Unconventional

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Argues that the U.S. is still a religious nation, clears up misconceptions about the relationship of religion and liberalism, and discusses the social impact of each.

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Born in 1905, Ernst C. G. Stueckelberg was professor of theoretical physics at the Universities of Geneva and Lausanne in the years 1930-1970. He was one of the most eminent Swiss physicists of the 20th century. His breakthroughs, from his causal S-matrix to the renormalization group, have influenced the development of contemporary theoretical physics. The book presents a selection of his most important scientific papers. They are preceded with a series of introductory essays, contributed by scientists and historians, specialists of Stueckelberg’s achievements and time. These essays deal with the scientific context and the issues of the various topics that Stueckelberg tackled in his scientific career and serve as an enlightening complement to the reprinted papers. The volume also contains Stueckelberg’s concise biography and an exhaustive list of his publications. It ambitions to provide an authoritative source gathering in a single place all the material needed to assess the scientific achievements of one of the most important, albeit somehow overlooked, scientists of 20th century..

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Julie Watts's examination of labor unions in Italy, Spain, and France reveals that labor leaders actually prefer more open immigration policies. In an era of globalization, restrictive immigration policies that were originally designed to protect native workers can now produce the opposite result..

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Abstract: Research areas concerning unconventional dietary fiber sources (shellfish, tobacco, wood lignin, wheat straw, legumes, fruits, and vegetables) are reported by experts for nutritionists, physiologists, cereal chemists, microbiologists, chemists, and health care professionals. Most of the areas covered contain in-depth discussions on the effect of a particular dietary fiber on human or animal gastrointestinal function, beneficial and deleterious effects of the fiber, and (where possible) mechanisms of these effects. Recent evidence indicates that consumption of unconventional sources of dietary fiber including brussel sprouts, broccoli, and cabbage may prevent the early stages of colon cancer. (wz)..

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