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Basic Discrete Mathematics
Logic, Set Theory, and Probability
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2016
This lively introductory text exposes the student in the humanities to the world of discrete mathematics. A problem-solving based approach grounded in the ideas of George Pólya are at the heart of this book. Students learn to handle and solve new problems on their own. A straightforward, clear writing...
by Raymond Smullyan
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2016
This is the final book written by the late great puzzle master and logician, Dr. Raymond Smullyan.
This book is a sequel to my Beginner's Guide to Mathematical Logic.
The previous volume deals with elements of propositional and first-order logic, contains a bit on formal systems and...
by Nik Weaver
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2014
Ever since Paul Cohen's spectacular use of the forcing concept to prove the independence of the continuum hypothesis from the standard axioms of set theory, forcing has been seen by the general mathematical community as a subject of great intrinsic interest but one that is technically so forbidding...
by Chitat Chong, Qi Feng, Theodore A Slaman;W Hugh Woodin;Yue Yang
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2015
This volume presents the lecture notes of short courses given by three leading experts in mathematical logic at the 2010 and 2011 Asian Initiative for Infinity Logic Summer Schools. The major topics covered set theory and recursion theory, with particular emphasis on forcing, inner model theory and...
Invitation to Generalized Empirical Method
In Philosophy and Science
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2016
Bernard Lonergan identified the need and possibility of what he called "generalized empirical method" in science and philosophy. Implementation will be a future community achievement. The book enters into details of a selection of examples in the sciences and philosophy of science. These...
The Political Economy of Deng's Nanxun
Breakthrough in China's Reform and Development
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2014
This volume is about the political economy of Deng Xiaoping's Nanxun (tour of South China), which was the most critical phase in China's reform and development since 1978. The first round of Deng's reform resulted in high growth through the 1980s. However, it created a messy half-reformed economy...
South Korea in the United Nations
Global Governance, Inter-Korean Relations and Peace Building
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2017
In 1991 South Korea, along with North Korea, was made an official member of the UN. Using international relations theory, this book begins by looking at the struggle and eventual impact of the membership on the two countries post division in 1948. It investigates the predicted outcomes prior to joining,...
National Security, Public Opinion and Regime Asymmetry
A Six-Country Study
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2017
New conventional wisdom posits that the public in democracies is inattentive but not really ignorant nor easily swayed, and indeed quite consistent and thoughtful when it comes to national security and foreign policy issues.
This volume builds on such a claim to study the attributes and impacts...
by Samuel C Y Ku, Kristina Kironska
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2016
There has been an undisputed increase in the importance of migration over the past decades. It is one of the effects of an increasingly globalized world, where capitalism and free trade are gaining prominence. Migration in East and Southeast Asia aims to bring migration-related problems in Asia to...
2030 Vision for ASEAN-China Strategic Partnership
Perspectives from Think-Tanks
Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2018
The year 2018 marks the 15th anniversary of the establishment of ASEAN-China Strategic Partnership. Both ASEAN and China expect to seize this opportunity to take ASEAN-China strategic partnership to a new level.
This book assesses ASEAN-China Strategic Partnership in the past 15 years by taking...
Japan's Demographic Revival
Rethinking Migration, Identity and Sociocultural Norms
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2015
Japan's Demographic Revival shifts discussions about employing immigration as the "best" or "sole" solution to assuaging Japan's demographic quagmire to a more systematic approach that identifies structural, organizational and cultural impediments that contribute to Japan's (and...
Edu-renaissance
Notes from a Globetrotting Higher Educator
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2016
Born in New Delhi, raised in Singapore, and educated "everywhere", including Asia, the United States, and Europe — Professor Feng Da Hsuan (冯达旋) is the epitome of a man who has worn many hats in both the East and West. From being the Vice President for Research and Economic Development...
by Lars Brink
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2014
This volume is a collection of the Nobel lectures delivered by the prizewinners, together with their biographies and the presentation speeches by Nobel Committee members for the period 2006–2010. The criterion for the Physics award is to the discoverer of a physical phenomenon that changed our views,...
Astrophysics and Cosmology
Proceedings of the 26th Solvay Conference on Physics
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2016
Ever since 1911, the Solvay Conferences have shaped modern physics. The format is quite different from other conferences as the emphasis is placed on discussion. The 26th edition held in October 2014 in Brussels and chaired by Roger Blandford continued this tradition and addressed some of the most...