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世界科技与帝国理工学院出版社还邀得其中多位作了公 开演讲。 Philip W Anderson Sir Derek H R Barton Aage Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar

Murray Gell-Mann

Nicolaas Bloembergen Baruch S Blumberg Hans A Bethe Aaron J Ciechanover Claude Cohen-Tannoudji

Leon N Cooper Pierre-Gilles de Gennes Niels K Jerne Kenichi

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THE PERIODIC TABLE AND A MISSED NOBEL PRIZES THAT CHANGED edited by Gilbert Thompson () by Ulf Lagerkvist & edited by Erling Norrby (The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences) This book brings together in one volume fifteen Nobel Prize- winning discoveries that have had the greatest impact upon medical science and the practice of medicine during the 20th “This is a fascinating account of how century and up to the present time. Its overall aim is to groundbreaking scientists think and enlighten, entertain and stimulate. work. This is the insider’s view of the process and demands made on the Contents: The Discovery of (Robert Tattersall) • The experts of the who Discovery of the Cure for Pernicious Anaemia, Vitamin B12 assess the originality and significance (A Victor Hoffbrand) • The Discovery of Penicillin (Eric of research.” Sidebottom) • The Introduction of Cardiac Catheterization Professor Sir , (Tony Seed) • The Discovery of the Structure of DNA (James Nobel Laureate, Scott and Gilbert Thompson) • The Interpretation of the , Genetic Code (John MacDermot and Ellis Kempner) • The Fellow of the Royal Society Discovery of Neuropeptides and Radioimmunoassay of Peptide Hormones (Jaimini Cegla and Stephen Bloom) • The Development of Computer-Assisted Tomography (Adrian M “Lagerkvist, who was a member of the Swedish Academy of K Thomas) • The Discovery of Prostaglandins (Rod Flower) • The Problem and Sciences and participated in judging nominations for the the Generation of Monoclonal (Herman Waldmann and Celia P Milstein) • prize, concludes ‘It is in the of the Nobel Prize The Discovery of the LDL Receptor and Its Role in Cholesterol Metabolism (Gilbert that there will always be a number of candidates who obviously Thompson) • The Invention of the Polymerase Chain Reaction and Use of Site-Directed deserve to be rewarded but never get the accolade’. He makes Mutagenesis (Anne K Soutar) • The Discovery of the Pathophysiological Role of Nitric the case that failing to award the to Oxide in Blood Vessels (Keith M Channon) • The Discovery of Helicobacter pylori (Chris Dmitri Mendeleev for his conception of the Periodic Table of the Hawkey) • The Discovery of RNA Interference — Silencing by Double-Stranded Elements was a gross injustice.” RNA (Richard P Hull and Timothy J Aitman) Professor Emeritus Readership: Students, undergraduates, graduates, professionals and members of the School of Medicine general public interested in the impact of Nobel Prize-winning discoveries in medicine. “This book is intended for nonprofessional readers. Focussing 372pp Dec 2011 on the prominent Dmitri Mendeleev it describes how 978-1-84816-825-1 US$118 £78 the Nobel Committee struggled in its selection of the prime can- 978-1-84816-826-8(pbk) US$48 £32 didate to the 1906 Nobel Prize in chemistry. The reasons why Mendeleev, regrettably, never received the prize are presented.”

Professor Emeritus NOBEL PRIZES AND SCIENCES by Erling Norrby (The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences)

In a relatively brief but masterful recounting, the late Professor Ulf “This book can be strongly recommended to historians of Lagerkvist, a member of the Swedish Academy of Sciences who science. I hope that I have given enough examples of what it has participated in judging nominations for the chemistry prize, covers to encourage historians of science to read this traces the origins and seminal developments in the field of fascinating and informative book.” chemistry, highlighting the discoveries and personalities of the British Journal for individuals who transformed the ancient myths of the Greeks and the laws governing the properties and behavior of the elements; “The book focuses on selected topics rather than providing in short, how chemistry became a true science. inventories and this makes it an especially enjoyable read … Norrby generously shared his knowledge and experience with A centerpiece of this historical journey was the triumph by Dmitri us through this book, which I wholeheartedly recommend to Mendeleev who conceived the Periodic Law of the Elements. An all interested in how the Nobel recognition of discoveries and underlying but explicit intent of Lagerkvist’s survey is to address discoverers works.” what he believes was a gross injustice in denying Mendeleev the Structural Chemistry Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1905 and again in 1906. This book discusses the most important prize in the world of science and gives unique Delving into the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences’ detailed historical insights into how the laureate selection process has developed to secure optimal records concerning the nominations, Lagerkvist reveals the judging choice. It indirectly deals with factors that foster scientific discoveries viz. the role of criteria and the often heated and prejudicial arguments favoring both individuals and institutions and thus provides invaluable insights for researchers, and demeaning the contributions of the competing contenders of institutions and anyone interested in science. those years. Contents: More than a Century of Nobel Prizes; Serendipity and Nobel Prizes; Nobel Readership: Academics in ; history of general Prizes and the Emerging Virus Concept; The Only Nobel Prize for a Virus Vaccine: Yellow science; development of science academies; science and society. Fever and Max Theiler; Polio and Nobel Prizes; Unusual Nobel Prizes in Physiology or Medicine; Nobel Prizes and Nucleic Acids: A Drama in Five Acts; Nobel Prizes, Prions 136pp Aug 2012 and Personalities. 978-981-4295-95-6(pbk) US$22 £15 Readership: General.

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SOVIET UNION IN THE CONTEXT OF THE NOBEL BANQUETS THE NOBEL PRIZE A Century of Culinary History (1901–2001) by Abram M Blokh (Russian Academy of Sciences) by Ulrica Söderlind (Stockholm University) Translated from the Swedish by Michael Knight The result of meticulous research by Professor Abram Blokh, this book presents “This specialized historical narrative tracing the evolu- facts, documents, thoughts and comments tion of the Nobel banquet and its menus will delight on the of the Nobel Prize awards to food historians, scientists, chefs, and trivia buffs alike.” Russian and Soviet scientists. It provides a Choice comprehensive overview of the relationship between the ideas expressed by the Nobel The Nobel Banquets is not about Alfred Nobel’s personal Foundation and those expressed by the dining habits; it is about his “gift to mankind” — the five autocratic and totalitarian regimes in Russia original Nobel Prizes and the festivities that are arranged and the ex- during the 20th every year to celebrate them. century who had the same attitude of revulsion toward the intellectual and There is hardly any other banquet in the world that is as humanistic values represented by the Nobel famous as the Nobel banquet which many would give a Prizes. fortune to attend. It is held on December 10 in Stockholm every year. Countless articles and books have been written describing what the To do his research, the author had access to the declassified documents guests eat and drink, the table decorations and the serving ceremonies, the placing in the archives of the Nobel Foundation for many years. Also included lists and of course the Nobel laureates themselves. in the book are new materials obtained and developed by the author after the publication of the first two editions (in Russian). This additional This comprehensive book presents not only all the known facts about the Nobel information is from the archives of the Soviet Ministry of Foreign Affairs, banquet menus but also many unknown details, both about the Nobel banquets the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Soviet Writers’ Union et al. in themselves and about the traditional banquets held at the Royal Court by the King and St Petersburg. These documents shed new on the and Queen of Sweden on December 11 in honour of the laureates. The Nobel difficulties encountered during the attempts to integrate Russian and Banquets contains many photographs. It is a goldmine for gourmets and for anyone Soviet science into the world’s intellectual community. interested in knowing more about all the effort that goes into these fabulous festivities.

Readership: Historians, scientists, academics and students. Readership: General.

900pp Oct 2012 340pp May 2010 978-981-4277-97-6 US$89 £59 978-981-4313-11-7 US$78 £51 978-981-4317-97-9(pbk) US$28 £18

NOBEL LAUREATES IN SEARCH OF IDENTITY AND INTEGRITY THE ENIGMA OF FERMENT Voices of Different Cultures From the Philosopher’s Stone to the First Biochemical edited by Anders Hallengren (Stockholm University) Nobel Prize

In this collection of essays, biographies and by Ulf Lagerkvist Nobel lectures, ten Nobel Laureates from “Lagerkvist has written a concise but highly informative five continents give various and startling and lucid history of the emergence of chemistry … For perspectives on current questions about present-day scholars and students interested in the modernity and tradition, unity and diversity, evolutionary emergence of modern biological sciences integration, identity, integrity, gender and and medicine, The Enigma of Ferment is a highly sexual roles in a multicultural world of recommended read.” change. It is also a book on self-confidence Paul Berg and presents different ways to self-knowledge Cahill Professor of , Emeritus and cultural individuality. Stanford University School of Medicine Contents: Two Worlds (V S Naipaul); The “Ulf Lagerkvist has written a book which is both Enigma of Arrival (V S Naipaul); Writing and fascinating and easy to read. I can recommend it to Being (N Gordimer); Nadine Gordimer and the South African everyone who wants a historical perspective on today’s Experience (P Wästberg); A Single, Homeless, Circling Satellite — Derek medical and biological sciences.” Walcott (J Mjöberg); The Antilles — Fragments of Epic Memory (D Walcott); Naguib Mahfouz — The Son of Two Civilizations (A Torvard C Laurent Hallengren); Autobiography (P White); Patrick White — Existential University of Uppsala, Sweden Explorer (K Hansson); A Case of Identity: Ernest Hemingway (A Hallengren); Voice of Sardegna — Grazia Deledda (A Hallengren); This popular account of the history of ferment takes the reader on a fascinating Autobiography (A Sen); Tagore and His India (A Sen); Nelson Mandela journey from its obscure origins in medieval medicine and alchemy to the modern and the Rainbow of Culture (A Hallengren). concept of the . During the 19th century, the question of the nature of the ferment led to a long and bitter conflict between those that believed in a vital force Readership: General. peculiar to the living cell and those that looked for a more chemical explanation. The book takes an in-depth look at the events of 1897 when 280pp Jan 2005 demonstrated that cell-free extracts of yeast could catalyze alcoholic fermentation, 978-981-256-038-4 US$99 £65 putting an end to “vitalism” and at the same time earning him a Nobel Prize, the 978-981-256-074-2(pbk) US$38 £25 first to be awarded for purely biochemical work.

