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Atmospheric Chemistry
From the Surface to the Stratosphere
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2017
Understanding the composition and chemistry of the Earth's atmosphere is essential to global ecological and environmental policy making and research. Atmospheric changes as a result of both natural and anthropogenic activity have affected many of the Earth's natural systems throughout history, some...
Astrochemistry
From the Big Bang to the Present Day
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2017
The rapidly growing field of astrochemistry focuses on the chemistry occurring in stars, planets, and the interstellar medium, bringing together elements of chemistry, physics, astrophysics, and biology. Astrochemistry describes the chemical history of the Universe, our solar system, and our planet....
by Rongguang Zhao, Gangliu Wang, Aimee Yiran Wang
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2015
Since the 1980s, China has developed a broader and deeper connection with the world. One of the most intriguing aspects of Chinese culture is its rich cuisine and fascinating cooking.
China is a nation with a long history of food culture, and food has become an essential part of Chinese culture.
This...
by Tao Soon Cham
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2017
An underpinning force in Singapore's remarkable 50-year transformation into a sophisticated world-class city, engineering has contributed significantly to the nation's economic, infrastructural and social developments.
A joint publication by The Institution of Engineers, Singapore, and World...
Chinese History and Literature
New Ways to Examine China's Past
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2018
Chinese History and Literature: New Ways to Examine China's Past collects important studies on Chinese history and literature studies conducted by the academics at East China Normal University (ECNU) in recent years. The book covers topics including the study of Chinese Economic History, 'Jiangnan...
by Ruiquan Gao, Guanjun Wu
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2018
New Waves of China's Philosophical Studies collects important research findings of China's philosophical studies conducted by the academics at East China Normal University (ECNU) in recent years. The book covers topics including Confucian ethics and virtue ethics, true value semantics vs. commonsensible...
Powered by Feel
How Individuals, Teams, and Companies Excel
Language: English
Release Date: December 29, 2008
How do world-class performing individuals, teams, and companies do what they do? Would you like to know how to perform at your best on a regular basis? This book reveals the results of research involving interviews with hundreds of world-class performers in athletics, business, music, medicine and...
by China Industrial Map Editorial Committee, China Economic Monitoring & Analysis Center
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2012
Energy consumption level is a significant indicator in measuring a nation's economic, scientific and technological progress. The energy industry in China is a topic of interest for many researchers, given the rapid industrialization taking place in the country for the past ten years. This book provides...
by Richard M Scheffler
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2016
This Handbook covers major topics in global health economics and public policy and provides a timely, systematic review of the field. Edited by Richard M Scheffler, Distinguished Professor of Health Economics and Public Policy and Director of the Global Center for Health Economics and Policy Research...
by Gregory C Chow
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2011
After the 1978 Economic Reform, China's economic development has been on a fast track ever since. Later on, the successful accession into the WTO in 2001 accelerated China's economic transformation and made it more integrated with the world. Today, as the second-largest economy in the world, China...
World Scientific Reference on Globalisation in Eurasia and the Pacific Rim
Volume 1: Foreign InvestmentVolume 2: InnovationVolume 3: Energy: Policy, Legal and Social-Economic Issues under the Dimensions of Sustainability and SecurityVolume 4: Migration: Economic Drivers of Contemporary Labour Mobility in East Asia
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2015
This multi-volume set focuses on a key region of the world which contains four of the biggest emerging economies, a large number of highly dynamic small- and medium-sized emerging economies, and one of the leading advanced industrial countries. It is a region which contains some of the biggest hydrocarbon...
by Joseph Pelzman
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2016
When the People's Republic of China (PRC) was granted Most Favored Nation (MFN) status by the United States in 1979, no one imagined the massive transformation the Chinese economy would make within a few decades. China's remarkable transition from merely being a “world factory”, to the source...
The Chemistry Department at Imperial College London
A History, 18452000
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2016
This is the first comprehensive history of the chemistry department at Imperial College London. Based on archival records, oral testimony, published papers, published and unpublished memoirs, the book tells the story of this world-famous department from its foundation as the Royal College of Chemistry...
by Michael Hudson, Mimi Kirk
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2014
The wave of uprisings that has engulfed the Arab world since 2011 has impacted the Gulf significantly, however much the region appears to have remained unscathed. In Bahrain, the regime cracked down on protestors with the help of Saudi forces, and increasing Gulf tensions with Iran, political chaos...