GUI-Rong Liu

This volume summarizes the recent development in acupuncture research and in particular, the neurobiology of acupuncture. It provides a focused but diverse range of subjects covering many body systems

Nitride Phosphors and Solid-State Lighting provides an in-depth introduction to the crystal chemistry, synthesis, luminescence, and applications of phosphor materials for solid-state lighting, mainly

This book presents thirteen papers, representing the most significant advances and current trends in nonlinear hyperbolic conservation laws and related analysis with applications. Topics covered inclu

Este libro, desde una perspectiva comparativa, explora los campos literarios y culturales de España y Taiwán bajo regímenes autoritarios en el siglo XX, centrándose en la etapa final del franquismo y los inicios de la transición democrática (1960-1979), así como en las dos últimas décadas del régimen de la ley marcial bajo el gobierno de los Chiang en Taiwán (1970-1989). A través del análisis de la situación editorial, los fenómenos culturales en torno a los premios literarios y el ascenso de una nueva generación de novelistas, se revela cómo la literatura, bajo presión política, impulsó una renovación estética y una crítica simbólica. Este libro se estructura en cuatro capítulos que recorren, respectivamente, los marcos históricos y culturales generales, el papel de los editores y editoriales representativos en la publicación de la novela, los premios literarios más destacados y, finalmente, la irrupción de las nuevas generaciones literarias. El estudio señala que, a pesar de la diver

Sophia Hu（胡雪慧）、Catherine Liu（劉天悅）、Angelina Pi（皮妤姍）、Ellie Wang（王寶琪）四位作者利用美國國家檔案館與喆閎人文工作室所典藏的歷史照片與檔案，透過照片解讀與時序排列，清楚且豐富的呈現出「戰地醫療救護」這個主題。視覺影像的渲染力與感受力遠大於單純文字給讀者帶來的感受，希望這本攝影冊的面世，透過作者解讀歷史檔案的過程，能引起更多人對於這段歷史的注意，以及讓歷史人文融入應用實作有更多的成果展現。

The most influential book of Taiwan's #MeToo movement--a heartbreaking account of sexual assault and a remarkable reinvention of the trauma plot, turning the traditional Lolita narrative upside down as it explores women's vulnerability, victimization, and the lengths they will go to survive.Thirteen-year-old Fang Si-Chi lives with her family in an upscale apartment complex in Taiwan, a tightknit community of strict yet doting parents and privileged children raised to be ambitious, dutiful, and virtuous. She and her neighbor Liu Yi-Ting bond over their love of learning and books, devouring classic works--Proust, Gabriel Garc燰 M嫫quez, the very best Chinese writers. Yet, it is their lack of real-world education that makes them true kindred spirits.Si-Chi's innocence is irresistible to Lee Guo-hua, a revered high school literature teacher and serial predator who lives in her building. When he offers to tutor the academic-minded girls for free, their parents--unaware of Lee's true nature--h

The Number One Global Sensation*Foyle’s Fiction Book of the Year**Amazon Book of the Year**Shortlisted for Waterstones Book of the Year**Fiction Book of the Year 2024 – British Book Awards*‘Addictive’ Grazia‘Hugely entertaining’ Observer‘Provocative’ Mail on SundayTHIS IS ONE HELL OF A STORY.IT’S JUST NOT HERS TO TELL.When failed writer June Hayward witnesses her rival Athena Liu die in a freak accident, she sees her opportunity… and takes it.So what if it means stealing Athena’s final manuscript?So what if it means ‘borrowing’ her identity?And so what if the first lie is only the beginning…Finally, June has the fame she always deserved. But someone is about to expose her…What happens next is entirely everyone else's fault.‘The book that everyone is talking about’ Glamour‘Ingenious, astute, hugely entertaining’ David Nicholls‘Breathtakingly clever on jealousy, talent, success, and who gets to tell which story’ Elizabeth Day‘Hard to put down. Harder to forget’ Stephen KingR.F. Kuang’s b

When the Yellow River Floods explores the relationship between environmental degradation, hydraulic engineering, and nation-building in the context of Liu E’s The Travels of Lao Can. This book contributes to the field by providing a unique perspective on modern Chinese literary history that goes beyond conventional narratives that focus solely on political and cultural factors. The main areas covered include the role of water management in literary nation-building and the connections between the novel’s various themes, such as river engineering, medical and political discourses, national sentiment, and landscape description. The book is targeted toward scholars and students of Chinese literature, history, and environmental studies, as well as those interested in the intersections between literature, nation-building, and environmental challenges. By offering a comprehensive and material-based analysis of The Travels of Lao Can, this book broadens the understanding of nation-buildin

