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ASTRONOMY, ASTROPHYSICS AND COSMOLOGY 1CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS 1GENERAL PHYSICS (ALL ASPECTS) 2GENERAL PHYSICS (POPULAR READING) 2

MATHEMATICSALGEBRA AND RELATED TOPICS 3GEOMETRY AND TOPOLOGY 4MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS 4MATHEMATICS EDUCATION 5OPTMIZATION AND CONTROL 5

CHEMISTRYINORGANIC CHEMISTRY 6

GENERALHISTORY OF SCIENCE 6

COMPUTER SCIENCEARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE / MACHINE LEARNING 7

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCECLIMATE CHANGE 7ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING 8

MEDICINEPUBLIC HEALTH 8

ECONOMICS AND FINANCECOMPUTATIONAL ECONOMICS / FINANCE 9MATHEMATICAL / QUANTITATIVE FINANCE 9

ASIAN STUDIESASIAN POLITICS / SOCIETY 10

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ASTRONOMY, ASTROPHYSICS AND COSMOLOGY 11CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS 11GENERAL PHYSICS (ALL ASPECTS) 12GENERAL PHYSICS (POPULAR READING) 12PARTICLE PHYSICS / HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS / QUANTUM FIELDS

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RELATIVITY AND GRAVITATION 14STATISTICAL PHYSICS, COMPLEXITY AND NONLINEAR DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS

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MATHEMATICSALGEBRA AND RELATED TOPICS 15GEOMETRY AND TOPOLOGY 16MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS 17MATHEMATICS EDUCATION 18OPTMIZATION AND CONTROL 18POPULAR & RECREATIONAL MATHEMATICS 19

CHEMISTRYINORGANIC CHEMISTRY 19

GENERALGENERAL 21HISTORY OF SCIENCE 21

ENGINEERINGCIVIL ENGINEERING 22ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING 22SYSTEMS ENGINEERING 23

COMPUTER SCIENCEARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE / MACHINE LEARNING 24

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCECLIMATE CHANGE 24ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING 25PLANETARY SCIENCE 25

LIFE SCIENCES / BIOLOGYCANCER RESEARCH 26GENERAL LIFE SCIENCES 26HUMAN BIOLOGY / BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY / PRIMATOLOGY

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ZOOLOGY 27MEDICINE

CLINICAL BIOCHEMISTRY 28NEUROLOGY / NEUROSCIENCE 28PUBLIC HEALTH 29SURGERY 29

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENTENTREPRENEURSHIP 30GENERAL BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT 31

ECONOMICS AND FINANCECOMPUTATIONAL ECONOMICS / FINANCE 31DEVELOPMENTAL ECONOMICS 32FINTECH, CRYPTOCURRENCY, BLOCKCHAIN ECONOMICS AND FINANCE

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GENERAL ECONOMICS 33MATHEMATICAL / QUANTITATIVE FINANCE 34MONEY AND BANKING / INVESTMENTS / FINANCIAL MARKETS AND INSTITUTIONS

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EDUCATIONCHILDREN FROM 3 TO 8 YEARS 35CHILDREN FROM 6 TO 12 YEARS 36

ARTSARTS 39

SOCIAL SCIENCESINTERNATIONAL RELATIONS 39MARITIME STUDIES 40

ASIAN STUDIESASIAN POLITICS / SOCIETY 40CHINA STUDIES 41

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CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS

PRINCIPLES OF SOLAR CELLSConnecting Perspectives on Device, System, Reliability, and Data Science

by Muhammad A Alam (Purdue University, USA) & M Ryyan Khan (Purdue University, USA)

Written in a conversational style and with over one-hundred homework problems, this book offers an end-to-end perspective, connecting the multi-disciplinary and multi-scale physical phenomena of electron-photon interaction at the molecular level to the design of kilometers-long solar farms. A new conceptual framework explains each concept in a simple, crystal-clear form. The novel use of thermodynamics not only determines the ultimate conversion efficiencies of the various solar cells proposed over the years, but also identifies the measurement artifacts and establishes practical limits by correlating the degradation modes. Extensive coverage of conceptual techniques already developed in other fields further inspire innovative designs of solar farms.

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N OTA B L E T I T L E S

LARGE-SCALE PECULIAR MOTIONSMatter in Motion

by Gary A Wegner (Dartmouth College, USA)

All matter, including galaxy clusters, galaxies, and their constituents follow orbits and flows driven by the net attraction of near and distant masses. The book presents the development of studies of peculiar motions along with discoveries in large-scale structure, the cosmic microwave background, baryonic oscillations, gravity waves, and their relation to current work on gravitation and dark matter.



GENERAL PHYSICS (ALL ASPECTS)

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MODERN PHYSICSThe Scenic Route

by Leo Bellantoni (Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, USA)

This book leapfrogs over the usual pedagogical progression, taking readers to a real understanding of quantum, relativistic, nuclear and particle physics. These areas are usually reserved for the end of one’s undergraduate career or even for graduate students in physics programs, but do not need to be. The Scenic Route is really created out of the joy of science; it is not designed to produce problem-solving ability but rather is designed to reveal some physics that is just plain nifty. Guided by an understanding that much of modern physics is available to almost everyone with a moderate mathematical vocabulary, we lead the student through a short, trenchant tour of quantum physics, relativity, modern particle physics and its history.


GENERAL PHYSICS (POPULAR READING)

EVERYDAY PHYSICSColors, Light and Optical Illusions

by Michel A Van Hove (Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong)

This book aims to popularize physics by emphasizing conceptual ideas of physics and their interconnections, while avoiding mathematics entirely. The approach is to explore intriguing topics by asking and discussing questions, thereby the reader can participate in developing answers, which enables a deeper understanding than is achievable with memorization.

The topic of this volume, “Colors, light and Optical Illusions”, is chosen because we face colors and light every waking minute of our lives, and we experience optical illusions much more often than we realize.


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PROBLEMS IN LINEAR ALGEBRA AND MATRIX THEORY

by Fuzhen Zhang (Nova Southeastern University, USA)

This is the revised and expanded edition of the problem book Linear Algebra: Challenging Problems for Students, now entitled Problems in Linear Algebra and Matrix Theory. This new edition contains about fifty-five examples and many new problems, based on the author’s lecture notes of Advanced Linear Algebra classes at Nova Southeastern University (NSU-Florida) and short lectures Matrix Gems at Shanghai University and Beijing Normal University.


[ MATHEMATICS ]

ALGEBRA AND RELATED TOPICS

Monographs in Number Theory - Vol 9

MODULAR AND AUTOMORPHIC FORMS & BEYONDby Hossein Movasati (IMPA, Brazil)

The guiding principle in this monograph is to develop a new theory of modular forms which encompasses most of the available theory of modular forms in the literature, such as those for congruence groups, Siegel and Hilbert modular forms, many types of automorphic forms on Hermitian symmetric domains, Calabi – Yau modular forms, with its examples such as Yukawa couplings and topological string partition functions, and even go beyond all these cases. Its main ingredient is the so-called “Gauss – Manin connection in disguise”.


Study Guide



GEOMETRY AND TOPOLOGY

LECTURES ON ALGEBRAIC TOPOLOGYby Haynes Miller (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA)

Algebraic Topology and basic homotopy theory form a fundamental building block for much of modern mathematics. These lecture notes represent a culmination of many years of leading a two-semester course in this subject at MIT. The style is engaging and student-friendly, but precise. Every lecture is accompanied by exercises. It begins slowly in order to gather up students with a variety of backgrounds, but gains pace as the course progresses, and by the end the student has a command of all the basic techniques of classical homotopy theory.


MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS

A MATHEMATICAL INTRODUCTION TO GENERAL RELATIVITY

by Amol Sasane (London School of Economics, UK)

The book aims to give a mathematical presentation of the theory of general relativity (that is, spacetime-geometry-based gravitation theory) to advanced undergraduate mathematics students. Mathematicians will find spacetime physics presented in the definition-theorem-proof format familiar to them. The given precise mathematical definitions of physical notions help avoiding pitfalls, especially in the context of spacetime physics describing phenomena that are counter-intuitive to everyday experiences.


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MATHEMATICS EDUCATION

SCIENCE, MUSIC, AND MATHEMATICSThe Deepest Connections

by Michael Edgeworth McIntyre (University of Cambridge, UK)

Professor Michael Edgeworth McIntyre is an eminent scientist who has also had a part-time career as a musician. From a lifetime’s thinking, he offers this extraordinary synthesis exposing the deepest connections between science, music, and mathematics, while avoiding equations and technical jargon. He begins with perception psychology and the dichotomization instinct and then takes us through biological evolution, human language, and acausality illusions all the way to the climate crisis and the weaponization of the social media, and beyond that into the deepest parts of theoretical physics — demonstrating our unconscious mathematical abilities.


OPTMIZATION AND CONTROL

Advanced Textbooks in Mathematics

CLASSICAL AND MODERN OPTIMIZATIONby Guillaume Carlier (Université Paris Dauphine, France)

Classical and Modern Optimization presents a self-contained overview of classical and modern ideas and methods in approaching optimization problems. The approach is rich and flexible enough to address smooth and non-smooth, convex and non-convex, finite or infinite-dimensional, static or dynamic situations. The first chapters of the book are devoted to the classical toolbox: topology and functional analysis, differential calculus, convex analysis and necessary conditions for differentiable constrained optimization. The remaining chapters are dedicated to more specialized topics and applications.


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THE LANTHANIDES AND ACTINIDESSynthesis, Reactivity, Properties and Applications

edited by Stephen T Liddle, David P Mills & Louise S Natrajan (University of Manchester, UK)

The Lanthanides and Actinides: Synthesis, Reactivity, Properties and Applications constitutes an introduction to and comprehensive coverage of f-block chemistry encompassing the following areas: periodicity, natural occurrence and extraction, separations, electronic structure, coordination chemistry, organometallic chemistry, small molecule activation, catalysis, organic synthesis applications, magnetism, spectroscopy, computation, materials, photonics, solar cell technology, biological imaging, and technological applications. Under these subject areas the book provides a broad but deep coverage, providing basic overviews as well as detailed chapters on specific areas.


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REASON, FAITH, AND PURPOSEThe Ultimate Gamble

by John R Fanchi (Texas Christian University, USA)

Reason, Faith, and Purpose: The Ultimate Gamble is a guide for believers and inquiring skeptics. This book summarizes the scientific view of the origins of the universe and life and analyzes the question of the existence of god from philosophical, religious, and scientific perspectives. If you are a believer, this book will help you understand your faith in a secular world and help you share your faith with non-believers. If you are an open-minded skeptic, it will help you answer the question: does god exist?




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edited by Davide Bacciu (University of Pisa, Italy), Paulo J G Lisboa (Liverpool John Moores University, UK) & Alfredo Vellido (Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Spain)

Biology, medicine and bio-chemistry have become data-centric fields for which Deep Learning methods are delivering ground-breaking results. Addressing high impact challenges, Deep Learning in Biology and Medicine provides an accessible and organic collection of Deep Learning essays on bioinformatics and medicine. It caters for a wide readership, ranging from machine learning practitioners and data scientists seeking methodological knowledge to address biomedical applications, to life science specialists in search of a gentle reference for advanced data analytics.


[ ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE ]

CLIMATE CHANGE

Lectures in Climate Change - Vol 2

OUR WARMING PLANETClimate Change Impacts and Adaptation

edited by Cynthia Rosenzweig (NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, USA & Columbia University, USA), Martin Parry (Imperial College London, UK) & Manishka De Mel (Columbia University,

USA & NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, USA)

The processes and consequences of climate change impacts and adaptation are extremely heterogeneous, encompassing many different fields of study. Dr Martin Parry in his career has had the opportunity to explore many of these subjects with colleagues from these diverse disciplines. It was therefore natural for the Lectures in Climate Change series to continue with his colleagues contributing lectures on their specific areas of expertise related to climate change impacts and adaptation.




[ MEDICINE ]

PUBLIC HEALTH

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A CENTRE TO THE STORMFront-line Notes on the SARS Outbreak in Singapore

by Poh Lian Lim (National Centre for Infectious Diseases (NCID), Singapore)

In 2003, a US-trained Malaysian infectious disease doctor moved from Seattle to Singapore with her husband and young family. She started work 3 weeks before the first SARS patient was admitted to the hospital which became Ground Zero for SARS in Singapore. This is a firsthand account of her experiences as a frontline doctor in a terrifying outbreak as a completely new virus swept through Singapore.


ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING

ENVIRONMENTAL GEOTECHNOLOGYMeeting Challenges Through Needs-based

Instrumentationby D N Singh (Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, India),

Afshin Asadi (International College of Auckland, New Zealand) & Goli Venkata Siva Naga Sai (Indian Institute of Technology

Bombay, India)

The rise of rapid and uncontrolled industrialization, its alarming levels of hazardous waste produced, and their negative contribution to the international environmental epidemic of global warming — in addition to the decrease in room to dispose of these wastes safely — have put the pressure for many engineers, researchers, and key decision-makers to find the answers to the constant tussle between progress and sustainability — and quickly.




[ ECONOMICS AND FINANCE ]

COMPUTATIONAL ECONOMICS / FINANCE

THEORY AND PROGRAMMING OF COMPUTABLE GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM

(CGE) MODELSA Textbook for Beginners

by Gene H Chang (University of Toledo, USA)

This book adopts a typical textbook approach and format for CGE beginners to learn and master the subject. It explains the economics theory behind the CGE models. The learning proceeds step by step from basic economic theories to advanced topics, from simple to more comprehensive CGE structures along with the corresponding computer programs. Each chapter reviews relevant economic theories; illustrates new material with examples, diagrams and exercises; and provides the mathematical models along with the GAMS computer programing codes. At the end of a chapter, exercises are assigned for practice and enhancing understanding.


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MODERN EQUITY INVESTING STRATEGIESby Anatoly B Schmidt (New York University, USA)

“The author has been successfully teaching the material in this book to NYU Masters students for the last 8 years. As equity analytics continues to evolve, this field-tested almanac is an indispensable guide to the past, present, and future.”

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[ ASIAN STUDIES ]

ASIAN POLITICS / SOCIETY

DYNAMICS OF THE KOREAN STATEFrom the Paleolithic Age to Candlelight Democracy

by Robert E Bedeski (University of Victoria, Canada & University of Washington, USA)

One Korea or two?

The persistence of North and South Korea since 1948 has been a source of one war and fears of new wars. Although they share centuries of common culture, society and politics, the two nations differ on fundamentals today: capitalist democracy in the south and totalitarian communism in the north. Dynamics of the Korean State provides a unique overview of how humans treasure their individual lives and how these dynamics intertwine with Korean history and state evolution.




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[ PHYSICS ]

LARGE-SCALE PECULIAR MOTIONSMatter in Motionby Gary A Wegner (Dartmouth College, USA)

The results of peculiar motion measurements in the late 20th century are described as they were used to search for the dipole of the galaxy motions, a determina-tion of cosmic density, and to compare with the cosmic microwave dipole, which led to the discovery of galactic flows and the Great Attractor. Newer detailed measurements from surveys in the 21st century have helped resolve the nature of these structures. Some prospects for future investigations are dis-cussed.

Contents: Foreword; List of Figures; Brief Historical Summary; Beginnings of Modern Astrophysics; Cosmological N-Body Simulations; Galaxy Evolution and Semi-Analytic Models; Early Developments on Large-Scale Structure; Unanswered Questions About Gravity; Magnitude Scale, Photometry, and Reddening; Types of Distances and Necessary Corrections to Data; Malmquist and Other Biases; Extragalactic Distance Ladder; Generation of Peculiar Velocities; Measurements and Analysis Methods of Distant Pecular Velocities; The Great Attractor and Peculiar Velocity Studies; Revolutions by CMB Studies; Baryonic Acoustic Oscillations; Gravitational Lensing; Motions of Binary Galaxy Clusters; Gravitational Radiation; 21st Century Peculiar Motion Studies; Conclusion.

Readership: Students and researchers interested in astrophysics and cosmology.

380pp Nov 2021978-981-121-180-5 US$118 £105

CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICSASTRONOMY, ASTROPHYSICS

AND COSMOLOGY PRINCIPLES OF SOLAR CELLSConnecting Perspectives on Device, System, Reliability, and Data Scienceby Muhammad A Alam & M Ryyan Khan (Purdue University, USA)

This book will not only help you to make a solar cell, but it will help you make a solar cell better, to trace and reclaim the photons that would have been lost otherwise. Collaborations across multiple disciplines make photovoltaics real and given the concern about reducing the overall cost of solar energy, this interdisciplinary book is essential reading for anyone interested in photovoltaic technology.

Featured Contents: Overview: The Sun, Earth, and the Solar Cell; Performance Limits of Solar Cells: A 2-Level Solar Cell; Thermodynamic Limits of 3D Solar Cells; Thermodynamic Limits of Tandem, Bifacial, and Concentrator Solar Cells; Intrinsic Self-Heating of Solar Cell; Limits of Light Absorption; Carrier Transport in Four Types of Solar Cells: Physics of Traditional Solar Cells; Solution-Processed Organic Solar Cells; Physics and Universality of Shunt Resistance Distribution; Modules, Panels, and Solar Farms: Physics of Grid in Solar Cells; System Integration of Solar Cells; Design of Solar Farms: Basic Considerations; Design of Vertical Bifacial Solar Farms; Solar Farms: Practical Considerations; Storing Energy from Solar Farms; Reliability Defines the Lifetime and Energy Output of Solar Cells: Levelized Cost of Electricity Highlights the Importance of Efficiency and Reliability; Soiling vs. Cleaning: An Optimization Problem; A Transient Partial Shadow May Cause Permanent Damage; and others.

Readership: Advanced undergraduate to beginning graduate students and engineering to researchers and material.

450pp Oct 2021978-981-123-153-7 US$138 £120978-981-123-302-9(pbk) US$68 £60


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GENERAL PHYSICS (ALL ASPECTS) GENERAL PHYSICS (POPULAR READING)

TextbookMODERN PHYSICSThe Scenic Routeby Leo Bellantoni ( Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, USA)

This book leapfrogs over the usual pedagogical progression, taking readers to a real understanding of quantum, relativistic, nuclear and particle physics. These areas are usually reserved for the end of one’s undergraduate career or even for graduate students in physics programs, but do not need to be. The Scenic Route is really created out of the joy of science; it is not designed to produce problem-solving ability but rather is designed to reveal some physics that is just plain nifty. Guided by an understanding that much of modern physics is available to almost everyone with a moderate mathematical vocabulary, we lead the student through a short, trenchant tour of quantum physics, relativity, modern particle physics and its history.

Featured Contents: Symmetry; Mathematical Symmetries and Newton; A Symmetry That is Not; Groups; Generators; Noether’s Theorem; The Quantum Mechanical Robert Frost; The Central Procedure of Quantum Mechanics; Your First Quantum Calculation; Your First Quantum Experiment; What Heisenberg Didn’t Know; Gauge Invariance; Where do the Quanta Come From?; The Quest for Meaning: Particles and Waves; The Logos; Mental Waves; Einstein, Podolsky and Rosen; About Spin; Bell’s Theorem: Setting up the Equipment; Bell’s Theorem: Taking the Data; I Do Not Like It; If You Do Not Know Who Minkowski Was, What Are You Doing in His Space?; Rotational Symmetries and Matrices; The Sort-of Rotation; 299, 792, 548 Meters per Second — and No More!; Going Slower by Going Faster; The Twins; and others.

Readership: Undergraduate students.

155pp Nov 2021978-981-124-220-5 US$58 £50978-981-124-317-2(pbk) US$28 £25

EVERYDAY PHYSICSColors, Light and Optical Illusionsby Michel A Van Hove (Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong)

This book aims to popu-larize physics by empha-sizing conceptual ideas of physics and their in-terconnections, while avoiding mathematics entirely. The approach is to explore intriguing topics by asking and discussing questions, thereby the reader can participate in de-veloping answers, which enables a deeper understanding than is achievable with memorization.

The topic of this volume, “Colors, light and Optical Illusions”, is chosen because we face colors and light every waking minute of our lives, and we experience optical illusions much more often than we realize.

This book will attract all those with a curious mind about nature and with a desire to understand how nature works, especially the younger generation of secondary-school children and their teachers.

Contents: Our Goals; What is Light and What Colors Exist?; The Full Cycle of Imaging with Colors; Describing and Working with Colors; Recording Images; Creating Color and Displaying Color; Seeing Invisible Colors; Color Blindness, Color Vision Deficiency and Normal Vision; Wavy Artifacts: Moiré Patterns; Optical Illusions; Afterthoughts.

Readership: Secondary school students, teachers and anyone interested in Physics.

350pp Nov 2021978-981-123-833-8 US$58 £50978-981-123-931-1(pbk) US$28 £25


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PARTICLE PHYSICS / HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS / QUANTUM FIELDS

INTRODUCTION TO HIGH ENERGY PHYSICSParticle Physics for the Beginnerby Lee G Pondrom (University of Wisconsin – Madison, USA)

Elementary particle physics is a mature subject, with a wide variety of topics. Size considerations require any text to make choices in the subject matter, and such choices are to a large extent a matter of taste. Each topic in this text has been selected for its accessibility to as wide an audience of interested readers as possible, without any compromise in mathematical sophistication. There are of necessity a lot of formulas, but every one is derived, and an effort has been made to explain the various steps and clever tricks, and how to avoid pitfalls. The text is supplemented by exercises at the end of each chapter. The reader is urged to do the exercises that are designed to increase one’s skills in the material. The goal of the book is to bring to undergraduates an ability to enjoy this interesting subject.

Contents: Introduction; Special Relativity; A Little Field Theory; Quantum Electrodynamics; QED with Protons and Neutrons; Weak Interactions; Electroweak Phenomenology; Electroweak Symmetry Breaking; e––e+, c–cbar, and b–bbar Bound States.

Readership: Advanced undergraduate and graduate physics students.

450pp Nov 2021978-981-122-209-2 US$118 £105978-981-122-301-3(pbk) US$68 £60

INTRODUCTION TO QUANTUM FIELD THEORY AND THE STANDARD MODELby Wolfgang Hollik (Max Planck Institute for Physics, Germany)

Based on the lectures given at TU Munich for third-year physics students, this book provides the basic concepts of relativistic quantum field theory, perturbation theory, Feynman graphs, Abelian and non-Abelian gauge theories, with application to QED, QCD, and the electroweak Standard Model. It also introduces quantum field theory and particle physics for beginning graduate students with an orientation towards particle physics and its theoretical foundations. Phenomenology of W and Z bosons, as well as Higgs bosons, is part of the electroweak chapter in addition to recent experimental results, precision tests and current status of the Standard Model.

Contents: Special Relativity; Elements of Relativistic Quantum Field Theory; Quantum Electrodynamics; Lagrangians and Symmetries; Quantum Chromodynamics; Electroweak Theory; Bibliography; Index.

Readership: Advanced undergraduate and graduate students interested in experimental and theoretical particle physics.

212pp Nov 2021978-981-124-217-5 US$68 £60

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RELATIVITY AND GRAVITATION

TextbookUNUSUALLY SPECIAL RELATIVITYby Andrzej Dragan (University of Warsaw, Poland & National University of Singapore, Singapore)

Comprehensive and elegantly written, full of insightful apparent paradoxes and riddles, but without any com-plicated math, Dragan’s unique overview takes the reader well beyond the orthodox verses of standard Special Rela-tivity to the bleeding edge of “new-fangled” superluminal apocrypha and their relation to Quantum Theory. The book is based on a course on Special Relativity and acclaimed by students taught by Dragan who is a leader of a research group on Relativistic Quantum Information theory at the University of War-saw and the National University of Singapore.

Contents: Let There Be (The Speed Of) Light; Consequences of Time Dilation and Lorentz Contraction; Hard Life in 3D; Quantum Principle of Relativity; Hard Bodies; Optical Illusions; Relativistic Dynamics; Non-Inertial Frames; Curved Spacetimes*; Relativity of Electrodynamics; Bibliography; Index.

Readership: Can be used as the basis of a 65-70 hour undergraduate lecture course on Special Relativity as well as providing introductory material for advanced courses on General Relativity. Some elements of the book are appropriate for high schools or amateurs on their first encounter with relativistic physics.

