The bicycle is almost unique among human-powered machines in that it uses human muscles in a near-optimum way. This new edition of the bible of bicycle builders and bicyclists provides just about everything you could want to know about the history of bicycles, how human beings propel them, what makes them go faster, and what keeps them from going even faster. The scientific and...(展开全部)

作者： ◎［美］戴维·戈登·威尔逊（David Gordon Wilson，1928—2019）：麻省理工学院机械工程荣誉教授。他是一位多产的发明家，是公认的人力交通和自行车设计权威，号称“现代躺式自行车之父”。其设计的Avatar 2000自行车在1982年国际人力驱动车辆协会上打破了速度纪录。 ［瑞士］特奥多尔·施密特（Theodor Schmidt，1954— ）：瑞士工程顾问。研究方向为太阳能和人力，曾与戴维·戈登·威尔逊合作过多个相关项目。曾任《人力》杂志编辑，现为《人力》电子期刊编辑。 译者： ◎岳娇慧 文学硕士，太原理工大学文法与外语学院教师，奥克兰大学、北京外国语大学访问学者。长期从事翻译学与语料库语言学等领域的研究。与他人合译出版有《自行车设计200年》。 ◎翟颖 太原理工大学外国语学院教师，曾参与多部省部级教材的编写。长期从事翻译...(展开全部)

This is the first comprehensive overview of the exciting field of the 'science of science'. Those concerned with maximizing their career impact and productivity, with their scientific creativity, with effective collaboration and with the metrics of assessment will better understand the fundamental workings of science. Big data analysis and quantitative tools help identify succe...(展开全部)

This is the first comprehensive overview of the 'science of science,' an emerging interdisciplinary field that relies on big data to unveil the reproducible patterns that govern individual scientific careers and the workings of science. It explores the roots of scientific impact, the role of productivity and creativity, when and what kind of collaborations are effective, the im...(展开全部)

This is the first comprehensive overview of the exciting field of the 'science of science'. Those concerned with maximizing their career impact and productivity, with their scientific creativity, with effective collaboration and with the metrics of assessment will better understand the fundamental workings of science. Big data analysis and quantitative tools help identify succe...(展开全部)

Over the last four decades, the French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu produced one of the most imaginative and subtle bodies of social theory of the postwar era. When he died two years ago, he was considered to be a thinker on a par with Foucault, Barthes, and Lacan--a public intellectual as influential to his generation as Sartre was to his. "Science of Science and Reflexivity" ...(展开全部)

Over the last four decades, the French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu produced one of the most imaginative and subtle bodies of social theory of the postwar era. When he died in 2002, he was considered to be a thinker on a par with Foucault, Barthes, and Lacan--a public intellectual as influential to his generation as Sartre was to his. "Science of Science and Reflexivity" will b...(展开全部)

Over the last four decades, the French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu produced one of the most imaginative and subtle bodies of social theory of the postwar era. When he died two years ago, he was considered to be a thinker on a par with Foucault, Barthes, and Lacan--a public intellectual as influential to his generation as Sartre was to his. "Science of Science and Reflexivity" ...(展开全部)

A concise introduction to the emerging field of data science, explaining its evolution, relation to machine learning, current uses, data infrastructure issues, and ethical challenges.