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  • Three Tales/Tails of Quantum Gravity

    From Flying Mirrors, Wormhole Bridges, to Evaporation of Black Holes

    by Kuan-Nan Lin ...
    Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
    This book focuses on the quantum aspects of cosmology and black holes. The former seeks cosmological entanglement footprints of Euclidean wormholes that nucleate the inflationary universe, and the latter proposes a resolution to the information paradox via the nucleation of Hawking radiation’s entangled partner pairs outside an evaporating black hole. This book begins by reviewing the connection ... Read more

    $179.09 USD

  • Social Capital and Its Institutional Contingency

    A Study of the United States, China and Taiwan

    Edited by Nan Lin, Yang-chih Fu, Chih-jou Jay Chen ...
    Series series Routledge Advances in Sociology
    This volume is a collection of original studies based on one of the first research programs on comparative analysis of social capital. Data are drawn from national representative samples of the United States, China and Taiwan. The three societies selected for study allow the examination of how political-economic regimes (command versus market) and cultural factors (family centrality versus diverse ... Read more

    $64.99 USD

  • Contexts of Social Capital

    Social Networks in Markets, Communities and Families

    Edited by Ray-May Hsung, Nan Lin, Ronald L. Breiger ...
    Series series Routledge Advances in Sociology
    The concept of social capital refers to the ways in which people make use of their social networks in "getting ahead." Social capital isn’t just about the connections in networks, but fundamentally concerns the distribution of resources on the basis of exchanges.This volume focuses on how social capital interacts with social institutions, based on the premise that markets, communities, and ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

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  • Understanding Social Networks

    Theories, Concepts, and Findings

    by Charles Kadushin ...
    Despite the swift spread of social network concepts and their applications and the rising use of network analysis in social science, there is no book that provides a thorough general introduction for the serious reader. Understanding Social Networks fills that gap by explaining the big ideas that underlie the social network phenomenon. Written for those interested in this fast moving area but who ... Read more

    $30.59 USD

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    Quantum Aspect of Many-Body Systems

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  • Introduction to the AdS/CFT Correspondence

    by Horaƫiu Năstase ...
    Providing a pedagogical introduction to the rapidly developing field of AdS/CFT correspondence, this is one of the first texts to provide an accessible introduction to all the necessary concepts needed to engage with the methods, tools and applications of AdS/CFT. Without assuming anything beyond an introductory course in quantum field theory, it begins by guiding the reader through the basic ... Read more

    $81.99 USD

  • Understanding Institutional Diversity

    by Elinor Ostrom ...
    The analysis of how institutions are formed, how they operate and change, and how they influence behavior in society has become a major subject of inquiry in politics, sociology, and economics. A leader in applying game theory to the understanding of institutional analysis, Elinor Ostrom provides in this book a coherent method for undertaking the analysis of diverse economic, political, and social ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • The Theory of Everything

    Quantum and Relativity is everywhere – A Fermat Universe

    by Norbert Schwarzer ...
    The book unifies quantum theory and the general theory of relativity. As an unsolved problem for about 100 years and influencing so many fields, this is probably of some importance to the scientific community. Examples like Higgs field, limit to classical Dirac and Klein–Gordon or Schrödinger cases, quantized Schwarzschild, Kerr, Kerr–Newman objects, and the photon are considered for illustration. ... Read more

    $49.99 USD

  • The Culturally Inclusive Educator

    Preparing for a Multicultural World

    by Dena R. Samuels ...
    The Culturally Inclusive Educator asks educators to consider what they can do differently to create a welcoming, inclusive, and exciting environment for the 21st century. Based on the author’s national research and consulting work, this book examines the discrepancy between the current educational cultural climate and the need for educators and their institutions to prepare for a growing ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • Holographic Quantum Matter

    by Sean A. Hartnoll, Andrew Lucas, Subir Sachdev ...
    A comprehensive overview of holographic methods in quantum matter, written by pioneers in the field.This book, written by pioneers in the field, offers a comprehensive overview of holographic methods in quantum matter. It covers influential developments in theoretical physics, making the key concepts accessible to researchers and students in both high energy and condensed matter physics. The book ... Read more

    $39.99 USD

  • Framed by Gender

    How Gender Inequality Persists in the Modern World

    by Cecilia L. Ridgeway ...
    In an advanced society like the U.S., where an array of processes work against gender inequality, how does this inequality persist? Integrating research from sociology, social cognition and psychology, and organizational behavior, Framed by Gender identifies the general processes through which gender as a principle of inequality rewrites itself into new forms of social and economic organization. ... Read more

    $37.99 USD