Readership: Academics as well as general readers.

172pp Nov 2005 978-981-256-421-4(pbk) US$24 £16

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THE NOBEL PRIZE PIONEERS OF MICROBIOLOGY AND The First 100 Years THE NOBEL PRIZE edited by Agneta Wallin Levinovitz (Nobel Media AB) by Ulf Lagerkvist & Nils Ringertz “The book supplies superior details about the research and the social climate leading to the “This wonderful book gives a comprehensive review discoveries and provides good insight into the of the Nobel prizes awarded since 1901 … Reading intellect and personalities that make extra- the book is like reading a compressed history of ordinary scientific discoveries. The rationale for humankind in the twentieth century. It shows how awarding Nobel prizes in science is also by and large the Nobel prizes have indeed tracked thoroughly discussed … For anybody interested the epoch-making events in this turbulent century.” in the history and process of science.” M Veltman Choice Nobel Laureate in , 1999 “The initial chapters beautifully describe the The Nobel Prize, as founded in Alfred Nobel’s will, evolution of the ideas that formed the basis not was the first truly international prize. There is no other only of but also of physiology and pathology … award with the same global scope and mission. The This book provides a series of portraits in which not only the achievements Nobel Prizes in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, Peace, but additionally the failings are described, and effectively conjures up the and the Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences (from 1969) have not only academic milieu of the time.” captured the most significant contributions to the progress of mankind, they also Notes and Records of The Royal Society constitute distinct markers of the major trends in their respective areas. The main reason for the prestige of the Prize today is, however, the lasting importance of Pioneers of Microbiology and the Nobel Prize has been written in such a the names on the list of Laureates and their contributions to human development. way that it can be enjoyed even without an extensive knowledge of microbiology and medicine. In fact, a considerable part of the book portrays In celebration of the centennial of the Nobel Prize in 2001, this book offers a the state of medicine during the middle of the 19th century, when clear perspective on the development of human civilization over the past hundred bacteriology can be said to have made its debut on the medical scene. years. The book serves to present the major trends and developments and also provide information about the life and philosophy of Alfred Nobel, the history Readership: Microbiologists; medical researchers, undergraduates and of the Nobel Foundation, and the procedure for nominating and selecting Nobel graduate students in microbiology and the life sciences; general readers. Laureates. 188pp Jun 2003 Readership: General. 978-981-238-233-7 US$94 £62 978-981-238-234-4(pbk) US$24 £16 248pp Aug 2001 978-981-02-4664-8 US$73 £48 978-981-02-4665-5(pbk) US$35 £23

WAR AND PEACE IN THE 20TH CENTURY AND BEYOND Series on the Iraq War and Its Consequences – Vol. 1 edited by Geir Lundestad & Olav Njølstad THE IRAQ WAR AND ITS CONSEQUENCES (The Norwegian Nobel Institute) Thoughts of Nobel Peace Laureates and Eminent Scholars “This beautifully produced and edited volume edited by Irwin Abrams & Gungwu Wang (East Asian Institute, NUS) presents a fascinating collection of essays structured around the objectives engendered “This collection will satisfy both the professional by the awarding of the … academic and the average reader curious about the this ensemble of contributions provides an impact of the war on daily life … the editors have excellent insight into the evolution of thinking put together an intriguing collection of important about war and peace. As a reflection upon these voices to offer comfort and insight for those seeking crucial issues, it is readable, informative and to understand what has happened in Iraq and its highly recommended.” implications for the future.” Journal of Peace Research Friends Journal Together with 29 Peace Nobel laureates, an This is an extraordinary collection of essays on the outstanding group of scholars gathered in Oslo, Norway, on December Iraq War by Nobel Peace laureates and leading scholars. It is the first and only book that brings 6, 2001, for the three-day Nobel Centennial Symposium to discuss together more than 30 Nobel Peace laureates and “The Conflicts of the 20th Century and the Solutions for the 21st eminent scholars to offer opinions, analyses and insights on the war that had Century”. Read this book for the scholars’ candid insights and analyses, drawn both widespread opposition and strong support. as well as their thought-provoking views on the factors that led to conflicts in the 20th Century and whether the 21st Century will be a Readership: Laypersons and academics. more peaceful one. This is a rare — and possibly the best and only — book compilation of the highly intellectual analyses by world experts 464pp Dec 2003 and Nobel Peace laureates on the perennial issues of War & Peace. 978-981-238-588-8 US$128 £84 978-981-238-590-1(pbk) US$48 £32 Readership: Students, researchers, academics, politicians, journalists, and anyone interested in 20th century history and peace and conflict studies.

268pp Mar 2003 978-981-238-196-5 US$77 £51 978-981-238-197-2(pbk) US$28 £18

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Philip W Anderson (Nobel Laureate in Physics, 1977)

MORE AND DIFFERENT Notes from a Thoughtful Curmudgeon by Philip W Anderson (Princeton University)

“Anderson has put together an entertaining and instructive collection of highly readable reviews, columns, talks, and unpublished essays on science and he has known. He is rarely inappropriately provocative, and he is a pleasure to read.” Physics Today

Anderson’s work is characterized by mathematical simplicity combined with conceptual depth, and by profound respect for experimental findings. He has explored areas outside his main 204pp Nov 1997 978-981-02-3195-8 US$43 £29 discipline, the quantum theory of condensed matter (for which he 978-981-02-3231-3(pbk) US$21 £14 won the 1977 Nobel Prize), on several occasions: his paper on what is now called the “Anderson-” was a main source for ’ elucidation of the ; a crucial insight led to work on the dynamics of stars (pulsars); and his concept of the spin glass led far afield, to developments in practical computer algorithms and neural nets, and eventually to his involvement in the early years of the Santa Fe Institute and his co-leadership with of two influential workshops on at that institution.

Readership: Students, scientists and lay people.

424pp Sep 2011 978-981-4350-12-9 US$78 £51 978-981-4350-13-6(pbk) US$38 £25

884pp Jan 2005 978-981-238-865-0 US$133 £88 978-981-238-866-7(pbk) US$58 £38

Sir Derek H R Barton (Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, 1969)

World Scientific Series in 20th Century Chemistry – Vol. 6 REASON AND IMAGINATION Reflections on Research in Organic Chemistry Selected Papers of Derek H R Barton edited by Derek H R Barton

“The book is an excellent overview of his odyssey in organic chemistry, highlighting the major contributions he has made in the second half of this century.” Chemistry in Britain

This book is about the recognition of new principles in Organic Chemistry. It is also about the discovery and invention of Chemical Reactions. In addition, it deals with the determination of structure by chemical degradation during the epoch when physical methods were not well developed. Also presented are new reagents and new types of functional groups never seen in chemistry before. The overall aim of the collected papers is to show how thought can direct original research and to demonstrate how thought about old or new chemical facts can lead to originality. This is further illuminated by commentaries which Prof Barton has written to accompany these papers.

Readership: .

892pp Mar 1996 978-981-02-1361-9 US$149 £99 978-981-02-2596-4(pbk) US$46 £31

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Hans A Bethe (Nobel Laureate in Physics, 1967)

HANS BETHE AND HIS PHYSICS edited by Gerald E Brown (State University of , Stony Brook) & Chang-Hwan Lee (Pusan National University)

“This book does an admirable task in drawing a portrait of a great scientist and a great man. Bethe’s power, in my experience, was that he could always readily get to the heart of a problem…The book is a ‘must read’ for every researcher and teacher of science.”

CERN Courier

This book contains discussions of ’s work in solid state physics, and astrophysics. It explains his contributions 616pp Jul 1997 as a science advisor and demonstrates his impact as a teacher and 978-981-02-2876-7 US$119 £78 mentor to generations of young scientists.

Readership: Students, and historians of science.

328pp Jun 2006 978-981-256-609-6 US$133 £88 978-981-256-610-2(pbk) US$48 £32

520pp Mar 2003 978-981-238-211-5 US$193 £127 978-981-238-250-4(pbk) US$46 £31

Nicolaas Bloembergen (Nobel Laureate in Physics, 1981)

World Scientific Series in 20th Century Physics – Vol. 15 ENCOUNTERS IN MAGNETIC RESONANCES Selected Papers of Nicolaas Bloembergen (With Commentary) edited by Nicolaas Bloembergen (University of Arizona)

This book presents a selection of papers, written by Nicolaas Bloembergen and his associates during the years 1946–1962, on the subjects of nuclear magnetic relaxation, paramagnetic relaxation and masers, and magnetic resonance of solids. The volume begins with autobiographical notes to provide a personal historical background. Each paper is preceded by commentary with additional information regarding the early development of magnetic 188pp Jan 1996 resonance in condensed matter. A reproduction of his Ph.D. , 978-981-02-2598-8 US$49 £32 978-981-02-2599-5(pbk) US$28 £18 “Nuclear Magnetic Relaxation”, Leiden, 1948, is included in this volume.

Readership: Researchers of magnetic resonance and history of science.

