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Foreign Rights Spring Catalogue 2018 Contents Foreign Rights Spring Catalogue 2018 TITLE PAGE Asian Studies ’s Change: The Greatest Show on Earth 1

Business and Management Business Exit Strategies: Family-Owned and Other Business 2 For God’s Sake: Work by the Book!: Management Explained from Within 3 Hands-on Project Management: Practice your Skills with Simulation Based Training 4 Living Digital 2040: Future of Work, Education, and Healthcare 4 Mapping Managerial Implications of Green Strategy: A Framework for Sustainable Innovation 5 Understanding Latin America: A Decoding Guide 5 Service Quality and Productivity Management 7 Topics in Lean Supply Chain Management (2nd Edition) 7 Future Automation: Changes to Lives and to Businesses 8

Chemistry Applied Theoretical Organic Chemistry 9 Carbohydrate Chemistry: Fundamentals and Applications 9 Electro-Catalysis at Chemically Modified Solid Surfaces 10 Igniting the Chemical Ring of Fire: Historical Evolution of the Chemical Communities of the Pacific Rim 10 Photosynthesis and Bioenergetics 11 Reminiscences of Ahmed H. Zewail: Photons, Electrons and What Else? 11 Ultrafast Optics and Spectroscopy in Physical Chemistry 12

Computer Science An Introduction to the Analysis of Algorithms (3rd Edition): A Hands-On Introduction 13 Unlocking Consciousness: Lessons from the Convergence of Computing and Cognitive Psychology 13

Economics and Finance Introduction to Microfinance 14

Engineering 50 Years of Engineering in 14 Engineering Optics with MATLAB® (2nd Edition) 15 Introduction to Micromechanics and Nanomechanics (2nd Edition) 15 Tsunami: To Survive from Tsunami (2nd Edition) 16

Environmental Science The Energy Conundrum: Climate Change, Global Prosperity, and the Tough Decisions We Have to Make 16 Our Warming Planet: Topics in Climate Dynamics 17

General & Popular Science Wonders of Water: The Hydrogen Bond in Action 18 The Young Scientists Series (In 12 Volumes) 18

Life Sciences California Cures!: How the California Stem Cell Program is Fighting Your Incurable Disease! 20 GMO Sapiens: The Life-Changing Science of Designer Babies 21 A Practical Guide to Cancer Systems Biology 22 Periodic Tables Unifying Living Organisms at the Molecular Level: The Predictive Power of the Law of 22 Periodicity Contents Foreign Rights Spring Catalogue 2018

TITLE PAGE Synergistic Selection: How Cooperation Has Shaped Evolution and the Rise of Humankind 23 The Physics of Organisms (3rd Edition) The Story of Genetics, Development and Evolution: A Historical Dialogue 25 Tissue Engineering and Nanotheranostics 26

Materials Science Industrial Applications of Ultrafast Lasers 26 Materials Concepts for Solar Cells (2nd Edition) 27

Mathematics Central European Olympiad, A: The Mathematical Duel 28 Ernest Irving Freese’s ‘Geometric Transformations’: The Man, The Manuscript, The Magnificent Dissections 28 KenKen Method - Puzzles for Beginners: 150 Puzzles and Solutions to Make You Smarter 29 Introduction to Number Theory 29 Paper Puzzle Book: All You Need is Paper! 30 Probability and Random Number: A First Guide to Randomness 31 Probability and Statistics for Economists 31

Medicine The 21st Century Guide to Writing Articles in the Biomedical Sciences 32 Alzheimer’s Disease Decoded: The History, Present, and Future of Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia 33 Gynecology Clinics Illustrated 34 Mental Health of a Nation: Vision Impairment in Space 34 What It Takes to Thrive: Techniques for Severe Trauma and Stress Recovery 35 Practical Guide to VIVA and OSCE in Ophthalmology Examinations 36

Nanotechnology & Nanoscience Lessons from Nanoelectronics: A New Perspective on Transport (In 2 Parts) 2nd Edition 37

Physics A Bouquet of Dyson: and Other Reflections on Science and Scientists 38 Daystar: A Peep into the Workings of the Sun 38 Entropy and Sustainable Growth 39 Facts and Mysteries in Elementary Particle Physics (Revised Edition) 39 From Micro to Macro: Adventures of a Wandering Physicist 41 “Gina Says”: Adventures in the Blogosphere String War 41 The Immense Journey: From the Birth of the Universe to the Rise of Intelligence 42 International Young Physicists’ Tournament: Problems and Solutions 2015 42 Microscopic and Macroscopic Simulation Techniques: Kharagpur Lectures 43 Mathematics for Physics: An Illustrated Handbook 43 Newton — Innovation and Controversy 44 Origin and Evolution of Comets: Ten Years after the Nice Model and One Year after Rosetta 44 Schrödinger’s Mechanics: Interpretation 45

Social Sciences Ganga Rejuvenation: Governance Challenges and Policy Options The Power of Self-Leadership 45 Leadership for Change: The Singapore Schools’ Experience 46 Silver Shades of Grey: Memos for Successful Ageing in the 21st Century 48 Asian Studies China’s Change The Greatest Show on Earth By (author): Hugh Peyman (Research-Works, China)

“Through the extraordinary array of people he has known and met over 40-years, Hugh Peyman tells the story of today’s China in a way that has never been done before.” Tony Hall BBC Director-General

“It is rare for a foreigner to understand China from the ground up. Hugh’s advantage is that he got to understand China’s diaspora before working in China, going through the numbers at the ground level and meeting people engaged in both business and officialdom” Andrew Sheng Former Chief Adviser to the China Banking Regulatory Commission Head of the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission and Rights Information: author of From Asian to Global Financial Crisis All language rights “Hugh Peyman knows what he is talking about. Far from seeing China through a Western prism available. — and consistently getting things wrong — he understands China like few others.” Martin Jacques 404pp Best-selling author of When China Rules the World Pub. date: Mar 2018

“Every time you hear the negative alarm about China, reach for China’s Change.” 978-981-3231-42-9 Ralph Layman US$78 / £69 / SGD78 State Street Global Advisors Vice Chairman 978-981-3231-99-3(pbk) “China’s Change is essential reading for any serious global investor. Get insights from the US$38 / £33 / SGD36 perspective of a researcher who sees things from top-down and bottom-up and who has lived in China for 15 years.» Ng Kok Song Former Chief Investment Officer of the Government Investment Corporation of Singapore and Adviser to PIMCO

“Punctures the biggest myths about the Chinese economy, from ghost cities to shadow banks. A great read, likely to change many readers’ views on China.” Andy Rothman Matthews Asia Investment Strategist, former US diplomat and top-rated CLSA strategist

“Really like the way this is going for ‘change’. China’s Change is onto something, allowing it to be philosophical economics, which is much more beguiling than straight economics, of course! Particularly drawn in by the question of ‹what is China getting right›.» James Kynge Emerging Markets Editor and award-winning author of China Shakes The World

“All travellers to China, whether on business, holiday or study, should take this book that has it all on China: history, philosophy, government, politics, business and economics.” Ho Kwon Ping Banyan Tree Resorts Founder, Singapore Management University Trustees Chairman and author of The Ocean in a Drop

“A very valuable book. Makes cogent arguments, with a lot of valid, interesting and provocative statements.” Ian Johnson Pulitzer Prize winner and author of Wild Grass

“Fascinating: has a flair for making the difficult to grasp and conceptualise accessible.” Mike Tsang Editor,

“Ahead of the curve, more visionary than most China followers and even lots of Chinese!” William Fu Anglo American Group China Chief Representative

“Brilliant. China’s Change is the book that needs to be written. Just excellent. Monumental.» Ulrik Trampe Odin Capital Founder

Foreign Rights Spring Catalogue 2018 WORLD SCIENTIFIC 1 China’s Change injects timely, original ideas into the world›s most important, if confused, debate over how to manage the twin challenges of anaemic economic growth and accelerating global disruption. Change is the cry from the US to Europe, Asia to Australasia. The snag is the West has no playbook to help. China however, to regain control of its future, has regularly reinvented itself by understanding change›s nature through traditional philosophy.

This book argues it is time to “Look at China” but stresses China’s approach to managing change only supplies the process not individual policies: the how not the what. Policies have to be created Asian Studies locally. In managing change, traditional thought is China’s X-Factor, the key to China’s record- breaking economic transformation. To grasp this, China’s Change provides an understanding of China›s past, present and future through its philosophy, history, economics, business, politics, prospects and impact in a way that no other book has done.

Two big global questions are answered. Can other countries, firms and individuals find paths out of their dim twilight by adapting China’s change process? Can China continue to create one-third of world growth, more than the US, EU and Japan combined, to help cure the last decade’s global economic malaise?

China’s roadmap for change enables anyone to navigate growing global disruption. Ironically China’s process is built on such ignored-in-the-West ideas as long-term thinking, clear priorities, gradualism and non-ideological pragmatism that earlier powered two centuries of Western economic dominance. If the West and rest of Asia learn from China to manage change, the next global surprise could be another turning of the tables. There is no end to history, only more turns of the wheel: for now China’s Change is again the Greatest Show on Earth.

Readership: General public interested in the social, political, economic and financial development of China as well as world affairs.

Key Features: • Identifying China’s understanding of change to explain China’s record-breaking economic recovery is unique; and a process that can be applied in the rest of the world • “Look to China” is a startling and very unconventional idea for those in the West and parts of Asia battling with slow growth, economic challenges and no clear idea how to solve current problems: yet they have looked to China before with great success • China’s Change weaves decades of detailed on-the-ground research and observations to correct major misconceptions such as ghost cities, shadow banking and excessive debt, while describing China›s process that makes change work.

Business Exit Strategies Family-Owned and Other Business By (author): Frederick D Lipman (Blank Rome LLP, USA)

This book analyzes various business exit strategies for both family-owned businesses as well as other businesses, both in the and throughout the world. Approximately 80% to 90% of all businesses in the world are family-owned. The book discusses, among other things, 12 common mistakes in attempting to sell a business to third parties, methods of marketing the business, negotiation of key sale terms, negotiating employment and consulting agreements, avoiding traps in sale agreements, creating a professional advisory team, and alternatives to a sale to an unrelated third party, such as ESOPs, leverage recapitalizations, selling to other family members or key employees, and going public transactions.

Contents: Six Common Mistakes in Selling a Business to an Unrelated Third Party; Six More Common Mistakes in Selling a Business; Marketing the Business; Letters of Intent and Due

Business and Management Rights Information: Diligence; Negotiating Key Sale Terms; Negotiating Employment and Consulting Agreements; All language rights Avoiding Traps in the Agreement of Sale; Creating a Professional Advisory Team; Leveraged available. Recapitalization; Selling to Other Family Members and/or Key Employees; The ESOP Alternative; Going Public in a Traditional IPO; The Regulation A Alternative; Appendix I: IRS Form 8594. 164pp Pub. date: Dec 2017 Readership: Professors and students of business schools; entrepreneurs, business consultants, attorneys, accountants, advisors to start-up and middle-market companies, angel investors, private 978-981-3233-21-8 equity funds. US$58 / £51 / SGD37 Key Features: • Describes 12 common mistakes in selling a business which can either prevent the sale of the business or reduce the purchase price • Provides 5 alternatives which should be explored prior to selling the business to an unrelated third party • Discusses the negotiation of key sale terms and employment and consulting agreements which are both important in maximizing the after tax sale proceeds to the business owners

2 WORLD SCIENTIFIC Foreign Rights Spring Catalogue 2018 Business and Management For God’s Sake: Work by the Book! Management Explained from Within By (author): Sarah Zohn

“The high growth years at EMC taught us a lot. One of the hidden problems with high growth companies is the lack of experienced middle line managers. Sarah captures the needed lessons perfectly in this book. My favorite motto ... ‘You have to plan for success’ ... is right there, fully explored.” Mike Ruettgers Former CEO and Chairman, EMC Corporation

“I find interesting and useful how she distills her experience from industries that are so different into management practices that apply everywhere. It’s simple — translates the philosophies into clear actions. The stories make it real and interesting.” Israel Makov Chairman of Sun Pharma Board Former CEO and President of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Rights Information: “A solid bridge between theory and practice — from how to write an email to a full strategy. Lots All language (except of gems, pleasure to read.” Orna Berry, PhD Hebrew) rights available. Former Chief Scientist of the State of Israel Entrepreneur and industry executive 380pp VP, Dell EMC, Israel Center of Excellence, & Skolkovo R&D Centers Pub. date: Nov 2017

“A feat of great engineering ... Condensing such a broad range of management topics into one 978-981-3222-48-9 book that’s usable, easy and makes so much practical sense. Mandatory read for anyone who US$58 / £51 / SGD56 wants to advance and lead from the front. Bravo!” Philip Tamer VP, 3PAR Engineering and Storage Networking at Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Former GM & VP, Symmetrix Business Unit at EMC Corporation

“As a Technion graduate loyal to her training Sarah brings it all together — engineering approach to management. Her vast experience and the many sources she uses are truly impressive. Here are the practical approaches and tools for most of today’s management situations, in business and in operations — you’d feel as if she wrote it for you. Read it once and keep it close ... “ Benjamin Soffer CEO, T3 Technion Technology Transfer

“Growing a company from an idea and a core team to a large acquisition by Cisco, we’ve been learning and improving through all stages, just as she describes the corrective processes of management. I was inspired to continuously inspect, correct and advance how we do things in our company. Page by page, I was curious to see what else she reminds me to do.” Gil Zimmermann Founder and CEO of Cloudlock — A Cisco Company

“The way she goes from large to small, and makes it relevant to all ... even with my years of experience I see that she extracted the common language that unites us all, managers and leaders of businesses in high technology.” Tom Heiser CEO ClickSoftware Former President, RSA, The Security Division of EMC

“Mid-level managers are a forgotten, neglected nation, even though they do the real work. Sarah Zohn has written her book for them. It is a treasure chest of valuable to-do tools, gleaned from her long experience. And she offers ongoing help, Ask Sarah, at the very end. For those managers who want to excel, this is one of a very few must-read books.” Prof. Shlomo Maital Technion, Israel Institute of Technology Most managers today work solely on intuition rather than best practices plus intuition. People keep reinventing what it means to be a manager, instead of learning from others’ experience and improving on it. People these days are not less talented; they have access to more information and they are fast learners. The problem is that there aren’t enough places to learn from, as organizations — large and small — are so mercurial and unstable. This book summarizes the author’s experience from two major sources: a) growing with different companies through all the management ranks up to Vice President in a mega US corporation in the computer industry, and b) from working as a consultant to dozens of companies and hundreds of managers from different backgrounds and industries. New and experienced managers will benefit from principles, approaches, and checklists for current managerial challenges. Readership: Managers and leaders of small and medium companies and mid-level management of large companies; general public interested in managerial leadership. Key Features: • Based on author’s experience and not on surveys (as are many other management books) • Useful for managers and leaders of small and medium companies and mid-level management (Directors and VP’s) of large companies • Contains problems that are presented from the point of view of the today’s managers. The book helps managers understand their problems, define them, and give them the most essential clues on how to approach a solution

Foreign Rights Spring Catalogue 2018 WORLD SCIENTIFIC 3 Hands-on Project Management Practice your Skills with Simulation Based Training By (author): Avraham Shtub (Technion Israel Institute of Technology, Israel) & Moshe Rosenwein (, USA)

Teaching project management is not an easy task. Part of the difficulty is the one-of-a-kind nature of projects. This book and the software that comes with it (Project Team Builder) present a unique approach to the teaching and training of project management — an approach based on a software tool that combines an interactive, dynamic case study and a simple yet effective Project Management System. The book focuses on problems that the project manager faces in planning, monitoring and controlling projects. Together with the software, the book provides the user with the opportunity to experience complex Project Management situations, understand the situation, develop alternative ways to cope with it and select the best alternative based on rigorous analysis. Project Team Builder (PTB), the software that accompanies this book, is web-based, please Business and Management Rights Information: visit http://www.sandboxmodel.com. All language rights To use PTB, you must enter the unique access code provided on the inside front cover of this available. book. If you are using an e-book, please click here for your unique code.

196pp This book also has accompany video tutorials. Visit http://www.sandboxmodel.com to access the Pub. date: Dec 2017 Videos. Contents: Introduction to Project Management; Introduction to the Project Team Builder Simulator; 978-981-3200-53-1 Stakeholder Requirements and Value; Scheduling; Resource Management; Budgeting; Risk US$58 / £48 / SGD54 Management; Project Integration — Planning, Executing Monitoring, and Controlling the Project; Integration of Simulation-Based Training in Project Management Courses; Appendix: The Next Step — Creating and Managing Multiple Scenarios. Readership: Project managers, project teams, students, professionals and general readers interested in effective project management. Key Features: • It is comprehensive as it covers all aspects of project management and yet it is simple to understand • Integration of the different aspects of project management is made easy as the user can simulate project management scenarios at different level of complexity • It comes with a simulator that supports Simulation Based Training and is used by leading universities throughout the world

Living Digital 2040 Future of Work, Education, and Healthcare By (author): King Wang Poon (Lee Kuan Yew Centre for Innovative Cities, Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore), Hyowon Lee (Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore), Wee KiatLim (NTU, Singapore), Rajesh Elara Mohan (Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore), Youngjin Chae (Lee Kuan Yew Centre for Innovative Cities, Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore), Gayathri Balasubramanian (Lee Kuan Yew Centre for Innovative Cities, Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore), Aaron Yong (Lee Kuan Yew Centre for Innovative Cities, Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore) & Raymond Yeong (Lee Kuan Yew Centre for Innovative Cities, Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore)

Countries, cities, and companies are investing in smart cities and digital economies. % How can people thrive as their lives are disrupted and transformed? Rights Information: % Will jobs be created or destroyed? All language rights % Will digital divides narrow or widen in education and healthcare? (except Korean) available. Living Digital 2040 provides practical answers to these questions. It focuses on the future of work, education, and healthcare, because all of us experience these three social and economic 308pp institutions every day, and at seminal stages of our lives. Work, education, and healthcare also Pub. date: Oct 2017 build our capabilities and relationships, so that we can live flourishing lives. 978-981-3230-70-5 Living Digital 2040 takes the view that it is up to us create a future that is better than the one today. US$78 / £69 / SGD115 It explores practical possibilities we could pursue, and how our collective capacity for innovation 978-981-3232-97-6(pbk) and collaboration can tackle the disruptive forces, and transform our lives for the better. US$38 / £33 / SGD37 Contents: Beyond Physical: Cities Living Digital; How and Why; Drivers of Change; Future of Work; Future of Education; Future of Healthcare; Conclusion: The Scalable City.

Readership: General public

4 WORLD SCIENTIFIC Foreign Rights Spring Catalogue 2018 Mapping Managerial Implications of Green Strategy Business and Management A Framework for Sustainable Innovation By (author): George Tesar (Umeå University, Sweden & University of Wisconsin- Whitewater, USA), Hamid Moini (University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, USA) & Olav Jull Sørensen (Aalborg University, Denmark)

Around the world, small manufacturing enterprises in market-based economies are facing daily challenges posed by emerging green imperatives and opportunities. These issues impact future decisions, allocation of resources, and encourage managers to refocus their strategies.

This book investigates how smaller manufacturing enterprises commit to green marketing strategies, mapping all major parts of the design process throughout the entire value-creating channel. It draws together a comprehensive framework to understand, from the perspective of marketing management, what managerial considerations are important in committing to green initiatives.

Presenting an active debate and policies on environmental sustainability for small and medium Rights Information: sizes manufacturing companies, it focuses on aspects of innovative marketing practices in All language rights response to the need for businesses to incorporate strategies that generate a smaller carbon available. footprint. 212pp Aimed at an international audience, Mapping Managerial Implications of Green Strategy is an invaluable resource for managers looking for green solutions, and doctoral and graduate students Pub. date: Jan 2018 looking for research topics. 978-1-78634-480-9 US$88 / £77 / SGD130 Contents: Preface; About the Authors; Introduction to Managerial Implications of Green Strategy; Commitment to Green Strategy and External Forces; Enterprise Action, Marketing Management, and Green Marketing Strategies; Marketing Strategies for Green Issues; Financial Analysis of Green Projects; Competitive Positioning Subject to Green Marketing Strategies; Emerging Green Concerns and Managers of Smaller Manufacturing Enterprises; International Implications of Green Strategies and Consumption Behavior; Integration; Postscript; Additional Resources; Index.

Readership: Highly recommended for both students and managers working in industry.

Key Features: • As far as the authors can determine based on a search of university libraries, publishers, and other sources, the proposed publication focusing especially on green issues in the context of marketing and financial activities among smaller manufacturing enterprises does not compare to any other available publication • Some of the concepts, framework and ideas introduced in this book can be found partially discussed in academic and professional, mostly consulting, publications, but they have not been shaped into a comprehensive framework and presented in the form of suggestions and approaches to practicing managers and students

Understanding Latin America A Decoding Guide By (author): (Venezuelan Scholar and Diplomat)

“Addressing the profound tendencies that define a highly heterogeneous region, such as Latin America, is a complex task. To be able to do so, while simultaneously explaining the similarities and commonalities that exist within the region, is even more difficult. To that it should be added the important achievement of recreating a historical journey spanning several centuries, in a coherent, clear, thorough and pleasant manner. Alfredo Toro Hardy’s excellent book, Understanding Latin America: A Decoding Guide, provides a key to this region and to its historical cycles and current challenges.” Francisco Rojas Aravena Rector of the University for the Peace

“Ambassador Toro Hardy’s book is most important and timely. I have enjoyed reading the book and gained many new insights about the countries of Latin America from it.” Rights Information: Chairman of the National University of Singapore Centre for International Law All language rights available. “Alfredo Toro Hardy is the quintessential scholar-diplomat. There is nobody more qualified to have produced this timely new volume. Understanding Latin America is an admirably sophisticated yet 272pp succinct guide to the historical milestones, political movements and economic trends that everyone Pub. date: Oct 2017 should grasp when dealing with the dynamic markets stretching from Mexico to Argentina.» 978-981-3229-94-5 US$58 / £51 / SGD56 Best-selling author Senior Research Fellow, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy

Foreign Rights Spring Catalogue 2018 WORLD SCIENTIFIC 5 “Alfredo Toro Hardy is one of the world’s leading authorities on the developing countries and Latin America in particular. A prolific and eloquent author with an immense global experience. This new book of his is a must-read for those interested in Latin America’s vibrant history, economics and culture.” Robert Harvey Author of Liberators: Latin America’s Struggle for Independence

“This is a most welcome survey of Latin America. The text displays an exceptional knowledge of modern history and the contemporary scene, from economics to culture. Alfredo Toro Hardy is a highly experienced diplomat but here he does not duck the difficult judgements and demanding prescriptions that an honest survey demands.” James Dunkerley Former Director, Institute of the Americas at University College

“Ambassador Toro Hardy masterfully combines his vast knowledge of the region with his extensive experience as a diplomat, to decipher the historical and cultural realities of Latin America. This Business and Management timely book is a must read for anyone attempting to understand the changing landscape of Latin America in the second decade of the 21st century.” Angelo Rivero Santos Academic Director, Center for Latin American Studies,

“There is a great deal that Asians countries have to learn about the Latin American republics that are so different in many ways. This book by Alfredo Toro Hardy, a distinguished author and diplomat, goes a long way towards filling this gap and will be essential reading for all Asians seeking to increase their understanding of Latin America.” Victor Bullmer-Thomas Former Director, Chatham House

“This is a necessary guide for understanding Latin America. A key to decipher the myth of that foreign land and a window into its wide horizons.” Xu Shicheng Co-founder, Institute of Latin American Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

From afar, Latin America looks like a blurry tableau: devoid of defining lines, particularities and nuances. Little is understood about the idiosyncrasies of Latin-Americans, their cultural identity and social values. Differences between Brazilians and Spanish Americans, or amid the diverse Spanish American countries, are not sufficiently understood. Even less is known about the amplitude of the Iberian heritage of such countries, or about the miscegenation and acculturation processes that took place among their different constitutive races. There is no clarity regarding the Western nature of Latin America or about its cultural affinities with Latin Europe. Nor is there sufficient understanding of the links between the Latin population of the United States and the inhabitants of Latin America.