205pp Oct 2021978-1-80061-080-4 US$58 £50978-1-80061-088-0(pbk) US$28 £25

STATISTICAL PHYSICS, COMPLEXITY AND NONLINEAR

DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS

TextbookADVANCED STATISTICAL MECHANICSby Jian-Sheng Wang (National University of Singapore, Singapore)

This short textbook covers roughly 13 weeks of lectures on advanced statistical mechanics at the graduate level. It starts with an elementary introduction to the theory of ensembles from classical mechanics, and then goes on to quantum statistical mechanics with density matrix. These topics are covered concisely and briefly. The advanced topics cover the mean-field theory for phase transitions, the Ising models and their exact solutions, and critical phenomena and their scaling theory. The mean-field theories are discussed thoroughly with several different perspectives — focusing on a single degree, or using Feynman – Jensen – Bogoliubov inequality, cavity method, or Landau theory. The renormalization group theory is mentioned only briefly. As examples of computational and numerical approach, there is a chapter on Monte Carlo method including the cluster algorithms. The second half of the book studies nonequilibrium statistical mechanics, which includes the Brownian motion, the Langevin and Fokker – Planck equations, Boltzmann equation, linear response theory, and the Jarzynski equality. The book ends with a brief discussion of irreversibility. The topics are supplemented by problem sets (with partial answers) and supplementary readings up to the current research, such as heat transport with a Fokker – Planck approach.

Featured Contents: Thermodynamics; Foundation of Statistical Mechanics, Statistical Ensembles; Quantum Statistical Mechanics; Phase Transitions, van der Waals Equation; and others.

Readership: Advanced undergraduate, graduate students and researchers.

216pp Nov 2021978-981-124-214-4 US$68 £60


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ALGEBRA AND RELATED TOPICS

[ MATHEMATICS ]

Series on Number Theory and Its Applications - Vol 16

ELEMENTARY MODULAR IWASAWA THEORYby Haruzo Hida (University of California, Los Angeles, USA)

This book is the first to provide a compre-hensive and elementary account of the new Iwa-sawa theory innovated via the deformation theory of modular forms and Galois representa-tions. The deformation theory of modular forms is developed by generalizing the cohomo-logical approach discovered in the author’s 2019 AMS Leroy P Steele Prize-winning article without using much algebraic geometry.

Starting with a description of Iwasawa’s classical results on his proof of the main conjecture under the Kummer – Vandiver conjecture (which proves cyclicity of his Iwasawa module more than just proving his main conjecture), we describe a generalization of the method proving cyclicity to the adjoint Selmer group of every ordinary deformation of a two-dimensional Artin Galois representation.

Contents: Cyclotomic Iwasawa Theory; Cuspidal Iwasawa Theory; Cohomological Modular Forms and p-Adic L-Functions; p-Adic Families of Modular Forms; Abelian Deformation; Universal Ring and Compatible System; Cyclicity of Adjoint Selmer Groups; Local Indecomposability of Modular Galois Representation; Analytic and Topological Methods.

Readership: Advanced undergraduate and graduate students, researchers and practitioners in the fields of algebraic/analytic number theory and arithmetic geometry.

440pp Nov 2021978-981-124-136-9 US$128 £115

Monographs in Number Theory - Vol 9

MODULAR AND AUTOMORPHIC FORMS & BEYONDby Hossein Movasati (IMPA, Brazil)

The guiding principle in this monograph is to develop a new theory of modular forms which encompasses most of the available theory of modular forms in the literature, such as those for congruence groups, Siegel and Hilbert modular forms, many types of automorphic forms on Hermitian symmetric domains, Calabi – Yau modular forms, with its examples such as Yukawa couplings and topological string partition functions, and even go beyond all these cases. Its main ingredient is the so-called “Gauss – Manin connection in disguise”.

Contents: Introduction; Preliminaries in Algebraic Geometry; Enhanced Schemes; Topology and Periods; Foliations on Schemes; Modular Foliations; Hodge Cycles and Loci; Generalized Period Domain; Elliptic Curves; Product of Two Elliptic Curves; Abelian Varieties; Hypersurfaces; Calabi – Yau Varieties; Transcendence Questions: Introduction; A Biased Overview of Transcendence Theory; The Theorem of Nesterenko; Periods; ReferenceIndex.

Readersh ip : Graduate students and researchers.

280pp Nov 2021978-981-123-867-3 US$98 £85

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Study Guide GEOMETRY AND TOPOLOGY

PROBLEMS IN LINEAR ALGEBRA AND MATRIX THEORYby Fuzhen Zhang (Nova Southeastern University, USA)

This is the revised and expanded edition of the problem book Linear Algebra: Challenging Problems for Students, now entitled Problems in Linear Algebra and Matrix Theory. This new edition contains about fifty-five examples and many new problems, based on the author’s lecture notes of Advanced Linear Algebra classes at Nova Southeastern University (NSU-Florida) and short lectures Matrix Gems at Shanghai University and Beijing Normal University.

The book is intended for upper division undergraduate and beginning graduate students, and it can be used as text or supplement for a second course in linear algebra. Each chapter starts with Definitions, Facts, and Examples, followed by problems. Hints and solutions to all problems are also provided.

Contents: Vector Spaces; Determinants, Inverses, Rank, and Systems of Linear Equations; Similarity, Eigenvalues, Matrix Decompositions, and Linear Transformations; Special Matrices; Inner Product Spaces; Miscellaneous Problems; Solutions to all Problems.

Readership: College/university students and instructors in mathematics, physics, statistics, computer science, etc. Upper division/beginning graduate level.

460pp Nov 2021978-981-123-979-3 US$118 £105978-981-123-908-3(pbk) US$58 £50

LECTURES ON ALGEBRAIC TOPOLOGYby Haynes Miller (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA)

Algebraic Topology and basic homotopy theory form a fundamental building block for much of modern mathematics. These lecture notes represent a culmination of many years of leading a two-semester course in this subject at MIT. The style is engaging and student-friendly, but precise. Every lecture is accompanied by exercises. It begins slowly in order to gather up students with a variety of backgrounds, but gains pace as the course progresses, and by the end the student has a command of all the basic techniques of classical homotopy theory.

Contents: Singular Homology; Computational Methods; Cohomology and Duality; Basic Homotopy Theory; The Homotopy Theory of CW Complexes; Vector Bundles and Principal Bundles; Spectral Sequences and Serre Classes; Characteristic Classes, Steenrod Operations, and Cobordism.

Readership: Ideal for a beginning graduate course, aimed at students familiar with general topology and basic modern algebra; also good for researchers who need to use the methods of algebraic topology, in mathematics at large and in theoretical physics.

300pp Oct 2021978-981-123-124-7 US$98 £85978-981-123-285-5(pbk) US$48 £40

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MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS

MATHEMATICAL FEYNMAN PATH INTEGRALS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS (2nd Edition)by Sonia Mazzucchi (University of Trento, Italy)

Feynman path inte-grals are ubiquitous in quantum physics, even if a large part of the scientific community still considers them as a heuristic tool that lacks a sound mathematical definition. Our book aims to refute this preju-dice, providing an extensive and self-con-tained description of the mathematical theory of Feynman path integration, from the earlier attempts to the latest developments, as well as its applications to quantum mechanics.

This second edition presents a detailed discussion of the general theory of complex integration on infinite dimensional spaces, providing on one hand a unified view of the various existing approaches to the mathematical construction of Feynman path integrals and on the other hand a connection with the classical theory of stochastic processes.

This book bridges between the realms of stochastic analysis and the theory of Feynman path integration. It is accessible to both mathematicians and physicists.

Featured Contents: A Unified View of Infinite Dimensional Integration; Infinite Dimensional Oscillatory Integrals; Feynman Path Integrals and the Schroedinger Equation; The Stationary Phase Method and the Semiclassical Limit of Quantum Mechanics; and others.

Readership: Researchers, graduate students, mathematical physicists, physicists and mathematicians.

300pp Nov 2021978-981-121-478-3 US$68 £60

A MATHEMATICAL INTRODUCTION TO GENERAL RELATIVITYby Amol Sasane (London School of Economics, UK)

The book aims to give a mathematical presentation of the theory of general relativity (that is, spacetime-geometry-based gravitation theory) to advanced undergraduate mathematics students. Mathematicians will find spacetime physics presented in the definition-theorem-proof format familiar to them. The given precise mathematical definitions of physical notions help avoiding pitfalls, especially in the context of spacetime physics describing phenomena that are counter-intuitive to everyday experiences.

Prior knowledge of differential geometry or physics is not assumed. The book is intended for self-study, and the solutions to the (over 200) exercises are included.

Contents: Smooth Manifolds; Tangent and Cotangent Spaces; Tangent and Cotangent Bundles; Tensor Fields; Lorentzian Manifolds; Levi-Civita Connection; Parallel Transport; Geodesics; Curvature; Form Fields; Integration; Minkowski Spacetime Physics; Matter; Field Equation; Black Holes; Cosmology; Solutions to the Exercises.

Readership: Advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate students in Mathematics and Physics.

500pp Nov 2021978-981-124-377-6 US$158 £140

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SCIENCE, MUSIC, AND MATHEMATICSThe Deepest Connectionsby Michael Edgeworth McIntyre (University of Cambridge, UK)

Professor Michael Edge-worth McIntyre is an em-inent scientist who has also had a part-time ca-reer as a musician. From a lifetime’s thinking, he offers this extraordinary synthesis exposing the deepest connections between science, music, and mathematics, while avoiding equations and technical jargon. He begins with perception psychology and the dichotomization instinct and then takes us through biological evolution, human lan-guage, and acausality illusions all the way to the climate crisis and the weaponization of the social media, and beyond that into the deepest parts of theoretical physics — dem-onstrating our unconscious mathematical abilities.

He also has an important message of hope for the future. Contrary to popular belief, biological evolution has given us not only the nastiest, but also the most compassionate and cooperative parts of human nature. This insight comes from recognizing that biological evolution is more than a simple competition between selfish genes. Rather, he suggests, in some ways it is more like turbulent fluid flow, a complex process spanning a vast range of timescales.

Featured Contents: Foreword (H E Huppert); Preface; The Unconscious Brain; What is Lucidity? What is Understanding?; Mindsets, Evolution, and Language; Acausality Illusions, and the Way Perception Works; and others.

Readership: Undergraduates, graduates, researchers, educators.

120pp Nov 2021978-981-124-073-7 US$48 £40978-981-124-183-3(pbk) US$19.95 £20

MATHEMATICS EDUCATION OPTMIZATION AND CONTROL

TextbookAdvanced Textbooks in Mathematics

CLASSICAL AND MODERN OPTIMIZATIONby Guillaume Carlier (Université Paris Dauphine, France)

The book presents a self-contained overview of classical and mod-ern ideas and methods in approaching optimi-zation problems. The approach is rich and flexible enough to ad-dress smooth and non-smooth, convex and non-convex, finite or infinite-dimensional, static or dynamic situations. The first chapters of the book are devoted to the classical toolbox: topology and functional analysis, differential calculus, convex analysis and necessary conditions for differentiable constrained optimization.

Featured Contents: Topological and Functional Analytic Preliminaries: Metric Spaces; Differential Calculus: First-Order Differential Calculus; Convexity: Convex Sets; Optimality Conditions for Differentiable Optimization: Equality Constraints; Problems Depending on a Parameter: Setting and Examples; Convex Duality and Applications: Generalities; Iterative Methods for Convex Minimization: On Newton’s Method; When Optimization and Data Meet: Classification; An Invitation to the Calculus of Variations: Preliminaries; and others.

Readership: Thought-leaders, executives, industry strategists, research scientists, graduate students, advanced undergraduate students, policy-makers, research funding agencies, private research institutions, government regulators, investors, corporate managers, purchasing agents, and entrepreneurs.

358pp Nov 2021978-1-80061-065-1 US$128 £115978-1-80061-086-6(pbk) US$58 £50


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[ CHEMISTRY ]POPULAR AND RECREATIONAL MATHEMATICS

Problem Solving in Mathematics and Beyond - Vol 25

GEOMETRY IN OUR THREE-DIMENSIONAL WORLDby Alfred S Posamentier (City University of New York, USA), Bernd Thaller (University of Graz, Austria), Christian Dorner (University of Vienna, Austria), Robert Geretschläger (Academic High School, Graz, Austria), Guenter Maresch (University of Salzburg, Austria), Christian Spreitzer (University College of Teacher Education Lower Austria, Austria) & David Stuhlpfarrer (University College of Teacher Education Styria, Austria)

The book presents a comprehensive overview of various aspects of three-dimensional geometry that can be experienced on a daily basis. By covering the wide range of topics — from the psychology of spatial perception to the principles of 3D modelling and printing, from the invention of perspective by Renaissance artists to the art of Origami, from polyhedral shapes to the theory of knots, from patterns in space to the problem of optimal packing, and from the problems of cartography to the geometry of solar and lunar eclipses — this book provides deep insight into phenomena related to the geometry of space and exposes incredible nuances that can enrich our lives.

