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World Scientific Group Theory For Physicists by Zhong-qi Ma
This textbook explains the fundamental concepts and techniques of group theory by making use of language familiar to physicists. Calculation methods in the context of physics are emphasized. New materials drawn from the teaching and research experience of the author are included. The generalized Gel'fand's method is presented to calculate the matrices of irreducible representations of the simple Lie algebra and its Clebsch-Gordan coefficients. This book is for graduate students and young researchers in physics, especially theoretical physics. It is also for graduate students in theoretical chemistry._x000D_ Table of contents :- _x000D_
Acknowledgments. Introduction. What This Book Offers. The Contributors. The Contributions. The Structure of This Book. Following Your Gurus: An Opening Story. Chapter 1 Metaphor and Therapy: Clarifying Some Confusing Concepts. PART ONE IMPROVING MOOD. Chapter 2 The Healing Is Complete: Outcome- Oriented Experiential Metaphors in a Case of Major Depression. Chapter 3 An Empty Sadness: Exploring and Transforming Client- Generated Metaphors. Chapter 4 And This Little Piggy Stayed Home: Playful Metaphors in Treating Childhood Separation Anxiety. Chapter 5 Climbing Anxiety Mountain: Generating Metaphors in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. PART TWO BUILDING POSITIVE RELATIONSHIPS. Chapter 6 The Case of Carol: Empowering Decision- Making through Metaphor and Hypnosis. Chapter 7 The Woman Who Wanted to Lie on the Floor: A Social Constructionist Use of Metaphor in a Tale of Two Clients. Chapter 8 Trekking to Happiness-No Sherpa Required: A Utilization Approach to Transcending an Abusive Relationship. Chapter 9 And the Two Snakes Fought: Storybook Therapy to Help Deal with the Divorce Monster. PART THREE CHANGING PATTERNS OF BEHAVIOR. Chapter 10 Under Fire: Refl ection and Metaphor in Narrative Therapy. Chapter 11 The Door Is Open, the Bird Can Fly: Merging Therapist and Client Metaphors in Child Therapy. Chapter 12 Everyone's Life Is a Story: Guided Metaphor in Changing Global Lifestyle. Chapter 13 Scared Speechless: Goal- Oriented and Multiple Embedded Metaphors in a Case of Psychogenic Dysphonia. PART FOUR ENHANCING HEALTH AND WELL- BEING. Chapter 14 Scareless Ghost, Painless Pasta: Kids' Own Stories as Therapeutic Metaphor. Chapter 15 Befriending Your Problems: Metaphor with a Self- Mutilating Young Woman in Transition. Chapter 16 Night, Night, Sleep Tight, Don't Let the Sharks Bite: "What's Missing?" in Metaphors. Chapter 17 The Metaphor That Sang Its Own Sad Song: Therapeutic Storytelling in Pediatric Hospice Care. PART FIVE DEVELOPING LIFE SKILLS. Chapter 18 Reclaiming Poise after Persecution: Client- Based Cultural Stories in Trauma Therapy. Chapter 19 Of Goths, Fairies, Dragons, and CBT: Joining the Client's World with an Evidence- Based Metaphor. Chapter 20 That's Not a Problem: Metaphor with a Disruptive Client in Ericksonian Group Therapy. Using Your Loaf: A Concluding Story. Reference. Resource Section. Further Reading Resources. Contributors' Favorite Metaphor Books. Index._x000D_