World Scientific Publishers

World Scientific Publishers

The Poetry of Physics and the Physics of Poetry

Robert K Logan (University of Toronto, Canada)

Juni 2010 · 340 S. · Geb. · 9789814295925 · GBP £ 42,00

Pb · 9789814295932 · GBP £ 30,00Poetry of Physics

This is a textbook for a survey course in physics taught without mathematics, that also takes into account the social impact and influences from the arts and society. It combines physics, literature, history and philosophy from the dawn of human life to the 21st century. It will also be of interest to the general reader.

Contents:

  • The Origins of Physics
  • Physics of the Ancient Greek Era
  • Poetry Influenced by the Scientific Revolution
  • The Concept of Energy
  • Thermodynamics and the Atomic and Molecular Structure of Matter
  • The General Theory of Relativity
  • The Structure of the Atom
  • Wave Mechanics
  • Quantum Electrodynamics
  • Elementary Particles, Quarks and Quantum Chromodynamics
  • Cosmology and the Universe: The Big Bang, Dark Matter and Dark Energy
  • and other papers

    Light the lamp

    • Light the Lamp

    Papers on World Trade and Investment in Memory of Bijit Borae

    dited by Christopher Findlay (University of Adelaide, Australia), Mari Pangestu (Trade Minister of Indonesia), & David Parsons (KADIN Indonesia)

    Juni 2010 · 416 S. · Geb. · 9789814299398 · GBP £ 67,00

    This is a collection of papers dedicated to the memory of well-known WTO staffer Bijit Bora who died suddenly in 2006. The papers include applied analysis of questions of policy in

    international trade in fields related to Bora’s interests, including foreign direct investment, trade in services, competition policy, and trade and development. It contains previously unpublished papers by Bora himself on the impact of the WTO.

    Contents:

    • The Future of World Trade Policy
    • Evaluating the Impact of the WTO Information Technology Agreement
    • Economic Analysis and WTO Arbitration Cases
    • The Impact of Manufacturing Protection on Agricultural Incentives in Australia
    • India and the Global Demand for Commodities: Is there an Elephant in the Room?
    • Foreign Direct Investment in China: Trends, Characteristics and Impacts
    • The Changing Patterns of Trade and Investment in East Asia
    • The Integration of the Electronics Sector in ASEAN
    • Regional Value Chains and Asian Regionalism
    • Recent Developments in the Literature on Foreign Direct Investment and Labour Markets
    • Competition Policy in International Airline Markets: An Agenda and a Proposed Solution