Optimists believe this is the best of all possible worlds. And pessimists fear that might really be the case. But what is the best of all possible worlds? How do we define it? This question has preoccupied philosophers and theologians for ages, but there was a time, during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, when scientists and mathematicians felt they could provide the a...(展开全部)

Optimists believe this is the best of all possible worlds. And pessimists fear that might really be the case. But what "is" the best of all possible worlds? How do we define it? Is it the world that operates the most efficiently? Or the one in which most people are comfortable and content? Questions such as these have preoccupied philosophers and theologians for ages, but there...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 Two boys. Two balloons. Each boy thinks his balloon is best. What do you think?

一本关于Haskell的论文集。主要是一些高级函数式编程的技巧。

The author presents his most famous, and infamous, cases and clients, and in the process, takes a critical, informed look at a legal system that he regards as deeply corrupt.

There's no shortage of books about how parents affect their children's lives, but what about vice versa? That's what New York Magazine contributing editor and mother Jennifer Senior sets out to investigate in All Joy and No Fun, a book about parental well-being. "We assume that children will improve our happiness," Senior says, "That's why babies are called bundles of joy. But ...(展开全部)

珍妮弗辛尼 《纽约》杂志特约编辑。主要负责撰写关于政治、社会科学和心理健康的封面故事，因犀利的文笔与洞察四次入选“美国最好的政治观察”评选。 2014年1月她出版了《孩子的到来如何改变你的生活：所有的幸与不幸现代亲子悖论》一书，该书以美国中产阶级家长为蓝本，通过历史学、社会学、经济学、心理学、哲学、人类学等各种渠道剖析了永恒的育儿压力，甫一出版旋即蝉联七周《纽约时报》畅销书排行榜,出现在《华盛顿邮报》《洛杉矶时报》《波士顿环球报》《旧金山纪事报》《丹佛邮报》等重要报纸的畅销书榜单中，被美国读者在图书馆排长队借阅，本书已经成为父母们抱团取暖分享育儿苦乐的纽带。 2014年3月，她受邀参加TED演讲，截止2014年12月，她的TED演讲点击量突破百万。

"A rich, entertaining, and profound reading experience." -- The New York Times "[The] most comprehensive saga of how America became involved in Vietnam. It is also the Iliad of the American empire and the Odyssey of this nation's search for its idealistic soul. THE BEST AND THE BRIGHTEST is almost like watching an Alfred Hitchcock thriller." -- The Boston Globe "Deeply moving ....(展开全部)

A rich, entertaining, and profound reading experience. -- The New York Times "[The] most comprehensive saga of how America became involved in Vietnam. It is also the Iliad of the American empire and the Odyssey of this nation's search for its idealistic soul. THE BEST AND THE BRIGHTEST is almost like watching an Alfred Hitchcock thriller." -- The Boston Globe "Deeply moving . ....(展开全部)

This 1973 classic is an unforgettable chronicle of John Kennedy's Camelot and its legacy--featuring remarkable portraits of the men who conceived and executed the Vietnam War, including Robert McNamara, McGeorge Bundy, Dean Rusk, and Presidents Kennedy and Johnson.