July 2020...Company Newsletter from World Scientific July 2020 Remembering Nobel Laureate and World Scientific author, Philip E Anderson (1923–2020) Continues on page 5 Worl ent’s

Company Newsletterfrom World ScientificJuly 2020

Remembering Nobel Laureate and World Scientific author, Philip E Anderson (1923–2020)

Continues on page 5

World Scientific’s Response to COVID-19C OVID-19 has posed unprecedented challenges to individuals

and communities around the world. World Scientific is doing its part through the following initiatives:

• Supporting our Authors and the Global Research Community Asaleadingacademicpublisher,WorldScientificiscommittedto

supporting the global research and teaching community through providing our authors, editorial board members and existing users continued access to research resources despite the challenges posed by COVID-19.

1. Authors will be provided with personal digital access to ALL WorldScientificjournalarticlespublishedfrom2001,untilJune30,2020

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5.WorldScientificisthefirstpublisherf rom S ingapore to s ign theWellcome Trust pledge. As a signatory,WorldScientificwillmaintain unlimited free access to research relevant to COVID-19 forthedurationoftheoutbreak.Weareproudtocontributecontentonourplatformstocurrentresearchefforts.WorldScientific’sResponsetoCOVID-19webpageprovidesfullaccesstorelevantresearchand is updated regularly as new publications are released.

WorldScientificmourns the lossofNobelLaureate,DrPhilipEAnderson.Co-winnerofthe1977NobelPrizeinPhysicsforhis

“fundamental theoretical investigationsof theelectronicstructureofmagneticanddisorderedsystems,”theformerPhysicsProfessorEmeritusofPrincetonpassedawayon29March2020(Sunday)attheageof96.AtreasuredpartnerandauthorofWorldScientific,DrAnderson’sscientificlegaciesincludecontributionstothetheoriesoflocalization,anti-ferro-magnetism,symmetrybreaking,andhigh-temperaturesuper-conductivity.

TohonourProfessorAnderson’swork,WorldScientifichasmadeaselectionofhispublicationswithusfree-to-accessuntil30April2020,includingachapterofhislatestcollectionofreflectionsandessays,More and Different: Notes from a Thoughtful Curmudgeon.

Forlinksandmoreinformationabouthiswork,visithttps://www.worldscientific.com/do/10.1142/news20200331.567620/full/orour website.

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orMedicine"fordiscoveriesofhowcellssenseandadapttooxygenavailability."

Readersinterestedintheworkofourdistinguishedauthorsmayaccess theirpublications through linksprovided in thefollowingpressreleases:https://www.worldscientific.com/do/10.1142/news20191008.418696/full/https://www.worldscientific.com/do/10.1142/news20191009.922458/full/)

World Scientific Authors Clinch 2019 Nobel Prizes

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News on Chinese Version of China's Change’s Publication Gains More Than Half a Million Views Within a Few Minutes

WorldScientificcelebratesthesuccessoffourofitsauthorswhowereawardedtheprestigious2019NobelPrizesin

Chemistry,PhysicsandPhysiologyorMedicine.Professor John B. Goodenough and Professor M. Stanley

Whittinghamwereawardedthe2019NobelPrizeinChemistry"forthedevelopmentoflithium-ionbatteries."OnehalfoftheNobelPrizeinPhysics2019wasawardedtoProfessor James Peebles"fortheoretical discoveries in physical cosmology" while Professor Gregg L. Semenzawasawardedthe2019NobelPrizeinPhysiology

