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Brief Newsletter from World Scientific July 2017 Brief Newsletter from World Scientific July 2017 :RUOG6FLHQWLÀFLVSURXGWRSUHVHQW 6WHSKHQ+DZNLQJ VWZR&ODVVLF%RRNV WKHBig Bang and Black HolesDQGEuclidean Quantum Gravity -XO\7RS:RUOG6FLHQWLÀF0DQDJHPHQW$WWHQG6WHSKHQ+DZNLQJ VWK%LUWKGD\ &HOHEUDWLRQLQ&DPEULGJH ;VW>:7*THUHNLTLU[^LYLPUH[[LUKHUJLH[ Gravity and Black HolesHUPU[LYUH[PVUHS JVUMLYLUJLOLSKPU*HTIYPKNL[VJLSLIYH[L[OL thIPY[OKH`VMWYLLTPULU[[OLVYL[PJHSWO`ZPJPZ[ 7YVMLZZVY:[LWOLU/H^RPUN*OHPYTHU+Y22 7O\HHUK.YV\W4HUHNPUN+PYLJ[VY4Z +VYLLU3P\^LYLHTVUNN\LZ[ZPU]P[LK[V[OL IPY[OKH`Z`TWVZP\T;OL>:7*IVV[O^OPJO ZOV^JHZLK7YVM/H^RPUNZIVVRZHZ^LSSHZ YLSH[LK[P[SLZ^HZ[OLZVSLYLWYLZLU[H[P]LMYVT [OLW\ISPZOPUNPUK\Z[Y` >VYSK:JPLU[PÄJPZPZZ\PUNYLWYPU[ZVM[^VVM7YVM /H^RPUNZOPNOSL]LS]VS\TLZ[VJLSLIYH[L[OL VJJHZPVU;OLZL[L_[ZYLWYLZLU[ZVTLVM[OLTVZ[ PTWVY[HU[LHYS`^VYRVM7YVM/H^RPUNHUK 1SPG,,1IVB $IBJSNBO BOE%PSFFO-JV (SPVQ.% PG8PSME4DJFOUJGJDBU1SPG4UFQIFO)BXLJOHTUI \UKLYWPUZT\JOVMOPZZ\IZLX\LU[[OLVYPLZ #JSUIEBZ1BSUZJO$BNCSJEHF Hawking on the Big Bang Euclidean Quantum Gravity and Black Holes ,KP[LKI`!G W Gibbons (Cambridge), By: Stephen Hawking (Cambridge) S W Hawking (Cambridge) “It is an excellent thing to have so many of “… is a collection of fascinating papers which Professor Hawking's most important are all of high quality. This book can certainly be contributions to the theory of black holes and recommended to anyone who works in general space-time singularities all collected together in relativity, and especially in quantum gravity.” one handy volume. I am very glad to have them.” General Relativity and Gravitation Roger Penrose O[[W!^^^^VYSKZJPLU[PÄJJVT^VYSKZJPIVVRZ Oxford O[[W!^^^^VYSKZJPLU[PÄJJVT^VYSKZJPIVVRZ World Scientific Launches Indian Prime Minister Launches World Scientific Book Series by M.S. 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