560pp Mar 1996 978-981-02-2505-6 US$135 £89 978-981-02-2590-2(pbk) US$48 £32

640pp Sep 1996 978-981-02-2549-0 US$135 £89 978-981-02-2591-9(pbk) US$48 £32

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Baruch S Blumberg (Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine, 1976)

World Scientific Series in 20th Century – Vol. 4 HEPATITIS B AND THE PREVENTION OF PRIMARY CANCER OF THE LIVER Selected Publications of Baruch S Blumberg edited by Baruch S Blumberg

This important book comprises a narrative account of research on the hepatitis B virus and selected reprints from the laboratory of Nobel laureate Baruch S Blumberg and his colleagues. The hepatitis B virus (HBV) is one of the ten most common deadly infectious diseases and is responsible for 1.1 million deaths a year worldwide.

Research in his laboratory resulted in the discovery of HBV and the invention of the vaccine which protects one against it. The overall goal was to identify inherited biological differences which were related to differing responses to disease-causing agents. There are now national HBV vaccination programs in more than 70 countries. The HBV vaccination program is now, after smoking cessation, the most widely used cancer prevention program in the world.

Contents: Early Training and Research; Genetic Polymorphism; The Study of Transfused Patients, 1960; The Institute for Cancer Research, Fox Chase Cancer Center, 1964–1997; Australia Antigen and the Hepatitis B Virus, 1964; Control of Post-Transfusion Hepatitis B, 1969; Invention of Hepatitis B Vaccine, 1969; HBV and Primary Cancer of the Liver, 1969; Iron and Iron-Binding , 1974; HBV, , and Related Topics, 1967; Methods of Transmission, 1967; Anti- Virals; Miscellaneous, Ephemeral, and Unpublished Articles; Hepatitis B Virus. A Subjective View.

Readership: Students in human biology and researchers in , vaccinology, genetics, anthropology, history & sociology of science, public health and the scientific method.

648pp Nov 2000 978-981-02-3217-7 US$167 £111

Aage Niels Bohr & Ben Roy Mottelson (Nobel Laureates in Physics, 1975)

NUCLEAR STRUCTURE Volume I: Single-Particle Motion Volume II: Nuclear Deformations by Aage Niels Bohr & Ben R Mottelson (Nordita, )

These volumes present the basic features of nuclear structure in terms of an integration of collective and independent particle aspects and remain a foundation for current efforts in the field. Central to the book’s value is an approach that recognizes the many connections between concepts of nuclear physics and those of other many-body , and that deals boldly with the interplay between theory and experiment. Aside from the main text, which provides a systematic exposition of the subject, there are sections labeled “Illustrative Examples”, which present detailed analyses of experimental results and the manner in which they illuminate the concepts developed in the text. Many useful appendices on general theoretical tools are also included, covering topics such as angular momentum algebra, symmetry problems, statistical description of level densities, and theory of nuclear reactions and decays.

Contents: Volume I: Symmetries and Conservation Laws; Independent-Particle Motion; Single- Particle Configurations; Volume II: Rotational Spectra; One-Particle Motion in Nonspherical Nuclei; Vibrational Spectra.

Readership: Graduate students and researchers in nuclear physics, as well as in other areas of quantal many-body physics.

Set 1256pp Jan 1998 978-981-02-3197-2 US$210 £139

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Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar (Nobel Laureate in Physics, 1983)

FLUID FLOWS TO BLACK HOLES A Tribute to S Chandrasekhar on His Birth Centenary edited by D J Saikia (Tata Institute of Fundamental Research) & Virginia Trimble (University of California, Irvine & Las Cumbres Observatory Global Network)

“This volume is a fitting tribute to S Chandrasekhar, one of the greatest astrophysicists of all time. It contains wonderful chapters, suitable for the casual reader, that describe Chandra the scientist, Chandra the warm human being, and Chandra’s impact on science and on people…. I recommend this volume to the casual reader and the serious scientist alike.” Kip S Thorne 236pp Nov 1997 California Institute of Technology 978-1-86094-038-5 US$43 £29

This unique book contains a biographical portrait, accounts of Chandrasekhar’s role and impact on modern science, historical perspectives and personal reminiscences, several of which appeared in Physics Today, and reviews by leading experts in areas which Prof. Chandrasekhar pioneered.

Readership: Physicists, astrophysicists, cosmologists and science historians.

312pp Dec 2011 978-981-4374-76-7 US$108 £71

A QUEST FOR PERSPECTIVES Selected Works of S Chandrasekhar (With Commentary) In 2 Volumes 296pp Jan 2011 978-981-4299-57-2 US$90 £59 edited by Kameshwar C Wali (Syracuse University) 978-981-4299-58-9(pbk) US$45 £29

“Wali’s choices in these two volumes are a more selective and more interesting subset, picked as much to give a sense of the man as of the science … Chandra’s celebrated Re- views of article ‘Stochastic Problems in Physics and Astronomy’ (1943) alone is worth the price of the volume … Fascinating also are the two 1953 papers by Chandra and , the writing of which Chandra later remembered as one of the most exciting experiences of his scientific career.”

Physics Today

This invaluable book presents selected papers of S Chandrasekhar, a scientific giant well known for his prolific and monumental contributions to astrophysics, physics and applied .

Readership: Researchers in astronomy, astrophysics and cosmology.

Set 1448pp Sep 2001 978-1-86094-201-3 US$273 £180 Set 978-1-86094-208-2(pbk) US$160 £106

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Georges Charpak (Nobel Laureate in Physics, 1992)

World Scientific Series in 20th Century Physics – Vol. 6 RESEARCH ON PARTICLE IMAGING DETECTORS edited by Georges Charpak

This book commemorates the groundbreaking research leading to the evolution of gaseous detectors carried out at CERN by Georges Charpak. Besides collecting his key papers, the book also includes original linking commentary which sets his work in the context of other worldwide research.

Readership: Nuclear physicists, particle physicists and applied physicists.

688pp Jul 1995 978-981-02-1902-4 US$129 £85 978-981-02-1903-1(pbk) US$68 £45

Steven Chu (Nobel Laureate in Physics, 1997)

LASER SPECTROSCOPY Proceedings of the XV International Conference Snowbird, Utah, USA, 10 – 15 June 2001 edited by Steven Chu, Vladan Vuletic´, Andrew J Kerman & Cheng Chin

The XV International Conference on Spectroscopy brought together spectroscopists from all over the world working in the very diverse and still growing field of laser spectroscopy. It addressed a large number of modern scientific issues at the highest level.

Readership: Advanced undergraduates, graduate students, researchers and academics in atomic, laser, low-, molecular and quantum physics, as well as .

384pp Jun 2002 978-981-02-4781-2 US$172 £113

Aaron J Ciechanover (Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, 2004)

Recent Advances in Human Biology – Vol. 9 THE UBIQUITIN-PROTEASOME PROTEOLYTIC SYSTEM From Classical Biochemistry to Human Diseases edited by Aaron J Ciechanover (Technion-Israel Institute of Technology) & Maria G Masucci (Karolinska Institute)

“The current volume will be of great interest to both students and workers in the field of human diseases and more specifically for people interested in the regulation of cell processes.”

Cell Biochemistry and Function

This book tells the story of the ubiquitin system as we currently know it: from the regulation of basic cellular processes to quality control and the pathogenetic mechanisms of disease.

Readership: Medical and biomedical students from the undergraduate to the graduate level, academics/lecturers and biomedical companies.

240pp Nov 2002 978-981-238-100-2 US$85 £56

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Claude Cohen-Tannoudji (Nobel Laureate in Physics, 1997)

ADVANCES IN An Overview by Claude Cohen-Tannoudji (Collège de & Laboratoire Kastler Brossel) & David Guéry-Odelin (Laboratoire Collisions Agrégats Réactivité)

“French Nobel Laureate Claude Cohen-Tannoudji is second to none in his understanding of the modern theory and application of atom- interactions. He is also known for his lucid and accessible writing style … Advances in Atomic Physics is an impressive and wonderful-to-read reference text … Certainly researchers in the fields of atom-photon interactions and atom traps will want it as a reference on their bookshelves … A selection of chapters may be of benefit to students: the early 768pp Nov 2004 978-981-238-942-8 US$174 £115 chapters for those entering the field, the later chapters for those 978-981-256-019-3(pbk) US$58 £38 already doing atom-laser PhD thesis work.” Physics Today

This book presents a comprehensive overview of the spectacular advances seen in atomic physics during the last 50 years. The authors explain how such progress was possible by highlighting connections between developments that occurred at different times. They discuss the new perspectives and the new research fields that look promising. The emphasis is placed, not on detailed calculations, but rather on physical ideas.

Readership: Graduate students, researchers and academics interested in quantum and atomic physics.

796pp Sep 2011 978-981-277-496-5 US$98 £61 978-981-277-497-2(pbk) US$48 £30

Leon N Cooper (Nobel Laureate in Physics, 1972)

BCS: 50 YEARS edited by Leon N Cooper & Dmitri Feldman (Brown University)

Named One of the Top Five Books of 2011 by Physics Today

“… the editors deserve praise for the selection of topics and for enlisting a distinguished set of authors. BCS: 50 Years is a successful attempt to capture the history of the development of theory and its continuing impact. Any person curious about superconductivity will find something in this book to enjoy.”

Physics Today 404pp Sep 1995 978-981-02-1814-0 US$129 £85 978-981-02-1815-7(pbk) US$58 £38 The BCS theory of superconductivity developed in 1957 by Bardeen, Cooper and Schrieffer has been remarkably successful in explaining the properties of superconductors. In addition, concepts from BCS have been incorporated into diverse fields of physics, from nuclear physics and dense quark matter to the current . Practical applications include SQUIDs, magnetic resonance imaging, superconducting electronics and the transmission of electricity. This invaluable book is a compilation of both a historical account and a discussion of the current state of theory and experiment.

