This open access book provides an overview and analysis of the causes and consequences of the massive and highly consequential transition in reproductive behaviour that occurred in Asia, Latin America, and Africa since the mid-20th century. In the 1950s contraceptive use was rare and women typically spend most of their reproductive years bearing and rearing children. By 2020 fertility and contr…
This open access book presents the scientific views of some fifty experts on how they believe the COVID-19 pandemic is currently affecting society, and how it will continue to do so in the years to come. Using the concept of a “common” (in the sense of common values, common places, common goods, and common sense), they elaborate on the transition from an Old Common to a New Common. In caref…
Buku ini terinspirasi oleh pengamatan umum bahwa teori-teori besar fisika modern didasarkan pada struktur matematika dasar yang sederhana dan transparan – sebuah fakta yang biasanya tidak ditekankan dalam buku teks fisika standar – yang memudahkan matematikawan untuk memahami fitur-fitur dasarnya. Buku teks tentang teori kuantum ini ditujukan untuk mahasiswa sarjana atau pascasarjana tingka…