSIGHTS INTO GENE EXPRESSION AND PROTEIN SYNTHESIS

by Thomas A Steitz (Yale University, USA)

To do his research, the author had access to the declassified documents in the archives of the Nobel Foundation for many years.

Also included in the book are new materials obtained and developed by the author after the publication of the first two editions (in Russian). This additional information is from the archives of the Soviet Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Soviet Writers’Union et al. in Moscow and St Petersburg. These documents shed new light on the difficulties encountered during the attempts to integrate Russian and Soviet science into the world’s intellectual community.

Contents: Hexokinase; Membranes; CAP — Catabolite Gene Activator Protein; Polymerase and Reverse Transcriptase; tRNA; RecA; Ribosome.

This book would be of utmost interest to those who are interested in the history of science in Russia and the ex-Soviet Union, related to the Nobel Prize.

Readership: Teachers and students of biochemistry, molecular biology, structural biology, pharmacology. Pharmaceutic industry.

Readership: Historians, scientists, academics and students.

600pp 978-981-121-585-8

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Thomas Steitz is best known for the work he and his coworkers did to elucidate the biochemical basis of gene expression.

The structures of a large number of the macromolecules involved in transcription and translation emerged from his laboratory over the course of his career. This book includes reprints of the most important papers he had published, grouped according to the structures they relate to, and commentaries written by the scientists who collaborated with him to solve each of them. It thus summarizes the achievements of one of the most distinguished biochemists of the second half of the 20th century.

BIOINFORMATICS / BIOCOMPUTING / COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY

BIOSTATISTICS Textbook MEDICAL STATISTICS

FROM FRACTALS AND CELLULAR AUTOMATA TO BIOLOGY

A Practical Approach

by Tze-San Lee (Western Ilinois University, USA)

Information as Order Hidden Within Chance

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by Alberto Strumia (Istituto Nazionale di Alta Matematica “Francesco Severi”, Italy)

This book is more modern than the current textbook in medical statistics. In this book, biostatistics and epidemiologic concepts are nicely blended. In contrast to the fallacy of the p-value, it introduces the Bayes factor as a measure of the evidence hidden in the sample data. It illustrates the application of the regression to the mean in medicine.

Many epidemiologic concepts such as sensitivity and specificity of the diagnostic test, classification and discrimination, types of bias, etc. are discussed in the book.

The didactical level of exposition, together with many astonishing images and animations, accompanied by the related simple computer programming codes (in Python and POV-Ray languages) make this book an extremely and unique useful tool to test the power of algorithmic information in generating ordered structure models (2D and 3D) like regular geometric shapes, complex shapes like fractals and cellular automata, and biological systems as the organs of a living body. Informational biologists besides mathematicians and physicists of complexity may learn to test their own capabilities in programming and modelling ordered structures starting from random initial conditions at different scale of each system: from elementary particles, to biological systems, to galaxies and the whole universe. Moreover the philosophical comments comparing some aspects of modern information theory to the Aristotelian notion of “form are very appealing also for the epistemologist and the philosopher involved in complexity matters.

Featured Contents: Information Towards Aristotelian Form; Two-Dimensional S t r u c t u r e s f r o m A l go r i t h m s ; T h r e e Dimensional Structures from Algorithms; 3D Fractal Landscapes; Three-Dimensional Fractals with Cylindrical Symmetry; ThreeDimensional Fractals from Quaternions and Double Complex Numbers; and others.

Readership: Mathematicians, Physicists, Biologists, Bioengineers, Computer Programmers, Science philosophers (of all graduate level).

300pp 978-981-121-715-9

In addition, advanced techniques in comparing two survival curves are included in the book such as Armitage’s preference method, Armitage’s restricted sequential test and Wald’s sequential sign test. Also, inference on contingency tables are treated in more detail than other books.

Contents: Introduction; Descriptive Statistics; Probability; Classic Random Variables; Inferential Statistics; Inference on Means/ Variances; Inference on Propor tions; Inference on Correlation and Regression; Nonparametric Inference; Determination of Sample Size; Design of Observational/ E x p e r i m e n t a l S t u d i e s ; I n fe r e n c e o n Contingency Tables; Survival Analysis.

Readership: Undergraduates and graduates in medicine, all practising physicians.