人全身的細胞每七年更換一次，成為一個全新的人；人的心智模式也需要不斷迭代，重塑全新的自我。本書圍繞定位、認知、心境三大主題，精准繪製成長地圖，為我們提供了隨機世界的生存指南。只要經過重新定位、升級認知、自我精進、發掘潛力以及自我重塑五個步驟，我們就能找到終身成長的密碼，應對充滿不確定性的環境和未來。個人成長從不需要外部工具的加持。與其讀懂趨勢，不如先讀懂自己的心；想要突破外界的限制，不如先突破 “

INSTANTNEW YORK TIMESBESTSELLER • A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK“Hard to put down, harder to forget.”—Stephen King, #1New York Timesbestselling authorWhite lies. Dark humor. Deadly consequences… Bestselling sensation Juniper Song is not who she says she is, she didn’t write the book she claims she wrote, and she is most certainlynotAsian American—in this chilling and hilariously cutting novel from R.F. Kuang, the #1New York Timesbestselling author ofBabel.Authors June Hayward and Athena Liu were supposed to be twin rising stars. But Athena’s a literary darling. June Hayward is literally nobody. Who wants stories about basic white girls, June thinks.So when June witnesses Athena’s death in a freak accident, she acts on impulse: she steals Athena’s just-finished masterpiece, an experimental novel about the unsung contributions of Chinese laborers during World War I.So what if June edits Athena’s novel and sends it to her agent as her own work? So what if she lets her new publisher rebrand her

Selected as One of Barack Obama's Summer 2022 Reading List Picks! In this New York Times bestseller and Today show Read with Jenna Book Club Pick, one lapse in judgement lands a young mother in a government reform program where custody of her child hangs in the balance, in this "surreal" (People), "remarkable" (Vogue), and "infuriatingly timely" (The New York Times Book Review) debut novel. Frida Liu is struggling. She doesn't have a career worthy of her Chinese immigrant parents' sacrifices. She can't persuade her husband, Gust, to give up his wellness-obsessed younger mistress. Only with Harriet, their cherubic daughter, does Frida finally attain the perfection expected of her. Harriet may be all she has, but she is just enough. Until Frida has a very bad day. The state has its eye on mothers like Frida. The ones who check their phones, letting their children get injured on the playground; who let their children walk home alone. Because of one moment of poor judgement, a host of gove

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERAN OBAMA'S 2022 SUMMER READING PICKA BETWEEN THE COVERS NOVEMBER 2022 PICK'Will resonate with fans of Celeste Ng's Little Fires Everywhere' ELLE'Destined to be a feminist classic - kept me up at night' PANDORA SYKES'The Handmaid's Tale for the Squid Game generation' TELEGRAPHFrida Liu had fed and changed her toddler Harriet. She had a work deadline - an article to finish, a job hanging by a thread, a file she'd left in the office. She would go get it.Harriet would be fine. But then the neighbours heard her crying. Soon, the state will decide that Frida is not fit to care for her daughter.That she must be re-trained. That bad mothers everywhere will be re-educated. Will their mistakes cost them everything?The School for Good Mothers is an explosive and thrilling novel about love, perfectionism and parenthood.A riveting, thought-provoking read' DAILY MAIL'A remarkable, propulsive novel' VOGUE'A portrait of our fanatical culture of judgement against women, and

How can Confucianism lead to business and personal success? Follow the extraordinary career of Steve Tsai, whose unshakable commitment to truth, family and nation helped him overcome poverty and deprivation, led him through two terrible wars, and positioned him to play a decisive role in Taiwan’s development as a modern nation-state. In these pages, he looks back on a life full of important lessons for those who seek success and fulfillment, offering hard-earned wisdom and experience, and a heart-felt optimism for life and humanity. Steve Tsai shares the secrets of his success: family, faith, learning and friends. These constant companions transformed him from a shoeless itinerant student into a driving force of Taiwan’s modernization and ultimately leading figure of the American hotel industry. 1. Modern Confucian Entrepreneur also offers invaluable wisdom for how Confucian values, properly understood and applied, can bring success in organizational management, leadership, investment