Featured Contents: Our World is Three-Dimensional; The Eight Basic Elements of Spatial Thinking; Spatial Representation; The Geometry on a Sphere; The Earth, the Sun and the Moon; Simple Solid Shapes; How to Sew a Ball — A Polyhedral Approach; Patterns: Voronoi, Kindergarten, Economy and Epidemics; and others.

Readership: All people interested in geometry and science. General audience with a basic knowledge of high-school math. Teachers seeking ideas for a modern approach to teaching geometry with applications.

530pp Nov 2021978-981-123-710-2 US$118 £105978-981-123-774-4(pbk) US$48 £40

INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

CHALCOGEN – NITROGEN CHEMISTRY (Updated Edition)From Fundamentals to Applications inBiological, Physical and Materials Sciencesby Tristram Chivers (University of Calgary, Canada)& Risto S Laitinen (University of Oulu, Finland)

Since the publication of A Guide to Chalcogen – Nitrogen Chemistry in 2005, the emphasis of investigations of chal-cogen-nitrogen com-pounds has advanced from a focus on funda-mental studies to the development of practi-cal applications, as in-dicated by the title of this new edition. Pharmaceutical applications of organic sulfur-nitrogen compounds include drugs for the treatment of various diseases, as well as probes for locating tumour cells. From a materials perspective, carbon-containing chalcogen-nitrogen heterocycles have appli-cations in everyday devices such as LEDs and solar cells. A new technology based on binary sulfur nitrides is being used for fingerprint detection in forensic science. As a result, this book includes seven new chapters and updates the others with extensive literature coverage of developments since 2005 while retaining earlier seminal results.

Featured Contents: Formation of Chalcogen – Nitrogen Bonds; Applications of Physical Methods; Electronic Structures and Bonding; Binary Chalcogen – Nitrogen Neutral Molecules, Cations and Anions; Short-Lived Chalcogen – Nitrogen Molecules: Matrix Isolation; Acyclic Sulfur – Nitrogen – Oxygen Anions and S-Nitrosothiols: and others.

Readership: Inorganic, organic, physical, computational and biological chemists. Upper level undergraduates and graduate students in inorganic and/or organic chemistry courses.

450pp Nov 2021978-981-124-133-8 US$168 £150


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THE LANTHANIDES AND ACTINIDESSynthesis, Reactivity, Properties and Applicationsedited by Stephen T Liddle, David P Mills &Louise S Natrajan (University of Manchester, UK)

The Lanthanides and Actinides: Synthesis, Re-activity, Properties and Applications constitutes an introduction to and comprehensive cover-age of f-block chemistry encompassing the fol-lowing areas: periodic-ity, natural occurrence and extraction, separations, electronic struc-ture, coordination chemistry, organometallic chemistry, small molecule activation, cataly-sis, organic synthesis applications, magnet-ism, spectroscopy, computation, materials, photonics, solar cell technology, biological imaging, and technological applications. Under these subject areas the book provides a broad but deep coverage, providing basic overviews as well as detailed chapters on specific areas.

Featured Contents: The Chemistry of Rare Earth Metals (Thomas Behrsing, Glen B Deacon, and Peter Junk); The Chemistry of the Actinides (Robert J Baker); Solid-State Chemistry: Synthesis and Structural Diversity in Lanthanide and Actinide Complexes (Matthew L Marsh, Frankie D White, Wesley M Potter, and Thomas E Albrecht-Schmitt); Coordination Chemistry of Lanthanides (Yaofeng Chen); Coordination Chemistry of Actinides (Gré gory Nocton and Marinella Mazzanti); and others.

Readership: Academics in inorganic, computational, spectroscopic and magnetic chemistry. Also to industry members in nuclear chemistry. Will be of use to chemistry graduates and advanced undergraduates.

654pp Oct 2021978-1-80061-015-6 US$188 £165

Series on Chemistry, Energy and the Environment

PROGRESS IN LAYERED DOUBLE HYDROXIDESFrom Synthesis to New Applicationsedited by Morena Nocchetti & Umberto Costantino (University of Perugia, Italy)

Layered Double Hydroxides (LDH) are two-dimensional materials with unique physiochemical properties, which enable their use in a wide range of applications such as catalysis, biomaterials, energy, filler of polymeric composites, and water remediation.

This book addresses basic aspects of LDH as the implementations in the methodologies based on density functional theory (DFT) to understand the properties and applications of LDHs, the synthetic methods to prepare LDHs and LDH based core-shell structures, and the swelling and exfoliation behaviors of LDH compounds. A relevant part of the book is devoted to consolidated and emerging applications of LDHs as catalysts in photocatalysis, electrocatalysis and water oxidation processes, as biomaterials and as functional fillers in food packaging. New advances on LDH are described with a keen eye on the past research.

Contents: X Understanding LDH Properties and Simulating Applications by DFT Calculations; Recent Advances in the Synthesis of Layered Double Hydroxides; Unilamellar Crystalline Sheets of Layered Double Hydroxides Via Soft Chemistry Delamination: A Unique Class of 2D Functional Materials; Recent Innovative Developments of Layered Double Hydroxide-Based Hybrids and Nanocomposite Catalysts; Layered Double Hydroxides as Water Oxidation Catalysts; Layered Double Hydroxides: Characterization, Biocompatibility and Therapeutic Purposes; LDHs as Hosts of Active Molecules for Food Packaging Applications.

Readership: Graduate students and industrial researchers.

497pp Oct 2021978-981-124-060-7 US$158 £140


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[ GENERAL ]

GENERAL


THE ART OF TEACHING ACTINGEvery Teacher’s What, Why and Howby Dean Carey (Actors Centre Australia, Australia)

WHAT do actors need to learn at this precise moment?

WHY do they need to learn it at this precise moment?

HOW best can I provide them with the most beneficial practical experience and deepest level of understanding?

Using these fundamental questions as a base line, master acting teacher Dean Carey shares his most tried and true methods. These are the results of over four decades of his experience teaching, coaching, and mentoring on the international stage. He provides insight into the philosophy and classroom culture he knows to be optimal for unleashing the greatest potential of students and professionals alike.

Containing fifteen of what he considers to be the most transformative acting exerises, this book is every acting teacher’s essential field manual. It delivers the “what, why and how” of teaching drama in a practial, no-nonsense manner, helping to facilitiate and enhance the process of teaching acting in order to allow each member of the class to do their best.

Readership: Acting and drama teachers, from high school through to vocational drama school.

150pp Dec 2021978-981-123-894-9 US$38 £35978-981-123-927-4(pbk) US$19.95 £20

HISTORY OF SCIENCE

REASON, FAITH, AND PURPOSEThe Ultimate Gambleby John R Fanchi (Texas Christian University, USA)

The material is present-ed in two parts. Part I presents the secular, scientific view of the origin and evolution of the physical universe and life. The discussion includes alternative worldviews that help us understand and appreci-ate different and, in some cases, conflicting worldviews. Part II introduces other perspec-tives that are representative of religious ideas historically prevalent around the world. The material in this book is designed to provide insight into the choice each of us must make in this life: the ultimate gamble.

Featured Contents: The Secular View: Evidence for an Expanding Universe; Evidence for Inflationary Cosmology ; The Big Bang; The Inflation Model of Cosmology; What is Life?; The Origin of Life; The Evolution of Life; The Ultimate Gamble: Mythological Creation Stories; Origin of Religion; Eastern Theology; Western Theology; Beyond the Natural; Knowledge and Science ; Competing Worldviews; Theism or Atheism?; and others.

Readership: Advanced undergraduate and graduate students, faculty and researchers in the fields of cosmology, astronomy, astrophysics, biology, evolution, philosophy, and religion. Valuable on any academic courses concerning the history of science, phi losophy of sc ience, cosmology, astrophysics, theology, faith, existentialism, theism, and reason. Secondary markets include continuing education courses in personal development, religion, philosophy, and popular science.

282pp Oct 2021978-1-80061-054-5 US$58 £50


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CIVIL ENGINEERING

[ ENGINEERING ]

ON BRIDGESSelected Works of Man-Chung Tangby Man-Chung Tang (T Y Lin International Group, China)

Translated by: Jingyi Guo (Chongqing Jiaotong University, China)

This book is a collection of recent articles by Dr Man-Chung Tang on the design of bridges. Based on his years of experience in bridge-building, the book is divided into three parts: I d e a s , C o n c e p t i o n and Others. The book explains the theories in bridge design in simple language, and is suitable for advanced undergraduates, graduate students, and practitioners specialising in bridge engineering, civil engineering and other related fields.

Featured Contents: IDEAS: Competent, Accomplished, Aesthetic, Elegant — the Realms of the Art of Bridge Building; The Art of Bridge-Building; Talk About Innovation; Innovation and Safety; A Brief Talk on the Innovation of Urban Bridge; Essays on Innovation; Safe, Functionality, Economy and Aesthetics; Bridge Aesthetics and Economic Coordination — A Discussion on the Rationality of the Structure; Price of Beauty; The Middle Way of Bridge Beauty; CONCEPTION: On the Development of Bridges in China in the Past 30 Years; The Idea of the Taiwan Strait Bridge; A World Record Race for Bridge Span; Discussion on Single-Cable Plane Cable-Stayed Bridge under Eccentric Load; Cable-Supported Girder Bridge; A New Idea of Orthotropic Steel Deck; The Story of the East Section of the San Francisco Bay Bridge; and others.

Readership: Advanced undergraduates, graduate students, and practitioners.

321pp Oct 2021978-981-123-874-1 US$128 £115

ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING

SENSORS AND ACTUATORSby Francisco André Corrwêa Alegria (Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon, Portugal & Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal)

This introductory com-pendium teaches en-g i n e e r i n g s t u d e n t s how the most common electronic sensors and actuators work. It dis-tinguishes from other books by including the physical and chemical phenomena used as well as the features and speci-fications of many sensors and actuators.

The useful reference text also contains an introductory chapter that deals with their specifications and classification, a chapter about sensor and actuator networks, and a special topic dealing with the fabrication of sensors and actuators using microelectromechanical systems techniques (sensors and actuators on a chip). A set of exercises and six laboratory projects are highlighted.

Contents: Preface; Introduction; Micro and Nanotechnology; Devices Based on the Electric Field; Devices Based on Electrical Resistance; Devices Based on the Magnetic Field; Devices Based on Mechanical Phenomena; Devices Based on Thermal Phenomena; Devices Based on Electromagnetic Radiation; Devices Based on Chemical Phenomena; Sensor and Actuator Networks; Summary; Laboratory Guides; References; Index.

Readership: Researchers, professionals, academics and graduate students in electrical & electronic engineering, circuits and systems, and general engineering..

404pp Aug 2021978-981-124-249-6 US$108 £95


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SURROGATE MODELING FOR HIGH-FREQUENCY DESIGNRecent Advancesedited by Slawomir Koziel (Reykjavik University,Iceland) & Anna Pietrenko-Dabrowska (Gdansk University of Technology, Poland)

This book presents a selection of works repre-senting recent advance-ments in surrogate mod-eling and their applica-tions to high-frequency design. Some chapters provide a review of spe-cific topics such as neu-ral network modeling of microwave components, while others describe recent attempts to improve exist-ing modeling methodologies. Furthermore, the book features numerous applications of surrogate modeling methodologies to design optimization and uncertainty quan-tification of antenna, microwave, and analog RF circuits.

