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Status of Theoretical Understanding and of Experimental Power for LHC Physics and Beyond
50th Anniversary Celebration of the QuarkProceedings of the International School of Subnuclear Physics
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2016
Proceedings of the International School of Subnuclear Physics, ISSP 2014, 52nd Course, ERICE, Erice, 24 June – 3 July 2014.
Contents:
Opening Lecture:
A Lesson for the Future of Our Science. My Testimony on Lord Patrick M S Blackett (A Zichichi)
Celebration Lecture:
Concrete...
by L R Flores Castillo, K Prokofiev
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2017
The monumental discovery of the Higgs boson at the LHC marked the beginning of a new era in the high energy physics. Although the particle spectrum of the Standard Model is now complete with the Higgs boson, the hierarchy problem
Physics and Biology
From Molecules to Life
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2014
Do you often lose your keys? You will find in this book the best strategy to find them, or at least the one deduced from statistical physics. What is the link with biology? Some proteins use the same strategy to find their target inside a living cell. This example illustrates one of the many links...
Remembering the Manhattan Project
Perspectives on the Making of the Atomic Bomb and Its Legacy
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2005
During World War II, nations raced to construct the world's first nuclear weapon that would determine the future of the world. The Manhattan Project, one of the most significant achievements of the 20th century, was the culmination of America's war effort.
Today, although the issue of nuclear...
by J D Vergados
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2017
This book contains a systematic and pedagogical exposition of recent developments in particle physics and cosmology. It starts with two introductory chapters on group theory and the Dirac theory. Then it proceeds with the formulation of the Standard Model (SM) of Particle Physics, particle content...
The Generals of the Yang Family
Four Early Plays
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2013
This book offers a complete translation of four early plays of the Yang Family Generals. The story of the Yang Family Generals, particularly its female generals, was a perennial favorite on the Chinese stage in the 19th and 20th centuries. In detailing the role of this military family in the Song-Khitan...
Managing Indonesia's Transformation
An Oral History
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2013
Managing Indonesia's Transformation: An Oral History is an account of Ginandjar Kartasasmita's career in the Indonesian government, both under President Suharto and in the post-Suharto era. Based on all the ministerial positions in which Kartasasmita has served the government, the book provides readers...
The State and the Arts in Singapore
Policies and Institutions
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2018
This book covers Singapore's key arts policies and art institutions which have shaped the cultural landscape of the country from the 1950s to the present.
The scholars and experts in this volume critically assess arts policies and arts institutions to collectively provide an overview of how...
Organisational Culture
Concept, Context, and Measurement(In Two Volumes)
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2013
In 1989, the prominent organisational culture scholar, Stephen Ott, lamented what he saw as the failure of the organisational culture perspective to have the kind of lasting influence — whether empirical, or in terms of its contribution to practice — that had been hoped for. In attempting to explain...
by William Shepherd, Li Zhang
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2017
Is wind power the answer to our energy supply problems? Is there enough wind for everyone? Is offshore generation better than onshore generation? Can a roof-mounted wind turbine generate enough electricity to supply a typical domestic household?
Electricity Generation Using Wind Power (2nd...
Perspectives on the Security of Singapore
The First 50 Years
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2015
Perspectives on the Security of Singapore: The First 50 Years explores the security of Singapore in the last 50 years and its possible trajectories into the future. This volume brings together the diverse perspectives of a team of academics with different expertise, ranging from history to political...
After Bali
The Threat of Terrorism in Southeast Asia
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2003
This book critically analyses the specific threat of terrorism in Southeast Asia since the Bali blasts of 12 October 2002 and the US-led war on Iraq. It offers a comprehensive and critical examination of the ideological, socioeconomic and political motivations, trans-regional linkages, and media representations...
Tan Lark Sye
Advocator and Founder of Nanyang University
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2015
This book is a record of Mr Tan Lark Sye's remarkable contribution to the founding of Nanyang University.
Hailing from Jimei, Fujian Province of China, Mr Tan Lark Sye (1897 – 1972) was a leading rubber industrialist in Southeast Asia. Being a social activist, he believed in the value of...
by Ching-hwang Yen
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2016
The rise of the economic power of the ethnic Chinese, known also as overseas Chinese, Chinese overseas or Chinese diaspora, was a late 20th century phenomenon. It was partly the result of the rise of the Four Little Asian Dragons in the 1970s, and was speeded up by the tempo of globalization towards...