World Scientific Publishing Company: 3040 books
by Gerard M Crawley
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2013
Competition for energy resources worldwide will almost certainly increase because of population growth and economic expansion, especially in countries such as China and India, with large populations. In addition, environmental concerns with the use of certain energy sources add a complicating factor...
Publishing and the Advancement of Science
From Selfish Genes to Galileo's Finger
Language: English
Release Date: December 30, 2013
Popular science books, selling in their thousands — even millions — help us appreciate breakthroughs in understanding the natural world, while highlighting the cultural importance of scientific knowledge. Textbooks bring these same advances to students; the scientists of tomorrow. But how do these...
Laboratory Scientific Glassblowing
A Practical Training Method
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2017
This book explains and demonstrates the methods involved in scientific glassblowing. It describes elementary to advanced glass manipulation together with technical information on its safe use and development in the laboratory. Edited by Paul Le Pinnet (MBE), a scientific glassblower with over 50 years'...
by Fuxi Gan, Shouyun Tian
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2014
This book presents a collection of memoir papers on the development of modern and contemporary optics and optoelectronics in China from the 18th to 20th centuries. The papers were written by famous scientists in China, including members of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of...
by Jean-Luc Lebrun
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2007
Check out the author's website at www.scientific-writing.com
Given that scientific material can be hard to comprehend, sustained attention and memory retention become major reader challenges. Scientific writers must not only present their science, but also work hard to generate and sustain...
Waves and Rays in Seismology
Answers to Unasked Questions
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2016
The author dedicates this book to readers who are concerned with finding out the status of concepts, statements and hypotheses, and with clarifying and rearranging them in a logical order. It is thus not intended to teach tools and techniques of the trade, but to discuss the foundations on which seismology...
How to Read and Critique a Scientific Research Article
Notes to Guide Students Reading Primary Literature (with Teaching Tips for Faculty Members)
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2014
Given the explosion of information and knowledge in the field of Life Sciences, adapting primary literature as materials in course work as part of active learning seems to be more effective in improving scientific literacy among science undergraduates than the pure transmission of content knowledge...
Getting to Grips with Science
A Fresh Approach for the Curious
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2014
Science touches all of our lives, every day, and should be a constant source of wonder and fascination — not something confined to the classroom. This book is for anybody who feels curious about ideas in science but lacks a strong background in the subject. Getting to Grips with Science draws on...
Engineering Models in High-Speed Penetration Mechanics and Their Applications
(A Two-Volume Set)Volume 1: Engineering ModelsVolume 2: Applied Problems
Language: English
Release Date: December 26, 2018
This two-volume, 1100 pages, 38 chapters book is a significantly expanded, revised and updated version of the monograph by the authors published in 2013 (Ben-Dor, G, Dubinsky, A, Elperin, T, 'High Speed Penetration Dynamics: Engineering Models and Methods,' Singapore: World Scientific Publishing Company)....
by Lars Brink, Lay Nam Chang, Moo-Young Han;Kok Khoo Phua
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2016
We have lost one of the giants of the twentieth century physics when Yoichiro Nambu passed away in July, 2015, at the age of 94.
Today's Standard Model, though still incomplete in many respects, is the culmination of the most successful theory of the Universe to date, and it is built upon foundations...
Rocks, Radio and Radar
The Extraordinary Scientific, Social and Military Life of Elizabeth Alexander
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2019
Many women scientists, particularly those who did crucial work in two world wars, have disappeared from history. Until they are written back in, the history of science will continue to remain unbalanced. This book tells the story of Elizabeth Alexander, a pioneering scientist who changed thinking...
The Scientist and the Forger
Insights into the Scientific Detection of Forgery in Paintings
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2015
"The scientific techniques described encompass relevant examples of forgery detection and of authentication. The book deals, to name a few, with the Chagall, the Jackson Pollock and the Beltracchi affairs and discusses the Isleworth Mona Lisa as well as La Bella Principessa both thought to be...
by Anastasios G Malliaris, William T Ziemba
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2015
The World Scientific Handbook of Futures Markets serves as a definitive source for comprehensive and accessible information in futures markets. The emphasis is on the unique characteristics of futures markets that make them worthy of a special v
The Global Challenge of Malaria
Past Lessons and Future Prospects
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2014
Malaria is one of the most important “emerging” or “resurgent” infectious diseases. According to the World Health Organization, this mosquito-borne infection is a leading cause of suffering, death, poverty, and underdevelopment in the world today. Every year 500 million people become severely...