The translator, Mr S. S. Liu, who has combined several conspicuous careers in one lifetime, has selected for this Anthology of Chinese Poetry, 101 poems from 47 poets, beginning with Fu Hs?an, in the third century, down to Jennings Wong, in the twentieth. This is a parallel text edition with the Chinese originals on the left-hand page facing the English translations on the right-hand. Concordances to the works of 38 other English translators are given in the Appendix.Mr. John Cairncross, a distinguished poet and skilful translator, who contributed a further seven translations to Professor Liu's, says in his Foreword.'All translators of poetry, it has often been observed, are expected to combine the conflicting desiderata of fidelity and beauty. But the task of the writer who sets out to English the Chinese poets is even more exacting. He must not only produce a work of art in his own language but also devise means of giving his Chinese version a specifically Chinese touch....At first b

In this expressively illustrated picture book about acknowledging differences and strengths, an overeager dinosaur school bus causes problems for the city's transportation system-so the children find a place where oversize is perfect. Every morning, Leilong the school bus shuttles through the city, picking up children as he goes. But a brontosaurus longer than a tennis court and heavier than five buses causes big problems in the busy streets.The school decides he can't be the bus anymore. The children must find a way to help their long friend fit in. Bei Lynn's loose and vibrant illustrations bring to life the charming world of Leilong, where brontosauruses share the city with ordinary vehicles, and sliding out the bedroom window down the neck of the dinosaur school bus is an everyday activity.From the world of Leilong the Library Bus:"Intriguing dialogue and winning characters" Kirkus Reviews"A sweet adventure that celebrates dinosaurs and imagination" Youth Services Book Review"Remin

ESSAYS ON CHINESE PHILOSOPHY AND CULTUREby T'ang Chun-i1. The Development of Ideas of Spiritual Value in Chinese Philosophy2. The Individual and the World in Chinese Methodology3. Cosmologies in Chinese Philosophy4. The T'ien Ming (Heavenly Ordinance) in Pre-Ch'in China I5. The T'ien Ming (Heavenly Ordinance) in Pre-Ch'in China II6. The Spirit and Development of Neo-Confucianism7. Chang Tsai's Theory of Mind and Its Metaphysical Basis8. The Development of the Concept of Moral Mind from Wang Yang-ming to Wang Chi9. The Criticism of Wang Yang-ming's Teachings as Raised by His Contemporaries10. Liu Tsung-chou's Doctrine of Moral Mind and Practice and His Critique of Wang Yang-ming11. The Development of the Chinese Humanistic Spirit12. The Religious Spirit of Confucianism13. Chinese Attitude Toward World Religions14. On the Direction of the Development of Political Consciousness in the Chinese people in the Past One Hundred Years15. The Reconstruction of Confucianism and the Modernization

A Sketch of Truth Theory The Truth Theory refers to a natural attribute which all things embody during cosmic movement. And which features the inherent quality of the universe, that is, the attraction between Yin and Yun, the negative cosmic gas and the positive cosmic gas. It is the natural and scientific reality of the universe. The appearance of this theory will completely shatter the barriers that have hindered human understanding of life and all things in the universe for thousands of years. It will put an end to the idealism-materialism dichotomous outlook on the world and completely terminate the theism-atheism dualistic religious concept that people have disputed for thousands of years. It will enable humankind on Earth to see the universe in the true, clear-minded and correct manner for the first time. It will enable humankind to explain mysterious cosmic phenomena with our acquired part of scientific knowledge about the universe in a deep and complete manner for the first

Nanotechnology in Medicine and Biology brings together a multidisciplinary team of experts from the fields of materials science, nanotechnology, medicine, and biomedical engineering, to introduce new nanoscale biomaterials and their applications diagnosis and treatment of disorders of the human body. Advanced materials have demonstrated extraordinary applications in the medical field especially in cancer therapy, pharmaceutical, dentistry and orthopedics industry. The application of next generation biomaterials with its power for prevention of failure and infection, diagnosis and treatment of cancer, and drug delivery, could be a promising solution to overcome the current issues and challenges in medical industry.This book presents the fundamentals for understanding the design, properties and selection of nanobiomaterials as well as their real-world applications in medicine. Each chapter will address current regulations, manufacturing processes, and translation issues of nanobiomateria

