1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910455575203321

Autore

Zhang Yunling <1945->

Titolo

China and Asian regionalism [[electronic resource] /] / Zhang Yunling

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hackensack, NJ, : World Scientific, c2010

ISBN

1-282-76133-1

9786612761331

981-4282-23-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (x, 229 p. ) : ill

Disciplina

337.1/5

Soggetti

Electronic books.

East Asia Economic integration

East Asia Economic conditions

China Foreign economic relations East Asia

East Asia Foreign economic relations China

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. East Asian cooperation : path & approach -- 2. Emerging East Asian regionalism -- 3. Projecting East Asian community-building -- 4. East Asian cooperation : where is it going? -- 5. Northeast Asian community : is it possible to turn vision into reality? -- 6. The development of East Asian FTA -- 7. China's FTA strategy : an overview -- 8. Designing East Asian FTA : rational and feasibility -- 9. How to promote monetary and financial cooperation in East Asia -- 10. The Asian financial crisis and regional cooperation -- 11. Environment and energy cooperation in East Asia -- 12. China's economic emergence and regional cooperation -- 13. China's accession to WTO and its impact on China-ASEAN relations -- 14. China-ASEAN FTA and its impact -- 15. Comparing China and Japan in developing the partnership with ASEAN.

Sommario/riassunto

This is the only English language publication with a distinctly Northeast Asian (outside Japan) and Chinese perspective on pan-East Asian Regionalism (including both Northeast and Southeast Asian Regionalism) published within the last 5 years that is distributed internationally. It traces the development of Asian regionalism and analyzes China's role and policy on East Asian cooperation and



integration. The 15 chapters in this volume directly involve all major policy researches and project designing in the process of the East Asia cooperation. They provide valuable information for knowing, understanding and studying the ongoing process of regional cooperation in East Asia.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910459969003321

Autore

Byrne Peter

Titolo

The many worlds of Hugh Everett III [[electronic resource] ] : multiple universes, mutual assured destruction, and the meltdown of a nuclear family / / Peter Byrne

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, c2010

ISBN

1-282-73072-X

9786612730726

0-19-157643-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiii, 436 p. ) : ill., ports

Disciplina

530.092

B

Soggetti

Nuclear physicists - United States

Quantum theory

Space and time

Defense contracts - United States - History - 20th century

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Formerly CIP.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [399]-416)and index.

Nota di contenuto

BOOK 1: BEGINNINGS; Introduction: The Story of Q; 1. Family Origins: a Sketch; 2. Katharine: the Dark Star; 3. The Scientist as a Young Man; 4. Stranger in Paradise; BOOK 2: GAME WORLD; 5. Demigods; 6. Decisions, Decisions-the Theory of Games; 7. Origin of MAD; 8. von Neumann's Legacy; BOOK 3: QUANTUM WORLD; 9. Quantum Everett; 10. More on the Measurement Problem; 11. Collapse and Complementarity; 12. The Philosophy of Quantum Mechanics; BOOK 4: EVERETT AND WHEELER; 13. Wheeler: the Radical Conservative; 14.



Genesis of Many Worlds; 15. Alone in the Room; 16. Tour of Many Worlds; 17. The Battle with Copenhagen, Part I; 18. The Battle with Copenhagen, Part II; 19. The Chapel Hill Affair; BOOK 5: POSSIBLE WORLD FUTURES; 20. Preparing for World War III; 21. From Wargasm to Looking Glass; 22. Fallout; BOOK 6: CROSSROADS; 23. A Bell Jar World; 24. A Vacation in Copenhagen; BOOK 7: ASSURED DESTRUCTION; 25. Everett and Report 50; 26. Everett and the SIOP; BOOK 8: TRANSITIONS; 27. Behind Closed Doors; 28. Death's Other Kingdoms; BOOK 9: BELTWAY BANDIT; 29. Weaponeering; 30. The Bayesian Machine; 31. The Death of Lambda; BOOK 10: MANY WORLDS REBORN; 32. DeWitt to the Rescue; 33. Records in Time; 34. Austin; 35. Wheeler Recants; BOOK 11: AMERICAN TRAGEDY; 36. The Final Years; 37. Aftermath; BOOK 12: EVERETT'S LEGACY; 38. Modern Everett; 39. Everett Goes to Oxford; Epilogue: Beyond Many Worlds

Sommario/riassunto

"Peter Byrne tells the story of Hugh Everett III (1930-1982), whose "many worlds" theory of multiple universes has had a profound impact on  physics and philosophy. Using Everett's unpublished papers (recently discovered in his son's basement) and dozens of interviews with his friends, colleagues, and surviving family members, Byrne paints, for the general reader, a detailed portrait of the genius who invented an astonishing way of describing our complex universe from the inside. Everett's mathematical model (called the "universal wave function") treats all possible events as "equally real", and concludes that countless copies of every person and thing exist in all possible configurations spread over an infinity of universes: many worlds.  Afflicted by depression and addictions, Everett strove to bring rational order to the professional realms in which he played historically significant roles. In addition to his famous interpretation of quantum mechanics, Everett wrote a classic paper in game theory; created computer algorithms that revolutionized military operations research; and performed pioneering work in artificial intelligence for top secret government projects. He wrote the original software for targeting cities in a nuclear hot war; and he was one of the first scientists to recognize the danger of nuclear winter. As a Cold Warrior, he designed logical systems that modeled "rational" human and machine behaviors, and yet he was largely oblivious to the emotional damage his irrational personal behavior inflicted upon his family, lovers, and business partners.   He died young, but left behind a fascinating record of his life, including correspondence with such philosophically inclined physicists as Niels Bohr, Norbert Wiener, and John Wheeler. These remarkable letters illuminate the long and often bitter struggle to explain the paradox of measurement at the heart of quantum physics. In recent years, Everett's solution to this mysterious problem-the existence of a universe of universes-has gained considerable traction in scientific circles, not as science fiction, but as an explanation of physical reality"--