Physicists will tell you that four forces control the universe. Of these, gravity may the most obvious, but it is also the most mysterious. Newton managed to predict the force of gravity but couldn't explain how it worked at a distance. Einstein picked up on the simple premise that gravity and acceleration are interchangeable to devise his mind-bending general relativity, showi...(展开全部)

尼克·图尔斯，1975年生，美国调查性报道记者、史学家、作家。2005年获得哥伦比亚大学社会医学博士学位。他是 Tomdispatch.com 网站的副主编兼研究主任，也是国家研究所的研究员。他曾为《纽约时报》《洛杉矶时报》等著名报刊杂志撰稿，同时是专业媒体《拦截者》的撰稿人。

尼克·图尔斯，1975年生，美国调查性报道记者、史学家、作家。2005年获得哥伦比亚大学社会医学博士学位。他是 Tomdispatch.com 网站的副主编兼研究主任，也是国家研究所的研究员。他曾为《纽约时报》《洛杉矶时报》等著名报刊杂志撰稿，同时是专业媒体《拦截者》的撰稿人。

In this irreverent and illuminating book, acclaimed writer and scientist Leonard Mlodinow shows us how randomness, change, and probability reveal a tremendous amount about our daily lives, and how we misunderstand the significance of everything from a casual conversation to a major financial setback. As a result, successes and failures in life are often attributed to clear and ...(展开全部)

With the born storyteller's command of narrative and imaginative approach, Leonard Mlodinow vividly demonstrates how our lives are profoundly informed by chance and randomness and how everything from wine ratings and corporate success to school grades and political polls are less reliable than we believe. By showing us the true nature of chance and revealing the psychologica...(展开全部)

In this irreverent and illuminating book, acclaimed writer and scientist Leonard Mlodinow shows us how randomness, change, and probability reveal a tremendous amount about our daily lives, and how we misunderstand the significance of everything from a casual conversation to a major financial setback. As a result, successes and failures in life are often attributed to clear and ...(展开全部)

With the born storyteller's command of narrative and imaginative approach, Leonard Mlodinow vividly demonstrates how our lives are profoundly informed by chance and randomness and how everything from wine ratings and corporate success to school grades and political polls are less reliable than we believe. By showing us the true nature of chance and revealing the psychologica...(展开全部)

According to Judith Baer, feminist legal scholarship today does not effectively address the harsh realities of women's lives. Feminists have marginalized themselves, she argues, by withdrawing from mainstream intellectual discourse. In "Our Lives Before the Law", Baer thus presents the framework for a new feminist jurisprudence - one that would return feminism to relevance by c...(展开全部)