Can we scientifically predict our future? Scientists and pseudoscientists have been pursuing this mystery for hundreds and perhaps thousands of years. But now, amazing new research is revealing that patterns in human behavior, previously thought to be purely random, follow predictable laws. Albert-László Barabási, already the world's preeminent researcher on the science of ...(展开全部)

Can we scientifically predict our future? Scientists and pseudoscientists have been pursuing this mystery for hundreds and perhaps thousands of years. But now, amazing new research is revealing that patterns in human behavior, previously thought to be purely random, follow predictable laws. Albert-László Barabási, already the world's preeminent researcher on the science of ...(展开全部)

In the perspective-altering tradition of Malcolm Gladwell’s The Tipping Point and Nassim Nicholas Taleb’s The Black Swan comes a provocative challenge to how we think our world works—and why small, chance events can divert our lives and change everything, by social scientist and Atlantic writer Brian Klaas. If you could rewind your life to the very beginning and then press play...(展开全部)

In the perspective-altering tradition of Malcolm Gladwell’s The Tipping Point and Nassim Nicholas Taleb’s The Black Swan comes a provocative challenge to how we think our world works—and why small, chance events can divert our lives and change everything, by social scientist and Atlantic writer Brian Klaas. If you could rewind your life to the very beginning and then press play...(展开全部)

◎著者简介 罗玛·阿格拉瓦尔是一名拥有物理学位的结构工程师。从人行天桥、碎片大厦到火车站，罗玛在伦敦的城市景观中留下了立体的骨架。 罗玛一直积极地向公众普及工程技术知识，不断鼓励女性投身工程行业。她为政策制定者和政府提供关于科学教育的建议。罗玛凭借卓越的专业能力以及对工程技术的成功推广赢得了众多国际奖项，其中包括著名的英国皇家工程院的鲁克奖（Rooke Award）。 ◎译者简介 张依玫，本科毕业于北京外国语大学国际经贸与英语语言文学专业，硕士毕业于美国宾夕法尼亚大学城市规划与遗产保护专业。现从事文化遗产保护相关工作。

◎著者简介 罗玛·阿格拉瓦尔是一名拥有物理学位的结构工程师。从人行天桥、碎片大厦到火车站，罗玛在伦敦的城市景观中留下了立体的骨架。 罗玛一直积极地向公众普及工程技术知识，不断鼓励女性投身工程行业。她为政策制定者和政府提供关于科学教育的建议。罗玛凭借卓越的专业能力以及对工程技术的成功推广赢得了众多国际奖项，其中包括著名的英国皇家工程院的鲁克奖（Rooke Award）。 ◎译者简介 张依玫，本科毕业于北京外国语大学国际经贸与英语语言文学专业，硕士毕业于美国宾夕法尼亚大学城市规划与遗产保护专业。现从事文化遗产保护相关工作。

How should a democracy choose its representatives? How does disease spread? How do computers teach themselves chess, and why is chess easier for them than analyzing a sentence? What should your kids study in school if they really want to learn to think? All of these are questions about geometry. Jordan Ellenberg reveals the mathematics behind some of the most important scientif...(展开全部)

How should a democracy choose its representatives? How does disease spread? How do computers teach themselves chess, and why is chess easier for them than analyzing a sentence? What should your kids study in school if they really want to learn to think? All of these are questions about geometry. Jordan Ellenberg reveals the mathematics behind some of the most important scientif...(展开全部)