In a work that will become indispensable to anyone seriously interested in modern art, Yve-Alain Bois and Rosalind Krauss introduce a new constellation of concepts to our understanding of avant-garde and modernist art practices. Formless: A User's Guide constitutes a decisive and dramatic transformation of the study of twentieth-century culture. Although it has been over sixty ...(展开全部)

Spectral sequences are among the most elegant, most powerful, and most complicated methods of computation in mathematics. This book describes some of the most important examples of spectral sequences and some of their most spectacular applications. The first third of the book treats the algebraic foundations for this sort of homological algebra, starting from informal calculati...(展开全部)

Concepts lie at the core of social science theory and methodology. They provide substance to theories; they form the basis of measurement; they influence the selection of cases. "Social Science Concepts: A Users Guide" explores alternative means of concept construction and their impact on the role of concepts in measurement, case selection, and theories. While there exists a pl...(展开全部)

Bringing order and relevance to the cascade of recent brain findings, Dr John Ratey explains the brain's most important systems, the role they play in determining how we interact with the world and the ways in which we can influence their operations for the better. Throughout, he illustrates his points with vivid and often surprising examples drawn from his own practice, resear...(展开全部)

Rigorous probabilistic arguments, built on the foundation of measure theory introduced eighty years ago by Kolmogorov, have invaded many fields. Students of statistics, biostatistics, econometrics, finance, and other changing disciplines now find themselves needing to absorb theory beyond what they might have learned in the typical undergraduate, calculus-based probability cour...(展开全部)

A User's Guide to Thought and Meaning presents a profound and arresting integration of the faculties of the mind - of how we think, speak, and see the world. Ray Jackendoff starts out by looking at languages and what the meanings of words and sentences actually do. He shows that meanings are more adaptive and complicated than they're commonly given credit for, and he is led t...(展开全部)

What is economics? What can - and can't - it explain about the world? Why does it matter?

什么是经济学？经济学如何解释世界的现象？有没有什么事情经济学无法解释？经济学到底为何重要？让剑桥经济学家、畅销经济书作家张夏准告诉你！ 看新闻的时候、读政治类书籍的时候、日常生活与柴米油盐打交道的时候，你或许都会遇到与经济相关的问题，有过上述种种疑问。剑桥经济学家张夏准（Ha-Joon Chang）以他一贯轻快的笔调、广博的知识、清楚专业的口吻，写了这一本经济学的入门书，书中包含各类的经济学议题：什么是经济学、国家的角色、不公与贫穷、工作与失业、金融与生产。 许多经济学家只喜欢谈自己的学派，但张夏准却带读者认识从古典主义到凯因斯等各类经济学理论，析论各家长短，又解释为何经济现象的解释方法不只一种。各章后头还有延伸阅读，方便有兴趣的读者进一步深入挖掘，即便是读经济的学生也会觉得相当受用。 新古典主义、新自由主义学当道，研究发展经济及全球化议题的经济学家...(展开全部)

Worldchanging is poised to be the Whole Earth Catalog for this millennium. Written by leading new thinkers who believe that the means for building a better future lie all around us, Worldchanging is packed with the information, resources, reviews, and ideas that give readers the tools they need to make a difference. Brought together by Alex Steffen, co-founder of the popular an...(展开全部)