With contributions from many prominent scientists, it aims to introduce students and researchers to the origins, the impact and the current state of the BCS theory.

Readership: Students, researchers and academics interested in BCS theory and its origin.

588pp Nov 2010 978-981-4304-64-1 US$135 £89 332pp Apr 2004 978-981-4304-65-8(pbk) US$48 £32 978-981-238-746-2 US$145 £96 978-981-238-791-2(pbk) US$48 £32

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Pierre-Gilles de Gennes (Nobel Laureate in Physics, 1991)

PIERRE-GILLES DE GENNES A Life in Science by Laurence Plévert

“A well-deserved tribute to the life and work of an astonishingly versatile and inventive , based on many conversations with him before his untimely death in 2007.”

Vinay Ambegaokar

Laurence Plévert’s fascinating work retraces the influences and experiences that moulded this complex, charismatic, charming and eclectic genius. It follows him from his unconventional childhood 80pp Oct 2004 on the fringes of the old French aristocracy and in war-divided 978-981-256-011-7(pbk) US$28 £18 France, through his glittering school and early scientific career, up to the revolutionary breakthroughs in fields as diverse as superconductivity, liquid crystals, polymers and soft matter, culminating in the final consecration of the Nobel prize. Constructed from exclusive interviews with the physicist himself, his family, friends and colleagues, this biography immerses us in the work and character of a truly remarkable figure, a Renaissance man of the 20th century.

Readership: For all science enthusiasts and general readers.

372pp Oct 2011 978-981-4355-25-4(pbk) US$48 £32

Series in Modern Condensed Matter Physics – Vol. 12 SIMPLE VIEWS ON CONDENSED MATTER 200pp Jul 2009 978-981-4273-80-0 US$48 £32 Third Edition by Pierre-Gilles de Gennes

Reviews of the first edition: “This book collects a series of articles in which problems which had always been thought quite intractable are shown to be solved by simple, but clear thinking. Although the phrase ‘simple views’ is justified by the clarity of de Gennes’ exposition, the problems had been unresolved for decades and it is a tribute to de Gennes’ intuitive skill that he has been able to solve so many problems which are not only deep basic science, but also central in modern technology.” Sam Edwards University of

“For amateurs and connoisseurs — interested in physics, chemistry or biology — Pierre-Gilles

de Gennes has opened his gentry-style cabinet de curiosités. Miscellaneous products of his 180pp Jul 2009 inventive industry, including the famous and the unfamous, are brought together in this self- 978-981-4280-63-1 US$48 £32 selected collection, accompanied with recent hindsightful remarks of the Nobel laureate.”

Gérard Toulouse École Normale Supérieure

P-G de Gennes added some afterthoughts to the main papers and some current views on each special problem. The text is simple and easy to read.

Readership: Physicists, chemists, hydrodynamicists and materials scientists.

576pp Apr 2003 978-981-238-278-8 US$104 £69 978-981-238-282-5(pbk) US$48 £32

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Richard Feynman (Nobel Laureate in Physics, 1965)

FEYNMAN’S THESIS — A NEW APPROACH TO QUANTUM THEORY edited by Laurie M Brown ()

“Historians and physicists alike will enjoy this easy-to-read little book … The thesis itself is a masterpiece of clear exposition … it is written in Feynman’s uniquely chatty style, and reminiscent of the famous Feynman lectures ... I recommend the book to anyone who would like to ‘peep over the shoulder’ of one of the 20th century’s great physicists at work.” CERN Courier

“R Feynman was an excellent writer and it is a joy to read his 1012pp Oct 2000 dissertation … The reprints in this booklet are historical corner- 978-981-02-4130-8 US$180 £119 stones in the development of modern , very 978-981-02-4131-5(pbk) US$48 £32 interesting and still very well readable.” Zentralblatt MATH

Richard Feynman’s never previously published doctoral thesis formed the heart of much of his brilliant and profound work in theoretical physics. Entitled “The Principle of Least Action in ,” its original motive was to quantize the classical action-at-a-distance electrodynamics. Because that theory adopted an overall space–time viewpoint, the classical Hamiltonian approach used in the conventional formulations of quantum theory could not be used, so Feynman turned to the Lagrangian function and the principle of least action as his points of departure.

The present volume includes Feynman’s Princeton thesis, the related review article “Space–Time Approach to Non-Relativistic Quantum Mechanics” [Reviews of Modern Physics 20 (1948), 367–387], ’s seminal paper “The Lagrangian in Quantum Mechanics’’ [Physikalische Zeitschrift der Sowjetunion, Band 3, Heft 1 (1933)], and an introduction by Laurie M Brown.

Readership: Physicists, researchers and postgraduates.

144pp Aug 2005 978-981-256-366-8 US$39 £26 978-981-256-380-4(pbk) US$19 £13

Kenichi Fukui (Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, 1981)

World Scientific Series in 20th Century Chemistry – Vol. 7 FRONTIER ORBITALS AND REACTION PATHS Selected Papers of edited by Kenichi Fukui & Hiroshi Fujimoto ( University)

This book is a collection of selected papers on the Frontier Orbital Theory by Nobel Laureate Kenichi Fukui, with introductory notes. It provides the basic concept and formulation of the theory, and the physical and chemical significance of the frontier orbital interactions in chemistry, together with many practical applications.

Readership: Theoretical and physical chemists.

564pp Nov 1997 978-981-02-2241-3 US$151 £99

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Murray Gell-Mann (Nobel Laureate in Physics, 1969)

World Scientific Series in 20th Century Physics – Vol. 40 MURRAY GELL-MANN Selected Papers edited by Harald Fritzsch (University of Munich)

“As an admirer of Murray Gell-Mann, I can only applaud the initiative of Harald Fritzsch to publish a selection of Gell-Mann’s papers. What interested me most in the collection were not the papers published in journals, but rather, the contributions to conferences, talks and so on.”

CERN Courier

Murray Gell-Mann was awarded the in 1969 for his work on the classification and symmetries of elementary particles, including the approximate SU(3) symmetry of hadrons. His major publications and many others are collected in this volume, providing physicists with easy access to much of Gell-Mann’s work. Some of the articles are concerned with his recollections of the history of elementary in the third quarter of the twentieth century.

Contents: The Garden of Live Flowers; Strangeness; at Small Distances; Theory of the Fermi Interaction; The Eightfold Way: A Theory of Symmetry; Symmetries of and ; A Schematic Model of Baryons and Mesons; Current Topics in Particle Physics; Quarks; Current Algebra: Quarks and What Else?; Particle Theory: From S-Matrix to Quarks; Time Symmetry and Asymmetry in Quantum Mechanics and ; and other papers.

Readership: Researchers in high energy physics and theoretical physics.

464pp Feb 2010 978-981-283-684-7 US$105 £69 978-981-4261-62-3(pbk) US$48 £32

Vitaly L Ginzburg (Nobel Laureate in Physics, 2003)

SUPERCONDUCTIVITY (Revised Edition) by V L Ginzburg & E A Andryushin (P N Lebedev Physics Institute)

“First written in 1989, this non-technical introduction to superconductivity has now been published as a revised edition. Written in a lively style, the book provides an excellent back- ground for students at school or college, without recourse to mathematics.”

CERN Courier

Written in a lively, nontechnical style, this book makes ideal background reading for any school or college level study of superconductivity. The authors, who are leading authorities in the field, paint detailed pictures of the phenomena involved without mathematical formalism, appealing instead to physical intuition.

Contents: The Discovery of Superconductivity; Physics of Superconductivity; The Nature of Superconductivity; Applications of Superconductivity; The Superconducting Boom.

Readership: Undergraduates in condensed-matter, quantum, experimental and general physics, as well as lay people.

104pp Oct 2004 978-981-238-913-8 US$29 £19

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David Gross (Nobel Laureate in Physics, 2004)

THE QUANTUM STRUCTURE OF SPACE AND TIME Proceedings of the 23rd on Physics , , 1 – 3 December 2005 edited by David Gross (Kavli Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara), Marc Henneaux (Université Libre de Bruxelles & International Solvay Institutes), & Alexander Sevrin (Vrije Universiteit Brussel & International Solvay Institutes)

These proceedings give a broad overview with unique insight into the most fundamental issues raised by this challenge for 21st century physics, by distinguished renowned scientists. The contributions cover: the status of quantum mechanics, spacetime singularities and breakdown of classical space and time, as well as cosmology and the cosmological constant puzzle.

Readership: Graduate students and researchers in physics and mathematics.

292pp Jan 2007 978-981-256-952-3 US$180 £119 978-981-256-953-0(pbk) US$99 £65

Niels K Jerne (Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine, 1984)

World Scientific Series in 20th Century Biology – Vol. 2 A PORTRAIT OF THE IMMUNE SYSTEM Scientific Publications of N K Jerne edited by Ivan Lefkovits (Basel Institute for Immunology)

“This volume will be welcomed by the whole immunological community ... His exceptional personality and his capacity for original thinking, have made an enormous impact on modern immunology.” Immunological Investigation

Using the published work of Nobel Laureate Niels Kaj Jerne, this book shows how he developed his ideas. His selection theory, his view of how immunological diversity is created, and his concept of lymphocytes interacting as a network, reveals Jerne’s revolutionary spirit.

Readership: Biological scientists, immunologists and medical doctors.

