Jan Zaanen Ordre des livres (chronologique)

The case is made that gravity is a necessary condition for a causal universe. The book is unique in the regard that the consequences of this machinery: Riemannian geometry and Penrose diagrams, thermal quantum fields, quantum non- equilibrium and more, are explained conveying the conceptual consequences while avoiding mathematical technicalities.

Many scholars perceive ethnic politics in China as an untouchable topic due to lack of data and contentious, even prohibitive, politics. This book reveals rare knowledge and findings, offering a historical-political perspective on China's contemporary ethnic conflict to reveal its roots in its incomplete transition from empire to nation state.