300pp Aug 2020 978-981-121-751-7 US$98 £85 978-981-121-842-2(pbk) US$48 £40

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[ MATERIALS SCIENCE ]

AMORPHOUS MATERIALS Handbook Materials and Energy - Vol 15

THE WORLD SCIENTIFIC REFERENCE OF AMORPHOUS MATERIALS Structure, Properties, Modeling and Main Applications (In 3 Volumes) Volume 1: Structure, Properties, Modeling and Applications of Amorphous Chalcogenides Volume 2: Structure, Properties and Applications of Oxide Glasses Volume 3: Structure, Properties, and Applications of Tetrahedrally Bonded Thin-Film Amorphous Semiconductors edited by P Craig Taylor (Colorado School of Mines, USA)

Contents: Volume 1: Structure, Properties, Modeling and Applications of Amorphous Chalcogenides: Chalcogenide Glasses: Glass Transition and Relaxation of Chalcogenides: Insights from Structure, Topology and Rigidity; Structure and Defects; Modeling of Glasses: Electronic Conduction Mechanisms in GeSe3:Ag and Al2O3:Cu; Chalcogenide Glassy Semiconductors: History of Discovery and Research; Phase-Change Alloys: Phase-Change Alloy: Structural Aspects; Drift Phenomena in Phase-Change Memories; Crystallization of Phase-Change Chalcogenides; PressureInduced Amorphization; Applications: Optical Nonlinearities in Chalcogenide Glasses and their Applications; Phase-Change Material Photonics; X-Ray Photoconductivity of Stabilized Amorphous Selenium; Volume 2: Structure, Properties and Applications of Oxide Glasses: Introduction; Characterization; Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Techniques; Contact Damage; Aqueous Corrosion of Glass; Electrical Properties; Glass Fiber Processing and Applications; Volume 3: Structure, Properties, and Applications of Tetrahedrally Bonded Thin-Film Amorphous Semiconductors: Film Growth and Evolution of Structure; Structure, Defects, and Hydrogen; Infrared Optical Properties: Hydrogen Bonding and Stability; and others.

Readership: Physicists, chemists, materials scientists, advanced graduate students, professional scientists looking to change specialties.

1050pp Aug 2020 978-981-121-555-1 (Set) US$850

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The topics covered in these three volumes include (1) concepts for understanding the structures of amorphous materials, (2) techniques to characterize the structural, electronic, and optical properties of amorphous materials, (3) the roles of defects in affecting the electronic and optical properties of amorphous materials, and (4) the concepts for understanding practical devices and other applications of amorphous materials. Applications discussed in these volumes include transistors, solar cells, displays, bolometers, fibers, non-volatile memories, vidicons, photoresists, and optical disks.

[ ENGINEERING ]

CIVIL ENGINEERING SOIL MECHANICS

Textbook

by Hongjian Liao (Xi’an Jiaotong University, China), Hangzhou Li (Xi’an Jiaotong University, China) & Zongyuan Ma (Xi’an University of Technology, China)

World Scientific Series on the Built Environment - Vol 1

CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION AND PROCUREMENT IN THE SINGAPORE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY (2nd Edition)

This book also doubles as a textbook with an explanation of basic theory, knowledge, and skills in soil mechanics as well as the most updated codes and standards in China. Also included are guidelines at the beginning of each chapter and English – Chinese – Japanese translations of frequentlyused words and expressions in the Appendix.

It aims to be a reference book for students and technical staff in civil engineering, hydraulic engineering, mining engineering, and transportation engineering.

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by Pin Lim (National University of Singapore) This book discusses the roles of and relationships between the different parties (e.g. Owner, Architect, Quantity Surveyor), tendering procedures, project delivery methods, payments, variations, final account, and other aspects for the administration of construction contracts in Singapore.

Contents: Preface; Basic Characteristics and Engineering Classification of Soils; Permeability of Soil and Seepage Force; Stress Distribution in Soils; Compression and Consolidation of Soils; Shear Strength; Bearing Capacity; Stability of Slopes; Lateral Earth Pressure and Retaining Walls; Constitutive Model of Soil and Characteristics of Special Soil; Appendix.

The contract administration process takes into account the Singapore Institute of Architects’ Measurement Contract (9th Edition), the Public Sector Standard Conditions of Contract for Construction Works (7th edition), and also the Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act. Featured Contents: Procurement; Project Delivery Methods; Contract Document; Payment Claim; Payment Response and Payment Certificate; Variations; Loss & Expense and Material Price Fluctuation Claim; Time for Completion; Defects in Construction Works; Final Account; Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act and Regulations; and others.

Readership: Students in civil engineering, hydraulic engineering, mining engineering, and transportation engineering.

250pp Oct 2020 978-981-3238-50-3 US$98 £86

Readership: Students, Professionals, and Practitioners in the Singapore Construction Industry.

320pp Aug 2020 978-981-121-808-8 US$98 £85 978-981-121-814-9(pbk) US$58 £50 24

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[ COMPUTER SCIENCE ]

THEORETICAL COMPUTER SCIENCE

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE / MACHINE LEARNING

ALGORITHMS FOR BIG DATA

by Moran Feldman (The Open University of Israel, Israel)

WHAT IS ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE? A Conversation between an AI Engineer and a Humanities Researcher

This unique volume is an introduction for computer scientists, i n c l u d i n g a fo r m a l study of theoretical algorithms for Big Data applications, which allows them to work on such algorithms in the future. It also serves as a useful reference guide for the general computer science population, providing a comprehensive overview of the fascinating world of such algorithms.

by Suman Gupta (The Open University, UK) & Peter H Tu (General Electric Research, USA)

To achieve these goals, the algorithmic results presented have been carefully chosen so that they demonstrate the important techniques and tools used in Big Data algorithms, and yet do not require tedious calculations or a very deep mathematical background.

