We live in an age of awesome technological potential. From nanotechnology to synthetic organisms, new technologies stand to revolutionize whole domains of human experience. But with awesome potential comes awesome risk: drones can deliver a bomb as readily as they can a new smartphone; makers and hackers can 3D-print guns as well as tools; and supercomputers can short-circuit W...(展开全部)

Hailed as the "grandfather of Cognitive Behavior Therapy, " Albert Ellis has helped millions of people modify their behavior and become happier, healthier individuals. In How to Keep People from Pushing Your Buttons, he provides readers with specific, realistic ways to keep people and events from setting them off or driving them crazy. Now everyone can learn how to react more e...(展开全部)

You CAN Turn Around A Failing Project! Poor project results are all too common and result in dissatisfied customers, users, and project staff. How to Save a Failing Project: Chaos to Control arms project managers with the tools and techniques needed to address these project challenges.

This book presents six independent practices that explore current applications of parametric and algorithmic design techniques in architectural production. If the first generation of digital modeling programs allowed designers to conceive new forms and design processes, a new breed of digital techniques is today being discussed for their ability to allow these forms, once conce...(展开全部)

If our technological society collapsed tomorrow, perhaps from a viral pandemic or catastrophic asteroid impact, what would be the one book you would want to press into the hands of the postapocalyptic survivors? What crucial knowledge would they need to survive in the immediate aftermath and to rebuild civilization as quickly as possible—a guide for rebooting the world? Human k...(展开全部)

Tom Wolfe, "America's most skillful satirist" ("The Atlantic Monthly"), examines the strange saga of American architecture in this sequel to "The Painted Word."

The strange saga of American architecture in the twentieth century makes for both high comedy and intellectual excitement as Wolfe debunks the European gods of modern and postmodern architecture and their American counterparts.

汤姆·沃尔夫（Tom Wolfe，1931— ），美国当代著名的记者、评论家、作家。先后就读于华盛顿大学和耶鲁大学。早年从事新闻报道工作，开创了新新闻写作模式，被称为“新新闻主义之父”。他的文风泼辣大胆，擅长捕捉当代人的心态，讽刺性地描写美国社会。主要作品有《水泵房》、《着色的世界》、《真材实料》、《从包豪斯到我们的豪斯》和《虚荣的篝火》等。曾获美国国家图书奖、哥伦比亚新闻奖、国家人文勋章、《芝加哥论坛报》文学终身成就奖、美国全国图书基金会美国文学杰出贡献奖。在美国新闻界和文学界具有举足轻重的地位。 译者简介： 关肇邺（1929— ），中国工程院院士，建筑学家，清华大学建筑学院教授。早年师承梁思成，在现代建筑和中西方古典建筑的历史和理论研究方面，具有很深的造诣。发表论文、译著等40余篇。2000年获首届“梁思成建筑奖”、“全国工程设计大师”称号，20...(展开全部)

汤姆·沃尔夫（Tom Wolfe，1931— ），美国当代著名的记者、评论家、作家。先后就读于华盛顿大学和耶鲁大学。早年从事新闻报道工作，开创了新新闻写作模式，被称为“新新闻主义之父”。他的文风泼辣大胆，擅长捕捉当代人的心态，讽刺性地描写美国社会。主要作品有《水泵房》、《着色的世界》、《真材实料》、《从包豪斯到我们的豪斯》和《虚荣的篝火》等。曾获美国国家图书奖、哥伦比亚新闻奖、国家人文勋章、《芝加哥论坛报》文学终身成就奖、美国全国图书基金会美国文学杰出贡献奖。在美国新闻界和文学界具有举足轻重的地位。 译者简介： 关肇邺（1929— ），中国工程院院士，建筑学家，清华大学建筑学院教授。早年师承梁思成，在现代建筑和中西方古典建筑的历史和理论研究方面，具有很深的造诣。发表论文、译著等40余篇。2000年获首届“梁思成建筑奖”、“全国工程设计大师”称号，20...(展开全部)

Tom Wolfe, "America's most skillful satirist" ("The Atlantic Monthly"), examines the strange saga of American architecture in this sequel to "The Painted Word."