878pp Dec 1996 978-981-02-2605-3 US$211 £139 978-981-02-2614-5(pbk) US$68 £45

H Gobind Khorana (Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine, 1968)

World Scientific Series in 20th Century Biology – Vol. 5 CHEMICAL BIOLOGY Selected Papers of H Gobind Khorana (with Introductions) by H Gobind Khorana

“… Only in this beautifully organized and illustrated volume can one find such a lively synthesis of these disciplines from the first synthesis of a gene to the mechanism in bioenergetics.”

Arthur Kornberg Emeritus Professor of Biochemistry Stanford University School of Medicine

Readership: Researchers and students in organic chemistry, biochemistry, biophysics, and biotechnology.

632pp May 2000 978-981-02-3331-0 US$162 £107

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Lawrence R Klein (Nobel Laureate in Economic Sciences, 1980)

Econometrics in the Information Age: Theory and Practice of Measurement – Vol. 4 MACROECONOMETRIC MODELING OF edited by Shinichi Ichimura () & Lawrence R Klein (University of Pennsylvania)

This book offers the representative macroeconometric models their applications for the Japanese economy in different development stages throughout the postwar years up to the present. It presents a summary of three types of macroeconometrics models and analyses: • Social accounting analyses of national income and related indices — following the tradition of C Clark, S Kuznets, R Stone and World Bank Development Reports; • Inter-industrial and inter-regional analyses of the Japanese 364pp Oct 1998 978-981-02-3234-4 US$105 £69 economy a la W Leontief and the CGE (computable general equilibrium) type of applications to Comprehensive Development Plans; • Macroeconometric model building for the Japanese economy and its applications with a survey of various models in Japan, including the historic ISER (Institute of Social and Economic Research) model and present day government models.

Readership: Academics in Asian economies and development economics; government leaders; business leaders.

492pp Aug 2010 978-981-283-461-4 US$143 £94

392pp Oct 2000 978-981-02-4383-8 US$119 £78

Herbert Kroemer (Nobel Laureate in Physics, 2000)

SELECTED WORKS OF PROFESSOR HERBERT KROEMER edited by C K Maiti (Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur)

This reprint collection brings together Professor Kroemer’s most important papers, presenting a comprehensive perspective of the field. It covers topics ranging from substrate materials, electronic properties, process technology, and devices, to circuits and applications. This reprint collection will help the reader identify the key stages in the development of heterostructure devices and from early research through to its integration in current manufacturing. Devoted to R&D engineers and scientists who are actively involved in extending the nano- and microelectronics roadmap mainly via heterostructure engineering, this volume may also serve as a reference for postgraduate and research students.

Contents: Introduction; The Untold Story; Biography of Herbert Kroemer; The Nobel Lecture; Publications List; Herbert Kroemer: Oral History; Not Just the Blue Sky; Reprinted Articles; Herbert Kroemer on Nanotechnology.

Readership: Graduate students and researchers in nano- and microelectronics.

384pp May 2008 978-981-270-901-1 US$192 £127

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Rita Levi-Montalcini (Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine, 1986)

World Scientific Series in 20th Century Biology – Vol. 3 THE SAGA OF THE NERVE GROWTH FACTOR Preliminary Studies, Discovery, Further Development by Rita Levi-Montalcini (University of Washington, St. Louis)

This volume is a collection of articles written by Nobel Laureate Rita Levi-Montalcini and published from 1942 to 1995. Studies described in the first part set the stage for the discovery of a molecule which became known as the Nerve Growth Factor (NGF), described in detail in the second part. Studies pursued in subsequent years and still in progress, have unveiled other fundamental properties of the NGF, described in the third part of this volume.

Readership: Students and researchers in biology, developmental neurobiology, biochemistry and medicine.

500pp Apr 1997 978-981-02-2604-6 US$148 £98

Harry M Markowitz (Nobel Laureate in Economic Sciences, 1990)

World Scientific– Nobel Laureate Series – Vol. 1 HARRY MARKOWITZ Selected Works edited by Harry M Markowitz (University of California, San Diego)

“…. The book always reminds me of the joy that comes from wide-ranging curiosity, contem- plation, playfulness, critical thinking, and plain old hard work.” Quantitative Finance

Harry M Markowitz received the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences in 1990 for his pioneering work in portfolio theory. This book consists of a collection of Dr Markowitz’s most important works in portfolio theory, sparse matrices, SIMSCRIPT, and other fields.

Readership: Academics and professionals in finance, and management science.

716pp Mar 2009 978-981-283-363-1 US$182 £120

Sir Nevill F Mott (Nobel Laureate in Physics, 1977)

World Scientific Series in 20th Century Physics – Vol. 12 SIR NEVILL MOTT — 65 YEARS IN PHYSICS edited by N F Mott & A S Alexandrov ()

This volume contains a discriminating selection of papers with commentaries by one of the most creative theoretical physicists of our century, Sir Nevill Mott. His pioneering contributions (1928 – 1993) include Fermi liquid theory, metal-insulator transition, the theory of noncrystalline materials, high-temperature super- conductivity and many other discoveries.

Readership: Physicists and materials scientists. 204pp Jan 1996 752pp Aug 1995 978-981-02-2298-7 US$54 £36 978-981-02-2237-6 US$129 £85 978-981-02-2252-9(pbk) US$58 £38

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K Alexander Müller (Nobel Laureate in Physics, 1987)

PROPERTIES OF PEROVSKITES AND OTHER OXIDES edited by K Alex Müller (University of Zürich) & Tom W Kool (University of Amsterdam)

“It is a pleasure to read such a systematic and historical overview, unifying various features of this area of research, all put into relation to each other by very helpful introductory comments by the authors.” Ortwin Schirmer Professor of , University of Osnabrueck

In this book some 50 papers published by K A Müller are reproduced. The main subject is Paramagnetic Resonance (EPR) applied to the study of perovskites and other oxides with related subjects.

Readership: Researchers in condensed matter physics.

584pp May 2010 978-981-4293-35-8 US$138 £91 978-981-4317-69-6(pbk) US$58 £38

Yoichiro Nambu (Nobel Laureate in Physics, 2008)

QUARKS Frontiers in Physics by ()

“Professor Nambu’s book is a useful addition to the library on elementary particles for the scientific layman.”

Physics Bulletin (UK)

The book explains in a precise and complete manner how elementary particle physics has evolved over the past 50 years. The historical development of the ideas that have shaped our thinking about the ultimate constituents of matter is traced out. 488pp Nov 1995 978-981-02-2356-4 US$102 £67 Readership: General. 978-981-02-2420-2(pbk) US$41 £27

240pp May 1985 978-9971-966-65-2 US$72 £48 978-9971-966-66-9(pbk) US$21 £14

George A Olah (Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, 1994)

World Scientific Series in 20th Century Chemistry – Vol. 11 ACROSS CONVENTIONAL LINES Selected Papers of George A Olah (In 2 Volumes) edited by George A Olah & G K Surya Prakash (University of Southern California)

In the course of his distinguished career spanning about half a century, George A Olah, winner of the 1994 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for his contributions to carbocation chemistry, has been exceedingly prolific and has published more than 1000 scientific papers and 15 books and holds more than 100 patents. This invaluable volume contains about 250 papers selected for their breadth and current importance.

Readership: Chemists, especially organic chemists.

Set 1504pp Jan 2003 978-981-02-2769-2 US$272 £180

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Lars Onsager (Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, 1968)

World Scientific Series in 20th Century Physics – Vol. 17 THE COLLECTED WORKS OF (With Commentary) edited by Per Chr Hemmer, Helge Holden & Signe Kjelstrup Ratkje (Norges tekniske høgskole)

“The variety of subjects covered by the book is really impressive, and most of the articles represent a seminal contribution of the author to the corresponding field of physics. They are still extremely relevant for the contemporary researchers working in these fields.” European Mathematical Society

Readership: Mathematical, statistical & condensed matter physicists, chemists and biologists.

1088pp Aug 1996 978-981-02-2563-6 US$148 £98

Linus Pauling (Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, 1954 and Nobel Laureate in Peace, 1962)

World Scientific Series in 20th Century Chemistry – Vol. 10 — SELECTED SCIENTIFIC PAPERS (In 2 Volumes) edited by Barclay Kamb (Caltech), Linda Pauling Kamb (LCProgeny, Inc), Peter Jeffress Pauling (University College London), Alexander Kamb (Arcaris, Inc.) & Linus Pauling, Jr. (Linus Pauling Institute of Science & Medicine)

“This comprehensive collection of his most significant contributions, printed on high quality paper, should prove to be a valuable addition to the of these scientists.” The Chemical Educator

This book is a selection of the most important of Linus Pauling’s writings in the fields of quantum mechanics, chemical bonding, molecular rotation and , , hemoglobin, the antibody mechanism, orthomolecular medicine, radiation chemistry/biology, and nuclear structure.

Readership: Chemists, biochemists, molecular biologists and physicists.

Vol. 1 1612pp Nov 2001 978-981-02-2939-9 US$180 £119 Vol. 2 978-981-02-2940-5 US$180 £119

Martin L Perl (Nobel Laureate in Physics, 1995)

World Scientific Series in 20th Century Physics – Vol. 14 REFLECTIONS ON EXPERIMENTAL SCIENCE by M L Perl (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University)

“… the real jewels in this book are Perl’s personal comments and reflections … He has produced a rare book that provides reflection for his colleagues and inspiration for young experimentalists.” CERN Courier

This is a collection of important lectures, original articles and commentaries by Martin Perl, discoverer of the and the third generation of elementary particles.

Readership: General readers interested in science and high energy physicists.

