World Scientific - new titles Jan./Feb. 2024

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January

– February 2024

CLASSICAL MECHANICS, CONTINUUM PHYSICS, ACOUSTICS

MECHANICS FOR PHYSICISTS

An Introduction, including Special Relativity by Torsten Fliessbach (University of Siegen, Germany)

This textbook introduces the field of mechanics, commonly offered at universities in Germany as part of structured courses in theoretical physics.

Within the framework of elementary Newtonian mechanics, the basic concepts — such as trajectory curves, mass point, equations of motion, reference frames — are introduced.

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CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS

A NEW PERSPECTIVE AND A FOUNDATION ON TOPOLOGICAL NANODEVICES

by Felix A Buot

(University of SanCarlos Nasipit, Philippines)

This book employs nonequilibrium quantum transport, based on the use of mixed Hilbert space representations and real time quantum superfield transport theory, to explain various topological phases of systems with entangled chiral degrees of freedom.

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GENERAL PHYSICS

PHYSICS ILLUMINATED FOR ‘A’LEVELS

Volume 1

by Kwok Wai Loo

Physics Illuminated for ‘A’ Levels aims to develop a deeper grasp of fundamental theories of physics through careful scaffolding of Physics Illuminations.

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NUCLEAR PHYSICS

World Scientific Lecture Notes in Physics - Vol 85

QUARK-GLUON PLASMA, HEAVY ION COLLISIONS AND HADRONS

by Edward Shuryak

(State University of New York, Stony Brook, USA)

This third book on Quark-Gluon plasma and heavy ion collisions follows the previous ones, published in 1988 and 2005, that described theoretical proposals for a large program, and then the QGP discovery at RHIC.

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NOTABLE TITLES

PARTICLE PHYSICS / HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS / QUANTUM FIELDS

Advanced Series on Directions in High Energy Physics - Vol 31

THE HIGH LUMINOSITY LARGE

HADRON COLLIDER (2nd Edition)

New Machine for Illuminating the Mysteries of the Universe

edited by Oliver Brüning (CERN, Switzerland) & Lucio Rossi (University of Milano, Italy)

This book introduces the physics and technology of the HighLuminosity Large Hadron Collider (LHC), highlighting the most recent modifications that shaped the final configuration, which is now in the advanced stages of its construction.

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[ MATHEMATICS ]

ALGEBRA AND RELATED TOPICS

Lecture Notes Series, Institute for Mathematical Sciences, National University of Singapore - Vol 43 ON THE

LANGLANDS PROGRAM

Endoscopy and Beyond

edited by Wee Teck Gan (National University of Singapore, Singapore), Dihua Jiang (The University of Minnesota –Twin Cities, USA) & Lei Zhang & Chen-Bo Zhu (National University of Singapore, Singapore)

This is a collection of lecture notes from the minicourses in the December 2018 Langlands Workshop: Endoscopy and Beyond. The volume combines seven introductory articles on trace forms, local Arthur packets, and beyond endoscopy.

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GEOMETRY AND TOPOLOGY

A PRIMER ON SMOOTH MANIFOLDS

by Luca Vitagliano (University of Salerno, Italy)

Differential Geometry is one of the major branches of current Mathematics, and it is an unavoidable language in modern Physics. The main characters in Differential Geometry are smooth manifolds: a class of geometric objects that locally behave like the standard Euclidean space.

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[ MATERIALS SCIENCE ]

GENERAL MATERIALS SCIENCE

BETWEEN SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY

Institutions in the History of Materials Research

edited by Robert P Crease (Stony

Brook University, USA)

Editor-in-chief: Arne Hessenbruch

Materials science institutions have always been crucial to the development of materials research. Even before materials science emerged as a discipline in the 20th century, these institutions existed in various forms. They provided specialized facilities for research, educated new generations of researchers, drafted policies and funded programs, enabled valuable connections between research groups, or played any other role which were needed to further the progress of materials science.

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NOTABLE TITLES

[ NANOTECHNOLOGY AND NANOSCIENCE ]

NANOMATERIALS AND NANOSTRUCTURES

AN INTRODUCTION TO INTERFACES AND COLLOIDS (2nd Edition)

The Bridge to Nanoscience

by

John C Berg (University of Washington, USA)

This textbook seeks to bring readers with no prior knowledge or experience in interfacial phenomena, colloid science or nanoscience to the point where they can comfortably enter the current scientific and technical literature in the area.

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[ COMPUTER SCIENCE ]

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE / MACHINE LEARNING

PROGRAMMING BIG DATA APPLICATIONS

Scalable Tools and Frameworks for Your Needs

by

Domenico Talia, Paolo Trunfio, Fabrizio Marozzo, Loris Belcastro, Riccardo Cantini & Alessio Orsino (University of Calabria, Italy)

In the age of the Internet of Things and social media platforms, huge amounts of digital data are generated by and collected from many sources, including sensors, mobile devices, wearable trackers and security cameras. These data, commonly referred to as Big Data, are challenging current storage, processing and analysis capabilities. New models, languages, systems and algorithms continue to be developed to effectively collect, store, analyze and learn from Big Data.

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ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE ]

CLIMATE CHANGE

OUR RENEWABLE ENERGY FUTURE

The Remarkable Story of How Renewable Energy Will Become the Basis for Our Lives

by Douglas Arent

(National Renewable Energy Laboratory, USA)

Our Renewable Energy Future focuses on clean energy technology evolution and where our energy system is going. While its foundation is technology innovation, it brings a unique perspective that technology alone is not what has brought about the explosive growth of renewable energy.

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NEUROLOGY / NEUROSCIENCE

WAYS OF COMPREHENDING

The Grand Illusion and the Essence of being Human

by Athanassios Fokas

(University of Cambridge, UK & University of Southern California, USA)

“A marvelous book. It is remarkable that questions which distinguished neuroscientists, including Noble Laurates, could not addresses are answered by Fokas.”

Nikos Logothetis World-leading Neuroscientist

This book outlines a new approach to knowledge and understanding based on the elucidation of several basic neuronal mechanisms.

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INNOVATION / TECHNOLOGY / KNOWLEDGE / INFORMATION MANAGEMENT

FAIR EXCHANGE Theory and Practice of Digital Belongings

by Carlos Molina-Jimenez, Dann Toliver, Hazem Danny Nakib & Jon Crowcroft (University

of Cambridge, UK)

Fair Exchange is the first comprehensive work on the discipline of fair exchange. More and more of our lives are spent interacting digitally across fields such as payments, certified delivery, e-commerce and legal relations, and the importance of fair exchange is therefore growing rapidly. From the historic to recent cutting-edge developments within fair exchange, this book is accessible to researchers, postgraduates, industry and practitioners, as well as developers building the future of the digital economy.

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MANAGING EXTREME TECHNOLOGICAL RISK

edited by Catherine Rhodes (Centre

for the Study of Existential Risk (CSER), UK)

This book reflects on work done through the Managing Extreme Technological Risk (METR) project, a pioneering research programme within the Centre for the Study of Existential Risk. METR has been both an exercise in ‘academic engineering’ to address major global challenges, and a research programme that extends beyond traditional academic outputs, to methodological development, and innovative forms of expert engagement and outreach.

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SOCIAL SCIENCES ]

URBAN PLANNING

NOTABLE TITLES

TOKYO URBANISM

From Hinterland to Kaiwai

edited by Masami Kobayashi (Meiji University, Japan)

Arguably one of the most iconic mega-cities in Asia, Tokyo, the capital of Japan, plays an important economic and cultural role. It has been featured in various media as a liveable city with a well-developed public transport system. Yet, what international media coverage often misses out are its unique neighbourhoods and districts. Known as kaiwai, they are scattered in a mosaic from downtown Tokyo to its suburbs, exemplifying a type of urbanism wholly unique to Asia and foreshadowing a future vision which suggests regional autonomy in a post-COVID-19 world.

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ASIAN STUDIES ]

ASIAN POLITICS / SOCIETY

STANDING FIRM FOR INDONESIA’S DEMOCRACY

An Oral History of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono

edited by Takashi Shiraishi (Kumamoto Prefectural University, Japan), Nobuhiro Aizawa (Kyushu University, Japan), Jun Honna (Ritsumeikan University, Japan) & Wahyu Prasetyawan (National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, Japan & Syarif Hidayatullah Islamic State University, Indonesia)

This book presents the first oral history of Indonesia’s President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) (2004 – 2014). As the first directly elected president, he played a very important role in Indonesia’s democratization. Indonesia’s economy also got back on the path of growth under his administration.

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ASTRONOMY, ASTROPHYSICS AND COSMOLOGY

SPACETIME GEOMETRY OF RELATIVITY

Extending Pythagorean Theorem

by Takashi Kenjo & Shigeru Sano (NIDEC

Motor Engineering Research Laboratory, Japan)

In this book, we try to comprehend the universe with a fundamental formula known as the Pythagorean theorem, used as a vehicle to review the essence of Euclidean geometry and non-Euclidean geometry, then move on to Newtonian mechanics, and review the historical development of electromagnetism, setting the stage for special relativity. Next, we describe Einstein’s efforts to generalize his theory to include gravitation, which led to a geometric theory of spacetime: the gravitational field equations. The German astronomer Schwarzschild quickly solved these equations for a special case. Also presented are the numerical graphical results of the planetary orbits and light trajectories using the Python code that we created.

Contents: Geometry on the Grand; Spherical and Hyperbolic Geometries: Two Classical Non-Euclidean Geomeries; Newtonian Dynamics; Electromagnetism; Avent of Einstein; Special Theory of Relativity; General Theory of Relativity; Analysis of Schwarzschild Spacetime; From Macrocosm to Microcosm; General Relativistic Geometry.

Readership: Undergraduate students of science and engineering.

500pp Feb 2024

978-981-128-575-2

US$148 £135

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CLASSICAL MECHANICS, CONTINUUM PHYSICS, ACOUSTICS

MECHANICS FOR PHYSICISTS

An Introduction, including Special Relativity

by Torsten Fliessbach (University of

Siegen, Germany)

The focus is placed on the Lagrangian formalism (Lagrangian equations of the first and second kind, Hamilton’s principle, conservation laws, Noether’s theorem, etc.) and its most important applications. The Hamilton formalism is then introduced in a compact way and continuum mechanics is presented through illustrative examples, such as string vibrations, beam bending, elementary hydrodynamics, sound waves, and more. The book also deals in detail with special relativity, and is supplemented with an appendix that examines the relation between the Newtonian force and the Minkowksi force.

