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)

From Publishers Weekly From "Soccer Moms," the legendary swing voters of the mid-1990s, to "Late-Breaking Gays" such as former Gov. Games McGreevey (out at age 47), Burson-Marsteller CEO (and campaign adviser to Sen. Hillary Clinton) Penn delves into the ever-splintering societal subsets with which Americans are increasingly identifying, and what they mean. For instance, becaus...(展开全部)

'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)

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.

Recasting labor studies in a long-term and global framework, this 2003 book draws on a major database on world labor unrest to show how local labor movements have been related to world-scale political, economic and social processes since the late-nineteenth century. Through an in-depth empirical analysis of select global industries it demonstrates how the main locations of labo...(展开全部)

From Publishers Weekly Irrational behavior is a part of human nature, but as MIT professor Ariely has discovered in 20 years of researching behavioral economics, people tend to behave irrationally in a predictable fashion. Drawing on psychology and economics, behavioral economics can show us why cautious people make poor decisions about sex when aroused, why patients get greate...(展开全部)