A unique, wide-ranging examination of asteroid exploration and our future in space! Human travel into space is an enormously expensive and unforgiving endeavor. So why go? In this accessible and authoritative book, astrophysicist Martin Elvis argues that the answer is asteroid exploration, for the strong motives of love, fear, and greed. Elvis’s personal motivation is one of ...(展开全部)

Death and taxes are our inevitable fate. We've been told this since the beginning of civilisation. But what if we stopped to question our antiquated system? Is it fair? And is it capable of serving the needs of our rapidly-changing, modern society? In Daylight Robbery, Dominic Frisby traces the origins of taxation, from its roots in the ancient world, through to today. He explo...(展开全部)

作者简介 （英）多米尼克·弗里斯比 英国知名经济理论作家、广播节目主持人、脱口秀喜剧演员、配音演员，毕业于曼彻斯特大学，作品散见于英国多家经济报刊杂志，著有多部经济方面的长篇著作。因其在金融和经济理论上的建树，他曾多次登上世界性讲座和论坛做演讲。 译者简介 刘生孝 长期从事中英文献翻译及国际教育写作，十五年翻译经历，翻译与写作涉及社科、文旅、艺术、历史等题材，独立翻译有《光天化日下的抢劫》《德川家康传》等作品 。

A computer beats the reigning human champion of Go, a game harder than chess. Another is composing classical music. Labs are creating life-forms from synthetic DNA. A doctor designs an artificial trachea, uses a 3D printer to produce it, and implants it and saves a child's life. Astonishing technological advances like these are arriving in increasing numbers. Scholar and entrep...(展开全部)

National Geographic Explorer and TED Prize-winner Dr. Sarah Parcak gives readers a personal tour of the evolution, major discoveries, and future potential of the young field of satellite archaeology. From surprise advancements after the declassification of spy photography, to a new map of the mythical Egyptian city of Tanis, she shares her field’s biggest discoveries, revealing...(展开全部)

The heart of man's dilemma, according to Rollo May, is the failure to understand the real meaning of love and will, their source and interrelation. Bringing fresh insight to these concepts, May shows how we can attain a deeper consciousness. 点击链接进入中文版： 爱与意志

An intimate and powerful memoir by the trailblazing former CEO of PepsiCo For a dozen years as one of the world’s most admired CEOs, Indra Nooyi redefined what it means to be an exceptional leader. The first woman of color and immigrant to run a Fortune 50 company — and one of the foremost strategic thinkers of our time — she transformed PepsiCo with a unique vision, a vigorous...(展开全部)

"The future," as the author William Gibson once noted, "is already here. It's just unevenly distributed." WHIPLASH is a postcard from that future. The world is more complex and volatile today than at any other time in our history. The tools of our modern existence are getting faster, cheaper, and smaller at an exponential rate, just as billions of strangers around the world are...(展开全部)

丹尼尔·利伯曼，乔治·华盛顿大学精神病和行为学部临床事务副主任，兼任该校人类研究办公室机构审查委员会主席，美国精神病学会荣誉会员，曾获得卡伦基金会研究奖，发表过50多篇行为学方面的研究报告。 迈克尔·E. 朗，任教于乔治城大学，曾任继续教育学院写作部主任。朗是一名演讲写手，曾为国会议员、内阁秘书、州长、外交官、企业家、总统竞选人撰写过演讲稿。他创作了多部影视剧剧本，曾入围斯兰丹斯电影节最佳剧本奖。

Why are we obsessed with the things we want only to be bored when we get them? Why is addiction perfectly logical to an addict? Why does love change so quickly from passion to indifference? Why are some people die-hard liberals and others hardcore conservatives? Why are we always hopeful for solutions even in the darkest times—and so good at figuring them out? The answer is fou...(展开全部)