"The rousing story of the last gasp of human agency and how today's best and brightest minds are endeavoring to put an end to it." It used to be that to diagnose an illness, interpret legal documents, analyze foreign policy, or write a newspaper article you needed a human being with specific skills--and maybe an advanced degree or two. These days, high-level tasks are increasi...(展开全部)

克里斯托弗•斯坦纳（Christopher Steiner） 创业公司Aisle50共同创始人及联席CEO，《福布斯》杂志和《芝加哥论坛报》科技专栏特约作者，《纽约时报》畅销书作者，另著有全美畅销书《油价30元/升》。另外，他常在各种会议就科技、算法、大数据等主题发表演说，阐释算法与大数据如何塑造、变革、掌控人类生活。

威廉 D. 科汉 William D. Cohan 《纽约时报》畅销书《纸牌屋》和《最后的大亨》的作者，获得2007年年度《金融时报》-高盛年度商务图书奖。他是《名利场》的特约编辑，在《纽约时报》有双周刊专栏，长期为《金融时报》、《财富》、《大西洋月刊》、《华盛顿邮报》和其他报刊撰稿。科汉毕业于杜克大学、哥伦比亚大学新闻学院和商学院，他曾经是一名投资银行家。 为了全面真实地再现高盛，科汉详细阅读了大量的政府文件、法庭案卷、证券交易委员会的存档资料，采访了100多位高盛的客户、对手、领导人、现任和前任雇员，以记者天生的敏锐及小说家的天赋，结合华尔街业内人士的专业知识揭开高盛的神秘面纱。

桑德拉•纳薇蒂（Sandra Navidi） 世界经济论坛年会主讲人 顶层金融圈的亲历者与最犀利的观察者 桑德拉毕业于科隆大学法学院，后于美国福特汉姆大学取得银行、企业、金融法律硕士学位。她先后就职于德勤公司和鲁比尼研究院，与著名经济学家“末日博士”鲁比尼共事多年。 桑德拉是国际金融圈风云变幻的亲历者，与金融圈顶层人物交往甚密、互动频繁。她以深厚的专业功底为诸如索罗斯、杰米•戴蒙、拉里•芬克、施瓦茨曼等“超级枢纽”提供建议，深得他们的信任和尊重。 每年1月，桑德拉都会受邀参加达沃斯论坛年会，在会上做主题演讲，接受国际各大媒体采访，其听众不乏诺贝尔奖获得者、国际政要、政策制定者与顶级投资家。

HOW TO THINK ABOUT ALGORITHMS There are many algorithm texts that provide lots of well-polished code and proofs of correctness. Instead, this one presents insights, notations, and analogies to help the novice describe and think about algorithms like an expert. It is a bit like a carpenter studying hammers instead of houses. Jeff Edmonds provides both the big picture and easy st...(展开全部)

HOW TO THINK ABOUT ALGORITHMS There are many algorithm texts that provide lots of well-polished code and proofs of correctness. Instead, this one presents insights, notations, and analogies to help the novice describe and think about algorithms like an expert. It is a bit like a carpenter studying hammers instead of houses. Jeff Edmonds provides both the big picture and easy st...(展开全部)

Why our workplaces are authoritarian private governments―and why we can’t see it One in four American workers says their workplace is a “dictatorship.” Yet that number almost certainly would be higher if we recognized employers for what they are―private governments with sweeping authoritarian power over our lives. Many employers minutely regulate workers’ speech, clothing, and ...(展开全部)

One in four American workers says their workplace is a "dictatorship." Yet that number probably would be even higher if we recognized most employers for what they are--private governments with sweeping authoritarian power over our lives, on duty and off. We normally think of government as something only the state does, yet many of us are governed far more--and far more obtrusiv...(展开全部)

在《哈布斯堡王朝》中，马丁·拉迪讲述了一个王朝及其在近一千年间建立并最终消失的世界的史诗故事。哈布斯堡王朝从不起眼的家族开始，在 15 世纪控制了神圣罗马帝国。然后，在几十年内，他们的领地迅速扩张，占据了欧洲大部分地区，从匈牙利延伸到西班牙，以及新大陆和远东的部分地区。哈布斯堡王朝在一战期间统治着中欧。 历史学家经常将哈布斯堡王朝描绘成一个摇摇欲坠的帝国的领导人。但拉迪揭示了他们持久的力量，这种力量是由这样的信念驱动的：他们注定要统治世界，成为罗马天主教会的捍卫者、和平的保证者和学习的赞助者。这是一个永远改变欧洲和世界的王朝的非凡历史。 In?The?Habsburgs, Martyn Rady tells the epic story of a dynasty and the world it built—and then lost—over n...(展开全部)