This book aims to fill the gap by focusing on Latin America’s history, culture, identity and idiosyncrasies. It serves as a guide to understand regional attitudes, meanings and behavioural differences of the region. It also analyses the present economic situation of the region, while trying to predict the future of the region. Written in a simple and accessible manner, this book will be of interest to readers keen on exploring the region for potential opportunities in trade, investment or any other kind of business and cultural endeavor.

Contents: Why Latin America?; What is Iberian America?; Brazil and Spanish America; Spanish America: One or Many?; Where do Belong?; Latin America and the United States: A Dichotomy; Latin America and the United States: A History in Seven Chapters; The Revenge of the South; When China Arrived from Nowhere; Latin America›s Options.

Readership: Business professionals, researchers, undergraduate and graduate students interested in knowing more about Latin America and Latin American Economic Growth; business and trade federations; institutes or centers for Latin American studies in universities.

Key Features: • One of the very few books on Latin America that serves as a guide for those seeking potential trade and business opportunities in Latin America

6 WORLD SCIENTIFIC Foreign Rights Spring Catalogue 2018 Service Quality and Productivity Management Business and Management By (author): Jochen Wirtz (NUS, Singapore)

The relationship between productivity and customer satisfaction is complex. Service Quality and Productivity Management describes that the quality and productivity are twin paths in creating value for both customers and organizations. This book describes how to improve service quality and productivity, and discusses how to use key tools (including customer feedback systems) to achieve this. This book is the 12th volume in the Winning in Service Markets Series by services marketing expert Jochen Wirtz. Scientifically grounded, accessible and practical, the Winning in Service Markets Series bridges the gap between cutting-edge academic research and industry practitioners, and features best practices and latest trends on services marketing and management from around the world.

Readership: Business and Marketing students at MBA and eMBA level; marketing professionals and practitioners. Rights Information: Key Features: All language rights • There are many books on service management in the market, but most are narrowly focused available. and/or based on anecdotal evidence. This new book is the first to rigorously cover key aspects of services marketing and management, and that is routed in sound academic research. This 79pp book bridges the gap between cutting-edge academic research and practitioners Pub. date: Oct 2017 • The book makes extant academic knowledge easily accessible. For example, each chapter features an organizational framework that provides an overview of core concepts at a glance, 978-1-944659-42-4(pbk) and it ends with a succinct chapter summary in bullet points US$9.95 / £8.95 / SGD9.30 • The book features global best practices and latest trends; it takes on a global perspective with about 40% of all examples originating from the Americas, 30% from Europe and 30% from Asia

Topics in Lean Supply Chain Management (2nd Edition) By (author): Marc Schniederjans (University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA), Dara Schniederjans (University of Rhode Island, USA), Ray Qing Cao (University of Houston-Downtown, USA) & Vicky Ching Gu (University of Houston-Clear Lake, USA)

The purpose of this book is to describe how lean and supply chain management can be combined to achieve world-class business performance. To accomplish this purpose, the book contains both basic material on lean and supply chain management, as well as content from current journal research findings, strategies, issues, concepts, philosophies, procedures, methodologies, and practices in managing a lean supply chain. Presented in a topical fashion, the chapters deal with a wide-range of subjects that support, nurture, and advance principles, concepts, and methodologies of lean supply chain management.

Contents: Introduction to Lean and Supply Chain Management: Lean; Supply Chains; The Nexus of Lean and Supply Chain Management; Topics in Lean Supply Chain Management: Rights Information: Topics in Lean Supply Chain Leadership; Strategic Customer Value Focus in Lean Supply Chain All language rights Management; Topics in Aligning Lean Supply Chain Strategy, Tactics, and Operational Plans; available. Ethics, Trust, and Collaboration Topics in Lean Supply Chains; Topics in Globalization and Cultural Impacts on Lean Supply Chains; Topics in Lean Supply Chain Information Systems; Topics in Lean 432pp Supply Chain New Product Development; Topics is Lean Supply Chain E-commerce; Topics in Pub. date: Jan 2018 Lean Supply Chain Outsourcing; Topics in Sustainable Lean Supply Chains; Topics in Building Agile and Flexible Lean Supply Chains. 978-981-3229-92-1 US$138 / £121 / SGD204 Readership: Undergraduates, Graduates, academics and consultants who are interested to know more about lean supply chain management.

Key Features: • This is a topical book, that focuses in-depth on the Lean topics that are covered • This book covers many of the newer Lean topics that are the focus point for Lean firms today • The chapters of this book has been updated with current literature and even include the most recent advances in Lean-related technology (some of which have yet to be implemented but are in the planning stages)

Foreign Rights Spring Catalogue 2018 WORLD SCIENTIFIC 7 Future Automation Changes to Lives and to Businesses By (author): Timothy E Carone (University of Notre Dame, USA)

“Future Automation is a mind-expanding experience in the form of a book. It helps me envision what›s next for rapidly changing business models and to project the likely impact of autonomous systems on people and society. As a leader of talent programs for thousands of professionals, understanding and effectively navigating the nexus of humans and machines is critical to my firm›s ability to compete — both as a values- and people-based professional firm and as a prosperous business. Despite complexities addressed, the book is highly readable, as the authors provide compelling graphics and evocative analogies.” Martin Fiore Americas Tax Talent Leader, Ernst & Young LLP

Listen to Timothy Carone, one of our authors of “Future Automation”, on CNN Ryan Business and Management Rights Information: All language rights Noble’s latest podcast ‘Rigged Election/Wikileaks fallout’ here - http://cnn.it/2ez7NRf available. The world overstates the present fear of future risk. Autonomous systems are our future. One day we will wake up to some event that will make it clear that the robots have taken over but just not 300pp in the way we always thought. Robots take many forms. A driverless car is a robot. A drone over Pub. date: Sep 2018 Afghanistan is a robot. Siri is a robot as are high frequency trading systems. And the autonomous 978-981-3142-32-9 systems that Amazon uses to manage their warehouses and logistics are collections of robots US$78 / £65 / SGD111 acting in concert. In short, robots, or autonomous systems, are slowly taking over the execution of key processes that run our businesses and our lives. We define an autonomous system to be an 978-981-3142-33-6(pbk) integration at the data and process level of three components: sensors or the Internet of Things US$39 / £32 / SGD55 that collect data; big data that stores and processes data; and artificial intelligence, which takes the information, makes decisions, and acts. On occasions, we add in actuators, which are motors that are responsible for moving or controlling a mechanism or system. Other words for an autonomous system with actuators are “robot,” “driverless car,” and “unmanned drone.”

In this book we show how autonomous systems when coupled with the blockchain and additive manufacturing will substantially change business models and our lives. It is clear that the transition to more autonomous systems operating in our society will come from the ground up and will be used to support processes that do not involve humans and human safety. Mostly this falls into the realm of logistics, farming, and some financial services. It does not fall into the area of healthcare where the adoption of autonomous system will be slower and presumably much more highly regulated. Healthcare though will be the place where the human + autonomous system evolves over time and shows how the weaknesses of machines are solved by the strengths of humans and vice versa. There is one area that can serve as the test bed for autonomous system in other industries. The logistics industry is already highly automated but it can also serve as a test bed for autonomous ports, trucks, planes, and our personal favorite, the Trone, which is a drone that can carry at least as much cargo as a long haul tractor-trailer. Change is coming and it is in many forms and will show up in different places at different times.

Contents: Autonomous Systems; Big Data and Business Analytics; Artificial Intelligence; The Internet of Things; Autonomous Systems Reconsidered; The Global Food Supply; Financial Services; Logistics; Manufacturing; Retail; Health Care; Recognizing as Presence.

Readership: Textbook targeted at undergraduate students studying Business Management as a degree.

8 WORLD SCIENTIFIC Foreign Rights Spring Catalogue 2018 Chemistry Applied Theoretical Organic Chemistry Edited by: Dean J Tantillo (UC Davis)

This book provides state-of-the-art information on how studies in applied theoretical organic chemistry are conducted. It highlights the many approaches and tools available to those interested in using computational chemistry to predict and rationalize structures and reactivity of organic molecules. Chapters not only describe theoretical techniques in detail, but also describe recent applications and offer practical advice.

Authored by many of the world leaders in the field of applied theoretical chemistry, this book is perfect for both practitioners of computational chemistry and synthetic and mechanistic organic chemists curious about applying computational techniques to their research.

Readership: Practitioners of computational chemistry and synthetic and mechanistic organic chemists curious about applying computational techniques to their research. Rights Information: Key Features: All language rights • A particular strength is the mix of theoretical background, informative examples and practical available. advice provided • Chapters are authored by many of world leaders in the field of applied theoretical chemistry 624pp Pub. date: Mar 2018

978-1-78634-408-3 US$188 / £165 / SGD278

Carbohydrate Chemistry Fundamentals and Applications By (author): Raimo Alén (University of Jyväskylä, Finland)

This book presents a comprehensive approach to the versatile and fascinating field of carbohydrate chemistry. It covers, besides the colorful historical perspective within the utilization of carbohydrates and their derivatives, all modern aspects on their properties, nomenclature, uses, and natural occurrence as such or as residues in a variety of biologically active molecules. Special emphasis is paid to various conversion techniques for producing value-added chemicals, biofuels, and other products from carbohydrate-rich renewable resources.

This book can be primarily used as an advanced textbook for a wide range of readers in many disciplines; not only students and teachers but also everyone who works in the laboratory as a researcher or in production and planning or who generally needs relevant knowledge of carbohydrates. Rights Information: Contents: Historical Background of Carbohydrate Utilization and Chemistry; Isomerism; All language rights Representation of Open Chain Chiral Molecules as Planar Formulas; Configuration; Cyclic available. Forms of Monosaccharides; Naming of Monosaccharides; Carbohydrate Biosynthesis; Natural Carbohydrates and Their Derivatives; Carbohydrate Residues-containing Substance Groups; 596pp Characteristic Reactions of Carbohydrates; Utilization of Biomass. Pub. date: Mar 2018 Readership: Chemists, biochemists, glycobiologists, materials scientists, students in biochemistry 978-981-3223-63-9 and biology. US$128 / £113 / SGD189 Key Features: 978-981-3223-64-6(pbk) • A comprehensive book that contains all important areas of modern carbohydrate chemistry US$78 / £69 / SGD115 • A broad description about natural carbohydrates and their derivatives is included • A detailed overview of possibilities to produce a great variety of products from carbohydrates or carbohydrate-rich renewable resources is given

Foreign Rights Spring Catalogue 2018 WORLD SCIENTIFIC 9 Electro-Catalysis at Chemically Modified Solid Surfaces By (author): Jacques Simonet (Université de Rennes 1, France)

“Building on a deep appreciation of organic electrochemistry Professor Jacques Simonet turned Chemistry his attention to generating entirely fascinating new classes of modified electrodes and electrode materials with scope for numerous applications. The results summarised in the book testify to Simonet’s creativity and chemical insight using controlled electrochemistry to make diverse and unexpected materials … Holistically the book shows the power of electrochemistry in the hands of a synthetic visionary the results of which will have lasting impact.” Prof Richard Compton Oxford

This book documents Professor Jacques Simonet’s contribution to building new electrode materials and their related catalytic reactions. Research includes synthesis of new alloys of Rights Information: palladium, discovery of new composite electrodes (including gold- and silver-graphene) and All language rights the creation of new materials through judicious cathodic or anodic doping. Additionally, studies available. demonstrate the malleability and reactivity of previously unused precious and semi-precious metals for the creation of 2D and 3D catalytic materials. Studies key to innovative research show 448pp how transition metals may reversibly cathodically insert small size electro-active molecules such Pub. date: Oct 2017 as CO2 and O2, and be applied to methods of depollution brought by carbon and nitrogen oxides.

978-1-78634-243-0 Written for practical use, Simonet has provided both theory and tools needed for those aiming US$138 / £121 / SGD204 to recreate and develop his experiments in electrochemical catalysis and surface modifications. This full publication of research gives graduate and post-graduate students of chemistry, electrochemistry and catalysis an in-depth insight into key historical and modern developments in the field.

Readership: Graduate and post-graduate students and researchers of chemistry, electrochemistry and catalysis.

Igniting the Chemical Ring of Fire Historical Evolution of the Chemical Communities of the Pacific Rim Edited by: Seth C Rasmussen (North Dakota State University, USA)

From the rise of chemical technology in antiquity to the present day, Igniting the Chemical Ring of Fire tracks the development of professional chemistry communities in the countries of the Pacific Rim. Critical in this process was the development of local education and training in chemistry. The doctorate in chemistry is generally regarded as coming into existence in early 19th century Germany, with the model spreading globally as time passed. In early years it was common for international chemistry scholars to train at the ranking German or English universities before returning to their home countries to seed a local version of the doctorate. However, little has been formally written about this process outside of Europe.

Representing a first in the field for countries of the Pacific Rim, this book documents the detailed history of chemical communities in ten countries from a team of internationally renowned Rights Information: historians. Providing insights into how and when these countries initiated local chemistry PhD All language rights programs and became independent chemical entities, Igniting the Chemical Ring of Fire shows available. that there is no single path to development.

484pp Readership: Scientists, students and chemical historians alike will enjoy discovering Pub. date: Jan 2018 these untold stories that travel from Canada to Australia, China to Japan and more.

978-1-78634-454-0 US$98 / £86 / SGD145

10 WORLD SCIENTIFIC Foreign Rights Spring Catalogue 2018 Chemistry Photosynthesis and Bioenergetics Edited by: James Barber (Imperial College London, UK) & Alexander V Ruban (Queen Mary University of London, UK)

This book is a tribute to three outstanding scientists, Professors Jan Anderson FRS, Leslie Dutton FRS and John Walker FRS, Nobel Laureate. Covering some of the most recent advances in the fields of Bioenergetics and Photosynthesis, this book is a compilation of contributions from leading scientists actively involved in understanding the natural biological processes associated with the flow of energy in biological cells. The lectures found in this significant volume were presented at a meeting in March 2016 in Singapore to commemorate the outstanding research in this area.

The contents begin with the ideas, specially the contribution from Nobel Laureate Rudolph Marcus, who is well-known for creating the theory of electron transport reactions. This is followed by contributions of many others on various aspects of respiratory and photosynthetic transport chains as well as the dynamic regulation of light harvesting and electron transport events in oxygenic photosynthesis. The book is highly recommended to postgraduate students and researchers who Rights Information: are interested in various aspects of bioenergetic cycles. All language rights available. Readership: Postgraduate students, researchers and specialists interested in various aspects of respiratory and photosynthetic electron transport chains. 368pp Pub. date: Oct 2017

978-981-3230-29-3 US$108 / £95 / SGD160

Reminiscences of Ahmed H. Zewail: Photons, Electrons and What Else? A Portrait from Close Range. Remembrances of his Group Members and Family Edited by: Abderrazzak Douhal (Universidad de Castilla la Mancha, ), John Spencer Baskin (Caltech), Dongping Zhong (The Ohio State University, USA)

In this unique illustrated book, PhD students, postdoctoral researchers, senior visiting scholars, and staff describe their personal experiences in working with the late Prof. Ahmed H. Zewail at Caltech. Their reminiscences provide snapshots of their rich interactions, reflecting the great scientific achievements, as well as the human and humorous sides of Ahmed H. Zewail.

The contributors tell us their stories covering a period of forty years, beginning from the time of Zewail’s arrival at Caltech in 1976. Some of them cover the time when Zewail was starting his pioneering work on femtochemistry at the end of 80’s, while others relate events long after he Rights Information: was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1999) and had embarked on a new career in ultrafast electron imaging. The aims and scope of this book is to provide both scientists and non-scientists All language rights descriptions of the experiences of scientists in the early or mature stages of their careers when available. interacting with one of the greatest scientists of the 20th century, from developing the field of femtochemistry to pioneering ultrafast electron diffraction and imaging technology. The personal 428pp dimension of Zewail’s leadership is reflected in all the contributions, and highlighted by special Pub. date: Feb 2018 tributes from two of his children. 978-981-3231-53-5 The scientific and anecdotal stories recounted in the book give a rare view of experiences in US$88 / £77 / SGD130 shaping science. The reader will get firsthand accounts of how a Nobel Prize winner interacted daily with his co-workers to develop the laser-based science and technology for which he was 978-981-3231-65-8(pbk) internationally recognized. The recounted experiences may serve as a basis for scientists US$38 / £33 / SGD56 developing their own research, tutoring students, and supervising postdoctoral researchers.

Readership: Students, practitioners and researchers in chemistry, physical chemistry and physics interested in learning about one of the great minds in physical chemistry

Key Features: • Untold stories between a Nobel Prize winner and his co-workers • How the development of Femtochemistry was lived by direct players • Stories of imminent scientists in Femtochemistry • How femtochemistry started at Caltech • Zewail and his co-workers at Femtoland

Foreign Rights Spring Catalogue 2018 WORLD SCIENTIFIC 11 Ultrafast Optics and Spectroscopy in Physical Chemistry By (author): Atanu Bhattacharya (Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, )

Ultrafast spectroscopy is an advanced spectroscopic technique which enables us to capture Chemistry events (mostly microscopic) in a very rapid time scale (spanning from nanoseconds (10–9 sec) to attosecond (10–18 sec)). The introduction of this spectroscopic technique to chemistry came with microsecond resolution near about 1950 with the development of flash photolysis by Norrish and Porter (R G W Norrish and G Porter, Nature, 164, 658 (1949); Discuss. Faraday Soc. 17, 40 (1954). They studied chemical reaction dynamics in time domain, for the first time. Thereafter, with the advances made with ultrafast lasers, the time resolution improved continuously over the years, reaching the “picosecond” in 1980, the “femtosecond” in 1990 and the “attosecond” in 2000. The field is continuously maturing and has earned noble prize in chemistry twice: the first one was awarded to M Eigen, R G W Norrish and G Porter, and the second one was awarded to Rights Information: A Zewail. This highlights the significant role of ultrafast spectroscopy in chemical dynamics study All language rights (more broadly in Physical Chemistry). available. Ultrafast Spectroscopy is a vast and exhaustive subject and perhaps everybody working in the field of ultrafast spectroscopy would agree that it is difficult to introduce this subject to a new 292pp student, particularly with physical chemistry (or chemistry) background (education obtained at the Pub. date: Jan 2018 bachelor or master level in India). Generally, the language of ultrafast spectroscopy and related optics is not part of the chemistry education in India. Students with academic background in 978-981-3223-67-7 physics and electrical engineering are far better suited to this. However, physical chemists have to US$118 / £104 / SGD175 measure physical properties and monitor dynamics of different physical and chemical processes routinely using ultrafast spectroscopic techniques. Furthermore, physical chemists have to reason intellectually about a new ultrafast technique to monitor a novel dynamics of chemical system. This leads to a problem, particularly when it comes to educating (Indian) chemistry students in ultrafast spectroscopy laboratory. Unfortunately, no single textbook is available which is suitable for a chemistry student new to this field. Realizing this need, a course on ultrafast optics and spectroscopy was offered by me in the January session of 2014 to the integrated and regular PhD students at Indian Institute of Science and the favourable reception to the course by the students from several departments, including Physics, Centre of Nano Science and Engineering, and Physical Chemistry, confirmed the existence of that need, not only in physical chemistry but also in other related disciplines.

The primary goal of this text book is that any student (beginner), even one who has never heard of the subject, should be able to learn what ultrafast spectroscopy is, why optics related to the subject requires special attention, how to use the basic ideas of the subject in laboratory-based ultrafast spectroscopy experiments, and how to interpret the experimental observations, and so on. Furthermore, the book should be studied without any help from an expert in the field. The level of mathematics is suitably selected in the book so that any student with basic knowledge of algebra, differentiation and integration would comfortably go through the book. As chemists often tend to see the physical picture of a mathematical formula, significant discussion on the meaning of mathematical expressions used in the text is included.

Readership: This book can be used with any introductory college/university course in optics, spectroscopy, or experimental physical chemistry or chemical physics usually undertaken by graduate and undergraduate students in science and engineering.

Key Features: • This book is an introduction to ultrafast optics and spectroscopy for use with any introductory college/university course in optics, spectroscopy, or experimental physical chemistry or chemical physics of the kind usually taken by undergraduate and graduate students in physical chemistry • The audience for this book are also physical chemistry or chemical physics students who have never heard of the subject but would like to work on ultrafast optics and spectroscopy in a PhD program with an academic background of chemistry • When this book was written, several advanced books on the topic were available, but none was really suitable for a student (particularly physical chemistry students) new to the subject. To the best of my belief, NONE is really suitable for a physical chemistry student new to the subject or for physical chemistry students. This book will fulfill that demand

12 WORLD SCIENTIFIC Foreign Rights Spring Catalogue 2018 An Introduction to the Analysis of Algorithms Computer Science (3rd Edition) By (author): Michael Soltys (California State University Channel Islands, USA)

A successor to the first and second editions, this updated and revised book is a leading companion guide for students and engineers alike, specifically software engineers who design algorithms. While succinct, this edition is mathematically rigorous, covering the foundations for both computer scientists and mathematicians with interest in the algorithmic foundations of Computer Science.

