The remarkable story of the scientific revolution that made the new economy possible-software-told through the unsung heroes of programming and their achievements. In the 1950s, just before John Backus's team developed the Fortran language that revolutionized the first generation of programming, it took dozens of full-time programmers and operators to run and debug each of t...(展开全部)

Gerard de Vries is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy of Science at the University of Amsterdam.

Bruno Latour is among the most important figures in contemporary philosophy and social science. His ethnographic studies have revolutionized our understanding of areas as diverse as science, law, politics and religion. To facilitate a more realistic understanding of the world, Latour has introduced a radically fresh philosophical terminology and a new approach to social science...(展开全部)

内容简介 · · · · · · This well-documented first-hand account, written with passionate concern, about the struggle to ensure equal educational opportunities for all is a truly inspiring read. As China continues to grow and develop, there is no more important issue than ensuring equal educational opportunity to all its citizenry. Project Hope, organized by the Communist Youth League...(展开全部)

内容简介 · · · · · · This well-documented first-hand account, written with passionate concern, about the struggle to ensure equal educational opportunities for all is a truly inspiring read. As China continues to grow and develop, there is no more important issue than ensuring equal educational opportunity to all its citizenry. Project Hope, organized by the Communist Youth League...(展开全部)

As I sleep, my mind will erase everything I did today. I will wake up tomorrow as I did this morning. Thinking I'm still a child. Thinking I have a whole lifetime of choice ahead of me ...' Welcome to Christine's life. Quite simply the best debut novel I've ever read. - Tess Gerritsen. Brilliant in its pacing, profound in its central question, suspenseful on every page - and sa...(展开全部)

Memories define us. So what if you lost yours every time you went to sleep? Welcome to Christine’s life. Christine wakes up every morning in an unfamiliar bed with an unfamiliar man. She looks in the mirror and sees an unfamiliar, middle- aged face. And every morning, the man she has woken up with must explain that he is Ben, he is her husband, she is forty-seven years old, and...(展开全部)