Economics is not widely considered to be one of the sexier sciences. The annual Nobel Prize winner in that field never receives as much publicity as his or her compatriots in peace, literature, or physics. But if such slights are based on the notion that economics is dull, or that economists are concerned only with finance itself, Steven D. Levitt will change some minds. In Fre...(展开全部)

Economics is not widely considered to be one of the sexier sciences. The annual Nobel Prize winner in that field never receives as much publicity as his or her compatriots in peace, literature, or physics. But if such slights are based on the notion that economics is dull, or that economists are concerned only with finance itself, Steven D. Levitt will change some minds. In Fre...(展开全部)

How should a democracy choose its representatives? How does disease spread? How do computers teach themselves chess, and why is chess easier for them than analyzing a sentence? What should your kids study in school if they really want to learn to think? All of these are questions about geometry. Jordan Ellenberg reveals the mathematics behind some of the most important scientif...(展开全部)

How should a democracy choose its representatives? How does disease spread? How do computers teach themselves chess, and why is chess easier for them than analyzing a sentence? What should your kids study in school if they really want to learn to think? All of these are questions about geometry. Jordan Ellenberg reveals the mathematics behind some of the most important scientif...(展开全部)

From the Nobel Prize–winning economist and New York Times bestselling coauthor of Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism, candid reflections on the economist’s craft. Deaton is witty and pulls no punches. In this incisive, candid, and funny book, he describes the everyday lives of working economists, recounting the triumphs as well as the disasters, and tells the inside...(展开全部)

In a Freakonomics meets Hollywood saga, veteran investigative reporter Edward Jay Epstein goes undercover to explore Hollywood’s “invisible money machine,” probing the dazzlingly complicated finances behind the hits and the flops, while he answers the surprisingly puzzling question: How do the studios make their money? Along the way we also learn much about star system and w...(展开全部)

Book Description Which is more dangerous, a gun or a swimming pool? What do schoolteachers and sumo wrestlers have in coommon? Why do drug dealers still live with their mums? How much do parents really matter? These may not sound like typical questions for an economist to ask. But Steven D. Levitt is not a typical economist. He is a much-heralded scholar who studies the stuff...(展开全部)

Book Description Which is more dangerous, a gun or a swimming pool? What do schoolteachers and sumo wrestlers have in coommon? Why do drug dealers still live with their mums? How much do parents really matter? These may not sound like typical questions for an economist to ask. But Steven D. Levitt is not a typical economist. He is a much-heralded scholar who studies the stuff...(展开全部)

【英】基斯·科尔克霍恩 英国新闻人、小说家，历任《每日先驱报》《观察家》《远东经济观察》编辑、记者，1982年起为《经济学人》工作，专事亚洲观察，1995年至2003年为《经济学人》讣告专栏编辑及主笔。另著有十一部黑色幽默风格小说。2010年去世。 “用自己独特的写作才华，将每一个写作对象的人生变为一篇优雅的短篇小说，同时调动对政治、历史和时事的了解，加入尖锐的评论。”（作者妻子在其讣告中的评论） 【英】安·罗 英国作家，1976年即加入《经济学人》，历任文化与艺术和美国专栏编辑，自2003年起任讣告栏编辑及主笔。另著有包含《成为雪莱》在内的多部历史传记。 “我不想写其他人如何看待这个人物，我只想知道他如何看待这个世界。我要进入人物的头脑。” “我最关心的是能否写出一个好故事。” “最理想的是找到活在完全不同的世界里的人。” “我们必须意识到，每个人...(展开全部)