Contents: Preface; The Data Stream Model: Introduction; Basic Probability and Tail Bounds; Estimation Algorithms; Reservoir Sampling; Pairwise Independent Hashing; Counting Distinct Tokens; Sketches; Graph Data Stream Algorithms; The Sliding Window Model; Sublinear Time Algorithms: Introduction; Property Testing; Algorithms for Bounded Degree Graphs; Algorithms for Dense Graphs; Algorithms for Boolean Functions; Map Reduce: Introduction; Algorithms for Lists; Graph Algorithms; Locality Sensitive Hashing.

Contents: Part 1: Questioning AI: Setting Terms (Suman); More Terms (Peter); Questioning Terms, and a Provisional Concept of Intelligence (Suman); Elaborating Terms (Peter); Methods and Approaches (Suman); Methods and Field (Peter); Discerning the Intelligent Agent (Suman); Realising the Intelligent Agent (Peter); Part 2: AI and Government Policy: Policy and Legal Autonomy (Suman); Autonomy and Grounding Responsibility (Peter); Legal Autonomy: Rights and Responsibilities (Suman); Autonomy: Limiting and Conferring Rights (Peter); Note on Rights and Data Matters (Suman); and others.

Readership: Professionals, academics, researchers and graduate students in theoretical computer science and big data.

Readership: Appropriate for undergraduate students and upwards, or those whose interest is more conceptual than the general user of technology.

370pp 978-981-120-473-9

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This book engages with the title question: what is artificial intelligence (AI)? Instead of reiterating received definitions or surveying the field from a disciplinary perspective, the question is engaged here by putting two standpoints into conversation. The standpoints are different in their disciplinary groundings — i.e. technology and the humanities — and also in their approaches — i.e. applied and conceptual. Peter is an AI engineer: his approach is in terms of how to make AI work. Suman is a humanities researcher: his approach is in terms of what people and academics mean when they say ‘AI’.

[ MEDICINE ]

MEDICAL EDUCATION

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE / CHINESE MEDICINE

MEDICAL COMMUNICATION From Theoretical Model to Practical Exploration

ESSENTIALS FROM THE GOLDEN CABINET

by Tao Wang (Shanghai East Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, China), Zhongqing Xu (Tongren Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, China) & Yi Mou (School of Media and Communication, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China)

Translation and Annotation of Jin Gui Yao Lue 金匮要略

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by Zhongjing Zhang (Eastern Han Dynasty, China) edited by Aiyun Liu (Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, China) translated by Chouping Han (Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Med., China)

This book covers the theoretical model of medical communication, explains the differences from medical science popularization and health communication, and from the perspective of medical practice, provides many examples to illustrate the practical application and significance of medical communication. It is hoped that this book will attract more people to join the team of medical communicators, pass the correct medical knowledge to the public, and ultimately the incidence and mortality of diseases can be reduced and the health level of people improved.

This is a full-text English translation of Jin Gui Yao Lue, a classic book of traditional Chinese medicine. It is the oldest clinical book dedicated to internal, external, gynecological and obstetrical diseases. It is also the first medical book on differential diagnosis of diseases and symptoms, along with treatment and prescriptions. This book was originally written by Zhang Zhongjing (Zhang Ji) (150 – 219 CE), an eminent Chinese physician in the Eastern Han dynasty.

Featured Contents: Diseases of the Zangfu Organs, Meridians and Collaterals — Sequences, Pulses and Patterns; Tetany, Dampness and Heat Stroke Pulses, Patterns and Treatment; Bai He, Hu Huo and Yin-Yang Toxin — Patterns and Treatment; Malaria — Pulses, Patterns and Treatment; Wind Stroke and Joint Diseases — Pulses, Patterns, and Treatment; Blood Impediment and Deficiency Exhaustion — Pulses, Patterns and Treatment; Lung Decline, Lung Abscess, and Coughing with Panting — Pulses, Patterns and Treatment; Running Piglet Qi — Pulses, Patterns and Treatment; Chest-Bi impediment, Chest Pain and Shortness of Breath — Pulses, Patterns and Treatment; and others.

Readership: Researchers and medical practitioners.

450pp 978-1-945552-06-9

Featured Contents: Generality: Basic Model of Medical Communication; Doctor-Patient Communication — Medical Communication in the Clinic: Basic Models and Characteristics of Doctor-Patient Communication; Medical Communication for Specific Populations: Health Education, Health Promotion and Health Management; Medical Communication for the General Public: Medical Communication for the General Public; Science Popularization Principles and Skills of Doctors, Nurses and Technicians; Practice: Medical Communication Scenarios in Different Contexts; and others.