Featured Contents: Introduction; Elementary Newtonian Mechanics: Trajectory; Newton’s Laws; Conservation Laws; Lagrangian Formalism: Lagrange’s Equations of First Kind; Applications I; Lagrange’s Equations of Second Kind; Variational Principles: Variation without Constraint; Variation with Constraint; Central Potential: Two-body Problem; Kepler Problem; Rigid Body: Kinematics; Inertia Tensor; Small Oscillations: Forced Oscillations; Many Degrees of Freedom; Hamiltonian Formalism: Canonical Equations; Canonical Transformations; Continuum Mechanics: String Vibration; Beam Bending; Relativistic Mechanics: Principle of Relativity; Length and Time Measurement; A Newtonian Force and Minkowski Force; Index; and others.

Readership: Undergraduates in physics and engineering.

480pp

978-981-128-457-1

Feb 2024

US$138 £125

CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS

Series on the Foundations of Natural Science and Technology

QUANTUM CAPACITANCE IN QUANTIZED TRANSISTORS

by Kamakhya Prasad Ghatak (University

of Engineering and Management, India) & Jayita Pal (Meghnad Saha Institute of Technology, India)

BOOKS

This first-of-its-kind book deals solely with the QC in 2D MOSFETs of non-linear optical, ternary, quaternary, III-V compounds, II-VI, IV-VI, stressed Kane type, Ge, GaP, Bismuth telluride, Gallium Antimonide and their 1D NWFETs counter parts.

This book contains hundred open research problems which form the integral part of the text and are useful for both PhD aspirants and researchers.

Featured Contents: Dedication; Preface; Acknowledgements; About the Authors; The Quantum Capacitance (QC) in 2D Quantum Metal-Oxide-SemiconductorField Effect Transistors (QMOSFET) of Nonlinear Optical, Tetragonal, III-V and OptoElectronic Materials; The QC in QMOSFETs of Other Important Materials; The QC in QWT of Important Materials; The QC in Quantized Transistors (QTs) under Magnetic Quantization; Appendices; and others.

Readership: Graduate students, engineers and professionals.

620pp

978-981-127-939-3

A NEW PERSPECTIVE AND A FOUNDATION ON TOPOLOGICAL NANODEVICES

by Felix A Buot (University of SanCarlos Nasipit,

Philippines)

This book employs nonequilibrium quantum transport, based on the use of mixed Hilbert space representations and real time quantum superfield transport theory, to explain various topological phases of systems with entangled chiral degrees of freedom. It presents an entirely new perspective on topological systems, entanglement-induced localization and delocalization, integer quantum Hall effect (IQHE), fractional quantum Hall effect (FQHE), and its respective spectral zones in the Hofstadter butterfly spectrum. A simple and powerful, intuitive, and wide-ranging perspective on chiral transport dynamics.

Contents: Unification of Mixed Representations in Condensed Matter Physics and Quantum Field Theory; A Brief Survey of Real-Time Quantum Superfield Transport Theory; Generalized Nonequilibrium Quantum Transport of Spin and Pseudospins: Entanglements and Topological Phases; Nonequilibrium Superfield and Lattice-WeylTransform Transport Approach to Quantum Hall Effect; On Fractional Quantum Hall Effect (FQHE): A Chern – Simons and Nonequilibrium Quantum Transport Weyl Transform Approach; On Hofstadter Butterfly Spectrum: Chern – Simons Gauge Theory, Subband Gap Mapping, IQHE and FQHE Zones of the Spectrum; References; Index.

Readership: Foundational tool for engineers and computational scientists working with topological nanodevices. Also relevant to graduates and research professionals in condensed matter physics.

Feb 2024

US$168

£155

350pp

978-981-126-471-9

Mar 2024

US$128 £120

GENERAL PHYSICS

PHYSICS ILLUMINATED FOR ‘A’LEVELS

Volume 1

by Kwok Wai Loo

Physics Illuminated for ‘A’ Levels aims to develop a deeper grasp of fundamental theories of physics through careful scaffolding of Physics Illuminations.

There are many excellent books on the market that could offer a vigorous and elaborate description of Physics theories and principles. Unfortunately, Physics is a challenging subject, and many readers find difficulties in understanding the concepts and its relevance to daily living. This book addresses the challenges by using three overlapping conceptual lenses of representation, conservation laws and system interaction to focus and illuminate the complexity and simplicity of the physical quantities in our universe. It also includes exercises and solutions that will be useful to readers.

Contents: Measurement; Kinematics; Dynamics; Forces; Work, Energy and Power; Motion in a Circle; Gravitational Force; Temperature and Ideal Gas; First Law of Thermodynamics; Oscillations; Wave Motion; Superposition.

Readership: For students preparing for their ‘A’ Levels Cambridge examinations, students in the International Baccalaureate (IB) program and first year undergraduates in Physics or Engineering.

650pp

Mar 2024

978-981-127-441-1 US$88 £80

978-981-127-533-3(pbk) US$48 £45

NUCLEAR PHYSICS

QUARK-GLUON PLASMA, HEAVY ION COLLISIONS AND HADRONS

by Edward Shuryak (State University of New York, Stony Brook, USA)

This third book on Quark-Gluon plasma and heavy ion collisions follows the previous ones, published in 1988 and 2005, that described theoretical proposals for a large program, and then the QGP discovery at RHIC.

The present one describes the rather mature field, with extensive program at RHIC and LHC colliders and corresponding theory. QGP turns out to be a strongly coupled medium made up of quarks and gluons, existing in exploding fireballs. It is the hottest form of matter created in a laboratory. Other subjects discussed in the book are QCD vacuum structure, including topological solitons and nonperturbative phenomena. It also includes some recent progress in theory of hadrons, bridging hadronic spectroscopy with partonic observables.

Readership: Researchers in nuclear and particle physics, including graduate students and postdocs.

600pp

Mar 2024

978-981-128-234-8 US$178 £165

World Scientific Lecture Notes in Physics - Vol 85

BOOKS

PARTICLE PHYSICS / HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS / QUANTUM FIELDS

Advanced Series on Directions in High Energy Physics - Vol 31

THE HIGH LUMINOSITY LARGE

HADRON COLLIDER (2nd Edition)

New Machine for Illuminating the Mysteries of the Universe

edited by Oliver Brüning (CERN, Switzerland) & Lucio Rossi (University of Milano, Italy)

[ MATHEMATICS ]

ALGEBRA AND RELATED TOPICS

Lecture Notes Series, Institute for Mathematical Sciences, National University of SingaporeVol 43

ON THE LANGLANDS PROGRAM Endoscopy and Beyond

edited by Wee Teck Gan (National University of Singapore, Singapore), Dihua Jiang (The University of Minnesota – Twin Cities, USA) & Lei Zhang & Chen-Bo Zhu (National University of Singapore, Singapore)

This new High-Luminosity configuration of the LHC is the major accelerator project of this decade and will give new life to the LHC after its first fifteen years of operation, allowing for more precise measurements of the Higgs Boson and extending the mass limit reach for new particles. The book is a self-consistent series of papers, which addresses all technology and design issues. Each paper can be read separately as well. The first few papers provide a summary of the whole project, the physics motivation, and the accelerator challenges. Altogether, this book brings the reader to the heart of the technologies that will also be key for the next generation of hadron colliders.

Featured Contents: The High Luminosity Large Hadron Collider — HL-LHC; The Physics Landscape of the High Luminosity LHC; Upgrade of the Experimental Detectors for High Luminosity LHC; Operational Experience from LHC Run 1 & 2 and Consolidation in View of Run 3 and the HL-LHC; Machine Physics and Performance; Superconducting Magnet Technology for the IR Upgrade; RF Systems; Collimation of HL-LHC Beams; and others.

Readership: Anyone interested in High Energy Physics, Accelerators Physics.

550pp

978-981-127-894-5

Feb 2024

US$158

£145

The volume aims to introduce the endoscopy classification via a basic example of the trace formula for SL(2), explore the more refined questions on the structure of Arthur packets, and look beyond endoscopy following the suggestions of Langlands, Braverman – Kazhdan, Ngo, and Altuğ. The book is a helpful reference for undergraduates, postgraduates, and researchers.

Contents: The Invariant Trace Formula for SL2 (Abhishek Parab); Lectures on the Stable Trace Formula with Emphasis on SL2 (Tasho Kaletha); Moeglin’s Explicit Construction of Local A-packets (Hiraku Atobe); Construction of p-adic Adams – Barbasch – Vogan (Hiraku Atobe); Orbital Integrals and Normalizations of Measures (with an Appendix by Matthew Koster) (Julia Gordon); Beyond Endoscopy and the Trace Formula (S Ali Altuğ) ; An Introduction to the Proposal of Braverman and Kazhdan (Zhilin Luo).

Readership: Advanced undergraduate students, graduate students and researchers.

430pp

978-981-128-581-3

Feb 2024

US$148 £135

GEOMETRY AND TOPOLOGY

COMPLEX ANALYTIC GEOMETRY

From the Localization Viewpoint

by Tatsuo Suwa (Hokkaido University, Japan)

A PRIMER ON SMOOTH MANIFOLDS

by Luca Vitagliano (University of Salerno, Italy)

This book is concerned with, among others, local invariants that arise naturally in Complex Analytic Geometry and their relations with global invariants of the manifold or variety. The idea is to look at them as residues associated with the localization of some characteristic classes. Two approaches are taken for this — topological and differential geometric — and the combination of the two brings out further fruitful results. For this, on one hand, we present detailed description of the Alexander duality in combinatorial topology. On the other hand, we give a thorough presentation of the Č ech – de Rham cohomology and integration theory on it. This viewpoint provides us with the way for clearer and more precise presentations of the central concepts as well as fundamental and important results that have been treated only globally so far. It also brings new perspectives into the subject and leads to further results and applications.

