This textbook provides a calculus-based introduction to economics. Students blessed with a working knowledge of the calculus will find that this text facilitates their study of the basic analytical framework of economics. The textbook examines a wide range of micro and macro topics, including prices and markets, equity versus efficiency, Rawls versus Bentham, accounting and the theory of the firm, optimal lot size and just in time, monopoly and competition, exchange rates and the balance of payments, inflation and unemployment, fiscal and monetary policy, IS-LM analysis, aggregate demand and supply, speculation and rational expectations, growth and development, exhaustible resources and over-fishing. While the content is similar to that of conventional introductory economics textbook, the assumption that the reader knows and enjoys the calculus distinguishes this book from the traditional text.

The lecture notes in this proceedings present an introductory and updated review of some of the current topics of interest in theory and phenomenology of the strong and electroweak interactions.

The Eighth Mexican School of Particles and Fields was organized by the Particles and Fields Division of the Mexican Physical Society. It brought together worldwide experts to give a series of courses and plenary lectures on particle physics (experiments and phenomenology), quantum field theory, string theory, and astroparticle physics. In addition to the lectures, research seminars were held providing a forum for participants to discuss their work. This book provides a summary of the recent advances in these fields.