Erlang is the language of choice for programmers who want to write robust, concurrent applications, but its strange syntax and functional design can intimidate the uninitiated. Luckily, there's a new weapon in the battle against Erlang-phobia: Learn You Some Erlang for Great Good! Erlang maestro Fred Hebert starts slow and eases you into the basics: You'll learn about Erlang's...(展开全部)

Erlang is the language of choice for programmers who want to write robust, concurrent applications, but its strange syntax and functional design can intimidate the uninitiated. Luckily, there's a new weapon in the battle against Erlang-phobia: Learn You Some Erlang for Great Good! Erlang maestro Fred Hebert starts slow and eases you into the basics: You'll learn about Erlang's...(展开全部)

Focusing on the impact of engineering on society and the world, McCarthy details the development of the discipline, explains what makes an engineering mind, and shows how every aspect of our lives has been engineered: from gadgets to our national infrastructure. Long considered tinkerers, problem solvers, and visionaries, engineers hold the keys to our real and virtual future.

瓦茨拉夫·斯米尔（Vaclav Smil） △欧佩克研究奖、美国科学促进会授予的科学和技术公众普及奖得主 △ 加拿大马尼托巴大学环境学院荣誉教授 瓦茨拉夫·斯米尔是一位备受比尔·盖茨和扎克伯格推崇的能源科学家和科普作家，经常现身世界经济论坛和气候变化国际圆桌会议，担任主要发言人。他在能源、环境、食品、人口、经济、历史和公共政策等方面均有突出建树，并且非常善于进行跨学科研究。他还将跨学科的研究方法带到了他对中国能源、食品和环境问题的阐述中。 斯米尔也是一位高产的学者，出版了 40 部专著，发表了近 500 篇论文。代表作包括畅销书《美国制造》《能源神话与现实》《材料简史与材料未来》《我们应该吃肉吗？》《能源与文明》《全球化的原动机》《收割生物圈》，其中前四部已有中文版本。

Should we believe in God? In this brisk introduction to modern atheism, one of the world’s greatest science writers tells us why we shouldn’t. Richard Dawkins was fifteen when he stopped believing in God. Deeply impressed by the beauty and complexity of living things, he’d felt certain they must have had a designer. Learning about evolution changed his mind. Now one of the worl...(展开全部)

Starting with its origins in the work of Charles Darwin, the book covers all the key areas of evolutionary psychology, including the role played by genetics in our sexual behavior, parental decision-making, and how babies learn about and adapt to the world.

Based on their extensive experience with teaching R and statistics to applied scientists, the authors provide a beginner's guide to R. To avoid the difficulty of teaching R and statistics at the same time, statistical methods are kept to a minimum. The text covers how to download and install R, import and manage data, elementary plotting, an introduction to functions, advanced ...(展开全部)

Politicians invoke grand ideas: social justice, democracy, community, liberty, equality. But what do these ideas really mean? How can politicians across the political spectrum appeal to the same values? This fourth edition of Adam Swift's highly readable introduction to political philosophy answers these important questions, and includes new material on issues such as nationali...(展开全部)

Politicians invoke grand ideas: social justice, democracy, liberty, equality,community. But what do these ideas really mean? How can politicians across the political spectrum appeal to the same values? This revised and expanded edition of Political Philosophy: A Beginner's Guide for Students and Politicians, answers these important questions. Accessible and lively, the book is...(展开全部)

Mutual-fund superstar Peter Lynch and author John Rothchild explain the basic principles of investing and business in a primer for all listeners. Many investors, including some with substantial portfolios, have only the sketchiest idea of how the stock market works. The reason, say Lynch and Rothchild, is that the basics of investing aren't taught in school. At a time when ind...(展开全部)