Featured Contents: Analytic Functions of Several Complex Variables; Complex Manifolds and Analytic Varieties; Local Theory with Relevant Commutative Algebra; Vector Bundles and Grassmann Manifolds; Poincaré and Alexander Dualities; Thom Class; Chern Classes via Obstruction Theory; Vector Fields and Differential Forms; Čech – de Rham and Č ech – Dolbeault Cohomologies; Chern and Atiyah Classes via Chern – Weil Theory; Hodge Structures; and others.

Readership: Graduate students and researchers.

470pp

978-981-4374-70-5

Mar 2024

US$148

£135

The book provides a first introduction to smooth manifolds, aimed at undergraduate students in Mathematics and Physics. The only prerequisites are the Linear Algebra and Calculus typically covered in the first two years. The presentation is as simple as possible, but it does not sacrifice the rigor.

The lecture notes are divided into 10 chapters, with gradually increasing difficulty. The first chapters cover basic material, while the last ones present more sophisticated topics. The definitions, propositions, and proofs are complemented by examples and exercises. The exercises, which include part of the proofs, are designed to help the reader learn the language of Differential Geometry and develop their problem-solving skills in the area. The exercises are also aimed at promoting an active learning process. Finally, the book contains pictures which are useful aids for the visualization of abstract geometric situations. The lecture notes can be used by instructors as teaching material in a one-semester course on smooth manifolds.

Contents: Charts, Atlases and Smooth Manifolds; Smooth Maps and Submanifolds; Tangent Vectors; Full Rank Smooth Maps; Vector Fields; Flows and Symmetries; Covectors and Differential 1-Forms; Differential Forms and Cartan Calculus; Vector Bundles; Integration on Manifolds.

Readership: Undergraduate students; master, PhD students and researchers.

250pp Mar 2024

978-981-128-394-9

US$78

£70

BOOKS

MATHEMATICAL LOGIC AND FOUNDATIONS

A TALE OF DISCRETE MATHEMATICS

A Journey Through Logic, Reasoning, Structures and Graph Theory

by Joseph Khoury (University of Ottawa, Canada)

MATHEMATICS EDUCATION

A COMPENDIUM OF MUSICAL MATHEMATICS

by Franck Jedrzejewski (Paris-Saclay University, France)

Topics covered in Discrete Mathematics have become essential tools in many areas of studies in recent years. This is primarily due to the revolution in technology, communications, and cyber security. The book treats major themes in a typical introductory modern Discrete Mathematics course: Propositional and predicate logic, proof techniques, set theory (including Boolean algebra, functions and relations), introduction to number theory, combinatorics and graph theory.

Contents: Propositional Logic: The Foundation of Mathematical Reasoning; Set Theory and Introduction to Boolean Algebra: A Naïve Approach; Proof Techniques, an Active Approach to do Mathematics; An Introduction to Predicate Logic: One Step Further; Functions: Back to Basics; Elementary Number Theory: The Basics, Primes, Congruences and a Bit More; Relations: Equivalence and Order Relations and Everything in Between; Basic Combinatorics: The Art of Counting Without Counting; Graph Theory: The Basics, First Results and Interesting Applications; More on Graph Theory: Planar Graphs, Coloring, Euler and Hamiltonian Special Paths; Trees: An Elite Family of Graphs.

Readership: Undergraduate first-year and second-year students in mathematics, computer science, general science, physics and engineering. Anyone interested in learning the foundation of Mathematics.

700pp

978-981-128-578-3

Mar 2024

US$128

£120

The purpose of this book is to provide a concise introduction to the mathematical theory of music, opening each chapter to the most recent research. Despite the complexity of some sections, the book can be read by a large audience. Many examples illustrate the concepts introduced. The book is divided into 9 chapters.

Featured Contents: Musical Set Theories: Pitch Classes; Chords and Scales; Generalized Interval Systems: Generalized Interval System; Interval Function; Generalized Diatonic Scales: Sets of Progressive Transposition; Well Formed Scales; Voice Leading and NeoRiemannian Transformations: Isographic Networks; Automorphisms of the T/I Group; Combinatorics on Musical Words: Musical Words; Syntactic Monoids; Rhythmic Canons: Tilings; Tijdeman’s Theorem; Hajos Groups; Serial Knots: Chord Diagrams; Enumeration of Tone Rows; Combinatorial Designs: Difference Sets; Block Design; Tuning Systems: Cents and Beats; Some Commas; and others.

Readership: The book can be used as a support for a course at the graduate level. It will also be of interest to mathematics teachers and some musicians, who have a background in music. The book can be read by musicians or music lovers, students of music conservatories who want to understand the mathematical structures that arise in music theory.

250pp

978-981-128-436-6

Mar 2024

US$88

£80

NUMERICAL ANALYSIS AND APPROXIMATION

Mathematical Olympiad Series

MATHEMATICAL OLYMPIAD IN CHINA (2021 – 2022)

Problems and Solutions

Editor-in-chief: Bin Xiong (East China Normal University, China)

PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS

ELEMENTS OF STOCHASTIC MODELLING (3rd

Edition)

by Konstantin Borovkov

The authors of this book are coaches of the China national team. They are Xiong Bin, Wu Jianping, Leng Gangsong, Yu Hongbing, Yao Yijun, Qu Zhenhua, Li Ting, Ai Yinhua, Wang Bin, Fu Yunhao, He Yijie, and Zhang Sihui et al. Those who took part in the translation work are Chen Haoran and Zhao Wei.

The materials of this book come from a series of two books (in Chinese) on Forward to IMO: a collection of mathematical Olympiad problems (2021 – 2022). It is a collection of problems and solutions of the major mathematical competitions in China. It provides a glimpse of how the China national team is selected and formed.

Contents: China Mathematical Competition; China Mathematical Competition (Complementary Test); China Mathematical Olympiad; China National Team Selection Test; China Girls’ Mathematical Olympiad; China Western Mathematical Invitation; China Southeastern Mathematical Olympiad; The 4th Northern Star of Hope Mathematical Summer Camp; International Mathematical Olympiad.

Readership: Senior high school student and maths teacher; undergraduate of department of mathematics; amateurs interested in mathematics.

350pp Feb 2024

978-981-128-400-7 US$78 £70

978-981-128-454-0(pbk) US$38 £35

(The University of Melbourne, Australia) This is a thoroughly revised and expanded third edition of a successful university textbook that provides a broad introduction to key areas of stochastic modelling. The original text was developed from lecture notes for a one-semester course for third-year science and actuarial students at the University of Melbourne.

This book reviews the basics of probability theory and presents topics on Markov chains, Markov decision processes, jump Markov processes, elements of queueing theory, basic renewal theory, elements of time series and simulation. It also features elements of stochastic calculus and introductory mathematical finance. Thus enhancing the book’s suitability for a larger variety of university courses presenting the fundamentals of modern stochastic modelling.

Contents: Introduction; Basics of Probability Theory; Markov Chains; Markov Decision Processes; The Exponential Distribution and Poisson Process; Jump Markov Processes; Elements of Queueing Theory; Elements of Renewal Theory; Elements of Time Series; Elements of Simulation; Martingales and Stochastic Calculus; Diffusion Processes; Elements of Mathematical Finance.

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

575pp Mar 2024

978-981-126-838-0 US$128 £120

978-981-126-944-8(pbk) US$68 £65

BOOKS

MATERIALS CHEMISTRY / NANOCHEMISTRY

CARBON AND TMDS NANOMATERIALS FOR ENERGY APPLICATIONS

by Ashish Kumar Mishra (Indian Institute of Technology, India)

GENERAL MATERIALS SCIENCE

BETWEEN SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY Institutions in the History of Materials Research

edited

by

Robert P

Crease (Stony Brook University, USA)

Editor-in-chief: Arne Hessenbruch

This book summarizes the synthesis of carbon and TMDs to their applications in energy generation and storage. The aim of this book is to benefit the readers with recent aspects and future perspectives of carbon and TMDs-based nanomaterials dedicated to the field of energy generation and storage technologies. Also, professionals might find it useful in fabricating or characterizing these materials for targeted applications.

Contents: Overview of Carbon and Transition Metal Dichalcogenide Nanostructures; Synthesis, Characterization and Properties of Carbon Nanostructures; Synthesis, Characterization and Properties of TMDs Nanostructures; Carbon and TMDs Based Materials as Catalyst Support for Fuel Cells; Carbon and TMDs Nanomaterials for Electrochemical Hydrogen Production; Carbon and TMDs Based Nanostructures for Solar Driven Steam Generation; An Overview on the Recent Developments in Graphene-MoS2 Based Supercapacitors; Carbon and TMDs Based Air Cathode for Metal Air Batteries; Carbon and TMDs Based Nanostructured Anode Materials for Improved Lithium and Sodium Ion Battery Performances.

Readership: Advanced undergraduate and graduate students, researchers and practitioners in the fields of material science, energy science and related fields.

300pp

978-981-128-339-0

Feb 2024

US$108

£100

This volume, the third in a series of volumes covering the development and history of materials science, presents illuminating perspectives on material science institutions. Twenty chapters are organized into six comprehensive parts of which each cover a characteristic aspect or historical feature. True to the topic they write about, the contributors to this volume have varied backgrounds. Some are materials scientists and engineers, but others are historians, philosophers of science, sociologists, or even directors of institutions themselves. This comprehensive, unified collection is a valuable resource for undergraduates, graduate students, academics, policymakers and professionals who are actively interested in materials science and its development from the past to the future.

Featured Contents: Historical Evolution and Disciplinary Formation; How Sources Evolve: Neutron Synchrotron, and Spallation; How Laboratories Evolve: Industrial, National and Individual; University Centers, Professional Societies, Publications, and Conferences; Regional Networks; Institutions of Institutions; and others.

Readership: Students, materials scientists, chemical engineers, chemists, cultural history, global history, policy planners, regulators, political scientists.

720pp

978-981-128-433-5

Feb 2024

US$198 £180

NANOMATERIALS AND NANOSTRUCTURES

AN INTRODUCTION TO INTERFACES AND COLLOIDS

(2nd Edition)

The Bridge to Nanoscience

by John C

Berg (University of Washington, USA)

This textbook seeks to bring readers with no prior knowledge or experience in interfacial phenomena, colloid science or nanoscience to the point where they can comfortably enter the current scientific and technical literature in the area.