Featured Contents: Fundamentals of Data-Driven Surrogate Modeling (S Koziel and A Pietrenko-Dabrowska); Parametric Modeling of Microwave Components Using Combined Neural Network and Transfer Function (F Feng, J Zhang, W Na, J Jin, and Q J Zhang); Surrogate Model-assisted Global Optimization for Antenna Design (M O Akinsolu, P Excell, and B Liu); Surrogate-based Modeling and Design Optimization Techniques for Signal Integrity in High-Performance Computer Platforms (F E Rangel-Patiño and J E Rayas-Sanchez); Performance-Driven Inverse/Forward Modeling of Antennas in Variable-Thickness Domains (S Koziel and A Pietrenko-Dabrowska); Sampling Methods for Surrogate Modeling and Optimization (Q S Cheng and Z Zhang); and others.

Readership: Graduate students, researchers and designers.

398pp Nov 2021978-1-80061-074-3 US$138 £120

SYSTEMS ENGINEERING

ALGEBRAIC GEOMETRY FORROBOTICS AND CONTROL THEORYby Laura Menini (University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy), Corrado Possieri (IASI-CNR, Italy) & Antonio Tornambè (University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy)

After a brief introduc-tion to various algebraic objects and techniques, the book first covers a wide variety of topics concerning control the-ory, robotics, and their applications. Specifically this book shows how these computational and theoretical methods can be coupled with clas-sical control techniques to: solve the inverse kinematics of robotic arms; design observ-ers for nonlinear systems; solve systems of polynomial equalities and inequalities; plan the motion of mobile robots; analyze Boolean networks; solve (possibly, multi-objective) optimization problems; characterize the ro-bustness of linear; time-invariant plants; and certify positivity of polynomials.

Contents: Preface; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Symbols; Algebraic Geometry Notions; Implementations in Macaulay2; The Inverse Kinematics of Robot Arms; Observer Design; Immersions of Polynomial Systems into Linear Ones Up to an Output Injection; Solving Systems of Equations and Inequalities; Motion Planning for Mobile Robots; Computation of the Largest f-Invariant Set Contained in an Affine Variety; Boolean Networks; Multi-Objective Optimization; Distance to Internal Instability of LTI Systems Under Structured Perturbations; Decomposition in Sum of Squares; Bibliography; Index.

Readership: Readers and practitioners in the fields of algebraic geometry, control theory, and robotics.

550pp Nov 2021978-1-80061-045-3 US$148 £130


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[ COMPUTER SCIENCE ]

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE / MACHINE LEARNING

DEEP LEARNING IN BIOLOGY AND MEDICINEedited by Davide Bacciu (University of Pisa, Italy), Paulo J G Lisboa (Liverpool John Moores University, UK) & Alfredo Vellido (Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Spain)

Biology, medicine and bio-chemistry have be-come data-centric fields for which Deep Learning methods are delivering ground-breaking results. Addressing high impact challenges, this book provides an accessible and organic collection of Deep Learning essays on bioinformatics and medicine. It caters for a wide readership, ranging from machine learning practitioners and data scientists seeking methodological knowledge to address biomedical applica-tions, to life science specialists in search of a gentle reference for advanced data analytics.

Contents: Introduction (Davide Bacciu, Paulo J G Lisboa and Alfredo Vellido); Deep Learning for Medical Imaging (Jose Bernal, Kaisar Kushibar, Albert Clèrigues, Arnau Oliver, and Zabier Lladó ); The Evolution of Mining Electronic Health Records in the Era of Deep Learning (Isotta Landi, Jessica De Freitas, Brain A Kidd, Joel T Dudley, Benjamin S Glicksberg, and Riccardo Miotto); Natural Language Technologies in the Biomedical Domain (Horacio Rodríguez); Metabolically Driven Latent Space Learning for Gene Expression Data (Marco Barsacchi, Helena André s-Terré , and Pietro Lió ); Deep Learning in Cheminformatics (Alessio Micheli and Marco Podda); Deep Learning Methods for Network Biology (Lorenzo Madeddu and Giovanni Stilo); and others..

Readership: Researchers and practitioners.

268pp Nov 2021978-1-80061-093-4 US$98 £85

CLIMATE CHANGE

[ ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE ]

Lectures in Climate Change - Vol 2

OUR WARMING PLANETClimate Change Impacts and Adaptationedited by Cynthia Rosenzweig (NASA GoddardInstitute for Space Studies, USA & Columbia University, USA), Martin Parry (Imperial College London, UK) & Manishka De Mel (Columbia University, USA & NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, USA)

This second volume covers areas of climate i m p a c t s r e l a t e d t o climate science, methods and approaches, sectors, regional and national studies, and policy and practice. It includes topics such as current and future challenges of climate change, global assessments, downscaling, community-based adaptation, impacts on biodiversity, food systems, water resources, and cities.

Featured Contents: Climate Change: Current and Future Challenges; Assessing Impacts and Adaptation; Global Assessments; Regional and Local Downscaling; Going to Extremes: From Risk to Resilience; Community-Based Adaptation; Integrated Nature-Based Responses to Climate Change and Biodiversity Loss; Impacts of Sea Level Rise on Coastal Regions; Impacts on Water Quantity and Quality; Food System; Risk Margins of Agriculture and Settlement; Role of Cities; On the Frontline: Climate Risks and Responses in the Pacific Islands Region; Caribbean Coasts: Challenges, Threats and the Pursuit of Solutions Under a Changing Climate; and others.

Readership: Lecturers and General public.

704pp Oct 2021978-981-123-821-5 US$198 £175978-981-123-929-8(pbk) US$118 £105


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ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING

ENVIRONMENTAL GEOTECHNOLOGYMeeting Challenges Through Needs-basedInstrumentationby D N Singh (Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, India), Afshin Asadi (International College of Auckland, New Zealand) & Goli Venkata Siva Naga Sai (Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India)

Environmental Geotech-nology revisits existing concepts of geotechni-cal engineering critically, and brings them up to date with new knowl-edge and current affairs so as to better address and serve today’s needs of the professionals. It points out the role and importance of the parameters and mechanisms that govern the interaction of contaminants with geomateri-als (soil and rock mass), and also discusses their degradation in the long-run, and the consequences that follow.

Contents: Waste; Disposal; Handling; Contam-inant-Geomaterial Interaction; Modelling; Civil Engineering; Recent Trends; Soil; Soil Mechanics; Environmental Geomechan-ics; Waste Disposal; Soil Improvement; Contaminant Transport; Unsaturated Soils; Natural and Manmade Environments; Analy-sis; Energy Fields; Applications; Types of Wastes; Characterization; Industrial Waste; Mineralogy; Morphology; Chemical; Thermal; Electrical; Scanning Electron Microscopy; Mercury Intrusion Porosimetry; Pore-Solu-tion; Corrosion; Sorption; Desorption; Soil Contamination; Porous Media; Distribution Coefficient; Centrifuge Modelling; Imped-ance; Flow of AC in Geomaterials; Electrical Conductivity; Dielectric Constant; Soil Suc-tion; Mixed Models.

Readership: Undergraduate and graduate students, research scholars, and professionals.

325pp Nov 2021978-981-4583-00-8 US$118 £105

PLANETARY SCIENCE

Advances in Planetary Science

CERESAn Ice-Rich World in the Inner Solar Systemby Jian-Yang Li, Julie C Castillo-Rogez

This book reviews the current state of knowledge about Ceres after the extensive scientific exploration by the Dawn mission. Starting from the introduction of the discovery of Ceres and what we know about this enigmatic world before Dawn’s arrival, each chapter focuses on one aspect of Ceres, including its surface composition, its geology, the role of water ice in shaping Ceres’s surface, its interior structure, and expressions of cryovolcanic or brine activity at the surface. Following this framework, the book addresses the astro-biological significance of Ceres. The last chapter summarizes the new questions opened by the Dawn mission and the next step to exploring the dwarf planet closest to Earth.

Contents: Discovery of Ceres and Asteroid Belt; Pre-Dawn Exploration of Ceres; Dawn Mission Overview; Surface Composition; Geology; Water Ice; Interior Structure; Recent Activity; Astrobiological Significance; Open Questions and Future Exploration.

Readership: Advanced undergraduate and graduate students, researchers and practitioners in the field of planetary science, astronomy and astrophysics

194pp Nov 2021978-981-123-814-7 US$88 £75


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CANCER RESEARCH

[ LIFE SCIENCES / BIOLOGY ]

TOBACCO AND CANCERThe Science and the Storyedited by Stephen S Hecht & Dorothy K Hatsukami (University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, USA)

This book tel ls the fascinating story of the relationship of tobacco products to cancer, from the first discoveries to the present day cancer pandemic and regulatory activities. Although there are already excellent books and monographs on this topic, both in the popular press and as government summaries, none relate the scientific story at the level of non-specialist graduate and medical students, researchers, or educated popular science readers. In this book, with a primary focus on the United States, the editors — Stephen S Hecht and Dorothy K Hatsukami — bring together 24 renowned experts on the subject of tobacco and cancer to summarize specific aspects of this critical topic in relatively non-technical terms while also incorporating some personal insights related to the story of the discovery process.

Featured Contents: History of the Evolution of Tobacco Products (K Michael Cummings, Anthony Brown, and Baron Philipson); Smoking and Cancer: The Early Years (Jonathan M Samet); Animal Studies of Tobacco and Cancer (Karam El-Bayoumy); Carcinogens and Toxicants in Combusted Tobacco Products and Related Cancer Risks (Irina Stepanov); Smokeless Tobacco and Cancer (S Jane Henley, Taylor Ellington, Stephen Stanfill, Kathi Mills, Michael J Thun); Alternative Nicotine Delivery Systems (Maciej L Goniewicz); and others.

Readership: Non-specialist graduate and medical students, researchers, or educated popular science reader.

400pp Nov 2021978-981-123-952-6 US$118 £105

GENERAL LIFE SCIENCES

CELLS AND STEM CELLSThe Myth of Life Sciencesby Dianliang Wang (China Association for Science and Technology, China) & Haijia Chen (Guangzhou Saliai Stem Cell Science and Technology Co., Ltd., China)

This popular science book systematically in-troduces major scien-tific and technological achievements in the field of cells and stem cells, and the conveni-ences they bring to human life. It covers plant cloning, animal cloning, human cloning, biological missiles, biological drugs, immunocytotherapy, stem cell therapy, stem cell bank, 4D printing, 5D printing, CAR-T technology, and other fron-tier fields, which reflect the latest progresses and development trends of life sciences. The book is both interesting and rich in informa-tion, revealing the magic and mystery of life sciences.

Featured Contents: The Magical World of Cells: The Simple Life Forms In Nature; The Colorful World of Cells; The Bright Prospects of Cell Culture: Tissue Culture for Producing Micropropagation Seedlings; The Profound Mysteries of Cell Fusions: The Hybrid Cells for Monoclonal Antibody ProductionThe Mixed Enthusiasm for Animal Cloning: Dolly the Sheep; Xiangzhong Yang and Cloned Cattle; Cell Operations for Creating New Individuals: Sphinx Chimeric Animal; Ascendant Cell Transplantation Therapy: Stem Cells, Biological Drugs; Stem Cells, Clinical Applications; and others.

Readership: High school students and undergraduates, general public.

230pp Nov 2021978-981-123-877-2 US$58 £50978-981-123-978-6(pbk) US$28 £25


BOOKS

HUMAN BIOLOGY / BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY / PRIMATOLOGY


ANDROCENTRISMThe Ascendancy of Manby Charles Pasternak (Oxford International Biomedical Centre, UK)

Since time immemorial, men have assumed su-perior innate qualities which have justified them in exerting power over the other sex right up to the twentieth century. The last few years have seen the emergence of a new literary genre: to show that despite this, women have managed to become outstanding writers, artists, scien-tists, explorers, rulers and politicians. Of such books, none discusses a fundamental question: is the supposed male superiority biological, or has it arisen for some other reason over the course of time? This is the issue that Androcentrism: The Ascendancy of Man addresses.

Contents: Prologue; Science: Genes and Their Expression: The ‘Female’ BrainCulture: Stirrings: The Neolithic Age; Arrival: The Bronze Age and Early Civilisations; Maintenance: Classical Age Civilisations; Easing: The Middle Ages; Resumption: Enlightenment and Hypocrisy; Decline: The Twentieth Century; Primitive Societies in Modern TimesEpilogue; Bibliography; Index

Readership: General readers and academics interested in Anthropology, Gender Issues, and History of Mankind.