Besides expositions on traditional algorithms such as Greedy, Dynamic Programming and Divide & Conquer, the book explores two classes of algorithms that are often overlooked in introductory textbooks: Randomised and Online algorithms — with emphasis placed on the algorithm itself. The book also covers algorithms in Linear Algebra, and the foundations of Computation.

The coverage of Randomized and Online algorithms is timely: the former have become ubiquitous due to the emergence of cryptography, while the latter are essential in numerous fields as diverse Rights Information: as operating systems and stock market predictions. All language rights While being relatively short to ensure the essentiality of content, a strong focus has been placed available. on self-containment, introducing the idea of pre/post-conditions and loop invariants to readers of all backgrounds, as well as all the necessary mathematical foundations. The programming 328pp exercises in Python will be available on the web (see http://www.msoltys.com/book for the Pub. date: Jan 2018 companion web site). 978-981-3235-90-8 Contents: Preliminaries; Greedy Algorithms; Divide and Conquer; Dynamic Programming; Online US$98 / £86 / SGD145 Algorithms; Randomized Algorithms; Algorithms in Linear Algebra; Computational Foundations; Mathematical Foundations.

Readership: Students of undergraduate courses in algorithms and programming and associated professionals.

Unlocking Consciousness Lessons from the Convergence of Computing and Cognitive Psychology By (author): Charles T Ross (British Computer Society, UK)

In order to bridge the gap between artificial and synthetic intelligence, we must first understand our own intelligence. ‘What is intelligence?’ might appear as a simple question, but many great minds have agreed that there is no singular answer. Unlocking Consciousness attempts to examine this central question through exploring the convergence of computing, philosophy, cognitive neuroscience and biogenetics.

The book is the first of its kind to compare comprehensive definitions of both information and intelligence, an essential component to the advancement of computing into the realms of artificial intelligence. In examining explanations for intelligence, consciousness, memory and meaning from the perspective of a computer scientist, it offers routes that can be taken to augment natural and artificial intelligence, improving our own individual abilities, and even considering the potential for creating a prosthetic brain. Rights Information: Unlocking Consciousness demonstrates that understanding intelligence is not just for the benefit All language rights of computer scientists, it is also of great value to those working in evolutionary, molecular and available. systems biology, cognitive neuroscience, genetics and biotechnology. In unlocking the secrets of intelligence and laying out the methods of which information is structured and processed, we can 388pp unlock a completely new theory of consciousness. Pub. date: Feb 2018

For additional published articles and appendices referenced in this title, readers can visit http:// 978-1-78634-468-7 www.brainmindforum.org/ for further information. US$98 / £86 / SGD145 Contents: Preface; About the Author; Introduction; Philosophy; Convergence: Contribution of Computers: Predator or Partner?; State of the Art: Cognitive Neuroscience; Ideas, Past, Present and Future; Information: Sources of Information; Language; Representation of Information; Memory & Learning; Meaning; Intelligence: Summary of the Evolution of Intelligence; General and Responsive Intelligence; Aquisitive and Creative Intelligence; Physical, Emotional, Holistic and Medical Intelligence; Measurement, Implications and Extrapolation of Intelligence; The Many Languages and Powerful Tools of the Body; Definitions of Intelligence;Consciousness: Understanding Consciousness; Thinking, Knowledge and Creativity; The Synaptic Conjecture; The Future: The Future; Bibliography; List of Appendices; Index.

Readership: Computer scientists, software and electronic engineers, cognitive neuroscientists, researchers and the general public interested in the operation of the brain.

Foreign Rights Spring Catalogue 2018 WORLD SCIENTIFIC 13 Introduction to Microfinance By (author): Todd A Watkins (Lehigh University, USA)

Microfinance has grown from the obscure efforts of a few philanthropic institutions into a global industry that reaches 150–200 million clients through the branches of thousands of institutions. Microfinance has matured from exclusively funding loans to providing savings, insurance, healthcare, and education. Yet many people still think of it narrowly as microcredit. Understanding remains thin of what the industry does, how it functions and why.

Introduction to Microfinance provides a non-technical introduction to the broad array of inclusive financial and non-financial services for the world›s poor. It explores the financial lives of those families, and the microfinance institutions and rapidly growing industry that serve them. Written in close collaboration with college students for college students, under the auspices of one of Economics and Finance the US›s leading undergraduate programs in microfinance, it is the first-ever introductory college textbook about microfinance. Rights Information: All language rights What is microfinance? What are its methods and why? Does it work? What are its prospects and available. challenges? Why is it controversial? This book tackles these questions and more.

472pp Contents: History and Evolution of the Microfinance Industry; Daily Financial Lives of the Poor; Pub. date: Apr 2018 Economic and Behavioral Barriers to Financial Services for the Poor; Informal Sector Finance; Microlending; Microsavings and Microinsurance; Gender Issues in Microfinance; The Debate Over 978-981-3140-73-8 Commercial Microfinance; Assessing Impact. US$128 / £113 / SGD189 Readership: Undergraduates and graduates interested in microfinance and those who are keen to know more about microfinance, development, and/or social investing. 978-981-3143-00-5(pbk) US$68 / £60 / SGD101 Key Features: • The only introductory, non-technical, microfinance textbook that is made reader-friendly for undergraduates and graduates • Written in close collaboration with college students for college students, under the auspices of one of the US’s leading undergraduate programs in microfinance • A complete coverage of the microfinance industry, its evolution and impact, in theory and in practice • Supplementary boxes (i.e., Dig Deeper, In the Field, Faces, In Your Backyard) relate microfinance to practices by individuals, organizations, as well as developing and developed countries

50 Years of Engineering in Singapore Edited by: Tao Soon Cham (NTU, Singapore) Engineering An underpinning force in Singapore’s remarkable 50-year transformation into a sophisticated world-class city, engineering has contributed significantly to the nation’s economic, infrastructural and social developments.

A joint publication by The Institution of Engineers, Singapore, and World Scientific Publishing, to celebrate Singapore’s 50th birthday, 50 Years of Engineering in Singapore brings to life the extraordinary engineering feats across multiple disciplines and tells the stories of these exceptional engineers who, with their determinations and courage, turned the little red dot into a jewel of a city. A vibrant record of engineering excellence, the publication traces the goliath challenges impeding the nation›s growth over the past five decades, and the engineering innovations that brought about wealth creation, higher standards of living, and enhanced liveability.

Rights Information: This compendium covers land transportation (ERP system, MRT and LRT, roads and buses All language rights system); water management and engineering; energy (supply and maintenance); manufacturing available. in the areas of electronics, precision engineering, chemical and pharmaceutical/bio-medical engineering; housing/cities/infrastructure and land use (reclamation and underground); air and 204pp sea hub; and telecommunications, ICT and software. Pub. date: Oct 2017 Contents: Foreword by DPM Teo Chee Hean; Foreword by Er. Edwin Khew; Editor’s Remark by 978-981-4632-28-7 Prof Cham Tao Soon; Acknowledgements; Land Transportation; Water; Energy; Manufacturing; US$58 / £51 / SGD58 Buildings & Infrastructure; Aerospace; Infocomm Technology; Offshore & Marine; Health & Safety; Conclusion: Engineers for the Future; Index. 978-981-4632-29-4(pbk) Readership: Researchers, professionals, academics, and laymen interested in all aspects of US$24 / £21 / SGD24 engineering.

14 WORLD SCIENTIFIC Foreign Rights Spring Catalogue 2018 Engineering Engineering Optics with MATLAB® (2nd Edition) By (author): Ting-Chung Poon (Virginia Tech, USA) & Taegeun Kim (Sejong University, South Korea)

This invaluable second edition provides more in-depth discussions and examples in various chapters. Based largely on the authors’ own in-class lectures as well as research in the area, the comprehensive textbook serves two purposes. The first introduces some traditional topics such as matrix formalism of geometrical optics, wave propagation and diffraction, and some fundamental background on Fourier optics. The second presents the essentials of acousto-optics and electro- optics, and provides the students with experience in modeling the theory and applications using a commonly used software tool MATLAB®.

Contents: Geometrical Optics; Wave Propagation and Wave Optics; Beam Propagation in Inhomogeneous Media and in Kerr Media; Acousto-Optics; Electro-Optics. Rights Information: Readership: First-year/senior graudate students in engineering and physics; scientists and All language rights engineers keen in the basics of acousto-optics and electro-optics. available.

324pp Pub. date: Oct 2017

978-981-3100-00-8 US$98 / £81 / SGD131

978-981-3100-01-5(pbk) US$48 / £40 / SGD64

Introduction to Micromechanics and Nanomechanics (2nd Edition) By (author): Shaofan Li (UC Berkeley) & Gang Wang (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, China)

Review of the First Edition: “With many references and illustrations, this book certainly deserves the accolade far-reaching. The presentation of these results is necessary for people working in the fields of materials science, applied computational mechanics, nano-science and technology, and mechanical engineering.” Professor Huiling Duan Beijing University

This book presents a systematic treatise on micromechanics and nanomechanics, which encompasses many important research and development areas such as composite materials and homogenizations, mechanics of quantum dots, multiscale analysis and mechanics, defect mechanics of solids including fracture and dislocation mechanics, etc. Rights Information: All language rights In this second edition, some previous chapters are revised, and some new chapters added — available. crystal plasticity, multiscale crystal defect dynamics, quantum force and stress, micromechanics of metamaterials, and micromorphic theory. 660pp Pub. date: Dec 2017 The book serves primarily as a graduate textbook and intended as a reference book for the next generation of scientists and engineers. It also has a unique pedagogical style that is specially 978-981-4436-75-5 suitable for self-study and self-learning for many researchers and professionals who do not have US$128 / £113 / SGD189 time attending classes and lectures. 978-981-4436-76-2(pbk) Contents: Introduction; Green’s Function and Fourier Transform; Micromechanical US$64 / £53 / SGD64 Homogenization Theory; Effective Elastic Modulus; Variational Principles and Computational Homogenization; Eshelby Tensors in a Finite Volume and Their Applications; Micromechanics- Based Damage Theory; Introduction of Dislocation Theory; Configurational Mechanics of Defects; Nanomechanics: Small-Scale Coarse-Grained Models; Periodic Microstructure and Asymptotic Homogenization; Introduction to Crystal Plasticity.

Readership: Researchers and educators in academics, and graduate students in engineering mechanics, nanomechanics, nanomaterials and nanostructure and mechanical engineering.

Foreign Rights Spring Catalogue 2018 WORLD SCIENTIFIC 15 Tsunami To Survive from Tsunami (2nd Edition) By (author): Susumu Murata (Pacific Consultants Co., Ltd., Japan), Fumihiko Imamura (Tohoku University, Japan), Kazumasa Katoh (ECOH Corporation, Japan), Yoshiaki Kawata (Kansai University, Japan), ShigeoTakahashi (Coastal Development Institute of Technology, Japan) & Tomotsuka Takayama (Kyoto University, Japan) Engineering

The book is organized into two parts: the first part covers (i) the precious lessons obtained from recent actual tsunami disasters including the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami and 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake Disaster, (ii) fundamental knowledge of tsunami for our survival, and (iii) concludes the lessons learnt and listing measures for tsunami disaster mitigation for saving human lives. The second part presents tsunami from academic perspective in two chapters: one describes tsunami occurrence mechanism and near-shore behavior; the other mentions numerical simulation and forecasting of tsunami.

Rights Information: Contents: How Can We Escape a Tsunami?: Examples of Tsunami Disasters; Tsunami Disaster; All language rights Knowledge for Tsunami Survival; Prevention and Mitigation of Tsunami Disasters; Tsunami (except Japanese and Behavior and Forecasting: Occurrence and Amplification of Tsunamis; Tsunami Simulations Indonesian) available and Forecasting Systems.

480pp Readership: Undergraduates and graduates interested in tsunamis, tsunami mitigation planners, Pub. date: Mar 2018 oceanographers and physicists, especially residents in tsunami prone areas.

Key Features: 978-981-3239-38-8 • The book aims to provide scientific information and knowledge for survival from tsunami to US$118 / £104 / SGD175 people who live or may possibly live in the areas prone to tsunami, or travelers who may visit such areas 978-981-3239-86-9(pbk) • All these chapters are described from the viewpoint of saving human lives through lessons US$68 / £60 / SGD101 learnt and measures for tsunami disaster mitigation • Written by world renowned experts on tsunami

The Energy Conundrum Climate Change, Global Prosperity, and the Tough Decisions We Have to Make By (author): Neil A C Hirst (Imperial College London, UK)

“For anyone working in the energy field ... The Energy Conundrum is essential reading.» Dr Fatih Birol

This book provides a comprehensive and balanced account of global energy policy; covering moral, political, social, technical and economic aspects of the subject. While The Energy Conundrum does not offer easy solutions, it provides the facts and evidence gathered from sources in government, industry, academia, and NGOs alike, for readers to understand the issues

Environmental Science Environmental and make their own judgements.

With a foreword by Dr Fatih Birol, Executive Director of the International Energy Agency and a Rights Information: leading figure in world energy, The Energy Conundrum comprises eleven chapters covering topics All language rights from history and geopolitics to contemporary challenges for climate mitigation and governance. available. The book also offers realistic case studies which invite readers to try their hand at making energy policy as government energy ministers in two countries with very different circumstances. 348pp Contents: Introduction; History and Geopolitics of Fossil Energy; Energy Security and Emergency Pub. date: Jan 2018 Planning; Energy Justice and Human Welfare; Climate Change; Energy Technology; Energy Finance, Fossil Fuel Subsidies, and Carbon Pricing; Energy Efficiency; Markets and Competition; 978-1-78634-460-1 Global Energy Governance; Conclusions; Case Study: Energy Minister of Ygrene; Case Study: US$88 / £77 / SGD130 Energy Minister of Rewop.

Readership: University students, analysts and policy makers in government, industry and NGOs, general public.

Key Features: • Useful “reference book” on energy policy • An overview on energy covering both policies and technologies • Two case studies are included for use to support teaching

16 WORLD SCIENTIFIC Foreign Rights Spring Catalogue 2018 Our Warming Planet Environmental Science Topics in Climate Dynamics Edited by: Cynthia Rosenzweig (NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, USA & Columbia University, USA), David Rind (NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, USA & Columbia University, USA), Andrew Lacis (NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, USA) & Danielle Manley (Columbia University, USA)

The processes and consequences of climate change are extremely heterogeneous, encompassing many different fields of study. Dr David Rind in his career at the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies and as a professor at Columbia University 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 begin with his colleagues contributing lectures on their specific areas of expertise.

This first volume, entitled Our Warming Planet: Topics in Climate Dynamics, encompasses topics such as natural and anthropogenic climate forcing, climate modeling, radiation, clouds, Rights Information: atmospheric dynamics/storms, hydrology, clouds, the cryosphere, paleoclimate, sea level rise, All language rights agriculture, atmospheric chemistry, and climate change education. Included with this publication available. are downloadable PowerPoint slides of each lecture for students and teachers around the world to be better able to understand various aspects of climate change. 444pp Pub. date: Jan 2018 The lectures on climate change processes and consequences provide snapshots of the cutting- edge work being done to understand what may well be the greatest challenge of our time, in a 978-981-3148-77-2 form suitable for classroom presentation. US$178 / £157 / SGD263

Contents: Understanding Climate Change: Explaining Climate (Andrew Lacis); Global Change 978-981-3148-78-9(pbk) in Earth’s Atmosphere: Natural and Anthropogenic Factors (Judith L Lean); Building a Climate US$98 / £86 / SGD145 Model (Gary Russell); Radiative Processes: Atmospheric Radiation (Valdar Oinas); The Role of Clouds in Climate (Anthony D Del Genio); Dynamical Responses: How Will Storms and the Storm Track Change: Extratropical Cyclones on a Warmer Earth (Walter A Robinson and James F Booth); The Relationship Between Recent Arctic Amplification and Extreme Mid-Latitude Weather (Judah Cohen); The Role of Global Warming in Altering the Frequency and Intensity of Tropical and Non-Tropical Cyclones (Timothy Eichler); Hydrologic Responses: Wisdom, Climate, and Water Resources (Robert Webb); Soil Moisture in the Climate System (Randal Koster); Projections of Future Drought (Jennifer Aminzade); Lightning and Climate Change (Colin Price); Polar Responses: Polar Sea Ice Coverage, Its Changes, and Its Broader Climate Impacts (Claire L Parkinson); Arctic Sea Ice and Its Role in Global Change (Jiping Liu and Radley M Horton); Antarctic Sea Ice and Global Warming (Douglas G Martinson); Paleocimate Perspective: The Importance of Understanding the Last Glacial Maximum for Climate Change (Dorothy Peteet); Climate Change Impacts: Impacts of Sea level Rise on Coastal Urban Areas (Vivien Gornitz); Climate Change Challenges to Agriculture, Food Security, and Health (Cynthia Rosenzweig and Daniel Hillel); Chemistry–Climate Interactions in a Changing Environment: Wildfire in the West and the US Warming Hole (Loretta J Mickley); Educational Perspective: The Educational Global Climate Model (EdGCM) (Mark A Chandler).

Readership: Students, professionals, general public.

Key Features: • Unique format • Subject of paramount interest • Leading specialists presenting their fields

Foreign Rights Spring Catalogue 2018 WORLD SCIENTIFIC 17 Wonders of Water The Hydrogen Bond in Action By (author): Ivar Olovsson (University of Uppsala, Sweden)

The book presents the fantastic world of water in all its different forms, from liquid to ice and snow. This book is amply illustrated with a large number of beautiful pictures with. Water plays a unique

role in chemistry. The special properties of water are due to hydrogen bonding between the H2O molecules. The hydrogen bond is of fundamental importance in biological systems since all living matter has evolved from and exists in an aqueous environment, and hydrogen bonds are involved in most biological processes. There is a hundred times more water molecules in our bodies than the sum of all the other molecules put together.

The unique properties of water are of great importance in our daily life. The origin of these special properties is often not recognized. Even among chemists and physicists, the fundamental facts are not always known. In spite of very active research, there are still many questions to be answered Rights Information: about the structure of liquid water, for instance.

General amd Popular Science General amd Popular All language rights available. The book differs from most books on water as it covers basic facts about structure and properties as well as the influence of these properties in our daily life. Why does ice float on water? Why is the maximum density of water at 4°C? The beauty of snow crystals is amply illustrated, and many 156pp of the pictures are unique. Pub. date: Oct 2017 Contents: There are Many Different Types of Snow; Early Snow Crystal Observations; Artificial 978-981-3229-11-2 Snow Crystals; Snow and Ice Crystals in Nature; Snow for Pleasure and Art; The Ice Surface US$58 / £51 / SGD86 and Formation of Ice Spikes; Structure and Physical and Chemical Properties of Water and Ice; Physical Properties of Water and Ice; Significance in Nature; Electron Microscopic Studies of 978-981-3235-16-8(pbk) Snow Crystals; Ice in Lakes and Glaciers; Gas Hydrates; Polyhedra Formed by Water, Carbon US$28 / £25 / SGD41 and Hydrocarbons; The Classical Elements of Nature; Mysteries of Water; The Mpemba Effect. Can Warm Water Freeze Faster Than Cold Water?; Mpemba Effects in Our Daily Life/li> Hydrogen Bonding; Transformations of Our Earth by Water and Ice; The Rain Bow; The Water Molecule is Unique.

Readership: Interested lay readers.

The Young Scientists Series (In 12 Volumes) By (author): Nury Vittachi (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong) Illustrated by: Step Cheung

Scientists are often presented as old men in white coats, but this series shows that great discoveries have been made by people of all ages and cultures — some are young people, and many are female.

Contents: Volume 1: Secrets in the Rocks — Five Astounding Tales of People Solving Mysteries Beneath Our Feet: The Girl Who Found a Flying Dragon (Mary Anning); The Boy Who Went Searching for Giants (Georges Cuvier); Love, Rocks and the First Dinosaur (Mary Morland); The Bug Boy Solves a Huge Mystery (Louis Agassiz); The Woman Who Saw Deep into the Earth (Inge Lehman); Volume 2: Fabulous Physics — Five Amazing Stories of People Who Solved Nature’s Puzzles: The Man Who Saw a Living Skeleton (Wilhelm Rontgen); The Rights Information: Servant Girl Who Beat Einstein (Marie Curie); The Boy Who Climbed to the Top (Abdus Salam); All language rights The Quiet Queen of Physics (Wu Chien-Shiung); The Boy Who Secretly Read the Books He Was (except Simplified Binding (Michael Faraday); Volume 3: Magical Mathematics — Five Astonishing Stories of Chinese, Indonesian People Who Did Miracles with Numbers: The Girl, the Pearl and the Not-So-Sad Story (Lilavati); and Bengali) available The Boy with No Birthday (Carl Gauss); The Math Girl Who Stunned the World (Philippa Garrett); The Penniless Youth Who Amazed the Professors (Srinivasa Ramanujan); The Good Witch Who 288pp (Set) Made an Amazing Decision (Maria Agnesi); Volume 4: Breakers of Barriers — Five Stunning Pub. date: Mar 2017 Stories of People Demolishing Walls to Make History: The Unloved Teenager Who Found Her Place (Ada Byron Lovelace); The Scientist and the Secret in the Ancient Book (Tu Youyou); 978-981-3221-30-7(pbk) The Impossibly Young Doctors (Balamurali Ambati and Sho Timothy Yano); The Motherless Child US$49.90 / £41 / SGD49.90 Who Solved His Father’s Problem (Blaise Pascal); The Girl Torn Between Two Careers (Rachel Carson); Volume 5: Scientific Pioneers — Five Incredible Tales of People Who Helped Develop the Scientific Method: The Woman Who Hid the Moon (Aglaonike); The Man Who Stayed in His House for Ten Years (Al-Haytham); The Boy Who Was Curious All His Life (Shen Kuo); The Grumpy Nun Who Was Forbidden to Sing (Hildegard of Bingen); The Boy Who Sorted Out the Living World (Carl Linneaus); Volume 6: The Amazing Quantum — Five Awesome Stories of People Who Made a Revolution in Physics: The Boy Who Didn’t Listen to His

18 WORLD SCIENTIFIC Foreign Rights Spring Catalogue 2018 General amd Popular Science Teacher (Max Planck); How a Compass Inspired a Genius (Albert Einstein); The Boy Secretly Reading a Book Behind His School Desk (Wolfgang Pauli); The Student Whose Schools Kept Closing (T D Lee); The Boy Who Had a Dispute with His Father (John von Neumann); Volume 7: The Science of Humanity — Five Fascinating Stories of People Who Helped Us Understand Ourselves: The Boy Who Found Different Ways of Thinking (Jean Piaget); The Woman Who Taught Us Love and Remembrance (Artemisia); The Mother with Six Boys and Six Girls (Lillian Gilbreth); The Girl Born in the Shadow of the Moon God (Enheduanna); The Explorer Girl Who Travelled Far Without Leaving Home (Alice Hamilton); Volume 8: Women of Discovery — Five Super Stories of Fab Females Who Made Scientific History: The Girl Who Found Her Sisters on the Other Side of the World (Harriet Noyes); The First Woman Doctor in History (Merit Ptah); The Girl Who Had to Hide Behind a Man’s Name (Sophie Germain); The Murderous Princess Who Found Salvation (Anna of Byzantium); The Bug Hunter Who Dreamed of the Jungle (Maria Merian); Volume 9: The Inventor’s Spark — Five Marvelous Stories of People Who Helped Shape the Modern World: The Boy Who Combined a Bike and a Train to Invent the Car (Karl Benz); The Failed Doctor Who Sparked an Idea (John Walker); The Woman to Thank If You Like Chocolate (Mary the Alchemist); The Man in the Burning House (Garrett Morgan); The Boy Who Lost His Chance but Got It Back (Gregorio Zara); Volume 10: Advances in Alchemy — Five Startling Stories of Chemistry and Biology: The Strange Adventures of Doctor Poison (F F Runge); The Young Woman Who Was Forgotten (Rosalind Franklin); The Girl in the Chamber of Corpses (Alessandra Giliani); The Farm Girl Who Made Your Milk Safe (Alice Evans); A Tasty Treat Found by Accident (Frank Epperson);Volume 11: The Call of the Stars — Five Wonderful Stories of People Looking to the Heavens: The Boy Who Decoded the Dance of the Stars (Jeremiah Horrocks); The Poet–Scientist Who Detected an Earthquake (Zhang Heng); The Farm Boy Who Saw the Galaxies Flying Away (Vesto Slipher); The Girl Who Named the Stars in the Sky (Annie Jump Cannon); The Boy Who Understood Einstein (Michio Kaku); Volume 12: The Mystery of Nature’s Laws — Five Striking Stories of People Investigating the Deepest Puzzles of Reality: The Girl at the Back of the Boys-Only Classroom (Amalie Emmy Noether); The True Story of the Philosopher’s Stone (Jabir Ibn Hayyan); The Bullied Boy Who Fought Back (Isaac Newton); The Teenager Who Saw the Light (Galileo Galilei); What We Learn from the Strange Tale of the Human Computer (Shakuntala Devi);

Readership: Children 6-12 years old.