Designed as a pedagogical tool, this textbook recognizes the cross-disciplinary nature of the subject. To facilitate learning, the topics are developed from the beginning with ample cross-referencing. The understanding of concepts is enhanced by clear descriptions of experiments and provisions of figures and illustrations.

Contents: Fluid Interfaces and Capillarity; Thermodynamics of Interfacial Systems; Solid-Liquid Interactions; Colloidal Systems: Phenomenology and Characterization; Electrical Properties of Interfaces; Interaction Between Colloid Particles; Rheology of Dispersions; Emulsions and Foams; Interfacial Hydrodynamics.

Readership: Senior undergraduate and graduate students in chemistry, physics, materials science, chemical engineering, civil engineering, mechanical engineering and related fields.

800pp

Feb 2024

978-981-128-572-1 US$198 £180

978-981-128-640-7(pbk) US$78 £70

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SCIENCE, CHAOS AND DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS

NONLINEAR SCIENCE, CHAOS AND DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS

STRONG ANTICIPATION

Compensating Delay and Distance

by Susie

Vrobel (The Institute for Fractal Research, Germany)

This book is concerned with the notion of strong anticipation. Clearly defined necessary and sufficient conditions are laid out.

The focus lies on strong anticipation as delay and distance compensation (as in temporal recalibration and synchronization of coupled systems). Of particular interest are delays which correspond to a boundary shift between a systemic whole and its context. Such boundary shifts result from assignment conditions which determine what belongs to the systemic whole and what belongs to its context.

Contents: Overview; Introduction: Predicting the Future; Models, Weak and Strong Anticipation; Extended and Reduced Obserpant Perspectives: Boundary Shifts; Strong Anticipation as Delay Compensation; A Model of Time to Describe Anticipative Systems; Embodied Cognition, Embodied Anticipation; The Transitional Object as a Precursor to Strong Anticipation; Trust as Weak and Strong Anticipation: Symbolic and Embodied Reduction of Complexity; Contextualization & Decontextualization; Compensated Delays as Phenomenal Blind Spots; Strong Anticipation as an Indicator of Well-being; Insight and Nonlocality as Strong Anticipation; References; Index.

Readership: Scientists and laymen readers.

200pp

978-981-128-198-3

Jan 2024

US$78 £70

BOOKS

ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING

World Scientific Series on Emerging

Technologies: Avram Bar-Cohen Memorial Series - Vol 5

POWER BEAMING

History, Theory and Practice

by Paul Jaffe

(US Naval Research Laboratory, USA), Tom Nugent (PowerLight Technologies, USA), Bernd Strassner II (Massive Light LLC, USA) & Mitchel Szazynski (Virtus Solis Technologies, USA)

This comprehensive compendium provides the foundation needed for researchers, technology developers, and end users to understand the promise and challenges for power beaming. By establishing a common nomenclature and conceptual approach to the analysis and assessment of power beaming systems, this unique reference text provides a true status of advancements in the field, and lays the groundwork for fruitful future research and applications.

Contents: Introduction; History; Fundamentals; Link Characterization; Components and Subsystems; Frequency Selection, Propagation, and Safety; Applications; Future Directions.

Readership: Professionals, researchers, academics and graduate students.

320pp Jun 2024

978-981-124-310-3

US$128 £120

ENGINEERING MECHANICS

THEORY OF ELECTROMAGNETOELASTICITY

by Jiashi Yang (University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA)

Theory of Electromagnetoelasticity presents a systematic and unique treatment of elastic, electric and magnetic interactions in solids including various thermal and dissipative effects such as viscoelasticity and electrical conduction. In this book, a general and nonlinear continuum theory is constructed. The fundamental building blocks of the theory — the electromagnetic body force, couple and power — are calculated from a multi-continuum model consisting of a lattice continuum for elastic deformation, a bound charge continuum for electric polarization, a circulating current continuum for magnetization, and a free charge fluid for electrical conduction. The multi-continuum model is simpler than the common charged particle model and reveals the underlying physics from a unique angle. The complete set of Maxwell’s equations for the electromagnetic fields is included without the widely used quasistatic approximations of the electric and/ or magnetic fields. The theory established can be used to describe different kinds of interactions between acoustic and optical fields or waves. Some linear problems are analyzed as examples to show some of the simplest elastic and electromagnetic couplings.

Contents: Electromagnetism; Continuum Kinematics; Elasticity; Electromagnetoelastic Interaction Model; Electromagnetoelastic Balance Laws; Electromagnetoelastic Constitutive Relations; Linear Problems; Thermal and Dissipative Effects; Appendices.

Readership: University professors and graduate students.

236pp

978-981-128-188-4

Jan 2024

US$88

£80

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

FUNDAMENTALS OF CONTINUUM MECHANICS

by Zishun Liu (Xi’an Jiaotong University, China)

This textbook offers a concise yet rigorous treatment of continuum mechanics at the introductory level. It differs from traditional textbooks by combining tensor analysis with mechanical analysis and teaching the former’s basics within a single chapter. Readers of this book are not required to have learned tensor analysis in the context of engineering mathematics beforehand.

The basic objectives of continuum mechanics are included in this textbook to facilitate an easy and thorough understanding of the concepts of continuum mechanics and elasticity. In addition, the mathematics and physics of deformation and kinematics are introduced and studied from the concept of stretch rather than from the traditional approach of strain. The large deformation problem of new smart soft materials is also introduced.

Contents: Introduction; Mathematical Fundamentals — Vectors and Tensors; Kinematics of A Continuum; Stress Measures; The Fundamental Laws of Continuum Mechanics; The Constitutive Equations of Continuum; Constitutive Models of Soft Materials — Hydrogels and Shape Memory Polymers; Application of Continuum Mechanics.

Readership: Undergraduate and postgraduate students, and professional engineers.

350pp

978-981-128-378-9

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE / MACHINE LEARNING

SECRETS OF MACHINE LEARNING How Machines Learn, and What It Means for You

by Tom Kohn

Mar 2024

US$118

£110

Cutting through the mass of technical literature on machine learning and AI and the plethora of fear-mongering books on the rise of killer robots, Secrets of Machine Learning offers a clear-sighted explanation for the informed reader of what this new technology is, what it does, how it works, and why it’s so important.

If you want to know why Siri sometimes misunderstands you, how Netflix recommends your movies, and how machine learning will affect your job — read this book.

Contents: Introduction: It’s All Just Pixels; Terminology Unjumbled; Recommendation Nation; Search and Seek; Cool Cats and Hotdogs; Smile for the Camera; Drone Swarms and Slaughterbots; Word Miners; Lost in Transliteration; Movement of the Moment; Roomba Rhumba; Sensory Overload; Workplace Automation Nation; Image Problem; Ethics of Data Lakes; Economist Forecast Thyself; Lords of Finance; Finding Fraud; Self-Drivers; Don’t Believe the Hyperdrive; Adversarial Art; Education, Education, Education; Social Networking; Virtual Assistance; Access Denied; Wild at Heart; Generative Generation; Conclusion.

Readership: Pitched at a wide audience, with the educated layperson in mind.

188pp

Mar 2024

978-1-80061-488-8 US$58 £55

978-1-80061-502-1(pbk) US$28 £25

BOOKS

TOWARDS HUMAN BRAIN INSPIRED LIFELONG LEARNING

edited by Xiaoli Li (A*STAR, Singapore), Ramasamy Savitha (A*STAR, Singapore), ArulMurugan Ambikapathi (Lam Research, Singapore), Suresh Sundaram (Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India) & Haytham M Fayek (RMIT University, Australia)

This book is a comprehensive compilation of diverse methods for continual learning, crafted by leading researchers in the field, along with their practical applications. These methods encompass various approaches, such as adapting existing paradigms like zero-shot learning and Bayesian learning, leveraging the flexibility of network architectures, and employing replay mechanisms to enable learning from streaming data without catastrophic forgetting of previously acquired knowledge.

Contents: Introduction; Architectural Approaches to Continual Learning; O-RBM: Growing RBM on the Fly; Lifelong Learning for Deep Neural Networks with Bayesian Principles; Generative Replay-based Continual Zero-Shot Learning; ARR: a Flexible Hybrid Approach for Continual Learning; Task-agnostic Inference using Basechild classifiers; Flashcards for Knowledge Capture and Replay; RADSS for Chest X-Ray Classification using Continual Learning.

Readership: Researchers and Practitioners of AI Practitioners, PhD scholars and researchers.

248pp Mar 2024

978-981-128-670-4

PROGRAMMING BIG DATA APPLICATIONS

Scalable Tools and Frameworks for Your Needs

by Domenico Talia, Paolo Trunfi, Fabrizio Marozzo, Loris Belcastro, Riccardo Cantini & Alessio Orsino (University of Calabria, Italy)

US$98 £90

Programming Big Data Applications introduces and discusses models, programming frameworks and algorithms to process and analyze large amounts of data. In particular, the book provides an in-depth description of the properties and mechanisms of the main programming paradigms for Big Data analysis, including MapReduce, workflow, BSP, message passing, and SQL-like. Through programming examples it also describes the most used frameworks for Big Data analysis like Hadoop, Spark, MPI, Hive, Storm and others. We discuss and compare the different systems by highlighting the main features of each of them, their diffusion (both within their community of developers and users), and their main advantages and disadvantages in implementing Big Data analysis applications.

Featured Contents: Introduction: Motivation and Goals; Main Topics; Big Data Concepts: Big Data Principles and Features; Data Science Concepts; Programming Models for Big Data: The MapReduce Model; Tools for Big Data applications: Introduction; MapReduce-based Programming Tools; Comparing Programming Tools: Introduction; Comparative Analysis of the System Features; Choosing the Right Framework to Tame Big Data: The Input Data; The Application Class; and others.

Readership: Undergraduate and graduate students, PhD students and researchers.

232pp Mar 2024

978-1-80061-504-5 US$78 £70

TEACHING AND LEARNING IN THE DIGITAL ERA

Issues and Studies

edited by Jun Xu (King’s Own Institute, Australia)

This compendium looks at the current status and practices of teaching and learning facilitated/enabled by digital technologies, reviews challenges/issues associated with classroom teaching, online teaching and hybrid-learning, and discusses success factors and future directions of teaching and learning in the digital era.