Readership: Medical staff, medical students, public health officials, commmunications specialists.

330pp Sep 2020 978-1-945552-09-0 US$98 £85

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PUBLIC HEALTH

SURGERY

COVID-19

Textbook

From Basics to Clinical Practice

MULTI-LEVEL MAMMAPLASTY

by Wenhong Zhang (Huashan Hospital of Fudan University, China) This book introduces the epidemiological characteristics, etiology, molecular biology, virology and the latest research progress of COVID-19. It also presents the clinical manifestations, diagnosis and treatment of the new infectious disease. The content is based on literature review of a large number of relevant articles published in China and abroad, as well as the learning experience of medical workers in this field in China. In the pandemic, experts from major hospitals in Shanghai had successfully treated more than 300 patients with COVID-19. Their valuable experience in diagnosis and treatment has been summarized and included in the book.

This book will be helpful to the vast number of readers who are concerned about the research progress and treatment of COVID-19.

Featured Contents: Epidemiology: Epidemiological Review; Epidemiological Characteristics; Etiology and Pathogenesis: Morphology, Taxonomy and Structure; Immunology and Vaccine Development: Research Progress in Immunology; Coronavirus Vaccine Research; Clinical Features: Clinical Manifestation; Chest Imaging; Laboratory Diagnosis; Diagnosis and Differential Diagnosis: Formulation and Evolution of Chinese Diagnostic Criteria; Treatment Principles and Drug Research Progress: Treatment Principles; Research Progress of Antiviral Drugs; Precautions for Special Population Treatment; Treatment of Severe and Critically Ill Patients: Definition of Severe and Critically Ill Patients; Containment Strategy and Nosocomial Infection Prevention and Control: Overview of Containment Strategies; Precaution; and others.

Readership: Healthcare professionals, research scientists and readers.

A Textbook for Plastic Surgeons

by Amiram Borenstein (Borenstein Plastic Surgery Clinic, Israel) & Or Friedman (Suckler Faculty of Medicine, Israel) Multi-Level Mammaplasty focuses on the modification of the Lassus technique, adjusted for the use in breasts of all shapes and sizes. This method relies on an upper pedicle relative to the areola and involves a lower central breast reduction, glandular shaping, and suturing. The tradeoff is that in order to ensure a fine-line peri-areolar scar, a vertical extension is added. However, this vertical scar fades over time and is partly obscured by the breast.

Contents: Preface — Short scar mammaplasty evolution; Surgical Anatomy of the Breast; Multi-level Mammaplasty — Fundamentals; Patient consultation and evaluation; Multilevel Breast Reduction; Combined Breast Implant Explantation and Multi-level Mastopexy Technique; Taking the Stress out of the Breast — a Novel Technique for Breast Augmentation ; Post-Operational Breast Support — The Paper Mache Bra; Complications, Problems, and Secondary Revisions; Advanced Scar Treatments; References; List of Abbreviations.

Readership: Plastic surgeons, plastic surgery residents, researchers and practitioners in plastic surgery.

150pp Sep 2020 978-981-121-912-2 US$98 £85

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In this book, the authors present evidence to demonstrate that the Borenstein multi-level mammaplasty technique is safe and allows the precise reshaping of the breast with long-lasting results. Its advantages largely compensate for the addition of the vertical limb to the peri-areolar scar.

[ BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT ]

[ ECONOMICS AND FINANCE ]

MARKETING

DEVELOPMENTAL ECONOMICS Recommended for Bookshops

Recommended for Bookshops

MARKETING STRATEGY IN THE DIGITAL AGE

FOUNDATIONS OF THE FUTURE The Global Battle for Infrastructure

by Anthony H Rowley

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by Milton Kotler (KMG, USA), Tiger Cao (KMG, China) & Sam Wang (KMG, China) & Collen Qiao (KMG, China)

This book examines the geo-economic and geostrategic implications of a growing global “battle” to promote infrastructural connectivity across and between continents of the world.

In this context, it highlights the importance of China’s Belt and Road Initiative and of corresponding initiatives by the United States, Japan, India and Australia, among others.

In this book, the authors provide detailed discussion and practical analysis on the relationship between marketing and digital technologies and propose a marketing implementation framework for digital strategy platforms. Standing for Recognize, Reach, Relationship and Return, the 4R system is a powerful strategic trading tool for digital implementation, especially for CEOs and CMOs. All other tools, such as data platforms, content marketing, DSP digital advertising and digital marketing ROI design essentially serve the 4R system. As such, the authors advocate for firms to restructure their digital marketing strategy around the 4R system.

This book argues that many of the world’s most advanced economies have neglected investment in basic infrastructure in recent decades, at a potential cost to their future economic and social development.

It examines some of the financial and ideological constraints behind this neglect and argues that advanced economies in general need to adopt fundamental reforms in their approach to infrastructure.