552pp Dec 1995 978-981-02-2429-5 US$127 £84 978-981-02-2574-2(pbk) US$48 £32

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Lord George H Porter (Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, 1967)

THE LIFE AND SCIENTIFIC LEGACY OF edited by & James Barber (Imperial College London)

“This book will be of interest to his colleagues and contempo- raries in , and indirectly to historians via the first-hand attributions of Porter’s influence….this book is a cata- logue of the credentials of the great and the good of two genera- tions in British chemistry.” AMBIX

In this volume, George Porter ‘s peers, former colleagues, students and friends — themselves highly regarded and well known scientists in their own right — come together to honour and celebrate his

enormous contributions. 560pp Apr 1997 978-1-86094-015-6 US$158 £104 Readership: Historians of science and chemistry researchers. 978-1-86094-021-7(pbk) US$58 £38

652pp Jul 2006 978-1-86094-660-8 US$208 £137 978-1-86094-695-0(pbk) US$48 £32

Ilya Prigogine (Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, 1977)

IS FUTURE GIVEN? by

In this book, after discussing the fundamental problems of current science and other philosophic concepts, beginning with controversies between Heraclitus and Parmenides, Ilya Prigogine launches into a message of great hope: the future has not been determined. This message challenges existing widespread views through communication.

Contents: Is Future Given? Changes in Our Description of Nature; Laws of Nature and Time ; Internet and Life and more.

Readership: General readers, scientists and students.

160pp Oct 2003 978-981-238-507-9 US$74 £49 978-981-238-508-6(pbk) US$39 £26

Norman F Ramsey (Nobel Laureate in Physics, 1989)

World Scientific Series in 20th Century Physics -–Vol. 21 SPECTROSCOPY WITH COHERENT RADIATION Selected Papers of Norman F Ramsey (With Commentary) by Norman F Ramsey

This invaluable volume contains a biography of Nobel laureate Norman F Ramsey as well as reprints and retrospective commentaries on 56 papers relating to spectroscopy with coherent radiation.

Contents: Radiofrequency and Microwave Spectroscopy Experiments; Parity, Theories of Nuclear Magnetic Shielding and NMR Chemical Shifts; Theories of Nuclear Interactions in Molecules and more.

Readership: Physicists and chemists.

456pp Jun 1998 978-981-02-3250-4 US$137 £90

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Frederick Reines (Nobel Laureate in Physics, 1995)

NEUTRINOS AND OTHER MATTERS Selected Works of edited by W Kropp, M Moe, L Price, J Schultz, & H Sobel (University of California, Irvine)

This volume is a collection of the scientific papers of Frederick Reines. Its publication is to commemorate the 70th birthday, in 1988, of this distinguished scientist. The selected papers here cover many aspects of his work in physics, astrophysics and conservation law tests. They have been divided into logical groupings, each introduced by a leading authority in that field, who helps the reader to see the reprinted articles with a better historical and scientific perspective.

Contents: Vita; Introduction; Selected Biblography; Selected Papers: Effects of Nuclear Explosions; Discovery of the Neutrino; Neutrino Properties; Neutrino-Electron Elastic Scattering; Deuterium Experiments; Cosmic Rays and Atmospheric ; Solar Neutrinos; Extra-solar Neutrinos; Gamma-Ray Astronomy; Conservation; Other Conservation Laws; Double-; Nuclear Physics; Experimental Techniques; Teaching of Physics; Historical and Review Papers.

Readership: High energy physicists and astrophysicists.

616pp Jan 1991 978-981-02-0270-5 US$104 £69

Joseph Rotblat (Nobel Laureate in Peace, 1995)

TOWARDS A WAR-FREE WORLD Annals of Pugwash 1994 edited by J Rotblat

The book focuses on subjects of , the reduction and control of conventional weapons, the arms trade, future roles of the UN, regional confidence-building measures, global governance, sustainable use of resources and ethical challenges in the modern era, all of which related to the ultimate goal of eliminating war.

Contents: Towards a Nuclear-Weapon-Free World; Conventional Arms Reduction and Control; Local and Global Governance; 296pp Mar 1993 Towards Sustainability: World Resources and the Environmental 978-981-02-1249-0 US$87 £57 Problem; Regional Confidence-Building Measures; Ethical Challenges.

Readership: General readers interested in world affairs, international security, peace studies, global governance, and politics.

204pp Oct 1995 978-981-02-2492-9 US$55 £36

288pp Nov 1994 978-981-02-2036-5 US$82 £54

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Abdus Salam (Nobel Laureate in Physics, 1979)

World Scientific Series in 20th Century Physics – Vol. 5 SELECTED PAPERS OF (With Commentary) edited by A Ali (DESY), C Isham (Imperial College London), T Kibble (Imperial College London), & Riazuddin (King Fahd University of & Mineral)

“Abdus Salam’s scientific work spans much of the history of par- ticle physics, from early days of to the pres- ent ...This collection contains many papers that are still fresh after the passing of time.” Set This is a selection from over 250 papers published by Abdus Salam. 1536pp Jun 1989 The papers selected represent a cross section of his work covering 978-9971-5-0119-8 US$246 £162 Set the entire period of 50 years from his student days to the present. 978-9971-5-0122-8(pbk) US$123 £81

Readership: Physicists.

696pp May 1994 978-981-02-1662-7 US$176 £116 978-981-02-1663-4(pbk) US$58 £38

RENAISSANCE OF SCIENCES IN ISLAMIC COUNTRIES edited by H R Dalafi & M H A Hassan (ICTP, Trieste)

Contents: Introduction; Islam and Science: Renaissance of Sciences in Arab and Islamic Lands; The Gulf University and Science in the Arab-Islamic Commonwealth; The Future of Science in Islam; Islam and Science; Scientific Thinking: Between the Secularisation and the Transcendent, An Islamic Viewpoint; Liberty of Scientific Belief

in Islam; New Initiatives: Foundations for Sciences in Islam; Science 530pp Dec 1989 and Muslim Countries: Highlights of Science for Turkey; Technology 978-981-02-0080-0 US$87 £57 and Pakistan’s Attack on Poverty and more. 978-981-02-0081-7(pbk) US$29 £19

Readership: General.

376pp Sep 1994 978-9971-5-0946-0 US$126 £83 978-9971-5-0713-8(pbk) US$48 £32

Frederick Sanger (Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, 1958, 1980)

World Scientific Series in 20th Century Biology – Vol. 1 SELECTED PAPERS OF (With Commentaries) edited by Frederick Sanger & Margaret Dowding (University of Cambridge)

This important volume is mainly concerned with the development of methods for “” — that is, determination of the order of the amino acids in proteins and of nucleotides in RNA and DNA. The papers describe the steady improvements in techniques, and exciting biological results revealed by the sequences.

Contents: Proteins (19 papers, from 1945 to 1961); RNA (8 papers, from 1964 to 1972); DNA (21 papers, from 1973 to 1988).

Readership: Biochemists, chemists, molecular biologists and graduate students in these disciplines.

676pp Aug 1996 978-981-02-2430-1 US$129 £85

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J Robert Schrieffer (Nobel Laureate in Physics, 1972)

World Scientific Series in 20th Century Physics – Vol. 30 SELECTED PAPERS OF J ROBERT SCHRIEFFER In Celebration of His 70th Birthday edited by N E Bonesteel & L P Gor’kov (National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Florida)

This invaluable book is a selection of papers by theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate J Robert Schrieffer. In addition to his Nobel Prize-winning work in superconductivity, Prof Schrieffer has made significant contributions to a wide variety of topics in condensed matter physics.

The papers are reviewed and placed in context by leading experts. The guest contributors are A Alexandrov (on and phonons), T Einstein (on surfaces,) S Kivelson (on quantum Hall effect), D Scalapino (on the BCS theory of superconductivity), F Wilczek (on solitons and fractional quantum numbers), J W Wilkins (on magnetic impurities) and S C Zhang (on high-Tc superconductivity).

Readership: Upper level undergraduates, graduate students, academics and researchers in physics.

524pp Nov 2002 978-981-238-078-4 US$160 £106 978-981-238-079-1(pbk) US$58 £38

Julian S Schwinger (Nobel Laureate in Physics, 1965)

World Scientific Series in 20th Century Physics – Vol. 26 A QUANTUM LEGACY Seminal Papers of edited by Kimball A Milton (University of Oklahoma)

“Overall the presentation is excellent: the introductions bring Schwinger’s work to life.” Mathematics Abstracts

“… it is hard to imagine what physics would be like at the end of the millennium without the contributions of Julian Schwinger, a private man but a great scientist and a superb teacher with dozens of the now best established theoretical physicists among 212pp Jan 1996 his students, including three Nobel laureates …” 978-981-02-2531-5 US$58 £38 978-981-02-2532-2(pbk) US$25 £17 CERN Courier

This important volume includes many of Schwinger’s most important papers, on the above and other topics, such as the theory of angular momentum and the theory of many-body systems. The papers collected here continue to underlie much of the work done by theoretical physicists today.

Contents: Quantum Electrodynamics; Spin and Angular Momentum; Nuclear Physics; Classical Electrodynamics, , and Synchrotron Radiation; Quantum Field Theory; Many Body Theory; Quantum Mechanics; Importance of Research; Magnetic Charge; Source Theory; Deep Inelastic Scattering; ; Supersymmetry; Statistical Atom.

Readership: Theoretical physicists, mathematicians and historians of science.

808pp May 2000 978-981-02-4006-6 US$209 £138

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Glenn T Seaborg (Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, 1951)

World Scientific Series in 20th Century Chemistry – Vol. 2 World Scientific Series in 20th Century Chemistry – Vol. 2 MODERN ALCHEMY Selected Papers of Glenn T Seaborg edited by Glenn T Seaborg MODERN ALCHEMY

“In addition to research papers, reviews, reports, and addresses make the collection more Selected Papers of Glenn T. Seaborg colorful and very interesting to read. They are also testimony to the wide scope of Seaborg’s interest and his outstanding abilities as a communicator. The foundation of all is, however, his Editor Glenn T. Seaborg seminal discoveries. For he is a true pioneer blessed with a far-seeing vision.”

