In today's financial markets, trading floors on which brokers buy and sell shares face-to-face have increasingly been replaced by lightning-fast electronic systems that use algorithms to execute astounding volumes of transactions. Trading at the Speed of Light tells the story of this epic transformation. Donald MacKenzie shows how in the 1990s, in what were then the disreputabl...(展开全部)

Tenth anniversary edition • With a new Introduction by the author In the near future, disease will be a condition of the past. Most genetic defects will be removed at birth; the remaining during infancy. Lou Arrendale, a high-functioning autistic adult, is a member of the lost generation, born at the wrong time to reap the rewards of medical science. He lives a low-key, indep...(展开全部)

Hyper-V Security is intended for administrators with a solid working knowledge of Hyper-V Server, Windows Server, and Active Directory. An administrator with a functional environment will be able to use the knowledge and examples present in this book to enhance security.

西奥多・威廉・舒尔茨于1902年出生于美国南达科他州阿灵顿郡的一个德国移民家庭，父亲是小农场主。他受教于威斯康星大学，毕业后先在衣阿华州立大学任教，四十年代后转至芝加哥大学任教，一直到1972年退休。此外，舒尔茨还曾在美国政府农业部、商务部、联邦储备委员会、联合国粮农组织、世界银行等机构兼职。现为芝加哥大学名誉教授。 舒尔茨六十年代后，把对农业经济问题与人力资本理论的研究结合起来，研究发展中国家的农业问题，从而对发展经济学作出了开创性的贡献。他的主要著作除本书外还有：《不稳定经济中的农业。（1945年）、《农业经济组织》（1953年）、《向人力资本投资》（1961年）、 《经济增长与农业》（1968年）、《人力资本投资》（1971年）等。 由于他在经济学方面的这些贡献，特别是由于《改造传统农业》一书对发展经济学有着重大的理论和政策意义，他于1979年...(展开全部)

Speed and Politics (first published in France in 1977) is the matrix of Virilio's entire work. Building on the works of Morand, Marinetti, and McLuhan, Virilio presents a vision more radically political than that of any of his French contemporaries: speed as the engine of destruction. Speed and Politics presents a topological account of the entire history of humanity, honing in...(展开全部)

In the near future, disease will be a condition of the past. Most genetic defects will be removed at birth; the remaining during infancy. Unfortunately, there will be a generation left behind. For members of that missed generation, small advances will be made. Through various programs, they will be taught to get along in the world despite their differences. They will be made ac...(展开全部)

The Speed of Dark is a near-future science fiction novel by American author Elizabeth Moon, first published as a paperback in 2002. The story is told from the first person viewpoint of an autistic computer programmer. It won the Nebula Award for Best Novel in 2003, and was also an Arthur C. Clarke Award finalist. Plot summary Spoiler warning: Plot or ending details follow. Lou ...(展开全部)

In the public and nonprofit arenas, leaders face the unique challenge of protecting the public interest while implementing organizational change initiatives. To succeed, these leaders must build organizations that are “change-centric,” carefully weigh and prepare for the risks of change.

In the public and nonprofit arenas, leaders face the unique challenge of protecting the public interest while implementing organizational change initiatives. To succeed, these leaders must build organizations that are “change-centric,” carefully weigh and prepare for the risks of change.

In a team that included some famously heavy drinkers, and players who did not always set the highest standards in their behaviour, Dennis Bergkamp arrived at Arsenal and soon everything changed. Along with the likes of Thierry Henry, Robert Pires and Patrick Vieira, he provided an inspirational cutting edge to the Gunners' play and set them on the way to becoming one of the mos...(展开全部)