Contents: Marketing Environment in the Digital Transformation; Upgrading of Digital Marketing Strategy: Strategic Platform for Digital Marketing; Recognize in 4R: Digital Profiling and Recognition of Consumers; Reach in 4R: Coverage and Arrival of Digital Information; Relationship in 4R: Establishing a Basis for Continuous Relationship; Return in 4R: Making Deals and Profit; Big Data Marketing Platforms: Applications of Big Data in Marketing; Content Strategy of Digital Marketing; Organizational Platform for Digital Marketing; Management and Measurement of the Performance of Digital Marketing.

Featured Contents: Introduction: Infrastructure — an Economic and Strategic Game Changer; Infrastructure and the Rise and Fall of Nations; Where in the World are Infrastructure Needs Greatest?; Infrastructure and How the West was Lost; The Belt and Road — an Imperial Highway to the Future?; Belt and Road Rivals Emerge; The “Great Game” Replayed, With Higher Stakes This Time; and others.

Readership: General readers, economists, financial analysts, engineers, politicians, diplomats, university students, logistics specialists, academics.

Readership: CEOs, CMOs, entrepreneurs and senior executives.

370pp Sep 2020 978-981-121-697-8 US$55 £50 978-981-121-838-5(pbk) US$28 £25

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INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS

DEVELOPMENTAL ECONOMICS TURKISH ECONOMY AT THE CROSSROADS

World Scientific Lecture Notes in Economics and Policy

LECTURE NOTES IN INTERNATIONAL TRADE

Facing the Challenges Ahead

edited by Asaf Savaş Akat (Istanbul Bilgi University, Turkey) & Seyfettin Gürsel (Bahçeşehir University, Turkey)

An Undergraduate Course

by Priyaranjan Jha (University of California, Irvine, USA) The book uses both theoretical models and empirical evidence to answer these questions. It also provides a discussion of the economics of labor migration and international capital mobility. The book also provides a detailed discussion of the welfare implications of various trade policy instruments such as tariffs, quotas, export subsidies etc. This is followed by a discussion of the process of actual policymaking in democratic societies which goes into the realm of political economy. The focus here is on the political economy of trade policy. It also provides a discussion of the economics of preferential trading agreements and a history of multilateral trading agreements under the aegis of GATT (General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade) and its evolution into the World Trade Organization (WTO).

Contents: Presentation by the Editors; Economic Policies, Institutional Change and Economic Growth since 1980: An Overview; High-Quality Versus Low-Quality Growth in Turkey: Causes and Consequences; New Debt Cycle of Turkish Economy: How It Will End This Time; Structural Transformation and Income Distribution in Turkey; Productivity, Reallocation and Structural Change: An Assessment; Labor Market Challenges in Turkey; EU – Turkey: Why It Failed, What Is Next; Turkey’s Development Conundrum: Three Scenarios for the Next 10 Years.

Contents: Introduction; The Ricardian Model of Comparative Advantage; The HeckscherOhlin Model; The Krugman Model of Increasing Returns and Trade; Movement of Factors of Production; Commercial Policy; Arguments for and Against Intervening in Trade; The Political Economy of Trade Policy; The Preferential Trading Agreements; GATT and WTO.

Readership: Post-graduate students, academic researchers and think-tanks dealing with the region, as well as international organizations, financial sector research units and multinational corporations.

Readership: This book serves as a primary textbook for Economics undergraduate courses in International Trade and for Master’s courses in Business Administration or International and Public Affairs. The book is also recommended reading for any course on Globalization or International Business at the undergraduate or Master’s levels.

300pp Aug 2020 978-981-121-488-2 US$98 £85

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Turkish Economy at the Crossroads: Facing the Challenges Ahead is an exciting new volume of articles from prominent ex p e r t s , e d i t e d b y two distinguished economists. Despite its international stature a n d i t s d i ve r s i f i e d open-market economy, the global literature on Turkey is dispersed and sparse. The book aims to remedy this shortcoming by providing readers interested in Turkey with a balanced and up-to-date overview of the economy.

[ ARTS ]

[ EDUCATION ]

BIOGRAPHY

CHILDREN’S BOOKS

TALES FROM MY FIRST 90 YEARS

BOOKS

by Alpha C Chiang (University of Connecticut, USA)

Alpha C Chiang is a renowned economics professor, and Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of Connecticut, who is best-known for his textbook — Fundamental Methods of Mathematical Economics. In this memoirs, he tells the entertaining, scary, embarrassing, glorifying and surreal tales that colored his life. On the academic side, Alpha describes in detail his academic journey, including why and how he created one of the most popular books on mathematical methods in economics, as well as the experiences of his teaching career. On the non-academic side, he describes his ventures into his many hobbies, the spices of his life, including Chinese opera, ballroom dancing, painting and calligraphy, photography, piano, music composition, playwriting, and even magic. Such tales round out the depiction of a colorful life.