The Chemical Intelligencer

This volume puts together about 100 of Glenn T Seaborg’s selected papers written during his distinguished career spanning more than 50 years.

Readership: Chemists.

720pp May 1994 978-981-02-1440-1 US$160 £106

William F Sharpe (Nobel Laureate in Economic Sciences, 1990)

World Scientific –Nobel Laureate Series – Vol. 2 WILLIAM F SHARPE Selected Works edited by William F Sharpe (Stanford University)

William F Sharpe received the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences in 1990 for his work on equilibrium pricing in capital markets. He was one of the originators of the Capital Asset Pricing Model, developed the Sharpe Ratio for investment performance analysis, the binomial method for the valuation of options, the gradient method for asset allocation optimization, and returns- based style analysis for evaluating the style and performance of investment funds. This book consists of a collection of Dr Sharpe’s work in these and other areas.

Readership: Academics and professionals in quantitative finance and financial economics.

716pp Feb 2012 978-981-4329-95-8 US$128 £84

Osamu Shimomura (Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, 2008)

BIOLUMINESCENCE Chemical Principles and Methods Revised Edition by (Marine Biological Laboratory, Woodshole, Massachusetts)

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the past and the latest developments in understanding the biochemical mechanisms of some 35 different types of luminous organisms. It is the first book that provides chemical information on all currently known bioluminescence systems. The author is a leading practitioner in the field for the past half century. Fully revised since its publication in 2006, it now incorporates the advances in the subject area. A new section on “Green Fluorescent Protein” has been added.

Readership: Biologists, chemists, analytical chemists, biomedical chemists; students in biochemistry.

496pp Mar 2012 978-981-4366-08-3 US$120 £79

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Gerard ‘t Hooft (Nobel Laureate in Physics, 1999)

PLAYING WITH PLANETS by Gerard ‘t Hooft (Utrecht University)

“I much enjoyed wandering the world, following this enquiring and original mind.” CERN Courier

If you think the future is a mystery, think again. With a solid foothold in realism, an extraordinary insight into scientific and technological developments, and a dry sense of humor, Professor Gerard ‘t Hooft confidently dissects fact from fiction and shows us what our future might really hold. Professor ‘t Hooft takes the reader firmly by the hand and, within the boundaries of solid physics and proven laws of nature, takes us on a ride into the world of the future, which holds remarkable surprises for us all. 696pp Aug 1994 978-981-02-1308-4 US$129 £85 Playing with Planets, which is translated from the original Dutch 978-981-02-1309-1(pbk) US$48 £32 edition by Professor ‘t Hooft’s daughter Saskia, supports the old adage that truth is indeed stranger than fiction.

Readership: Students and lay readers.

152pp Oct 2008 978-981-279-307-2 US$51 £34 978-981-279-020-0(pbk) US$24 £16

50 YEARS OF YANG-MILLS THEORY edited by Gerardus ‘t Hooft (Utrecht University)

“It was a brilliant idea to signal the 50th birthday of Yang-Mills theory by gathering together a wide range of articles by lead- ing experts on many aspects of the subject. The result is a most handsome tribute of both historical and current interest, and a substantial addition to the existing literature …This unusual and elegant festschrift is a treat for theorists.” 372pp Jan 2001 978-981-02-4141-4 US$207 £136 CERN Courier

During the last five decades, Yang-Mills theory, which is undeniably the most important cornerstone of theoretical physics, has expanded widely. It has been investigated from many perspectives, and many new and unexpected features have been uncovered from this theory.

An international team of experts, each of whom has left his mark on the developments of this remarkable theory, contribute essays or more detailed technical accounts to this volume. These articles highlight the new discoveries from the respective authors’ perspectives. The distinguished contributors are: S Adler, F A Bais, C Becchi, M Creutz, A De Rújula, B S DeWitt, F Englert, L D Faddeev, P Hasenfratz, R Jackiw, A Polyakov, V N Popov, R Stora, P van Baal, P van Nieuwenhuizen, S Weinberg, F Wilczek, E Witten and C N Yang. Included in each article are introductory and explanatory remarks by the editor, G ‘t Hooft, who is himself a major player in the development of Yang-Mills theory.

Contents: Quantizing Gauge Field Theories; Ghosts for Physicists; Breaking the Symmetry; Towards the Standard Model; ; Anomalies; Asymptotic Freedom; Magnetic Monopoles; Quark Confinement and Strings; Fixing in Gauge Condition Non-Perturbatively; The Lattice; on the Lattice; Confrontation with Experiment; Supersymmetry and Supergravity; Physics of the 21st Century.

Readership: All physicists and mathematicians.

500pp Feb 2005 978-981-238-934-3 US$110 £73 978-981-256-007-0(pbk) US$43 £28

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Martinus J G Veltman (Nobel Laureate in Physics, 1999)

FACTS AND MYSTERIES IN ELEMENTARY PARTICLE PHYSICS by Martinus J G Veltman (, Ann Arbor & Utrecht University)

“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.” 368pp Oct 1992 This book provides a comprehensive overview of modern particle 978-981-02-1028-1 US$112 £74 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 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 .

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; ; Epilogue.

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

348pp Apr 2003 978-981-238-148-4 US$65 £43 978-981-238-149-1(pbk) US$24 £16

952pp Sep 1995 978-981-02-2115-7 US$158 £104

JOHN S BELL ON THE FOUNDATIONS OF QUANTUM MECHANICS edited by M Bell (CERN), K Gottfried (Cornell University), & M Veltman (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor)

This book is the most complete collection of John S Bell’s research papers, review articles and lecture notes on the foundations of quantum mechanics. Some of this material has hitherto been difficult to access. The book also appears in a paperback edition, aimed at students and young researchers.

This volume will be very useful to researchers in the foundations and applications of quantum mechanics.

Contents: (1) On the Problem of Hidden Variables in Quantum Mechanics; (2) On the Einstein–Podolsky–Rosen Paradox; (3) The Moral Aspect of Quantum Mechanics; (4) Introduction to the Hidden- Variable Question; (5) The Measurement Theory of Everett and de Broglie’s Pilot Wave; (6) Subject and Object; (7) On Wave Packet Reduction in the Coleman-Hepp Model; (8) The Theory of Local Beables; (9) How to Teach Special Relativity; (10) Einstein– Podolsky-Rosen Experiments; (11) Free Variables and Local Causality; (12) Atomic-Cascade and Quantum-Mechanical Nonlocality; (13) de Broglie–Bohm, Delayed-Choice, Double- Slit Experiment, and Density Matrix; (14) Quantum Mechanics for Cosmologists; (15) Bertlmann’s Socks and the Nature of Reality.

Readership: Undergraduates, graduate students and researchers in physics.

248pp Aug 2001 978-981-02-4687-7 US$50 £33 978-981-02-4688-4(pbk) US$24 £16

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Steven Weinberg (Nobel Laureate in Physics, 1979)

THE MEMORIAL LECTURES Vol 1: Lectures by C N Yang and S Weinberg With Translated Reprints by O Klein edited by G Ekspong (Stockholm University)

“I strongly recommend to physicists and historians of science this handsomely produced slim, volume containing lectures by Yang (richly illustrated) and Weinberg on topics in which Klein had made important early steps, as well as a biographical sketch of Klein and some of his major papers.” Abraham Pais

Volume 1 contains the 1988 lectures on “Symmetry and Physics” 444pp Jun 2004 and “From the Bethe-Hulthén Hypothesis to the Yang-Baxter 978-981-238-760-8 US$87 £57 Equation,” given by C N Yang. The 1989 lectures on “Beyond the 978-981-238-772-1(pbk) US$45 £29 Standard Models,” referring to models for cosmology and elementary particles, and on “Precision Tests of Quantum Mechanics” were given by .

Contents: Oskar Klein (I Fischer-Hjalmars & B Laurent); Symmetry and Physics (C N Yang); From the Bethe-Hulthén Hypothesis to the Yang-Baxter Equation (C N Yang); Beyond the Standard Models (S Weinberg); Precision Tests of Quantum Mechanics (S Weinberg); Quantum Theory and Five-Dimensional Relativity Theory (O Klein); The Atomicity of Electricity as a Quantum Theory Law (O Klein); On the Field Theory of Charged Particles (O Klein); From My Life of Physics (O Klein); Scientific Bibliography of Oskar Klein.

Readership: Physicists.

140pp Mar 1991 978-981-02-0352-8 US$65 £43 978-981-02-0353-5(pbk) US$33 £22 248pp Sep 2004 978-981-238-840-7 US$145 £96 978-981-238-841-4(pbk) US$48 £32

Carl E Wieman (Nobel Laureate in Physics, 2001)

COLLECTED PAPERS OF by Carl E Wieman (University of Colorado, Boulder)

Carl Wieman’s contributions have had a major impact on defining the field of atomic physics as it exists today. His ground-breaking research has included precision laser spectroscopy; using lasers and atoms to provide important table-top tests of theories of elementary particle physics; the development of techniques to cool and trap atoms using laser light, particularly in inventing much simpler, less expensive ways to do this; the understanding of how atoms interact with one another and light at ultracold ; and the creation of the first Bose–Einstein condensation in a dilute gas, and the study of the properties of this condensate. In recent years, he has also turned his attention to physics education and new methods and research in that area. This indispensable volume presents his collected papers, with annotations from the author, tracing his fascinating research path and providing valuable insight about the significance of the works.

Readership: Graduates, postgraduates and researchers in atomic physics, laser physics and general physics.