China’s Change: The Greatest Show on Earth won praises locally and abroad when it was published lastyear.Itwasselectedaspartofthe“WritingonChinabyForeigners”project,animportantcomponentofChina’sNationalSilkRoadPublishingProgramandwonthe“MostInfluentialWorksAward”attheSharjahInternationalBookFair.TheChineseversion,Zhongguo jubian: Diqiu shang zui weida de biange 《中国巨变：地球上最伟大的变革》,wastranslatedbythePeople'sPublishingHouseandpublishedasoneofthekeybooksforthe70thanniversaryofChina'sfounding.OnSeptember19,theXinhuaNewsAgency’sChinesenewsappreleasednewsonthebook.Asof10:00pmonthesameday,thenumberofviewshadexceeded500,000.TheChineseversionofChina'sChange:TheGreatestShowonEarthfocusesonChina’sreformandopening-upoveraspanofalmost40years.ItincludesobjectiveandvividdescriptionsofChina’sgreatchanges,withdetaileddataandclassicalexamples;highlyevaluatingChina’sadoptionofchangewhichallowed700millionpeopletobeliftedoutofpoverty;cultivating250millionmiddleclassesandsolvingtheemploymentissuesof900millionpeople,leadingtohisconclusionofitasthegreatestchangeonplanet.ReaderswhohaveyettopurchasetheoriginalEnglishversionofthebookmayaccessitviathislinkhttps://www.worldscientific.com/worldscibooks/10.1142/10748China’s Change: The Greatest Show on

Earth by Hugh Peyman (Yao Peiwen). Photo: World Scientific

Rebel City: Hong Kong's Year of Water and Fire

Publishing Highlights

S CMP's reporting teamlooksbackatHongKong'smostwrenching political crisis since its return to Chinese rule in

1997.Anti-extraditionbillproteststhatmorphedrapidlyintoawideranti-governmentmovementin2019leftnoaspectofthecityuntouched,fromitssocialcompacttoitsbodypolitictoitsopen economy. The demonstrations which continued well into 2020havetestedeveryinstitutionofthecity,fromthecivilserviceto the police to the courts and even its rail transport operator, and fromofficesandbusinessestouniversitiesandschools,andfromchurchestofamiliesandevenfriends.

ThisbookisforanyoneseekingtounderstandnotjustwhatHongKonghasgonethroughbutalsotheglobalphenomenonofincreasinglyleaderlessprotestmovements.Fueledbyprofoundangstabouttheplaceofmillennialyouthinsociety,wideningincomeinequality,andthespeedofdigitalcommunications,HongKongwasinretrospectripetobethelaboratoryforanew-ageprotestmovement,nearlyadecadeaftertheMiddleEast'sArabspring.

EditedBy:Zuraidah Ibrahim (South China Morning Post, Hong Kong) and Jeffie Lam (South China Morning Post, Hong Kong)

Theessaysinthebookcollectivelycomposeapictureofasocietyintrauma,bentandbroken,butshowingsignsofanuncannyabilitytobounceback.Whatshapeitwillbeinafewyearsfromnow, however, is much harder to predict.

Thisbookisco-publishedwithSouth China Morning Post. Zuraidah IbrahimisDeputyExecutiveEditoroftheSouthChinaMorningPost,overseeinglocalHongKongcoverageandAsiaandInternationalnews.PreviouslythedeputyeditorofTheStraitsTimesinSingapore,shewasakeyauthorofthebestsellingmemoirLeeKuanYew,HardTruthstoKeepSingaporeGoing(2011).HermostrecentpublicationisTheOppositioninSingapore(2017).

Jeffie LamisacorrespondentandleadstheHongKongpoliticsteamattheSouthChinaMorningPost.Anaward-winningpoliticaljournalist,shestartedhercareerasareporterin2009andjoinedthePost in2013,coveringthecity's legislativeaffairs,socialmovementsandpartypolitics. JeffiereportedontheOccupymovementin2014andtheprotestsof2019.


World Scientific Publication Makes List of FT Business Books of the Month

Professor Gungwu Wang Launches New Book, China Reconnects

OnSeptember8,2019,ProfessorGungwuWang’snewbookChinaReconnects:JoiningaDeep-rootedPasttoaNewWorldOrderwas launched in Singapore. ProfessorHengCheeChan,Ambassador-at-LargewiththeMinistryofForeignAffairswastheevent’sguest-of-honour.

