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This book aims to describe, for readers uneducated in science, the development of humanity's desire to know and understand the world around us through the various stages of its development to the...

William F Sharpe received the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1990 for his work on equilibrium pricing in capital markets. He was one of the originators of the Capital Asset Pricing Model, developed the...

Following the success of their first book "The Leader, The Teacher, & You," which won the Singapore Literature Book Prize in the Non-Fiction Category in 2014, Siong Guan and Joanne H Lim have...

Winning with Risk ManagementAuthor: Russell WalkerPublisher: World Scientific Publishing CompanyPublication Date: 41423Number of Pages: 256 pagesBinding: Business & EconomicsISBN-10:...

This proceedings volume collects the most up-to-date, comprehensive and state-of-the-art knowledge on wireless communication, sensor network, network technologies, services and application.Written by...

Solomon Wolf Golomb left an unparalleled legacy of accomplishment and recognition for his work in the applications of mathematics to coding and communication theory. His legacy also includes a host...

This book covers five famous scientists of the twentieth century.--Adapted from back cover.Author: Balazs Hargittai, István HargittaiPublisher: World Scientific Publishing CompanyPublication Date:...

The book is devoted to vacuum structure of supersymmetric quantum mechanical and field theories. The Witten Index (the title of book) is a powerful theoretical tool, which allows one to find out...

This book is the epitome of important developments in chemistry in the 20th century and beyond. It provides a historical account of the Wolf Prize in Chemistry and includes the biographies and...

Wolf Prize in Mathematics, Volume 3Author: Yakov SinaiPublisher: World Scientific Publishing CompanyPublication Date: 41142Number of Pages: 636 pagesBinding: MathematicsISBN-10: 9814390275ISBN-13:...

This invaluable book features bibliographies, important papers, and speeches (for example at international congresses) of Wolf Prize winners, such as David Mumford, Sergei P Novikov, Mikio Sato, Atle...

The Wolf Foundation began its activities in 1976, with an initial endowment donated by the Wolf family. Within a very short period of time after its initiation, the Wolf prize has become one of the...

Straddling North Africa and Western Asia, the Middle East has been a cradle of civilisation and entrepreneurship -- well before the arrival of Islam. In this region, gender roles were traditionally...

This book offers an original viewpoint on the history of the periodic system. It is a collective volume with short illustrated papers on women and their contributions to the building and the...

The book in your hands develops the best traditions of the Russian scientific popular literature. Written in a clear and captivating manner by working theoretical physicists, who are, at the same...

The book in your hands develops the best traditions of Russian scientific popular literature. Written in a clear and captivating manner by working theoretical physicists, who are, at the same time,...

The Wonders of Science reveals that the physical world is a far more complex and amazing world than it appears to be, so wondrous that it almost defies comprehension. Brilliant scientists have...

The book presents the fantastic world of water in all its different forms, from liquid to ice and snow. This book is amply illustrated with a large number of beautiful pictures with. Water plays a...

In the modern economic paradigm characterized by a multitude of business management theories aimed at maximizing profits, there is a danger of formalizing management techniques to the extent of...

Working capital refers to the money that a company uses to finance its daily operations. Proper management of working capital is critical to financial health and operational success. Working capital...

An invaluable supplement to standard textbooks on quantum mechanics, this unique introduction to the general theoretical framework of contemporary physics focuses on conceptual, epistemological, and...

This book provides a systematic and comprehensive overview of a subject that every thoughtful person wants to understand: world affairs. Though many attempts have been made to summarise this subject,...

Mainstream economics generally assumes a universalistic market-oriented economic behavior that drives countries to adopt one economic system, with marginal variations. This book extends the scope of...

World Economy After the Global Crisis, The: A New Economic Order for the 21st CenturyAuthor: Barry EichengreenPublisher: World Scientific Publishing CompanyPublication Date: 41026Number of Pages: 232...

Foreword -- Introductory considerations -- The earth as a privileged planet -- Mathematical descriptions of population trends -- World population growth: 1900-2010: the un data -- World economic...

his unique compendium contains a vast systematized data of 14,000 experiments on high-velocity penetration into metals, concrete, reinforced concrete, and geological media which were published in the...

World Trade Organization and International Trade Law: Antidumping, Subsidies and Trade AgreementsAuthor: Gary N. HorlickPublisher: World Scientific Publishing CompanyPublication Date: 41592Number of...

Acting as a Sorcerer's Apprentice, the West incorporated 1.3 billion Chinese and 1.2 billion Indians into the world's labour equation within a context of lower production costs. This resulted in...

World university ranking started one and a half decades ago for the purpose of understanding what makes an excellent institution of higher education. Subsequent to the appearance of the Academic...

This book treats different themes which are intrinsically linked and of extreme significance for the entire global community such as the necessity to cut emissions and transit toward a more...