Focusing on the postwar automation of the American metal-working industry--the heart of the modern industrial economy--this is a provocative study of how automation has assumed a critical role in America. David Noble argues that industrial automation--more than merely a technological advance--is a social process that reflects very real divisions and pressures within our society...(展开全部)

Focusing on the postwar automation of the American metal-working industry--the heart of the modern industrial economy--this is a provocative study of how automation has assumed a critical role in America. David Noble argues that industrial automation--more than merely a technological advance--is a social process that reflects very real divisions and pressures within our society...(展开全部)

黄克孙(Kerson Huang)，美国麻省理工学院物理系荣誉教授，1928年出生于中国广西南宁，1953年获麻省理工学院哲学博士学位。他在理论物理方面的研究领域是玻色-爱因斯坦凝聚和量子场论。1999年从教学岗位退休后，他致力于生物物理学研究。他是美国物理学会会员，美国艺术和科学院院士，用英文著有多部高水平物理学教科书，包括《统计力学》，《夸克、轻子和规范场》，《量子场论：从算子到路径积分》和《统计物理学导论》。另有中译《鲁拜集》及英译《易经》等译著出版。

A compelling look at the powerful global forces that will cause billions of us to move geographically over the next decades, ushering in an era of radical change. In the 60,000 years since people began colonizing the continents, a recurring feature of human civilization has been mobility—the ever-constant search for resources and stability. Seismic global events—wars and genoci...(展开全部)

Well-received in its first edition, this candid and popular study provides an interesting, "readable" account of American military history from the late fifteenth-century British-French Wars in Colonial America to the recent Gulf War. Written in an easy-to-understand manner void of extraneous detail, the book integrates innovative and fascinating mini-biographies of key figures...(展开全部)

Toyo Ito: Generative order is based on the Kenneth Kassler endowed lecture delivered by Ito at Princeton University School of Architecture in the spring of 2009. The book is delivered primarily in Ito's voice, through the lecture transcript, which is the focus of the book, and through extended interviews, and a previously untranslated essay from 1980, all of which tie together ...(展开全部)

Here, in one volume, is all the architect needs to know to participate in the entire process of designing structures. Emphasizing bestselling author Edward Allen's graphical approach, the book enables you to quickly determine the desired form of a building or other structure and easily design it without the need for complex mathematics. This unique text teaches the whole proces...(展开全部)

You've got a great story idea. So now what? How do you take that idea and turn it into a novel? Building upon his Six Core Competencies approach to story creation presented in his book Story Engineering, bestselling author Larry Brooks helps writers do just that. Many writers lack an understanding of the most fundamental essences involved with telling stories. Story Physics hel...(展开全部)

A comprehensive account of denial viewed not only psychoanalytically but also philosophically.

'Mark Penn has a keen mind, and a fascinating sense of what makes America and the world tick, and you see it on every page of Microtrends.' --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. 'Mark Penn has a remarkable gift for detecting patterns and identifying trends. The ideas in his book will help you see the world in a new way.' --Thi...(展开全部)