About the Author Nury Vittachi has authored of more than 40 books, several of which have been published in many languages around the world. He particularly enjoys bringing science and history to life for readers young and old.

He is chairman of the Asia Pacific Translators & Writers, Inc., Asia’s biggest association of writers. A lecturer at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University School of Design, he teaches students how to write stories and how to create content for novels and movies.

About the Illustrator Step Cheung studied Illustration at School of Visual Arts in NYC and Character Animation at Gobelins School in . Her illustrations are published in The Standard newspaper weekly and she has illustrated for McDonald›s TV commercials, Cyberport, HK magazines and different types of media. She loves to use variety of media to express her imagination of the world. Her dream is to draw every day.

Foreign Rights Spring Catalogue 2018 WORLD SCIENTIFIC 19 California Cures! How the California Stem Cell Program is Fighting Your Incurable Disease! By (author): Don C Reed (Americans for Cures Foundation, USA)

“An engrossing read that is hard to put down and packed with insights blend history and the latest research with broader examination of stem cell potentials to change not only health conditions, Life Sciences but society as a whole. No collection covering stem cell advancements should be without this hard-hitting examination that uses California’s results as a foundation for considering stem cell’s special promises and powerful obstacles to success.” Midwestern Book Review

Praise for Author’s Previous Book: “Stem Cell Battles: Proposition 71 and Beyond”

Rights Information: “A real page-turner ... fills a gap in public library collections ...” All language rights S Pantages available. Former Head Librarian, Fremont, California

352pp “Solid primer ... should be useful to anyone interested in stem cells and their potential to change Pub. date: Mar 2018 the world ...” Kirkus Reviews 978-981-3231-36-8 “Exceptionally well-written, organized and presented ... very highly recommended for both US$98 / £86 / SGD78 academia and the general reader ...” Midwest Book Reviews

“... prime example of how a small group of people can bring about significant change for many ...” Foreword Reviews

Thirteen years ago, America faced an epidemic of chronic disease: cancer, paralysis, blindness, arthritis, Alzheimer’s disease, diabetes and more.

But California voters said “YES!” to a $3 billion stem cell research program: the awkwardly-named California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM). Born into battle, the scrappy little state agency was immediately blocked by three years of anti-science lawsuits — but it defeated them all. And then?

A quiet triumph. With a focused intensity like the Manhattan Project (but for peaceful purposes, not to build a bomb), scientists funded by CIRM took on the challenges: disease and disability called chronic: incurable.

In a series of connected stories, accurate though written to entertain, “California Cures” relates a war: science against disease, with lives on the line. Think what it means for a paralyzed young man to recover the use of his hands, or for a formerly-blind mother to see her teenaged children — for the first time!

Do you know the “bubble-baby” syndrome? Infants without a proper immune system typically die young; a common cold can kill. But for eighteen babies in a stem cell clinical trial, a different future: they were cured of their disease.

No one can predict the pace of science, nor say when cures will come; but California is bringing the fight. The reader will meet the scientists involved, the women and men behind the microscope, and share their struggle.

Above all, “California Cures” is a call for action. Washington may argue about the expense of health care (and who will get it), but California works to bring down the mountain of medical debt: stem cell therapies to ease suffering, and save lives.

Will California build on success — and invest $5 billion more in stem cell research?

“We have the momentum”, says author Don C Reed, “We dare not stop short. Chronic disease threatens everyone — we are fighting for your family, and mine!”

Contents: Introduction: Evangelina and the Golden State; The Absolute Minimum You Need to Know First; To Breathe, or Not to Breathe; The Strongest Man in the World; When the Dolphin Broke My Ear; The Boy with Butterfly Skin; The Great Baldness «Comb-Over» Replacement?; “He Sees! He Sees!”; Cop at the Window; “Go West, Young (Wo)Man” — To a Biomed Career?; And How Will You be Paying for that New Heart?; The Answer to Cancer?; A Political Obstacle to Heart Disease Cure?; Your Friend, the Liver!; “Bring ‘em Back Alive”; The Color of Fat; Revenge

20 WORLD SCIENTIFIC Foreign Rights Spring Catalogue 2018 for My Sister; A Story with No Happy Ending?; Aging and Stem Cells; The “Impending Alzheimer’s Life Sciences Healthcare Disaster”; President Trump’s Great Stem Cell Opportunity; Leiningen’s Ants and Parkinson’s Disease; On the Morality of Fetal Cell Research; Democracy and Gloria’s Knees; Three Children, and the Eternal Flame; Autism, Mini-Brains, and the Zika Virus; Why “The Big Bang Theory” Matters to Me; Musashi and the Two-Sword Solution; “The Magnificent Seven”; The Connecticut Commitment; In Memory of Beau; To Relocate Alligators, or Turn a Country on to Biomed?; Whale Sharks and Outer Space; Mr Science Goes to Washington?; When Oklahoma is Not OK; James Bond and Melanoma; Neurological Diseases vs. California; Driving to the Storm; Door into Tomorrow; Stem Cell Battles — On Times Square?; Annette, Richard Pryor, and Multiple Sclerosis; Mike Pence, and Reproductive Servitude; Motorcycle Wrecks and Complex Fractures; Even Dracula Gets Arthritis; Tugboat for Cure; Wheelchair Warriors, Take Back Your Rights!; Sickle Cell Disease vs. Stem Cell Agency; Dwight Clark, “The Catch,” and A L S; A Friend is Lost; Dying in Doonesbury, Fighting Back at UCD; The Man with the Autographed Baseball; The Gorilla Gynecologist Returns; Wrestling the Invisible Enemy; Two Warriors Named Joan; An End to Heroism?; Message from the Middle Kingdom; Scientists and the Undocumented; The Girl, the Bandit, and Women in Science; The Greatest Proposal; Forty-Two California Clinical Trials; Gathering of Champions; Goodbye, Hello!; The Answer; A Nobel Prize for Bob Klein?; Afterword: For More Information; Personal Message; Index.

Readership: Scientists in biomed field, parents of children with disabilities, soldiers with injuries; Parkinson’s, diabetes and spinal cord injury survivors, science organizations, fundraisers for medical causes; for anyone who has a chronic disease — or who loves someone who does.

GMO Sapiens The Life-Changing Science of Designer Babies By (author): Paul Knoepfler (UC Davis)

“What I find troubling, exciting but scary, is that I find myself agreeing with an undertone, I do not support human germline genetic modification but with all the new information and perspectives available to me I have found myself questioning my own views and will be watching any developments with a fascinated interest I would rather not admit to.” The NODE

Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) including plants and the foods made from them, are a hot topic of debate today, but soon related technology could go much further and literally change what it means to be human. Scientists are on the verge of being able to create people who are GMOs.

Should they do it? Could we become a healthier and ‘better’ species or might eugenics go viral leading to a real, new world of genetic dystopia? GMO Sapiens tackles such questions by taking Rights Information: a fresh look at the cutting-edge biotech discoveries that have made genetically modified people All language rights possible. (except Arabic, German, Bioengineering, genomics, synthetic biology, and stem cells are changing sci-fi into reality before Simplified Chinese, our eyes. This book will capture your imagination with its clear, approachable writing style. Japanese and Korean) It will draw you into the fascinating discussion of the life-changing science of human genetic available. modification. 284pp Readership: Undergraduate biology majors, graduate biology majors, non-experts interested in Pub. date: Nov 2015 GMOs, biologists and teenagers interested in cloning and human genetic modification.

Key Features: 978-981-4667-00-5 • Books on this hot new topic of creating GMO people are rare, tend to be out-of-date, or have US$68 / £45 / SGD88 narrow topic ranges • The goal of this book is to educate and entertain an educated lay audience about human genetic 978-981-4678-53-7(pbk) modification US$28 / £18 / SGD28

Foreign Rights Spring Catalogue 2018 WORLD SCIENTIFIC 21 A Practical Guide to Cancer Systems Biology Edited by: Hsueh-Fen Juan (National Taiwan University, Taiwan) & Hsuan-Cheng Huang (National Yang-Ming University, Taiwan)

Systems biology combines computational and experimental approaches to analyze complex biological systems and focuses on understanding functional activities from a systems-wide perspective. It provides an iterative process of experimental measurements, data analysis, and

Life Sciences computational simulation to model biological behavior. This book provides explained protocols for high-throughput experiments and computational analysis procedures central to cancer systems biology research and education. Readers will learn how to generate and analyze high-throughput data, therapeutic target protein structure modeling and docking simulation for drug discovery. This is the first practical guide for students and scientists who wish to become systems biologists or utilize the approach for cancer research.

Contents: Introduction to Cancer Systems Biology (Hsueh-Fen Juan and Hsuan-Cheng Huang); Transcriptome Analysis: Library Construction (Hsin-Yi Chang and Hsueh-Fen Juan); Rights Information: Quantitative Proteome: The Isobaric Tags for Relative and Absolute Quantitation (iTRAQ) (Yi- All language rights Hsuan Wu and Hsueh-Fen Juan); Phosphoproteome: Sample Preparation (Chia-Wei Hu and available. Hsueh-Fen Juan); Transcriptomic Data Analysis: RNA-Seq Analysis Using Galaxy (Chia-Lang Hsu and Chantal Hoi Yin Cheung); Proteomic Data Analysis: Functional Enrichment (Hsin-Yi 152pp Chang and Hsueh-Fen Juan); Phosphorylation Data Analysis (Chia-Lang Hsu and Wei-Hsuan Pub. date: Nov 2017 Wang); Pathway and Network Analysis (Chen-Tsung Huang and Hsueh-Fen Juan); Dynamic Modeling (Yu-Chao Wang); Protein Structure Modeling (Chia-Hsien Lee and Hsueh-Fen Juan); 978-981-3229-14-3 Docking Simulation (Chia-Hsien Lee and Hsueh-Fen Juan). US$78 / £69 / SGD115 Readership: Graduate students and researchers entering the cancer systems biology field.

Key Features: 978-981-3229-15-0(ebook) • Written by two active researchers in the field US$117 / £104 / SGD173 • Covers both experimental and computational areas in cancer systems biology • Step-by-step instructions help beginners who are interested in creating biological data and analyzing the data by themselves • Readers will gain the skills to generate and analyze omics data and discover potential therapeutic targets and drug candidates

Periodic Tables Unifying Living Organisms at the Molecular Level The Predictive Power of the Law of Periodicity By (author): Antonio Lima-de-Faria (Lund University, Sweden)

The DNA sequencing of a series of living organisms has elucidated many biological problems. But the internal atomic and electronic evolution of DNA remains to be mapped in detail. RNA and DNA now appear to be the prime determinants of biological evolution leading to the sudden appearance of novel organism structures and functions that emerge “ready made” as a surprise to the organism. This has been demonstrated by the manipulation of genes that led to the sudden production of additional complete wings and legs in flies and birds. The study of this internal atomic construction of macromolecules is being investigated at the large electron accelerators such as the MAX IV Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, Lund University, Sweden.

The periodicity of the chemical elements is well known from its iconic Table. Significantly, this Rights Information: periodicity can now be seen to extend to the properties of living organisms. Biological properties All language rights as different as: flight, vision, luminescence and regeneration, as well as others, show unexpectedly periodic emergence. They resurface, without previous announcement, in most unrelated plant and available. animal families and they emerge irrespective of whether the organism is a simple invertebrate or a most complex mammal. 332pp Pub. date: Nov 2017 Moreover, this periodicity does not necessarily start at the cell or DNA levels but appears initially in crystals and minerals, where it is shown to be a pure atomic and electronic process, e.g. in 978-981-3227-00-2 luminescence and regeneration. US$118 / £104 / SGD175 The assembled molecular evidence led to the construction of Periodic Tables of living organisms, placing them in a position comparable to the periodicity of the chemical elements. Surprisingly, there are striking resemblances between the periodicities of the chemical elements and those of living organisms. In addition, the two types of Tables increase our insight into the events directing atomic evolution since the periodic law established in chemical elements turns out to be applicable to the periodicity of living organisms. The new Periodic Tables introduce a predictive capacity in biological evolution that before was hardly contemplated.

Eric Scerri, from the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, California University, , who is the Author of the book “The Periodic Table. Its Story and its Significance”, Oxford University Press, stated in an e-mail that “Professor Lima-de-Faria’s book is wonderful and a pioneering work”.

22 WORLD SCIENTIFIC Foreign Rights Spring Catalogue 2018 Life Sciences Contents: Biological Evolution is Now Being Studied at the Level of Elementary Particles; The Unexpected Surge of Periodicity Among Plants and Animals is Anchored to that of Elementary Particles and Chemical Elements; Carnivory in Plants is Not a «Paradoxical Event» but is Due to the Expression of Specific Genes and Chemical Modifications of DNA; Luminescence Occurs from Minerals to Fish but not Beyond. It is Both an Electronic and a Genetic Event; Placenta in Plants and in Animals. Its Punctuated Emergence is Decided by Common Genes; Penis Evolution from Worms to Humans — A Double Penis Occurs in Most Unrelated Species; Regeneration Starts in Crystals, Expands in Plants, but Slows Down in Higher Vertebrates; The Eye, the Main Organ of Vision, has had an Ordered Evolution Guided By Self-Assembly; Flight in Air, an Explosive Event Throughout Invertebrates and Vertebrates; High Mental Ability has Resurged Without Previous Announcement; The Structural and Functional Similarity Between Marsupials and Placentals has Its Roots in the Plant and Mineral Worlds; The Periodic Tables Lead to a Law of Biological Periodicity which has Predictive Power.

Readership: Researchers in life science, general public.

Key Features: • This book contains a unique treatment of periodicity at the biological level and of DNA’s own atomic evolution

Synergistic Selection How Cooperation Has Shaped Evolution and the Rise of Humankind By (author): Peter Corning (Institute for the Study of Complex Systems, USA)

“This magnificent book reveals the critical role of synergy in evolution and in all of biology, including especially in humankind. Synergy is fundamental in so many areas of science and knowledge. And in his final chapter, on how to change our current dysfunctional course as a species and avoid the destruction of our planet, Peter Corning offers us a unique and hopeful new vision.” Anthony Trewavas, FRS Emeritus Professor, Institute of Molecular Plant Science, University of Edinburgh and author of Plant Behaviour and Intelligence

“Peter Corning’s approach is wise and he is astonishingly well read. The scope of his excellent book is broad and ambitious, running from the origins of life to modern economics in human societies. Many of his examples are described in clear and fascinating detail ... He writes extremely Rights Information: well and I read every word with great pleasure and interest ... I am full of admiration and strongly All language rights recommend it.” available. Sir Patrick Bateson, FRS Emeritus Professor of Biology, Cambridge University president of the Zoological Society of London and 304pp the author of (among others) Behaviour, Development and Evolution Pub. date: Dec 2017

“This is an important book. It offers a solution to a problem that has been central to evolutionary 978-981-3230-93-4 biology for half a century, with implications that reach down to the foundations of evolutionary US$78 / £69 / SGD115 theory. Corning argues that the huge and disproportionate advantages that arise when labor is combined could account for the rise of ever higher levels of organization in the history of life. The 978-981-3234-60-4(pbk) book is also well written, a pleasure to read.” US$29.95 / £26 / SGD44 Daniel W McShea Professor of Biology, Duke University and co-author of Biology’s First Law

“Peter Corning’s book is a marvelous addition to the growing literature about the emerging alternative to gene-centric neo-Darwinism in evolutionary biology. We would not exist were it not for the cooperative behaviour of living organisms, from microorganisms to the largest mammals and trees. The progressive evolution of multiple levels of organisation in living systems has harnessed blind chance. This book tells you how (and why) this occurred.” Denis Noble, CBE, FRS, FRCP, FMedSci Burden Sanderson Chair of Cardiovascular Physiology, Oxford University, Emeritus, and author of (among others) The Music of Life

“Evolution is the story of the development of complex organic and social systems. The key to understanding this complexity, Peter Corning shows, is synergy — fitness-enhancing cooperation among heterogeneous parts. Synergistic Selection draws on the broad history of evolutionary thinking and is buttressed by contemporary empirical evidence. It is an eloquent refutation of the standard story of ‘selfish genes.’ While abounding in biological detail, Synergistic Selection is easily accessible to a lay audience.» Herbert Gintis External Professor, Santa Fe Institute and co-author of (among others) A Cooperative Species

Foreign Rights Spring Catalogue 2018 WORLD SCIENTIFIC 23 “Peter Corning’s new book presents a grand view of evolution and highlights the role of synergy in the accelerating complexity of our modern world. From this vantage point, he is able to cast new light on some of the major challenges of our century — from economic inequality and political governance to climate change.” Geoffrey Hodgson Research Professor of Business Studies, University of Hertfordshire editor-in-chief of the Journal of Institutional Economics and

Life Sciences author of (among others) Conceptualizing Capitalism

“Peter Corning has once again given us a book that not only expertly summarizes the current state of the art in evolutionary biology, it also points the way to a compelling new understanding of how we arrived at our place in the natural world.” John M Gowdy Professor of Economics and Professor of Science and Technology Studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and co-author of Paradise for Sale

“Synergistic Selection is an important contribution to our understanding of evolution ... An essential read at the intersection of science, inspiration, and sustainability.» Michael Dowd author of Thank God for Evolution and host of “The Future Is Calling Us to Greatness”

“A brilliant, timely, and much needed contribution.” David Korten co-founder & Board Chair of YES! Magazine and author of When Corporations Rule the World

“In his new book Synergistic Selection, Peter Corning explains in an elegant and detailed way the rise of complexity in living systems over time and the major transitions in evolution. The book moves beyond neo-Darwinism and challenges the traditional selectionist approach, focusing on the role of additional evolutionary mechanisms associated with functional synergies and the emergence of evolutionary novelties.” Professor Francisco Carrapiço University of Lisbon, Portugal

“In this wide-ranging and intelligent book, Peter Corning presents a grand view of the evolution of complexity, eloquently arguing that it is based on the cumulative combination of the effects of cooperation — on synergies among systems. He provides an inclusive synthesis of evolutionary theory, re-interpreting classical views of Darwinian and Lamarckian evolution in terms of evolving synergetic interactions, and offers a new way of thinking about the major transitions in evolution and about human evolution. Brave, well-written, and based on more than thirty years of deep reflection, Corning’s vision stretches onto the future of our planet and our species and suggests new ways of anticipating and facing them.” Professor Eva Jablonka Tel-Aviv University and co-author of (among others) Evolution in Four Dimensions

“Nothing about the evolution of biological complexity makes sense except in the light of synergy.” Peter Corning’s new book is being hailed as a major contribution to what is perhaps the greatest shift in our understanding of evolution since The Origin of Species. It’s a tour de force that takes us on a synergy-guided tour of the history of life. As Corning puts it, “life on Earth has been a synergistic phenomenon from the get go.” Corning also shows how synergy has been a key to human evolution, including the rise of complex modern societies. “Cooperation may have been the vehicle, but synergy was the driver.” As we now face a tipping point and another major transition in evolution, Corning offers us a synergy-based road-map to the future. “One of the great take-home lessons from the epic of evolution is that cooperation produces synergy, and synergy is the way forward. The arc of evolution bends toward synergy.”

Contents: Explaining Complexity; A New View of Evolution; How Cooperation Trumps Competition; Evolution as a «Combination of Labor”; A Tale of Two Theories; The Major Transitions in Evolution; The Self-Made Man I: Australopithecine Entrepreneurs; The Self-Made Man II: From erectus to Homo sapiens; The Rise of Complex Societies; The Next Major Transition.

Readership: Undergraduate, graduate students and the general public interested in general science, general life sciences, evolutionary biology, human biology/anthropology/primatology, and public policy.