Recommended for Bookshops

TUN DR SITI HASMAH MOHD ALI The Accidental Doctor

by Eva Wong Nava, June Ho Meet Siti Hasmah, a little girl, who wants to be a journalist, in a period when not every girl was sent to school. Watch what happens to her, her family, and country when World War II strikes. Walk in her footsteps as she graduates from university and goes on to save the lives of many Malaysian women and children. See what she finally ends up becoming.

The Asian Sheroes series aim not just to educate but also to motivate. These stories celebrate the amazing accomplishments of women from the region. Their remarkable strength in the face of adversity and sheer determination make it possible for their dreams to be fulfilled, no matter how big!

They remind our young readers that great things are accomplished by people who were once little, just like them.

This book is a unique story about a unique life.

Featured Contents: Preface; Alpha; A Family of Three; Baoshan; Academic Demise and Renascence; The Three Musketeers; The Healing; Vive les Cultural Differences; The Loan; Inches from Hollywood Glamor; The Girl I wanted to Marry; Chinese Opera in New York; Confucius Sez; The Uplifting Hand; Two Sides of the Lectern; Separate Ways; Dutch Treat; Fundamental Methods of Mathematical Economics; Class of 1943 Reunions; The Latecomers; Kiddish Words and Deeds; My Castles; Art on the Walls; and others.

Key Features: • This book is a unique story about a unique life • There is no other book competing with it

Readership: General Public; Economists; students and academicians.

Readership: Malaysians, children in Southeast Asia, children interested in medicine.

300pp Aug 2020 978-981-122-099-9 US$78 £70

32pp Jul 2020 978-981-122-111-8 US$28 £25 978-981-122-158-3(pbk) US$14 £10 30

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[ SOCIAL SCIENCES ]

POLITICAL SCIENCE / POLICY STUDIES / PUBLIC POLICY

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS Recommended for Bookshops

CHINA VERSUS THE US Who Will Prevail?

by Alfredo Toro Hardy (Venezuelan Scholar and Diplomat) The heralding of ambitions and hardening of geopolitical and military stances by China has given rise to few questions: Did China challenge the United States too hard and too soon and, by doing so, seriously jeopardize its chances of achieving its objectives? Can Washington still contain China’s ascendancy and retain its current leading status?

PUTIN’S RUSSIA Economy, Defense and Foreign Policy edited by Steven Rosefielde (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA)

This book attempts to explore these questions and analyse if China has tried to display its strength to America too soon. It argues that by comparing the comprehensive national power of the two countries, one may be able to answer the above questions.

Contents: Introduction; The Good Years; The Unraveling; Sailing Against the Wind; The Convergence Aptitude; The Mistakes Avoidance Aptitude; The Universality Aptitude; The Militar y Aptitude; The Economic Aptitude; The Technological Aptitude; Conclusion; Bibliography.

Contents: Introduction; Russian Economy: Performance; Macroeconomy; Technology; Banking; Demography; Education and Science Policy; Russian Defense: Military Industry; Defense Capabilities; Armed Forces; Military Strategic Thought; Russian Politics: Foreign Policy; Sanctions; Arctic; Pivot to the East; Conclusion.

Readership: General public; scholars, graduate and undergraduate students studying international business, political science, international relations, American Studies, and China Studies.

Readership: Academics, professionals, policymakers and students interested in Russia.

300pp Aug 2020 978-981-121-267-3 US$98 £85

500pp Aug 2020 978-981-121-851-4 US$58 £50

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This volume seeks to fill the vacuum created by the Joint Economic Committee of Congress’s decision to cease publishing comprehensive assessments of Russia’s performance and potential. It provides readers with authoritative descriptions of Russia’s economy, military prowess and international ambitions. The volume does not settle controversies, but does provide readers with an objective basis for assessing Russia’s prospects without the distortions caused by fake news and disinformation wars.

[ ASIAN STUDIES ]

SOCIAL ISSUES / HUMAN SECURITY

ASIAN ECONOMIES GUANGDONG-HONG KONGMACAO GREATER BAY AREA

FAITH, IDENTITY, COHESION Building a Better Future

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edited by Jolene Jerard & Amanda Huan (S Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)

Planning and Global Positioning

Editor-in-chief: Shiping Guo (Shenzhen University, China) edited by Cheng Li (Shenzhen University, China), Jie Ji & Genhong Zhao (Shenzhen Institute of Information Technology, China)

The book seeks to continue the conversations and deliberations at the International Conference on Cohesive Societies (ICCS) held from 19 to 21 June 2019 in Singapore. The three themes of the ICCS — Faith, Identity, Cohesion — stimulated significant discussions on the need for mutual respect, trust and understanding of each other’s beliefs and cultures. Many ideas on the ways forward were raised and further discourse is necessary.

