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This is a popular science book exploring the limits of scientific explanation. In particular, it debates if all sciences will ultimately be reducible to physics. The journey starts with physics...

Guido Altarelli was a leading figure in 20th century particle physics. His scientific contributions and leadership played a key role in the development of the Standard Model of fundamental...

In one way or another, Gerry Brown has been concerned with questions about the universe, about its vast expanse as well as about its most miniscule fundamental constituents of matter throughout his...

Motivated by a revision of the classical equations of electromagnetism that allow for the inclusion of solitary waves in the solution space, the material collected in this book examines the...

This book presents a brief introduction to the quantum field theory of the Standard Model for quarks and leptons. With minimal use of mathematics, it covers the basics of quantum field theory, local...

From Physics to Control Through an Emergent ViewAuthor: Luigi FortunaPublisher: World Scientific Publishing CompanyPublication Date: 40481Number of Pages: 396 pagesBinding: Technology &...

At a fundamental level, the interaction of quarks with gluon fields lies at the heart of our understanding of the strong nuclear force. Experimentally, however, we only observe physical hadrons such...

Feynman once selected, as the single most important statement in science, that everything is made of atoms. It follows that the properties of everything depend on how these atoms are joined together,...

Singapore is renowned for the delightful cuisines that can be found in its hawker centres. Travellers herald from across the globe simply to taste dishes like chicken rice, laksa, and chilli crab. In...

This book discusses the formation of the current huge property bubbles in many Asian economies and the high likelihood of another Asian financial crisis due to the eventual bursting of these property...

This book contains a series of review chapters from the world's leaders in herpesvirus research. It is designed as a tribute to the famous virologist Prof Bernard Roizman. Former trainees of Prof...

A sunny day -- The planets -- Telescopes -- A celestial tour -- Out of darkness -- An infinite variety -- Star lives -- Other worldsAuthor: James B. KalerPublisher: World Scientific Publishing...

Since 2005, China has been accused of causing the trade deficit and manipulating the exchange rate. At the same time, there have been arguments against the RMB appreciation. The reason for this...

From Waves in Complex Systems to Dynamics of Generalized Continua: Tributes to Professor Yih-Hsing Pao on His 80th BirthdayAuthor: Kolumban HutterPublisher: World Scientific Publishing...

Front in Study of Chaotic Dyn Sys With..Author: Julien Clinton SprottPublisher: World Scientific Publishing CompanyPublication Date: 40610Number of Pages: 268 pagesBinding: ScienceISBN-10:...

This monograph presents the author's work of the last five years in approximation theory. The chapters are self-contained and can be read independently. Readers will find the topics covered are...

This unique compendium provides state-of-the-art computational methodology and applications in bioimage informatics. It covers cutting-edge technology developments in biological image analysis, where...

This book describes advanced boron-based drugs, new applications and related pharmacology. Authoritative yet accessible, it begins with an introduction to general boron chemistry, before detailing...

Rapid pace of electronic technology evolution and current economic climate compel a merger of such technical areas as low-power digital electronics, microwave power circuits, optoelectronics, etc.,...

This book brings together 11 invited papers from the Workshop on Frontiers in Electronics (WOFE) 2013 that took place at San Juan, Puerto Rico, in December 2013. These articles present the...

The fifth volume in this book series consists of a collection of new papers written by a diverse group of international scholars. Papers and presentations were carefully selected from 160 papers...

Frontiers in Quantum Information Research - Proceedings of the Summer School on Decoherence, Entanglement & Entropy and Proceedings of the Workshop onAuthor: Mikio NakaharaPublisher: World Scientific...

This monograph contains the author's work of the last four years in discrete and fractional analysis. It introduces the right delta and right nabla fractional calculus on time scales and continues...

This book is aimed at advanced undergraduates, graduate students and other researchers who possess an introductory background in materials physics and/or chemistry, and an interest in the physical...

The current research and development in intelligent control and information processing have been driven increasingly by advancements made from fields outside the traditional control areas, into new...

This book covers all principal aspects of currently investigated frustrated systems, from exactly solved frustrated models to real experimental frustrated systems, going through renormalization group...

Muslims constitute about half a million or 15 percent of Singapore's multiracial and multireligious population. In 1968, the Singapore Parliament passed the Administration of Muslim Law Act (AMLA),...

This book presents a unified approach on nonparametric estimators for models of independent observations, jump processes and continuous processes. New estimators are defined and their limiting...

This book provides an exposition of function field arithmetic with emphasis on recent developments concerning Drinfeld modules, the arithmetic of special values of transcendental functions (such as...

This comprehensive book provides an adequate framework to establish various calculi of logical inference. Being an 'enriched' system of natural deduction, it helps to formulate logical calculi in an...