On Thursday, July 13, 1995, Chicagoans awoke to a blistering day in which the temperature would reach 106 degrees. The heat index, which measures how the temperature actually feels on the body, would hit 126 degrees by the time the day was over. Meteorologists had been warning residents about a two-day heat wave, but these temperatures did not end that soon. When the heat wave ...(展开全部)

In July 1995, Chicagoans suffered through a blistering week-long heat wave that buckled streets and downed portions of the city's power grid. It also left over 700 people dead. In this alarming book, Eric Klinenberg tells us how such fatalities could have happened in a modern American city. The picture he paints - of social breakdown, unresponsive government and poorly equipped...(展开全部)

In July 1995, Chicagoans suffered through a blistering week-long heat wave that buckled streets and downed portions of the city's power grid. It also left over 700 people dead. In this alarming book, Eric Klinenberg tells us how such fatalities could have happened in a modern American city. The picture he paints - of social breakdown, unresponsive government and poorly equipped...(展开全部)

On Thursday, July 13, 1995, Chicagoans awoke to a blistering day in which the temperature would reach 106 degrees. The heat index, which measures how the temperature actually feels on the body, would hit 126 degrees by the time the day was over. Meteorologists had been warning residents about a two-day heat wave, but these temperatures did not end that soon. When the heat wave ...(展开全部)

This book exposes the dangerously imperfect forensic evidence that we rely on for criminal convictions. "That's not my fingerprint, your honor," said the defendant, after FBI experts reported a "100-percent identification." They were wrong. It is shocking how often they are. Autopsy of a Crime Lab is the first book to catalog the sources of error and the faulty science behind a...(展开全部)

小杰克·F. 马特洛克（Jack F. Matlock, Jr.），美国前驻苏联大使，历史学家，语言学家，在美国外交部门供职长达35年，是里根政府制定对苏政策的重要顾问。1971年至1974年主管美国国务院苏联事务，1981年至1983年担任美国驻捷克斯洛伐克大使，1983年至1986年担任国家安全事务特别助理兼欧洲和苏联事务高级主任，1987年至1991年任美国驻苏联大使。1991年退休后，马特洛克踏入学术界，先后在哥伦比亚大学、普林斯顿高等研究院担任教授。已出版的著作有《苏联解体亲历记》《里根和戈尔巴乔夫：冷战是如何结束的》和《超级大国的幻想》。 · 张敏谦，三亚学院教授，中国现代国际关系研究院研究员、博士导师，《现代国际关系》前主编，国际关系学院、中国人民大学、中国政法大学兼职教授，出版专著《美国对外经济战略》《大觉醒——美国宗教与社会关系》，...(展开全部)

小杰克·F. 马特洛克（Jack F. Matlock, Jr.），美国前驻苏联大使，历史学家，语言学家，在美国外交部门供职长达35年，是里根政府制定对苏政策的重要顾问。1971年至1974年主管美国国务院苏联事务，1981年至1983年担任美国驻捷克斯洛伐克大使，1983年至1986年担任国家安全事务特别助理兼欧洲和苏联事务高级主任，1987年至1991年任美国驻苏联大使。1991年退休后，马特洛克踏入学术界，先后在哥伦比亚大学、普林斯顿高等研究院担任教授。已出版的著作有《苏联解体亲历记》《里根和戈尔巴乔夫：冷战是如何结束的》和《超级大国的幻想》。 · 张敏谦，三亚学院教授，中国现代国际关系研究院研究员、博士导师，《现代国际关系》前主编，国际关系学院、中国人民大学、中国政法大学兼职教授，出版专著《美国对外经济战略》《大觉醒——美国宗教与社会关系》，...(展开全部)