本書是為正在或即將修讀IBDP中文ab initio、BSL和BHL的學生所編寫的入門指導，旨在幫助學生儘快適應課程要求，做好考試準備。1.緊扣四項技能，覆蓋五大主題：以聽、說、讀、寫組織全書，在每項語言技能下按五大主題設計練習，方便配合任何教學計劃來靈活使用。2.練習分三個難度，方便差異化教學：按DP課程的難度銜接，在每個主題下設計三個難度的練習，應對混合編班的教學實際，開展差異化教學。3.精講

海水觀賞魚種類繁多，本書收錄水族館中常見品種之精美圖片，將其學名、俗名、棲息地、體長、水溫、水質及習性特徵等都做了說明。在圖鑑後特別將海水魚、其他海洋生物、珊瑚及海葵等的日常管理基本常識，水族器材、周邊設備、餌料及水質測試與處理用品等，採圖文相佐之方式，簡明詳細的介紹其使用方法。此外，疾病的預防與治療也都做了詳細的介紹；希望對讀者在飼養過程中有所幫助，共同營造並享受悠遊自在的海底世界。

In this Element, the gas-particle flow problem is formulated with momentum and thermal slip that introduces two relaxation times. Starting from acoustical propagation in a medium in equilibrium, the relaxation-wave equation in airfoil coordinates is derived though a Galilean transformation for uniform flow. Steady planar small perturbation supersonic flow is studied in detail according to Whitham's higher-order waves. The signals owing to wall boundary conditions are damped along the frozen-Mach wave, and are both damped and diffusive along an effective-intermediate Mach wave and diffusive along the equilibrium Mach wave where the bulk of the disturbance propagates. The surface pressure coefficient is obtained exactly for small-disturbance theory, but it is considerably simplified for the small particle-to-gas mass loading approximation, equivalent to a simple-wave approximation. Other relaxation-wave problems are discussed. Martian dust-storm properties in terms of gas-particle flow p

★知名文學網站言情類別閃亮星「能雪悅」──「後母生涯的巔峰」，非傳統王道言情套路，重擊讀者心臟，大膽描寫殘酷黑暗噩夢與現實血淋淋的背叛！★不是所有故事的男女主角都是王子與公主的命運：破碎的家庭、身陷泥濘，在那暗無天日的青春裡，她接近死亡，卻也勇敢的活了下去。★一本充滿絕望、同時又有著希望的治癒故事。致 所有傷痕累累之人：傷口總有一天會癒合。活著，是為了遇見未來更好的自己。★隨書贈：「青澀時光」單面

本書提出了一種軟件定義超蜂窩網絡架構, 並基於排隊模型給出了通信與計算資源雙重約束下虛擬基站池最優部署規模的低複雜度求解方法。面向前傳帶寬壓縮, 提出了一種基於包交換技術的軟件定義前傳網架構及兩套基帶功能分布式部署算法, 使得用戶可以根據設計偏好進行靈活的計算和前傳成本折中設計。

被譽為「臺灣第一才子」的呂赫若，1914年出生於臺中州豐原郡潭子庄。自臺灣總督府臺中師範學校畢業後，1935年發表作品〈牛車〉於日本的左翼文學雜誌《文學評論》，從此走上文學創作之路。其後在《臺灣文藝》、《臺灣新文學》等臺灣文學雜誌上用日文發表作品，成為臺灣新文學運動的重要旗手之一。1940年，呂赫若前往日本，作為東寶聲樂隊旗下的一員參與了眾多的舞臺活動。1942年返臺後，繼續音樂、演劇活動，亦為臺

劉墉寫給所有人的生活禪圖文相輔，親切，妙趣，好讀。晨間或睡前十分鐘讀一則，朗讀出聲，撫平情緒，找回平常心。當世界躁鬱，故事的力量，讓我們安靜、精進。當日子懷憂，會心一笑、轉念一想，天寬地闊。星雲大師專文推薦！星雲大師向大家推薦：「劉墉先生藉由老和尚的佛法、人生經驗，以簡短巧妙的譬喻教導小沙彌，引導閱讀者擁有正確的人生觀，在面對多變的現實生活，不致迷失方向，以智慧跳脫困境，得到解脫自在。」「每篇文章