200pp Nov 2021978-981-124-083-6 US$58 £50978-981-124-184-0(pbk) US$28 £25

ZOOLOGY


RAFFLES’ BANDED LANGURThe Elusive Monkey of Singapore and Malaysiaby Andie Ang (Mandai Nature, Singapore & Raffles’ Banded Langur Working Group, Singapore) & Sabrina Jabbar (Raffles’ Banded Langur Working Group, Singapore)

This book is a one-stop resource for everything we know about the critically endangered primate that is only found in Singapore and Malaysia, including its distribution, diet, family structure, infant development, threats and conservation. The Raffles’ banded langur is a large but slender-bodied monkey with black fur and white bands, while the infants are born with white fur and black bands. Exclusive high-quality photographs of the langurs are featured with family trees illustrating individually named langurs. Interesting anecdotes about their personalities and behaviours are narrated. This book showcases the diverse habitats of the Raffles’ banded langurs, bringing us from the freshwater swamp forest in Singapore to the steep slopes of Gunung Lambak and the primary rainforests of Endau Rompin National Park in Johor, Malaysia. This book also highlights the cross-border conservation efforts and future plans to safeguard its long-term survival, and promotes a better understanding and appreciation of our shared natural heritage.

Contents: Foreword by Professor Tommy Koh; Taxonomy and Classification - What are They?; Non-human Primates in Singapore - Who are They?; Distribution and Occurrence - Where are They?; Langur Groups - How Many are They?; Food - What do they Eat?; Threats and Conservation Activities - How are They Doing?.

Readership: Primary market: General public, students/schools, government agencies, nature guides. Secondary market: Tourists.

100pp Dec 2021978-981-124-146-8 US$29.90 £25


BOOKS

CLINICAL BIOCHEMISTRY

[ MEDICINE ]

Study GuideREVMED 400 SBAS IN PRECLINICAL MEDICINEby Lasith Ranasinghe & Harroop Bola (Imperial College London, UK)

Preclinical medicine provides budding doc-tors with a platform from which they can launch themselves into the realm of clinical medi-cine. RevMED 400 SBAs in Preclinical Medicine has been designed by current preclinical medi-cal students and junior doctors to help students develop a solid understanding of physiology and biochem-istry such that they can, thereafter, better understand pathology and the management of disease.

Containing 400 high-quality single best answer questions, covering a breadth of topics in preclinical medicine, and accompanied by detailed yet succinct and student-friendly explanations; this book will be ideal for students studying preclinical medicine or biomedical sciences.

Contents: Basic Sciences for Medicine: Cells and Metabolism; Haematology; Immunology and Microbiology; Genetics; Mock Exam; Physiology: Cardiorespiratory System; Nervous System and Mental Health; Gastrointestinal and Renal Systems; Endocrinology; Musculoskeletal System and Rheumatology; Dermatology; Mock Exam.

Readership: Aimed at undergraduate and postgraduate medical students and biomedical science students who are preparing for their exams in preclinical medicine.

364pp Nov 2021978-1-80061-071-2 US$98 £85978-1-80061-087-3(pbk) US$38 £35

NEUROLOGY / NEUROSCIENCE

TextbookTHE WHITE BOOK OF NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATIONA Beginner’s Essentialby You Jiang Tan (National Neuroscience Institute, Singapore)

This book serves to de-mystify the seemingly convoluted processes behind the neurologic examination, with chap-ters focussing on bring-ing the reader back to the basics, breaking complicated techniques down into its individual steps, supplemented by clear and concise explanation of neurologic principles. The book discusses neurologic signs and symptoms commonly encoun-tered in our daily practice, with flow-charts, pictures and tables to help the reader learn, shape and build a solid foundation in neurol-ogy. Tips from examiner and specific case ex-amples are included to improve the reader’s grasp of the topics.

Featured Contents: Introduction; Getting Started; The Basics of a Neurological Examination; The Neurological Examination of the Upper Limbs; The Neurological Examination of the Lower Limbs; Examination of the Cranial Nerves; Approach to Brainstem Localization; Cranial Nerve Syndromes; Approach to Diplopia; Oculomotor Nerve Palsy; Abducens Nerve Palsy; Approach to Blepharoptosis; Horner’s Syndrome; Internuclear Ophthalmoplegia and One-and-a-Half Syndrome; Approach to Unilateral Facial Weakness; and others.

Readership: Medical students, and doctors preparing for undergraduate and post-graduate professional medical examinations. Senior trainees in the fields of internal medicine, neurology and neuroscience.

400pp Nov 2021978-981-123-923-6 US$138 £120978-981-123-983-0(pbk) US$58 £50


BOOKS

PUBLIC HEALTH


A CENTRE TO THE STORMFront-line Notes on the SARS Outbreak in Singaporeby Poh Lian Lim (National Centre for Infectious Diseases (NCID), Singapore)

This book tells the story of the healthcare workers and patients caught up in the SARS outbreak in Singapore, and distills medical and public insights from hard-won experience fighting a completely unknown virus, and successfully shutting down the first pandemic of the 21st century despite having no effective vaccines or antiviral medications.

Contents: Index of a Tragedy; How SARS Started in Singapore; The Story of E; Caught on the First Wave; The Challenge of Characterizing a Novel Pathogen; The Story of Dr H; Super-spreader; Isolation and Cohorting, Death Certificates; A Mother-Daughter Story; Taxi, Taxi; Contact Tracing and Quarantine, Ethical Challenges; The Story of the Cabbie Who Didn’t Know; Everything But the Kitchen Sink; Treatment: Ribavirin, Steroids, Convalescent Serum; A Story of Hope Deferred; Fear, Forwarding and Escape; Spread to SGH, NUH, the Prime Minister’s Letter; The Story of Dr A; Pasir Panjang; Leadership, Command and Control, Communication; A Story of Mice and Men; The Outbreak Ends; Research, Publications and Politics; The Story of Dr L; Lab Accident; Vero E6 Cells, West Nile Virus and WHO Investigations; The Story of a Vial; A Center to the Storm; Helicopters, Storm Crows, and the Stigma of SARS; My Story; How SARS Prepared Singapore for COVID-19

Readership: Primary market: General readers in Singapore, the US, Europe and Asia with an interest in SARS, emerging infections and outbreaks. Secondary market: Medical school libraries with a medical humanities section, Policy makers, healthcare workers.

180pp Nov 2021978-981-122-597-0 US$58 £50978-981-122-775-2(pbk) US$28 £25

SURGERY

TextbookCRANIOFACIAL INJURIES FOR NONSPECIALISTSedited by Abdulhakim Zaggut (Queen Mary University of London, UK), Sabah Kalamchi(AT Still University, USA), Muhammad Rahman(Queen Mary University of London, UK) &Malcolm Harris (University College London, UK)

Specialists from around the world have con-tributed to this unique textbook on the surgi-cal skills essential for the urgent treatment of craniofacial injuries caused by war and ter-rorist incidents.

It explores a wide range of considerations including how to work with limited resources and logistical problems; preparation for terror attacks; preservation of sight and cosmetic appearance; and also features a simulation training module proven to be academically sucessful and economical to run.

Featured Contents: Simulated Training for the Non-specialist (A Ziggut & M Harris); Advanced Training in Life Support ATLS (A Ziggut & M Harris) ; Basic Surgical Procedures (A Ziggut et al.); Paediatric Surgery (J Phillips et al.); Images and Injuries (Radiology) (A Ziggut) ; Head Injuries (D Harris); Misrata and Comparative Conflicts (A Ziggut & M Rahman); Cranio- facial Injuries in Scottsdale USA (S Kalamchi); and others.

Readership: Postgraduate medical, dental, nursing and related students /clinicians in oral and maxillofacial surgery as well as orthodontics and plastic surgery. Suitable for those preparing for high-level training examinations in oral and maxillofacial surgery and orthodontics. It will also be of importance to maxillofacial technicians, surgical nurses and dietitians.

200pp Oct 2021978-1-80061-018-7 US$78 £70


BOOKS

ENTREPRENEURSHIP

[ BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT ]


THE ART AND SCIENCE OF ENTREPRENEURSHIPby Inderjit Singh Dhaliwal (Solstar International,Singapore & Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)

The Art and Science of Entrepreneurship benefits from the many years of experience of the author and many entrepreneurs in making sense of how the traits and thinking preference of entrepre-neurs make them suc-cessful. By mapping his entrepreneurial journey and relating practice to theory, the author draws useful lessons for aspiring entrepre-neurs. The author hopes that his experience will inspire, guide and give confidence to aspiring entrepreneurs to embark on their journey to develop their idea into a success-ful start-up.

Featured Contents: The Art of Entrepreneurship: The Entrepreneurial Journey; The Three Mantras of Entrepreneurs; The Three Beliefs of Entrepreneurs; The Three Realities of Entrepreneurship; The Alignment of Your Stars; The Science of Entrepreneurship: Transforming an Idea into a Viable Business; Strategy Development for Start-ups and New Ventures; The Process of Starting a Company — Early Stages; The Business Plan; Pitching; Getting Ready for Formal Fund Raising; Useful Lessons Learnt: How to Survive the Challenging Times; Lessons Learnt During the Dot Com Era — The Tech Bubble Burst; Surviving the Great Disruption (The COVID-19 Economic Impact); and others.

Readership: Aspiring entrepreneurs, SMEs business owners, and students.

350pp Nov 2021978-981-123-842-0 US$68 £60978-981-123-932-8(pbk) US$38 £35


AN INSIDER VIEW TO DOING BUSINESS IN MYANMARby Philip Zerrillo & Adina Wong (Singapore Management University, Singapore)

This book provides nu-merous examples of companies that have not only overcome vari-ous challenges, but also thrived in the rapidly evolving environment that is Myanmar today. It covers the hopes and dreams of Burmese founders, who are lead-ing organisations that are operating there. By telling the stories of their unique perspec-tives and experiences, we hope to inspire and guide those who follow, helping them envi-sion and trailblaze their own paths forward in the emerging economy.

Contents: Acknowledgments; Foreword; Infrastructure: The Keier Group: Have Gap, Will Serve; Sithar Coffee: Growing the Coffee Industry in Myanmar; The Customer: Tree Food: Modernising Traditional Burmese Food; Bella Cosmetics: Transforming a Nation Through Beauty and Confidence; Peace Myanmar Group: Bringing Quality Beverages to Myanmar; YKKO: A Family Business, a Family Restaurant; Beauty Palace: The Change Advocate; Technology: CarsDB: Rolling with the Changing Myanmar Economy; Nexlabs: Pivoting to Help Customers Create and Capture Value; Flymya: Doing Good for the Country while Flying High; Blue Ocean: Growing with the Country while Helping it to ProsperAbout the Authors.

Readership: Entrepreneurs interested in Myanmar’s business environment, graduates and advanced undergraduates interested in business courses.

150pp Nov 2021978-981-124-002-7 US$48 £40


BOOKS

GENERAL BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT

XAAS: EVERYTHING-AS-A-SERVICEThe Lean and Agile Approach to Business Growthby Shantanu Bhattacharya & Lipika Bhattacharya(Singapore Management University, Singapore)

XaaS: Everything-as-a-Service: The Lean and Agile Approach to Business Growth takes the reader into the bold new world of pay-per-use for a product or service. This book provides a set of recipes to providers to adopt the XaaS model by changing the provider’s mindset: dividing the product/service forces the provider to take a value-driven approach to his product/service, and consequently, eliminate all non-value added activities. The requirements of the XaaS model serve both as an objective to the innovation and internal processes of the provider, and as guide to understanding the customer’s needs. The book also covers data acquisition, data analysis and synthesis, and data application needs of the XaaS model, with simple examples and case studies from the business world of firms that achieve these objectives successfully.

Contents: Introduction to the XaaS Model: A History of Servitization; The Consumer Perspective on XaaS; Pricing for the XaaS Model; Divide and Conquer: Disaggregating Products and Services; Servicizing the Business: Organizational Structures; XaaS and People Skills; Applications: Cloud Computing and SaaS; Applications: Servitization of Products; Applications: Unbundling Services; Conclusions.

Readership: Studies, researchers, executives and managers.