824pp Jan 2008 978-981-270-415-3 US$234 £155 978-981-270-416-0(pbk) US$68 £45

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Frank A Wilczek (Nobel Laureate in Physics, 2004)

FANTASTIC REALITIES 49 Mind Journeys and A Trip to Stockholm by (MIT) with a contribution from Betsy Devine

“Wilczek’s writing is deeply intellectual. The essays are centred around QFT but range far more widely. They display a sensitive appreciation of subtle features of the culture of modern physical science … it is fascinating to see Wilczek circling round the same set of ideas. There is much concentrated wisdom here, and he has a deft touch with words.” Nature

The fantastic reality that is modern physics is open for your exploration, guided by one of its primary architects and interpreters, 528pp Jul 1989 Nobel Prize winner Frank Wilczek. 978-9971-5-0621-6(pbk) US$48 £32

Some jokes, some poems, and extracts from wife Betsy Devine’s sparkling chronicle of what it’s like to live through a Nobel Prize provide easy entertainment. There’s also some history, some philosophy, some exposition of frontier science, and some frontier science, for your lasting edification.

49 pieces, including many from Wilczek’s award-winning Reference Frame columns in Physics Today, and some never before published, are gathered by style and subject into a dozen chapters, each with a revealing, witty introduction.

Profound ideas, presented with style: What could be better? Enjoy.

Contents: Constructing This World, and Others; Musing on Mechanics; Making Light of Mass; QCD Exposed; Breathless at the Heights; At Sea in the Depths; Once and Future History; Methods of Our Madness; Inspired, Irritated, Inspired; Big Ideas; Grand Occasions; Breaking into Verse;

Another Dimension. 460pp Oct 1990 978-981-02-0048-0 US$138 £91 Readership: Students, scientists and lay people. 978-981-02-0049-7(pbk) US$48 £32

532pp Mar 2006 978-981-256-649-2 US$100 £66 978-981-256-655-3(pbk) US$39 £26

Kurt Wüthrich (Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, 2002)

World Scientific Series in 20th Century Chemistry – Vol. 5 NMR IN STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY A Collection of Papers by Kurt Wüthrich edited by Kurt Wüthrich (ETH Zürich)

The volume presents a survey of the research by Kurt Wüthrich and his associates during the period 1965 to 1994. A selection of reprints of original papers on the use of NMR spectroscopy in structural biology is supplemented with an introduction, which outlines the foundations and the historical development of the use of NMR spectroscopy for the determination of three- dimensional structures of biological macromolecules in solution. The original papers are presented in groups highlighting protein structure determination by NMR, studies of dynamic properties and hydration of biological macromolecules, and practical applications of the NMR methodology in fields such as enzymology, transcriptional regulation, immunosuppression and .

Readership: Chemists, biochemists and molecular & cell biology scientists.

760pp Jul 1995 978-981-02-2242-0 US$146 £97 978-981-02-2384-7(pbk) US$68 £45

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Chen Ning Yang (Nobel Laureate in Physics, 1957)

World Scientific Series in 20th Century Physics -– Vol. 36 SELECTED PAPERS (1945–1980) OF CHEN NING YANG (With Commentary) by Chen Ning Yang (State University of New York, Stony Brook & Tsinghua University)

A remarkable personal and professional chronicle by one of today’s leading physicists, this is a collection of Chen Ning Yang’s personally selected papers supplemented by his insightful commentaries. Including previously unpublished or hard-to-find works, this volume contains Yang’s important papers on statistical physics, nuclear forces, and particle physics. Among them are his seminal work with T D Lee on the nonconservation of parity, for which they won the Nobel Prize, and his work with R L Mills, which led to 480pp Feb 1994 modern gauge theories with their exciting prospects for the broad 978-981-02-1524-8 US$103 £68 unification of field theories.

Together, the papers and commentaries in this unique collection comprise a powerful personal statement, shedding light on both the intellectual development of a great physicist and on the nature of scientific inquiry.

Readership: Graduate students and researchers in particle physics and statistical physics.

624pp Aug 2005 978-981-256-367-5 US$88 £67

580pp Sep 2003 978-981-238-407-2 US$193 £127 978-981-238-414-0(pbk) US$68 £45

Hideki Yukawa (Nobel Laureate in Physics, 1949)

TABIBITO (THE TRAVELER) by Translated by L M Brown & R Yoshida (Northwestern University)

“The reader is treated to an inside story of a great man. The present translation … loses none of the intricate feelings …” Physics Today

This is Yukawa’s autobiography of his early years, written in Japanese when he was fifty years old. It describes his family background and the education and experience, both social and intellectual, that helped to form his character and direct his career. Especially valuable to the historian of science are his discussions of scientific relationships with his colleague Sin-Itiro Tomonaga, with his teacher , and with his students (who later became his collaborators): Sakata, Taketani, and Kobayashi.

Also included are the original paper of the theory by Prof H Yukawa and an introduction by Prof L M Brown.

Readership: General readers and those interested in History of Science.

224pp Jan 1982 978-9971-950-09-5 US$75 £50 978-9971-950-10-1(pbk) US$33 £22

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Ahmed H Zewail (Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, 1999)

4D ELECTRON MICROSCOPY Imaging in Space and Time by Ahmed H Zewail (Caltech) & John M Thomas (University of Cambridge)

“It is for the ‘ultrafast’ chapters that the book will be read for these contain new and very unfamiliar material. The book is handsomely produced with all the illustrations on a Cambridge blue background.” Ultramicroscopy

The modern electron microscope, as a result of recent revolutionary developments and many evolutionary ones, now yields a wealth of quantitative knowledge pertaining to structure, dynamics, and Vol. I 976pp Sep 1994 function barely matched by any other single scientific instrument. 978-981-02-1736-5 US$123 £81 This book contains an in-depth exposé of the paradigm concepts Vol. II and the developed techniques that can now be executed to gain 978-981-02-1738-9 US$108 £71 new knowledge in the entire domain of biological and physical science.

Contents: Concepts of Coherence: Optics, Diffraction, and Imaging; From 2D to 3D Structural Imaging: Salient Concepts; 4D Electron Imaging in Space and Time: Principles; 4D Ultrafast Electron Imaging: Developments and Applications and more.

Readership: Academics and researchers in the fields of physical chemistry, chemical analysis, solid state physics, electron microscopy, scanning, tunnelling, nanoelectronics, molecular biology, molecular imaging and structural biology.

360pp Dec 2009 978-1-84816-390-4 US$88 £58 978-1-84816-400-0(pbk) US$48 £32

304pp Apr 2003 PHYSICAL BIOLOGY 978-981-238-340-2(pbk) US$29 £19 From Atoms to Medicine edited by Ahmed H Zewail (Caltech)

“The scope of this collection of overviews of the present state and future possible developments in physical biology is very broad. The result is both informative and readable. Anyone interested in how physics, engineering and mathematics can contribute to research in biology and medicine, be it on the molecular level or on the healthcare level, should be able to find useful information and inspiration in this book.” Acta Paediatrica

This book brings about the confluence of concepts and tools, and that of different disciplines, to address significant problems of our time: visualization; theory and computation for complexity; macromolecular function, protein folding and misfolding; and systems integration from cells to consciousness.

The volume is uniquely structured to provide overviews with historical perspectives on the evolution of ideas and on the future of physical biology and biological complexity, from atoms to medicine.

Readership: Graduate students and researchers in life sciences, biochemistry, physical chemistry, chemical engineering, and biophysics.

584pp May 2008 978-1-84816-199-3 US$177 £117 978-1-84816-200-6(pbk) US$48 £32

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Steven Weinberg Carl E Wieman Frank A Wilczek Kurt Wüthrich Chen Ning Yang

Hideki Yukawa Ahmed H Zewail Nobel Lectures™ 2001-2005

The Nobel lectures offer a unique historical perspective of scientific and cultural developments in each of the respective fields, and would appeal to a wide range of readers. Each volume is a collection of the Nobel lectures delivered by the prizewinners, together with their biographies and the presentation speeches.

This collection of inspiring lectures should be on the bookshelf of every student, teacher and professor of the six subjects, and would make an excellent source of reference for libraries and educational institutions.

More information on the complete set of Nobel lectures (1901–2005) is provided at: http://www.worldscientific.com/page/nobel

NOBEL LECTURES IN ALL SUBJECTS (2001–2005) 978-981-283-231-3 US$451 £297 978-981-283-232-0(pbk) US$270 £295

NOBEL LECTURES IN PHYSICS, 2001–2005 NOBEL LECTURES IN LITERATURE, 2001–2005 edited by edited by Gösta Ekspong (University of Stockholm) Horace Engdahl (The Swedish Academy)

524pp Jun 2008 116pp Sep 2008 978-981-279-447-5 US$135 £89 978-981-279-435-2 US$73 £48 978-981-279-448-2(pbk) US$28 £18 978-981-279-436-9(pbk) US$28 £18

NOBEL LECTURES IN CHEMISTRY, 2001–2005 NOBEL LECTURES IN PEACE, 2001–2005 edited by edited by Per Ahlberg (Göteborg University) Irwin Abrams & Scott London

492pp Jul 2008 172pp Jun 2009 978-981-279-444-4 US$127 £84 978-981-279-432-1 US$77 £51 978-981-279-445-1(pbk) US$28 £18 978-981-279-433-8(pbk) US$28 £18

NOBEL LECTURES IN PHYSIOLOGY OR MEDICINE, NOBEL LECTURES IN ECONOMIC SCIENCES, 2001–2005 2001– 2005 edited by edited by Hans Jörnvall (Karolinska Institute) Peter Englund (Stockholm School of Economics)

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