Just how risky is the movie industry? Is screenwriter William Goldman's claim that "nobody knows anything" really true? Can a star and a big opening change a movie's risks and return? Do studio executives really earn their huge paychecks? These and many other questions are answered in Hollywood Economics. The book uses powerful analytical models to uncover the wild uncertainty ...(展开全部)

The beauty of science may be pure and eternal, but the practice of science costs money. And scientists, being human, respond to incentives and costs, in money and glory. Choosing a research topic, deciding what papers to write and where to publish them, sticking with a familiar area or going into something new--the payoff may be tenure or a job at a highly ranked university or ...(展开全部)

The beauty of science may be pure and eternal, but the practice of science costs money. And scientists, being human, respond to incentives and costs, in money and glory. Choosing a research topic, deciding what papers to write and where to publish them, sticking with a familiar area or going into something new--the payoff may be tenure or a job at a highly ranked university or ...(展开全部)

A rich and informative look at the experiences of composers working under high pressure in the US film industry, The Hollywood Film Music Reader brings readers from film's earliest days to the modern blockbuster era. Beginning with the origins of movie music in the heyday of silent film, the book traces film music's progress through Hollywood's so-called Golden Age to changes i...(展开全部)

The Economics of Uncertainty and Information may be used in conjunction with Loffont's Fundamentals of Economics in an advanced course in microeconomics. Both texts provide a thorough account of modern thinking on the subject and a wealth of carefully chosen examples and problems.The first four chapters of The Economics of Uncertainty and Information summarize the essential too...(展开全部)

The Economics of Uncertainty and Information may be used in conjunction with Loffont's Fundamentals of Economics in an advanced course in microeconomics. Both texts provide a thorough account of modern thinking on the subject and a wealth of carefully chosen examples and problems.The first four chapters of The Economics of Uncertainty and Information summarize the essential too...(展开全部)

How the Body Shapes the Mind is an interdisciplinary work that addresses philosophical questions by appealing to evidence found in experimental psychology, neuroscience, studies of pathologies, and developmental psychology. There is a growing consensus across these disciplines that the contribution of embodiment to cognition is inescapable. Because this insight has been develop...(展开全部)

How the Body Shapes the Mind is an interdisciplinary work that addresses philosophical questions by appealing to evidence found in experimental psychology, neuroscience, studies of pathologies, and developmental psychology. There is a growing consensus across these disciplines that the contribution of embodiment to cognition is inescapable. Because this insight has been develop...(展开全部)

塞思·霍罗威茨（Seth Horowitz），任教于美国布朗大学神经科学和心理学系，开设有动物行为学、神经行为学、大脑发育学、听觉生物学和音乐思维等课程。他在人类听觉、平衡和睡眠研究方面的工作得到了美国的国家卫生研究院、国家科学基金会和国家航空航天局的资助。同时，他还是NeuroPop公司的联合创始人及首席神经科学家，致力于将基础研究应用于真实世界。

塞思·霍罗威茨（Seth Horowitz），任教于美国布朗大学神经科学和心理学系，开设有动物行为学、神经行为学、大脑发育学、听觉生物学和音乐思维等课程。他在人类听觉、平衡和睡眠研究方面的工作得到了美国的国家卫生研究院、国家科学基金会和国家航空航天局的资助。同时，他还是NeuroPop公司的联合创始人及首席神经科学家，致力于将基础研究应用于真实世界。