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Annual Catalogue 2016 Connecting Great Minds FOREIGN RIGHTS ANNUAL CATALOGUE 2016 http://www.worldscientific.com/page/ws-online Foreign Rights Annual Catalogue 2016 TITLE PAGE ASIAN STUDIES Majulah!: 50 Years of Malay/Muslim Community in Singapore 1 Singapore-China Relations: 50 Years 1 BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT Innovate Your Innovation Process: 100 Proven Tools 2 Heart to Heart with Asian Leaders: Exclusive Interviews on Crisis, Comebacks 2 and Character How to Create a Successful Business Plan: For Entrepreneurs, Scientists, 3 Managers and Students Practical Strategic Management: How to Apply Strategic Thinking in Business 3 Services Marketing - People, Technology, Strategy, 8th Edition 4 Winning in Service Markets: Success through People, Technology and Strategy 4 CHEMISTRY Entropy Demystified: The Second Law Reduced to Plain Common Sense 5 2nd Edition Lives and Times of Great Pioneers in Chemistry (Lavoisier to Sanger) 5 Sonochemistry: New Opportunities for Green Chemistry 6 COMPUTER SCIENCE Algorithms: Design Techniques and Analysis, Revised Edition 6 Handbook of Pattern Recognition and Computer Vision, 5th Edition 7 Introduction to Evolutionary Informatics 7 ECONOMICS AND FINANCE Case Studies for Corporate Finance: From A (Anheuser) to Z (Zyps) 8 Economics of Tobacco Control in China: From Policy Research to Practice 9 ENGINEERING Urban Climate Challenges in the Tropics: Rethinking Planning and Design 9 Opportunities ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE Energy: Sources, Utilization, Legislation, Sustainability, Illinois as Model State 10 Our Warming Planet: Topics in Climate Dynamics 10 GENERAL AND POPULAR SCIENCE Briefest History of Time: The History of Histories of Time and the Misconstrued 11 Association between Entropy and Time Beyond the Galaxy: How Humanity Looked Beyond Our Milky Way and Discovered 12 the Entire Universe Bouquet of Numbers and Other Scientific Offerings 13 Building the H Bomb: A Personal History 13 Colour: How We See It and How We Use It 14 Dear Professor Dyson: Twenty Years of Correspondence Between Freeman Dyson 14 and Undergraduate Students on Science, Technology, Society and Life Did You Hear That?: Help for Children Who Hear Voices 15 From the Sun to the Stars 16 More Friends than Foes: Fantastic Stories about Viruses 17 Nobel Prizes and Notable Discoveries 17 Winning with Honour: In Relationships, Family, Business, Leadership, and Life 18 Solving Everyday Problems with the Scientific Method: Thinking Like a Scientist 20 2nd Edition CONTENTS Foreign Rights Annual Catalogue 2016 TITLE PAGE LIFE SCIENCES Cures vs. Profits: Successes in Translational Research 21 Emperor of Enzymes: A Biography of Arthur Kornberg, Biochemist and Nobel 21 Laureate GMO Sapiens: The Life-Changing Science of Designer Babies 22 Nanotheranostics for Personalized Medicine 22 Textbook of Structural Biology, 2nd Edition 23 MATHEMATICS Mathematics Problem-Solving Challenges for Secondary School Students and 23 Beyond Math Makes Sense!: A Constructivist Approach to the Teaching and Learning of 24 Mathematics Mathematics That Power Our World: How is it Made? 24 Prime Numbers, Friends Who Give Problems: A Trialogue with Papa Paulo 25 Problems for Metagrobologists: A Collection of Puzzles with Real Mathematical, 25 Logical or Scientific Content Problem-Solving Strategies in Mathematics: From Common Approaches to 26 Exemplary Strategies The Population Explosion and Other Mathematical Puzzles 26 MEDICINE Alzheimer’s Disease Decoded 27 The History, Present, and Future of Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia Ebola: An Evolving Story 28 Human Diversity: Its Nature, Extent, Causes and Effects on People 29 Practical Guide to Surgical and Endovascular Hemodialysis Access Management: 30 Case Based Illustration Principles of Chinese Medicine: A Modern Interpretation - 2nd Edition 30 Traditional Chinese Medicine, Western Science, and the Fight Against Allergic 32 Disease Ultimate Chinese Martial Art: The Science of the Weaving Stance Bagua 33 64 Forms and its Wellness Applications Understanding and Preventing Sudden Death: Your Life Matters 34 Unravelling Complexities in Genetics and Genomics 34 Impact on Diagnosis Counseling and Management PHYSICS General Relativity: A First Examination 35 Introduction to General Relativity and Cosmology 35 Memorial Volume for Y. Nambu 36 Physics Matters 36 Superfluid Universe 37 Understanding Our Unseen Reality: Solving Quantum Riddles 37 SOCIAL SCIENCES 50 Years of Urban Planning in Singapore 38 Biological Threats in the 21st Century 38 Edu-renaissance: Notes from a Globetrotting Higher Educator 39 Global School Feeding Sourcebook: Lessons from 14 Countries 39 CONTENTS Asian Studies MAJULAH! 