300pp Nov 2021978-981-121-991-7 US$58 £50

[ ECONOMICS AND FINANCE ]

COMPUTATIONAL ECONOMICS / FINANCE

TextbookTHEORY AND PROGRAMMING OF COMPUTABLE GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM (CGE) MODELSA Textbook for Beginnersby Gene H Chang (University of Toledo, USA)

This book adopts a typi-cal textbook approach and format for CGE beginners to learn and master the subject. It explains the economics theory behind the CGE models. The learning proceeds step by step from basic economic theories to advanced topics, from simple to more comprehensive CGE structures along with the corresponding computer programs. Each chapter reviews rel-evant economic theories; illustrates new ma-terial with examples, diagrams and exercises; and provides the mathematical models along with the GAMS computer programing codes. At the end of a chapter, exercises are assigned for practice and enhancing understanding.

Featured Contents: Preface; Introduction; Input-Output Models and Tables; Prices in Input-Output Tables and Models; SAM (Social Accounting Matrices) Tables; Balancing SAM Tables; General Equilibrium Theory and Its Application; Supply and Demand Functions of Enterprises; CGE Models with Non-linear Production Functions; Utility Functions and Household Demand; and others.

Readership: It is a textbook for MA and PhD level students/courses in economics, public policy, environmental sciences, business, agricultural sciences, economic and development planning, and regional science. It can also be a self-learning or a reference book for scholars and researchers in the above areas.

400pp Oct 2021978-981-123-897-0 US$98 £85


BOOKS

FINTECH, CRYPTOCURRENCY, BLOCKCHAIN ECONOMICS

AND FINANCE

World Scientific Series on Environmental, Energy and Climate Economics

CLIMATE AND DEVELOPMENTedited by Anil Markandya (Basque Centre For Climate Change, Spain) & Dirk T G Rübbelke (Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg, Germany)

The 2015 Paris Accord stated the aim to limit the increase in global mean temperatures to 2ºC by the end of this century and if possible, keep it down to 1.5ºC. Achieving this is possible, but the costs incurred are uncertain and the distribution of costs among nations is indistinct. Furthermore, even if the goal is realised, significant impacts from climate change can be expected. Evidence indicates that these will be felt most severely in countries that are relatively poor. These effects of climate change will be added to by the measures taken to reduce GHGs. Together, they will determine how climate change affects the prospects for development across the globe. The analysis of the interplay between climate change and policies to combat it on the one hand and development on the other are the focus of this book.

Key Features• The book provides a state-of-the-art

collection of research on issues in the context of climate change and development across the globe

• Internationally renowned scientists contribute ideas to improve the attainment of the climate protection goals of the Paris Agreement and the UN Sustainable Development Goals

Readership: Policy makers, graduate and undergraduate students and researchers in particular in the fields of economics, political science, environmental sciences and development studies.

400pp Oct 2021978-981-124-054-6 US$138 £120

Open Innovation: Bridging Theory and Practice - Vol 7

TRANSFORMATION DYNAMICS IN FINTECHAn Open Innovation Ecosystem Outlookedited by Dimitrios Salampasis (Swinburne University of Technology, Australia) & Anne-Laure Mention (RMIT University, Australia)

Transformation Dynamics in FinTech contributes to the intellectual curiosity around the symbiotic re-lationship of finance and technology by focusing on the multidimensional and multidisciplinary role of open innova-tion within FinTech in-novation, observing and communicating the latest technological, managerial, governance, policy and regula-tory perspectives, trends and developments.

Featured Contents: Negotiating the Sweet Spot of Open Innovation: Engaging with Global Ecosystem Catalysts Reimagining FinTech Transformation; FinTech in Information Systems: A Scoping Review Towards Framing a Research Agenda; The Human Impact of Financial Innovation: Mobility, Choice, and Risk; Innovation with Foresight: Anticipating Alternative and Creative Responses in Strategic Organizational Decision-Making, and Short Stories Derived from Financial Services Futures Studies; Driving the Future of FinTech-Led Transformation in Financial Services: Business Trends and the New Face of Open Innovation; and others.

Readership: Researchers and practitioners in the fields of financial technologies, FinTech, technology and innovation management, policy makers, legal professionals, advanced postgraduate and undergraduate students.

250pp Nov 2021978-981-123-972-4 US$98 £85


BOOKS

GENERAL ECONOMICS

Study GuideGCE A LEVEL ECONOMICSThe Examination Skills Guideby Christabelle Soh

The skills covered in this book are organized by question type. The first section covers the skills needed to answer case study questions and the second section covers the skills needed to answer essay questions. Each skill is illustrated using worked examples of examination-type materials and questions. At the end of each section, a summary of the skills required is provided to enable students to do a quick revision before the relevant papers.

Contents: Introduction: The Performance Formula and How Much You will Benefit from this Book; The Structure of a Case Study Question: The H1 Economics Case Study Question (8823 Syllabus) and the H2 Economics Case Study Question (9757 syllabus); Understanding the Case Material: Reading Skills and Interpreting Numerical/Graphical Data; Answering the Case Study Questions: Question Analysis and How to Score for Each Question Type; Answering the Essay Questions: Point Selection, Point Development, and How to Write an Evaluation; When the Usual Tools Fails: Strategies for Atypical Questions.

Readership: GCE A Level Economics Students taking H1 or H2 Economics, GCE A Level Economics Teachers.

120pp Oct 2021978-981-122-485-0 US$48 £40978-981-122-413-3(pbk) US$18 £15

TextbookPRODUCTION ECONOMICSAn Empirical Approachby Charles B Moss (University of Florida, USA)

Production economics is that branch of microeco-nomics that examines producer decisions. This book focuses on the empirical estimation of these relationships us-ing primal, dual, and dif-ferential specifications. The primal specification models production decisions based on the production function — estimation of the input/output relationship and the derivation of optimization behavior from this technical relationship. The dual approach estimates production decisions using economic in-formation such as input and output prices. The textbook then develops the linkages between these relationships. The differential problem is an alternative approach derived from changes in the first-order conditions from cost minimizing behavior. In each case, the theoretical development is followed by different empirical specifications that can be used to estimate the producer’s choice.

Contents: Basic Notions of Production Functions; Estimation of the Primal; Empirical Examples of the Primal; Cost and Profit Functions; Estimating Dual Relationships; Technical Change and Efficiency; Differential Models of Product ion; Topics and Applications; Conclusions and Suggestions for Further Research.

Readership: For graduate students in agricultural and general economics, as well as for researchers.

500pp Nov 2021978-981-123-886-4 US$138 £120


BOOKS

MATHEMATICAL / QUANTITATIVE FINANCE

TextbookMODERN EQUITY INVESTING STRATEGIESby Anatoly B Schmidt (New York University, USA)

This book will satisfy the demand among college majors in Finance and Financial Engineering, and mathematically-versed practitioners for description of both the classical approaches to equity investing and new investment strategies scattered in the periodic literature. Besides the major portfolio management theories (mean variance theory, CAPM, and APT), the book addresses several important topics: portfolio diversification, optimal ESG portfolios, factor models (smart betas), robust portfolio optimization, risk-based asset allocation, statistical arbitrage, alternative data based investing, back-testing of trading strategies, modern market microstructure, algorithmic trading, and agent-based modeling of financial markets. The book also includes the basic elements of time series analysis in the Appendix for self-contained presentation of the material.

Contents: Modern Equity Markets: Traders, Orders, and Structures; Models of Dealer Markets; Models of Limit-Order Markets; Market Dynamics: Efficient Market Hypothesis and Dynamics of Returns; Price Volatility; Agent-Based Modeling of Financial Markets; Portfolio Management: Mean Variance Theory; Portfolio Optimization; Risk-Based Asset Allocation; Factor Models; Active Trading Strategies: Technical Analysis Based Strategies; Arbitrage Strategies; News and Sentiment Based Strategies; Back-Testing of Trading Strategies; Execution Strategies; Appendices: Probability Distributions; Elements of Time Series Analysis.

Readership: Advanced undergraduate and graduate students, researchers, and practitioners.

300pp Oct 2021978-981-123-949-6 US$88 £75

World Scientific Series on Financial Data Analytics - Vol 1

RISK ANALYTICSFrom Concept to Deploymentby Edward H K Ng (Singapore Management University, Singapore)

Modeling was done using software with output codes not readily processed by databases. Data have to be manually extracted and run on the models with results input into the databases manually again. With the increasing acceptance of open source languages, database vendors have seen the value of integrating modeling capabilities into their products. That has made it possible to insert models developed using R, Python or other languages directly into SQL scripts used for database transactions. As R or Python are free, there is no additional cost involved. Nevertheless, deploying solutions developed to automate the process remains a challenge. While not comprehensive in dealing with all facets of risks, the author with his wealth of consulting experience, aims to contribute to the development of risk professionals who will be able to progress beyond theories and concepts to create solutions that can support planning and automated decision-making.

Contents: Introduction; Risk Typology and Data Implications; Risk Analytics Landscape; Embedded R; Data Audit; Data Warehousing; Analytical Data Sphere; Risks in Financial Inst i tut ions ; Common Risk Models and Analytics; Internal Rating System; Deployment; Through the Cycle (TTC) Updating; Desktop Analytics; Resources.

Readership: Risk management professionals, bankers, compliance officers, modelers and students.

208pp Nov 2021978-981-123-870-3 US$58 £50


BOOKS

[ EDUCATION ]MONEY AND BANKING / INVESTMENTS / FINANCIAL

MARKETS AND INSTITUTIONS


REAL ESTATE AND TAXATION IN SINGAPOREby Hong Beng Tay, Yew Kwong Leung & Wei Hwa See (KPMG Singapore, Singapore)

Real Estate and Taxation in Singapore provides a mult i -discipl inar y approach to the subject for Singapore real estate and tax aficionados. The book helps the reader to navigate the complex world of real estate taxation by taking them through the various changes in the Singapore real estate market over the years, as well as the property development and investment life cycle from acquisition and development, to investment and ownership, to disposal.

The book primarily focuses on tax issues — income tax, stamp duty, property tax and goods and services tax — faced by property developers and investors in Singapore. It further explains the tax and non-tax aspects of topics relating to the Master Plan, development charge and differential premium, the real estate market cooling measures, as well as real estate investment trusts and funds.

Featured Contents: Takings and Givings: Transformational Role in Real Estate Landscape; Property Market Cycles: Fiscal and Macroprudential Measures; Master Plan and the Planning Act: Blueprint or Guide?; Housing Developers: A Much-Regulated Sector; Property Investment: Perceived Long-Term Safe Haven; and others.

Readership: Undergraduate and postgraduate students, researchers, tax practitioners and policy-makers who are interested in real estate and/or tax.

450pp Dec 2021978-981-122-649-6 US$138 £120

CHILDREN FROM 3 TO 8 YEARS

Marky Polo Travels

MARKY POLO IN BEIJINGby Emily Lim-Leh

Illustrated by: Nicholas Liem

Marky’s cousin Martial Polo invites him to Beijing, after hearing of his first trip overseas to Tokyo. Martial Polo is a Wushu enthusiast who dreams of being a renowned martial arts expert like Great-grandmother MuayThai Polo. Martial turns Marky’s holiday into an exhausting strength-building, endurance-training workout. Can Marky endure Martial’s bossy nature and find a way to enjoy sightseeing in Beijing at a slower pace?

Readership: 3 – 8 years old.

36pp Dec 2021978-981-124-435-3 US$14.95 £9.99978-981-124-540-4(pbk) US$7.95 £6.99


BOOKS

CHILDREN FROM 6 TO 12 YEARS


Who Me? - Vol 1

I’M AN ASTRONOMER NOW!by Keivan Guadalupe Stassun

Edited by: David A Weintraub, Kevin Johnson & Ann Neely

What is an astronomer? What does he or she do?

Meet Keivan, a k id like you and me, who grew up and became an astronomer! As a child, Keivan was always interested in learning about planets orbiting other stars and this interest has taken him to the stars! Learn more about how he became involved in a space mission, as part of his research about exoplanets.

The Who Me? series features inspirational biographies of scientists who young readers will be able to identify with as people like themselves. Written by the scientists themselves and co-authors from Vanderbilt University, the books are designed to help young readers understand that scientists are regular people like themselves who are excited about learning and discovering new things and who decided to work hard in school in order to create for themselves the opportunity to become scientists. As they learn the stories of these scientists, readers will also learn some basic science ideas, that are well-explained and easily understood, and be introduced to the cutting-edge science these scientists are working on today.

Readership: Children from 6 to 12 years old.