Key Features: • It is an in-depth treatment of a still little-known Darwinian theory of complexity in living systems that is focused on the causal role of synergy in evolution • The book also highlights the important causal role of behavior in evolution, and it offers a new theory about human evolution called the Self-Made Man Scenario

24 WORLD SCIENTIFIC Foreign Rights Spring Catalogue 2018 The Story of Genetics, Development and Evolution Life Sciences A Historical Dialogue By (author): Gáspár Jékely (Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, Germany)

This unique story offers an introductory conversation to genetics, embryology and evolution, taking us on a historical journey of biology through the ages. Using a series of dialogues between the Greek philosopher Democritus and his disciple Alkimus, we travel through time visiting eminent scientists throughout the centuries, from Lazzaro Spallanzani and Theodor Boveri to Francis Crick, Max Perutz and Christiane Nüsslein– Volhard. We find ourselves at the intersection of competing theories in biology and witness the progression from the debunking the theory of spontaneous generation to the mapping of the genome. Attention is given not only to the great successes in the field but also to the equally important and exciting failures.

Originally published in Hungarian, The Story of Genetics, Development and Evolution provides a historical background to the life sciences, with complex scientific concepts stripped down Rights Information: and explained carefully for academics and anyone interested in going back to the roots and All language (except philosophies of scientific progress. for Hungarian) rights available. Translated from: Jékely G Master, are you awake? A fictitious dialogue on genetics, development and evolution. 2006, Bratislava: Kalligram 540pp Pub. date: Nov 2017 Contents: Preface; At the Harbour; At the Market; Part One: The Mystery (and Sperm) of Life’s Origins; Deux Ex Machina; The World Egg; Spontaneous Generation and Meat Broth — Lazzaro 978-1-78634-252-2 Spallanzani; Types and Rhythms of Embryos — Karl Ernst Von Baer; Cell From a Cell; The Feats US$148 / £123 / SGD210 of the Sea Urchin; Part Two: Chromosomes, Mendelian Factors and Evolution; Roasted Capon; The Immortal Germplasm; Reduction Division; A London Pigeon Sale — Thomas Henry Huxley; 978-1-78634-253-9(pbk) The Orchard of Evolution; Peas and Minotaur — William Bateson; Galton and Mendel; Two Sperm, US$78 / £65 / SGD111 One Ovum — Theodor Boveri; Part Three: The Triumph of Genes; Trickster Mendelians — Thomas Hunt Morgan; Sex Chromosomes; The Telltale White Eye; Genetic Mapping; Part Four: Forces and Reactions; The Mathematics of Life — D’arcy Wentworth Thompson; The Two-Headed Newt; Zeus’s Beard; Evolutionary Synthesis; The Casting Moulds of Genes — Hermann Joseph Muller; Fronts On the Wings of a Moth — Alfred Kühn; The Birth of Patterns; Part Five: The Atoms of Life; Hormones in Larva Blood; One Gene, One Enzyme — George Wells Beadle; The Protein- Genes; The Principle of Transformation — Oswald Theodore Avery; The Triple Helix — Linus Pauling; DNA with Ambrosia; Part Six: Codes and Links; The Central Dogma — Francis Crick; The Diamond Code of Proteins; The Genetic Code; A Molecular Lung — Max Ferdinand Perutz; Sugar-Consuming Bacteria — Jacques Monod; Part Seven: Genes in the Mortar; Epigenesis and Genetics — Conrad Hal Waddington; A Recipe for Making Mice — Sydney Brenner; The Wiring of a Worm’s Brain; Recombinant DNA; Striped Embryos — Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard; Our Worm Ancestors — Detlev Arendt; The Age of Genomics — Eugene Koonin; Part Eight: Beyond Genes; Postcard to Thrace; The Cedar Forest of Abdera; The Philosophy of Biology — Ernst Mayr; The Genetics of the Biosphere; Biscuits Baked in Ash; On the Island of Bensalem — Pál Nagy-Juhász; Epilogue; On Mount Olympus; The Bay of Abdera.

Readership: Students of biology, philosophy and medicine and anyone interested in the history and philosophy of biological discoveries.

Key Features: • Entertaining and didactic style • Uses an historical perspective to allow the gradual learning of the subject • Conversational structure • Synthesizing different disciplines thus providing an integrative understanding of biology

Foreign Rights Spring Catalogue 2018 WORLD SCIENTIFIC 25 Tissue Engineering and Nanotheranostics Edited by: Donglu Shi (University of Cincinnati, USA), Qing Liu (Tongji University, China)

This book provides a comprehensive overview of current achievements in biomedical applications of nanotechnology, including stem cell based regenerative medicine, medical imaging, cell targeting, drug delivery, and photothermal/photodynamic cancer therapy. New approaches in early cancer diagnosis and treatment are introduced with extensive experimental results. In particular,

Life Sciences some novel materials have been synthesized with new properties that are most effective in cancer therapy. Some of the key issues are also addressed with these recent discoveries such as bio safety and bio degradability, that are essential in the success of nano medicine.

An important aspect of this book is the introduction of nanotechnology to the medical communities that are searching for new treatments of cancer, therefore breaking barriers between the physical and medical sciences so that more MDs will be able to appreciate the new discoveries and establishments in medical diagnoses and therapies capable of tackling major clinical issues. Rights Information: All language rights Contents: Engineering Approaches for Creating Skeletal Muscle (Caleb Vogt, Mitchell Tahtinen available. and Feng Zhao); Characterization of Biomaterial Patches as Fetal Surgery Implants (Rigwed Tatu and Chia-Ying Lin); Three-Dimensional Bioprinting for Cartilage Regeneration (Hailin Zhu, Hui Gong, Qing Liu and Harry Huimin Chen); Directed Differentiation of Human 304pp Pluripotent Stem Cells for Therapeutic Applications (Lauren N Randolph, Evan B Witmer and Pub. date: Oct 2017 Xiaojun Lian); Magnetic Nanohybrids for Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Phototherapy Applications (Muhammad Zubair Iqbal and Aiguo Wu); Plasmonic Nanoparticles Application 978-981-3149-18-2 in Biosensor and Bioimaging (Mengmeng Liu); Delivering Nanoparticles to Cancer Cells US$128 / £113 / SGD189 (Ronald L Huston); Multifunctional Nanomaterials for Cancer Theranostics (Shun Shen).

978-981-3149-19-9(ebook) Readership: University students and researchers from diversified backgrounds such as physics, US$192 / £170 / SGD284 materials science, engineering, and chemistry. Both undergraduate and graduate students will find it a valuable reference book on key topics related to nanomaterials science and technology.

Key Features: • Focus on the critical areas of biomaterials development and synthesis, stem cell based tissue engineering, and cancer nanotheranostics • Wide coverage in medical practical applications. These include early cancer diagnosis, cancer therapy, cell targeting, intelligent drug delivery, and multi-modal medical imaging

Industrial Applications of Ultrafast Lasers By (author): Richard Haight (IBM TJ Watson Research Center, USA) & Adra V Carr (IBM TJ Watson Research Center, USA)

This book describes the application of ultrafast laser science and technology in materials and processing relevant to industry today, including ultrafast laser ablation where fundamental studies have led to the development of the world’s first femtosecond photomask repair tool. Semiconductor manufacturing companies worldwide use the tool to repair photomask defects, saving hundreds of millions in production costs. The most up-to-date ultrafast laser technologies

Materials Science are described and methods to generate high harmonics for photoelectron spectroscopy of industrially important materials are covered, with an emphasis on practical laboratory implementation. Basic device physics merged with photoemission studies from single- and polycrystalline materials are described. Extensions to new methods for extracting key device properties of metal-oxide-semiconductor structures, including band offsets, effective work functions, semiconductor band bending and defect-related charging in a number of technologically Rights Information: important gate oxides are detailed. Polycrystalline photovoltaic materials and heterostructures All language rights as well as organic light emitting materials are covered. This book describes both the history, and available. most recent applications of ultrafast laser science to industrially relevant materials, processes and devices. 208pp Pub. date: Mar 2018 Contents: An Overview of Ultrafast Lasers and Their Applications to Laser Ablation; Photomask Repair; Photoelectron Spectroscopy; High Harmonic Generation; Applications to Metal-Oxide- 978-981-4569-00-2 Semiconductor Device Structures; Nanowire Spectroscopy and Femtosecond Laser Processing. US$138 / £115 / SGD174 Readership: This book provides a basis for researchers and technologists interested in the applications of ultrafast lasers and as such will be relevant to a wide range of readers in both large and small industrial settings as well as materials science and engineering schools at universities.

Key Features: • At present there are no books in the market on this topic

26 WORLD SCIENTIFIC Foreign Rights Spring Catalogue 2018 Materials Concepts for Solar Cells Materials Science (2nd Edition) By (author): Thomas Dittrich (Helmholtz Center Berlin for Materials and Energy, Germany)

Reviews of the First Edition: “The book offers a well-balanced treatment of physical principles and materials-related concepts of solar cells, and considers both classical and new trends in this rapidly developing field ... The book is perfectly structured, with a concise summary of the most important points provided for every chapter, and the description of the concepts well complemented by the tasks. I strongly recommend this book for students and scientists attracted to the renewable energy and the materials science fields.” Andrey Rogach Chair Professor of Photonic Materials City University of Hong Kong Rights Information: “The book is of good pedagogical value. Students as well as teachers can make use of this either All language rights as a main textbook or as a support for their lessons. In general, the book is well-written and available. provides a solid basis for studying solar cells.” MRS Bulletin 568pp Pub. date: Jan 2018 A modern challenge is for solar cell materials to enable the highest solar energy conversion efficiencies, at costs as low as possible, and at an energy balance as sustainable as necessary 978-1-78634-448-9 in the future. This textbook explains the principles, concepts and materials used in solar cells. It US$128 / £113 / SGD189 combines basic knowledge about solar cells and the demanded criteria for the materials with a comprehensive introduction into each of the four classes of materials for solar cells, i.e. solar cells based on crystalline silicon, epitaxial layer systems of III-V semiconductors, thin-film absorbers on foreign substrates, and nano-composite absorbers. In this sense, it bridges a gap between basic literature on the physics of solar cells and books specialized on certain types of solar cells.

The last five years had several breakthroughs in photovoltaics and in the research on solar cells and solar cell materials. We consider them in this second edition. For example, the high potential of crystalline silicon with charge-selective hetero-junctions and alkaline treatments of thin-film absorbers, based on chalcopyrite, enabled new records. Research activities were boosted by the class of hybrid organic-inorganic metal halide perovskites, a promising newcomer in the field.

This is essential reading for students interested in solar cells and materials for solar cells. It encourages students to solve tasks at the end of each chapter. It has been well applied for postgraduate students with background in materials science, engineering, chemistry or physics.

Contents: Preface; Symbols and Abbrevations; Basics of Solar Cells and Materials Demands: Basic Characteristics and Characterization of Solar Cells; Photocurrent Generation and the Origin of Photovoltage; Influence of Recombination on the Minimum Lifetime; Charge Separation Across pn-Junctions; Ohmic Contacts for Solar Cells; Maximum Efficiency of Solar Cells;Materials Specific Concepts: Solar Cells Based on Crystalline Si; Solar Cells Based on III–V Semiconductors; Thin-Film Solar Cells; Nano-Composite Solar Cells; Solutions to Tasks; Bibliography; Index.

Readership: Advanced undergraduates and graduate students in photovoltaics, as well as students with background in materials science, engineering, chemistry or physics.

Foreign Rights Spring Catalogue 2018 WORLD SCIENTIFIC 27 A Central European Olympiad The Mathematical Duel By (author): Robert Geretschläger (BRG Keplerstrasse, Graz, Austria), Józef Kalinowski (University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland) & -DURVODYâYUþHN (Palacký University, Olomouc, Czech Republic)

This book contains the most interesting problems from the first 24 years of the “Mathematical Mathematics Duel”, an annual international mathematics competition between the students of four schools: WKH*\PQi]LXP0LNXOiãH.RSHUQtNDLQ%tORYHF&]HFK5HSXEOLFWKH$NDGHPLFNL=HVSyá6]Nyá 2JyOQRNV]WDáFąF\FKLQ&KRU]yZ3RODQGWKH%XQGHVUHDOJ\PQDVLXP.HSOHULQ*UD]$XVWULDDQG WKH*\PQi]LXP-DNXEDâNRG\LQ3ĜHURY&]HFK5HSXEOLF

The problems are presented by topic, grouped under the headings Geometry, Combinatorics, Number Theory and Algebra, which is typical for olympiad-style competitions.

Rights Information: Above all, it is of interest to students preparing for mathematics competitions as well as teachers All language rights looking for material to prepare their students, as well as mathematically interested enthusiasts available. from all walks of life looking for an intellectual challenge.

Contents: Introduction; Number Theory; Algebra; Combinatorics; Geometry; 4! Years of Problems. 292pp Pub. date: Nov 2017 Readership: General public, students and teachers preparing for olympiad-style mathematical competitions. 978-981-3226-16-6 US$68 / £60 / SGD101 Key Features: • The wide selection of problems makes it especially interesting for students and teachers 978-981-3223-90-5(pbk) preparing for olympiad-style mathematical competitions • The participants in this particular competition range in age from 13 to 18, and the problems are US$38 / £33 / SGD38 created with this wide range in mind • Any interested reader is bound to find something interesting to suit their own level of experience

Ernest Irving Freese’s Geometric Transformations The Man, the Manuscript, the Magnificent Dissections! By (author): Greg N Frederickson (Purdue University, USA)

A geometric dissection is a cutting of a geometric figure (such as a regular polygon, or a star, or a cross) into pieces that we can rearrange to form another geometric figure. The best dissections are beautiful and possess economy (few pieces), symmetry, or hingeability. They are often challenging to discover.

Ernest Irving Freese was an architect who lived and worked in Los Angeles until his death in 1957. Shortly before he passed away, he completed a 200-page manuscript on geometric dissection, the first book-length treatment on that subject. Freese included elegant drawings of dissections that were both original and clever. After his death the manuscript lay forgotten in his former house until Greg Frederickson set in motion its recovery in 2003. What a treat that it was rescued!

Rights Information: Frederickson’s book sketches a history of geometric dissections and a biography of Freese, All language rights avail- followed by a refurbished copy of Freese’s manuscript interleaved with a commentary that able. highlights Freese’s major contributions as well as singular improvements made by Frederickson and others after Freese. 432pp This book introduces Freese and his creations to math puzzle enthusiasts, by way of his engaging Pub. date: Nov 2017 manuscript, his wild adventures, and his lovely dissections. Frederickson also includes remarkable designs that improve on Freese’s work, and packs this book with nifty illustrations and tidbits that 978-981-3220-46-1 may well leave you speechless! US$98 / £81 / SGD139 Contents: The Rich History of Geometric Dissections; The «Wild Adventures» of Ernest Irving 978-981-3220-47-8(pbk) Freese; Techniques, Special Properties, Hardness; Freese›s Title Page and Descriptive Index; US$38 / £32 / SGD36 Isosceles Triangles; Equilateral Triangles; Squares, Crosses, Rectangles; Pentagons and Pentagrams; Hexagons and Hexagrams; Octagons and Octagrams; Enneagons (Nonagons); Decagons and Decagrams; Dodecagons and Dodecagrams; Many-sided Polygons; Miscellaneous Figures; More Crosses; More Miscellaneous Figures; Mixed Polygons to One; Special Triangles.

Readership: General public and math puzzle enthusiasts.

28 WORLD SCIENTIFIC Foreign Rights Spring Catalogue 2018 The KENKEN Method — Puzzles for Beginners Mathematics 150 Puzzles and Solutions to Make You Smarter Created by: Tetsuya Miyamoto Edited by: Robert Fuhrer (KenKen Puzzle Company)

KenKen is the world’s fastest growing puzzle since sudoku. It was developed in a Japanese Classroom in 2004 by renowned educator, Tetsuya Miyamoto, and was later introduced internationally as both an adult and educational math and logic puzzle in 2008. Originally intended to improve reasoning, creativity, concentration, and perseverance, this simple yet sophisticated puzzle has since expanded beyond the classroom into a global sensation. KenKen can be found daily in and is now available in over 200 publications worldwide. Unlimited KenKen puzzles can be accessed on www.kenkenpuzzle.com and can also be played on mobile devices via the KenKen Classic app. It is supported by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM), the world’s largest math education organization, and is used by over 30,000 educators worldwide. Rights Information: Contents: Introduction; How to Use This Book; The Rules of KenKen; Step-by-Step Tutorial for All language rights Beginners; 3x3 Puzzles; 4x4 Puzzles (Easiest Level): Addition, Addition & Subtraction, All 4 available. Operations; 4x4 Puzzles (Easy Level): Addition, Addition & Subtraction, All 4 Operations; 4x4 Puzzles (Medium Level): Addition, Addition & Subtraction, All 4 Operations; 5x5 Puzzles (Easiest 128pp Level): Addition, Addition & Subtraction, All 4 Operations; 5x5 Puzzles (Easy Level): Addition, Pub. date: Jan 2018 Addition & Subtraction, All 4 Operations; 5x5 Puzzles (Medium Level): Addition, Addition & Subtraction, All 4 Operations; 6x6 Puzzles (Easiest Level):Addition, Addition & Subtraction, All 978-981-3232-55-6(pbk) 4 Operations; 6x6 Puzzles (Easy Level): All 4 Operations; Solutions. US$9 / £8 / SGD9.30

Readership: General public who like to solve puzzles.

Introduction to Number Theory By (author): Richard Michael Hill (University College London, UK)

Introduction to Number Theory is dedicated to concrete questions about integers, to place an emphasis on problem solving by students. When undertaking a first course in number theory, students enjoy actively engaging with the properties and relationships of numbers.

The book begins with introductory material, including uniqueness of factorization of integers DQG SRO\QRPLDOV 6XEVHTXHQW WRSLFV H[SORUH TXDGUDWLF UHFLSURFLW\ +HQVHO·V /HPPD p-adic powers series such as exp(px) and log(1+px), the Euclidean property of some quadratic rings, UHSUHVHQWDWLRQ RI LQWHJHUV DV QRUPV IURP TXDGUDWLF ULQJV DQG 3HOO·V HTXDWLRQ YLD FRQWLQXHG fractions.

Throughout the five chapters and more than 100 exercises and solutions, readers gain the advantage of a number theory book that focuses on doing calculations. This textbook is a valuable resource for undergraduates or those with a background in university level mathematics. Rights Information: All language rights Contents:$ERXW WKH$XWKRU$FNQRZOHGJPHQWV ,QWURGXFWLRQ (XFOLG·V$OJRULWKP 3RO\QRPLDO available. Rings; Congruences Modulo Prime Numbers; p-Adic Methods in Number Theory; Diophantine Equations and Quadratic Rings; Solutions to Exercises; Bibliography; Index. 264pp Readership: Students and educators in a university course on number theory. Pub. date: Dec 2017

978-1-78634-471-7 US$108 / £95 / SGD160

Foreign Rights Spring Catalogue 2018 WORLD SCIENTIFIC 29 The Paper Puzzle Book All You Need is Paper! By (author): Ilan Garibi, David Goodman, Yossi Elran

ALL YOU NEED IS PAPER! All the puzzles inside are made out of paper — from simple teasers to extreme brain workouts! Mathematics ORIGINAL DESIGNS Co-developed by a mathematician, an origami artist and a mechanical puzzle maker, this inventive book provides a unique and invaluable collection of a large, Material Science comprehensive and diverse collection of paper puzzles. And they only require a sheet of paper and perhaps a pair of scissors!

EASY TO CHALLENGING There are around one hundred unique puzzles including paper strip puzzles, Möbius strips and flexagons, two-dimensional sheet folding, ‹fold-and-cut› puzzles, 3D dissections and constructions, sequence folding puzzles, origami puzzles and even paper toys Rights Information: and magic. All language (except Hebrew) rights available. PROVIDES HOURS OF FUN Anyone of any age can find hours of enjoyment and challenge!

130pp LEARNING GEOMETRY, MATHEMATICS AND PROBLEM-SOLVING CHALLENGES CAN BE Pub. date: Sep 2017 FUN! For students and teachers; parents and children; amateur and skilled mathematicians and puzzle lovers. 978-981-3202-40-5 US$35 / £29 / SGD35 LEARN CONCEPTS AS YOU GO! Many of the puzzles are new and original, they complement the classic puzzles that are included and all of them come with a solution as well as a 978-981-3202-41-2(pbk) mathematical and geometrical explanation that can be easily understood by all. The layout of the US$18 / £15 / SGD18 book, with its extensive puzzles, solutions and detailed descriptions, make it a sure candidate as the paper puzzle ‹bible› for enthusiasts and puzzle lovers everywhere.

Contents: Folding Puzzles; Color Changing Puzzles; Exploiting the Colored Side of Origami Paper; Just Paper Puzzles, No Folds or Cuts; 3D Folding Puzzles — Puzzles Regarding Cubes, Tetrahedron and Similar; Sequence Folding Puzzles; Strips of Paper — Such as Möbius Band and Other Puzzles; Flexagons; Fold and Cut Puzzles; Cut Only Puzzles; Fun with Paper — Activities and Fun Projects with Paper.

Readership: Puzzle and riddle lovers, and origami enthusiasts.

Key Features: • Many new and original puzzles • A huge collection of paper puzzles and activities for all ages and levels • Both educational and fun; highly challenging puzzles • Presents many geometrical and mathematical principals in an easy to understand manner • Possibly the only book in the market that contains such a large and diverse collection of paper puzzles

30 WORLD SCIENTIFIC Foreign Rights Spring Catalogue 2018 Probability and Random Number Mathematics A First Guide to Randomness By (author): Hiroshi Sugita (Osaka University, Japan)

This is a book of elementary probability theory that includes a chapter on algorithmic randomness. It rigorously presents definitions and theorems in computation theory, and explains the meanings of the theorems by comparing them with mechanisms of the computer, which is very effective in the current computer age.

Random number topics have not been treated by any books on probability theory, only some books on computation theory. However, the notion of random number is necessary for understanding the essential relation between probability and randomness. The field of probability has changed very much, thus this book will make and leave a big impact even to expert probabilists.

Readers from applied sciences will benefit from this book because it presents a very proper foundation of the Monte Carlo method with practical solutions, keeping the technical level no higher Rights Information: than 1st year university calculus. All language rights available. Contents: Mathematics of Coin Tossing Mathematical Model; Random Number; Limit Theorem; Monte Carlo Method; Infinite coin Tosses; Random Number: Recursive Function; Kolmogorov 140pp Complexity and Random Number; Limit Theorem: Bernoulli’s Theorem; Law of Large Numbers; Pub. date: Oct 2017 De Moivre–Laplace’s Theorem; Central Limit Theorem; Mathematical Statistics; Monte Carlo Method: Monte Carlo Method as Gambling; Pseudorandom Generator; Monte Carlo Integration; 978-981-3228-25-2 From the Viewpoint of Mathematical Statistics; Appendices:; Symbols and Terms; Binary US$48 / £42 / SGD71 Numeral System; Limit of Sequence and Function; Limits of Exponential Function and Logarithm; C Language Program.

