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UNINA9910780920803321 |
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Fritzsch Harald <1943-> |
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The fundamental constants [[electronic resource] ] : a mystery of physics / / Harald Fritzsch ; translated by Gregory Stodolsky |
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Hackensack, NJ, : World Scientific, c2009 |
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1-282-44138-8 |
9786612441387 |
981-281-820-0 |
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[English ed.] |
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1 online resource (214 p.) |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Preface; CONTENTS; Chapter 1 The Constants of Nature; Chapter 2 Elementary Interactions; Chapter 3 Elementary Interactions and Quantum Theory; Chapter 4 Atomic Nuclei and Particles; Chapter 5 Big Accelerators; Chapter 6 Colorful Quarks and Gluons; Chapter 7 The Standard Model; Chapter 8 The Standard Model and the Natural Constants; Chapter 9 The Grand Unification; Chapter 10 In the Garden of San Marino; Chapter 11 On the Road to El Capitan Beach; Chapter 12 In Esalen; Chapter 13 At the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center; Chapter 14 A Strange Big Bang; Epilogue; Index |
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The speed of light, the fine structure constant, and Newton's constant of gravity - these are just three among the many physical constants that define our picture of the world. Where do they come from? Are they constant in time and across space? In this book, physicist and author Harald Fritzsch invites the reader to explore the mystery of the fundamental constants of physics in the company of Isaac Newton, Albert Einstein, and a modern-day physicist. The conversation that the three scientists are imagined to have provides an entertaining introduction to the constants and covers topics ranging |
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UNINA9910637747303321 |
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Grano Simona A |
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China-US Competition : Impact on Small and Middle Powers' Strategic Choices / / edited by Simona A. Grano, David Wei Feng Huang |
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2023 |
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Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2023 |
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[1st ed. 2023.] |
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1 electronic resource (xiii, 351 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color) |
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GranoSimona Alba |
HuangDavid W. F |
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International relations |
International Relations Theory |
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China-US Strategic Competition: Impact on Small and Middle Powers in Europe and Asia -- US-China Strategic Competition in the Context of the Global Covid-19 Pandemic -- U.S.-China Strategic Competition in Each Domestic Context -- Strategic Choices for Switzerland in the US-China Competition -- The China Nudge: Naivety, Neutrality and Non-alignment in Sweden -- Continuity and change in Italy-China relations: From economic pragmatism to selective followership and back -- China and Germany after the 2021 Election: Between Continuity and Increasing Confrontation -- The UK’s response to the challenge of managing its relationships with China and the USA -- Navigating and Riding the Double Bind of Economic and Political Hedging: Japan and the US-China Strategic Competition -- Explaining Korea’s Positioning in the US-China Strategic Competition -- Taking side with the US against China? An analysis of the Taiwanese Choice -- Other Countries are Small Countries, and That’s Just a Fact: Singapore’s Efforts to Navigate the US-China Strategic Rivalry. |
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“This edited volume is a collection of chapters by noted scholars of US-China relations as well as regional experts on Europe and East Asia. It |
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makes a major contribution to our understanding of the impacts of great power competition on the middle powers in the two most important and dynamic areas of the world. All chapters are clearly written and original, providing fresh and unique insights into the complicated issues in the contemporary world. Strongly recommended for anyone who is interested in the great power relations and regional dynamics in Asia and Europe.” --Suisheng Zhao, Professor, Josef Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver, and Editor of Journal of Contemporary China. “Focusing on two uniquely important countries, the US and China, and the spillover effects of their competition on middle powers and smaller states in Europe and East Asia, the contributors have produced a volume that offers valuable comparative insights and fresh perspectives on the defining great power competition of our era.” --Jacques deLisle is Professor of Law and Political Science, and Director of the Center for the Study of Contemporary China, at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, USA. This open access edited book brings together a closer examination of European and Asian responses to the escalating rivalry between the US and China. As the new Cold War has surfaced as a perceivable reality in the post-COVID era, the topic itself is of great importance to policymakers, academic researchers, and the interested public. Furthermore, this manuscript makes a valuable contribution to an under-studied and increasingly important phenomenon in international relations: the impact of the growing strategic competition between the United States and China on third parties, such as small and middle powers in the two arguably most affected regions of the world: Europe and East Asia. Simona A. Grano is Senior Lecturer and Director of the Taiwan Studies Project at the University of Zurich. David Wei-Feng Huang is Associate Research Fellow at Academia Sinica, Taiwan. |
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