In 2011, a forty-three foot high tsunami crashed into a nuclear power plant in Fukushima, Japan. In the following days, explosions would rip buildings apart, three reactors would go into nuclear meltdown, and the surrounding area would be swamped in radioactive water. It is now considered one of the costliest nuclear disasters ever. But Fukushima was not the first, and it was n...(展开全部)

In 2011, a forty-three foot high tsunami crashed into a nuclear power plant in Fukushima, Japan. In the following days, explosions would rip buildings apart, three reactors would go into nuclear meltdown, and the surrounding area would be swamped in radioactive water. It is now considered one of the costliest nuclear disasters ever. But Fukushima was not the first, and it was n...(展开全部)

A chilling account of seventy years of nuclear catastrophes, by the author of the “definitive” (Economist) Cold War history, Nuclear Folly. Nuclear energy was embraced across the globe at the height of the nuclear industry in the 1960s and 1970s; today, there are 440 nuclear reactors operating throughout the world, with nuclear power providing 10 percent of world electricity. Y...(展开全部)

A chilling account of seventy years of nuclear catastrophes, by the author of the “definitive” (Economist) Cold War history, Nuclear Folly. Nuclear energy was embraced across the globe at the height of the nuclear industry in the 1960s and 1970s; today, there are 440 nuclear reactors operating throughout the world, with nuclear power providing 10 percent of world electricity. Y...(展开全部)

In this extraordinary and inspiring debut memoir, Jesse Thistle—once a high school dropout and now a rising Indigenous scholar—chronicles his life on the streets and how he overcame trauma and addiction to discover the truth about who he is. If I can just make it to the next minute . . . then I might have a chance to live; I might have a chance to be something more than just a ...(展开全部)

鮑伯．博曼(Bob Berman) 全球作品流傳最廣的天文學家。他發表的文章數量超過一千，作品曾登上《探索雜誌》與《天文學》，他是這兩本雜誌的每月專欄作家。此外，他是《老農年鑑》（The Old Farmer’s Almanac）的天文學編輯，並曾出版過四本著作。他除了在瑪麗蒙特學院（Marymount College）擔任兼任教授，每個星期也為東北公共電台（Northeast Public Radio）撰寫和製作一個節目，於電台的《每週特輯》（Weekend Edition）時段播出。

鮑伯．博曼(Bob Berman) 全球作品流傳最廣的天文學家。他發表的文章數量超過一千，作品曾登上《探索雜誌》與《天文學》，他是這兩本雜誌的每月專欄作家。此外，他是《老農年鑑》（The Old Farmer’s Almanac）的天文學編輯，並曾出版過四本著作。他除了在瑪麗蒙特學院（Marymount College）擔任兼任教授，每個星期也為東北公共電台（Northeast Public Radio）撰寫和製作一個節目，於電台的《每週特輯》（Weekend Edition）時段播出。

Everything around us is made of 'stuff', from planets, to books, to our own bodies. Whatever it is, we call it matter or material substance. It is solid; it has mass. But what is matter, exactly? We are taught in school that matter is not continuous, but discrete. As a few of the philosophers of ancient Greece once speculated, nearly two and a half thousand years ago, matter co...(展开全部)

What is economic growth? And why, historically, has it occurred in only a few places? Previous efforts to answer these questions have focused on institutions, geography, finances, and psychology. But according to MIT's antidisciplinarian César Hidalgo, understanding the nature of economic growth demands transcending the social sciences and including the natural sciences of info...(展开全部)

What is economic growth? And why, historically, has it occurred in only a few places? Previous efforts to answer these questions have focused on institutions, geography, finances, and psychology. But according to MIT's antidisciplinarian César Hidalgo, understanding the nature of economic growth demands transcending the social sciences and including the natural sciences of info...(展开全部)