This book explains the essence of planning of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, and thoroughly demonstrates the new opportunities and challenges that it brings to various cities, industries, enterprises, and even individuals. It serves as a good reference for understanding and accurately grasping the development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.

An unprecedented line-up of academic, civil society, government, intellectual, policy, religious and youth leaders provided a wide array of perspectives on challenging issues faced by diverse societies around the world. The transcripts of the official speeches elucidate the vision of leadership and aspiration looking ahead. The book also features delightful photographs and graphic recordings of the key thrust articulated during the ICCS.

Contents: Introduction; Comparison Between the Economy of Guangdong, Hong Kong, Macao Greater Bay Area and That of Other Bay Areas of the World; Advantages and Strengths of the Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao Greater Bay Area and Its Inherent Problems and Other Issues; Economic Spatial Structure of the Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao Greater Bay Area; Making the Economy of Guangdong, Hong Kong, Macao Greater Bay Area Our Nation’s Economic Growth Pole; Domestic Economic Radiating Effects of the Guangdong, Hong Kong, Macao Greater Bay Area; Strategic Positioning of the Greater Bay Area of Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao.

Contents: Foreword; Opening Essay (Working Title); Speeches; Faith: What We Believe; Identity: Who We Are; Cohesion: How We Come Together; ICCS Young Leaders’ Programme Proceedings; About ICCS. Readership: Academia; Policy practitioners; Community leaders; Civil society organisations and General Public.

Readership: General readers, students, economic researchers, professionals.

280pp Jul 2020 978-981-121-867-5 US$98 £85

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CHINA STUDIES Series on Asian Regional Cooperation Studies

Series on Asian Regional Cooperation Studies

CASE STUDIES ON PREVENTIVE DIPLOMACY IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC

PREVENTIVE DIPLOMACY IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC

Preventive Diplomacy (PD) has been recognized as a useful tool to address security issues in the Asia-Pacific region. To explore a PD mode compatible with the regional situation step by step on the basis of consensus has become the common will of the regional countries. Since the region is facing various new challenges, this requires innovation in theories and practices of PD. Focusing on the practice of preventive diplomacy, this book conducts empirical and comparative studies on the application of preventive diplomacy in various issue areas and by different countries.

Preventive Diplomacy (PD) has been recognized as a useful tool to address security issues in the Asia-Pacific region. A step by step exploration of a PD mode on the basis of consensus compatible with the regional situation has become the common will of countries in the region. Since the region is facing various new challenges, innovation in theories and practices of PD is required. This book intends to promote discussions on the new ideas and new approaches of PD in the region, which can be effectively used to address the needs of the region and promote peace and security.

edited by Yanjun Guo & Lin Wu (China Foreign Affairs University, China)

edited by Yanjun Guo & Fujian Li (China Foreign Affairs University, China)

Readership: Academics, policymakers, professionals, undergraduate and graduate students.

Readership: Academics, policymakers, professionals, undergraduate and graduate students interested in preventive diplomacy, ASEAN Regional Forum, international relations, conflict management

200pp Sep 2020 978-981-121-681-7 US$98 £85

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Featured Contents: About the Editors; Origin and Development of Preventive Diplomacy (Yan Shenchun, Guo Yanjun); Reactivating CoOperative/Common Security Principles for 21st Century Preventive Diplomacy in East and South East Asia (Kevin P Clements); Needed: A New Mechanism for Cooperative Security in East Asia (Liu Ming); Evolving Asia-Pacific Security Architecture and ASEAN’s Future Role (Ren Yuanzhe); A Study on Regional Security Governance in Southeast Asia: Theoretical Discussion and Case Analysis (Zhang Yun); The Preventive Diplomacy of ASEAN: Theory and Practice (Zhai Kun); An Examination of Preventive Diplomacy Process in the Asia-Pacific Region Led by ASEAN (Ji Ling); and others.

Featured Contents: About the Editors; Country Practices: China and Responsibility to Protect: Maintenance and Change of Its Policy for Intervention (Liu Tiewa); Sino-Russian Border Settlement and Preventive Diplomacy Experience in Eurasia (Ekaterina Koldunova); Sino-Japan relationship: Model Case of Preventive Diplomacy? — Pro and Cons of the Quiet Fence-mending Process under the “Cold Peace” (Takaaki Mizuno); Issue Areas: Tackling the Crisis: Ethnic Conflicts in the ASEAN region and Preventative Diplomacy (Han Zhili); Preventive Diplomacy and Non-Traditional Security Threats: Natural Disasters and the Philippines (R J Marco Lorenzo C Parcon and Julio S Amador III); and others.