50 Years of Malay/Muslim Community in Singapore Edited by: Zainul Abidin Rasheed (Former Senior Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and Community Leader) & Dr Norshahril Saat (ISEAS — Yusof Ishak Institute, Singapore) The Malay/Muslim community, comprising approximately 13% of Singapore’s population, is an integral part of modern Singapore’s formative years. The community has come a long way and accomplished plenty. Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong lauded the community’s growth and its efforts in nation-building in the 2015 National Day Rally, “The Malay/Muslim community is an integral part of Singapore ... and they have contributed significantly to our nation’s harmony and progress.” 50 Years of Malay/Muslim Community in Singapore highlights the progress, the contributions and the challenges of the community for the past 50 years since Singapore’s independence in Rights Information: 1965. While progress is significant, challenges remain an uphill battle towards a comprehensive All language rights community development. As the book narrates stories from the past — the successes and the available. challenges — it is also important for the community to reflect and to look ahead — Majulah! 696pp Readership: General public, researchers, politicians and students of social science. Pub. date: May 2016 978-981-4759-86-1 US$98 / £71 978-981-4759-87-8(pbk) US$45 / £32 SINGAPORE–CHINA RELATIONS 50 Years Edited by: Yongnian Zheng (East Asian Institute, NUS, Singapore) & Liang Fook Lye (East Asian Institute, NUS, Singapore) “This book highlights the distinguishing features of the Singapore-China relationship such as the strong foundation laid by the leaders of the two countries, the high-level institutional platforms that drive bilateral ties and the number of flagship projects and multi-faceted cooperation that lend substance to the relationship. It underscores Singapore’s efforts to stay relevant to China’s growth as well as China’s inclination to work with Singapore for mutual benefit. A timely, well-written and informative publication that covers key aspects of the bilateral relationship.” Wang Gungwu Chairman, East Asian Institute, NUS Chairman, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, NUS Chairman, ISEAS - Yusof Ishak Institute Rights Information: All language rights Showcasing the substantive and multi-faceted Singapore–China relationship, this book available. examines the political, economic, socio-cultural, people-to-people and even military exchanges between the two countries. It also highlights flagship projects and other key private 304pp sector-led projects that have become hallmarks of bilateral cooperation. Pub. date: Nov 2015 The book argues that the current level of cooperation is built on the earlier foundation laid 978-981-4713-55-9 by Lee Kuan Yew and Deng Xiaoping. In a way, the bilateral relationship is a unique one. For US$58 / £38 one, Deng Xiaoping had singled out Singapore as a model for China’s reforms and China today continues to find Singapore’s experience relevant. Singapore is also learning from China in the process. The two countries also have a number of bilateral institutional mechanisms that 978-981-4713-85-6(pbk) have become more important in reviewing existing cooperation and identifying new ways of US$28 / £18 working together. Rather than simply provide an overview of bilateral relations, the book highlights the unique or distinguishing features of the Singapore–China relationship. Readership: Academics, undergraduate and graduates students, professionals and policy makers interested in Singapore–China Relations. Key Features: • Highlights the unique or distinguishing features of relationship rather than simply provide an overview of bilateral relations • Offers a timely review of the state of relations on the occasion of Singapore’s 50th anniversary of independence and 25th anniversary of Singapore–China relations Foreign Rights Annual Catalogue 2016 WORLD SCIENTIFIC 1 INNOVATE YOUR INNOVATION PROCESS 100 Proven Tools By (author): Shlomo Maital (Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Israel) Through a series of short stories and brief case studies about great innovators, this book will help managers and entrepreneurs rethink their innovation processes, using the tools outlined in the book. The eight chapters include narratives on: From Ideas to Action; Breaking the Rules; Learning Creativity from our Kids; Innovation as a Team Sport; and Innovating for Those with Less. The basic idea is that the best way to become a world-class innovator is to learn from other world-class innovators and to study what they did and how they did it. Readership: Management professionals, practitioners, general public, students and academics intereated in innovation. Rights Information: Key Features: Business and Management All language rights • The book is built around highly readable, terse stories that convey meaning to the reader available.
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