40pp Oct 2021978-981-124-023-2 US$14.95 £9.99

Who Me? - Vol 2

I’M A BIOMEDICAL INFORMATICS EXPERT NOW!by Kevin Johnson

Edited by: David A Weintraub, Kevin Johnson & Ann Neely

What is a biomedical informatics exper t? What does he or she do?

Meet Kevin, a kid like you and me, who grew up to become a biomedical informatics exper t! Kevin grew up loving science and caring for animals, and this passion, combined with his engineering aptitude, turned him into a pediatrician specializing in biomedical informatics — using computers and data science to improve health care.

The Who Me? series features inspirational biographies of scientists who young readers will be able to identify with as people like themselves. Written by the scientists themselves and co-authors from Vanderbilt University, the books are designed to help young readers understand that scientists are regular people like themselves who are excited about learning and discovering new things and who decided to work hard in school in order to create for themselves the opportunity to become scientists. As they learn the stories of these scientists, readers will also learn some basic science ideas, that are well-explained and easily understood, and be introduced to the cutting-edge science these scientists are working on today.

Readership: Children from 6 to 12 years old.

40pp Oct 2021978-981-124-020-1 US$14.95 £9.99



BOOKS

Pop! Lit for Kids

JOURNEY TO THE WESTPerils on Earthby Cheng’en Wu

Illustrated by: Jia Yi Koo

Join Tripitaka, Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie and many other friends on a great adventure! Sun Wukong might be mischievous, but he’s fun to be with! Watch as Tripitaka faces a lot of problems and overcomes them, one step at a time. Be inspired by Zhu Bajie, who has many weaknesses and tries very hard to cope with them. So, are you in?


100pp Nov 2021978-981-124-452-0 US$14.95 £9.99978-981-124-527-5(pbk) US$9.95 £6.99



Pop! Lit for Kids

LITTLE WOMENby Louisa May Alcott

Join the lively March sisters as they go through highs and lows in life. It is cold in winter and their father is away at war. Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy have little to eat, yet they care for the poor. The talented sisters have big dreams about their future, but things aren’t always easy. A new friendship with the boy next door somehow changes things.


96pp Nov 2021978-981-124-455-1 US$14.95 £9.99978-981-124-528-2(pbk) US$9.95 £6.99


BOOKS



Pop! Lit for Kids

PETER PANby James M Barrie

Illustrated by: Ludmila Pipchenko

Life with Peter Pan is hardly dull! The boy who never grows up takes Wendy and her brothers on a wild adventure. With fairy Tinker Bell, they fly far, far away to Neverland. There, they live under a tree with the Lost Boys and hide from the pirates. Follow Peter and friends in their fantasies until bloodthirsty Hook creeps up. Can they escape? Tick tick tick ...


96pp Nov 2021978-981-124-461-2 US$14.95 £9.99978-981-124-530-5(pbk) US$9.95 £6.99

Pop! Lit for Kids

ROMANCE OF THE THREE KINGDOMSThe Brave Brothersby Guanzhong Luo

Illustrated by: Patrick Yee

Liu Bei thinks he is all alone in saving people from troublemakers. Luckily, he meets two good guys who are brave and heroic. Together, they start an army. The three men get along so well that they decide they won’t just be friends. They’ll be brothers! Join Liu Bei, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei as they fight against bullies and protect China!


96pp Nov 2021978-981-124-458-2 US$14.95 £9.99978-981-124-529-9(pbk) US$9.95 £6.99


BOOKS

ARTS

[ ARTS ]

OVERWHELMEDA Tale of Cascading Viral Outbreaksby Jon Abramson (Wake Forest School of Medicine, USA)

Since the start of the 21st century, the world has been experiencing numerous infectious disease outbreaks, with little time to breath between events. This fictional novel takes place in various countries across the globe that are dealing with large infectious disease outbreaks due to viruses causing yellow fever, Zika, , Ebola and COVID-19. David Ferguson, in the World Health Organization’s Emergency Preparedness Division, attempts to deal with these outbreaks, but must overcome numerous logistical, political and ethical roadblocks while becoming involved in a romantic relationship with Aceline Durand, who works for Medecins Sans Frontiers.

Contents: Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), April 2016; WHO Headquarters Geneva, Switzerland, May 2016; Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), May – August 2016; Sao Paula, Brazil, September 2016; Casablanca, Morocco, Mid-October 2016; Geneva, Switzerland, Late October, 2016; Headquarters of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Atlanta, GA, November 2016; Geneva, Switzerland, Winter 2016/2017; Geneva, Switzerland, Summer, 2017; New York City. Fall, 2017; Geneva, Winter 2017; Geneva, 2018; Butembo, DRC February 2019; Geneva, Spring 2019; Geneva, Summer/Fall 2019; Geneva, Winter 2019/2020.

Readership: Healthcare and science professionals. Laypeople interested in infectious disease outbreaks.

290pp Oct 2021978-981-124-034-8 US$58 £50978-981-123-858-1(pbk) US$28 £25

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

[ SOCIAL SCIENCES ]

THE INTERNATIONAL LAW OF THE SEA IN THE 21ST CENTURYState Practice in East Asiaby Keyuan Zou (Dalian Maritime University, China & University of Central Lancashire, UK)

The international law of the sea is the oldest branch in traditional international law but also a fast developing branch in contemporary international law. After the entry into force of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea in 1994, there have b e e n c o n s i d e r a b l e developments in the field of the law of the sea. Some provisions of the Convention proved to be inadequate, ambiguous or difficult for an effective implementation. This book attempts to reflect the latest developments in the law of the sea, including maritime dispute settlement, maritime boundary delimitation, non-traditional maritime security issues, and the impact of maritime powers such as the United States on the development of the law of the sea. While the book takes a holistic approach, it has made a special reference to East Asia, the most vibrant region in economic development and the most volatile place in maritime disputes in today’s world.

Featured Contents: The Law of the Sea in the 21st Century and Onwards: Implementing the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea in East Asia; The US Accession to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea and Its Impact on East Asia; Tackling Non-Traditional Maritime Security Issues: Maritime Enforcement of United Nations Security Council Resolutions; International Efforts of Crackdown on Piracy; Challenges and Issues in East Asia: Maritime Boundary Delimitation Agreement for the Gulf of Tonkin; and others.

Readership: Academics, policymakers, professionals, undergraduate and graduate students.

220pp Nov 2021978-981-123-705-8 US$88 £75


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MARITIME STUDIES

SOUTH CHINA SEA DEVELOPMENTSAND IMPLICATIONS FOR FREEDOM OF NAVIGATIONby Arabinda Acharya (National Defense University, USA & Rabdan Academy, UAE)& Antara Desai (Centre for Peace and Development Studies, India)

With military facilities including airstrips and artificial islands or struc-tures being built in the area, concerns about freedom of navigation and the right to inno-cent passage have also become an overwhelm-ing security issue and made the SCS region a flashpoint which, according to many assess-ments, can lead to confrontations including those involving conventional military means. Disruption of maritime passage could also hamper trade and commerce with very nega-tive impacts on the economic development of the region and other countries. It is now being held that China could also be using the SCS disputes as part of a consorted effort to deflect geo-political pressures on account of the COVID-19 pandemic-related cover-ups and misinformation.

This book explores the historical and strategic context of the South China Sea disputes and makes an assessment of the implications of the same for freedom of navigation and other regimes at sea.

Contents: Introduction; China and the Thucydides’ Trap; South China Sea: Setting the Stage of the Conflict; China, the US, and the World; South China Sea and the Maritime Law; Politics of Artificial Islands; Military Buildup in the South China Sea & Implications; Exercises and Other Military Developments in the South China Sea; Attempts to Resolve the Conflicts; Conclusion.

Readership: Scholars and professionals in the maritime domain; International Relations scholars; students and professors.

250pp Oct 2021978-1-80061-033-0 US$98 £85

ASIAN POLITICS / SOCIETY

[ ASIAN STUDIES ]

DYNAMICS OF THE KOREAN STATEFrom the Paleolithic Age to Candlelight Democracyby Robert E Bedeski (University of Victoria, Canada & University of Washington, USA)

The book examines the development of the Korean state from ancient times and sees its roots in the Stone Age struggle for survival. The persistent theme has been to Prolong Life — Postpone Death. Hence, the origins of every state can be found in man’s Will-to-Live, and this is demonstrated in the Will/state action framework offered by the author. Human Will, not material determinism or divine plan, creates the state. This primary Will generates five other Wills, which motivate actions to culminate in the state and give it a fluidity over time. The six Wills/state actions are as follows: Will-to-Live/production; Will-to-Freedom/innovation; Will-to-Power/organization; Will-to-Comply/enforcement; Will-to-Transcend/political vision & religion; and Will-to-Redirect/reform, usurpation, rebellion, revolution. These in combination influence and partially determine state configuration and fluidity, creating order, disorder, war, prosperity, and poverty along the way.

Featured Contents: The Korean State and its Paradigms: State, Candlelight Democracy, and Populist Constitutionalism; The State as Concept and Supplement to Human Existence; Ascent of the East Asian Nation-State; Organic Life, Human Will, and Evolution of the State; Producers, Will-to-Live, and the State’s Material Foundation; and others.

Readership: Scholars and students of Asian affairs as well as political science teachers and researchers.

273pp Oct 2021978-1-80061-057-6 US$98 £85


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CHINA STUDIES

Series on Asian Regional Cooperation Studies

ASEAN – CHINA COOPERATION FOR POVERTY REDUCTIONedited by Yanjun Guo & Yue Yang (China Foreign Affairs University, China)

This book is a collection of working group papers contributed by members of Network of ASEAN – China Think-tanks (NACT) and covers best practices on poverty alleviation in ASEAN member states as well as in China, and ASEAN-China cooperation. It discusses experiences of ASEAN member states and China such as with regard to national policies, principles, definitions, approaches, progress, and challenges in poverty reduction. It reviews and evaluates the way forward including existing joint projects, opportunities, and challenges in the future cooperation and offers policy recommendations from both national and regional perspectives to help policymakers better cope with the daunting poverty challenges.

Fdatured Contents: Cambodia’s National Experiences in Poverty Reduction; China’s E-commerce Poverty Alleviation: Policy Practices and Cases; Reducing the Misery of Poverty by Strengthening Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security: Government and People’s Initiatives in Indonesia; The Essence of Partnerships for Poverty Reduction: Learning Points from the Jointly Established Project by the Government of Laos (GoL) and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) Known as the Sustainable Natural Resource Management and Productivity Enhancement Project (SNRMPEP); Sustainable Agriculture and Poverty Eradication in Laos: A Case Study of Agriculture Research for Rural Development in a Rural Poor Village; and others.

Readership: Academics, policymakers, professionals, undergraduate and graduate students.

200pp Nov 2021978-981-122-178-1 US$88 £75

Series on China’s Belt and Road Initiative

THE BELT AND ROAD INITIATIVEImplications for the International Orderby Moritz Rudolf (German Institute forInternational and Security Affairs (SWP), Germany)

This book showcases how the People’s Repub-lic of China (PRC) has been utilizing the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) to reshape the global order. Dissecting China’s increasingly assertive international behaviour, the book demonstrates how the PRC projects its self-perception onto the international order. The book outlines five aspects of China’s international role projection, which the PRC applies selectively, depending on its target audience: (1) The bearer of tradi-tional Chinese culture; (2) The humiliated nation; (3) The socialist state with Chinese characteristics; (4) The developing state and promoter of international development; (5) The authoritarian globalization optimist.

Featured Contents: Introduction: Theoretical Framework; Hypothesis; Methodology; The Rise of the PRC under Xi Jinping: The Re-Emergence of the PRC as a Global Power; China’s Engagement in International Affairs; Self-perception of the PRC: The Bearer of Traditional Chinese Culture; The Humiliated Nation; The PRC’s Projection of Its Self-Perception Through the BRI: Introduction of the BRI; Background Information of the BRI; Implications for the International Legal Order: Implications of the CCD as a Concept for the International Legal Order; and others.

Readership: Policymakers, government officials, diplomats and practitioners interested in understanding the BRI and the re-emergence of the PRC as a global stakeholder; national decision-makers and policy oriented audiences across China.

480pp Nov 2021978-981-123-855-0 US$148 £130


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ASEAN-CHINA COOPERATION FOR POVERTY REDUCTION

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148 222

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