BasedontheresearchapproachofanalysingChina’sfuturefromhistoricalperspective,ProfessorWangevaluatestoday’sChinaasitpositionsitselfasaconfidentcountry,andhowitlearnsfromthe developed world and history, to build a new modern civilisation.ThenewbookdescribestheimportanceofhistorytoChinaanditspeople.Chinamustfindsolutionstothechallengesthat ensue, especially when the United States is committed to

(Lefttoright)MsDoreenLiu,GroupDirectorofWorldScientific;ProfessorChanHengChee,Ambassador-at-Large,MinistryofForeignAffairs;ProfessorKKPhua,ChairmanofWorldScientific;ProfessorGungwuWang,ChairmanoftheEastAsiaInstitute,NationalUniversityofSingapore;unveilingthecoverofChina Reconnects: Joining A Deep-rooted past to a new world order.Photo:WorldScientific

maintaining its dominant position in the world order.Duringthebooklaunch,AmbassadorChanmentionedinher

speechthatthisbookwillhelpreadersunderstandhowChinawillbehave as a great power and how it will try to reshape the world order. She described China as "a sweet gourd wrapped in a mysteriousriddle”intheperspectiveofWesterncountriesandsuggestedChina’shistoryasapossiblekeytosolvingit.Thebooklaunchattractednearly200participants,witha40-minuteQ&Asession.ProfessorWangalsosharedabouthisresearchexperienceandhisinterpretationoftheSino-USrelations.

https://doi.org/10.1142/11207

Entrusted: Stewardship for Responsible Wealth Creation,byBoonHweeOngandMarkGoyderhasmadethelistoftheFinancialTimes’businessbooksofthemonthofOctober.

Advocating stewardship as the middle path between the current orthodoxiesofshareholderdominationandstakeholdertheory,theauthorsenvisionstewardshipasthesolutionthat‘offersthebestofbothworlds’wheredirectorsareduty-boundtooverseethelong-termsuccessofthecompany.

According to the FT reviewer, current developments should create a “demandforanybookthatexploresalternativemodels”andthebook“isa timely call to rediscover the path to more sustainable capitalism.”

https://doi.org/10.1142/11480


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informationontheoutbreakinasinglevolume.Summarisingthelatestscientificdevelopmentsandperspectivesfromdifferentcountries,itpresentsapictureofthevirusanddiseasethatisrelevantforthegeneralpublic,healthcareprofessionals,researchersandstudents.Ofparticularnoteare thecontributionfromProfessorLawrenceLau(The Chinese University of Hong Kong & Stanford University)&YanyanXiong(Zhejiang University) and the exclusive interviewwithProfessorWangLinfa(Duke-NUS Medical School).

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Emergency Hospitals for COVID-19: Construction and Operation Manual ByEditor-in-chief:Zhi Yan (Zall Foundation, China) Translated by: Ge Yan (Zall Foundation, China)

TheCOVID-19outbreak inWuhan,Hubei,sawgreatnumbersofpatientsoverwhelming the admission capacity

ofdesignatedinfectiousdiseaseshospitals,whichinturnledtoinsufficientmedicalsuppliesfulfillingtreatmentneeds.FromJanuary30,2020,ZallFoundation,alongwithprofessionalmedicalinstitutions,reconstructedsevenexistingprofessionalmedicalinstitutionsintoCOVID-19EmergencyHospitalsinlessthan10days.Basedontheexperienceofconstructionandoperationofthe emergency hospitals which are designed in strict adherence to relevant medical standards and regulations, this manual has beencompiledbytheZallFoundation.Itaimstoprovideusefulreferencetothereconstructionofexistinghospitalsandpracticeofexpandingmedicalresourcesforallotherregionsaroundtheworld,toeffectivelycontributetopandemiccontrol.Themanualhasbeentranslatedintomorethan20languages.

