On 24th November 1859, Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species was first published, selling out almost immediately. Describing the now well known theory that humans evolved through a process called natural selection, it became an instant classic and cemented Darwin as one of the greatest biologists of all time. However, he couldn't have done it without the support, encouragem...(展开全部)

迈克尔·刘易斯（Michael Lewis）是美国超级畅销书作家，毕业于美国普林斯顿大学和英国伦敦经济学院。他的成名之作《说谎者的扑克牌》被公认为描写20世纪80年代华尔街文化的经典名作，成为许多商学院的必读书目。后出版《大空头》《高频交易员》，受到热烈追捧。

迈克尔·刘易斯（Michael Lewis）是美国超级畅销书作家，毕业于美国普林斯顿大学和英国伦敦经济学院。他的成名之作《说谎者的扑克牌》被公认为描写20世纪80年代华尔街文化的经典名作，成为许多商学院的必读书目。后出版《大空头》《高频交易员》，受到热烈追捧。

The fascinating story of how seven elements—iron, carbon, gold, silver, uranium, titanium, and silicon—have changed modern life, for good and ill. With carbon we access heat, light and mobility at the flick of a switch, while silicon enables us to communicate across the globe in an instant. Yet our use of the Earth's mineral resources is not always for the benefit of humankind—...(展开全部)

詹姆斯 P. 沃麦克 James P. Womack 曾为美国麻省理工学院资深教授，为企业提供精益咨询，也向小型制造厂投资。他创办了精益企业研究所（LEI）并担任所长，这家研究所是一个非营利教育和研究机构，致力于精益思想的传播和应用。 丹尼尔 T. 琼斯 Daniel T. Jones 创办了英国精益企业研究院（LEA）并担任院长。这家研究院分担了精益企业研究所在提升精益意识方面的任务，并将精益知识应用于一系列的行业。 丹尼尔·鲁斯 Daniel Roos 美国麻省理工学院机械系系统分部创始人，日本钢铁工业工程教授。

Best-selling author Michael Lewis examines how a Nobel Prize–winning theory of the mind altered our perception of reality. Forty years ago, Israeli psychologists Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky wrote a series of breathtakingly original studies undoing our assumptions about the decision-making process. Their papers showed the ways in which the human mind erred, systematically, ...(展开全部)

How a Nobel Prize–winning theory of the mind altered our perception of reality. Forty years ago, Israeli psychologists Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky wrote a series of breathtakingly original studies undoing our assumptions about the decision-making process. Their papers showed the ways in which the human mind erred, systematically, when forced to make judgments in uncertain ...(展开全部)

Best-selling author Michael Lewis examines how a Nobel Prize–winning theory of the mind altered our perception of reality. Forty years ago, Israeli psychologists Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky wrote a series of breathtakingly original studies undoing our assumptions about the decision-making process. Their papers showed the ways in which the human mind erred, systematically, ...(展开全部)

How a Nobel Prize–winning theory of the mind altered our perception of reality. Forty years ago, Israeli psychologists Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky wrote a series of breathtakingly original studies undoing our assumptions about the decision-making process. Their papers showed the ways in which the human mind erred, systematically, when forced to make judgments in uncertain ...(展开全部)

A delightful romp through history with all its economic forces laid bare, Cod is the biography of a single species of fish, but it may as well be a world history with this humble fish as its recurring main character. Cod, it turns out, is the reason Europeans set sail across the Atlantic, and it is the only reason they could. What did the Vikings eat in icy Greenland and on the...(展开全部)