埃马纽埃尔·卡雷尔，1957年生于巴黎，法国当代著名作家、编剧、制片人，法国国宝级历史学家路易斯·卡雷尔之子。他毕业于著名的巴黎高等政治学院，从1983年出版了第一部小说《美洲豹的朋友》以来，共出版了十多本小说，编导了近二十部电影和电视剧；2010年起，当选为戛纳电影节 评选委员会委员。卡雷尔还获得 “科幻小说大奖” “费米娜文学大奖” “雷诺多文学奖” “法兰西学院奖” “法语文学大奖” “意大利蒙德洛国际文学奖” 等十几个文学奖。 作者擅长从新闻中取材，创作介乎虚构与非虚构之间，既有新闻记者捕捉新闻点的敏锐，又有小说家建构故事和挖掘人物内心世界的天赋。 电影人的视角使得他的作品极具画面感和带入感。他是法国当代少有的既受文学奖项青睐，又有极好市场反应的作家。

Editorial Reviews Review "...a splendid work, a breathtaking synthesis that is at once erudite and accessible, illuminating and a pleasure to read." Daniel J. Kevles "Loren Graham's informative history...leaves one wondering how science could function at all....The remaining, very open, question is: How well will a newly freed Russian science survive the removal of the Soviet h...(展开全部)

By the 1980s the Soviet scientific establishment had become the largest in the world, but very little of its history was known in the West. What has been needed for many years in order to fill that gap in our knowledge is a history of Russian and Soviet science written for the educated person who would like to read one book on the subject. This book has been written for that re...(展开全部)

Alan Greenspan conveys the education of a lifetime.

The Age Of Turbulence is Alan Greenspan’s incomparable reckoning with the contemporary financial world, channeled through his own experiences working in the command room of the global economy longer and with greater effect than any other single living figure. Following the arc of his remarkable life’s journey through his more than eighteen-year tenure as chairman of the Federa...(展开全部)

In the immediate aftermath of September 11, 2001, in his fourteenth year as Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, Alan Greenspan took part in a very quiet collective effort to ensure that America didn't experience an economic meltdown, taking the rest of the world with it. There was good reason to fear the worst: the stock market crash of October 1987, his first major crisis a...(展开全部)

In the immediate aftermath of September 11, 2001, in his fourteenth year as Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, Alan Greenspan took part in a very quiet collective effort to ensure that America didn't experience an economic meltdown, taking the rest of the world with it. There was good reason to fear the worst: the stock market crash of October 1987, his first major crisis a...(展开全部)

Alan Greenspan conveys the education of a lifetime.

The Age Of Turbulence is Alan Greenspan’s incomparable reckoning with the contemporary financial world, channeled through his own experiences working in the command room of the global economy longer and with greater effect than any other single living figure. Following the arc of his remarkable life’s journey through his more than eighteen-year tenure as chairman of the Federa...(展开全部)

美国联邦准备理事会前主席葛林斯潘，对世界金融市场的影响力仍举足轻重。九一一事件的冲击也让他看清，我们已然处于更弹性、变动更快速的动荡新世界。本书分为两部分，前半回顾一生，从孩提到联准会十八年的任期；后半则是淬炼其智识与洞见，以之解释全球化的趋势。 由本书高达八百五十万美金的版税即可推知它的重要性。 葛林斯潘（Alan Greenspan）从1987年开始担任美国联邦准备理事会主席，甫于2006年1月退休。他在世界金融圈呼风唤雨，影响力无人能及，是全球最有权势的人士之一。国际媒体对他推崇备至，人人视他为英雄与远见者、也是史上最棒的经济学家之一，但也有人批评他每每发言影响金融市场、干扰经济。 1987年，他担任联准会主席不久之后发生了股灾，造成全球经济风暴及恐慌；在这样的前车之鉴下，911事件发生之后，他立即着手准备相关的应变措施，避免严重的经济衰退、意...(展开全部)