Readership: First year university students to professionals.

Key Features: • This is the first book that presents both probability theory and algorithmic randomness for from 1st year university students to experts. It is technically easy but worth reading for experts as well • This book presents basic limit theorems with proofs that are not seen in usual probability textbooks; for readers should learn that a good solution is not always unique • This book rigorously treats the Monte Carlo method. In particular, it presents the random Weyl sampling, which produces pseudorandom numbers for the Monte Carlo integration that act complete substitutes for random numbers

Probability and Statistics for Economists By (author): Yongmiao Hong (Cornell)

Probability and Statistics have been widely used in various fields of science, including economics. Like advanced calculus and linear algebra, probability and statistics are indispensable mathematical tools in economics. Statistical inference in economics, namely econometric analysis, plays a crucial methodological role in modern economics, particularly in empirical studies in economics.

This textbook covers probability theory and statistical theory in a coherent framework that will be useful in graduate studies in economics, statistics and related fields. As a most important feature, this textbook emphasizes intuition, explanations and applications of probability and statistics from an economic perspective.

Contents: Preface; Introduction to Probability and Statistics; Foundation of Probability Theory; Random Variables and Univariate Probability Distributions; Important Probability Distributions; Rights Information: Multivariate Probability Distributions; Introduction to Sampling Theory; Convergences and Limit All language rights Theorems; Parameter Estimation and Evaluation; Hypothesis Testing; Classical Linear Regression; available. Conclusion; Bibliography; Index. 592pp Readership: Graduate students in economics, statistics and related fields. Pub. date: Nov 2017 Key Features: • Provides comprehensive coverage of probability and statistics that will be useful as indispensable 978-981-3228-81-8 mathematical tools in economics US$118 / £104 / SGD175 • Various numerical examples are provided to illustrate the concepts, theory and methods in probability and statistics introduced in the book • As a most important feature that distinguishes it from other probability and statistics textbooks, this book emphasizes explanations and applications of probability and statistics from an economic perspective

Foreign Rights Spring Catalogue 2018 WORLD SCIENTIFIC 31 The 21st Century Guide to Writing Articles in the Biomedical Sciences By (author): Shiri Diskin (Science Write Right, Israel)

Medicine We live in an unprecedented era of flourishing of scientific publishing. However, many professionals in the biomedical sciences find writing articles to be a daunting task. The book is meant to serve as a practical writing guide that covers the writing process from the project’s inception until online distribution of the published article.

The book covers the framework for constructing a scientific study into a coherent narrative that can later be easily translated into a written manuscript. The content of each article section in accordance with the IMRAD format is covered and many details for the construction of additional submission materials are provided. Characteristics of papers reporting on specific types of research are presented as well as article types other than the general full research article. The book is full of resources for additional reading and learning. Rights Information: All language rights There are many writing guides on the market. Most of them are general, cover a wide range available. of scientific writing, and are mainly aimed at students. This book is best suited for young professionals who are a few years out of school. They no longer enjoy the benefit of close 132pp mentoring by a thesis adviser or equivalent, but still lack the experience to lead writing projects Pub. date: Mar 2018 on their own. Through her experience of teaching young professionals and editing their work, Dr Diskin has learned their unique set of needs and the book has been written in an attempt to 978-981-3231-86-3 address them. Dr Diskin addresses the reader in the second person, with an ever-supportive US$58 / £51 / SGD86 tone. Importantly, the practicalities of writing articles in today’s interconnected environment are discussed throughout the book. Topics such as coordinating the writing in a multinational team, 978-981-3233-75-1(pbk) use of different types of software in the writing process and resources available online to support US$28 / £25 / SGD28 the writer are addressed in detail.

Contents: Foreword; Acknowledgements; Before you Write; Choosing your Target Journal; The Methods Section; The Results Section; The Introduction; The Discussion; The Abstract and Title; When you have a Full Draft; Following Submission; Abbreviations and Terms; References.

Readership: Doctors, pharmacists, nurses and other young professionals who write journal articles in the biomedical sciences.

Key Features: • User-friendly pocket-sized yet thorough writing guide, a 200-word synopsis is provided as quick reference at the top of each chapter • Practical, easy-to-follow tips on managing every step of the writing process • An abundance of resources to use while writing

32 WORLD SCIENTIFIC Foreign Rights Spring Catalogue 2018 Alzheimer’s Disease Decoded Medicine The History, Present, and Future of Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia By (author): Ronald Sahyouni (UC Irvine), Jefferson Chen (UC Irvine) & Aradhana Verma (UC San Francisco)

The book aims to present, educate and inform individuals about Alzheimer’s disease in a comprehensive manner. Its scope ranges from the discovery of the disease, epidemiology and basic biological principles underlying it, to advanced stem cell therapies used in the treatment of Alzheimer’s. It adopts a “global” perspective on Alzheimer’s disease, and include epidemiological data and science from countries around the world.

Alzheimer’s disease is a rapidly growing problem seen in every country around the world. This is the first and only comprehensive book to cover Alzheimer’s disease, and includes the most updated literature and scientific progress in the field of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease research. Rights Information: All language rights (ex- Most books on the market that focus on Alzheimer’s disease are targeted at caregivers as practical cept Simplified Chinese advice on how to deal with loved ones with the disease. This book instead is a comprehensive and Dutch) available. and popular science book that can be read by anyone with an interest in learning more about the disease. 200pp Dr. Jefferson Chen MD, PhD, co-author, participated in the world’s first surgical clinical trial using Pub. date: Aug 2016 shunts to treat Alzheimer’s disease. His first-hand involvement in a clinical trial for patients with Alzheimer’s disease and experience treating Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus (NPH) which is 978-981-3109-24-7 commonly misdiagnosed as Alzheimer’s disease lends a unique perspective. US$58 / £38 / SGD55

This book with appeal to a wide audience, regardless of their scientific or educational background. 978-981-3109-25-4(pbk) US$28 / £18 / SGD28 Key Features: • We approach Alzheimer’s disease in a comprehensive and global manner, from its history to the latest scientific discoveries in the field. No other book provides readers with the thoroughness and explanation of complex scientific topics like ours. Additionally, this book does not focus on Alzheimer’s only in the United States, but rather, how Alzheimer’s disease affects individuals around the world • Dr. Jefferson Chen MD, PhD, co-author, participated in the world’s first surgical clinical trial using shunts to treat Alzheimer’s disease. His first-hand involvement in a clinical trial for patients with Alzheimer’s disease and experience treating Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus (NPH) which commonly is misdiagnosed as Alzheimer’s disease lends a unique perspective. As Director of NeuroTrauma at UCI medical center, he is involved in many up-front initiatives to mitigate the long term effects of traumatic brain injury • We wrote this book with the intention of making it readable and understandable by a wide audience, regardless of their scientific or educational background. We explain simply and succinctly any topic which is discussed in the book, and ensure that readers understand the information that is presented by using real world examples and personal anecdotes to humanize the subject matter

Readership: Interested lay public.

Foreign Rights Spring Catalogue 2018 WORLD SCIENTIFIC 33 Gynecology Clinics Illustrated By (author): Sun Kuie Tay (Singapore General Hospital, Singapore)

This book presents symptom-orientated teaching of gynecology, illustrated with a wide range of photographs to simulated real-world learning in clinic settings. The content of the book consists of Medicine 23 common clinical scenarios which cover the entire spectrum of gynecologic entities. This book is suitable for learning of clinical gynecology by medical students, residents of gynecology and family physicians, as well as gynecology nurses.

Teaching of clinical medicine is the process that transforms a student into a practising physician who makes diagnosis and formulates management strategies. Exposure of learners to wide- ranging clinical conditions is essential. This book, generously illustrated with 225 colored photographs of a large number of gynecology entities, bridges the gap of restricted time and accessibility of learners to gynecology patients in the current clinical settings.

Rights Information: Contents: Primary Amenorrhea; Oligo-Menorrhea; Secondary Amenorrhea; Intermenstrual All language rights Bleeding; Irregular Menstruations; Heavy Menstrual Bleeding; Post-Coital Bleeding; available. Postmenopausal Bleeding; Dysmenorrhea; Dyspareunia; Premenstrual Syndrome; Vaginal Discharge; Pruritus Vulvae; Painful Vulva; A Lump Down Below; Urinary Incontinence; Acute Abdominal Pain; Chronic Pelvic Pain; Abdominal Swelling; Cervical Screening; Subfertility; Fertility 328pp Control; Hot Flushes. Pub. date: Mar 2018 Readership: Medical students, residents of gynecology, family physicians and gynecology nurses. 978-981-3229-03-7 US$98 / £86 / SGD145 Key Features: • Subjects in this book are treated according to clinical settings as assimilated information for immediate clinical application, in contrast to compartmentalized and fragmented information provided according to organ and pathology systems in traditional text books • Numerous color photographs in this book provides more accurate details than text description on clinical entities in traditional textbooks • The breadth of the subjects is drawn from the author’s practice in gynecology for more than three decades. Each subject is reviewed and updated with information available within the last 12 months to reflect the contemporary practice of gynecology

Mental Health of a Nation Edited by: Beng Yeong Ng (Mount Elizabeth Medical Centre, Singapore) & Daniel Fung (Institute of Mental Health, Singapore)

This book is a compilation by local mental health experts on the development of mental health services in Singapore after 1993. The year was the end point of an earlier book “Till the Break of Dawn — A History of Mental Health Services in Singapore (1841–1993)” that had been written on the history of psychiatry.

Contents: Preface; Foreword; Development of Services; Mental Health Professions; Allied Health Professionals in Psychiatry Care; Psychiatric Services in General Hospitals; Education in Mental Health; Mental Health of the Nation.

Readership: The book will be a beneficial guide for mental health professionals and an important tool in the training of psychiatrists, medical students, psychologists, social workers, nurses, Rights Information: counsellors and other healthcare professionals. All language rights available.

408pp Pub. date: Jan 2018

978-981-3206-90-8 US$118 / £98 / SGD118

978-981-3206-91-5(pbk) US$58 / £48 / SGD55

34 WORLD SCIENTIFIC Foreign Rights Spring Catalogue 2018 Medicine What It Takes to Thrive Techniques for Severe Trauma and Stress Recovery By (author): John Henden (John Henden Consultancy Ltd, UK)

“It is useful for anyone who wants to manage their lives better and seek to take steps to a better way of being and doing. I will be recommending this book to the people I work with as it explains so much, so simply and in bite size chunks.” Steve Flatt Director Psychological Therapies Unit, Liverpool, UK

“This book serves as a compendium of immediately applicable tools to use with people who have experienced trauma. A beginning practitioner will be able to act as a seasoned therapist using this book and the experienced trauma clinician will find it a highly practical reminder of what works and perhaps get a few new ideas.” Stephen M Langer, PhD Rights Information: Director, Northwest Brief Therapy Training Center, Olympia, WA USA All language rights faculty, International Trauma Treatment Program, USA available. “As a family therapist, this book will not sit on my bookshelf: It will be in my hands and on my mind for a long time, with the best hope of it influencing my practice. 208pp Pub. date: Oct 2017 As a trainer in Solution Focused Practice, John Henden’s book contributes many very useful and concrete tools and techniques for people suffering from severe trauma and stress. The book is set 978-981-3229-32-7 to be included in my education program at the Danish Solution Focused Institute.” US$68 / £60 / SGD101 Anne-Marie Wulf Managing Director, Solutionsbywulf; and 978-981-3230-21-7(pbk) Chair of Danish Solution Focused Institute, Denmark US$28 / £25 / SGD28 “A thoroughly practical and helpful read. The information contained enables one to take immediate and action. We use John’s insights to help our clients on a regular basis.” Lee Hayward Managing Director, Save Our Soldier, UK

“This excellent book is a useful resource for distressed individuals and for those who work with sufferers from post-traumatic stress. Good results in a safe fashion are guaranteed by the author’s own personal experience and his long history of working with such clients.” Dr Alasdair Macdonald Consultant Psychiatrist, UK

“Readers will find solid practical techniques, balanced with reassuring facts drawn from well documented scientific research and exemplified by scenarios drawn from real life situations. This is a must-read for anyone dealing with the aftermath of trauma.” Yvonne Dolan Director Emeritus, Institute for Solution-Focused Therapy Co-founder and Past-President of the Solution-Focused Brief Therapy Association (SFBTA), USA

“In this groundbreaking work, John gives survivors (and practitioners) options that work, based on his knowledge and vast experience in the field of trauma and recovery. The tools and strategies that he details are not just life-saving; they are life-enhancing!” Dr Rosario Margarita A Aligada College of Education Dean, Miriam College, The Philippines

“This book contains an abundance of concrete ideas, practices and techniques; it’s like a trauma re-wiring toolbox in one place: From somatic exercises, such as breathing, to visualizations, useful therapeutic stances (i.e. working with guilt), a basic self-care checklist, working with sleep disturbances, and existential questions of meaning and realizing one’s full potential. I would highly recommend it.” Olga Zotova coach, narrative therapist, solution focused and EMDR practitioner, Moscow, Russia

This book deals with all aspects of severe trauma and stress recovery. It offers tools and techniques to manage triggers, flashbacks or intrusive thoughts, helping survivors of severe trauma and stress to regain control of their lives.

The techniques and advice described here are organised into six sections: Triggers; Flashbacks; Unwelcome Thoughts; Dealing with the Lows; Disturbed Sleep; and Living Life to the Full: Meaning and Purpose in Life. Readers can refer to each section and experiment with methods that work best for them.

Foreign Rights Spring Catalogue 2018 WORLD SCIENTIFIC 35 This is a useful guide for survivors of severe trauma and stress, psychotherapists, social workers, counsellors, welfare workers and volunteers in the field.

Contents: Dedication; Disclaimer; The Book›s Purpose; Introduction; How to Use This Handbook; The Term «Survivor»; Acknowledgements; About the Author; Dealing with «Triggers»; How to Medicine Deal with Flashbacks; How to Deal with Unwelcome Thoughts; Dealing with «The Lows»; Dealing with Sleep Disturbance; Living Life to the Full (or, as Full as Possible); Appendices:Reassuring Things for Survivors to Know; What Survivors Have Found to be Helpful in This Work; Helpful Questions and Statements from the Worker; The Three Stages: Victim –Survivor–Thriver (Living Life to the Full, or as Full as Possible); Blocks to Disclosing; How to Avoid Retraumatisation and Revictimisation; Benefits of Doing This Important Work; Two-Day Solution-Focused Workshops on Working with Severe Trauma and Stress; Supporting Research Evidence for Solution-Focused Brief Therapy; Bibliography; Index.

Readership: Psychotherapists, counsellors, welfare and social workers, volunteers in social and welfare work, and survivors of trauma and abuse.

Key Features: • Offers practical advice on managing issues related to severe trauma and stress • Techniques and advice are organised into six sections for easy reference: Triggers; Flashbacks; Unwelcome Thoughts; Dealing with the Lows; Disturbed Sleep; and Living Life to the Full: Meaning and Purpose in Life

Practical Guide to VIVA and OSCE in Ophthalmology Examinations By (author): Wei Yan Ng, Li Lian Foo & Tien Yin Wong (Singapore National Eye Centre, Singapore)

Practical Guide to VIVA and OSCE in Ophthalmology Examinations is an essential study guide presented in a direct, exam-style question-and-answer format. It combines detailed explanations with high quality clinical photographs tailor-made to help readers ace specialist oral examinations (MMed, MRCS, FRCS, FRCOphth, FAMS, FRANZCO).

Co-authored by ophthalmology trainees who took the final MMed and FRCOphth (Oral) in 2016 and 2017, this is a book written by trainees, for trainees, with prominent author contribution by Prof Wong Tien Yin. This book provides invaluable guidance to readers in presenting their answers in a logical, succinct and elegant manner.

Rights Information: Practical Guide to VIVA and OSCE in Ophthalmology Examinations aims to complement the book All language rights titled The Ophthalmology Examinations Review by Prof Tien Yin Wong to guide candidates onto available. the path of success in examinations. This book illustrates the answering techniques employed during examinations, utilizing clinical photographs accompanied by a full template answer script 260pp of various high yield conditions. The style and format has been intentionally designed to simulate Pub. date: Dec 2017 examination conditions and to provide candidates with ample practice in preparation for the examination. 978-981-3221-51-2 Most major ophthalmic degrees require trainees to take and pass an oral ophthalmic exam. This US$108 / £95 / SGD128 book fills a significant void in the market for ophthalmic training, where texts combining clinical photos and actual exam answering techniques are severely lacking. Readers will be able to follow 978-981-3221-55-0(pbk) the answering techniques and examples provided within the book so as to better cope with the US$58 / £51 / SGD78 clinical exams.

Contents: Cataracts; Cornea; Glaucoma; Vitreoretina and Uveitis; Neuro-Ophthalmology; Oculoplastics; Pediatrics; Refractive; Miscellaneous.

Readership: University students and course facilitators.

Key Features: • Provision of high quality and more complex clinical photos for discussion • Detailed and to the point answering with full scripts provided relevant to the clinical photograph provided • Prominent author contribution by Prof Wong Tien Yin

36 WORLD SCIENTIFIC Foreign Rights Spring Catalogue 2018 Lessons from Nanoelectronics and Nanoscience Nanotechnology A New Perspective on Transport (In 2 Parts) (2nd Edition) By (author): Supriyo Datta (Purdue University, USA)

Everyone is familiar with the amazing performance of a modern smartphone, powered by a billion- plus nanotransistors, each having an active region that is barely a few hundred atoms long. The same amazing technology has also led to a deeper understanding of the nature of current flow and heat dissipation on an atomic scale which is of broad relevance to the general problems of non-equilibrium statistical mechanics that pervade many different fields.

This book is based on a set of two online courses originally offered in 2012 on nanoHUB-U and more recently in 2015 on edX. In preparing the second edition the author decided to split it into parts A and B titled Basic Concepts and Quantum Transport respectively, along the lines of the two courses. A list of available video lectures corresponding to different sections of this volume is provided upfront. Rights Information: All language rights To make these lectures accessible to anyone in any branch of science or engineering, the author available. assume very little background beyond linear algebra and differential equations. However, the author will be discussing advanced concepts that should be of interest even to specialists, who 536pp (Set) are encouraged to look at his earlier books for additional technical details. Pub. date: Mar 2018 Contents: Part A: Basic Concepts: Preface; Acknowledgments; List of Available Video Lectures; Constants Used in This Book; Some Symbols Used; Overview; What Determines 978-981-3224-64-3 the Resistance: Why Electrons Flow; The Elastic Resistor; Ballistic and Diffusive Transport; US$218 / £192 / SGD323 Conductance from Fluctuation; Simple Model for Density of States: Energy Band Model; The Nanotransistor;What and Where is the Voltage Drop: Diffusion Equation for Ballistic Transport; 978-981-3224-65-0(pbk) Boltzmann Equation; Quasi-Fermi Levels; Hall Effect; Smart Contacts; Heat and Electricity: US$88 / £77 / SGD130 Thermoelectricity; Phonon Transport; Second Law; Fuel Value of Information;Appendices: Derivatives of Fermi and Bose Functions; Angular Averaging; Current at High Bias for Non- Degenerate Resistors; Semiclassical Dynamics; Transmission Line Parameters from BTE.

Readership: Students and professionals in any branch of science or engineering.

Key Features: • Based on a physically insightful approach that not only conveys the key concepts of nanoelectronics, but also their relevance to other non-equilibrium problems like heat flow, spin flow and entropy flow • The chapters are keyed to video lectures from the online courses offered on nanoHUB-U and on edX • The author received the 2008 IEEE Technical Field Award for graduate teaching “for his unique approach to quantum transport that has inspired and educated graduate students in the field of nanoscale electronic devices”

Foreign Rights Spring Catalogue 2018 WORLD SCIENTIFIC 37 A Bouquet of Dyson and Other Reflections on Science and Scientists By (author): Jeremy Bernstein (Stevens Institute of Technology, USA) Physics “A grab bag in the most charming sense — reach inside and pull out an unexpected treasure. A chapter selected at random might be a biographical miniature about a scientist, Bernstein’s signature format at New Yorkermagazine. The subject may be famous or obscure, 20th century (mostly) or earlier (a few), paladin (mostly) or rogue (a few); but in all cases fascinating. Another chapter may veer from biographical to autobiographical to philosophical and then back again, and be no less engaging. Bernstein seems to have crossed paths with everyone who was anyone in science in the 20th century. He furnishes a large, comfortable house with midcentury modern physics. Come in, admire the furniture, and enjoy the conversation.” Prof William H Press University of Texas at Austin

Rights Information: My friendship with Freeman Dyson goes back over a half century. My first contact with him goes back to the late 1950s, when I was at the Institute for Advanced Study, and then evolved when I All language rights was a consultant at General Atomics in La Jolla, California. Freeman was then trying to design a available. space ship — the Orion — which would be propelled by atomic bombs. When I left the Institute, Freeman and I continued our correspondence and I saved his letters. They are written in an 188pp almost calligraphically elegant handwriting. It is hard to see how you could make a mistake in Pub. date: Feb 2018 a mathematical computation if you wrote that clearly. The letters show his human side and his enormous range of knowledge. 978-981-3231-92-4 There are then two essays involving the physicist Fritz Houtermans who was an extraordinarily US$68 / £60 / SGD68 colorful character. There is a brief essay on Einstein’s collaboration with a fraud. There is even an essay on the Titius-Bode law and the new exo-planets. Because of my enduring interest in nuclear 978-981-3238-28-2(pbk) weapons, the reader will find essays devoted to that. There is also a bit of fiction at the end. US$28 / £25 / SGD28 Contents: People: A Bouquet of Dyson; The Pope; A Preprint; Murray; Chronicles: Houtermans; Charlotte; Einstein and the Fraud; Pontecorvo; Science: Three for the Road; Bode’s Law and the Trappists; Advanced Quantum Mechanics; Gian Carlo ;Nuclear Weapons: An Error; Round and Round; Li6; Is E = mc2?; Life: A Trick of Memory; Checkers; A Little List; Anti-Semitism at Harvard; Twenty One.

Readership: General public, students and academicians who are interested in issues related to science, technology and society.