The book also provides a number of studies at different perspectives of using digital technologies for teaching and learning.

Featured Contents: Issues: Overview of Teaching and Learning in the Digital Era (Jun Xu); Teaching and Learning in the Digital Era: Opportunities and Challenges (Sanjay Jha, Meena Jha & Jun Xu); ChatGPT and Higher Education (Jun Xu, Graeme Salter & Yuxi Lan); Studies: Creating Engaging Online Lessons (Graeme Salter); Effectiveness of Game-based Learning for Programming Courses (Mubashir Hussain) ; Monitor and Predict Student Engagement and Retention Using Learning Management System (LMS) (Behnaz Rezaie Ortakand); Enhancing Student Engagement by Using Machine Learning Algorithms (Mehrdad Razmjoo); Application of Big Data in Curriculum Development (Farzaneh Mayabadi, Sweta Thakur, Shaleeza Sohail & Fariza Sabrina); and others.

Readership: Researchers, professionals, academics and graduate students.

320pp

978-981-128-561-5

Mar 2024

US$118

NEURAL NETWORKS / NETWORKING

ANALYSIS AND VISUALIZATION OF DISCRETE DATA USING NEURAL NETWORKS

by Koji Koyamada (Kyoto University, Japan)

£110

This book serves as a comprehensive stepby-step guide on data analysis and statistical analysis. It covers fundamental operations in Excel, such as table components, formula bar, and ribbon, and introduces visualization techniques and PDE derivation using Excel. It also provides an overview of Google Colab, including code and text cells, and explores visualization and deep learning applications.

Contents: Introduction: Basic Operations of Excel; Basic Operations of Google Colab (Colab); Organization of This Document; Basic: Background; Statistical Analysis in Excel; Regression Analysis; What-if Analysis; Solver; Colab; NNs; Practical Part: About PINNs; Automatic Differentiation in NN; Using Automatic Differentiation in Regression Equation; Automatic Differentiation using Colab; Increasing the Accuracy of Visualization of Magnetic Line Group Data using Automatic Differentiation; Generation of a CAD Model from Point Cloud Data using Point Cloud Data Processing Software; Advanced Application Section: Derivation of PDEs Describing Physical Data; Use of Visual Analysis Techniques; Methods for Solving a Given PDE; Physically Based Surrogate Model: About the CAE Surrogate Model; Application to Carbon Neutrality (CN); Closing Remark

Readership: Professionals, researchers, and students.

200pp

978-981-128-361-1

Mar 2024

US$88

£80

BOOKS

ROBOTICS AND AUTOMATED SYSTEMS

BASIC HUMAN – ROBOT INTERACTION

by David O Johnson (University of Kansas, USA)

The book’s content is designed to provide practical guidance and insights for conducting experiments in Human – Robot Interaction (HRI) and publishing the results in scientific journals. It includes a detailed explanation of how to conduct HRI experiments and what to do and what not to do to get an article accepted for publication. It is tailored to those seeking to deepen their understanding of HRI methodologies, statistical measurements, and research design. The case studies and examples featured in the book focus on interactions between social robots and specific demographics such as children and older adults, making it relevant for individuals working in healthcare, education, and related domains.

Contents: Introduction to Human-Robot Interaction; How to Conduct a Human-Robot Interaction Experiment; Measuring User Acceptance; Imitating Human Emotions; Human Robot Interaction with Older Adults; Human Robot Interaction with Children; Robot Learning; The Future of Human-Robot Interaction.

Readership: Advanced students, researchers, and professionals who are actively engaged or interested in the field of Human – Robot Interaction (HRI).

280pp

978-981-128-284-3

Mar 2024

US$98

THEORETICAL COMPUTER SCIENCE

WSPC Book Series in Unconventional Computing - Vol 3 ACTIN COMPUTATION

Unlocking the Potential of Actin Filaments for Revolutionary Computing Systems edited by Andrew Adamatzky (University of the West of England, UK)

£90

Actin, a fundamental building block of intracellular cytoskeletal filaments, holds immense potential as a platform for information processing. In this groundbreaking book, the authors establish a solid theoretical and modelling foundation for the future experimental prototyping of actin-based cytoskeleton computers in laboratory settings.

The book’s theoretical and modelling framework serves as a crucial stepping stone towards the experimental realisation of actinbased cytoskeleton computers. Bridging the gap between theory and practice, researchers and scientists can leverage this knowledge to conduct experiments, validate hypotheses, and explore the practical implications of actin-based computing systems.

Featured Contents: About Actin; Actin Automata: Phenomenology and Localisations; On Patterns and Dynamics of Rule 22 Cellular Automaton; Actin Automata with Memory; On Dynamics of Excitation in F-Actin: Automaton Model; Actin Networks Voltage Circuits; Logical Gates Implemented by Solitons at the Junctions; Boolean Gates on Actin Filaments; Quantum Actin Automata; and others.

Readership: Primary: Computer architects , system developers, molecular biologists. Secondary: Popular computing-interested public.

250pp

978-981-128-506-6

Mar 2024

US$88

£80

CLIMATE CHANGE

OUR RENEWABLE ENERGY FUTURE

The Remarkable Story of How Renewable Energy Will Become the Basis for Our Lives by

Douglas Arent

(National Renewable Energy Laboratory, USA)

World Scientific Series on Advances in Environmental Pollution Management - Vol 1 LITHIUM

AND NICKEL CONTAMINATION IN PLANTS AND ENVIRONMENT

Our Renewable Energy Future focuses on clean energy technology evolution and where our energy system is going. While its foundation is technology innovation, it brings a unique perspective that technology alone is not what has brought about the explosive growth of renewable energy. The book offers fresh insights into how technology, economics, social dynamics, policy, and geopolitics are forces at play, affecting our energy future. It builds off Dr Arent’s lifelong passion for energy, sustainable development, and in particular, renewable energy technologies.

Featured Contents: Dedication; List of Figures; List of Abbreviations; Acknowledgement; Preamble and Thesis; Prologue; Introduction; Phase I: Promises: The Technologies of Tomorrow ... (50s – 80s); Phase II: Inching Along ... Early Commercialization (90s – 2000); Phase III: From Problem Child to Problem Solver: The Era of Exponential Growth (2000 – 2020); The Fourth Phase: Dominance: From Petro to Electro (2020+); Pulling It All Together: Phase V: Beyond 2050; A Global Net Zero Energy Economy; Final Reflections and Our Call to Action; Appendices; and others.

Readership: Undergraduate and graduate students, research staff. Industry: energy sector, vehicles/transportation, oil and gas. NGOs and governments: policy and program leaders, advocates. Consultancies: practitioners, consultants, advisors. Lay readers interested in our collective energy future.

200pp

978-1-80061-493-2

Mar 2024

US$88

£80

edited by Masahiro Inouhe (Ehime University, Japan), Clemens Walther (Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz University Hannover, Germany) & Dharmendra K Gupta (Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, India)

This edited volume brings together a diverse group of environmental science, sustainability and health researchers to address the challenges posed by global mass poisoning caused by lithium and nickel contamination of soil and plants. The book sheds light on this global environmental issue and proposes solutions to contamination through multi-disciplinary approaches and case studies from different parts of the world.

Featured Contents: Distribution of Li/Ni in Soil and Its Uptake by Plants; Distribution of Lithium In Soil and Its Uptake by Plant Species; Physiological Responses of Plants to Environmental Lithium Pollution; Physiological and Biochemical Responses of Crop Plants to Nickel Toxicity; Approaches to Antioxidant Defense System — An Overview of Coping Mechanism Against Li/Ni Exposure in Plant; Different Impacts of Ni2+ and Li+ to Plants and Mycorrhiza Systems: Roles of Bioligands Forming Various Metal-Binding Complexes in Cells and Apoplast; Nickel Disorder in Plants on Ultramafic Soils; and others.

Readership: Teachers, and advanced undergraduate and graduate students.

350pp

978-981-128-311-6

Mar 2024

US$138

£125

ENERGY STUDIES / RESEARCH ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY

SEISMIC-BASED PREDICTION TECHNOLOGIES FOR SHALE GAS SWEET SPOTS

edited by Qingcai Zeng (PetroChina Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration and Development, China), Sheng Chen (PetroChina Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration and Development, China), Majia Zheng (PetroChina Southwest Oil & Gas Field Company, China), Xiujiao Wang (PetroChina Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration and Development, China), Liwei Jiang (PetroChina Zhejiang Oilfield Company, China) & Qiyong Gou (Shale Gas Research Institute of PetroChina Southwest Oil & Gasfield Company, China)

THEORIES AND MODES OF CLIMATE-SMART AGRICULTURE

by Bo Li (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, China), Xiaogang Yin (China Agricultural University, China), Quanhui Wang (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, China), Fu Chen (China Agricultural University, China) & Wejin Zhang (Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China)

This unique compendium describes the development status and trends of international climate-smart agriculture, research methods and development strategies, monitoring, evaluation and extension, typical cases and their implications for the development of climate-smart agriculture in China.

This book comprehensively and systematically presents the significance of seismic technologies in predicting shale gas sweet spots. It introduces state-of-the-art seismic-based prediction technologies as well as case studies showcasing their implementation in primary shale gas production areas in China. Innovativeness is one of the highlights of this book. Cutting-edge technologies, such as AI applied in identifying shale gas sweet spots, and achieving excellent results in shale gas production are presented.

Featured Contents: Significance and Current Status of Seismic Technologies for the Prediction of Shale Gas Sweet Spots; Geological Setting and Current Exploration and Development Status of Shale Gas Producing Areas in Southern Sichuan; Characteristics and Seismic Responses of Shale Gas Sweet Spots; Seismic Prediction of Key Parameters for Geological Evaluation of Sweet Spots; Seismic Prediction of Key Engineering Parameters of Shale Gas Sweet Spots; and others.

Readership: Researchers and students.

260pp

978-981-128-317-8

Mar 2024

US$98

£90

The useful reference text also comprehensively summarizes the relevant achievements and experiences obtained by the Climate-Smart Staple Crop Production Project, and highlights future policy suggestions and technical systems.

