This text offers an accessible yet rigorous development of many of the fields of mathematics necessary for success in investment and quantitative finance, covering topics applicable to portfolio theory, investment banking, option pricing, investment, and insurance risk management. The approach emphasizes the mathematical framework provided by each mathematical discipline, and t...(展开全部)

"One is tempted to say 'the only book you'll need on starting a business.' Brilliant! Genius! Choose your superlative-it'll fit."-Tom Peters People starting out in business tend to seek step-by-step formulas or rules, but in reality there are no magic bullets. Rather, says veteran company-builder Norm Brodsky, there's a mentality that helps street- smart entrepreneurs solv...(展开全部)

First published in 1967, Sontag's second novel is a classic of modern fiction as well as brilliant exploration of the recesses of the American conscience.

以赛亚·伯林，英国哲学家和政治思想史家，20世纪最著名的自由主义知识分子之一。出生于俄国里加的一个犹太人家庭，1920年随父母前往英国。1929年进入牛津大学攻读文学和哲学，1932年获选全灵学院研究员，并在新学院任哲学讲师，其间怀艾耶尔、奥斯汀等参与了日常语言哲学运动。二战期 间，先后在纽约、华盛顿和莫斯科担任外交职务。1946年重回牛津教授哲学课程，并把研究方向转向思想史。1957年成为牛津大学社会与政治理论教授，并获封爵士。1966年至1975年任牛津大学沃尔夫森学院院长。主要著作有《卡尔·马克思》、《概念与范畴》、《自由四论》、《维柯与赫尔德》、《俄国思想家》、《反潮流》、《个人印象》、《人性的曲木》、《现实感》等。

Required reading for fans of Tom Stoppard's The Coast of Utopia -the landmark investigation into Russian history and thought Few, if any, English-language critics have written as perceptively as Isaiah Berlin about Russian thought and culture. Russian Thinkers is his unique meditation on the impact that Russia's outstanding writers and philosophers had on its culture. In...(展开全部)

A bold and provocative study that presents language not as an innate component of the brain—as most linguists do—but as an essential tool unique to each culture worldwide. For years, the prevailing opinion among academics has been that language is embedded in our genes, existing as an innate and instinctual part of us. But linguist Daniel Everett argues that, like other tools,...(展开全部)

Peter E. Meltzer, the author of the best-selling The Thinker’s Thesaurus and So You Think You Know Baseball?, is an attorney and a former professor at Rutgers University School of Law.

罗布·斯通斯(Rob Stones)，澳大利亚西悉尼大学社会科学与心理学院人类学与社会学系教授。在城市社会学、经济社会学、社会学理论方面有突出贡献。最新著作为Why Current Affairs Needs Social Theory，致力于将社会学理论建立在社会现实的基础上。

The second edition of this popular and established text provides a comprehensive guide to 23 of the most influential thinkers in sociology. Written by leading academics in the field, Key Sociological Thinkers 2e provides a clear and contextualized introduction to classical and contemporary theory. Each chapter offers an insightful assessment of a different theorist, exploring ...(展开全部)

Bringing together ground-breaking essays from across the disciplinary spectrum, Creative Industries chronicles how culture is produced, packaged, and circulated in a technology-enabled and globalized world. This is the first systematic analysis of the challenge of the creative industries in a world where innovation and risk are requirements for both economic and cultural enterp...(展开全部)