Difference Makers: Stories Of Those Who Dared - A Collection Of Interview Columns By Susan Long (English Version) : Stories of Those Who Dared - A Collection of Interview Columns by Susan Long

Annotation Difference Makers: Stories of Those Who Dared is a different sort of book. It features many big names from corporate titans to ministers to social entrepreneurs. But it is not just a compilation of feel-good success stories and minting millions. It is a celebration of the human spirit, of daring, drive and doggedness to make a difference. The endeavours within will make you tear, chortle, sigh, reflect and renew your faith that all things are possible. It is guaranteed to make a difference to your life Intended mainly for advanced graduate students in theoretical physics, this comprehensive volume covers recent advances in string theory and field theory dualities. It is based on the annual lectures given at the School of the Theoretical Advanced Study Institute (2003) a traditional event that brings together graduate students in high energy physics for an intensive course given by leaders in their fields. The first lecture by Paul Aspinwall is a description of branes in Calabi-Yau manifolds, which includes an introduction to the modern ideas of derived categories and their relation to D-branes. Juan Maldacena's second lecture is a short introduction to the AdS/CFT correspondence with a short discussion on its plane wave limit. Tachyon condensation for open strings is discussed in the third lecture by Ashoke Sen while Eva Silverstein provides a useful summary of the various attempts to produce four-dimensional physics out of string theory and M-theory in the fourth lecture. Matthew Strassler's fifth lecture is a careful discussion of a theory that has played a very important role in recent developments in string theory - a quantum field theory that produces a duality cascade which also has a large N gravity description. The sixth lecture by Washington Taylor explains how to perform perturbative computations using string field theory. The written presentation of these lectures is detailed yet straightforward, and they will be of great use to both students and experienced researchers in high-energy theoretical physics Elim Chew : from dropout punk to wizard of 77th Street -- Charles Schulz : good grief -- Irene Ison : you lose a wrinkle whenever you learn -- Sam Leong : spy who keeps an eye on "the woks"--Vincent Lo : if at first you don't succeed in China ... -- Carlos Ghosn : from public enemy no. 1 to corporate hero -- Ee Tai Ting : bittersweet fruits of hard labour -- Diana Young : one who got her dreams off the ground -- Stan Shih : better to be a chicken's head than an ox's tail -- Tharman Shanmugaratnam : been there, done that, and thrived -- Bunker Roy : a true volunteer -- Lim Hua Min : who says business is all about profits? -- Dr Everett Worthington : the healer within Dr Forgiveness -- Phua Kok Khoo, Doreen Liu : love and business in an ivory tower -- Liew Mun Leong : CEO who enjoys being difficult -- Michael Bloomberg : business is personal - don't you dare resign -- Ngiam Tong Dow : stop dancing to the tune of the gorilla -- Anthony Yeo : life can be rich without riches -- Dr Chia Boon Hock : Singapore's suicide shrink -- Professor Feng Pao Hsii : doctor who made aches and pains. His calling Elim Chew -- Charles Schulz -- Irene Ison -- Sam Leong -- Vincent Lo -- Carlos Ghosn -- Ee Tai Ting -- Diana Young -- Stan Shih -- Tharman Shanmugaratnam -- Bunker Roy -- Lim Hua Min -- Dr. Everett Worthington -- Phua Kok Khoo, Doreen Liu -- Liew Mun Leong -- Michael Bloomberg -- Ngiam Tong Dow -- Anthony Yeo -- Dr. Chia Boon Hock -- Professor Feng Pao Hsii. By Susan Long. Featuring many big names from corporate titans to ministers to social entrepreneurs, this book is not just a compilation of feel-good success stories and minting millions. It is a celebration of the human spirit, of daring, drive and doggedness to make a difference.