Contents: Introduction; Current Status of International Climate-Smart Agriculture Development; International Climate-Smart Agriculture Practice Approach; Monitoring, Assessment and Extension of Climate-Smart Agriculture Projects; International ClimateSmart Agriculture Cases; Background of China’s Climate-Smart Agricultural Development; Practice and Exploration of Climate-Smart Wheat-rice Production in China; Practice and Exploration of Wheat-maize Production with Climate-Smart in China; Summary of China’s Climate-Smart Agriculture Mode Experience.

Readership: Researchers, professionals, academics, and graduate students in environmental technology and crop science.

400pp

978-981-128-355-0

Mar 2024

US$148

£135

GENERAL HEALTHCARE

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN MEDICINE

A Practical Guide for Clinicians by Campion Quinn (Rockville Medical, LLC, USA)

“Artificial Intelligence in Medicine” is a comprehensive guide exploring the transformative impact of artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare. The book delves into the foundational concepts and historical development of AI in medicine, highlighting data collection, preprocessing, and feature extraction crucial for medical applications. It showcases the benefits of AI, such as accurate diagnoses and personalized treatments, while addressing ethical and regulatory considerations.

Featured Contents: Artificial Intelligence in Medicine: Revolutionizing Healthcare; What Is Artificial Intelligence; An overview of Data Collection, Preprocessing, and Feature Extraction in AI; The Benefits and Opportunities of AI in Medicine; Current Applications of Machine Learning in Medicine; Limitations in Algorithmic Generalizability; AI algorithms: Explainability and Interpretability; Ethical Implications of AI in Medicine; Regulatory and Legal Frameworks for AI in Medicine; Healthcare Worker Displacement in the Era of AI; and others.

Readership: Healthcare professionals and sectors that would be interested in this book.

300pp

Feb 2024

978-981-128-410-6 US$68 £65

978-981-128-456-4(pbk) US$38 £35

WAYS OF COMPREHENDING

The Grand Illusion and the Essence of being Human by Athanassios Fokas (University of Cambridge, UK & University of Southern California, USA)

To comprehend the world around us, we first have to decipher how our brains work. This book outlines a new approach to knowledge and understanding based on the elucidation of several basic neuronal mechanisms.

This book explores the crucial fact that unconscious processes and conscious experiences form a continuum, which introduces the concept of ‘rerepresentations’. Examples of rerepresentations can be seen in language, mathematics, technology and the arts. This fundamental notion captures the essence of being human, namely what separates us from our evolutionary predecessors.

Featured Contents: Basic Notions: Elements of Neurophysiology; Elements of Neuroanatomy; The Transformative Role of Rerepresentations and Cultural versus Biological Evolution: The Origin of Rerepresentations and Language; The Interplay Between Conscious and Unconscious Processes: Innate Knowledge and Learning; Functional Imaging, Brain Stimulation, and Medicine: The Functional Imaging Techniques of PET and SPECT, and the Diagnosis of Dementia; The Quest for the Hidden Reality: How Can the Problem of Consciousness be Solved?; and others.

Readership: University student and university graduate and individuals.

350pp

Feb 2024

978-1-80061-513-7 US$68 £65

978-1-80061-519-9(pbk) US$38 £35

BOOKS

ENTREPRENEURSHIP

Asia-Pacific Business Series - Vol 14

WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS IN THE MIDDLE EAST

Context, Ecosystems, and Future Perspectives for the Region edited by Dina Modestus Nziku (University of the West of Scotland, UK), Léo-Paul Dana (ICD Business School, Paris, France & Dalhousie University, Canada), Helene Balslev Clausen (Aalborg University, Denmark) & Aidin Salamzadeh (University of Tehran, Iran)

GENERAL BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT

INTERNET LAW AND BUSINESS International Issues

by Richard O Parry (California State University, USA)

This book contributes to the literature on a highly neglected field of study: women entrepreneurs in the Middle East. Recognising that entrepreneurship does not take place in a vacuum, it focuses on contexts, and the ecosystems of this region with largely patriarchal societies, that are influenced by culture, religion, and colonial experience.

Contents: Introduction to the Middle East; Entrepreneurship Ecosystem in the Middle East; Women Entrepreneurs in the Middle East; Women Entrepreneurs in Bahrain; Women Entrepreneurs in Egypt; Women Entrepreneurs in Iran; Women Entrepreneurs in Israel; Women Entrepreneurs in Jordan; Women Entrepreneurs in Lebanon; Women Entrepreneurs in Oman; Women Entrepreneurs in Palestine; Women Entrepreneurs in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA); Women Entrepreneurs in the United Arab Emirates (UAE); Women Entrepreneurs in Syria; Toward the Future.

Readership: Students and researchers specialising in entrepreneurship.

250pp Feb 2024

978-981-128-348-2

US$98

£90

This book aims to provide advanced undergraduate and graduate students with a comprehensive review and analysis of the legal, ethical and regulatory environments, both national and international, that relate to businesses and the Internet. Topics covered in the book include American constitutional law, as well European, primarily French, law on the subjects of contracts, courts, criminal law, freedom of expression, intellectual property, privacy and torts. The coverage of French law as a comparison to American law is because of its influence throughout the world. Although the Napoleonic Code was not the first code to be introduced, it has, according to reputed sources, been far more influential in the development of codes throughout the world, than any other.

Contents: Internet Law & Business: Jurisdiction & Venue; Internet Law & Business: Freedom of Expression; Internet Law & Business: Constitutional & Statutory Privacy; Internet Law & Business: Contract Creation; Internet Law & Business: Contract Performance; Internet Law & Business: Commercial Transactions; Internet Law & Business: Torts; Internet Law & Business: Criminal Law; Internet Law & Business: Copyright; Internet Law & Business: Trademarks; Internet Law & Business: Patents; Internet Law & Business: Trade Secrets.

Readership: Advanced undergraduate and graduate students.

642pp

Mar 2024

978-981-127-690-3 US$168 £155

978-981-127-849-5(pbk) US$88 £80

THE CONTROL OF BUSINESS RELATIONSHIPS

How Social Control Theory Explains Interactions Among Organizations

by David I Gilliland (Colorado

State University, USA)

The book hypothesizes that the control mode and mechanisms in use are a function of the cost of control to the controller based on its desire to manage the relationship and its outcomes, and the target of control’s extent of agreement with the control processes in use. The various components of costs of control are identified and discussed. Drawing on interdisciplinary sources of information, it is a must-read for all who are interested in understanding the mechanisms of control and relationships underpinning business organizations.

Contents: Introduction; Control; Overview of the Control Framework; The Modes and Mechanisms of Control; The Self-Control System; The Dyadic Control System; The Third-Party Control System; A General Hypothesis and the Costs of Control; Control Structure; Does Control Work?; What Next?.

Readership: Graduate-level students and above.

220pp Mar 2024

978-981-128-487-8

US$88

£80

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Asia-Pacific Business Series

EMERGING AND EVOLVING BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT ISSUES IN VIETNAM Research and Practice

edited by Hoai Trong Nguyen, Thanh Dinh Su, Toan Luu Duc Huynh & Angelina Nhat-Hanh Le (University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam)

This book aims to provide a comprehensive review of strategic management and cultural intelligence, in relation to the measurement of financial information quality in recent times. It illustrates how marketing and advertising have changed from conventional to digital marketing, discussing the latest technological features, in addition to the variety of benefits that existing and emerging immersive technologies can bring to retailers and consumers.

Featured Contents: Transformation of Human Resource Management Strategies and Practices; Information Technology Management: Emerging Managerial Trends; Logistics and Operational Management: Recent Issues and Future Development; Brand Management: Creating and Maintaining Brand Equity in the Era of Social Media; Destination Management Models in Transitional Economies; Immersive Technologies: A Critical Success Factor for Modern Retailers; Leadership in Emerging and Developing Businesses and Management; Market Orientation of Public Organizations in a Transitional Economy; Reform of StateOwned Enterprises: Issues and Challenges in a Transitional Economy; Digitalization Processes in Developing Countries: Enablers and Obstacles; and others.

Readership: Researchers, graduates, undergraduate students.

320pp Mar 2024

978-981-128-609-4

US$118

£110

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BOOKS

INNOVATION /

TECHNOLOGY

/ KNOWLEDGE / INFORMATION MANAGEMENT

FAIR EXCHANGE

Theory and Practice of Digital Belongings

by Carlos Molina-Jimenez, Dann Toliver, Hazem Danny Nakib & Jon Crowcroft (University

of Cambridge, UK)

Fair Exchange is the first comprehensive work on the discipline of fair exchange. More and more of our lives are spent interacting digitally across fields such as payments, certified delivery, e-commerce and legal relations, and the importance of fair exchange is therefore growing rapidly. From the historic to recent cutting-edge developments within fair exchange, this book is accessible to researchers, postgraduates, industry and practitioners, as well as developers building the future of the digital economy.

Contents: Roadmap; A Framework for Fair Exchange: Fair Exchange Protocols; Categories of Items; The Operations of Fair Exchange; Environments for Operations; A Diagram Language for Fair Exchange; The Fundamental Limits of Fair Exchange; Attestables; Protocols Old and New: Categorisation of Fair Exchange Protocols; Escrow-Based Fair Exchange Protocols; Optimistic Fair Exchange Protocols; Gradual Release Fair Exchange Protocols; Attestable-Based Fair Exchange Protocols; FEWD: Fair Exchange without Disputes; The Family FEWD; Real World Fair Exchange: Risk Analysis; Legal Considerations; Operational Concerns; Commercial Analysis and Use Cases; Additional Uses and Future Work; Glossary; Bibliography; Index.

Readership: Researchers; Industry practitioners; Postgraduate students; Libraries.

250pp

Mar 2024

978-1-80061-516-8 US$88 £80

MANAGING EXTREME TECHNOLOGICAL RISK

edited

by

Catherine

Rhodes (Centre for the Study of Existential Risk (CSER), UK)

Managing Extreme Technological Risk explores how the METR programme developed a model that is needed to effectively understand risks to the survival of humanity, as well as their management and mitigation. It reflects on the challenges faced and lessons learned in the process of building a research community focused on this aim. This book brings together findings and future considerations from a key formative phase, not just for the Centre, but for the field of existential risk research as a whole. It relates the story of this journey and outlines some of the programme’s specific findings. There is a greater focus on what has been learnt for approaching the study of existential risks and how this can, and must, be taken forward by others, urgently and at scale.

