Praise for Five Golden Rules "Casti is one of the great science writers of the 1990s. . . . If you'd like to have fun while giving your brain a first-class workout, then check this book out."-Keay Davidson in the San Francisco Examiner. "Five Golden Rules is caviar for the inquiring reader. . . . There is joy here in watching the unfolding of these intricate a...(展开全部)

曹天予（1941- ），剑桥大学科学史和科学哲学博士，美国波士顿大学哲学系教授。曾是英国剑桥大学三一学院和牛津大学万灵学院的研究员；并在美国哈佛大学、麻省理工学院和伦敦经济学院做过访问研究；史密森学会的高级研究员，普林斯顿高等研究院自然科学院和史学院的成员。主要研究方向为当代理论物理学中的概念问题及其历史演变。发表论文50多篇，并编有《量子场论的概念基础》（剑桥大学出版社，1999年）和第20届世界哲学大会会议文集中的第10卷《科学哲学》（哲学文献出版社，2001年）。

This book gives a broad synthesis of conceptual developments of twentieth-century field theories, from the general theory of relativity to quantum field theory and gauge theory. The author gives a historico-critical exposition of the conceptual foundations of the theories revealing a pattern to the evolution of these conceptions. Theoretical physicists and students of theoretic...(展开全部)

Heroes to some, traitors to others, spies and intelligence officers continue to fascinate and enthral us with their abilities to operate secretly in the shadows. With these mini-biographies of twenty

From ideas and infections to financial crises and "fake news," why the science of outbreaks is the science of modern life These days, whenever anything spreads, whether it's a YouTube fad or a political rumor, we say it went viral. But how does virality actually work? In The Rules of Contagion, epidemiologist Adam Kucharski explores topics including gun violence, online manipul...(展开全部)

'Everyone interested in the natural world will enjoy "The Secret Life of Trees". I found myself reading out whole chunks to friends' - "The Times", Books of the Year. What is a tree? As this celebration of the trees shows, they are our countryside; our ancestors descended from them; they gave us air to breathe. Yet while the stories of trees are as plentiful as leaves in a fore...(展开全部)

亚当·库哈尔斯基（Adam Kucharski），伦敦卫生与热带医学院传染病流行病学系副教授，致力于使用数学模型研究传染病和社会行为的传播。 他曾参与过对西非埃博拉病毒、南美寨卡病毒等疫情的流行病学研究，研究结果被BBC、《华盛顿邮报》等世界著名媒体广泛报道。在2020年的新型冠状病毒疫情期间，库哈尔斯基的团队是全球流行病学领域最活跃的研究团队之一，目前已在《柳叶刀》《自然–医学》等世界顶级医学期刊发表多篇论文。此外，他还为英国政府制定疫情防控政策提供专家建议。 除了从事科学研究外，库哈尔斯基还积极参与科学传播，在《金融时报》《卫报》《科学美国人》《新科学家》等媒体发表了大量文章，介绍模型方法在各个领域的应用，题材涉及博弈论、人工智能以及社交媒体上的信息传播等。他还是TED的资深演讲者，并获得过惠康基金会“科学写作奖”和英国科学协会“罗莎琳德·富兰克...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 An insider's guide to finding the right person for the right job every time Great People Decisions is an expert's guide to helping managers and human resources professionals improve their competence and success at finding, assessing, attracting, and integrating great people, whether through external hiring or internal promotion. Anyone can fill a position; the real...(展开全部)

Poised at the start of the 21st century, we can see clearly that the previous century was marked by momentous changes in the field of design. Aesthetics entered into everyday life with often staggering results. Our homes and workplaces turned into veritable galleries of style and innovation. From furniture to graphics, its all here - the work of artists who have shaped and recr...(展开全部)

There are redwoods in California that were ancient by the time Columbus first landed, and pines still alive that germinated around the time humans invented writing. There are Douglas firs as tall as skyscrapers, and a banyan tree in Calcutta as big as a football field. From the tallest to the smallest, trees inspire wonder in all of us, and inThe Tree,Colin Tudge travels around...(展开全部)