The sixth edition of Cotton and Wilkinson's Advanced Inorganic Chemistry serves as an essential reference for students and professionals in the field. It integrates recent developments and emphasizes the chemistry of elements, organized around the periodic table. This authoritative text is highly regarded for its comprehensive coverage and clarity.
The Brookings Institution, located in Washington, D.C., features the article entitled "A Cure for Indifference," written by Michael Kremer and Jeffrey Sachs. The article was originally published in the May 5, 1999 issue of "The Financial Times." Kremers and Sachs speculate that the world's biotechnology industry has the capability to eliminate malaria, but finding the money for the research and development of a vaccine is a challenge.
Exploring the intersection of physics and Mahayana Buddhism, this essay delves into the concept of reality as both emptiness and suchness. It contrasts the Big Bang theory's implications of a universe born from nothing with Buddhist perspectives that embrace the fullness of existence. The author proposes that the language of emptiness-suchness can help us intuitively understand the origins of the universe. Additionally, themes of cultural and metaphysical appropriation are examined, reflecting on how these ideas can be appropriated or "pirated" in discourse.