Featured Contents: Managing Extreme Technological Risk; Extreme Risk and the Culture of Science: Ambiguous Science; Risk and Scientific Reputation: Lessons from Cold Fusion: CSER and Maverick Science; Foreseeing Extreme Technological Risk: Horizon Scans; Evaluating Extreme Technological Risk: A Social Contract Based Approach: The Intergenerational Nature of the Social Contract; Responsibility and the Management of Extreme Technological Risk: Bio(techno) logical Risks: The Web of Prevention; A Decade of Responsible Innovation by the AI Community 2012–2022: Analysing Recent Achievements and Future Prospects: Recent Examples: 2012–2022; From Evaluation to Action: Ethics, Epistemology and Extreme Technological Risk: and others.

Readership: Researchers, policy makers, technologists, regulators and general public.

288pp

Mar 2024

978-1-80061-481-9 US$98 £90

Trends, Challenges and Solutions in Contemporary Supply Chain Management - Vol 2 DIGITIZATION IN SUPPLY CHAIN

MANAGEMENT

Trends, Challenges and Solutions

edited by Sengun Yeniyurt

(Rutgers Business School, USA) & Steven Carnovale (Florida Atlantic University, USA)

Every industry has faced the tidal wave of “digital” that has either re-shaped or dramatically altered their modus operandi. Supporting technologies in the management information systems arena have given rise to increased end to end visibility, real time access to information, and tightly controlled monitoring of deployed assets. In many industries it is straightforward to see the impact that digital technologies have had. Finance is a great example, with cash payments becoming increasingly less and less common, and digital currencies increasing in prominence. Yet how has this impacted supply chain management?

Featured Contents: Digital Supply Chains: A Primer; Digital Supply Chains: Industry 4.0 from a Supply Chain Relationship Perspective; Blockchain for the Supply Chain: What is Blockchain? Where is it being Used?; Improving Supply Chain Resilience Through a Blockchain Based System Architecture; Blockchain Adoption in Maritime Supply Chains: Another Catch-up Game for the African Maritime Industry?; Digitization and Supply Chain Risk Management; and others.

Readership: Academics, supply chain scholars and those who are curious about digitization.

250pp Mar 2024

978-981-128-662-9

US$98

COMPUTATIONAL ECONOMICS / FINANCE

BIG DATA IN FINANCE Theory and Empirics

by Rajeev R Bhattacharya

Big Data in Finance represents the culmination of almost two decades of the author’s consulting, research, and teaching in Big Data, particularly in the context of finance. Examining uncertainty and risk within Big Data in finance, the book can also be used in applied and advanced analytics. With reader-accessible code, Uncertainty and Risk, Theory and Empirics is of immense value to any graduate or undergraduate course on Big Data in finance.

Contents: Introduction: Overview and Scope of the Book; Known Unknowns Versus Known Unknowns: Uncertainty Versus Risk; The Scientific Method Versus Faith; Empirics of the Scientific Method; Applications to Big Data in Finance with Daily Data: Arbitrage Risk; Objective Measures of Market Efficiency; Options and Market Efficiency; Applications to Big Data in Finance with Intraday Data: Event Studies; Market Efficiency: Equities; Market Efficiency: Fixed Income Securities; Conclusions and the Way Ahead: Conclusions; Suggestions for Future Work.

Readership: Postgraduate and advanced undergraduate courses on advanced analytics in finance, big data in finance and financial economics; academics; practitioners economics.

400pp

£90

978-1-80061-523-6

Feb 2024

US$148

£135

NEW ZEALAND’S FOREIGN POLICY UNDER THE JACINDA ARDERN GOVERNMENT

Facing the Challenge of a Disrupted World

edited by Robert G Patman, Peter Grace, Balazs Kiglics & Dennis Wesselbaum (University of Otago, New Zealand)

World Scientific Series on Public Policy and Technological Innovation

URBAN ECONOMICS, REAL ESTATE, TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC POLICY

edited

by

Jeffrey

P Cohen (University of Connecticut, USA)

The purpose of this book is to examine the foreign policy of Jacinda Ardern’s New Zealand Government between 2020 and early 2023 when the Covid-19 pandemic intersected with an evolving and often tumultuous post-Cold War global environment. This context witnessed the erosion of an international rules-based order and the renewal of great power competition. In particular, the Indo-Pacific has become a contested strategic space, which impacted on New Zealand’s foreign policy interests.

Featured Contents: Introduction; Setting the Scene The Ardern Government’s Foreign Policy Agenda; The Geopolitical and Economic Context of Covid-19: New Zealand and the Indo-Pacific: Adaptation to Changing Geopolitics (Clifford A Hart, Jr); The Promise and Possibilities of Ardern’s Covid-19 Pandemic Stance: Climate Considerations (Alice C Hill); Security and Foreign Policy Directions for New Zealand during the Covid-19 Era: National Security, Covid-19 and New Zealand Foreign Policy (Bethan Greener); Conclusion: Implications for the Foreign Policy of Ardern’s Government: The Era of Covid-19 and Beyond: Some Reflections on the Implications for the Foreign Policy of Jacinda Ardern’s Government (Geoffrey Miller).

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

240pp

978-981-128-515-8

Mar 2024

US$88

£80

The chapters of this book synthesize papers on the inter-related topics of urban economics, real estate, transportation and public policy and include applied and empirical research on a variety of sub-topics. These include innovative econometric techniques that are applied to timely problems, such as impacts of flooding in Vancouver, BC Canada on property values; and the determinants of traffic accident fatalities in the US and in Thailand. There are also chapters on more policy-oriented issues, such as the impacts of Covid-19 on real estate in Toronto, ON Canada. The book will appeal to the interest of academics, policy-makers, planners, and geographers.

Contents: Motorcycle Fatalities Revisited: A Classical and Bayesian Analysis; Risk-Taking Behaviors of Young Motorcycle Drivers in Thailand; Inverse Probability Tilting with Heterogeneous Average Treatment Effects; Benefit Spillovers and a Solution with TwoPart Tariffs for Local Public Services; Why Do Covid-19 Infection Rates Vary Between Neighborhoods in Toronto, BC Canada? The Role of Housing and Transportation; Estimation of a Production Function Model of Driving Knowledge; Allocative Efficiency in the US Air Cargo Industry; The Effect of Economic Sanctions on Domestic Production, Trade and Transportation of Sanctioned Goods; Highway Project and Residential Property Quality: The Case of Vías Nuevas de Lima.

Readership: Academic researchers and practitioners in the fields of urban planning and public policy. Policy-makers and human geographers.

350pp

978-981-127-165-6

Feb 2024

US$128

£120

TOKYO URBANISM

From Hinterland to Kaiwai edited by Masami Kobayashi (Meiji University, Japan)

In this book, the authors thoroughly investigate the city’s multi-layered spatial and sociocultural aspects, introducing a side of Tokyo little known to the world at large. Readers who are only familiar with Tokyo’s depiction as an ultra-modern city will appreciate the book’s insights into the kaiwai phenomenon, the pre-modern urban structure of Edo city, and contemporary Tokyo’s Asian urbanism, including traditional community activities such as local festivals, the formation of new communities by old and new residents, and intimate community life using a network of alleys. Combining urban planning, sociological, anthropological and architectural perspectives, the book’s interdisciplinary approach looks at Tokyo from the peripherical to the kaiwai-level.

Contents: Preface (Masami Kobayashi) ; Introduction (Mark Mulligan) ; Historical Context: The Layers of Occupied Tokyo: From Ancient Archipelago to Postwar Olympic City (Shunya Yoshimi); Urban Transformation from Edo to TokyoProcess of Fragmented Structure of the City *(Masami Kobayashi)Elementary Structures of the Metropolis (Manuel Tardits); Kaiwai : Tokyo’s Urban Unit with Hidden Layers (Masami Kobayashi, Teddy Kofman) ; Kaiwai as Activity Spaces: Transformation and Current Status of Kaiwai around Shibuya, Tokyo (Hiroyuki Sasaki); Tokyo Requalified: Artistic Sensibility for Cultural Sustainability (Davisi Boontharm); Roundtable Discussion.

Readership: Advanced graduate students, researchers in the field of urban design and architecture, Japan studies students and researchers.

350pp Mar 2024

978-981-128-364-2

US$148

£135

ASIAN BUSINESS / MANAGEMENT

Series on Dialogue with China - Vol 2 CORPORATE PHILANTHROPY IN CHINA AND BEYOND A Comparative Handbook

by Stephan Rothlin (Rothlin Ltd, Beijing, China & Rothlin Ltd, Hong Kong & University of St Joseph, Macau) & Christoph Stückelberger (Globethics.net Foundation, Switzerland)

The book is a handbook on corporate philanthropy in China, with comparisons to the best practices in Europe, especially Switzerland. It reviews the history of corporate philanthropy in China during the modern (post 1911) period, to provide context for representatives of foreign businesses and NGOs who wish to be involved in philanthropic activities in China. It compares the current situation in China with best practices in Europe and Switzerland. The handbook is also meant to assist students of philanthropy and other interested parties in understanding the development of corporate philanthropy in China, and how its development converges with, and diverges from similar trends in other countries.

Featured Contents: Philanthropy in China: Challenges and Achievements: The Spirit of Chinese Philanthropy; Chinese Law and Compliance for Charities and Other Philanthropic Institutions: China’s Laws Governing Philanthropy; The Wisdom of Experience: Striving Toward a Proper Alignment; Survey of Philanthropy in Europe: Philanthropy in Europe: An Overview; Philanthropy in China: An Update; and others. Readership: For students and researchers.