STUDY ON INTERNATIONAL POLITICS IN CONTEMPORARY CHINA

[ PHYSICS ]

China’s guiding principle for foreign relations and its focus on states and regions has shifted a lot from the first 30 years of the founding of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) in 1949, to 1978 and beyond, after reform and openingup. However, PRC’s diplomatic practice has been continuous, whether it was participation in the Korean War, breaking up with the former Soviet Union after a honeymoon period, China’s self defense war over Sino – Indian border, participation in the Vietnam War, breakthrough in the Sino – US relation, or PRC’s self defense war over the Sino – Vietnamese border. These historical events brought the need for theoretical study in International Politics (IP). The development of China’s IP research was slow and filled with complications, but it signified a breakthrough from scratch. This book has filled gap by depicting a complete scroll of China’s IP research in over 60 years since 1949. This book has followed two principles: one is according to the classification of the IP discipline and the other is to recommend adaptations according to China’s actual conditions.

30 YEARS OF BES PHYSICS

PARTICLE PHYSICS / HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS / QUANTUM FIELDS Proceedings of the Symposium Symposium on 30 Years of BES Physics Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing, China, 5 – 6 September 2019 edited by Minghan Ye & Changzheng Yuan (Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing, China) BES, the Beijing Spectrometer, began its first groundbreaking physics run, thirty years ago, in 1989. This is the first high energy physics experiment in China, and has been unique throughout the world for its thorough and extended coverage of the tau and charm energy region. Since then, the BES detector has undergone steady improvements, upgrading to BESII in 1998 and to BESIII in 2008. Over the same period, the collaboration has expanded from 150 members, across 10 institutions in China and the United States, to about 500 members, across 72 institutions and 15 countries. The physics program, too, has extended from light hadron spectroscopy, tau, and charm physics to the discovery of exotic charmonium-like states, precision tests of the Standard Model of particle physics, and searches for new physics beyond the Standard Model.

Featured Contents: International Politics Studies in China; Studies on International Pattern and International Order; On Chinese International Relations Research Methods; Studies on Contemporary Chinese Diplomacy; Studies on International Security in China; Studies on Chinese National Sovereignty and Interest; Studies on International Organizations in China; Nationalism Studies in China; Study on Regional Integration in China; and others

This special volume collects the proceedings of the symposium held at the Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing, in celebration of the 30-year span of achievements and progress at the BES, BESII, and BESIII experiments.

Readership: Scholars and researchers.

Readership: Researchers in elementary particle physics.

560pp 978-981-121-403-5

344pp 978-981-121-772-2

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9789814619486 (HC) 9789814619493 (EB)

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GUO SHIPING ET AL

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9789811218675 (HC) 9789811218682 (EB)

98 147

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RAZAVY MOHSEN

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9789811221668 (HC) 9789811221675 (EB)

118 177

105 155

LECTURE NOTES IN INTERNATIONAL TRADE: AN UNDERGRADUATE COURSE

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9789811220838 (HC) 9789811220845 (EB)

88 132

75 115

LECTURES ON THE GEOMETRY OF MANIFOLDS (THIRD EDITION)

NICOLAESCU LIVIU I

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98 147

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9789811219122 (HC) 9789811219139 (EB)

98 147

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BURGIN MARK ET AL

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188 282

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9789811216763 (HC) 9789811216770 (EB)

158 237

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AVRIN JACK SHULMAN

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9789813278974 (HC) 9789813278981 (EB)

78 117

70 105

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RAYNER-CANHAM GEOFF

AUG/20

9789811218484 (HC) 9789811218491 (EB)

88 132

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GUO YANJUN & LI FUJIAN

AUG/20

9789811216824 (HC) 9789811218552 (EB)

98 147

85 130

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ROSEFIELDE STEVEN

JUL/20

9789811212673 (HC) 9789811212680 (EB)

98 147

85 130

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JANAVICIUS ARVYDAS JUOZAPAS & JURGAITIS DONATAS

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9789811216657 (HC) 9789811216664 (EB)

98 147

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RELATIONS: CONCRETE, ABSTRACT, AND APPLIED AN INTRODUCTION

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168 252

150 220

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GLASMAN-DEAL HILARY

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9781786347831 (HC) 9781786347848 (SC) 9781786348333 (EB)

58 25 87

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98 147

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9781786348692 (HC) 9781786348708 (EB)

118 177

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58 28 87

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SOVIET UNION IN THE CONTEXT OF THE NOBEL PRIZE

BLOKH ABRAM M

JUL/20

9789814277976 (HC) 9789814277983 (EB)

89 134

74 111

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STEITZ THOMAS A, EATHERTON PEGGY & MOORE PETER

JUL/20

9789811215858 (HC) 9789811215865 (EB)

188 282

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ZHANG YUYAN

JUL/20

9789811214035 (HC) 9789811214042 (EB)

158 237

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HIRSCH JORGE E

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9789811216855 (HC) 9789811216862 (EB)

128 192

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68 102

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78 117

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158 237

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JUL/20

9789811221118 (HC) 9789811221583 (SC) 9789811221125 (EB)

28 14 42

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AKAT ASAF SAVAS ET AL

JUL/20

9789811214882 (HC) 9789811214899 (EB)

98 147

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