The JINTIAN [今天] series of contemporary literature features new and innovative writing from mainland China and abroad. Titles in the series are edited by Bei Dao, Lydia H. Liu, and Christopher Mattison. A collaborative venture between Zephyr Press, the Jintian Literary Foundation, and The Chinese University Press, each bilingual title highlights the ever-changing literary culture of China while simultaneously expanding the English language with a wave of new voices in translation. “This collection of poems is an amazing clash of classical Chinese poetry, the New York School, postmodern cinema, and the inside of a singular heart-head. ‘Don’t worry. I’ve got no evidence here that can harm you,’ Ya Shi says, and it’s true, I’m not harmed by his tentative relationship with nature in his experimental sonnets, I’m not harmed by his dark humor or his fragmentary leaps into surprise. I’m too invested. Ya Shi deserves the ‘cardiac bang bang of literary fame’ he fears, and to Nick Admussen a

The JINTIAN [今天] series of contemporary literature features new and innovative writing from mainland China and abroad. Titles in the series are edited by Bei Dao, Lydia H. Liu, and Christopher Mattison. A collaborative venture between Zephyr Press, the Jintian Literary Foundation, and The Chinese University Press, each bilingual title highlights the ever-changing literary culture of China while simultaneously expanding the English language with a wave of new voices in translation. “Jami Proctor Xu’s exceptional translation of Song Lin’s lyric landscapes magically captures the poet’s original mind, offering readers an authentic experience of one of our generation’s great writers. A book to savor.” —Ari Larissa Heinrich, translator of Qiu Miaojin’s Last Words from Montmartre (NYRB, 2014) “Translation as poetry. That is the excellent way Jami Proctor Xu presents poetry by Song Lin. The impact of warm breath on my skin is an imprint forever. One will never forget it or erase it. Word

這世界變得愈來愈快，但總有些文字能撫平內心的皺摺，療癒困難的心，願你能學會「和自己相處」，從「我」了解「我們」，看見自己和別人身上的光。成熟與幼稚之間的差別不在年齡，而在安放情緒的能力。學會「和自己相處」，從「我」了解「我們」，各種好關係就會隨之而來，而這一切只需要開始跟自己說：「我要，就能。」心理學專家劉軒最新力作，跟隨這本書，透過33個心靈練習，放慢你的心，梳理你的內在，安放你的情緒。成為既維

上古時代，史前傳說時代未有史實證明。以上古時代的玉器來探源三皇五帝的傳說，這是個理念，是個開端。民間，尚有許多未發表的上古玉器，可以來互相佐證，三皇五帝的真實性。甲骨文的保存，證實了商文化、商之前文化，必須借由骨、玉、石、陶的保存，才能斷定商前的史實。玉器是很好的載體，用來保存上古文化，因它流傳時間久，流傳範圍廣，在玉即巫（首領、帝王）即神的時代，保留下來的玉，就是上古時期酋長帝王的記錄與實證。希

＊遠嫁拿坡里的台灣媳婦整理傳統拿坡里食譜書！就算三面臨火山、總理下台、退出歐盟，每天最重要的還是今天吃什麼！這就是拿坡里的廚房日常！拿坡里不是只有披薩。很抱歉，只有窯爐才能做出搆得上拿坡里人標準的披薩，所以本書沒有收錄。那麼，拿坡里的婆婆媽媽都用什麼好菜餵飽一家子？十一年前，一位台南少女為愛遠嫁到這南義第一大城，在義大利家人的傳承之下，不但學會了一手道地拿坡里傳統料理，還深深體會到「吃」這件事情對

Criminal Defense in China studies empirically the everyday work and political mobilization of defense lawyers in China. It builds upon 329 interviews across China, and other social science methods, to investigate and analyze the interweaving of politics and practice in five segments of the practicing criminal defense bar in China from 2005 to 2015. This book is the first to examine everyday criminal defense work in China as a political project. The authors engage extensive scholarship on lawyers and political liberalism across the world, from seventeenth-century Europe to late twentieth-century Korea and Taiwan, drawing on theoretical propositions from this body of theory to examine the strategies and constraints of lawyer mobilization in China. The book brings a fresh perspective through its focus on everyday work and ordinary lawyering in an authoritarian context and raises searching questions about law and lawyers, politics and society, in China's uncertain future.