Fangcang Shelter Hospitals for COVID-19: Construction and Operation Manual ByEditor-in-chief:Zhi Yan (Zall Foundation, China) Translated by: Ge Yan (Zall Foundation, China)

A novel public health concept, the Fangcang ShelterHospitalwas firstproposedbyProfessorWangChen,an

academicianofChineseAcademyofEngineering,inWuhan,China,inFebruary2020.Whilerespondingtothecoronavirusdisease2019(COVID-19)outbreak,medicalstafffacedthepressingsituationoflimitedmedicalsupplies,whichledProfessorWangChentothesuggestionofconvertinglarge-scalepublicvenuessuch as exhibition centers and indoor stadiums into shelter hospitals toreceivelargenumberofpatients,asthisinvolvedminimumtimeand monetary costs.Coveringfiveimportantaspects,namelytheproposal,design,renovation,operation,andlogisticalsupportforshelterhospitals,thisbookletaimstobeausefulreferenceforotherepidemicpreventionandcontroleffortsinregionsaroundtheworld.Themanualhasbeentranslatedintomorethan20languages.

2.Prevention and Control of COVID-19 AspartofWorldScientific’scontributiontocombatingthe

COVID-19 pandemic, we will be giving away the electronic versionofourbook“Prevention and Control of COVID-19”, co-publishedwithChina-basedWorldCenturyPublishingCorporation.

WrittenbyProfessorWenhongZhang,headof theShanghaiCOVID-19MedicalTreatmentExpertTeam,thistimelyguideallowsreaderstolearnfromtheChineseexperienceattheforefrontoftheCovid-19preven-tion.Offeringcomprehensiveguidanceonwaystominimisethespreadofthevirusindifferentplacesaswellasscenario-based strategies, it addresses questions and doubts about the virus while dispelling myths.


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Encyclopedia of International Economics and Global Trade (In 3 volumes)

Editor-in-chief:Francisco L Rivera-Batiz (Columbia University, USA)In an era when trade and currency wars threaten to end a long-standing period of growing trade andcapital flows, theecon-omics of internationaltrade, investment and f inance have becomemore important than ever. T h i s t h r e e - v o l u m e

Encyclopediaprovidesacomprehensiveandup-to-dateoverviewofthetheoryandevidenceonthecausesandconsequencesofglobaltrade,andthetheoryandevidenceontheeconomicsofinternationaltrade,financialandmonetarytransactions.Thethreevolumesalsoincludeaseriousdiscussionoftoday'scentralpolicydebates,includingtheimpactofglobalizationonemployment,wagesandincomedistribution,theimpositionofcontrolsoninternationalfinancialflows,theeffectsoftariffsandprotectionistpolicies,fixedversusflexibleexchangerateregimes,andtheroleofthemultinationalenterpriseonglobalgrowth,technical change and income distribution, among many others.

Economics of G20: A World Scientific Reference (In 2 Volumes) EditedBy:JohnWhalley(Western University, Canada) and Manmohan Agarwal (Research and Information Systems for Developing Countries, India)

TheG20(orGroupofTwenty)isaninternationalbodyestablishedtomanagetheglobaleconomy,andincludesmembersfromdevelopingeconomies.ThisreferencesetexaminestheissuesfacingdevelopingcountriesandstudiestherolethattheG20canplayinlightofcontinuingchallengesandobjectivestomeettheUN'sSustainableDevelopmentGoals(SDG).

Volume1setsoutthestateoftheworldeconomyandtheintricatefunctionsoftheG20inpolicycoordinationandeconomiccooperation.Italsodealswiththeinterestsandstrategiesofsomedevelopingcountrymembers

oftheG20.ThesechaptersanswerquestionssuchaswhatthecountryexpectsfromtheG20,thestrategiesadoptedtoachieveitsends,theextenttowhichitseesitselfasarepresentativeofdevelopingcountriesinitsregionandhowdoesitseektorepresentthem.