230pp

978-981-128-442-7

Feb 2024

US$88

£80

BOOKS

PHILIPPINE CONGLOMERATES AND INCLUSIVE DEVELOPMENT

Tracking a Unique Trajectory in Asia

edited by Philamer C Torio, Rodolfo P Ang & Imelda B Deinla (Ateneo de Manila University,

Philippines)

In this collection of essays, the authors interrogate the relationship between conglomerates and inclusive development by highlighting the Philippine experience and comparing it with those of other Southeast and East Asian economies, notably Vietnam, Indonesia, and South Korea. Have Philippine conglomerates been central to the country’s economic miracle? How have they contributed to the attainment of the government’s inclusive development agenda? What can be learned from the successes and failures of other Asian conglomerates? These are the key themes this volume seeks to answer to shed light on how conglomerates have impacted the course of the country’s economic development.

Series on Asian Regional Cooperation Studies PREVENTIVE DIPLOMACY IN NON-TRADITIONAL SECURITY ISSUES

ASEAN-China Public Health and Environmental Cooperation

edited by Yue Yang (China Foreign Affairs University, China) & Youlin Qiao (Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, China & Peking Union Medical College, China)

As a key part and parcel of sustainable development of ASEAN-China relations, cooperation in non-traditional security issues has become a new growth area for both sides. This book is divided into three parts.

Featured Contents: Introduction; In Search of Philippine Chaebols; Philippine Conglomerates: Their Role in Promoting Inclusive Development; Conglopolistic Competition in Small Emerging Economies; The Changing Nature of Philippine Conglomerates from a Political Economy Perspective; The Regional Expansion of Indonesian Conglomerates’ Capital in Southeast Asia and the Exclusion of Development Project; Political Economic Determinants of Growth Acceleration: A KoreaIndonesia Comparative Study; and others.

Readership: Business professionals, policymakers, and scholars.

306pp

978-981-126-405-4

Mar 2024

US$98

£90

Featured Contents: Public-Private Partnership in 30-Year ASEAN-China Public Health Cooperation: Practices of Public-Private Partnership in ASEAN-China Digital Health and Personnel Training Cooperation in a Post-Pandemic World; Reconnecting ASEAN and China: Vaccine Multilateralism, and Safer Green Lanes and Travel Bubble Protocols to Reignite Economic Growth and Tourism: Reconnecting ASEAN and China: Vaccine Multilateralism, Safer Green Lanes, and Travel Bubble Protocols to Facilitate Growth and Development; ASEANChina Cooperation on Nature Based Solutions to Environmental Issues: Southeast Asia’s Vulnerability to Climate Change and its Low Carbon Pathway; Nature-based Solutions for Climate Change Adaptation in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta; Appendices; and others.

Readership: For readers who are interested.

200pp

978-981-128-569-1

Mar 2024

US$78 £70

ASIAN CULTURE / LITERARY STUDIES / LITERATURE

SOCIAL STIGMA AND THE PANDEMIC Key Challenges and Responses Across Greater Asia

edited

by Satoshi Abe (Kyushu University, Japan) & Tai Wei Lim (Soka University, Japan)

ASIAN ECONOMIES

CHINESE DEBT CAPITAL MARKETS

An Emerging Global Market with Chinese Characteristics

by Xuebin Chen (Sichuan University, China & Fudan University, China) & Ronald Anderson (London School of Economics, UK & Guangzhou Xinhua University, China)

In this book, the focus is on five Asian countries/regions (Iran, Hong Kong, South Korea, Singapore, and Japan) that show distinct approaches to combating infections. It specifically examines how the recent pandemic arose stigma in the context of history and sociocultural relations, how it is discussed and problematized among locals, and how disparate institutions and individuals mobilized to address it. A global comparative analysis across Greater Asia is presented in this book through the contributions of experts from multiple fields who have researched extensively in each region.

Featured Contents: Socio-Religious Dimensions of the Pandemic: A Culture of Mourning in Iran During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Funeral Rituals, Emotions, and Stigma (Satoshi Abe) ; Religious Communities’ Responses to the Pandemic: “Abandoned Women” in the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Case Study of a FaithBased Organization for Healing Them During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Japan (Misako Fukushima); Potential Social Stigma and Their Mitigation Efforts in Selected Case Studies of Advanced East Asian Economies: Neutralizing COVID-19-Induced Social Stigmatization with References to the Singapore Case Study (Tai Wei Lim); and others.

Readership: Scholars of Asian Studies, Religious Studies, and Public Health. Governments and public health specialists and policymakers. Historians working on epidemiology.

200pp

978-981-128-460-1

Feb 2024

US$88

£80

This book is the result of a joint research project “Function, Structure, and Development of China’s Debt Capital Market, “ supported by the China National Natural Science Foundation and the Economic and Social Research Council of the United Kingdom. It includes contributions by professors, associate professors, and postgraduates from Fudan University and the London School of Economics. From the perspectives of institutional framework, market functions, market structure, and market development, the book provides a systematic and in-depth analysis and exploration of the macro-effects, microstructure, local government bond market, corporate bond market, debt derivatives market, and market supervision and regulation of the Chinese credit bond market.

Contents: The Macro-Effect of China’s Credit Bond Market; Microstructure of China’s Credit Bond Market; The Development of China’s Local Government Bond Market; Development of China’s Corporate Bond Market; Development of China’s Debt Derivatives Market; Supervision of China’s Credit Bond Market; Conclusions and Suggestions.

Readership: This book serves as an important reference for institutions and individuals who invest in and conduct research the Chinese bond market, and graduate students and researchers specializing in bond market research.

600pp

978-981-128-035-1

Feb 2024

US$168 £155

BOOKS

ASIAN POLITICS / SOCIETY

STANDING FIRM FOR INDONESIA’S DEMOCRACY

An Oral History of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono edited by Takashi Shiraishi (Kumamoto Prefectural University, Japan), Nobuhiro Aizawa (Kyushu University, Japan), Jun Honna (Ritsumeikan University, Japan) & Wahyu Prasetyawan (National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, Japan & Syarif Hidayatullah Islamic State University, Indonesia)

This book presents the first oral history of Indonesia’s President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) (2004 – 2014). As the first directly elected president, he played a very important role in Indonesia’s democratization. Indonesia’s economy also got back on the path of growth under his administration.

Contents: Foreword; Introduction: Looking Back at My Life; As a Cadet and a Young Officer; The Crisis Years; Serving under President Abdurrahman Wahid; Serving as Menko Polkam under President Megawati; Running for the Presidency; First Term as the President, 2004 – 2009; The 2009 Presidential Election and the Second Presidency; MicroEconomic Policy Issues; National Security and Foreign Policy Issues; Conclusion: Looking into the Future.

Readership: Students and researchers interested in Indonesian politics.

292pp Feb 2024

978-981-128-065-8 US$68 £65

978-981-128-158-7(pbk) US$38 £35

THE TORTUOUS EVOLUTION OF SOUTH ASIAN REGIONAL COOPERATION

Bangladesh’s Travails for Sub-Regional Cooperation

by Tariq Karim (Institute

of South Asian Studies, National University of Singapore, Singapore & Independent University, Bangladesh)

Drawing on his experience in the Bangladesh foreign ministry and as a World Bank consultant, Ambassador Tariq Karim’s book provides insights into South Asian regional cooperation. It traverses history, analyses cooperation models, examines various dimensions of collaboration, and envisions extending sub-regional cooperation to the broader Bay of Bengal region.

Featured Contents: Abstract; South Asia: From Most Integrated to Least Integrated Overnight ; Understanding the Schizophrenic Malaise of the Post-Colonial Neo-Westphalian States of South Asia — a Theoretical Framework; Importation and Reaction: New Elites, New Institutions; Unity vs Fragmentation?; The Neo-Westphalian Partition of Indian Subcontinent — 1947: Commencement of the Age of Discord and Disharmony in South Asia; Groping in the Dark for Hands to Hold: The Genesis of SAARC — Doomed at Birth?; Centripetal Forces vs Centrifugal Forces in Regional Cooperation; and others.

Readership: Scholars studying regional cooperation in South Asia. Professionals and practitioners from various sectors engaging in South Asia. Policymakers and analysts of international relations and South Asian relations.

200pp

978-981-128-503-5

Feb 2024

US$78 £70

SINGAPORE COLLECTION

AN UNFINISHED CANVAS

Life of Koh Seow Chuan

by Tai Ho Woon

TOGETHER WE PROSPER

A Memoir of Daniel Teo

Koh Seow Chuan likes to see his life as a continuous painting, and himself as the painter. An Unfinished Canvas is about a unique individual who sees life as just that — a canvas that is never finished. This book traces his remarkable life from the age of four, following his journey as a stamp collector, national swimmer, architect and art collector. In all his endeavours, he reached the very top on a global field. The book makes clear how he lived and continues to live his life guided by two principles, his strong belief in the power of knowledge and the power of teamwork, which he found and followed relatively early in his life. Through stamps, he saw what knowledge could do for him academically and how it would always put him in a position of strength in whatever he did later in life. But it is in his absolute embrace of the power of teamwork that sees him succeeding in project after project. People see in him a leader they rarely see in the world of architecture, the leader who insists on we over I, group glory over personal glory. The architecture firm he founded, DP Architects, is more than 50 years old — and is now one of the biggest in the world. In his 80s now, he reminds us that his canvas is still unfinished.

Readership: Readers interested in Singapore history, art collection, stamp collection and architecture.

300pp

Feb 2024

978-981-128-697-1 US$72 £65

978-981-128-731-2(pbk) US$36 £35

by Bak Lim Kua (Singapore Federation of Chinese Clan Associations, Singapore) & How

Seng Lim

The book depicts the storied life of Daniel Teo Tong How, a second-generation Singapore real estate developer, by chronicling the major events that took place in his family. In tracing the developments of a family, we trace the opportunities paved and traditions passed on from generation to generation, as seen in the rise of Tong Eng Group as well as the family’s pride for Daniel’s granduncle, World War II hero Lim Bo Seng, and Lim Loh, a well-known building contractor in the early 20th century. Through oral history accounts and research, the authors provide a unique look into life in Singapore and China from the 19th up to the 21st century through the lens of a family.

Contents: My Family Background; My Youth; Education; Tin Plate King; Property Entrepreneurship; Voices of Property Developers; Corporate Philosophy; Interest in Art; Rich Virtues through the Generations.

Readership: Readers interested in biography, Chinese business studies, family businesses, and entrepreneurship.

250pp

978-981-121-906-1

Mar 2024

US$38 £35

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