Daystar A Peep into the Workings of the Sun By (author): Parameswaran Venkatakrishnan (Indian Institute of Astrophysics, India)

“This book provides a timely summary of current solar research interests with a view to the forthcoming solar missions … It is highly recommended for both students and interested members of the public.” Dr Helen E Mason O.B.E

This book is an attempt to demystify the activities of a celestial object such as the Sun appealing to basic physics already available to high school students. Building on simple logic, the contents begin with measurements of the gross properties of the Sun like size (volume) and mass from which the average density of solar material is shown to be almost equal to water’s density. Then the temperature is obtained using the colour of sunlight, and the gravitational force is discussed to indicate how the solar material is compressed at the centre of the Sun leading to heating Rights Information: which further causes nuclear reactions. The roles of all the forces of nature, viz. strong, weak, All language rights electromagnetic and gravitation are shown in the construction of the Sun. The generation of available. magnetic fields by solar rotation and the eruptions of solar atmospheric material are also included.

To further demystify the methods of obtaining all such facts about the Sun, a chapter is solely 116pp devoted to the different kinds of solar telescopes operating at different wavelengths and also at Pub. date: Oct 2017 different locations ranging from outer space to deep underground, where solar neutrino flux is measured. The entire discussion is interspersed with historical encounters between giants of 978-981-3228-52-8 science to show the human face of scientific research. US$58 / £51 / SGD86 Contents: Introduction; Vital Statistics; The Anatomy of the Sun; Blemishes on the Sun; The Sphere of Influence; Tools of the Trade.

Readership: Graduate students, researchers and academics interested in solar astronomy.

Key Features: • Includes both theoretical and experimental aspects with equal clarity • Brief but comprehensive contents, providing a quick overview of the subject • Appeals to non-specialists interested in logically building up topics based on first principles

38 WORLD SCIENTIFIC Foreign Rights Spring Catalogue 2018 Entropy and Sustainable Growth Physics By (author): Guy Deutscher (Tel Aviv University, Israel)

While the possible depletion of energy sources has been emphasized in most literatures, this book aims to show that the increase of entropy in the biosphere, resulting since the dawn of industrial era, is a cause for urgent concern.

As the entropy release puts a limit on sustainable growth, and the CO΍ atmospheric content is a reliable indicator of global entropy release that threatens the biospheric balance, a change of paradigm is necessary with the need to switch from an economy of exploitation to an economy of entropy.

Contents: Limits to Growth: From Malthus to the COP21 Agreement Through the Club of Rome Report; Green House Gases and Boltzmann Entropy; Biosphere in Disruption; Thermodynamic Conditions for a Return to Equilibrium; Why do We Release So Much Carbon into the Atmosphere?; The Means for a Recovery of Balance. Rights Information: All language (except Readership: Students and the general public interested in the science behind climate change. French) rights available. Key Features: • Emphasizes entropy as the global concept behind climate change as well as all forms of pollution 148pp • Relies on geological data to demonstrate that the biosphere has become out of balance Pub. date: Mar 2018 • Gives a concrete estimate of the amount of investment necessary to restore biosphere balance 978-981-3237-76-6 US$48 / £42 / SGD71

978-981-3237-77-3(ebook) US$72 / £63 / SGD107

Facts and Mysteries in Elementary Particle Physics (Revised Edition) By (author): Martinus J G Veltman (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA & NIKHEF, The Netherlands)

Reviews of the First Edition: “Veltman’s life spans the history of particle physics, from Antiparticles to Z bosons. So does his crystal clear book, which tells all you want to know about the strange sub-nuclear world and the stranger scientists that study it ... a thrilling tale about the world’s tiniest things.” Sheldon Glashow Nobel laureate Boston University

“I must congratulate you! The book you have written is truly a masterpiece. Not only have you explained the physics of the world of elementary particles to the young aspiring student, but you have made it available to the intelligent layman. On top of that you gave it the humanity it Rights Information: deserves; reading this book brought me back to the most exciting period of my life in which every All language rights day brought a new discovery and we all fought for recognition. I can truly say that there is no book available. like this.” Melvin Schwartz 352pp Nobel laureate Pub. date: Mar 2018 Columbia University 978-981-3237-05-6 “Veltman’s ... transparent explanations of the abstract theories of quantum mechanics and special US$85 / £75 / SGD126 relativity, his lucid accounts of esoteric subjects in particle physics, such as scaling, Higgs particle and renormalizability ... are very impressive. The book will interest anyone who is interested in the 978-981-3237-49-0(pbk) view of the physical world held by contemporary fundamental physicists.” US$35 / £31 / SGD52 T Y Cao Boston University

“I greatly enjoyed finally reading a book that goes into the details I always wanted ... Veltman has the courage to try a deeper level about what we understand and what is simply fact ... Even if you have read books popularizing physics before, you have to read this one ...” CERN Courier

“Veltman seamlessly combines historical and thematic descriptions of particle physics, an approach that allows the reader to appreciate how experiment and theory interrelate ... I found the book to be immensely entertaining, and I recommend it highly to anyone looking for insight into the nature of elementary particle physics.” American Scientist

Foreign Rights Spring Catalogue 2018 WORLD SCIENTIFIC 39 “Veltman gives an excellent impression of how science works and how the desire to penetrate into the unknown is what fires the enthusiasm of scientists. He also manages to explain the most abstract intricacies of particle theory without using any mathematics whatsoever ... I can fully recommend this book to students and interested lay readers, who will gain a fascinating insight into the sub-nuclear world — from a theoretical experimental and personal point of view.” Physics Physics World

“... the wonderful feature of the book is that it should be extremely useful to almost anyone with an interest in this field, ranging from high school students and interested laypersons to physicists in other fields. Enthusiastically recommended as an addition to any library.” Choice

“Students and lay people will find Facts and Mysteries in Elementary Particle Physics superbly enlightening.” SirReadaLot.org

“... students and researchers in elementary particle physics should seriously consider having this book in their personal library, partly to be able to look at the many pictures and brief biographies of their favorite elementary particle physicists, and partly to learn Veltman’s incisive thinking on obscure or unsettled areas in particle physics ... there are plenty of popular books on dark matter, dark energy, black holes, and cosmology, but relatively few straightforward yet fascinating popular books on elementary particle physics, so in this sense Veltman’s book is exactly what is needed.” “ American Journal of Physics

“As an original scientist with decided views on matters, the author provides us with define insights into the conceptual framework and history of elementary particle physics. The whole book is enlivened by a series of vignettes, with photographs, including potted biographies of important participants in this part of science or personal recollections of them.” Mathematical Reviews

“It is perceptive, thought-provoking, and unfailingly original. The sketches of physicists who built our perception of the ‘facts and mysteries’ adds an appealing human touch.” Chris Quigg Fermi National Accelerator Labs.

“All JSE readers, from the merely curious to the expert in the field of modern particle physics, should read this book ... For the layman, the book is very readable and fascinating. For the expert, it is just plain fun ... I would strongly recommend it to theoretical physics graduate students, even though they may be familiar with much of the content. Like other points of a fine jewel not seen before, Veltman’s engaging style of writing will remind students of the value of looking at physics through another’s well-trained eye. His style will also pique the layman’s interest in the most fundamental discoveries of physics in modern times.” Journal of Scientific Exploration

“The author’s clear and transparent explanation of the abstract theories of quantum mechanics and special relativity without using any mathematics makes the book very impressive ... The book also contains many thumbnail sketches with pictures of particle physics personalities including contemporaries as seen through the eyes of the author.” Zentralblatt MATH

This book provides a comprehensive overview of modern particle physics accessible to anyone with a true passion for wanting to know how the universe works. We are introduced to the known particles of the world we live in. An elegant explanation of quantum mechanics and relativity paves the way for an understanding of the laws that govern particle physics. These laws are put into action in the world of accelerators, colliders and detectors found at institutions such as CERN and Fermilab that are in the forefront of technical innovation. Real world and theory meet using Feynman diagrams to solve the problems of infinities and deduce the need for the Higgs boson.

Facts and Mysteries in Elementary Particle Physics offers an incredible insight from an eyewitness and participant in some of the greatest discoveries in 20th century science. From Einstein›s theory of relativity to the spectacular discovery of the Higgs particle, this book will fascinate and educate anyone interested in the world of quarks, leptons and gauge theories.

This book also contains many thumbnail sketches of particle physics personalities, including contemporaries as seen through the eyes of the author. Illustrated with pictures, these candid sketches present rare, perceptive views of the characters that populate the field.

The Chapter on Particle Theory, in a pre-publication, was termed “superbly lucid” by David Miller in Nature (Vol. 396, 17 Dec. 1998, p. 642).

Contents: Introduction; Preliminaries; The Standard Model; Quantum Mechanics. Mixing; Energy, Momentum and Mass-Shell; Detection; Accelerators and Storage Rings; The CERN Neutrino Experiment; The Particle Zoo; Particle Theory; Finding the Higgs; Quantum Chromodynamics; Epilogue; Addendum.

Readership: Students, lay people and anyone interested in the world of elementary particles.

40 WORLD SCIENTIFIC Foreign Rights Spring Catalogue 2018 From Micro to Macro Physics Adventures of a Wandering Physicist By (author): Vlatko Vedral (Oxford & NUS, Singapore)

“In the course of speculating about unifications that might close the amazing, blatant ‘gaps’ in our knowledge, Vedral provides a refreshing and engaging tour of those gaps, and of the (apparently) firmer ground between them.” Prof David Deutsch Oxford University Mathematical Institute

This is a popular science book exploring the limits of scientific explanation. In particular, it debates if all sciences will ultimately be reducible to physics. The journey starts with physics itself, where there is a gap between the micro (quantum) and the macro (classical) and moves into chemistry, biology and the social sciences. Written by a practising scientist, this volume offers a personal perspective on various topics and incorporates the latest research. Rights Information: Contents: Prologue: The Point of It All; Physics and its Troublesome Gap; Chemistry and All language rights Computing: Lost in Translation; Biology: The Biggest Gap of Natural Science; Uniting the Natural available. Sciences; Economics; Sociobiology; Conclusion: Can We Bridge the Social-Natural Science Gap?; Epilogue: The World, the Flesh and the Devil; Acknowledgements; References; Index. 192pp Pub. date: Feb 2018 Readership: Students, general public, academic professionals. 978-981-3229-51-8 US$58 / £51 / SGD86

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“Gina Says” Adventures in the Blogosphere String War By (author): Gil Kalai (Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel)

In the summer of 2006 two books attacking string theory, a prominent theory in physics, appeared: Peter Woit’s “Not Even Wrong” and Lee Smolin’s “The Trouble with Physics”. A fierce public debate, much of it on weblogs, ensued. Gina is very curious about science blogs. Can they be useful for learning about or discussing science? What happens in these blogs and who participates in them? Gina is eager to learn the issues and to form her own opinion about the string theory controversy. She is equipped with some academic background, including in mathematics, and has some familiarity with academic life. Her knowledge of physics is derived mainly from popular accounts. Gina likes to debate and to argue. She is fascinated by questions about rationality and philosophy, and was exposed to various other scientific controversies in the past.

This book uses the blog debate on string theory to discuss blogs, science, and mathematics. Meandering over various topics from children’s dyscalculia to Chomskian linguistics, the reader Rights Information: may get some sense of the chaotic and often confusing scientific experience. The book tries to show the immense difficulty involved in getting the factual matters right, and interpreting All language (except fragmented and partial information. Hebrew) rights available.

Contents: NOT EVEN WRONG: The Blog of Peter Woit: Extraordinary Claims; Gödel’s 236pp Theorem and Logic; Obviously I Disagree; “It is Not in the Cards”; Pre Review and Riskless Pub. date: Nov 2017 Risks; Scientists are Paid to be Gullible; The Poincaré Conjecture and Christos Dimitriou Papakyriakopoulos; Useful Divergence; Why Just Two-Dimensional Models?; Can Philosophy of Science Help Doing Science?; Referees and Ethics; It is All a Fantasy: Cole’s Review; Expelled; 978-981-3142-06-0 H. S. M. Coxeter, Polytopes and Mirror Symmetry; The Future of String Theory; Interlude: Silly US$58 / £48 / SGD64 String Wars in Jerusalem; The n-Category Café: From Perception of Mathematics to Dyscalculia; From Lehrer’s Song on Continuous Functions, to Baez’s Lyrics on Elliptic PDE; Foundations; 978-981-3142-07-7(pbk) Computers, Categories, Analogies, and Greatness; Asymptotia and Lee Smolin’s “The US$28 / £23 / SGD32 Trouble with Physics”: Can Strings be Fractals? and All Sorts of Other Things; The Trouble with Physics: Gina’s Sixteen Objections; TTWP: Mandelstam; Optimism; How to Measure Progress?; Maldacena; The Overall Evaluation of String Theory; High Risk Endeavors for the Young; Scientists and Mountain Climbers; How to Treat Fantastic Claims by Great People; Sociology of Universities; The String Theory Community; The Finiteness-of-String-Theory War; A Mathematician’s Solution to the Proliferation Problem; Shocking Revelations; How to Debate Beauty?

Readership: The general public interested in science, especially those who read scientific blogs.

Key Features: • It is an unusual combination of popular science, the story of a major scientific debate, the story of scientific blogs, and the story of the hero “Gina” who tries to explore and participate in these blogs

Foreign Rights Spring Catalogue 2018 WORLD SCIENTIFIC 41 The Immense Journey From the Birth of the Universe to the Rise of Intelligence By (author): Gerald E Marsh Physics This book is an attempt to trace the majestic immense journey from the coming into being of the universe to the emergence and evolution of life. It is intended to complement the many excellent books that cover different aspects of this journey.

The contents have been classified into five parts. Part I covers the coming into existence of the universe while Part II presents the beginning of life on the early Earth, following which Part III discusses the emergence of consciousness and intelligence, and Part IV, the immense journey of the universe beyond Earth. Finally, Part V addresses the problems raised by the rise of higher- order consciousness in human beings as captured by the phrase “the human condition”.

Contents: Preface; The Coming into Existence of the Universe: In the Beginning; Quantum Rights Information: Foundations and the Building Blocks of Matter; Let There Be Light; The Beginning of Life All language rights on the Early Earth: Prebiotic Molecules and Protocells; The First Cells; Darwinian Evolution available. and Beyond; The Emergence of Consciousness: Sense, Thought and Consciousness; The Immense Journey of the Universe: Beyond Our Earth; The Human Condition: Civilization and 340pp Its Discontents; Code and Implications;Appendices: Space-Time-Matter; Group Theory and Pub. date: Feb 2018 Quantum Mechanics.

Readership: Students in natural sciences and all those interested in philosophy of science. 978-981-3235-74-8 US$88 / £77 / SGD130 Key Features: • Interesting material for readers looking for a connection between science and religion • Accessible to the general public with a basic introduction to general science

International Young Physicists’ Tournament Problems and Solutions 2015 Edited by: Sihui Wang & Wenli Gao (Nanjing University, China)

International Young Physicists’ Tournament (IYPT), is one of the most prestigious international physics contests among high school students. This book is based on the solutions of 2015 IYPT problems. The authors are undergraduate students who participated the CUPT (Chinese Undergraduate Physics Tournament). It is intended as a college level solution to the challenging open-ended problems. It provides original, quantitative solutions in fulfilling seemingly impossible tasks. The young authors provide quantitative solutions to practical problems in everyday life.

This is a good reference book for undergraduates, advanced high school students, physics educators and curious public interested in the intriguing phenomenon in daily life.

Contents: 2015 Problem 3: Artificial Muscles (Xin Yuan, Ruyang Sun, Wenli Gao, Huijun Zhou); Rights Information: 2015 Problem 4: Liquid Film Motor (Hailin Xu, Wenli Gao, Sihui Wang, Huijun Zhou); 2015 All language rights Problem 5: Two Balloons (Heyang Long, Luyan Yu, Ruyan Sun, Sihui Wang, Huijun Zhou); 2015 available. Problem 6: Magnus Glider (Boyuan Tao, Dachuan Lu, Yiran Deng, Sihui Wang, Huijun Zhou); 2015 Problem 9: Hovercraft (Ruyang Sun, Heyang Long, Wenli Gao, Sihui Wang); 2015 Problem 10: 180pp Singing Blades of Grass (Dachuan Lu, Yiran Deng, Boyuan Tao, Bingnan Liu, Wenli Gao); 2015 Pub. date: Jan 2018 Problem 11: Cat’s Whisker (Zengquan Yan, Hanqi Feng, Yuehui Li, Yu Zhang, Chunfeng Hou, Yuxiao Wang); 2015 Problem 13: Magnetic Pendulum (Chenghao Feng, Wenkai Fan, Dachuan 978-981-3225-91-6(pbk) Lu, Sihui Wang, Huijun Zhou, Wenli Gao); 2015 Problem 14: Circle of Light (Xiaodong Yu, Boyuan US$38 / £33 / SGD36 Tao, Xin Yuan, Sihui Wang, Wenli Gao); 2015 Problem 15: Moving Brush (Yiran Deng, Boyuan Tao, Bingnan Liu, Sihui Wang, Huijun Zhou); 2015 Problem 17: Coffee Cup (Dachuan Lu, Wenli Gao, Huijun Zhou.

Readership: University students or students in gifted programmes interested in competing in Physics Olympiads.

Key Features: • This book is useful for the students preparing for competitions like IYPT • Supplementary materials (such as videos) are provided to demonstrate the experiments more vividly • Experimental demonstrations and numerical simulations made the technical solution accessible to general public

42 WORLD SCIENTIFIC Foreign Rights Spring Catalogue 2018 Microscopic and Macroscopic Simulation Techniques Physics Kharagpur Lectures By (author): William Hoover (UC Davis) & Carol Hoover (Ruby Valley Research Institute, Nevada, USA)

This book aims to provide an example-based education in numerical methods for atomistic and continuum simulations of systems at and away from equilibrium. The focus is on nonequilibrium systems, stressing the use of tools from dynamical systems theory for their analysis. Lyapunov instability and fractal dimensionality are introduced and algorithms for their analysis are detailed. The book is intended to be self-contained and accessible to students who are comfortable with calculus and differential equations.

The wide range of topics covered will provide students, researchers and academics with effective tools for formulating and solving interesting problems, both atomistic and continuum. The detailed description of the use of thermostats to control nonequilibrium systems will help readers in writing their own programs rather than being saddled with packaged software. Rights Information: All language rights Contents: Mechanics/Numerical Integration/Molecular Dynamics; Integration Methods/Predictor- available. Corrector Methods/Stiff Equations; Temperature and Molecular Dynamics/Thermostats/Boltzmann Equation; Simple System with Thermal Constraints/Bit-Reversibility; Ergodicity and its Importance 412pp for Small Systems; Gibbs› Thermodynamics/Fluid Mechanics/Virial and Heat Theorems; Statistical Pub. date: Mar 2018 Mechanics of Small Systems at and Away from Equilibrium; Microscopic Reversibility/Macroscopic Irreversibility/Shockwaves; Lyapunov Instability, Fractal Dimensionality/Dimensionality Loss I; ISBN: 978-981-3232-52-5 Lyapunov Instability, Fractal Dimensionality/Dimensionality Loss II; Smooth-Particle and Finite- US$118 / £104 / SGD175 Element Methods.

Readership: Undergraduate, graduate students, researchers focusing on statistical mechanics and numerical simulation.

Key Features: • Three useful areas covered — treatment of control variables such as thermostats and ergostats, dynamical system analysis and the use of smooth particle techniques for analyzing molecular dynamics, and the solution of continuum problems

Mathematics for Physics An Illustrated Handbook By (author): Adam Marsh

This unique book complements traditional textbooks by providing a visual yet rigorous survey of the mathematics used in theoretical physics beyond that typically covered in undergraduate math and physics courses. The exposition is pedagogical but compact, and the emphasis is on defining and visualizing concepts and relationships between them, as well as listing common confusions, alternative notations and jargon, and relevant facts and theorems. Special attention is given to detailed figures and geometric viewpoints. Certain topics which are well covered in textbooks, such as historical motivations, proofs and derivations, and tools for practical calculations, are avoided. The primary physical models targeted are general relativity, spinors, and gauge theories, with notable chapters on Riemannian geometry, Clifford algebras, and fiber bundles.

Contents: Mathematical Structures; Abstract Algebra; Vector Algebras; Topological Spaces; Algebraic Topology; Manifolds; Lie Groups; Clifford Groups; Riemannian Manifolds; Fiber Bundles; Rights Information: Categories and Functors. All language rights available. Readership: Students in mathematics and physics who want to explore a level deeper into actual mathematical content. 300pp Pub. date: Nov 2017 Key Features: • The approach taken by this book to the subject material differs from other titles in that it is 978-981-3233-91-1 intuitive and visual yet also mathematically rigorous, allowing concise coverage of a large US$98 / £86 / SGD145 breadth of material and providing a cross-subject synthesis while at the same time serving as a useful reference • The book is also unique in that it can be used in three ways: as the basis for a course, as a supporting text for related courses, and as a reference. These uses could apply to both undergraduate and graduate students. In addition, there is a substantial audience for the book among independent researchers, amateur physicists, and readers of popular science who want to explore a level deeper into actual mathematical content • The treatments of Riemannian geometry, Clifford algebras, and fiber bundles are particularly notable, including detailed figures and geometric viewpoints that would seem to be novel to the literature

Foreign Rights Spring Catalogue 2018 WORLD SCIENTIFIC 43 Newton — Innovation and Controversy By (author): Peter Rowlands (University of Liverpool, UK)

Unique among celebrated scientists, Newton was equally gifted at theoretical physics, Physics experimental physics and pure mathematics. He was also exceptional in another, less well- recognised sense. No one has come near to equalling his extraordinary analytical power.

Analytically-derived truths are controversial because such truths can only be established by extended experimental verification or by their success in generating further truths by systematic development. While Newton’s optics was ultimately established by the first method and his theory of gravity by the second, much of his work on other subjects, though equally powerful and innovative, has never been totally established as part of this analytical context. This book discusses why the innovations matter today and why they were, and sometimes still are, controversial.

Rights Information: Published as the third of a three-part set for Newtonian scholars, historians of science, All language rights philosophers of science and others interested in Newtonian physics. available. All Titles:

324pp 1. Newton and Modern Physics Pub. date: Nov 2017 2. Newton and the Great World System 3. Newton — Innovation and Controversy 978-1-78634-401-4 US$115 / £101 / SGD170 Contents: Innovation and Controversy; Analysis and Synthesis; Thermodynamics; The Microstructure of Matter; The States of Matter; Microforces: Cohesion and Chemistry; Nonscience; Securing the Legacy.

Readership: Newtonian scholars, historians of science, philosophers of science and others interested in Newtonian physics.