TheG20hasalsocentreditseffortsaroundhelpingcountriesachievetheUNSustainableDevelopmentGoals(SDGs).Volume2concentratesontradeissuesandtheprospectsofachievingtheSDGs.

About the Chief EditorFrancisco L Rivera-BatizisaProfessorofInternationalandPublicAffairs andaProfessorEmeritusofEconomicsandEducationatColumbiaUniversity,

wherehehasalsoheldaprofessorialappointmentintheEconomicsDepartmentandhasbeenthedirectorofthePrograminEconomicPolicyManagement.Rivera-BatizisalsoanadjunctprofessoratBahçeşehir University in Istanbul and has held teaching or research appointmentsattheUniversityofChicago,HarvardUniversity,IndianaUniversityatBloomington,theUniversityofPennsylvania,RutgersUniversity inNewBrunswick,and theUniversityofWisconsin at Madison. He has written and published extensively on topics relating to international economics, regional science, growth,labormigrationandtheeconomicsofeducation.Hisarticleshavebeenpublishedinleadingacademicjournals,suchastheAmericanEconomicReview, InternationalEconomicReview,JournalofDevelopmentEconomics, theQuarterly JournalofEconomics,theJournalofPopulationEconomics,RegionalScienceandUrbanEconomics,theReviewofInternationalEconomicsandtheScandinavian JournalofEconomics.Hisbooks includeInternationalTrade,CapitalFlowsandEconomicDevelopment,withLuisARivera-Batiz(WorldScientific,2018),InternationalandInterregionalMigration:TheoryandEvidence(WorldScientific,2018),ThePoliticalEconomyof theEastAsianCrisisandItsAftermath:Tigers inDistress,co-editedwithArvidLukauskas(EdwardElgar,2001),IslandParadox:PuertoRicointhe1990s,co-authoredwithCarlosSantiago(RussellSageFoundation,1996),InternationalFinanceandOpenEconomyMacroeconomics,co-authoredwithLuisARivera-Batiz(PrenticeHall,1993),andUSImmigrationPolicyReforminthe1980s:APreliminaryAssessment,co-editedwithSeligLSechzerandIraNGang(Praeger,1991).


World Scientific Author Abdus Salam the subject of HBO Film

AnHBOfilmexploresthelifeofAbdusSalam,thefirstMuslimscientisttowinaNobelPrize.Thedocumentary“Salam,TheFirst******NobelLaureate”isnowavailableonNetflix.

Salam’sworkinparticlephysicswasasteptowardsunifyingthefundamentallawsofnatureandledtothediscoveryofHiggsboson. However, the late physicist was shunned in his home country,Pakistan,wheretheAhmadiMuslimcommunityhe

belongedtowerepersecutedbythegovernmentandforbiddenbylawfrompractisingtheirfaith.

WorldScientificpublishedtwoofSalam’sbooks,From a Life of Physics and Supergravities in Diverse Dimensions.CheckoutthesetwobooksandmoretitlesbyNobellaureateshere:https://www.worldscientific.com/page/nobel2018

Call for PapersJournal of Economics, Management and Religion (JEMAR)Editor-in-Chief:Robert M. Sauer (University of London, Royal Holloway)

Religiousthoughtandpractice,throughouttheworldandspanningcenturies,isdeeplyconnectedwiththecoreideasthatnowconstitutetheacademicdisciplinesofEconomicsandManagement.Yet,thereisstillrelativelylittlemodernresearchonvariousaspectsofthisfundamentalrelationship.

JEMARisthefirstacademicjournalspecificallydedicatedtoexploringtheEconomics,ManagementandReligionnexususingstate-of-the-artresearchmethodologies.Originaltheoretical, empirical, experimental and historical analyses are all welcome, as long as the religionelementofthestudyissubstantiallyintegratedwithimportantideasinEconomicsorManagement.

