Adam Savage—star of Discovery Channel’s Mythbusters and one of the most beloved figures in science and tech—shares his golden rules of creativity, from finding inspiration to following through and successfully making your idea a reality. Every Tool’s a Hammer is a chronicle of my life as a maker. It’s an exploration of making and of my own productive obsessions, but it’s also a...(展开全部)

From composer, musician, and philanthropist Peter Buffett comes a warm, wise, and inspirational book that asks, Which will you choose: the path of least resistance or the path of potentially greatest satisfaction? You may think that with a last name like his, Buffett has enjoyed a life of endless privilege. But the son of billionaire investor Warren Buffett says that the only ...(展开全部)

点击链接进入中文版： 做你自己:股神巴菲特送给儿子的人生礼物!(随书赠送彼得•巴菲特与父亲合作表演视频、自创乐曲、配音动画)

It is what it is (or...Are we done yet?) What’s your deliverable? It’s a common question, as crass as it is self-evident. We deliver Design…24/7. But it’s a strange word – deliverable – with so many embedded assumptions. Someone else demands, requires, needs, wants, and ultimately pays (or doesn’t), but we always deliver. The verb makes sense, it’s the noun that’s the problem: ...(展开全部)

It is what it is (or...Are we done yet?) What’s your deliverable? It’s a common question, as crass as it is self-evident. We deliver Design…24/7. But it’s a strange word – deliverable – with so many embedded assumptions. Someone else demands, requires, needs, wants, and ultimately pays (or doesn’t), but we always deliver. The verb makes sense, it’s the noun that’s the problem: ...(展开全部)

Art Is Not What You Think It Is utilizes original research to present a series of critical incursions into the current state of debate on the idea of art, making manifest what has been largely missing or unsaid in those discussions. Links museology, history, theory, and criticism to the realities of contemporary social conditions and shows how they have structurally functione...(展开全部)

Art Is Not What You Think It Is utilizes original research to present a series of critical incursions into the current state of debate on the idea of art, making manifest what has been largely missing or unsaid in those discussions. Links museology, history, theory, and criticism to the realities of contemporary social conditions and shows how they have structurally functione...(展开全部)

In this work a political scientist seeks to offer a jargon-free introduction to the market system, for all readers with or without a background in economics. He assesses the character, rules, advantages and shortcomings of the institution co-ordinating modern economic and social life.

In the wake of the collapse of communism, we hear much about the victory of the 'market system'. Just what is the market system? This clear and accessible book begins by answering this question, then goes on to explain how the market system works and what it can and cannot do. Charles E. Lindblom, writing in nontechnical language for a wide general audience, offers an evenhande...(展开全部)

拉里·尼文（1938—），世界著名科幻小说作家，杰出的硬科幻大师。 拉里·尼文从1964年开始科幻创作，后以“已知空间”未来史系列小说闻名科幻界。此系列包括三十多个短篇故事和长篇小说，其中最著名的杰作《环形世界》曾斩获美国科幻界最重要的两个奖项——星云奖（最佳长篇小说，1970）和雨果奖（最佳长篇小说，1971）。他还曾多次获得雨果奖的最佳短篇奖和轨迹奖，并摘得普罗米修斯奖、海因莱因奖和日本星云赏等众多科幻奖项。 除了“已知空间”系列，尼文的代表作还有《魔法逝去》系列、《梦之园》系列等，并与杰里·波奈尔合著多本畅销科幻小说。尼文的作品科学基础扎实，技术细节翔实。著名科幻作家大卫·布林曾评价他说：“尼文已经把硬科幻领域中的资源开掘殆尽，弄得其他人无事可干了。” 杰里·波奈尔（1933—），美国著名科幻小说家，专栏评论家、记者，曾任美国科幻及奇幻作家协会...(展开全部)