Origin and Evolution of Comets Ten Years after the Nice Model and One Year after Rosetta By (author): Hans Rickman (Uppsala University, Sweden & PAS Space Research Center, Poland)

Since several decades, comets have been considered as key witnesses of solar system formation. Their nature has been explored using the modern arsenal of Earth- and space-based observations, and they hold a central place as dynamical arbiters of the planetary system in the new paradigm of solar system evolution known as the Nice Model. Thus, they have the potential to test the various ideas, using the detailed data recently gathered by the ESA/Rosetta mission. This requires an understanding of their origin and evolution, which form the subject of the present book. All the relevant issues are covered, describing both the background and the current frontiers of research.

Contents: Introduction; Physical and Chemical Properties; Comet Dynamics; Physical Evolution in Observable Comets; Capture of Comets; Formation of Comet Reservoirs; Origin of Comet Rights Information: Nuclei; Outlooks. All language rights available. Readership: University students and researchers interested in astrophysics.

Key Features: 376pp • Currently this is the only book that discusses the Nice Model Pub. date: Oct 2017 • This book presents a comprehensive assessment of the recent progress in the whole, broad field of research 978-981-3222-57-1 • It offers the first picture of comet origin and evolution that appears after the amazing results of US$128 / £113 / SGD189 Rosetta have been digested

44 WORLD SCIENTIFIC Foreign Rights Spring Catalogue 2018 Schrödinger’s Mechanics Physics Interpretation By (author): David B Cook (University of Sheffield, UK)

The interpretation of quantum mechanics has been in dispute for nearly a century with no sign of a resolution. Using a careful examination of the relationship between the final form of classical particle mechanics (the Hamilton–Jacobi Equation) and Schrödinger’s mechanics, this book presents a coherent way of addressing the problems and paradoxes that emerge through conventional interpretations.

Schrödinger’s Mechanics critiques the popular way of giving physical interpretation to the various terms in perturbation theory and other technologies and places an emphasis on development of the theory and not on an axiomatic approach. When this interpretation is made, the extension of Schrödinger›s mechanics in relation to other areas, including spin, relativity and fields, is investigated and new conclusions are reached. Rights Information: Contents: Aims; Basics: The Schrödinger Condition; The Dimensions of Space; Momenta, All language rights Operators, and a Problem; Approximation and Interpretation; Spin in Schrödinger’s Theory; available. Relativistic Equations; Fields and Second Quantisation; Epilogue. 196pp Readership: Physicists, chemists, philosophers of science, anyone with an interest in physical Pub. date: Apr 2018 science. 978-1-78634-490-8 Key Features: US$78 / £69 / SGD115 • Gives a unique interpretation of the topic Social Sciences Ganga Rejuvenation Governance Challenges and Policy Options Edited by: Ora-orn Poocharoen (Chiang Mai University, Thailand), Robert James Wasson (NUS, Singapore) & Xun Wu (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong)

This book focuses on governance and management issues in the much publicized ‘Ganga Rejuvenation Project’, led by the Indian Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi. Attempts over the past three decades to clean up and rejuvenate one of the world’s greatest rivers have proved futile. The major reasons for the lack of success are absence of long-term planning, poor co-ordination and failure to sustain whatever little infrastructure for water and sewage treatment could be developed. Focusing on these broad aspects, the book explores spaces for better governance through active community participation, knowledge management, prospects of Public-Private- Partnership, e-governance, youth education, waterfront development, lessons from past failures, comparative international analogies, utilization of external aid and global expertise in successful implementation of a sustainable long-term plan for a river basin’s integrated development of both the economy and environment. A host of activities, such as, improving pollution monitoring Rights Information: systems, new development plans for tourism enhancement; river dredging and sewering riparian cities are already being carried in the hope of quick results. The Government of India has also All language rights appointed a task force for preparation of a long-term strategy. However, substantial knowledge available. gaps persist especially with regard to governance. This book aims to address the governance and policy issues and will be a very timely contribution to cleaning as well as rejuvenating Ganga, a 480pp river that is lifeline of millions of people. Pub. date: Oct 2017 Contents: Introduction; Historical Evaluation of Ganga Action Plans (Dawa Tshering, Denny Ariaputra, Soh Siew Luie, Tashi Tobgay and Wang Nian); Forming a Broad Umbrella: Facilitating 978-981-4704-57-1 Inter- and Intra-State Coordination (Hlaing Myat, Lay Sopagna, Sirilak Kakanopas, Soe Myint US$168 / £148 / SGD249 Aung, Visvanathakkurukkal Sokkanathan and Joost Buurman); Educating the Youth: Facilitating a Sustainable Transformation of Ganga (Low Lay Chin, Mark McKiernan, May Yu Lwin, Siow Boon Teik, Erwin and Thamil Selvan Govintharaju); Social Mobilisation: The Fight for Hearts and Minds in Ganga Rejuvenation (David Geordie Wilks, Gilbert E Lumantao, Giridharan Sengaiah, Gloria Wei Wanting, Karen Ann Leong Sun Lian and Khial Muhammad Afghanzai); Whither PPPs? Sustaining Sewage Infrastructure in Ganga Basin (Vishal Kapoor, Xuan Xiao, Zhang Jiapeng and Zhao Huaning); Principles of Waterfront Development — Lessons for Varanasi (Kok Hoong Chan, Thi Thanh Huyen Do, Lay Ling Lim, Salai Aung Myint and Shikha Thaman); Data Governance in Fostering Policy Coherence and Collaboration for Cleaning the River Ganga (Doris Maharlika H Dizon, Prudente S Parcia, Rakesh Kumar, Wai Min Kwok and Maitreyee Mukherjee); Creating a Knowledge Management Culture for Ganga River: An Essential Tool for Success (Thanathorn Asanarong, Sowon Jeon, Ren Yuanlin and Christopher Yeo); Regional Collaboration in the Ganga Basin: Prospects for a Cleaner Ganga and Regional Peace (Elijah Lau Maung-Hoe, Chang Lih Kang, Goh Si Mien, Tetsuya Lim Hayashi and Tran Thanh Tung); Managing Competing Demand for Water in the Ganga: Lessons from the Yellow River (Han Mingyu, Cao Dongdong, Li Na and Panji Ruky).

Foreign Rights Spring Catalogue 2018 WORLD SCIENTIFIC 45 Readership: Practitioners, policy-makers and civil society organizations that are working for the Ganga clean-up and rejuvenation; general public, NGOs, environment agencies and aid agencies interested in the topic.

Key Features: • First of its kind to present governance issues that will be instrumental in laying out a holistic integrated river-basin management plan • Focuses on current environmental-social-economic issues through the lens of governance, policy and integrated management Social Sciences • Includes chapters dealing with waste management and financial modeling of sustainable infra- structure development • Addresses how education, public awareness and knowledge management can be used as effective tools for implementing an integrated rejuvenation program that would include central, state and local agencies as well as the communities

Leadership for Change The Singapore Schools’ Experience By (author): Thiam Seng Koh & David Hung (National Institute of Education, Singapore)

“What can be done to transform a school system that has been driven by a focus on testing and rankings and reconstruct it into one that promotes the holistic development and growth of all of its students? This is the insistent question that is explored in ‘Leadership for Change: The Singapore Schools’ Experience.’ The authors show how steering from the top, leadership from the middle, and innovation from below all can work together to produce a virtuous circle of continuous learning and improvement. This is essential reading for all change leaders, wherever they may be found.” Professor Dennis Shirley Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Educational Change Lynch School of Education, Boston College “’Leadership for Change: The Singapore Schools’ Experience’ is both a timely and important Rights Information: contribution to the growing literature on Singapore’s education system. The editors Thiam-Seng All language rights Koh and David Wei-Loong Hung ably draw upon their own deep knowledge, both of the system available. and the various levels of leadership, and the insights of the 10 contributors who have both practitioner expertise and draw upon the rich database at NIE’s Office of Education Research.

272pp The books’ unique contribution is its focus on school leadership in Singapore in historical, Pub. date: Dec 2017 contemporary and future perspectives. The focus on the role of leadership for sustaining innovation, the possibilities inherent in ‘leadership from the middle’, and partnerships for example 978-981-3227-30-9 provide a nuanced picture of leadership in practice in the complex ecology of a system seeking to US$58 / £51 / SGD86 engender a shift from transmissive to knowledge building pedagogies.

Well researched and clearly written. Essential reading for both Singaporean educators and 978-981-3236-84-4(pbk) students of comparative and international education.” US$28 / £25 / SGD28 Professor S Gopinathan Adjunct Professor, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy National University Singapore

“Singapore has been a model of planned change: the success of its education system witnesses the importance of planning for development. But all education systems are now facing challenges that call for innovative and flexible responses. In this highly readable collection the authors offer ecological leadership as a way of sustaining a healthy tension between central planning and innovative responses to new demands. The chapters give fascinating accounts of how school leadership can shape schools to be future-oriented. It is a must read for all those who believe there is more to schooling than regurgitating past knowledge and more to leadership than being a manager.” Professor Anne Edwards, Professor Emeritus,

“A common question asked about the success of the Singapore education system is ‘How did you do it?’ To which a concise response is ‘Good School Leaders and Good Teachers’. This book provides a strong elaboration of the former, setting out policies and initiatives that serve to help build the latter. Starting from a historical context, and laying out the policies and initiatives that continually build on earlier foundations throughout the years, a picture emerges of a pragmatic and adaptive evolution of Singapore’s educational landscape, particularly how the system response to a changing context. The next question is whether this can continue given the increasingly complex and uncertain environment. The leadership mindset and the educators’ collective efforts shared in this book provide a hint that the future can be faced with a substantial dose of optimism and purpose.” Professor Horn-Mun Cheah Assistant Provost, Dean, School of Human Development and Social Sciences Singapore University of Social Sciences

46 WORLD SCIENTIFIC Foreign Rights Spring Catalogue 2018 Social Sciences “A must read for any current and aspiring leader in education. The book considers the role of educational leadership from multiple but synergistic perspectives of the teacher, school leaders, and policy makers. It articulates and argues for an ecological imperative, where leadership at multiple levels has to be agentic yet coordinated. Identification of teachers’ epistemic change as a key lever for transformational impact, together with the attendant processes and structures that can potentially facilitate such change is a timely and significant contribution of the work.” Professor Manu Kapur Professor and Chair of Learning Sciences and Higher Education, ETH Zürich

“The book provides a range of deep insights and rich descriptions of what makes Singapore schools among the most successful in the world. A must read for school leaders and policy makers everywhere who are striving to take their schools to the next level.” Professor Allan Walker Dean, Faculty of Education and Human Development Director, Asia Pacific Centre for Leadership and Change The Education University of Hong Kong

“This is a timely book for policy makers, educators, stakeholders and everyone who is interested in education in Singapore. The sections on preparation for the future are well discussed, pertinent and provided useful ideas to move forward in sustaining Singapore’s educational success.” Associate Professor David Ng Policy and Leadership Studies Academic Group National Institute of Education, Singapore

“This is a must-read book on school leadership. The book provides insightful analyses of empirical case studies in Singapore schools, portraying how leadership for change towards school improvements takes place. The case studies provide particular attention towards the process of co-innovation, co-production and co-construction in leadership development. The book highlights the evolvement of apprenticing leadership that brings about epistemic change of teacher leaders from being unwilling in the first place, to becoming tolerant and later accepting the need for change for school improvement. The book provides vivid examples of the evolvement of teacher leadership, and the significance of leadership from the middle, which form the crux of ecological leadership. Most importantly, the book showcases the open-mindedness of the school system in Singapore, and shows how new leadership concepts emerge in the process of developing teacher- led professionalization in schools.” Professor Wing-On Lee Distinguished Professor, Zhengzhou University, China

“This important book examines the transformation of the Singaporean education system, which left behind traditional methods of teaching and learning, and altered the role of education leaders, for the sake of equipping students with skills which might enable them to succeed in the changing global knowledge economy of the twenty-first century. The complex process is one which many education systems across the world are now examining.” Professor Ami Volansky, School of Educationr, Tel-Aviv University

The book shares stories of the role of school leadership in Singapore, with case studies from selected schools, that provides some insights on how Singapore delivers a high-quality education that had led to it achieving high rankings in TIMMS and PISA. This book will provide both the historical and present contexts of changes in the education system, school leadership and teacher leadership in Singapore that made it what it is today. It will distil some universal principles of educational change that school leaders and policy makers can apply in bringing about educational changes that will enhance the learning experiences of students and prepare them for future challenges.

Readership: General public and professionals.

Key Features: • Much of information covered in the proposed book has been reported generally in academic journals, which are less accessible to the public. The findings reported in the book will be written in the form of stories and perspectives that will engage a wider audience beyond academia and practitioners • There is much interest in the Singapore education system because of its strong international standing in TIMMS and PISA. This book will provide stories and insights into how school leaders, in working with the Ministry of Education, bring about some of the important changes in education that have contributed to Singapore having a strong internationally-recognised education syste • The stories in the book will be told through the direct experiences of key leaders who are and were contributors to the success of the Singapore education system and researchers who are actively researching school leadership in Singapore schools which implement educational changes to improve learning experiences of their students

Foreign Rights Spring Catalogue 2018 WORLD SCIENTIFIC 47 Silver Shades of Grey Memos for Successful Ageing in the 21st Century By (author): Kanwaljit Soin

“Dr Kanwaljit Soin has produced a highly engaging, readable, and informative book on the subject of ageing. It is written for all genders to help the reader understand and embrace the inevitable ageing process. With her medical background, she explains simply and clearly, sometimes with a touch of wit, issues of ageing that have troubled us and have no one to ask. The book is also

Social Sciences for researchers in universities and research centres who work on the subject because it is rich in medical information, social analyses and public policy discussion.” Professor Chan Heng Chee Chairman, Lee Kuan Yew Center for Innovative Cities Singapore University of Technology and Design

“Dr Soin has given so many golden nuggets of her experiences on healthy living and ageing well. Rights Information: I am sure many will find much truth and emulate and gain confidence in themselves to be able to All language rights function well as senior members of society and be a joy to their families and friends” available. Dorothy Chan Executive Director, Far East Organization 292pp Pub. date: Mar 2018 “How do we prepare for a life we haven’t lived? If indeed forewarned is forearmed, this book is a must read. It’s informative, holistic and enlightening. A positive endorsement that ‘ageing’ can 978-981-3231-33-7 be enjoyable.” US$48 / £42 / SGD48 Patricia Chan Swimming’s Pioneer Golden Girl and Women’s Hall of Fame & 978-981-3233-73-7(pbk) Sports Hall of Fame US$28 / £25 / SGD28 “Dr Kanwaljit Soin is a Woman for All Ages. She is compassionate, inclusive and clear-eyed about problems that face us; a doer, not an arm-chair theorist; a tireless champion of the underdog. Above all, she celebrates life in all its complexity. Any book by her will be engaging, exhilarating and, above all, life-enhancing.” Dr Geh Min Environmentalist and former Nominated Member of Parliament (Jan 2005–Apr 2006)

“This book is literally everything you ever wanted to know about growing old. But Dr Soin does not bore you to old age. Her message is optimistic and hopeful: Don’t be afraid of growing old, and don’t be afraid of other people growing old. But, first, you need to read this book.” Han Fook Kwang Editor-At-Large, The Straits Times and Senior Fellow, S Rajaratnam School of International Studies

“This is a highly educational, fun and easy to read book on a subject that affects us all — getting older and ageing. Dr Soin brilliantly reveals the difference between our chronological, biological and psychological age, and how we can modify the ageing process to live in greater fitness and well-being. A must read for all ages and stages of life.” Dr Noeleen Heyzer member of the United Nations Secretary-General’s High-Level Advisory Board on Mediation

“Here is prose chiming with vitality and possibilities, clarity, wit and wisdom; its subject, the very thing that informs its brilliance. Dr Soin, the medical specialist AND activist are both true to form here. Her objective is clear. What is the use of knowledge if not to facilitate new ways of being?” Dana Lam author of Days of Being Wild: Walking the Line with the Opposition

“With characteristic flair, Dr Kanwaljit Soin looks at a traditionally sensitive topic, ageing, from the widest possible range of perspectives, including the biological, psychological and sociocultural. To this vastness of scope, she brings an assured tone, moving easily from unflinching admonition to friendly advice, from earnest instruction to warm understanding and humour.” Dr Catherine Lim writer

“This brilliant, reassuring, simply-written book summarizes, ‘all you need to know’ about ageing from various perspectives — biological, psychological, medical, financial, individual, societal — drawing from the latest scientific and social-scientific research to suggest practicable actions that individuals, families and governments can take to realize the full potential of ageing populations.” Professor Linda Lim Professor Emerita of Corporate Strategy and International Business Stephen M Ross School of Business, University of Michigan

48 WORLD SCIENTIFIC Foreign Rights Spring Catalogue 2018 “Dr Soin is not only an expert on medical aspects of ageing, but she is a brilliant writer, whose Social Sciences stories and facts offer inspiration for the critical global issue of growing old. A must-read for old and young alike, since we are all heading in the same direction toward ‘seniority’.” Professor Meg Lowman Director of Global Initiatives California Academy of Sciences, USA

“Dr Kanwaljit Soin is absolutely right. Ageing is untraveled territory for humanity. For 99.9% of human history, we lived for only 30 to 40 years. Now many of us, if not most, will exceed 65 years. So how do we cope? In a small book filled with uncommon common sense and deep insights of wisdom, she has prepared an indispensable guide. It shines a valuable light on an untraveled path that most of humanity will now walk on. As I turn 70, I will heed her advice. I would strongly encourage you to do so too.” Professor National University of Singapore and the author of Can Asians Think?

“This vitally important and readable book is a timely contribution to issues of ageing. The author, Dr Kanwaljit Soin, examines all the complexities and contradictions of growing old and she does this by deftly blending history, culture, hard data, common sense advice and liberal doses of humour to keep the reader engaged in a subject that is not always entertaining nor appealing. That is a remarkable achievement.” Constance Singam writer and social activist

“Silver Shades of Grey is an innovative book that addresses the many questions individuals and societies should ask about how we grow old. Dr Kanwaljit Soin nimbly combines scientific information with humanistic wisdom. The book is a lively, informative read that triggers deep reflections on what we can do to embrace our ageing society and harness this as a valuable asset rather than a liability. « Professor Teo You Yenn sociologist and author of This is What Inequality Looks Like

“This is a book you dip into. Each dip will reward you with a fistful of facts that are food for thought — about you and your ageing process, and about whether as a society we are doing enough to adjust to the reality of our greater longevity and extended vitality.” Margaret Thomas writer/editor and lifelong procrastinator who believes we should all procrastinate about ageing

“’We are only old once,’ concludes Dr Kanwaljit Soin in this highly readable, informative, entertaining, and inspiring collection of memos on ageing. She describes the art and science of successful ageing, reminding us that, ultimately, ars moriendi (the art of dying) is really ars vivendi (the art of living). Wonderful reading for those who want to celebrate life at any age!» Dr Astrid Tuminez Regional Director, Corporate External and Legal Affairs, Microsoft (Southeast Asia)

“Ageing is a multi-faceted process. This book covers a wide range of topics on ageing as part of an individual’s life course and as part of the demographic transition taking place in many populations of the world. Drawing from some recent advancements in biological and medical sciences, social research findings and evidence-based practices of active and healthy ageing, Dr Soin has helped dispel myths and prejudices against ageing, advocated special attention to gender inequalities in ageing, and pointed to how individuals and policy-makers can harness the qualities of ageing for continuous human growth and social development. The text is peppered with wittiness and encouragement that nourishes the human spirit. The chapters are to be reflected upon and savoured, but not to be read in one single breath.” Dr Aline Wong sociologist and former Minister of State for Health, Singapore

“Dr Kanwaljit Soin has written a treasure trove of information and insight on the topic and condition that escapes no individual or society — ageing. With big doses of science, statistics, information, humour and wisdom, Silver Shades of Grey answers all the questions you ever had about growing old. A must read for all on how to understand, appreciate and make the most of the journey all of us must take.” Dr Yeoh Lam Keong former GIC Chief Economist and Adjunct Professor at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore

Foreign Rights Spring Catalogue 2018 WORLD SCIENTIFIC 49 “A timely guide to ageing in this age of the baby boomers, grounded in a broad research on gerontological aspects from the physical to the mental, spiritual, sociological and economical, with nuggets of information all found in a neat and handy package.” Choo Wai Hong author of The Kingdom of Women: Life, Love and Death in China’s Hidden Mountains

“In her inimitable style of providing thoughtful, humorous insights backed by credible research, Kanwaljit’s collection of bite-sized chapters are endearing yet serious. She makes a convincing Social Sciences case that while one must understand the realities of ageing, the potential of the older mind as a force for creative change and genius is historically proven. If ever there was a primer on ageing and its trials and triumphs, this is it!” Sylvia Lim Member of Parliament and Chair of Workers’ Party (Singapore)

“Silver Shades of Grey uses a well curated collection of scientific evidence and facts that demonstrate how ageing impacts how we live, work and play. The sooner we realise that ageing overlaps every sector of our economy, the faster we will capture the opportunities of enabling health longevity and successful ageing. This book is a must-read resource for those that care deeply about older adults and support a mindset shift in the future of ageing.» Janice Chia Founder and Managing Director Ageing Asia Pte Ltd

Are you a young person? Middle-aged? Old? It doesn’t really matter. Each of us grows older every second. Most of us age without taking charge of our life course, without a plan for our ageing. This book offers some operating instructions for life, a guide to engaging passionately with age!

Dealing with a plethora of subjects, such as health, happiness, loneliness, dementia, sex, gender, marriage, abuse, respect, wage, wealth, class, and care, the book touches on how ageing affects us as individuals and as a society.

It explores a few of the mysteries and miracles of life, and some of its myths. It encourages us to cope creatively with the mundaneness of our continuing life.

The author invites you to join her as she delves into these questions about life and ageing with curiosity and contemplation, and with a sense of awe and adventure.

Contents: Body: Age & Replace; Age & Pace; Age & Real Age; Age & Damage; Age & Haze; Age & Rage; Age, Sex & Porn; Age & Eternity; Age & Frailty; Age & Health; Mind & Spirit: Age & Alone; Age & Create; Age & Daze; Age & Smarts; Age & Fear of Crime; Age & Haha; Culture: Age & Wager; Age & Face; Age & Sage; Age & Gender; Age in Place; Age & Marriage; Age & Ageism; Age & Abuse; Age & Respect; Age & Apocalypse; Age & Adage; Age & Death; Economy: Age & Wage; Age & Next Gen; Age & Leverage; Age, Wealth & Health; Age, Place & Class; Age & Care; Age & Security; Age & Laze; Age & Silver Economy.

Readership: General Public.

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