AlthoughthefocusofthejournalisresearchattheinterfaceoftheroleofreligioninEconomicsandManagement,submissionsfromresearchersinallrelatedacademicdisciplines,includingsociology,politicalscience,psychology,finance,marketingandlawarealsoencouraged.Onlyoriginalarticlesthatmeetthehigheststandardsofacademicrigourandscientificmeritwillbepublished.AllsubmittedmanuscriptsarefirstevaluatedbymembersoftheEditorialBoard.Iffoundsuitableforfurtherconsideration,theopinionsofindependent,expertreviewerswill also be sought. The peer-review process is double blind and submission is online via EditorialManager.

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Notable Titles and ReviewsArtificial Intelligence, Data and Blockchain in a Digital EconomySingapore University of Social Sciences - World Scientific Future Economy Series: Volume 3By:Infocomm Media Development Authority and David Kuo Chuen Lee (Singapore University of Social Sciences, Singapore)

AspartofSingapore'spushforaDigitalEconomy,IMDAandtheSingaporeUniversityofSocialScienceshavecollaboratedtojointlypublishtheArtificialIntelligence,DataandBlockchaininaDigitalEconomy,FirstEdition.Thisbookexplainshowfrontiertechnologiessuchasblockchainandartificial intelligencecanempowerSingapore'sdigitaltransformation.Italsohighlightsandprovidesinsightsontransformativeservicesandhowfrontiertechnologycanimpactthenation'sdigitalisationjourney.


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ThisvolumebringstogetherthecollectedcontributionsofDirkBergemannand JuusoVälimäki,on the themeof learning,experimentation and intertemporal incentives, spanning over two decadesofthought(1996to2019).Consolidatingtheresearchagenda on learning, experimentation, and dynamic mechanism design,whichhasbeenprominentintheareaofeconomictheory,theauthorspresentforthefirsttimethemainresultsoftheresearchagenda in this volume.


Design Thinking: The HandbookBy:Falk Uebernickel (University of St. Gallen, Switzerland), Li Jiang (Stanford University, USA), WalterBrenner(University of St. Gallen, Switzerland), Britta Pukall (Milani Design & Consulting, Switzerland), Therese Naef (Milani Design & Consulting, Switzerland) and Bernhard Schindlholzer (Google, Switzerland)

Designthinkingismorethanjustanew,one-offmethodofinnovation.Itsfocusisonestablishinganinnovation-friendlyclimateincompaniesandorganizationsforthelong-term.Toachievethis,aninterdisciplinaryteamofauthorshascomposedthis"recipebook"thatcanbepracticallyappliedtoyoureverydaybusinesslife.Thisbookisforallwhointendtounderstandandpractice thedesign thinkingmethod in themost rapidanduncomplicated way.


Reversing Climate Change: How Carbon Removals Can Resolve Climate Change and Fix the EconomyBy:Graciela Chichilnisky (Columbia University, USA) and Peter Bal (Millemont Institute, USA)

TheKyotoProtocolcappedtheemissionsofthemainemitters,theindustrializedcountries,onebyone.Italsocreatedaninnovativefinancialmechanism,theCarbonMarketanditsCleanDevelopmentMechanism (CDM), which allows developing nations to receive carbon credits when they reduce their emissions below their baselines.Thecarbonmarket,aneconomicsystemthatcreatedapriceforcarbonforthefirsttime,isnowusedinfourcontinents,ispromotedbytheWorldBank,andisrecommendedevenbyleadingoilandgascompanies.However,onecriticalproblemforthefutureoftheKyotoProtocolisthecontinuingimpassebetweenthe rich and the poor nations.Who should reduce emissions — the rich or the poor countries?


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July 2020...Company Newsletter from World Scientific July 2020 Remembering Nobel Laureate and World Scientific author, Philip E Anderson (1923–2020) Continues on page 5 Worl ent’s