Nobel LaureateEric Maskin to be Editor-in-Chief of New WSPC Economic Book Series
World Scientific is proud to announce a new book series entitled "WSPC series in Economic Theory" under the leadership of Pro-fessor Eric Maskin of the Institute of Ad-vanced Study (IAS) at Princeton University. We look forward towards working with Prof. Maskin on the development of this important series.
Professor Maskin, who will serve as Editor-in-Chief of the new series, holds the position of Albert O. Hirschman Professor at the IAS and Princeton, was the 2007 Nobel laureate in Economics. One of the most prominent American economists of today, Prof. Maskin has made tremendous contributions to economic theory, parti-cularly in laying the foundations for mechanism design theory, in game theory, the economics of incentives, and contract theory. He is especially well-known in the fields of implementation theory and dynamic games. Prof. Maskin is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Econometric Society and the European Economic Association and a Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy of Sciences. He is also the past President of the Econometric Society.
Book Launch at Nobel Museum Sep 2010: "Nobel Prizes and Life Sciences”
The publication of "Nobel Prizes and Life Sciences" by Erling Norrby (Karolinska Institute) is a landmark event in World Scientific's long-standing relationship with the Nobel Prize and Nobel Laureates. An eminent virologist and a member of the Nobel Committee for over 20 years, Professor Norrby drew upon his ex-tensive Nobel Committee experience and previously unavailable archival material to author this compre-hensive overview of the history and selection criteria behind science's most prestigious award.
In "Nobel Prizes and Life Sciences" Professor Norrby draws upon records that were inaccessible for the past 50 years to provide a historical context for discussing the Nobel Committee's selection of past laureates. It discusses at length the evolving criteria for the selection of Prize recipients, and their attendant strengths and weaknesses. In addition, the book presents surveys spanning the past century or so during which the Prize has been awarded.
The book pays special attention to the related fields of infectious diseases and genetics. It covers topics such as the only Nobel prize awarded for a virus vaccine (Max Theiler for his yellow fever vaccine), the relationship between the polio vaccine and the Nobel prize, and the history of genetics and the Nobel prize. It also explores the roles of serendipity and the imagination in scientific discovery. The breadth of Professor Norrby's discussion makes this book an invaluable volume for both academic researchers and general science readers.
A series of book launches will accompany the release of "Nobel Prizes and Life Sciences" beginning with a launch at the Nobel Museum in Stockholm on 30 September. The launch was a collaboration effort between the Nobel Museum and World Scientific and was attended by some 100 people, including representatives from the Nobel Foundation. A second launch will be held at Nanyang Technological University's Institute of Advanced Studies on 16 November. Professor Norrby is also slated to promote his book at the American Philosophical Society Meeting in Philadelphia from 11 to 13 November, and at the J. Craig Venter Institute on 4 October.
World Scientific at the International Congress of Mathematicians 2010
Considered the most important conference in mathematics academia, the International Congress of Mathematicians (ICM) was held this year in Hyderabad, India. Over 4,500 participants were in attendance at this year's ICM, which was inau-gurated by the Honorable President of India, Mrs Pratibha Patil. In conjunction with the meeting, World Scientific is co-publishing with Hindustan Book Agency a four-volume set of the Proceedings of the International Congress of Mathematicians 2010.
Four prestigious prizes were awarded at this year's ICM: the Fields Medal (the Nobel equivalent for mathematicians under 40 years of age), the Nevanlinna Prize, the Gauss Prize, and the Chern Prize. WS is proud to be associated in some way with the winners of all four prizes this year.
Professor Emeritus Yves Meyer (École Normale Supérieure de Cachan), this year's Gauss Prize winner, is the author of Harmonic, Wavelet and p-Adic Analysis and Wavelet Analysis and Active Media Technology, in addition to being an editorial board member of our Journal of Analysis and Applications. Professor Louis Nirenberg (Courant Institute of Mathe-matical Sciences, New York University) was named first recipient of the Chern Medal. He is a co-editor of Abstract and Applied Analysis.
World Scientific is proud to announce a new book series entitled 
A series of book launches will accompany the release of "Nobel Prizes and Life Sciences" beginning with a launch at the Nobel Museum in Stockholm on 30 September. The launch was a collaboration effort between the Nobel Museum and World Scientific and was attended by some 100 people, including representatives from the Nobel Foundation. A second launch will be held at Nanyang Technological University's Institute of Advanced Studies on 16 November. Professor Norrby is also slated to promote his book at the American Philosophical Society Meeting in Philadelphia from 11 to 13 November, and at the J. Craig Venter Institute on 4 October.
Considered the most important conference in mathematics academia, the International Congress of Mathematicians (ICM) was held this year in Hyderabad, India. Over 4,500 participants were in attendance at this year's ICM, which was inau-gurated by the Honorable President of India, Mrs Pratibha Patil. In conjunction with the meeting, World Scientific is co-publishing with Hindustan Book Agency a four-volume set of the 
