As a species, we may not agree on much, but one thing brings us all together: a need to know. We all wonder, and deep down we all have the same big questions. Why can’t I travel back in time? Where did the universe come from? What’s inside a black hole? Can I rearrange the particles in my cat and turn it into a dog? Researcher-turned-cartoonist Jorge Cham and physics professor ...(展开全部)

Paul Wilmott writes, "Quantitative finance is the most fascinating and rewarding real-world application of mathematics. It is fascinating because of the speed at which the subject develops, the new products and the new models which we have to understand. And it is rewarding because anyone can make a fundamental breakthrough. "Having worked in this field for many y...(展开全部)

Getting agreement between finance theory and finance practice is important like never before. In the last decade the derivatives business has grown to a staggering size, such that the outstanding notional of all contracts is now many multiples of the underlying world economy. No longer are derivatives for helping people control and manage their financial risks from other busine...(展开全部)

Summit furnishes you with answers to some of the most frequently asked questions in C. Extensively revised from his popular FAQ list on the Internet, more than 400 questions are answered to illustrate key points and to provide practical guidelines for programmers. C Programming FAQs is a welcomed reference for all C programmers, providing accurate answers, insightful explanatio...(展开全部)

Summit furnishes you with answers to some of the most frequently asked questions in C. Extensively revised from his popular FAQ list on the Internet, more than 400 questions are answered to illustrate key points and to provide practical guidelines for programmers. C Programming FAQs is a welcomed reference for all C programmers, providing accurate answers, insightful explanatio...(展开全部)

Getting agreement between finance theory and finance practice is important like never before. In the last decade the derivatives business has grown to a staggering size, such that the outstanding notional of all contracts is now many multiples of the underlying world economy. No longer are derivatives for helping people control and manage their financial risks from other busine...(展开全部)

Paul Wilmott writes, "Quantitative finance is the most fascinating and rewarding real-world application of mathematics. It is fascinating because of the speed at which the subject develops, the new products and the new models which we have to understand. And it is rewarding because anyone can make a fundamental breakthrough. "Having worked in this field for many y...(展开全部)

We are living today in the golden age of cosmology. Over the past few decades, some of the biggest cosmic questions have been transformed from dreamy theorizing to hard-won discovery. We now understand the history of our universe better than we understand the history of our own planet. And yet many answers are still tantalizingly out of reach. In What's Eating the Universe? awa...(展开全部)