Criminal Defense in China studies empirically the everyday work and political mobilization of defense lawyers in China. It builds upon 329 interviews across China, and other social science methods, to investigate and analyze the interweaving of politics and practice in five segments of the practicing criminal defense bar in China from 2005 to 2015. This book is the first to examine everyday criminal defense work in China as a political project. The authors engage extensive scholarship on lawyers and political liberalism across the world, from seventeenth-century Europe to late twentieth-century Korea and Taiwan, drawing on theoretical propositions from this body of theory to examine the strategies and constraints of lawyer mobilization in China. The book brings a fresh perspective through its focus on everyday work and ordinary lawyering in an authoritarian context and raises searching questions about law and lawyers, politics and society, in China's uncertain future.

少了肉，美味依舊，吃原味、吃提味、吃天然、吃出食材的好味道。外省、台式、日式、韓式……豐富多變的料理提案，道道都像吃葷食，好食感不打折。討好舌尖的蔬食料理，澎湃上桌！ 改變過往刻版印象，蔬食也可以吃得很不一樣，減輕身體負擔贏得健康，同時滿足口欲，體貼挑剔的嘴。為了讓讀者能獲得更多的蔬食料理的靈感，本書的食譜突破國界，設計出外省、台式、日式、韓式、印度等各式風味的十大類料理，顛覆您對蔬食的烹調想像。

主要銷售對象：國中會考升學新制取代過去的國中基測，在103年正式上路。本書針對英語科首度加考的「聽力測驗」，根據其所公布的題型所編寫的應試技巧錦囊，幫助準備國中基測的考生面對考試能更得心應手。特色：1. 共分三個章節，第一章節為七種單字聯想法，並以漫畫插圖方式吸引學生興趣。2. 第二章節為題型分類，針對會考聽力測驗的三種題型提供解題技巧。3. 第三章節為全真模擬試題，提供三回聽力測驗全真模擬試題。

In this handy book, Icy Lee and Paul Sze openly share their stories as nonnative English speaking educators in TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages). This collection of teachers’ stories provides a source of inspiration for both native and nonnative speaking professionals in the field, encouraging them to re-examine key issues in the profession and to reflect on their own practice critically. "Voices from the Frontline: Narratives of Nonnative English Speaking Teachers is a must-read for anyone in TESOL as it brings power through stories to inspire teachers, native or nonnative alike, to reflect, recharge and re-imagine what they do by confronting challenges with problem solving tactics, and devoting themselves to the profession with enthusiasm and passion." —Jun Liu, Georgia State University " 'Nativeness' is no magic bullet for effective and successful language teaching. Icy Lee and Paul Sze's exhilarating accounts of their learning trajectories and teaching exper

With time travel and mysteries that need solving, the Galactic Academy of Science (G.A.S.) series instructs readers on how to think like scientists. Under the guidance of a Dude or Dudette from the future, the middle school characters are faced with treacherous, present-day crimes that require a historical knowledge of science in order to be solved. From investigating problems to analyzing data and constructing explanations and solutions, this series blends elements of sci-fi with educational methods that distill the key thinking habits of scientists and engineers.An adventure that investigates the causes and consequences of climate changeSomething strange is going on during Anita and Benson’s field trip to a greenhouse as their guide is making wild claims about carbon dioxide and their science teacher, Mr. Fazmel, has mysteriously disappeared. That’s when Quarkum Phonon, a Dude from the future, sends Anita and Benson on a Galactic Academy of Science mission to learn about the origins

本書系統地講述了混合動力汽車建模和控制系統的基本原理與實現技術問題，研究內容注重建模、控制和演算法，包括豐富的資料和實例。本書主要包括混合動力汽車的建模、控制、模擬、性能分析和設計等內容，介紹了一個完整的系統解決方案。本書共9章和2個附錄，可分為3個部分：①混合動力汽車的系統組成與建模；②混合動力汽車的先進控制演算法；③混合動力汽車的工程實現。

The fast multipole method is one of the most important algorithms in computing developed in the 20th century. Along with the fast multipole method, the boundary element method (BEM) has also emerged as a powerful method for modeling large-scale problems. BEM models with millions of unknowns on the boundary can now be solved on desktop computers using the fast multipole BEM. This is the first book on the fast multipole BEM, which brings together the classical theories in BEM formulations and the recent development of the fast multipole method. Two- and three-dimensional potential, elastostatic, Stokes flow, and acoustic wave problems are covered, supplemented with exercise problems and computer source codes. Applications in modeling nanocomposite materials, bio-materials, fuel cells, acoustic waves, and image-based simulations are demonstrated to show the potential of the fast multipole BEM. Enables students, researchers, and engineers to learn the BEM and fast multipole method from a s